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TCL's NXTPAPER is somewhere between an e-reader and a full-color tablet
Announced today, the new tablet "reuses natural light" for a viewing experience free of eye strain.
TCL, the Chinese company behind some of the wildest tech you'll ever see, is introducing a new 8-inch tablet called NXTPAPER that's somewhere between a classic tablet screen and that of an e-reader. In an announcement at CES 2021, the company said the NXTPAPER "reuses natural light" for a reading experience with next to no eye strain.
This isn't the first time we've seen tablets using e-ink screens to transform user viewing experience — but the NXTPAPER's screen is nothing like the one you'll find in offerings such as the Onyx Boox Note Air. TCL is pushing an entirely new kind of screen — a proprietary one created by the company itself for its new lineup.
From the first look we've been afforded through digital CES, the tablet looks pretty stunning. It's new tech, so there is, of course, a chance it won't work exactly as intended. Still, it's an exciting development in screen technology, and one that could prove generative for a market that's become somewhat stale.
Like an e-reader but also…not — The NXTPAPER's specs aren't all that impressive overall: an 8.88-inch (1,440 x 1,080 screen); Wi-Fi and 4G capabilities; an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera; and a headphone jack to round it out, none of which is spectacular by 2021's standards.
That's moot, though, because the reason TCL wants you to buy the NXTPAPER is that screen. It's what the company calls an "artistic combination of screen and paper," with the ability to present a pleasant reading experience that also happens to be available in full color. It's like buying a dedicated e-reader that you can also watch Netflix on.
The NXTPAPER also boasts 65 percent better power efficiency than a traditional tablet, thanks to its innovative screen, with better contrast than many e-readers to boot.
Could this be the next big thing? — TCL is entering a crowded market. There are plenty of impressive tablets available at affordable prices; e-ink readers are a dime a dozen, too. But TCL's screen — if it's as groundbreaking as it seems — could be just innovative enough to sell well. And if it does, there's a good chance other companies will want to license TCL's hardware or create something similar of their own.
There's only one piece of bad news we have to share: TCL has made no indication as to when the NXTPAPER will be available in the United States. The company says it will begin shipping in April throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia for €349 (approximately $425).


HOLIDAY HOMES, HOUSES & COTTAGES TO RENT IN STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND.
Welcome to our selection of holiday homes to rent in Staffordshire, England.
Staffordshire is a beautiful mix of rural, urban and historical delights. Part of the National Forest lies within its boundaries. Its county town is Stafford and the largest city is that of Stoke-on-Trent � the famous centre of pottery. Wedgwood pottery is a much sought for and the name of Josiah Wedgwood, the youngest of twelve children and apprenticed by his eldest brother Thomas. He left his legacy having exceeded his brother and in turn his descendants carried on their own successes through Emma and Charles Darwin. There are many museums and exhibitions featuring Wedgwood pottery and other reputable artisans throughout this prestigious county.
Staffordshire only has one cathedral that is located in Lichfield. This historic city used to be the heart of Mercia � an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom. The earliest history of a cathedral here date back to 700 AD and has since over many ages adapted through historic periods become one of the most beautiful within the Midland area of Britain. It is open every day to visitors, parishioners and those just seeking religious solace.
Those seeking enjoyment will find it at England�s largest and most inventive theme park situated within generous grounds of 500 acres. Alton Towers offers not only rides for all the family but also beautiful manicured gardens. Drayton Manor also has a great theme park too, offering a zoo and Thomas Land after the famous tales of the tank engine created by the author Reverend Awdry. Trains can also be visited through the scenic railroads of Churnet Valley and Rudyard Lake. The latter gave birth to the first name of the famous poet Rudyard who wrote the Jungle Book and the famous poet �If...�.
Another pleasant way of travelling this momentous county can also be traversed on ponies, horses and even reindeer can be hired.
Looking for self catering holiday accommodation in Staffordshire, then below is a selection of houses, holiday homes, flats and holiday cottages in Staffordshire that can be rented direct from their owners. You can either click on each listing for further details or you can use our search engine on the left if you are looking for something in particular.


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Scorecard diplomacy: How grades drive behavior in international relations
Judith Kelley Monday, May 22, 2017
Exploding Growth of Indicator Scorecards
Using data to rate countries doesn't just help us understand their behavior, it actually changes it. Take a look at just one example. The maps below show how countries have changed their laws to criminalize human trafficking since 2001, when the United States Department of State first published the Trafficking in Persons report, to 2014.
Figure 1: Trends in trafficking legislation
Source: Kelley. Scorecard Diplomacy. Data, code, analysis and case studies available here.
The same is true for elections. Our experience with international election monitors shows that observing and reporting on elections improves their quality. Social scientists call this phenomenon the Hawthorne effect: When people are aware of being observed, they change their behavior.
Judith Kelley
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research - Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Kevin D. Gorter Professor of Public Policy and Political Science - Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
A bad ranking can shame countries, but "scorecard diplomacy" goes further than just calling out failures. The scorecards also outline actions that can lead to a better score in the next cycle. Countries tend to pass new trafficking laws, for example, just in time for the deadline for the next Trafficking in Persons report. A country's GPA—global performance assessment—can attract attention, shape debate, and, as the data indicates, change their actions. In this way, scorecards are a form of "soft power," used in combination with, or instead of, "hard power," such as economic sanctions or military force. They combine both "carrots and sticks."
As new forms of information technology have made it possible to analyze and spread data globally, instantly, and at a minimal cost, the number of these types of rankings have exploded. The World Bank has the Ease of Doing Business Index, Transparency International has the Corruptions Perceptions Index, and, as mentioned, the State Department has the Trafficking in Persons Report. Indices and rankings exist now in nearly every domain—from gender equality to military power. They are one more tool for international actors to influence domestic politics.
The Evolving Fight against Human Trafficking
I explore this phenomenon in the context of U.S. foreign policy on human trafficking in a new book, Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence the Reputation and Behavior, (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
The evolution of the fight against human trafficking illustrates the power of scorecards. While the data is unreliable, the International Labor Organization estimates there are more than 20 million trafficking victims worldwide. It is not only a horrific crime; it is also difficult to combat.
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Anti-trafficking measures are costly, and countries often deny the problem. Policymakers may not see human trafficking victims as constituents, since the victims are often children, immigrants, or part of marginalized groups. Governments may even be complicit in the exploitation of workers, such as Japan's worker trainee program, or Uzbekistan's cotton production program. Cultural norms can also lead to different ideas of what constitutes trafficking. In the Middle East, foreign children as young as four were formerly bought to serve as jockeys in camel races.
In the early 2000s, two important developments occurred in the global fight against human trafficking. First, the United Nations adopted the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons. It established a definition of human trafficking that included sexual exploitation, forced labor, and organ removal.
Second, the U.S. issued its first Trafficking in Persons report. It covers three areas of action: protecting victims, prosecuting traffickers, and prevention. The best ranking, Tier 1, is for countries that make efforts to address the problem. The worst offenders are graded as Tier 3, and there is a Tier 2 and a "watch list" Tier 2 subcategory, which serves as a warning to those at risk of a Tier 3 grade.
Diplomats and other concerned parties can now combine the public release of the report with quieter forms of diplomacy. These include the use of grants, the possibility of sanctions (so far, rather ignored), and collaboration with other nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations.
How Well Does it Work? Ask WikiLeaks
Confirmation of the effectiveness of scorecard diplomacy comes from an unexpected source: WikiLeaks. The archive includes a quarter-million diplomatic cables from 2000 to 2010, a treasure trove of data that is usually unavailable, offering a peek behind the scenes to understand how officials react in private conversations.
Analysis of more than 8,500 cables that discuss human trafficking—plus interviews of 90 people from NGOs and IGOs, as well as U.S. politicians and bureaucrats—shows that at least on the topic of human trafficking, countries are very concerned with their reputations, especially how they are ranked within a peer group and who they were compared with.
A French official noted, incredulously, "You're telling me that France could easily be in Tier Two, with Nigeria?"
Analysis shows that some nations have hired public relations firms to help improve their image and that countries in the bottom tier are more likely to pass anti-trafficking laws in an effort to improve their rankings.
As any teacher knows, disappointed students frequently contest grades. Similarly, countries have accused the U.S. of arrogance and meddling in their internal affairs. In 2006, Belize's Prime Minister Said Musa said on the evening news, "But those who seek to judge us should perhaps examine their own decadent societies before they come and pass judgment on us."
Countries in Tier 3 or on the Watch List often try to save face by criticizing the validity of the rankings. Sometimes they have good cause. The policy is not perfect; nonetheless, it has been effective. Numbers, rating, and rankings provoke concern for international reputations, demonstrating the power of strategically deployed information.
Scorecard diplomacy uses reputation like a sculptor might use a chisel. By using it to target his or her force, the sculptor delivers power more effectively than the use of a hammer alone.
Figure 2: How grades drive behavior in international relations
Infographics created by Andrew Heiss.
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Q: GAC query regarding slow initial load for an asp.net web site I have a single-tenant ASP.NET web application which is deployed on a Windows 2008R2 web server and DB is on another server.
My application uses at-least 20 3rd party DLLs, and the total size of these DLLs is around 150MB. Assuming we have 20 customer sites running in IIS, these 20+ DLLs hog a lot of memory space as they get loaded in each individual IIS process. My problems:
Very slow site load times: a fresh customer single-tenant install takes around 3-5 min to load the home page. I am assuming it takes that much time to load all these DLLs in memory space.
RAM hogging: My RAM is being used up like crazy, as we scale (get more customer installs), precious memory space will get used up for these same DLLs. These 3rd party DLLs will not change much in future (no upgrades).
So given these conditions, should I go ahead and install these assemblies in GAC? From what I read, I find developers advising me against GAC for various reasons (which I do understand), but I still feel that given my conditions, installing these assemblies in GAC will not only improve my load times significantly, but also save precious RAM.
Any inputs would be great.
Note that I have already profiled the application performance using ANTS and dotTrace, and there are no significant bottlenecks which would cause the app to load so slow during the first hit. Also note that application performance is acceptable AFTER the first hit. It loads all pages within 3 seconds, but the first hit takes 3-5 min.

A: Even if you load the assemblies from GAC, the memory footprint would be same because each application will load its own copy of the DLLs in its own memory space.
I would recommend starting an initial hit to your site as a background process meanwhile showing the customer some important or useful info in the foreground so that user experience is not hampered in the first hit.

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The name of Bull has been associated with the development of Racine's greatest industry and one of the most important manufacturing enterprises of the country-the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company-since 1S63, when Stephen Bull assumed financial management of the enterprise. He was succeeded in the presidency of the company by his son, Frank Kellogg Bull, who remains in active connection with the business at the present time as chairman of the board, and in all the years his developing powers have proven adequate to the demands made upon him in the control and development of this gigantic concern. Mr. Bull has been practically a lifelong resident of Racine, although his birth occurred at Spring Prairie, in Walworth County, on the 7th of May, 1857. His ancestry is traced back to New England, he being a descendant of one of the Mayflower Pilgrims. His paternal grandparents, De Grove and Amanda M. (Crosby) Bull, established the family within Wisconsin's borders and spent their remaining days as farming people of Raymond Township, Racine County, where both reached advanced age. Their son, Stephen Bull, who was born in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, March 14, 1822, was accorded but few educational or other opportunities in his youth, mastering only such branches of learning as were taught in the subscription schools, but learning such lessons of life as could be gained through actual experience in the work of his father's farm, for between the ages of ten and eighteen years he spent most of his time in the fields. Then came a broadening experience as clerk in a grocery store in New York City where he not only learned something of commercial methods but also of the broader phase of life in the great metropolis. Upon his return to Wisconsin in 1845 he located in Racine, but the following year established a general store at Spring Prairie, Walworth County, where he conducted business for a decade. He again came to Racine in 1857 and went to work with his brother-in-law, J. I. Case, an association that was thereafter maintained, Mr. Bull becoming a partner in the business in 1863 and assuming control of the financial interests of the firm, in which M. B. Erskine also became a partner. Upon the death of Mr. Case, Mr. Bull succeeded to the presidency of the business, which in the meantime had been incorporated under the name of J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company. He continued as the chief executive officer until 1897 and he was also a most prominent figure in banking circles, becoming a stockholder of the Manufacturers' National Bank of Racine in 1872. In its presidency he succeeded M. B. Erskine, who in turn had succeeded J. I. Case, the first president. Mr. Bull remained at the head of the bank until January 1, 1904, when he resigned. His last days were spent in honorable retirement and, vigorous in mind and body, he retained his interest in questions and affairs of the day, bearing loyally the burden of advanced years. His worth as a factor in the development and promotion of Racine's chief industry can scarcely be overestimated, as his sound judgment, keen discrimination and insight enabled him to so direct the finances of the company as to make for notable success. His death occurred November 15, 1913.
Stephen Bull was married June 7, 1849, to Miss Ellen C. Kellogg, who passed away March 27, 1880, leaving five children, while two of her family had previously been called to the home beyond, a son having died about three months old, while Herbert passed away at the age of twenty-three. The others are: Ida R., the wife of H. W. Conger, of San Francisco, California; Frank K.; Jeanette, the wife of Richard T. Robinson, of Racine; Lillian M., the wife of Frederick Robinson; and Bessie M., the wife of A. Arthur Guilbert.
The demonstration of his power to correctly solve intricate business problems and co-ordinate seemingly diverse elements into a unified whole has led many concerns to seek his co-operation and he has become an important factor in promoting the success of various Wisconsin corporations. He became the president of the Belle City Manufacturing Company, which he aided in organizing.
On the 16th of September, 1880, in Milwaukee, was celebrated the marriage of Frank K. Bull and Miss H. Belle Jones. a native of that city and a daughter of Louis Emery Jones. The children of this marriage are Stephen and Jeanette. Of the Episcopal Church Mr. and Mrs. Bull are communicants and he was one of the organizers and for some time a member of the surpliced choir of St. Luke's. His political allegiance has always been given to the Republican Party and he keeps well versed on the significant questions and issues of the day that the weight of his influence may be given in support of the measures of value to the country: He belongs to the Union League Club of New York and his club relationships also extend to the Milwaukee Club, the Chicago Athletic Association and the Racine Club. In addition to his attractive home at No. 1121 Main street, Racine. the family occupy through the winter months a beautiful residence at Camden, South Carolina. In a review of the life history of Frank K. Bull one is led to the reflection that to accumulate a fortune requires one kind of genius, to retain a fortune already acquired, to add to its legitimate increment and to make such use of it that its possessor may derive there from the greatest enjoyment and the public the greatest benefit requires quite another kind of genius. Mr. Bull seems to be the possessor of both. He is a representative of that younger generation of business men who have been called upon to shoulder responsibilities differing materially from those resting upon their predecessors. In a broader field of enterprise he found himself obliged to deal with affairs of greater magnitude than those with which the founders of the Case Company had to do and to solve more difficult and complicated financial and economic problems. However, he has met each test and by reason of the judgment which has characterized his efforts at all times he stands today as a splendid representative of the prominent American manufacturer and capitalist.


Tina posted a video, featuring her and the little one, on Instagram on Sunday.
Beyonce's mother Tina Lawson has always been a champion of her famous daughters, Bey and Solange, and she's the doting grandmother to her four grandchildren too. In a beautiful Instagram video, Lawson, danced and sang along to her five-year-old granddaughter blue ivy Carter's rap.
"This song is dedicated to Blue Ivy and her father," Tina wrote alongside the video. On Thursday, July 20, Tina dropped major hints about Rumi and Carter's names, sharing a quote from the poetry of Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi.
She claimed that Beyonce and Jay-Z were inspired by the work of Mohammad Rumi. "Though he was born in the 12th century, his words have had left an ever-lasting impression on our minds," Tina said in a statement to BBC. Rumi is not only a beautiful name but also has a good meaning. Rumi means love, politeness, and humbleness.
Have Beyonce and Jay-Z named their little daughter after the Persian poet?
To this, Tina said that the Carters had always been a family of wordsmiths. Beyonce was inspired by the collections of Mohammad Rumi, so she and Jay-Z chose the last word of his name for their daughter.
Jay-Z's original name is Shawn Carter, and Beyonce told Daily Mail that they named their son as Sir Carter because they liked this name a lot. Carter means a boy who brings prosperity and happiness to his family.
Jay-Z and Beyonce are not the first celebrities to select some grandiose honorific as the forenames – Kanye and Kim have adorable Saint, and Michael Jackson's elder son is named as Prince. Even Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine named his son as Jermajesty. Rumi, on the other hand, is a famous Japanese word, but Beyonce's mother claimed that her daughter and Jay-Z took inspiration from the name of Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi and they did not know anything about Japanese girls' name.
The fans were eagerly waiting for the glimpses of Beyonce's twins, but neither she nor her husband shared any detail about the twins for a few weeks. Finally, on July 18, Beyonce took to her Instagram and shared a few photographs of herself and her twins. The pictures went viral in no time, and fans congratulated her for her little bundles of happiness. While Beyoncé provided us with a first look at her twins, it was Tina Lawson who gave us some extra information about the babies' names.
What do you say about Beyonce and her twins? Do not forget to share your thoughts in the comment section below!


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Q: PHP is loading the same content endlessly How can i prevent it from loading the same table row all over again and never stopping ? My head can't take it ... I know i somehow created an infinite loop so i searched on internet and i saw people doing almost the same but somehow it worked for them.

include_once "additional_code/dbh.inc.php";

session_start();

$savedUsername = $_SESSION["username"];

if (!isset($savedUsername) || empty($savedUsername)) {
    header("location: login.php");
    exit;
}

$sql = "SELECT * FROM messages WHERE sender = $savedUsername";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);

if ($row > 0) {
    echo "it works";

    while($row) {
        echo htmlspecialchars($row["sender"] . ": " . $row["msg"]);
        echo "

";
    }
}
else {
    echo "It doesn't work";
}

?>

A: When you use
while($row) {

You are effectively creating an endless loop. Because $row is a defined variable, it's a turthy value - this makes it essentially become
while (true) {

What you want instead is to fetch each row, meaning that you must supply the mysqli_fetch_assoc() as the argument to your while. You also want to check the number of rows instead, as you are now fetching the first row (and it will not be visible in the loop).
if (mysqli_num_rows($result)> 0) {
    echo "it works";

    while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        echo htmlspecialchars($row["sender"] . ": " . $row["msg"]);
        echo "

";
    }
}
else {
    echo "It doesn't work";
}

You should also be aware that your code is vulnerable for SQL-injection attacks, and you should use prepared statements with MySQLi and bind your values instead of injecting the variables directly in your query.

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*How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?

A: Change this:
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);

if ($row > 0)
{
    echo "it works";

   while($row)
   {
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To this:
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0)
{

    while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result))
    {
        echo htmlspecialchars($row["sender"] . ": " . $row["msg"]);
        echo "

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A: You can first count with mysqli_num_rows if your query contains any records or not and then can use mysqli_fetch_assoc if records are there like below:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM messages WHERE sender = $savedUsername";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
$count = mysqli_num_rows($result);

if ($count > 0) {
    echo "it works";
    while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        echo htmlspecialchars($row["sender"] . ": " . $row["msg"]);
        echo "

";
    }
 }

Always use Prepared Statements to make Queries more Secure


AiraWear is the world's first intelligent massage jacket that allows you to have a massage anytime, anywhere you want. If you have been experiencing back pains, shoulder aches and a stiff neck from sitting too long in the office (in front of your computer), driving long hours in your car or flying 13+ hours from the US to Japan, then this is the jacket for you. AiraWear also comes with posture correction, which detects your sitting and standing posture, and helps support and remind you when you engage in bad postures.
The jacket doesn't seem to go around the shoulders. Can it help combat hunched shoulders? I'm spending way too much time at my computer and could definitely use this.
@marckohlbrugge The massage modules are placed on the upper shoulders (closer to the spine, in between your shoulder blades). So it can definitely help relieve your shoulder aches.
BUT, if you're experiencing hunched shoulders and extreme pain, I would recommend you see a chiropractor or massage therapist instead.
@skueong Good to know. Thanks!
I'm not experiencing any pain FYI. Just need to work on my posture and do more upper back exercises I guess.
@marckohlbrugge I'm glad to hear that.
The jacket also has a posture correction and support function -- it reminds you when your posture is bad so that you'll always be in a good posture while sitting in front of your desk :) So that should be helpful to what you're looking for.


"Complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in Indiana," National Business Institute (September 1997); "Health Law in Indiana: The Legal Implications of Health Care Delivery Systems and Managed Care," National Business Institute (February 2000; March 2001; August 2004); "Building Indiana Companies from the Ground Up: Legal Issues," ICLEF (December 2003).
David J. Bodle is a partner in the firm and concentrates his practice primarily in areas of business services, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate, bank financing, employment law and health care. Mr. Bodle has represented nonprofit organizations, insurers, and health care providers in business transactions and in regulatory matters. He represents business organizations in stock and asset sale transactions, mergers and acquisitions, financing and secured transactions, and in connection with employment, non-competition and confidentiality agreements.
Mr. Bodle has been a member of and served in leadership capacities with civic and professional organizations, including the Written Publications Committee, Citizenship Committee, and Editorial Board for the Indiana State Bar Association, the Ethics Committee of the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Inc., the Board of Directors of the Fuller Center for Housing of Central Indiana, Inc., and the Board of Directors of the Dyslexia Institute of Indiana, Inc. He is a Life Fellow of the Indiana State Bar Foundation.
Mr. Bodle is a speaker and author for continuing legal education seminars on topics concerning managed care, health care records, corporate organization and employment matters.


Although I'm not a trained designer, I know what I like. Certain magazines or blog photos catch my eye. At first glance, I'm not sure what it is that I like about the room I'm looking at. Sometimes it's the colors that I love. Other times it's the beautiful furniture, that is usually way over my budget. One thing that always draws me back to certain photos is texture. Whether it's warm and cozy, with fuzzy blankets draped over the couch, or a simple burlap window treatment that lets the light in, it always comes back to texture.
Candice Olson, from Divine Design, always uses bamboo shades. When I was finally in the market to buy some shades for the family room, I asked myself, "What would Candice do?" Candice and I added a little texture to the family room with dark wood toned bamboo shades. They look perfect.
I'm thinking that for a summertime look I'd like to flank the bamboo shades with linen drapery panels and then accent with a few burlap pillows. Pottery barn sells pillows with terrific texture. I'll make them myself and save some money. That's what I do.
I had every intention of finding a great piece of furniture, painting it, adding new hardware, and then selling it. (Life In the Fun Lane is a new blog I found and she has the greatest painted furniture for sale.) Then I found this great little dresser. It has great lines, good size, and is perfect for a new project. It's just too perfect! I can't see painting a beautiful antique. Now it's living in my family room. So much for fixing things up and selling them! Here's the best part, though, it was only $3.00!
I love all things Home and Family. I even majored in Home and Family Life Education in college. (It's now called Family and Consumer Science). I love decorating, sewing, moving furniture, and cooking and baking with my kids. I always have a new home improvement project on the TO DO list. I lose sleep at night, with visions of paint samples and fabric swatches dancing in my head. Now that I have been introduced to the blogging world I see that there are other people out there who are just as obsessed as me! It's nice to know I'm not alone.
I also have a new found love of photography. Browsing through the amazing home decor blog photos really inspired me. So, I started taking pictures of stuff around my house but didn't have a purpose for taking the photos. I'm not going to make a photo book of my "stuff". What do I do with them? Blogging will give me the opportunity to take pictures of my home and surroundings and actually do something with them. I'm hoping to learn to be a better photographer as I go along and eventually take a photography class or two.


There Was A Delay In Treatment Of My Cauda Equina Syndrome And Now I Am Permanently Disabled. How Do I Know If I Have A Good Lawsuit?
What If My Cauda Equina Syndrome Is Misdiagnosed Leading To A Delay In Treatment?


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"Don't Dance" by JOE TRAXLER: Intense and Mysterious
By the-further / septembre 14, 2021
Newcomer JOE TRAXLER shares a new single "Don't Dance".
Joe Traxler is one of the most promising artists, whose influenced by a wide range of genres such as pop, rock and funk. His single "Don't Dance" combines these elements and showcases his unique artistic personality.
Built over compelling and flawless instrumentation, "Don't Dance" delivers a catchy vocal performance on a track that highlight JOE TRAXLER's immense potential as an artist.
"Don't Dance" is just a hit. Press play:
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Increases of acid in bloodstream (metabolic acidosis). If left untreated, metabolic acidosis can cause brittle or soft bones (osteoporosis, osteomalacia, osteopenia), kidney stones, can slow the rate of growth in children, and may possibly harm your baby if you are pregnant. Metabolic acidosis can happen with or without symptoms. Sometimes people with metabolic acidosis will: feel tired, not feel hungry (loss of appetite), feel changes in heartbeat, or have trouble thinking clearly. Your healthcare provider should do a blood test to measure the level of acid in your blood before and during your treatment with Qsymia.
In 1990, professional wrestling promoter Vince McMahon announced that he was forming a new bodybuilding organization named the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF). McMahon wanted to bring WWF-style showmanship and bigger prize money to the sport of bodybuilding. A number of IFBB stars were recruited but the roster was never very large and featured the same athletes competing; the most notable winner and first WBF champion was Gary Strydom. McMahon formally dissolved the WBF in July 1992. Reasons for this reportedly included lack of income from the pay-per-view broadcasts of the contests, slow sales of the WBF's magazine Bodybuilding Lifestyles (later WBF Magazine), and the expense of paying multiple six-figure contracts while producing two TV shows and a monthly magazine.
The Bhagavad Gita ('Song of the Lord') is part of the Mahabharata and also contains extensive teachings on Yoga. According to According to Mallinson and Singleton, the Gita "seeks to appropriate yoga from the renunciate milieu in which it originated, teaching that it is compatible with worldly activity carried out according to one's caste and life stage; it is only the fruits of one's actions that are to be renounced."[109] In addition to an entire chapter (ch. 6) dedicated to traditional yoga practice, including meditation,[113] it introduces three prominent types of yoga:[114]
The Rigveda, however, does not describe yoga, and there is little evidence as to what the practices were.[7] Early references to practices that later became part of yoga, are made in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the earliest Hindu Upanishad.[67] For example, the practice of pranayama (consciously regulating breath) is mentioned in hymn 1.5.23 of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 900 BCE), and the practice of pratyahara (concentrating all of one's senses on self) is mentioned in hymn 8.15 of Chandogya Upanishad (c. 800–700 BCE).[68][note 8] The Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana teaches mantra repetition and control of the breath.[71] https://www.facebook.com/Buzzing-Offer-Self-Help-342022286679901/
The maintenance and promotion of health is achieved through different combination of physical, mental, and social well-being, together sometimes referred to as the "health triangle."[24][25] The WHO's 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion further stated that health is not just a state, but also "a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities."[26] https://www.pinterest.com/buzzingoffer/
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Peter Udo Brückner (* 3. Dezember 1985 in Erlabrunn) ist ein deutscher Künstler.

Leben
Brückner wuchs in Grünhain auf. Sein Studium der Fotografie in Bielefeld absolvierte er mit "Arbeiten mit Karamell" 2011. Zwischen 2011 und 2012 studierte er Kunstgeschichte Afrikas und Ethnologie an der FU Berlin. Seit 2012 studiert er an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig in der Fachklasse für Fotografie von Tina Bara und der Klasse Intermedia von Alba D'Urbano.

Arbeit
Brückners Arbeiten zeigen fragile und vergängliche Plastiken. Zumeist verwendet er Karamell, das sich durch den Einfluss von Luftfeuchtigkeit verflüssigt und so die Plastiken in ihrer Form verändert. Andere Materialien, wie Silikon oder Polyurethan, mit denen Brückner arbeitet, stellen ähnliche Form- oder Oberflächenveränderungen dar, die hier jedoch der Flexibilität und den Alterungsprozessen der jeweiligen Materialien folgen.

Ausstellungen
 Im Februar 2014 zeigte der Kunstraum Liska Arbeiten aus Karamell und Silikon in einer Ausstellung mit dem Titel Meine Tat, die tröstet mich.
 Von Februar bis März 2014 war Brückner mit seiner Ausstellung Es regnet vierhundert Tropfenr im D21 in Leipzig zu sehen. Ausgestellt wurden Arbeiten aus den Jahren 2013 und 2014 in Karamell, Silikon und Polyurethan.

Literatur
 Emanuel Raab, Suse Wiegand, Hildegard Wiewelhove: Möge der Kelch an uns vorübergehen: Über unser Verhältnis zu den Dingen. Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-9812373-2-0.
 Martin R. Deppner, Dirk Fütterer: GUM 11: Magazin für konzeptionelles Gestalten. Kehrer, Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3868281453.

Weblinks
 Website von Peter Udo Brückner
 Peter Udo Brückner auf dergreif-online.de
 Peter Udo Brückner auf der Website der Klasse von Tina Bara an der HGB Leipzig
 Peter Udo Brückner auf der Website der Klasse von Alba D'Urbano an der HGB Leipzig

Darstellender Künstler (Deutschland)
Deutscher
DDR-Bürger
Geboren 1985
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She was a member of the Redemption Point Church. Amy loved taking care of those she served in her role as a nurse.
Survivors include her husband, Kent Hulvey of Ooltewah; one six year old daughter, Kaitlyn Hulvey of Ooltewah; parents, LaMont and Nellia Faye Mullinax Chadwick of Cleveland; four sisters, Tammy Radford (Eddie), Robin Lawson (Danny), Denise Elliott (Gerald), all of Cleveland and Karen Wilcoxon (Tim)of Polk County; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. at Grissom Funeral Home with Reverend Lake Walker and Reverend Beecher White officiating. Interment will follow at Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with Danny Lawson, Eddie Radford, Gerald Elliott, Time Wilcoxon, Kevin Hulvey, and Greg Sissom serving as pallbearers. at the Grissom Funeral Home, who has charge of the arrangements.


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package com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.service.impl;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.administrative.domain.User;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.biospecimen.repository.DaoFactory;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.PlusTransactional;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.domain.Notification;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.domain.UserNotification;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.errors.ErrorType;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.errors.NotificationErrorCode;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.errors.OpenSpecimenException;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.events.RequestEvent;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.events.ResponseEvent;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.events.UserNotificationDetail;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.repository.UserNotifsListCriteria;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.service.NotificationService;
import com.krishagni.catissueplus.core.common.util.AuthUtil;

public class NotificationServiceImpl implements NotificationService {
	private DaoFactory daoFactory;

	public void setDaoFactory(DaoFactory daoFactory) {
		this.daoFactory = daoFactory;
	}

	@Override
	@PlusTransactional
	public ResponseEvent<List<UserNotificationDetail>> getUserNotifications(RequestEvent<UserNotifsListCriteria> req) {
		try {
			UserNotifsListCriteria crit = req.getPayload().userId(AuthUtil.getCurrentUser().getId());

			List<UserNotification> userNotifications = daoFactory.getUserNotificationDao().getUserNotifications(crit);
			return ResponseEvent.response(UserNotificationDetail.from(userNotifications));
		} catch(OpenSpecimenException ose) {
			return ResponseEvent.error(ose);
		} catch(Exception e) {
			return ResponseEvent.serverError(e);
		}
	}

	@Override
	@PlusTransactional
	public ResponseEvent<Long> getUnreadNotificationsCount() {
		try {
			UserNotifsListCriteria crit = new UserNotifsListCriteria().userId(AuthUtil.getCurrentUser().getId());
			return ResponseEvent.response(daoFactory.getUserNotificationDao().getUnreadNotificationsCount(crit));
		} catch (OpenSpecimenException ose) {
			return ResponseEvent.error(ose);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			return ResponseEvent.serverError(e);
		}
	}

	@Override
	@PlusTransactional
	public ResponseEvent<Integer> markNotificationsAsRead(RequestEvent<Date> req) {
		try {
			Date notifsBefore = req.getPayload();
			if (notifsBefore == null) {
				notifsBefore = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
			}

			int readNotifs = daoFactory.getUserNotificationDao().markUserNotificationsAsRead(
					AuthUtil.getCurrentUser().getId(), notifsBefore);
			return ResponseEvent.response(readNotifs);
		} catch(OpenSpecimenException ose) {
			return ResponseEvent.error(ose);
		} catch(Exception e) {
			return ResponseEvent.serverError(e);
		}
	}

	@Override
	@PlusTransactional
	public void addNotification(Notification notification, List<User> users) {
		//
		// serves both as factory and notification persister
		//

		OpenSpecimenException ose = new OpenSpecimenException(ErrorType.USER_ERROR);
		if (StringUtils.isBlank(notification.getOperation())) {
			// TODO: add error operation cannot be null to ose
		}

		if (StringUtils.isBlank(notification.getEntityType())) {
			// TODO: add the error entity type cannot be null to ose
		}

		if (notification.getEntityId() == null) {
			// TODO: add error entity ID cannot be null to ose
		}

		if (StringUtils.isBlank(notification.getMessage())) {
			// TODO: add error message cannot be null to ose
		}

		ose.checkAndThrow();

		notification.setCreatedBy(AuthUtil.getCurrentUser());
		notification.setCreationTime(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());

		Set<UserNotification> notifiedUsers = users.stream()
			.filter(user -> !user.isContact())
			.map(user -> {
				UserNotification un = new UserNotification();
				un.setNotification(notification);
				un.setUser(user);
				un.setStatus(UserNotification.Status.UNREAD);
				return un;
			})
			.collect(Collectors.toSet());

		if (!notifiedUsers.isEmpty()) {
			notification.setNotifiedUsers(notifiedUsers);
			daoFactory.getUserNotificationDao().saveOrUpdate(notification);
		}
	}
}

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If you have been wondering how you could give your regular facial a bit of an upgrade, you may want to think of giving your skincare a breath of fresh air. To be more specific, the ingredient to consider is 98% pure oxygen, paired with hyaluronic acid – in a treatment widely hailed by celebs like Madonna, Jessica Biel and Kim K. Futurethis Consultancy, the sole distributor of QMS Medicosmetics in South Africa, recently treated me to what is known as an oxygen facial.
This treatment has gotten attention from its ability to reinfuse collagen deeply into the skin.
What is the oxygen facial?
This treatment involves a 7-step collagen-infusing process, so it's safe to say it's quite extensive. The purpose of this treatment is to get rid of the dead, upper layer of the skin in order to stimulate the regeneration of skin cells and circulation at a deep level. After arriving at the clinic, I was introduced to the owner, Renate Klass, and my therapist for the morning, Jaslyn Ackerman. After getting dressed in a soft robe and climbing on the bed, Jaslyn inquired as to my primary skin concerns and explained the course of the oxygen facial.
First, Jaslyn deep-cleansed my skin to remove any traces of makeup and debris, and to prepare it for optimal penetration of the active ingredients to follow. Step 2 was a fruit acid and enzyme peeling fluid that she applied to my face, neck and décolleté. This is done, she explained, to properly exfoliate the skin, refine the skin texture and address issues with tone and color.
Hereafter came the fun part – though if you are claustrophobic, it may not be a good idea. Using a soft brush, Jaslyn painted an algae mask over my entire face, leaving only the front of my nose open so I could breathe while it dries. It is a thick, cold, rubber-like substance, which, after drying, gives an indication about the condition of the skin, while also cooling the skin down after exfoliation. After looking at the removed mask, Jaslyn informed me that my skin was dehydrated and congested. Luckily, this treatment was designed to address exactly those issues. Step 3 complete.
An important element of the oxygen facial is balancing the skin's ph levels, which, if unstable, results in compromised skin. To do this, Jaslyn ensued with Step 4, which was the freshening tonic. This also ensures the best penetration of active ingredients.
In Step 5, you get to the actual oxygen. Here, Jaslyn used the QMS Oxygen Energy Applicator pistol to spray 98% pure oxygen over my face and neck. As previously mentioned, the oxygen is then followed with a high concentration of high density molecular hyaluronic acid, which provides intensive moisture. Exactly what my dehydrated skin needed.
The second-to-last step is the Activator Mask (yes, another mask) which containing protective marine collagen and more hyaluronic acid. This is like an additional moisture boost to seal up the ingredients which need to penetrate the dermis, and to plump and tone up the skin.
Finally, Jaslyn applied SPF and an eye treatment to my skin to protect against sun damage afterward. Because the treatment goes quite deeply into the skin's layers, she told me I could expect some breakouts in the following days. Sure enough, a day later my skin rebelled a bit, but it cleared up soon afterward.
I was satisfied with the results of the treatment. With the exception of the first day, my skin felt softer and more energised. It also felt as though my own skincare and makeup sat better on my skin in the days following my oxygen facial, and less prone to oiliness come the afternoon. It was also gentle enough that my skin, which is prone to redness, did not inflame afterward. No downtime is required either – so it's good for a lunchtime treat. A week later, things were still soft and fresh.
Absolutely, especially if you have an important event coming up – the results are worth it.


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The recent discovery of a 4,000-year-old manuscript suggests new theories about the ancient Egyptians' obsession with death and the afterlife.
Professors from Queen's University in Belfast posit that extraordinary events such as the appearance of meteors and comets may have influenced the minds of Ireland's once predominantly pagan population in to thinking that they should not worship the soil and the earth, but the heavens.
Discoveries in the tropical forests of Mexico and Guatemala suggest that the monumental temples and pyramids of the ancient Maya civilisation were built to align with not only the heavens, but a supernatural underworld.
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6 Ways COVID-19 Has Permanently Changed the Business Landscape
December 28, 2020 By Mohit Tater
The covid-19 pandemic has changed absolutely everything about the way we live. Unfortunately, the possibility of returning to the blissful ignorance of the pre-Covid era is simply a pipe dream. Human nature has been changed forever–from the way we greet each other to the way we travel, shop, and even the way we conduct business.
The Hospitality Sector
Bars are Closing
Public bars have been impacted hard by Covid-19. With the effects set to last, bar managers will have to completely re-evaluate the way they cater to their patrons. Bars across the country have been shut throughout lockdowns and tier systems with some never to return due to the financial impact of the virus.
For those that do intend to open once the pandemic ends (if it ends), the drinks industry has been fundamentally reshaped. Training staff in safety measures and precautions will be at the forefront of opening any establishment, with more profit being lean towards cleaning products and time being spent carrying out disinfectant duties. Independent owners will find this shift in standards a lot harder to adapt to than commercial bar chains with larger budgets, which could lead to a huge decrease in independent venues.
Bartenders may also be hard to come by and might expect higher pay or perks, like health insurance, to entice them into working in such a high-risk industry.
Restaurants are Adapting
The dining industry has already made an inordinate amount of changes to adapt and thrive in a pandemic world. Shifting from full lockdowns to stricter dining times and smaller guest allowances is a difficult pill to swallow but a necessary one. People will always be tempted to eat out whether or not there is an active crisis on their doorstep. This means that restauranteurs will be able to change and adapt to demand, proving to be more resilient than those in the public bar space.
Some owners have had to open up outdoor spaces to try and accommodate more guests and still be in line with government health guidance and social distancing rules. Because of this, it is reasonable to assume that outdoor dining under marquees is the future so that restaurants can serve enough people to make a profit while keeping diners safe.
The Travel Landscape
Flight Safety is Stricter
The travel industry is essentially in lockdown for the foreseeable future. With very few flights operating, hardly anyone flying, and strict border restrictions in place, the future of the travel market is set to change substantially. Thousands of crews have been made redundant throughout the pandemic and it is not clear what impact that will have when people begin to travel again.
The world is slowly rolling out the new normal, such as wearing masks in public, on flights, and in airports, which is a factor that could become a permanent fixture for inflight safety.
Testing is Compulsory
Another change we have already encountered is that passengers travelling to certain nations must provide a negative Covid test result prior to boarding to help reduce the risk of flyers catching the virus. This could ultimately change future travel legislation and incorporate vaccination certificates and additional tests before you are able to fly, which will ultimately have a huge effect on the future of travel businesses.
Events and Entertainment Industry
Events will Never be the Same
Festivals, concerts, theatres, and events have all been hugely affected by the Coronavirus crisis; the arts businesses are suffering more than traditional companies. Huge stars from all over the world have cancelled their events during these circumstances. Also, tickets are being postponed instead of refunded, in some cases.
With potentially fewer people willing to attend large venues packed with people, the Covid-19 virus could change the face of ticket sales. Festivals have also been forced to change because of social distancing rules, the necessity of masks, and a focus on more local artists due to border restrictions. Event organisations will now need to factor in the threat of disease and virus's spreading at their venues for years to come. Hence, a larger emphasis on using outdoor spaces and a bigger cleanup. It may even become compulsory to present a negative Covid test or a vaccination certificate with your booking.
Private and Public Offices
Day to Day Office Life has been Re-imagined
Working remotely has steadily become the norm throughout 2020, which is set to continue well into the future as many companies are now adopting this new style of working. With the development of new technology, working from home becomes an accessible option for all. Many industries believe this could be the future of working as it'll help reduce costs of rent and other expenses that are taken up by hiring office buildings and house staff.
Also, due to online meetings, face-to-face interaction between colleagues could become a thing of the past, especially since many prefer to work from the comfort of their own home than travelling into Central Business Districts on a daily basis. This, in turn, could have a significant impact on our retail industries that are often based near busy office districts–seeing a decrease in foot traffic and losing out on the custom of those who used to travel to work every day.
The follow-on impact from the work from home mindset has the potential to be huge, impacting transport industries, hospitality industries, shopping precincts, and small businesses.
It is undeniable that Covid-19 has changed the shape of the business landscape forever. We owe a lot to the progress of technology that, as a society, we still managed to function in a pandemic that has swept through the world and caused significant disruption to the way that we work.
The impact of the coronavirus is still to be fully realised and won't be visible until vaccines have subdued the virus and infection number go down. It is evident that businesses will not be able to go back to the way we operated before, which is why we will have to adapt to a new form of normal.
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This Gi & Hakama is made with polyester "Tsumugi" textile, which has a very traditional look befitting of a Iaido practitioner. Tsumugi textile is traditionally made by using Silk floss which is spun by hand into yarn, because the quality did not match that of true silk yarn, it was once considered inferior as it took a lot of time and work to weave the yarn into a proper garment. Nowadays it's a important traditional Japanese handicraft that is internationally recognized for it's quality.
The Nami Tsumugi textile is light and durable, making a great choice for Iaido Gi & Hakama, it also has a slightly more matte look to it compared to regular Polyester based fabrics, thanks to the unique wave pattern of the Nami Tsumugi textile. It is smooth to touch and has a wavy texture, and has a appearance similar to that of crepe fabric and is very durable despite being rather thin.
This Iaido Gi also features the chest-seaming, well-known in Japan as "Okumi", which prevents the Gi getting disheveled and keep the shape and the silhouette more beautifully. And it, as the result, enhances your Iai performance even greater. This Iaido Hakama also features comes with inner-stitched pleats so that you don't have to worry about the pleats of your Hakama when washing it, as the stitching keeps the pleats in place for you.
Because the fabric is Polyester based, it also makes the maintenance of both the Gi and the Hakama a breeze, as you can wash it directly in your washing machine. As the Tsumugi fabric also dries very fast, it's perfect for use during warm weather!
Made by the experienced Tailors of the Tozando Nishijin workshop, resulting in a final product that is durable, light and comfortable, while keeping an elegant silhouette.
Nice, comfortable, very good iaidogi.
Wanted a new look for an upcoming Shinsa and Taikai, and this new uniform will deliver! Construction is very good and the fabric is nice and think and has a beautiful look and feel. When I tried it on the fit was perfect and all the measurements from the site were just as advertised. I wouldn't hesitate to order again from Tozando.


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Meanwhile, frontman Bret Michaels reinvented himself as a reality TV star in 2007, and his involvement in several TV shows -- particularly Rock of Love, Celebrity Apprentice, and Life as I Know It -- helped maintain the band's popularity in concert.


What price the Cypriot lira?
Monetary unions die because of bank runs. The beeping heard from Cyprus is the sound of a monetary union on a life support system. It is however too simplistic to say that capital controls mean Cyprus has left the Euro - the ECB is still prepared to transmit money to Cyprus - it is still in.
The limit on how much cash can leave Cyprus (EUR3,000 per person) could allow economists to calculate the value of the Cypriot lira - if we know what premium wealthier Cypriots are prepared to pay to get their money off-shore, we know how much the Cypriot lira should be discounted against the Euro.
Italy still has no new government, which is not exactly news. Italy does have some experience in managing its economy in the absence of strong government. Euro area broad money supply is due for release today, which will likely underscore the problems of the transmission mechanism in the Euro area.
The US offers the Chicago PMI of business sentiment. We are looking for a slight decline in the number, indicating a still robust but somewhat slower rate of economic expansion. Final Q4 GDP is also scheduled for release.


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The unit's hammers are lifted to the necessary 40mm fall height by an electromagnetic field rather than a mechanical assembly. This allows the hammers to fall consistently without friction or wear to the unit for a long operating life. Lifting the hammers via an electromagnetic field also reduces unwanted vibrations that occur in mechanically actuated tapping machines that may affect testing. Finally the unit utilizes a quartz crystal to maintain an accurate tapping frequency at all times (±0.01% error).
The NOR277A is the third generation Norsonic unit for performing standardized impact noise testing (foot fall noise). The NOR277A performs impact sound transmission testing according to ISO140, part VI, VII and VIII, ASTM E-492 and ASTM E-1007. Compact, light and rugged with an extruded aluminum chassis and hardened stainless steel hammers ensure non-deformation even after years of use. Even with the installed battery, the weight is less than 22lb (10kg). Retractable feet ensure easy transport and storage.
The unit has the standard-required five 500g hammers, with 40mm fall each 100ms apart. A servo system ensures the correct tapping frequency is maintained at all times and temperatures. A level gauge mounted on the top helps the user to align the unit when adjusting the fall height. And a self-check/calibration sensor/feedback loop is included: an LED status for each hammer is located on the front panel, and indicate when the impact velocity and tapping frequency meets standards.


The persistence properties of economic time series has been a primary object of investigation in a variety of guises since the early days of econometrics. This paper suggests investigating the persistence of processes conditioning on their history. In particular we suggest that examining the derivatives of the conditional expectation of a variable with respect to its lags maybe a useful indicator of the variation in persistence with respect to its past history. We discuss in detail the implementation of the measure. We present a Monte Carlo investigation of the suggested measure. We further apply the persistence analysis to real exchange rates.


Civility often is taken for granted as necessary to community building and social formation, or lamented as a lost good. However, few examinations of what constitutes civility and its embodied and discursive enactments exist. This year's theme invites humanities-based analyses of the uses, pitfalls, forms, and structures of civility as a cultural practice in the past, present, and future.
Tenured and tenure-track faculty at CSULA are invited to submit proposals for two different fellowship programs: 1) ACP Working Group Fellowships (working groups may include graduate or advanced undergraduate students) and 2) ACP Individual Fellowships. While individuals may apply for both, only one fellowship may be accepted.
In what specific ways can the theme be theorized? How has civility been defined and deployed and to what ends? Is civility a viable and legitimate enterprise? What are its benefits and limits?
What practices of engagement beyond civility are possible and what might they yield?
How does critical study of civility allow us to rethink community, what it signifies, and how it can be brought into being? How might it enable us to rethink alliances and the processes by which they are forged?
What can the specific modes of inquiry grounding the humanities as a specific mode of inquiry infuse into practices and theories of civility, and what can studies of civility offer the humanities?
Etymologically, "civility" initially referred to citizenship and civil order before acquiring connotations of politeness, courtesy, and secularity. How do the various meanings of civility and incivility inform analyses of cultural and national boundary-making, colonialism, and/or structures of value?
What are the intersections between civility and democratic ethics? Between civility, discipline, violence, and/or dissent?
Civility assumes that societies or cultural formations are rational and functional. What happens to our theories of civility and communalism if we foreground the irrational?
What material and epistemological conditions hinder and/or promote civility and its efficacy?
How is civility inflected by issues of race, class, gender, and/or sexuality?
Is there an affect of civility? How does it function?
How might individuals or communities respond to the absence of civility?
What role might the University play in fostering or exemplifying civility?
What intersections between scholarly knowledge, cultural performance, pedagogical innovation, and/or civic engagement do new theorizations of civility make visible?
What are the unique powers of the humanities? What does humanistic inquiry require and what does it manifest?
While individuals may apply for both, only one fellowship may be accepted.
Projects may take the form of meta-level articulations of the stakes and state of the humanities as a field of intellectual practice, or may propose specific research projects that illustrate the power of humanistic inquiry in American cultures and communities.
What are the specific explanatory powers of the humanities? What questions are they uniquely capable of posing? What knowledges, narratives, and actions can they bring about?
In what specific ways can the theme be theorized? What are the stakes of the humanities, or of a particular line of inquiry within them, in all senses of the word? How and to what effects are the humanities a ballast, a support, a marker of borders, a risk, a reward, and/or an interest in a shared undertaking?
Where is the cutting edge for humanistic study today? What pressing issues, current and historical, demand the attention of the humanities in studying American cultures and communities?
How are humanities-based forms of knowledge production similar to and/or different from other forms of knowing and doing? To what effects?
What structures – networks of information and knowledge, linguistic and communicative practices, social forces, patterns of production and consumption, and so forth – do the humanities bring into being?
What conditions, both material and epistemological, hinder and/or promote humanities-based inquiry and to what effects?
What alternative conceptualizations of community do inquiries in the humanities manifest?
How can work in the humanities promote a rethinking of the work of the University?
What intersections between scholarly knowledge, cultural performance, pedagogical innovation, and/or civic engagement do the humanities enable?
The 2015-16 American Communities Program theme is designed to deepen our understanding of the construction and perpetuation of American identities, cultures, and communities through humanities-based inquiry. In particular, this year's theme asks us to consider how research in the humanities can help us analyze the artifacts, structures, practices, and ontologies that make various forms of relation possible and meaningful. In other words, through what means are relations between bodies, species, objects, ideas, and/or communities mediated, managed, forged, and/or foreclosed? What bases for relations are relevant to particular American communities? How are relations imagined, manifested, and represented and to what effects?
Each year, the American Communities Program hosts a fellowship program and a year of thematic programming orbiting a set of central, grounding questions. This year's theme, "The Biological Century," explores some of the interfaces between science and technology, the body, social power, and economic and aesthetic productivity. We wish to build on Michel Foucault's account, now almost four decades old, of a modern world governed by converging technologies of biological and political control; these biopolitical mechanisms, he argued, were intended to regulate such concerns as birth and death rates, the spread and treatment of disease, and the life and vitality of entire populations. Since Foucault's initial inquiries, theorists of biopower have applied his concepts broadly to various ways in which forms of life themselves are governed, managed, stimulated, and even created by power. Recently, the mapping of the human genome, the capitalization of affect, the haunting prospect of bioterrorism, and various crises in bioethics have led some thinkers to regard this as "the biological century." Our theme responds to that characterization, and to the imperative to understand the creative practices and critical discourses that address the biopolitical foundations of American identity and community.
How do contemporary understandings of the human body – and of larger collective bodies – reflect the application of political and cultural power? To what extent do new frontiers in reproductive rights, genomics, and medicine reflect biopolitical imperatives?
What forms of authority – medical, technical, managerial, legal, etc. – emerge as crucial for biopolitical regulation? What interventions can such authority make in the name of life and health?
In what ways do metaphors such as those of immunity, pathology, addiction, vitality, and virality structure our existence? Via what creative forms and genres might the arts represent and exploit contemporary biopolitical transformations?
What are the impacts of new means of registering living memory through the interface between humans and digital technology? How does living in a world of digital immediacy change our conceptions of memory, time, agency, and futurity?
How have categories of race, ethnicity, and gender been transformed by new kinds of biological belonging? What conditions have enabled the appearance of new bio-social collectivities? How might notions of the nation-state, or of "American community," be transformed by these developments?
What explanatory force do philosophical accounts of biopolitics and biopower – such as the divergent understandings proffered by thinkers such as Agamben, Esposito, Hardt, and Negri – offer for contemporary cultural analysis?
How have new biotechnological thresholds opened up possibilities for capitalism? In what ways does our age of pharmacological or affective capitalism perpetuate, or deviate from, Fordist industrial models?
How have new theories of the posthuman transformed both ways of life and ways of knowing our world?
The American Communities Program invites you to participate in deepening our understanding of American identities, cultures, and communities with the announcement of the 2013-2014 fellowship theme: "Cultures of Risk: Chance and Precarity." The theme is founded on the idea that any culture is inherently precarious, defined by risk-taking and dynamics of emergence, tension, and decline. Recent critical attention has focused on the ways that such precarity is intensifying, whether in the increasingly contingent dynamics of the workforce, the financialization of everyday life, the fragmentation and unpredictability of our increasingly mediated experience, and other new regimes of uncertainty, dispossession, and instability. As Judith Butler wrote, to understand precarity means recognizing that "there are others out there on whom my life depends, people I do not know and may never know." How might that recognition shape our cultural practice and open up new potentials and forms of life?
How has precarity been represented or expressed aesthetically? What roles can contingency and experimentation play in creative contexts? What other practices – gambling, games, play – can be understood as exploiting precarity?
How is contemporary experience defined by logics of investment, fluctuation, boom and bust, the abstraction of value, and other forms of the financialization of life?
What is the philosophical value of the aleatory, the nugatory, and the accidental?
How has the crisis of the nation-state generated emergent forms of political insecurity and exposure, as well as new possibilities for connection (social movements, revolts and resistance) in a fragmented or deterritorialized world? How do increasingly mobile flows of capital, information, and population confront and exploit these conditions?
How are vulnerability and risk distributed regionally and globally?
In what ways has "postmodernity" reconceptualized the future in light of new configurations of space and time? What are the consequences of transience and impermanence?
How does precarity reflect the history and consequences of neoliberalism? How might it serve the logic of "disaster capitalism"?
To what extent has the immateriality of contemporary experience undermined traditional affective relationships? What varieties of emotional and mental "pathology" reflect this condition? What liberatory prospects might these conditions also harbor?
The 2012-2013 fellowship theme, "Being in Common," is designed to deepen our understanding of the construction and perpetuation of American identities, cultures, and communities. In particular, this year's theme responds to recent scholarly and critical interest in theories of "the commons" and of the central importance of shared resources, collective action, and the recognition of human interdependencies, especially in a global world of immaterial production and other intangible forms of human relationship. We are interested in exploring the creative practices and forms that express and manifest the commons, as well as the scholarly discourses that increasingly imagine life as fundamentally shared with others.
What emergent structures – networks of information and knowledge, linguistic and communicative practices, social movements, patterns of production and consumption, and so forth – express or enable life shared with others?
What specific aesthetic forms and creative possibilities are enabled by collaboration? How are current trends toward collective production transforming creative practices?
What is the explanatory value of philosophies of the commons – theories of being as being-with?
What conditions have enabled historical and contemporary communities to discover and intensify their common foundations? What economic, political, and biopolitical potentials are thereby made available? What historical precedents are meaningful for understanding the commons?
How does the idea of life as fundamentally shared demand a reconsideration of modern notions such as those of the individual, property, privacy, and the nation-state? What does "American community" mean in this emergent context?
What intersections between scholarly knowledge, cultural performance, and civic engagement contribute to the contemporary commons?
What pedagogical interventions or innovations contribute to the study of such American communities and identities?
· What are the rhetorics and aesthetics of utopic/dystopic imaginings? What are the conventions, structures, and texts through which such conceptualizations are represented and/or performed?
· How are communities, their inhabitants, and their geographies performed and endowed with meaning, whether idealized or degraded?
· What conditions have enabled historical and contemporary communities to emerge, evolve, and/or disintegrate? What are the repercussions of these transformations for subjectivity and lived experience?
· How are fantasies of Americanness produced and/or challenged from outside the US?
· How do the global realities of a particular historical moment impact the construction of utopic/dystopic national imaginaries?
· How and to what ends do new media change our notions and/or representation of idealized or pathologized communities?
· What intersections between scholarly knowledge, cultural performance, and civic engagement contribute to utopic/dystopic imaginings?
· What pedagogical interventions or innovations contribute to the study of such American communities and identities?
What is the role of the humanities in creating and maintaining cultures and communities?
How do the humanities enable us to explore connections between natural resources and community formation/deformation?
What conditions have enabled historical and contemporary communities to emerge, evolve, and/or disintegrate? What are the repercussions of these transformations for subjectivity and lived experience?
How have green movements and initiatives impacted ways communities are conceptualized and lived?
Is there an ethics of sustainability? If so, of what does it consist? Has it changed over time?
What are the rhetorics of sustainability? How are issues such as climate change and environmentalism represented and/or performed?
What apparatuses and genres have emerged in the humanities to engage issues of the sustainability of resources and/or communities?
How do sustainability issues reflect the changing status of the nation-state? Are we post-national? How does such a question impact how we explore American identities?
How do new media change the way American communities are maintained and/or fractured?
What pedagogical interventions or innovations contribute to the study of American communities and identities?
What are the intersections between scholarly knowledge, cultural performance, and civic engagement?
How are certain types of bodies (individual and/or communal) known and represented in American cultures?
How is knowledge of what constitutes Americanness produced from within and without?
What sorts of knowledges are made available through particular genres and disciplines in the humanities?
What is the value of the humanities in 21st-century America?
How and why have the content and cultural authority of certain knowledges and discourses (scientific, religious, economic, legal, etc.) shifted at particular historical moments? How do certain ways of knowing faciliate and/or foreclose other knowledges?
How have notions of American exceptionalism impacted the ways particular bodies and communities have been known?
What are the relationships between content and form? Do certain knowledges or bodies challenge or resist representation?
Are we post-national? How does such a question impact how we explore American identities?
How do new media change the way knowledge of Americanness and/or individual identity is constructed and/or disseminated?
What are the intersections between scholarly knowledge and community engagement?
-connections between political and aesthetic representation; what are the points of -intersection between artistic/literary representation and representative democracy?
-American identity from the outside in; how do other nations and communities construct -American identity and for what purposes?
-how have the responsibilities as well as the rights of Americanness and/or membership in different American communities been envisioned?


Whether you know Emily as our tireless Indianapolis Market Manager, or as the Director of Volunteerism for local not-for-profit Indy Social Media, or even as that woman in blue loudly cheering on her Colts at a sports bar, you know without asking that Ms. Emily Trimble is a true fan of Indianapolis.
But there's a few things we're sure you DON'T know about her (like, her favorite interview question, for instance). So, check out the answers she gave to our 7 Quick Questions and get the whole Emily Trimble story!
The biggest myth about being a recruiter? Having been a Vitamin T recruiter for 2 years before moving into my new role, I can tell you the biggest myth is that we don't know about the jobs we're trying to fill. I will tell you, we work diligently to make sure we understand every position we have open so we can make perfect matches.
What's the BEST thing someone can do when looking for a job? Don't give up! It can be a long process to find something new, but there IS something for you out there. Keep at it and you'll be able to find that perfect spot for yourself. Momentum is the key to a job hunt; the resumes you draft and the interviews you get will help you refine your search and grow as a professional.
In your job, what's been your favorite moment or biggest joy? It's tough to choose! One of my favorites, though, was when I was able to help one particular talent find a job. Then about a year later, I helped her husband find a new one, too. After placing the husband they emailed me to let me know that they'd be naming their first born after me, as a thank you. The name: Vitamin Emily, Jr.!
What app do you use regularly that provides great user experience? Uber. It's simple and straightforward. There's nothing confusing about it whatsoever. Just call a car, get a ride, and you're done. If that's not perfect user experience, I don't know what is.
What's your favorite interview question? "What was the very first job you ever had?" I love to ask this question to get a feel for someone's drive. I find that people who started working in high school (or even earlier, as a babysitter or something similar) almost always have a stronger work ethic than someone whose first job was after they graduated college. And that's a fact you won't see on a resume or LinkedIn profile. Even if a candidate didn't work when they were younger, you will still almost always hear an interesting answer, which will help you find a common interest not associated with the job at hand. Having that kind of bond during an interview will improve it dramatically.
Best creative/digital event in your city? Creative Mornings only came to Indy about five months ago, but it has immediately become the to go-to event for creatives in town. Every month there are between 100 and 200 of Indy's best in one room. It rocks!
If you had to pick two celebrities to be your parents, who would they be? Hopefully my parents are reading this, because I want them to know that I would never chose celebrities over them. Paparazzi and a life in the spotlight? No thanks, I'll keep Jeff and Alice.
Looking for outstanding creatives in Indy? Talk to Emily!


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Each year, the most beautiful and innovative apps from the App Store are considered for Apple's prestigious Design Awards. Many amazing projects created with Unity have been selected in previous years, including breakout hits Monument Valley, Lara Croft GO, and Crossy Road. This year is no different. Three out of the five games awarded the 2017 Apple Design Award are Made with Unity. Congratulations to Broken Rules, Untame, and RAC7 Games for your achievement!
Take a look at the games below and read why they were selected.
Make sure to check out the rest of the Apple Design Award winners.
Really interesting and innovative gameplay, congrats.


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Posts Tagged 'The Crown'
'The Crown' Season 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Martin Phipps, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Crown
Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown. The album features selections of the original music from the show's fourth season composed by Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, The Aftermath, Peaky Blinders, Harry Brown).) who previously scored Season 3, for which he received an Emmy […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 17, 2019)
Tags: Amazon, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, Hulu, Jon Opstad, Mad About You, Mark Leggett, Martin Phipps, Netflix, Roger Bellon, Spectrum, Steven Argila, Stuart Earl, The Accident, The Crown, The Feed, The Knight Before Christmas, Velton Ray Bunch
Premiering today is the third season of the Netflix original series The Crown created by Peter Morgan and starring Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O'Connor and Erin Doherty. Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) has composed the original music for the new season. […]
'The Crown' Season 3 Soundtrack Details
Tags: Martin Phipps, Netflix, Peter Morgan, score, Soundtrack, The Crown
Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown. The album features selections of the original music from the show's third season composed by Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Brighton Rock, Peaky Blinders, Harry Brown). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically […]
Martin Phipps to Score 'The Crown' Season 3
Posted: October 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Martin Phipps, Netflix, The Crown
Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, Victoria, Harry Brown, War & Peace) is the new composer of the Netflix original series The Crown. The composer is scoring the third season of the show, which stars Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II, Marion Bailey as Queen Mother, Tobias Menzies as the queen's husband, Prince Philip, Helena Bonham Carter as the queen's sister, Princess Margaret, […]
Tags: Lorne Balfe, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Crown
The full details of the soundtrack album for the second soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown have been revealed. The album features selections from the original music from the show's second season composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) who was honored with an Emmy Award nomination for his work on […]
Sony Classical to Release 'The Crown' Season 2 Soundtrack
Tags: Lorne Balfe, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Crown
Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown. The album features selections of the original music from the show's second season composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, Over the Hedge) who received an Emmy Award nomination earlier this year for his work on the drama and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 30, 2016)
Tags: CBS, Eban Schletter, Hans Zimmer, IFC, Netflix, Pure Genius, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Skylanders Academy, Stan Against Evil, The Crown, Timbaland, Will Bates
Premiering on Wednesday, November 2, is the new IFC original series Stan Against Evil created by Dana Gould and starring John C. McGinley, Janet Varney, Nate Mooney, Deborah Baker Jr. and Mick Ignis. The show's original music is composed by Eban Schletter (SpongeBob Square Pants, Another Period). The horror comedy follows a former sheriff of a small […]
Soundtrack Album for Netflix's 'The Crown' to Be Released
Posted: October 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Hans Zimmer, Netflix, Peter Morgan, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Crown
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown. The album features the show's main title theme composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Rain Man, Pirates of the Caribbean), as well as the drama's original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (The Legend of Tarzan, Hacksaw Ridge, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie). The soundtrack will be released on […]
Netflix's 'The Crown' to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer & Rupert Gregson-Williams
Posted: March 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Hans Zimmer, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Crown
Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams have recently recorded their music for the upcoming Netflix original series The Crown. The show is created by Peter Morgan (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) and stars Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby and John Lithgow. The 10-parter is based on Morgan's play The Audience and centers on the interplay and political intrigue between Queen Elizabeth II […]
Paul Englishby to Score Netflix's 'The Crown'
Tags: Netflix, Paul Englishby, Peter Morgan, The Crown
Paul Englishby has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original series The Crown. The show is created by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Rush, Frost/Nixon) and stars Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill. The 10-parter is based on Morgan's play The Audience and centers on the interplay and political intrigue […]


Ann Kavanagh started working with young people in drama and theatre more than thirty years ago. She has worked extensively in primary and secondary schools during this time, notably the three Loretos – the Abbey Rathfarnham, Beaufort and Crumlin. Ann Kavanagh's Young Peoples Theatre has been in operation for over 30 years.
Through her experience in schools, Ann founded her own drama school, realizing the joy and confidence it can instill in children. She founded the Children's Theatre Group in 1970 which - because her students stay with her so long! – 'grew up' to be called The Young People's Theatre. Previous productions have included Oliver, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, Nicholas Nickelby and Pocketful of Broadway, Fiddler on the Roof and Chicago.
In 1985, Ann formed Cloud Nine – an adult offshoot company featuring 22 of her original students. Shows have included Our Town, Lovers, The Secret Life of Adrian Mole, A Life, Vinegar Tom, All My Sons, Billy Liar, Brighton Beach Memoirs and A View from the Bridge.
Ann Kavanagh has a national reputation as a drama teacher and wins remarkable commitment, loyalty, love and enthusiasm from all who work with her. It is very rewarding that over 55 past pupils' children now attend the school.
Marina started as a student of Ann's at the age of four.
She has performed in many Young People's Theatre and Cloud Nine productions including Our Town, Oliver, Billy Liar and All My Sons.
Marina started teaching with Ann nineteen years ago after she had qualified from the Royal Irish Academy.During her years as a teacher with the school she has been responsible for Set,Costume & Make- Up Design on shows & has also directed The Ugly Duckling and Charlotte's Web.
William has been a member of Young Peoples Theatre for over ten years. He is in his final year at Trinity College studying Drama and English Literature. He has written and directed many shows in Players Theatre, as well as in The Samuel Beckett Theatre, Smock Alley and The Mill Theatre. He is former winner of both The Senior Shakespeare Cup and The Mary Burchael Cup at Feis Maitiu Dublin.
Sophie has been a member of Young Peoples Theatre since the age of five. She has completed all Royal Irish Academy exams and is studying drama in Trinity College. She is a member of Trinity's Drama Socitey, DU Players and spends any spare time involved in student productions.
Claudia received a First Class Hons. BA with a Gold Medal in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin in 2017. As an actor she has appeared across numerous stages such as Smock Alley, The Peacock, The New Theatre, The Samuel Beckett Theatre and RTÉ Television, alongside numerous independent films. She also directs and writes for theatre; her productions have been staged in theatres such as Smock Alley, The Complex and The Samuel Beckett Theatre.
Rosemary has been involved in Drama all her life. She was a student of Ann's for fifteen years and a founder member of Cloud Nine Theatre where she was an active participant in their productions. Rosemary also trained with The Brendan Smith Academy. Rosemary has appeared in many Film & TV productions and Theatres over the years.
She is a very able spokeswoman on behalf of children and adults with special needs.Rosemary is Administrator of the agency and Secretary to the school.


What's The Best Way To Fund My First DJ Set-Up?
If you're planning on "playing out", then of course you're going to need at least some basics: Most DJs like to have "real gear" to play on rather than pushing buttons, and so a DJ controller is desirable (DJ controllers are by far the cheapest way to DJ nowadays, and the skills are all transferable to other DJ gear, so don't worry: you can learn "properly" on a DJ controller). Something as simple as the Numark Mixtrack Pro 2 will do, and the Denon DJ MC2000 is actually a very capable controller for not much more.
All of this is to say: Maybe you don't need to raise much money, or at least as much as you think. But if you want to DJ as a part-time or even a full-time job, of course you're going to want a reasonable set-up. If you're planning on DJing mobile, you'll need a PA, some lights, carrying bags, leads, spares etc. The good news is that you only really need to actually own a half-decent controller and headphones, because you can hire the rest against gig bookings you have. So if you get booked to play a birthday party and ask for 50% deposit up front, there's your hire money for PA, lights, microphone and so on for the event.
As long as you're disciplined to save a little of each gig's earnings, and as long as you can get gigs (that's another story, though!) you'll soon have built up a fund from which you can start to buy your own such gear, reducing your hire fees as you go along. When I started DJing in public, this is exactly how I did it (although as it was in the turntable days and I only had really poor, cheap turntables at home, I also hired decent decks and a mixer, too).
What I wouldn't recommend is taking out a great big bank loan and buying "the best" of everything. Frankly, you don't really know what "the best" is for you yet (you're a beginner), and you honestly don't need a load of expensive gear to get going, trust me on that. If you are tempted to buy a whole set-up, at least buy it second-hand so that you can hopefully sell it again for what you paid for it or near enough should you need to.
Finally, remember that thanks to the wonders of digital, it's never been cheaper or easier to set yourself up to learn the skills of DJing. Just do't forget that this doesn't mean the skills have got any easier to learn: Smart DJs realise that and take the time to research and learn how to DJ properly, whatever gear they're doing it on.
How did you fund your first purchases as a DJ? Do you think it's best to hire rather than borrow the money to buy expensive gear? Please share your thoughts in the comments.
Your Questions: What Gear Do I Need To Start Playing Small Parties?
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Your Questions: "Learning To DJ Is Overwhelming Me"
I'm thinking of kickstarter or something similar… Has anyone else try that?
Why would anybody pay for your gear? What's in it for them?
If you start biking, windsurfing or even fishing … you have to invest in gear. If you want the best of the best, you pay a lot. Otherwise … 2nd hand or prosumer gear will be the way to go.
No disrespect to the guy above but many places do intrest free credit. It's a way of paying for stuff BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT . When I was buying some gear I could of raided the savings and paid for it out right. Lots of places offered intrest free. I knew it will come out of the paypacket for a few months . Did not really notice it coming out just budget accordingly. Credit is not necessarily the all assuming evil the internet would have you believe if you have a head on your shoulders.
This is not a good assumption. You can't assume you'll just earn it back in a few months. You cannot even assume you'll even earn it back over your entire 'career'. There's less and less money in djing and it's only getting worse. I used to make cash every gig, now I only get some free stuff every once in a while. It's a dying profession, realize that.
I meant out of the "other" jobs paypacket, not the money made from the dj'ing. Your really well if dj work is your only source of income.
You could also start building a modular setup. Got a Traktor Z1 to go with my iPad last year. Planning to add an X1 and upgrade the computer soon. Also, the iPad with an app like Touch OSC could emulate the X1.
You can get much more versatile gear for less if you already own a laptop. The Z1 is pretty bad value if you're a beginner.
I started by researching recommended controllers on the Internet, then buying second hand on sites like Gumtree and Facebook.
I still hire PA equipment, as most of my gigs are freelance, so it saves me the cost of maintaining, storing and insuring it.
My advice is get a feel for your preferred software, and get hardware to go with it.
For the record, I use a Reloop BeatPad (a great midrange controller) with either Traktor Pro on the laptop, or DJay 2 on the iPad.
I'm just getting back into DJing and it's more on the hobby side for me, but I went with something that I could use at home and for smaller gigs (Birthday parties, graduations, pool parties, etc.). I went with a Numark Mixdeck Quad, JBL 515XT's and a laptop that I already had. Again, it's for side gigs and as a hobby. If I start to do regular gigs on weekends, I'll eventually upgrade and/or add on, but for now, this is my setup. Plus, I work a decent day job, so it really wasn't that bad on pricing.
Here's how i started….. my first 2 gigs were performed solely with my laptop and a splitter cable. i got the numark hf 125 headphones for just 10 bucks (trust me they r awesome). i payed for one month of Virtual Dj pro (19 bucks that's it) and took whatever cables i could find at my home and my dad's garage. All the PA and lights were hired.
now i am gonna go for the Pioneer DDJ-SB as i wanna move up from software to some nice tactile control.


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