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Interact Club of Subiaco
The Rotary Club of Subiaco proudly sponsors
The Interact Club at Perth Modern School
Thank you to Robyn White for her ongoing support and valuable input into the Club and to Terry Smith for organising the ongoing involvement of its members in fundraising at our Gourmet Bacon and Egg Stall each Sunday morning.
The leadership roles in the Club have now been passed down to year 10's and re recently received this wonderful thank you from the immediate past Vice-President for 2019.
"I would like to thank you Terry for being so organised and for giving our club the opportunity to participate at the stall during my time there. Helping out at the Bacon and Eggs stall was a heap of fun and I'm so happy I got that experience. I hope you have a heap more fun with the new members at our club; they're all lovely people who are willing to help.
Nhaveen Moorthy
(Vice-President of Subiaco Interact 2019)"
The Rotary Club of Subiaco proudly sponsors The Interact Club at Perth Modern School.
Interact is a service and social club for young people aged 14- 18. Each Club is sponsored by a Rotary club which guides the Interactors in developing local and international service projects. Interact clubs are self–governing and self-supporting, offering many opportunities for members to develop valuable leadership and teamwork skills. There are currently four Interact clubs in District 9455, there is a great opportunity to increase the number of clubs substantially to the benefit of our youth, as well as Rotary and Rotary clubs now and in the future.
About Subiaco
A well established club with a great portfolio of local and international projects, Subiaco encourages members to bring new projects for the club to support. Weekly meetings and working on projects generate friendships for life.
Our club welcomes new members.
The Rotary Club of Subiaco is one of the 49 clubs within Rotary District 9455.
We are active on Facebook.
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Andrzej Hiolski (* 1. Januar 1922 in Lemberg; † 26. Februar 2000 in Krakau) war ein polnischer Opernsänger (Bariton).

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Hiolski hatte in seiner Heimatstadt Gesangsunterricht bei Helena Oleska und Adam Didur und debütierte 1941 mit Liedern von Jan Gall, Stanisław Niewiadomski und Stanisław Moniuszko im Rundfunk. Sein Bühnendebüt hatte er 1944 am Stary Teatr als Janusz in Monioskos Halka. Von 1945 bis 1956 war er Solist an der Schlesischen Oper in Bytom, danach am Teatr Wielki in Warschau.

Das Repertoire Hiolskis umfasste Opern vom Barock bis zur Moderne. Er trat u. a. in Mozarts Don Giovanni und Hochzeit des Figaro, Claude Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande, Krzysztof Pendereckis Die Teufel von Loudun und Luigi Dallapiccolas Il prigioniero auf. Daneben war er ein bedeutender Kantaten-, Oratorien- und Liedsänger. Er trat bei internationalen Musikfestivals wie den Berliner Festwochen, dem Edinburgh Festival, den Salzburger Festspielen, dem Holland Festival in Amsterdam, den Wiener Festwochen, dem Brucknerfest in Linz, dem Prager Frühling und dem Warschauer Herbst auf, gastierte an Opern wie dem Teatro alla Scala in Mailand, dem Teatro San Carlo in Neapel, dem Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires und dem Theater Bonn und hatte Auftritte im Rundfunk und Fernsehen. Für seine Leistungen wurde er mit dem Banner der Arbeit Erster und Zweiter Klasse, sowie dem Ritter-, Offiziers- und Komturkreuz des Orden Polonia Restituta ausgezeichnet.

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 Polskie Nagrania - Andrzej Hiolski
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- It took awhile but winter conditions finally returned to the White Mountains. Tuesday brought a snow storm totalling six to nine inches in the Pinkham Notch area. Whitney, Kyle, Tony and his dog, Duke, decided to break trail up to my neighbor, Mount Moriah.
- We got an early start around 7AM and were shocked to see another car at the Stony Brook trailhead, we bypassed the start of the trail and hiked up Mount Carter Drive to the old trailhead where we strapped on our snowshoes. The first two miles of the ascent and the last mile and a half were decent snowshoe conditions, while there was a half mile stretch or so of some rocks hiding underneath the snow making for slow going. Hopefully it will snow again soon, about six more inches and the whole trail will be good to go from now until spring.
- After about a combined mile on the road and the old trail we rejoined the most recent reroute (from the late 80's or early 90's). We saw a couple of boot prints on the trail and then soon we passed by a tent just off trail from the hikers who car we spotted at the trailhead, they drove up late last night and hiked about a mile and a half in set up camp.
- From here we broke trail up to the summit, the snow depths were not really deep so it was easy breaking, the only negative were the hidden rocks under the snow which slowed us down the last mile up to the ridge.
- The real fun part of this hike is from the Stony Brook / Carter - Moriah Trail junction. The trail curves its way up to the summit over a few open ledges and a semi open alpine meadow with great views. There was enough snow up on the ridge that almost all the roots and rocks were buried making for a pleasant hike up to the top.
- We didn't stay long at the summit since Kyle, Whitney, and myself had to get back down and go to work. Other than my snowshoes falling apart (new screws popped off of the crampons), the descent was uneventful and fun. We ran into several people, including Hiker Ed, who like us took the "shortcut" from the old trailhead.
- It was a nice early morning hike up Mount Moriah in the snow, another decent snowfall is needed but we'll take what we can get after the lack of snow over the past month.
Red rover - red rover send Duke and Tony on over!
Kyle lost his pole while taking out his camera, he carefully inches his way down some slab to retrieve it...Duke can barely watch!
Descending the ledges in some fluffy snow!
Hiking with Duke was a lot of fun, his tail was wagging the whole morning!
Hope you have a happy new year, too!


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Distinctive. Dynamic. And demanding to be driven. Renowned as one of the most stylish coupés of all time, the GranTurismo has been created for those who live life to the full and seek uncompromising motoring enjoyment. Inspired by the Maserati Birdcage 75th concept car, the GranTurismo is a magnificent example of gorgeous styling and brilliant engineering. From its sublime silhouette, styled by leading Italian design house, Pininfarina, to the immense power of its engine, this four-seater sports car offers thrills and exhilaration for everyone on board.
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Every feature of the GranTurismo is a masterpiece of Italian design. Every drive a unique Maserati experience.
Lithe and sinuous lines create a sleek and aerodynamic exterior that underline the car's racing pedigree. Its powerful and dynamic front end is dominated by the oval radiator grille and horizontal headlights, with LED Daytime Running Lights blended perfectly into the bumpers. The long bonnet, with its iconic 'V' shape, has three air intakes on each side, in the classic Maserati style.
The aerodynamics and styling of the GranTurismo have been developed in tandem to minimise the airflow vortices that occur around the car. Radical side skirts then bring further drama to the car's profile. The rear also echoes the GranTurismo's sportiness and high-tech soul: the triangular rear lights use 96 LEDs, and a wide aerodynamic diffuser opens out over the lower part of the bumper.
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The interior of the GranTurismo offers the highest levels of comfort, making long journeys a true pleasure. The onboard experience is unparalleled, both for the driver and for those who enjoy the car as passengers.
The GranTurismo's exceptionally comfortable sports seats are upholstered in the finest leather that comes courtesy of Poltrona Frau®, one of the world's leading leather companies. The contours of the seats and the seatbacks have been designed to provide the torso and legs with plenty of support, especially during high speed cornering. At the front, the seats are electrically controlled.
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Take Maserati's design concept and make it your own. There is a huge range of customisation options for the dashboard mouldings, door panels and rear side panels, as well as a vast array of interior fabrics for either a more elegant or sportier interior.
Awe inspiring Maserati Power
Delivering the GranTurismo's supercar performance is Maserati's 405 HP 4.2 litre V8 engine that incorporates a number of innovative features to ensure the ultimate in power and speed. Emitting a deep growl at low revs, the engine's roar is truly fearsome as the needle approaches the red line.
Individually Tailored Technology
Innovation comes as standard with the GranTurismo. Drivers looking to equip their car with the very latest high-tech devices can select from state-of-the-art electronic options, such as the electrochromatic door mirrors or the TPMS, which continually monitors tyre pressures when the car is on the move.
Protection for All
The Maserati Stability Program (MSP) takes safety technology to new heights. Developed in the most extreme test conditions, this groundbreaking system uses an array of sensors to constantly monitor driving status and deploys a host of safety and performance systems to maintain excellent handling and grip.


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Buzzfeed got NASA's internal emails complaining about misleading coverage of July's giant asteroid
Buzzfeed:
On July 25, NASA officials were prompted to dig deeper for answers after a flurry of alarming news reports surfaced that characterized the asteroid as a "city killer" that "just missed the earth." The city killer classification rankled NASA officials who traced it back to the Sydney Morning Herald, according to the emails.
The Herald report "quotes the two Australian astronomers - anybody know them? If so, it might be helpful to ask them to think before they speak" of things like "nuclear explosions," says a July 27 email sent to Chodas and Johnson, the planetary defense officer (the sender's name was redacted). "I don't know whether the Sydney reporter reached out to them or whether they reached out to him. All the rest - including WaPo -- is simply repetition … This story also says to me that we have to keep up our good work of calming down asteroid rhetoric - city-killers, nukes, etc. I will reach out as well."
The email evoked a blunt reply from Lindley.
"What makes this especially galling is that the Australian are doing essentially nothing to support Planetary Defense," he said.
More than half of the emails turned over to BuzzFeed News contain other detailed complaints from NASA officials about news coverage of the "near miss," with particular scorn directed at Epoch Times, The Washington Post, and The Hill over their "lazy journalism." The emails include two harshly critical letters to the Post and Hill about its coverage and the importance of reaching out directly to NASA experts for accurate information
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This new piece of "Great Characters" collection is inspired by the actor James Dean. From the engraved pattern of a one-dollar bill in reference to the famous scene from the movie "Beyond Eden", to one of his most famous quotes in the cap ring: "Dream as if you live forever, live as if every day were your last." His car racing passion is also represented by the engraved racing flag in the nib.


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Q: tapping didSelectRowAtIndexPath when field comes from sqlite database I have a uitableview that is populated with data from my sqlite database.
As a result I am trying to load a newview when i tap the first cell whose content is "test".
So i tried the following code
if ([[patients objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]isEqualToString:@"test"])
{do this }

but i get the error -[Patient isEqualToString:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance
Would love some help in how i access my database string to compare them too the value when i click.
Thanks
P.S   this is how i add my values to my uitableview cellForRowAtIndexPath
Patient *as = [patients objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    cell.textLabel.text = as.region;

This code gives the same error as well
Patient *as = [patients objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if ([as.region isEqualToString:@"TEST"])

A: patients is an array of Patient instances. You are trying to compare the entire instance to a string which you cannot do. Instead I suspect you want to do:
if ([[[patients objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] region] isEqualToString:@"test"])

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New eBook: "The Askers and The Offerers"
I published a brand new One Chapter ebook on Smashwords. It's called "The Askers and The Offerers" and is about understanding different perspectives on each. It started out as a newsletter but turned into 4300 words (about 12 pages) so I made it into a short book instead.
As it's only a chapter, the price is a super low $0.99.
and I saw where I had gone wrong and the necessary corrections that I can make in order to prevent this from happening again.


100 years ago, in 1915, Frederick Winslow Taylor, one of the most influential management thinkers in history, passed away at the age of 59. In 1911, four years prior to his death, Taylor published his famous book The Principles of Scientific Management, which still influences the way we teach and practice management today.
Taylor believed that applying a scientific method to managing workers could greatly improve productivity. The worker was taken for granted as a cog in the machinery and any job could be studied and best practices could be encapsulated and taught to other workers, making them more productive. Taylor used "time and motion studies," which involve timing workers with stopwatches, to determine the "most efficient" way to do things.
Another core element in Taylor's principles were based on an observation Taylor called "soldiering". Taylor observed that, workers with a similar salary tended to work at the slowest possible rate that went unpunished. Taylor experimented with what we today will call performance pay to increase productivity.
Finally, Taylor argued that upper management should make all decisions with no input from the workers, whether individually or collectively. Taylor believed that managers, with university degrees, are able to make better decisions about how to do the work, than the workers actually carrying out the work.
In all fairness to Taylor, he believed that workers would also benefit from scientific management. Management would help workers benefit from increased wages, by determining the best method to complete each task and train the workers accordingly.
Managers develop a science for each element of a man's work, which replaces the old rule-of-thumb method.
Managers scientifically select and then train, teach, and develop the workman, whereas in the past he chose his own work and trained himself as best he could.
Managers heartily cooperate with the men so as to ensure all of the work being done in accordance with the principles of the science which has been developed.
There is an almost equal division of the work and the responsibility between the management and the workmen. The management take over all work for which they are better fitted than the workmen, while in the past almost all of the work and the greater part of the responsibility were thrown upon the men.
The world we live in today is very different from the world Taylor knew when he coined the principles of scientific management.
Taylor based his principles on studies of moving pig iron at the Bethlehem Steel Company, shoveling at Bethlehem Steel and bricklaying. This was manual, repetitive, and often physically challenging work, but it was rarely mentally challenging. A lot of this type of work has since been automated or at least made easier with advancements in technology. Today, more and more people are what we categorize as knowledge workers. The heavy lifting they do is mostly mental and the problems they solve are highly sophisticated.
Another major difference is in how we think of leadership ability and the role of incentives. In the early 20th century, managers were significantly better educated than most of their reports. Taylor believed that workers were not able to figure out how to be effective and this was a primary concern for managers. Taylor also believed that workers, if unsupervised or not economically incentivized, would intentionally lower their pace. Today, we know that money is often not the best way to motivate people to do mentally challenging work. Traditionally we reward great performers by promoting them, often into jobs they don´t want or aren't really good at. Instead we should look at alternative incentives, like increased power, flexibility, increased autonomy and more challenging tasks.
Thirdly, the rate of change we see in business today is higher than ever before. New businesses challenge existing businesses, but also create entirely new business models. Companies like Netflix redefined how we rent movies. Amazon changed the bookstore business forever. Record labels have never been the same since Apple introduced iTunes and Apple, in turn, is now trying to push new free ad-supported music services like Spotify. There are countless examples and it does not look like the rate of change will slow down anytime soon.
We cannot keep up with the increased complexity and rate of change in today's business environment and apply the same old solutions. Traditional hierarchies are great for compliance and efficiency, but often fail at innovation and when trying to cope with disruptive change to their business models.
To solve the challenges we are facing today, we need to figure out new and more flexible leadership paradigms. Ambitious, smart people, inside or outside an organization, should easily be able to contribute to the innovation and building of better products and services and thereby better companies.
Luckily, many organizations and leadership thinkers are already pioneering new paradigms and some will definitely be topics for future posts. If you know of any interesting work in this area, please share using the comments below.
If you found this post useful, you will probably also enjoy my second post in this series titled: Reinventing Organizations – In Search of a New Leadership Paradigm.


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Q: Counting number of posts in multiple (sub)categories using shortcode I'm making a new cycling team website and on the home page i have 3 different type of stats: "Win, Podium and top-10"
Now i want the number of the stat go up if i post something with for instance the category: "Podium" But i want it to go 2 up if i select the categories: "1-podium / 2-podium" ETC
So in short, i want the count number go up if i post something while selecting one or more categories. If i select one category, the number needs to go up by 1, if i add 2 it needs to go up by 2 etc.
I'm relative new to Wordpress so i don't know where to make the code and how to make the shortcode to the code.
Can someone please help me?


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Jordan's Principle
1 year ago 1 year ago Published by admin
This infographic was published by the Assembly of First Nations.
HERE'S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC:
Jordan's Principle, named in honour of Jordan River Anderson, aims to give First Nations children equal and fair access to services ordinarily available to other children and to shield them from jurisdictional disputes. Jordan River Anderson died tragically after spending two and a half years unnecessarily in hospital because government officials could not decide who should pay for his at-home care because he was First Nations.
The Jordan's Principle Working Group. (2015). Without Denial, Delay, or Disruption: Ensuring First Nations Children's Access to Equitable Services through Jordan's Principle. Ottawa, ON: Assembly of First Nations.
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Ana María Rodríguez, EADA alumna: "The important thing is not so much to reach the finish line, but the road you take to get there"
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The success story of Colombian Ana María Rodríguez, alumna of the EADA International Master in Marketing 2007-2008, is the story of a dream come true. Her great passion for marketing brought her to Barcelona to study in EADA and forge her career in this constantly evolving field. After completing the master, she has reaped one success after another in the field of wine and spirits in her country, first as brand manager of Jack Daniel's and more recently as Senior Brand Manager of Heineken for Central Cervecera de Colombia.
When did you first begin to take an interest in things related to marketing?
From when I was very young; even then, I saw business opportunities all around me. Maybe that's why, when I began thinking about what I wanted to do, I always came back to marketing. What interested me most was creating successful brands and designing strategies that attracted consumers to a specific product.
What was the most important thing that you learned at EADA?
The EADA International Master in Marketing enabled me to learn everything needed to manage the marketing area in a very real way. In each class, we studied a real case from a company, covering issues related to pricing, brand positioning and consumer behaviour, among other things. What's more, I was able to do an internship in UNipost, which was a great experience because I got the chance to put into practice everything I had learnt in class. Just two months after finishing the master, I joined Global Wine and Spirits, a wines and spirits distributor and importer, where I took on various marketing functions for important brands such as Jack Daniel's, Vodka Finlandia, Tequila Jimador, Tequila Herradura, Amaretto and Sambuca Luxando. Among my main functions were activities related to brand positioning, marketing plans, advertising campaigns and strategic alliances and sponsorships. In other words, everything I had dreamed of was coming true.
The big leap came four years later when you became Brand Manager in Colombia for Heineken. How did you take this transition?
After working for four years for big wine and spirits brands in Colombia, I had amassed expertise on how the market worked from all perspectives: the media, sponsorships, suppliers, customers, etc. The positive results I achieved at Jack Daniel's were key to making contacts in the sector, and to eventually receiving the offer for brand manager in Heineken in Colombia. For three years, I took on the responsibilities of Marketing Manager: drawing up marketing plans (from planning to implementation) and product budget estimates for imports, defining the pricing strategy, dealing with sponsorships, relations with agencies and suppliers, etc.
Last year was also very important because you became Heineken Senior Brand Manager for Central Cervecera de Colombia. How did this new challenge come about?
That's right. In February 2015, Heineken decided that its distributor in Colombia, Global Wine and Spirits, would become its strongest strategic partner in the country. That is how Central Cervecera de Colombia was born, a joint venture between Postobon and CCU, two giant companies in Colombia and Chile, respectively. Following the merger, I was given the opportunity for the new position of Heineken Senior Brand Manager.
What do you like most about your new job?
It may sound like a cliché, but the truth is I like everything I do. Every day is different: one day I am doing an advertising campaign, and the next I am looking for something striking for a supermarket. We don't sell beers, we sell moments and experiences with friends and family, which means exploring new initiatives that will surprise our customers.
Is there a magic formula to success?
No, there isn't. You simply need to be very excited about what you do, to be self-confident in order to accomplish your goals, and take a leap into the void without being afraid when it comes to taking on new challenges and evolving.
What's next for you?
I want to keep growing in marketing, a field that has many angles and nuances; you can ever know it all. In addition, because it's an area that depends on consumer behaviour, it is constantly evolving, which makes everything even more motivating. New technologies and global communication are forcing companies to keep a look out for new marketing strategies that best address the needs of consumers. That's why I want to continue learning, and keep up to date with these new strategies, and why not, perhaps set up my own company sometime in the future. I want to wake up every day and feel happy because of the road I have followed. The important thing is not so much to reach the finish line, but the road you have taken to get there.
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Endurance sport has beneficial impact on physical and mental performance and this can be seen in blood test results.
H. HASLACHER et al. show in this paper that these laboratory data could be used in the opposite way to predict future changes in fitness.


These days, it seems like everyone wants a piece of Nicolas Billon. He's gained serious attention for his plays and film work, graced the cover NOW magazine, and won the Governor-General's Award for Drama.
But just before the madness hit, Nicolas approached us with simple request – "Build me a strong brand".
For years the playwright had been working without a personal brand, building his reputation solely on his work and through social media. Today, he's got a brand and website that perfectly align with his talent and his career trajectory. Here's how we did it.
The goal for this evolution was to inject more of his individuality into his online identity and demonstrate that after years of hard work, Nicolas Billon is at the top of his craft.
The discovery process yielded interesting facts about his personal history and his goals for the future. It also emphasized his attraction to simplicity – trimming and refining until you have something strong and beautifully straightforward.
The chosen design connected deeply with Nicolas' character. Acting as a symbol not just for his career as a writer but for his forward progression, the pilcrow was used as a bridge connecting his initials. Brand colours were a reflection of his work and its propensity to mix darkness with humour.
Online, Nicolas needed a custom website that worked with and enhanced his unique writing style. Much like his new visual identity, it also needed to be clean and simple. The result was a sleek, mobile-optimized website packed with subtle accessories that perfectly balanced words with aesthetics.
Since its launch, the website has seen a substantial increase in visits and continues to be an influential stage for Nicolas' brand to shine.


I received this recipe over 9 years ago in a recipe exchange through a moms' playgroup at our church. I was eager to try this dish because it consisted of less than 5 ingredients and took less than 20 minutes to prepare.
Layer each item in the above order in an 8×8 backing dish uncovered. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.
You can change this recipe by adding cheese, corn, etc. Make it your own and get creative. Serve with a salad and you are all set!
Do you have a simple recipe to share? I would love to add quick and easy recipes to my rotation!
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We've been busy, almost frantically busy, around here lately – so much so that I really wanted to get away as a family so that we would not be distracted by all the "to-do's" around the house. We could relax, play, and be together. We wanted to go to William's family property that is about 1.5 hours from our home, at the mouth of the Tuskegee River. It is remote and rustic. We ended up there on Saturday with 11 other children and their parents. So, while it was relaxing and super fun, but we were all exhausted by the end of the weekend. There were campfires, card games, s'mores, late night tag, hiking, games of catch and softball in the meadow, digging in the river sand, and dunking in the very cold river.
I loved spending Mother's Day in such a fun and beautiful place. It was a great location to just stand back and watch my children play and learn. The dads cooked breakfast for the moms (and cleaned up) on Sunday. We played a little softball (kids against grown-ups). Then, we all hiked down to the biggest waterfall on the property and played in the sand.


Grunin Center Presents "A Christmas Carol"
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Don't miss this Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts tradition: the musical adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" on stage on Saturday, December 1 at 1:00pm. Take in the timeless tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. Shocked into action by visits from three ghosts that take him on a journey to the past, present, and future, Scrooge discovers the true meaning of Christmas. The music and dancing of "A Christmas Carol" will put everyone in the holiday spirit!
Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children, and can be purchased online at grunincenter.org; by phone at 732-255-0500; or in person at theGrunin Center Box Office, Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ask about group and student rates.


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Pioneer Soccer School
Men's Soccer Facilities
Men's Soccer Alumni
Anderson breaks late tie, defeats Pioneers 3-1 in SAC quarterfinals
Anderson (S.C.)
Anderson (S.C.) (11-5-1) 0 3 3
Tusculum (6-7-3) 0 1 1
2nd - 69:14 - Daniel Heinrich (Anderson (S.C.))
2nd - 70:39 - Luke Murphy (Tusculum)
2nd - 74:00 - Myles Duncan (Anderson (S.C.))
2nd - 87:27 - Colin Burris (Anderson (S.C.))
Sv: Gal Elyashiv - 2
G: Luke Murphy - 1
Sh: Nikola Vujicic - 3
Sv: Sam Gilbert - 4
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Anderson University scored three goals in the final 21 minutes to defeat Tusculum University 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the South Atlantic Conference Men's Soccer Championship tournament Sunday afternoon at Pioneer Field.
The fifth-seeded Trojans (11-5-1) avenged a loss to the Pioneers in last year's SAC Championship final and advanced to face eighth-seeded Coker in the semifinals on Friday at Matthews, North Carolina. The Pioneers (6-7-3), who were seeded fourth in the tournament, were seeking their fourth tournament championship in the last six seasons.
The match was scoreless until the 70th minute when a goal by the Trojans' Daniel Heinrich was answered less than 90 seconds later by the Pioneers' Luke Murphy. However, Myles Duncan gave Anderson the lead for good with exactly 16 minutes to play and Colin Burris added an insurance goal with 2:33 left.
In the first half, Burris had the first shot attempt which went wide off the header in the fifth minute. Tusculum's first shot came by Edgar Cervantes in the 13th minute off a corner kick but was wide of the target. The first shot on goal came in the 20th minute off the foot of Tusculum's Clement Dagorn from distance, but was collected by Anderson keeper Gal Elyashiv.
The best scoring chances for either team came in a span of 30 seconds in the 37th minute. A corner kick by the Trojans came across the box to Ryan Tyrer, whose header was stopped by a lunging Sam Gilbert near the far post. On the ensuing push downfield, Murphy got behind the defense and chipped over Elyashiv toward the goal, but Tyrer raced back and cleared the ball just before it crossed the line.
Anderson had the final two shots of the first half, as Lucas Mostajo rifled a shot over the crossbar from 20 yards away in the 40th minute and Harry Ward was stopped by Gilbert with just over two minutes remaining. Anderson finished the half with a 5-4 advantage in shots over Tusculum, but with no goals on the scoreboard.
In the second half, the Pioneers' Nikola Vujicic tested Elyashiv nearly four minute in, but the save was made with a dive toward the left post. Vujicic nearly converted in the 57th minute on a lunging header, but the ball caromed off the outside of the near post and out of play.
A loose ball led to the first goal of the afternoon at 69:14, as Heinrich collected the carom and turned to beat Gilbert from an angle for his first goal of the season and a 1-0 Trojans lead. The lead last for exactly 85 seconds as Vujicic sprung Pau Peiro down the left side, who crossed to Murphy on the far side for the shot past Elyashiv and a 1-1 deadlock at 70:39. The goal for Murphy was his first of the season after a number of close calls throughout the year.
However, Anderson regained the lead just 3 1/2 minutes later by scoring on the third consecutive shot of the match. A long pass from Martin Carpena found Duncan in a one-on-one with the defense, and he broke free and beat Gilbert from near the top of the box for his first of the season and a 2-1 Trojans lead with exactly 16 minutes to go.
Tusculum began to press for the tying goal as time ran down, but were flagged for offsides in the 77th and 79th minutes. With just under nine minutes to go, a turnover helped set up Henrique Devens near the top of the box, but his shot trickled wide of the left post as Elyashiv had come off his line. The shot attempt by Devens would turn out to be Tusculum's final shot of the afternoon.
Anderson looked for an insurance goal in the final minutes and found it with 2:33 to go. A cross was deflected by the Tusculum defense to Anderson's Alexander Cox-Ashwood, who set up Burris straight away from 25 yards for his fourth of the season and a 3-1 lead for the Trojans.
The statistics were nearly even for most of the match, at one point in the second half being identical in both shots, saves, corners, fouls and offsides. The shots finished deadlocked at 10 apiece while Tusculum was called for 16 fouls to 15 by Anderson. The Pioneers also had a 5-4 edge in corner kicks, but were flagged six times for offsides compared to three by Anderson.
Gilbert finished the afternoon with four saves in goal for the Pioneers, while Elyashiv had two saves for the Trojans.
Sun, 11/10 | Men's Soccer vs. Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-1 (Final) RC | BX | PH | V
Wed, 11/06 | Men's Soccer vs. Carson-Newman T, 1-1 (Final - 2OT) RC | BX | PH | V
Fri, 11/01 | Men's Soccer at Mars Hill W, 2-0 (Final) RC | BX | V
Sun, 10/27 | Men's Soccer vs. Coker W, 5-2 (Final) RC | BX | PH | V
Sat, 10/19 | Men's Soccer at Catawba W, 6-3 (Final) RC | BX


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The Social Dilemma: What is the truth?
Miss A. Culture September 23, 2020
After 16 years of a world ran by Facebook, many of us are beginning to break out of the spell and return to reality.
The year was 2007, a time when 100,000 views meant a viral video and a segment on the national news.
The moment of the year was Chris Crocker's "Leave Britney Alone" video.
Found on his YouTube page, watching it again gave me a mix of nostalgia and sadness as the sentiments of the video still ring true today, but that's for a different story.
I was in 10th grade and it was the last class of the day.
With 15 minutes remaining, a friend and I were sitting a few desks away from the door waiting to be dismissed.
Like the stereotypical 15-year-old girls we were, we were talking about boys.
She was giddy about her recent correspondence with a particular guy, a handsome hockey player with a head of hair to match. He had asked her out to the upcoming Halloween dance and of course she was going.
As we eagerly explored our minds for potential couple costumes, there was something different to their romance, specifically how they were communicating. Rather than the sloppily planned out water fountain rendezvous, they were talking on a website.
Now, this isn't the '80s so chat rooms weren't uncommon, but a new site was becoming all the craze: Facebook.
"Wait you're not on it? You need to be!" She said.
And just like that, with a few clicks of a button, I unknowingly signed away my thoughts, feelings, attention and time.
Fast forward to today and what is shaping to be the year of reckoning, The Social Dilemma highlights the trepidation of social media.
The Netflix documentary attempts to break down the barrier between technologist and consumer, particularly between the creators and the everyday user.
Between the copious amount of expertise and the interwoven narrative, the documentary plays out like a sci-fi thriller. It does an excellent job of retaining your attention long enough to understand that the world is not as it seems.
Sounds dystopian, I know. But if 2020 has taught me anything, it's that we've been living in an episode of Black Mirror for a lot longer than we thought.
The primary focus of the film is to illuminate the impact thousands of distorted realities have had on our world view, both as a collective and individual. It also works to inform us that both our attention and behaviour are up for sale to the highest bidder.
This sounds terrifying and most people I've spoken to that have seen the film agree.
However, rather than wallow in the shared anguish of our new world order, I choose to remain hopeful. This hope derives from one simple question, how do you fix a problem you don't know exists?
With the hope of reentering nuanced conversation into the online zeitgeist, the film tries their best to answer this very question.
It analyzes the why and how we receive the newsfeeds, timelines and Google searches we do, with the hope this explanation will encourage consumers to be smarter with what they consume.
Technology giants like Facebook and other social media platforms to take responsibility for both the content and its validity on their platforms.
Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of social media use, one thing is for sure: something needs to change. Let your viewing of The Social Dilemma be the beginning of bringing objective truth back into your life.
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Nearly a week after the first anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that started the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, I am still sorting through the dozens of reports, retrospectives and essays commemorating the event. The sheer volume of material has been a little exhausting, but that is, of course, compounded by the weight of the subject. From reviewing the horrors of a year ago–now even more horrific, thanks to many new revelations about the disaster–to contemplating what lies ahead for residents of Japan and, indeed, the world, it is hard just to read about it; living it–then, now, and in the future–is almost impossible for me to fathom.
But while living with the aftermath might be hard to imagine, that such a catastrophe could and likely would happen was not. In fact, if there is a theme (beyond the suffering of the Japanese people) that runs through all the Fukushima look-backs, it is the predictability–the mountains of evidence that said Japan's nuclear plants were vulnerable, and if nothing were done, a disaster (like the one we have today) should be expected.
Although many politicians have characterized 3/11 and 9/11 as bizarre, near-impossible events that could not have been foreseen, in both cases there were clear but unheeded warnings. . . . In the case of 3/11, the nuclear plant's operators ignored scientific studies showing that the risks of a tsunami had been dramatically underestimated. Japan's "safety culture," which asserted that accidents were impossible, prevented regulators from taking a hard look at whether emergency safety systems would function properly in a tsunami-caused station blackout.
Stover goes on to explain many points where the two nightmare narratives run parallel. She notes how while governments often restrict information, stating that they need to guard against mass panic, it is actually the officials who are revealed to be in disarray. By contrast, in both cases, first responders behaved rationally and professionally, putting themselves at great risk in attempts to save others.
In both cases, communication–or, rather, the terrible lack of it–between sectors of government and between officials and responders exacerbated the crisis and put more lives at risk.
And with both 9/11 and 3/11, the public's trust in government was shaken. And that crisis of trust was made worse by officials obscuring the facts and covering their tracks to save their own reputations.
By focusing needed attention on threats to our existence, 3/11 and 9/11 have brought about some positive changes. The nuclear disaster in Japan has alerted nuclear regulators and operators around the world to the vulnerabilities of nuclear power plant cooling systems and will inevitably lead to better standards for safety and siting — and perhaps even lend a new urgency to the problem of spent fuel. Likewise, 9/11 resulted in new security measures and intelligence reforms that have thus far prevented another major terrorist attack in the United States and have created additional safeguards for nuclear materials.
When it comes to post-9/11 "security" and "intelligence reforms," Stover is clearly out of her depth, and using the Bush-Cheney "no new attacks" fallacy frankly undermines the credibility of the entire essay. But I reference it here because it sets up a more important point.
If only Stover had taken a lesson from her own story. The Fukushima disaster has not alerted nuclear regulators and operators to vulnerabilities–as has been made clear here and in several of the post-Fukushima reports, those vulnerabilities were all well known, and known well in advance of 3/11/11.
But even if this were some great and grand revelation, some signal moment, some clarion call, what in the annals of nuclear power makes Stover or any other commentator think that call will be heard? "Inevitably lead to better standards"–inevitably? We'd all exit laughing if we weren't running for our lives.
Look no further than the "coincidental" late-Friday, pre-anniversary news dump from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ordered major safety changes for U.S. nuclear power plants Friday. . . .
The orders require U.S. nuclear plants to install or improve venting systems to limit core damage in a serious accident and to install sophisticated equipment to monitor water levels in pools of spent nuclear fuel.
The plants also must improve protection of safety equipment installed after the 2001 terrorist attacks and make sure it can handle damage to multiple reactors at the same time.
Awwwrighty then, that sounds good, right? New rules, more safety, responsive to the Japanese disaster at last–but the timing instantly raised questions.
It didn't take long to discover these were not the rules you were looking for.
First off, these are only some of the recommendations put before the commission by their Near-Term Task Force some ten months ago, and while better monitoring of water levels in spent fuel pools and plans to handle multiple disasters are good ideas, it has been noted that the focus on hardening the vents in Mark I and Mark II boiling water reactors actually misdiagnoses what really went wrong in two of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors.
Also, it should be noted this represents less than half the recommendations in last summer's report. It also does not mandate a migration of spent fuel from pools to dry casks, an additional precaution not explicitly in the report, but stressed by NRC chief Gregory Jaczko, as well as many industry watchdogs.
But most important–and glaring–of all, the language under which these rules passed could make it that almost none of them are ever enforced.
While I am encouraged that the Commission supports moving forward with three of the most straightforward and quickly-issued nuclear safety Orders recommended by their own expert staff, I am disappointed that several Commissioners once again have rejected the regulatory justification that they are necessary for the adequate protection of nuclear reactors in this country. . . .
Both the NRC Fukushima Task Force and the NRC staff who reviewed the Task Force report concluded that the new post-Fukushima safety recommendations, including the Orders issued today, were also necessary for the "adequate protection" of existing U.S. nuclear power plants, and that additional cost-benefit analysis should not be required to justify their implementation.
While Chairman Jaczko's vote re-affirmed his support of all the Near-Term Task Force's recommendations, including the need to mandate them all on the basis that they are necessary for the adequate protection of all U.S. nuclear power plants, Commissioner Svinicki did not do so for any of the Orders, Commissioner Magwood did not do so for two of the three Orders, and Commissioners Apostolakis and Ostendorff rejected that basis for one of the three. As a result, the Order requiring technologies to monitor conditions in spent nuclear fuel pools during emergencies will proceed using a different regulatory basis. More importantly, the inability of the Commission to unanimously accept its own staff's recommendations on these most straightforward safety measures presents an ominous signal of the manner in which the more complicated next sets of safety measures will be considered.
In other words, last Friday's move was regulatory kabuki. By failing to use the strictest language for fuel pools, plant operators will be allowed to delay compliance for years, if not completely excuse themselves from it, based on the argument that the safety upgrade is too costly.
The other two rules are also on shaky ground, as it were. And even if by some miracle, the industry chose not to fight them, and the four uber-pro-nuclear commissioners didn't throw up additional roadblocks, nothing is required of the nuclear facilities until December 31, 2016.
As if any more examples were needed, these RINOs (rules in name only) demonstrate again that in America, as in Japan, the government is too close to the nuclear industry it is supposed to police.
And, for the bigger picture, as if any more examples were needed, be it before or after March 11, it really hasn't been that hard to imagine the unimaginable. When an industry argues it has to forgo a margin of safety because of cost, there's a good chance it was too dangerous and too expensive to begin with.
By way of contrast, take a look in at the some of the heartfelt expressions of commemoration and protest from New York's Fukushima memorial and anti-nuclear rally, held last Sunday in Union Square Park.
This is where it all began, December 30, 2005. . . and a few days later, "capitoilette" was birthed as a longer-form sister site. Today, all roads lead (or is it flow from?) here.
If you are really into the oldies-but-goodies, you can check out the links on the "about" page. Thanks to all who have kept up (and gotten down) with me through the years.
Sunday, September 11, will of course be the tenth anniversary of a tragedy that fundamentally changed America in ways we are still trying to understand. But this 9/11 is also a day for other anniversaries, ones that will likely get little, if any, recognition in the US.
In 1985, for instance, September 11 saw a Keystone Kops-like collection of miscues during a test of the remote shutdown protocols at the Limerick Generating Station, a boiling water nuclear reactor outside of Philadelphia. During the shutdown, a valve on a cooling system failed to open, and attempts to manually open the valve were met by a locked door, and a call for a key, which, after a 15-minute wait, turned out to be the wrong key. Once the proper key was found and the door was opened, the operators found the valve's hand wheel chained and padlocked to prevent accidental opening. Those keys were in the abandoned control room. Bolt cutters had to be used before the operators could finally open the valve.
All that time, the reactor core's temperature was increasing. Fortunately, the test was done during startup, when decay heat is relatively low, so control rods were able to slow the reaction enough to provide time to overcome the multiple barriers to opening the valve. Had the plant been operating at full power when this series of problems occurred, the outcome would likely have not been so rosy.
September 11 will also mark six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan triggered a series of cataclysmic failures at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. That accident provides no amusing anecdotes or happy endings, but those horrible events should provide a loud wakeup call and numerous object lessons for nuclear power programs across the globe.
As previously noted, the Japanese nightmare and domestic political realities have spurred German Prime Minister Angela Merkel to announce a rather rapid phase out of her country's nuclear plants. The Japanese government, too, has spoken of turning away from nuclear power and toward renewable alternatives.
But here in the United States, six months on from Japan's quake, there are no such proclamations or pledges–if anything, quite the contrary–and almost no movement on even the most incremental of recommendations.
Last month's record earthquake in the eastern United States may have shaken a Virginia nuclear plant twice as hard as it was designed to withstand, a spokesman for the nuclear safety regulator said on Thursday.
Dominion Resources told the regulator that the ground under the plant exceeded its "design basis" — the first time an operating U.S. plant has experienced such a milestone. . . .
"We are currently thinking that at the higher frequencies, the peak acceleration was around 0.26" g, which is a unit of gravity that measures the impact of shaking on buildings, said Scott Burnell, an NRC spokesman.
The plant was designed to withstand 0.12 g of horizontal ground force for parts that sit on rock, and 0.18 g for parts that sit on soil, Burnell said.
Dominion's sensors recorded average horizontal ground force of 0.13 g in an east-west direction and 0.175 g in a north-south direction, officials said.
The apparent discrepancy seems to stem from the distance between instruments used by the US Geological Survey and those cited by North Anna's operator, Dominion, but even taking the smaller numbers, the design limits of the plant were exceeded.
[A]n analysis of plants hit by earthquakes had shown that the most vulnerable components were ceramic insulators on high-voltage lines that supply the plants with power and electrical relays, which resemble industrial-strength circuit-breakers and switches.
Even if the relays are not damaged, they might be shaken so that they change positions, cutting off the flow of electricity or allowing it to flow without any command from an operator.
As previously noted (with more than a hint of irony), in order to safely generate electrical power, nuclear plants need an uninterrupted supply of electrical power. Without electricity, cooling systems and important monitors in both the reactors and spent fuel storage pools cannot function. Without effective cooling, nuclear facilities are looking at a series of disasters like the ones encountered at Fukushima Daiichi. That the most quake-vulnerable components directly affect a nuclear plant's power supply is yet another data point underscoring the urgent need to review and enhance seismic safety at US facilities.
But even before that nation-wide examination can take place, the damage to the shaken North Anna plant needs to be surveyed and analyzed so that Dominion might restart its reactors. What does Dominion need to show in order to get the thumbs up, what criteria need to be met, what repairs or retrofits should be required? To paraphrase the head of the NRC: Who knows?
In an interview last week, NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko told Reuters it was unclear what the plant would need to show to resume operations because it is the first time an operating plant has sustained a beyond-design-basis quake.
As Hurricane Irene revealed the lack of national guidelines for what to do in the face of an approaching storm, the Virginia earthquake has shown that the United States has no regulatory regime for learning, analyzing, or acting on data from events that exceed the often-negotiated-down design parameters of its nuclear facilities.
Yes, the nuclear industry has written its own post-event checklist, and, in the absence of any other standard, is left alone to use it.
Beyond the fact that no one is actually suggesting the 1978 plants get traded in for newer models (just augmented with them), cars have to compete for consumer dollars in a way that nuclear plants do not. Nuclear plants could not be built, fueled, operated or maintained without massive subsidies, loan guarantees, and infrastructure commitments from the federal government.
Also of note, a 2011 automobile is safer and more efficient than a 1978 model because of government regulation. The auto industry has fought improvements like mandatory airbags, three-point restraints, and CAFE standards, but a strong government imposed those requirements anyway. And your toddler is safer in that car because the Consumer Product Safety Commission reviews the design of child car seats, and laws mandate their use.
Where the comparison does work, however, is that both represent a false choice. Just as a car is not the only way to transport a toddler, nuclear plants are not the only means by which to generate power. And in 2011, there are many more choices, and many safer choices, than there were in 1978.
Which recalls the important contrast between a country such as Germany–which, faced with a restive electorate and lessons to be learned from Japan's misfortune, has made a commitment to not just trade in nuclear but trade up to renewable alternatives–and the US, where corporate influence and politics as usual have left the government with seemingly few options beyond willful ignorance and calcification.
Even without recognition of the Japan quake's semi-anniversary, September 11 will probably be a tense day for most Americans, especially those with personal connections to the events of ten years ago. But while remembrance will be hard, it will mostly be so because of an event now relegated to history.
Residents of Japan, still living with an ongoing and ever-evolving threat, cannot so neatly define their anguish. And if there is a message to be found in this coincidental concurrence of dates, it perhaps springs from there. While Americans can debate what could have been done to prevent the attacks of 9/11/2001, it is a debate held in hindsight. For the Japanese dealing with the aftermath of their disaster, hindsight still seems like a luxury to be enjoyed very far in the future.
But, for the United States, a debate about what can be done to prevent a Fukushima-like disaster here is theoretically blessed, both because it is a debate that can be had before the next crisis, and because it is a debate that can be informed by events. And experience, science, economics and common sense are all pretty clear on what needs to be done.


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Hakea elliptica, commonly known as the oval-leaf hakea, is a shrub in the family Proteacea and is endemic to Western Australia. A fast growing adaptable species with ornamental wavy leaves, golden bronze new growth and an abundance of showy white flowers. A good wildlife habitat due to its dense form with foliage to ground level.

Description
Hakea elliptica is a dense, rounded,  erect non-lignotuberous shrub or small tree typically grows to a height of . The smaller branches are covered with densely matted reddish brown hairs near flowering. The dark green leaves are alternately arranged with an elliptic to broadly elliptic shape ending in a sharp point. The leaves are flat,  long and  wide. The leaf blade is wavy and venation is conspicuous with several longitudinal veins. New growth is an attractive bronze-brown colour. The solitary inflorescence consists of 35–40 strongly scented cream-white flowers in clusters in the leaf axils.  Each flower is on a smooth stalk  long. The pedicel is smooth and the perianth cream-white and about  long. The style is long, thin and  long. Flowering occurs from November to February.  The egg-shaped fruit are  long and  wide tapering to a short upturned beak. The fruit surface is smooth but uneven. The ovate seeds are blackish brown.

Taxonomy and naming
Hakea elliptica was initially described as Conchium ellipticum in 1807 by James Edward Smith in the work Conchium. The Cyclopaed, Smith then revised the name the following year as Conchium elliptica in A botanical sketch of the genus Conchium and published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Robert Brown reclassified the species in 1810 to the genus Hakea and was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. The type specimen was collected from King George Sound in 1803 by A.Maxwell. The specific epithet (elliptica) refers to the shape of the leaves.

Distribution and habitat
It is found in an area along the south coast in the Great Southern region of Western Australia between Denmark and just east of Albany where it grows on sandy soils over granite. It is often found amongst coastal heath communities.

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This blog is about audio education, but can also be extended to other forms of applied art.
I recently viewed a blog about audio education where the blogger posted the viewpoint that many audio education programs emphasize theory too much rather than "practical" or "hands on" skills.
In each of these areas I made my living for a time as a working professional, outside academia, and latter taught the skills at the college level. I thus have a dual perspective on these fields: that of the working professional in the field and that of the educator preparing college students for work in those fields. In this post I will focus on the field of sound production.
But what prompted this post was a discussion of whether a college program in audio should have a large theory component.
If you plan to work In the field a program which is all theory would not be helpful. You would be un-nerved to get on an airplane and hear the pilot say "At last I get to fly a plane. I went to aviation school for four years but it was all theory. Now I get to try out what I learned. Welcome aboard!" Likewise you would want want to trust your recording to someone who only learned theory without practical experience.
Of course, the writer complaining about "too much theory" was not concerned that a program was all theory. In this day and age I doubt any school would attract students if they did not have production facilities and courses which used them. Rather I think he was complaining that students had to learn too much theory when, in his view, they should just be "learning by doing." I have met teachers who use this approach. They don't bother with a textbook and just have students to things in the studio following their directions.
However, I come down on the side of courses which have a heavy theory component. Why? Because "hands on" teaches you HOW to do something but theory tells you WHY certain things work or don't. You make technical and creative choices based on knowledge, not just past practice.
But that "way I was taught" approach can backfire. Suppose you work at a studio or attend The School of No Theory and you are taught to record a certain announcer or narrator. This announcer has a real "pipe organ" voice with deep bass tones and you are told to use a certain mic "because that is the way we do it." You do as you are told and take care to write down the brand and model of the mic so you can "get it right" in the future.
Because you never studied microphone theory you did not know about proximity effect, the tendency for certain kinds of microphones to add bass when the sound source Is very close to the mic. Mr. Pipe Organ voice didn't need that so a mic with low proximity was used. But for The Audio Penguin a mic with lots of proximity effect would be needed. And you would not even have to use trial and error to figure it out. Theory would tell you the characteristics needed.
I recently taught a microphone master class at The Juilliard School in NYC. At the start of the class I set up two microphones that looked fairly similar. I talked into the first one and it reproduced my voice naturally. Somewhat thin and nasal as that is what my voice tends to be. Then I talked into the second mic and suddenly my voice had body and warmth. The second mic was even much less expensive than the first. What it had was lots of proximity effect which I knew I would need for my own voice.
Now, if James Earl Jones had suddenly appeared at that class, after fawning over him and collecting autographs, I might ask him to speak into those two mics. But for him the reverse would be true. His voice is so deep and warm that adding more bass and warmth would make it sound too bassy. The first mic would have been the best for him. But I would not have had to try every mic I had to figure out the best one for his voice. I was informed by a good background in acoustic and microphone theory.
This is just one example out of hundreds of ways a strong theory background needs to inform practice. If you choose a school that says "We don't waste your time with theory" then I would not waste my time and money with them.
That is my $0.02 worth. But I think it is a lesson worth learning.


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Dignitaries from the county and state prepare to break ground fot Appalacbhian Agency's new cetner in Falls Mills.
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FALLS MILLS, Va. — Winters first blast didn't stop county and state leaders from gathering to break ground for Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens new adult daycare center.
Swope Construction hopes to have the 8,400 square foot facility finished in 11 months. The $2.25 million project is located on the site of the former Falls Mills Elementary School.
The project is a partnership between AASC and Tazewell County. This is the third adult day center operated by AASC and will not only provide much-needed services to area seniors, but will have a major economic impact on the community.
"It will immediately create at least five jobs and up to 25 in the first five years. And these jobs will span all educational levels and skill levels — from high school diplomas to degreed medical professionals,' AASC's Chief Financial Officer Brian Beck said.
The new day center will provide day care, nutrition services, health care and socialization. The center will address the social determinants of health that affect so many of the area's population.
"Over 30 percent of the population in this area is seniors in desperate need of the services this type of facility will provide. The Falls Mills Center will not only provide opportunities for socialization for older adults through the day care services, but will also be a gathering place for community events,' AASC Executive Director Regina Sayers said.
Nationwide, adults 65 and older are 17 percent more likely to be socially isolated, with much higher percentages in this rural region of Southwest Virginia according to data from the AASC.
Tazewell County Northern District Board of Supervisors member Maggie Asbury reiterated the community element of the project that has been in the making for over six years.
"Projects like this really do take a village. It has been a collaborative effort of so many and we are all grateful for everyone's support and patience,' she said.
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Monrovia 24st June 2019: At an Editors forum to unveil a USAID-LAVI sponsored project in furtherance of a civil society driven electoral reform project implemented by the Elections Coordinating Committee, ECC, one major takeaway has been the need for journalists to look at the process as distinct from covering and reporting the elections.
This caution is calling for a more proactive approach whereby journalists must ask the right questions from various stakeholders to be in an informed position in keeping the public abreast with the pertinent developments.
The Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding, as a member of the ECC with responsibility for a range of media facilitation and awareness raising activities, organized this YMCA session that had in attendance some twenty senior journalists who have recognized their pivotal role in strengthening Liberia electoral laws.
Speaking a the forum held on June 21, 2019 in the auditorium of the YMCA, Journalist Frank Sainworla of Public Trust Media said that there are very good provisions in the Liberian election laws, but it has been an issue of enforcement challenge to be resolved in consistent advocacy as democracy is not only a six years affair. He referenced the campaign finance issue as one of such provisions that were flouted by all political parties.
Media Specialist of LAVI Maureen Sieh said it is of essence to form a social media network of Electoral Reform Editors where issues will be routinely discussed to keep the reform process in traction.
Most of the editors present at the forum agreed that Liberia has a very good elections law albeit with loose ends that must be tied under the reform process.
CEMESP Executive Director Malcolm Joseph said that there are integrated activities under this project and it is but important for journalists to have a clearer picture of what will be rolled out over a period of one year.
In a power point presentation the project objective and strategies were disclosed by EEC member and Head of IRED, Harold Aidoo, who indicated that among other things, it is all about improving on Liberia's electoral legal framework.
Key issues that the EEC has noted for reform are the elections date to be changed from rainy to dry season, arbitration of electoral disputes to be taken from the NEC and handled by a more independent tribunal, voter registration, women representation to be made binding rather than left at the discretion of political parties, domicile provision for those who want to contest elections, among other things.
The Acting Head of Communications at the National Elections Commission, Prince Dumbar, lauded the ECC initiative, stating that it is buttressing the work of the commission in its ongoing county level consultation to make needed amends on the election laws. He underscored the need to make NEC more independent, by reviewing the process of constituting the board of commissioners from appointive to elective. He added that the ECC should incorporate the opinion of the Supreme Court as in the instance where it has been posited that elections results should not be announced when there is a pending elections petition case in court.
The need to merge the NEC led amendment areas with what ECC has put together for journalists to analyze and popularize has been a core recommendations from the YMCA Editors forum.
It was a spirited interactive session validating the EEC as an effective local elections observatory and it stirred the profound interest of journalists, who have been challenged by USIAD-LAVI to come out with suggestions on support areas to hold the forged partnership together.
ECC looks forward to an end of project lessons learnt documentation of the chain actions culminating to the submission of the reform suggestions to the legislature.
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If there are sides...I think maybe I see both.
Isn't that inescapable for us all? And indeed...so thankfully so? We didn't originate this, we didn't start this, we didn't "come up with this" in any sense at all. God...beginning and end of all things.
I see great relief in that, great unburdening in that. But I am also aware of this, my own likelihood of bearing right accusation as one finding a utility for the truth and there basing its verity as subsequent thing. In other words do I find it true because it is useful (as it surely is to me)...or...is it of some utility (seen by me) because it is true?
I think we all know the accusation in almost all that we handle of truth..."You only call it true...because it is useful to somebody like you"
And of this I am persuaded we must all beware (and be aware) to the measure we have heard of such a warning in discipline to our soul. Not everything that seems of a utility (to a man, or any man) is sufficient to defense as truth.
But, likewise we do have this commendation "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free". What an impetus! What a compelling is there! Liberty...as none we have known, of none we have yet experienced. Our imaginations of what liberty is must make way. And again there is warning if we think liberty is to be for us alone a personal playground; that if misapprehended we must be warned to not use it as a cloak for sin. And we are told we are judged (in word and deed) by the law that gives liberty, not as hoarders, but those given to seeing others set free.
O! The chastenings found here! Is this thing (whatever it may be) true? But then, Is it beneficial? Are any of us unaware of a thing that is given to "showing off"? And when, and if, we are made aware of such a thing by reproof or conviction...what is remedy? Can it be anyone but Jesus Christ? To see in Him how, that in all liberty that even in all things are subject to Himself...he walked so circumspectly...meat in due season...to His brothers. His beloved. Things never said otherwise...but in benefit toward their enlightenment. Their...liberty.
Yet...even in all of this there remains a rather plain thing. Things are so often said in their now (even as in our now) that have no present appearance of utility in knowing, nevertheless the Lord knows at a time appointed they (we) will then know we needed to be told them.
Remember you not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
So, utility is often for us hard to determine. Not only in regard to what we may feel a need to say...but surely likewise in the things at present...being said to us. Even by each of us to one another.
We can make cases for things, we can seek to support by various means a verity of certain things of which we are convinced and persuaded. Yet it remains "wisdom is justified by her children"...what is of necessity will always be made known by the beneficial fruit that ensues.
I know you weren't there, so what you think you know, you had to learn by it being written and passed down over many centuries.
Maybe... Just maybe, what you think you know, is the actual fraudelant claim? Maybe you've been duped by a non inspired historian?
It certainly seems more like to me you have, since Johns letter to the seven churches in Asia, is not only perfect in context, but fills the void in his Gospel..... It is Johns Olivet Discourse.
So you don't see a conflict with grace in the book of Revelation? Saved by grace maintained by works. "If you don't do this, I will spew you out of my mouth".
When you consider audience relevance and the proper translation of melo, in that text, then you will understand it wasn't about spewing out a saved person at all.
Lol.... What you fail to see is if they failed He was about to spit them out. I understand your confusion, it's built on your futurist hermeneutic...... But I understand that Jesus was about to return to redeem the church body, consummate the wedding , and fully establish the Kingdom..... Those not faithfully in the body would be vomited up.
The book is of things which must soon take place, and Jesus is telling the church in laodicea, he was about to spit them out...Its a perfect text, perfect context, perfect book, and relates to all of the other books perfectly.
There is instruction...in grace, is there not?
Does not our Lord bring to light for us what was plainly hidden to us in our former estate...and that being specifically in the matter of consequence...and consequences? We did not see the connections (so to speak) of a this being done here...will produce a that...there. How all things have a matter of produce?
Faith appears among mere men as the weakest of things, a sort of diaphanous and tenuous relationship to "the real"...something accounted of as less than true substance. But our Lord teaches us quite the opposite, does he not? It is in reality a very strong thing, so much so that a grain of it is capable of moving mountains...things of such seeming magnitude and gravity (to the mere man) but yet, these things are subject to faith.
How is it not the Lord's right, yes, more so the rather His duty toward those things which are His by purchase of redemption (and acknowledge it thus) now less fit to a continuance in instruction?
The Lord sees...and knows outcomes at which we may sometimes only guess or speculate upon (and likewise their effects upon the whole of His body) and exercises His authority to bring about what is benefit to all.
What you may see ( but I cannot speak for you) as perhaps threat is really not so. He is stating outcomes to what must be reproved, in order to cease walking a false way and receiving such grief as must come to whatever measure, and in whatever measure, the way of truth is abandoned.
We remain a dependent people, maybe more so in consciousness than we could have ever apprehended before. And in this dependence (at least I am discovering) is much need for reminder. It is not that we have not heard, not been told, but there remains that admonition always, which is always of benefit..."be careful how you hear".
Yes grace. Grace even exercised in being willing to repeat, to our benefit, those things that we might think are so plain...but yet in some way have not been allowed their full course through us.
This song has been so much on my heart and in my mind and mouth...in relating to the OP.


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The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman's Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man's makeup. Newman's deep-seated passion for racing was so intense it nearly sidelined his acting career. His racing career spanned thirty-five years; Newman won four national championships as a driver and eight championships as an owner. Not bad for a guy who didn't even start racing until he was forty-seven years old.
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Home Entertainment Top 10 Scariest Movies of All Time, Dont See them Alone.
Top 10 Scariest Movies of All Time, Dont See them Alone.
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These are the movies that does not let us sleep and make our nights scary like hell. Their images sneak into our hidden thoughts and change the way we feel about the dark corners of our lives and make us feel of someone's presence around us. All these movies have been successful in some or the other ways creating a terrifying impact in the minds and the soul of the viewers at a very large level. Everyone has their own top 10 films as per their views that scared them the most.
Here is the list of Top 10 Scariest Movies of All time:
10.The shining: (1980)
Some of the moments in the film will stay with you for your lifetime scaring every time you see it. Jack Nicholson puts in a wonderful performance and proved himself a great actor and justified to his role brilliantly. Even Torrance has made the marvelous appearance in the movie.He slowly gets disturbed and goes mad by the resident evil spirits present in the hotel, who wants him to finish his family. He starts getting pathetic dreams about his family.
Few scenes in the movie are so weird and crazy as hell.
9.Psycho: (1960)
Psycho is identical with the horror genre. There is a character in this movie who is the master in building suspense and varying points of view from dramatic to scary. All of his tricks are displayed in this film to include strange voice that Marion Crane's listens as she goes through the day.
The movie still includes factors like jealousy, madness, and many creepy moments.
8.The Ring: (2002)
At first, you wouldn't think that you could watch a tape and then die seven days later nobody would really believe this. The movie is so scary, that it brings up the idea of someone being able to control your mind by knowing all your thoughts. After watching this movie the news came that many people have stopped watching television late night alone in the night. That is the impact that this movie had in the viewer's mind.
In this movie for me, the little girl in this movie was a symbol for someone being able to get inside your mind and tell you things to do or something like hypnotise. Of course, the movie was more about the little girl having unresolved issues of her death and this was a way to resolve them by telling other people.
7.A Nightmare on a Elm Street: (1984)
It is one of the few classic horror movies and one of my favorites. In this movie the story is about getting inside your dreams and that's really scary. The woman shown in the movie was so scared because Freddie gotten inside her thoughts. It was unbelievable that this is the image scared that woman like anything. I know that sometimes nightmares can be really true and terrifying.
6.Let the Right One In: (2008)
It is about a complicated love story between a vampire and a boy ensues, as there are many disturbing images in it. The setting of the movie was in dark snowy store which is a perfect background for a dark movie. There are lots of scary moments that will make you hold, there is lots of sadness and true beauty in this story as well.
5.The Silence of the Lambs: (1991)
Anthony Hopkins plays the role of the maniac "Hannibal Lecter" in this film better than one could think possibly did. He is outstanding throughout the movie. There is something so haunting and scary about this film that it surely deserves a spot in the top 10 horror list at least in my top scariest movies of all time.
4.The Strangers: (2008)
Nothing is scarier than a loud knock on the door of your house in the middle of the night. Being in a cabin in the middle of nowhere it's damn scary. This knock sends this scary and weird film into a terrifying mode. It is virtually impossible to watch this film and not be scared especially watching it alone. Fantastic acting, directing and music make this an excellent film. It's a must watch.
3.Jacob's Ladder: (1990)
A strange movie that skips between in time of Vietnam and New York. This film has so many delicate moments that you may need to watch it a couple times to appreciate its true complication. Although it's very scary and haunting, this movie does not completely bind all of its loose ends. Highly recommended movie to watch out for.
2.The Haunting: (1966)
Forget the dumb 1999 remake and watch the original directed by Robert Wise in 1966 is the truly scary one. Julie Harris and other characters are induced to stay one night in an old house that is presumed to be haunted. The Creepiest scene was when something pounded on Eleanor's door and she asks roommate Theo to stop squeezing her hand so tightly… but Theo was across the room!
1.The Exorcist: (1973)
This film was made in 1973, it's the most horrifying movie of all time. This film is based on his 1971 bestselling book of the same name directed by William Friedkin from William Peter Blatty's script. The plot includes a 12-year old girl in Georgetown being possesed by a devil. The voice and sounds emitted from the girl are the scariest part of the movie. The deep voice of the devil keep rising in the little girl's mind mixed with various weird animal noises. It's a worth watching movie.
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These are the movies that does not let us sleep and make our nights scary like hell. Their images sneak into our hidden thoughts and change the way we feel about the dark corners of our lives and make us feel of someone's presence around us. All these movies have been successful in some or the other ways creating


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Soundscape research has been underway at Denali since 2001. Natural and human-generated sounds are being systematically inventoried across the entire landscape of the park, including popular backpacking areas, Mt. McKinley climbing routes, and along the park road. From digital recordings and sound levels that have been documented, park staff can calculate the percentage of time and the number of times per day that sounds are audible as well as the calibrated sound level (loudness) of important events. The sound-level data are used to compare the levels of human-made sounds to the natural ambient levels. Sound data are also converted into a visual representation - or spectrogram - from which a trained technician can identify aircraft overflights. Each aircraft is categorized by propulsion type (propeller plane, jet plane, or helicopter) for further understanding of daily traffic patterns.
Soundscape staff implemented the seventh season of a revised systematic sampling plan in 2015, deploying seven automated sound monitoring stations and rotating them among 10 locations. These locations were: two winter-season sites, 6 Central Alaska Network (CAKN) Inventory & Monitoring grid points, 1 location to monitor commercial use on the Ruth Glacier, and 1 location to understand use at the McKinley National Park Airport. Over the ten-year period from 2006 through 2015, stations are scheduled to be placed at six new locations each year—each randomly selected from a 10x10 Km grid of 60 points spread evenly throughout the park. As the inventory comes to completion in 2015, a greater amount of work has been conducted on special projects – such as the focused study of specific noise sources within Denali, specific areas of interest, or assisting other parks in the Alaska region with soundscape issues. In 2014, eight sites were sampled outside of Denali: two in Noatak National Preserve to monitor aircraft use during the sport hunting season, and six in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to collect baseline data in response to the State of Alaska's proposed construction of an industrial road to the community of Ambler, AK – a portion of which would be routed through the preserve.
From the acoustic data processed since 2006, Denali's natural soundscape is primarily characterized by the energy of wind and water – and at certain times or locations, the striking absence of that energy. In fact, the natural ambient level is usually logarithmically related to wind speed. The quietest level (when not limited by the instrumentation, itself,) is typically governed by the distance from nearby water sources and their power. Overlain upon these steady physical sounds are seasonal or daily cycles affected by sunlight or temperature. For instance, insect flight, bird song, and debris flows down steep-walled valleys all follow a unique but predictable daily pattern of occurrence related to light energy.
Human caused noise also follows a definite spatial-temporal pattern. At locations near common flightseeing routes, traffic rates commonly exceed 30 overflights per day. At landing strips, it is common to hear more than one-hundred. On the other hand, locations father away from common flightseeing routes rarely exceed ten overflights per day. This variation in traffic becomes clearer when visualized spatially. The following map shows a pie-chart breakdown of traffic by aircraft type for every site sampled in the inventory to date. The radius of the pie-chart circle is proportional to the average number of aircraft overflights per day.
Aircraft traffic as recorded at summer sound stations, with pie charts to show proportion of flights by aircraft type (piece of pie), and magnitude of aircraft events (size of pie).
175 recordings from 51 locations across Denali and the state of Alaska have been contributed to the project so far. These represent 54 species of birds, most of which are the northern-most example of the species on Xeno-Canto. Of these 31 were added as new species in 2014. Acoustic monitoring across a range of habitats has benefitted the detection of species rarely-recorded in North America - such as the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa), Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana), Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus), Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), and American Golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica).
Denali is continuing to develop the usefulness of sound stations in monitoring avian population, especially for estimates of occupancy, species richness or phenological timing. Because soundscape data have a large spatial extent, they can help extend management knowledge from traditional passerine surveys to greater areas of the park.
In 2015, the Denali soundscape inventory will be concluded by finishing the six remaining Inventory & Monitoring grid points. In addition, information will be collected at several of the portal airstrips to inform management about current aviation uses of the park. Detailed soundscape reports can be found on the NPS Integrated Resource Management Applications (IRMA) website by searching for "Betchkal OR Withers". A quick and easy-to-use interactive data map complete with a selection of audio clips can be found on the park website.


A mélange of cultures, excellent food, stunning scenery, Inca fortresses, a thriving modern capital, and more than 25 diverse climates and ecosystems, Peru is a treasure trove to explore. Explore the mysticism, sacred traditions, way-of-life and markets of Peru's numerous indigenous communities. Cruise down the Amazon River. Visit charming colonial towns. Travel to Lake Titicaca and its floating reed islands.
Machu Picchu – One of the most iconic places in the world, magical Machu Picchu is the only known Inca city to remain intact. Steep in the mysteries and genius of this ancient civilization as you explore the ruins that date back to the mid-1400s.
Cuzco – A beguiling amalgam of Incan and Spanish colonial architecture, Cuzco is located high in the Peruvian Andes in a fertile valley fed by several rivers and is the gateway to visit Machu Picchu. It is South America's oldest continuously inhabited city.
The Sacred Valley – Just outside of Cuzco, the Sacred Valley offers opportunities to participate in traditional indigenous rituals, shop at the Pisca or Chinchero markets and visit the Incan agricultural laboratory of Moray and terraced salt ponds of Maras.
Lake Titicaca – Enjoy the highest navigable lake in the world. Visit the floating reed islands, shop at the weekend market in Puno, or attend a folk festival. Also enjoy cycling, stargazing, hiking the Colla trail, kayaking and paddle boating.
Peruvian Amazon – There is nothing like the jungle to heighten all of your senses! The Amazon rainforest makes up 60 percent of Peru and teems with exotic plant and animal species. You'll stay at a comfortable eco-lodge with all amenities right in the middle of the rainforest! A highly enjoyable and memorable experience is visiting some of the indigenous communities nearby.
Lima – Founded in 1535 by Pizarro and the seat of Spanish rule for 300 years, Peru's coastal capital abounds in interesting pre-Columbian sites, colonial architecture and treasures. It is a fascinating mix of old and new with a thriving nightlife and world-class shops, arts and restaurants.
The Andes – The rainy season is from January to March when daytime temperatures are in mid-80s and nights are mild. One of the best months in the Andes is May, when the rainy season has just finished, the temperature is mild and the mountains are green with fields of flowers. Despite some rain, December and April are also nice months. From June to August, the days are typically sunny and warm but the temperature can drop to below freezing at night.
The Coast – The southern Peruvian coast offers two well-defined seasons. December to April is warm and the ocean is nice for swimming. There is little or no rain during these months. From May to November the temperature drops a bit and the traveler will find sea mist engulfing the coast. At this time of the year only the northern beaches such as Mancora and Punta Sal are warm enough to provide pleasant swimming.
The Amazon – The so called "dry season" from April to October is the best time to visit the jungle regions since there are fewer mosquitos and the rivers are low, exposing the beaches. It's also a good time to spot animals, especially birds, which usually hide during the rain. The "wet season" from November to March is hot and humid with heavy rain to be expected at any time, interspersed with periods of sunshine.