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Items tagged with X-Fi
by Shawn Oliver - Fri, Mar 13, 2009
MSI Talks Up Hardware X-Fi Decoding On Mobos
Here lately, MSI has definitely been on the notebook kick. Day after day, we've seen new laptop after new laptop emerge to fit pretty much every budget and every wish list. Today, however, the company is breaking from the norm to talk up its sound equipment; more specifically, its X-Fi-enabled motherboards.MSI asserts that of all the mainboards on the market now that are implementing Creative's X-Fi audio technology, it is the only one left who insists on utilizing a true hardware decoder solution. In other words, its products come loaded with a Creative DSP, DAC and ADC audio decoder chip as well as its optimized Creative software solution. MSI takes aim at its rivals by asserting that "many... Read more...
by Robert Maloney - Wed, Nov 21, 2007
MSI P6N Diamond - NV680i with X-Fi Audio
Not too far back, there was a time when it was inconceivable that a motherboard had anything other than a green or mustard colored PCB that had a few sockets for the CPU and DIMMs, maybe a hard drive connector or two, and a floppy drive connection. Keyboards and mice were typically PS/2 based, although a COM port sufficed for those still attached to their serial mice, and the list of input/output options were quite few. The late 90's brought about the rise of the Universal Serial Bus, a new standard for interfacing with devices intended to retire legacy serial and parallel ports (although that still has yet to fully come about). Integrated LAN options as well... Read more...
Features, Motherboards, PC Components
by Matt Beauvais - Mon, Jan 22, 2007
Creative Releases Vista X-Fi Drivers
Creative has announced their ALchemy project which is aimed at providing Sound Blaster X-Fi drivers for Windows Vista. In Vista, Microsoft has removed the Hardware Abstraction Layer(HAL), which DirecSound and DirectSound3D require. While games that use OpenAL still work, those that use DirectSound would face problems, until now. The project is still in the beta phase, but it seems promising. "The good news is that the Creative ALchemy Project allows you to run your favorite DirectSound3D games on Windows Vista as the developers intended - with full hardware accelerated 3D Audio and EAX support! This is done by translating DirectSound calls into OpenAL. In order for this to happen, a... Read more...
by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Aug 24, 2006
Creative Labs blames NVIDIA for X-Fi issues?
NGOHQ is reporting that Creative Labs is blaming NVIDIA for cracking and other sound quality issues when an X-Fi sound card is installed in an nForce 4 motherboard. This reminds me of the good ol' days of installing the PCI Latency patch on VIA chipset-based motherboards when using a Creative Labs sound card. "We have observed through direct observation of the PCI bus on the nVidia nForce 4 motherboards that when the crackle symptoms are occuring, the Soundblaster X-Fi card PCI bus master memory requests for audio data are being held off (not serviced) for very long intervals. We have observed peak holdoffs of up to 2 milliseconds in... Read more...
by Sean Pelletier - Wed, May 17, 2006
Users Petition Creative X-Fi
The Inquirer sends word that owners of Creative's flagship X-Fi sound cards are up in arms and have formed a petition to have several key fixes and enhancements made to the product. From crackling audio to bloated software and a lack of any significant support for X-Ram, there is plenty for X-Fi owners to complain about. Perhaps the largest issue is the lack of any significant driver release in the last several months as users have been plagued with unresolved issues for an unacceptable amount of time. "The X-Fi processor is supposed to be "The most powerful audio processor in the world" doesn't even offer a hardware Dolby Digital 5.1 Encoder... Read more...
by Sean Pelletier - Fri, Mar 17, 2006
Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ty
TechReport have managed to get their hands on a new Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ty to see whether the bundled I/O ports and 64MB of X-Ram warrant the price increase over cheaper models in the X-Fi product line. Granted, this card features the same X-Fi architecture that impressed us when we reviewed the X-Fi XtremeMusic. However, it appears as though the I/O ports can be had in much cheaper X-Fi versions and the performance benefits of the 64MB of XRam were questionable at best.Only Battlefield 2 and Quake 4 even support X-RAM, and neither's use of the X-Fi Fatal1ty's 64MB of onboard memory results in higher in-game frame rates or superior audio quality. That's a disappointing result, although since... Read more...
by Dave Altavilla - Sun, Jan 15, 2006
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Sound Card Family
Xbit takes on the Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-Fi and has this to say..."Well, we have just got acquainted with the true successor to the legendary sound card family from Creative. It is very nice that the company decided to continue working on the sound processing algorithms focusing on the realistic sounding for headphone listening. This is a pretty logical solution, especially since most users prefer headphones to the traditional acoustic systems. X-Fi will be a true gift for gaming fans, because all new games are expected to support EAX 5.0."Headphones? I dig my Logitech Z-680s personally... Our assessment of the X-Fi is here, for your edification as well.... Read more...
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
When it comes to sound cards, the competition is a lot more "low-profile" than the video card sector. With audio cards, Creative is enjoyed the most success, being the most recognizable name in the market. ExtremeMHZ.com has a review of the Creative Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic, which they feel delivers the best PC audio experience...period. They take a look at the overall hardware and pay an equal amount of attention to the software bundle, which then found equally as impressive."There hasn't been much interest in PC sound cards lately. People are either quite happy with what they got or don't think anything out there that is worth a look. One reason for this is... Read more...
by Matt Beauvais - Fri, Nov 11, 2005
Creative X-FI and NF4 Compatibility Issue, Seasonic S12-600W PSU
Yeah folks, it's late, but the news keeps on rolling! I'm sure many of you are wanting to get your hands on ATI's new Radeon X1800XT, so I've been looking around the net a bit... nothing. A few sites list them, but the adventure stops with the "out of stock" label. In other news, X-Bit labs has been known for their CPU comparison articles, and today they've added their "Contemporary CPUs and New Games: No Way to Delusions!" article to their arsenal. This is a great read for you CPU shoppers who aren't sure if AMD or Intel has the best gaming processors. Enjoy the news, goodnight all! Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT with Silent-Pipe II @ HardwareZoom "Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce... Read more...
by Matt Beauvais - Wed, Nov 02, 2005
LapCool 3(LPC-401), Creative Labs X-Fi, 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2 6400 DDR2
Creative Labs X-Fi @ PC Perspective | HH Perspective "If you're on the fence with the X-Fi, consider gaming as a big factor. At the moment there's no real quality improvement (see 24-bit Crystalizer and CMSS-3D) to audio or performance improvement with the X-Fi (see Game Testing). I would wait a few months to see which titles are going to support X-RAM and then decide on a purchase, otherwise your current Audigy 2 ZS will do you just fine which performs and sounds just as good as the X-Fi (minus the X-RAM)." LapCool 3 (LPC-401) @ Phoronix "Do you own a laptop? Do you have a hard time keeping it on your lap because it's too hot? Well we sometimes do. Most of our reviews here are... Read more...
by Sean Pelletier - Wed, Oct 26, 2005
Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
When someone talks about ways to enhance your gaming experience, we typically focus on faster graphics cards and high resolution monitors. Over the years, this has typically been the only way to dramatically enhance the way games were played. However, with the launch of Doom3 roughly a year ago, the gaming world soon realized that there was much more than graphics in an ideal gaming experience. For the first time, developers focused a significant amount of attention towards the sound effects in the game. The end result was a title whose sounds were as dramatic and intense as its graphics. Gamers were hooked and were anxious to have this new level of realism in all their games. Although the main... Read more...
Features, Graphics/Sound, PC Components
by Jeff Bouton - Fri, Sep 09, 2005
SoundBlaster X-FI Xtreme, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, Chaintech Lives!
Yesterday, Digitimes reported that Chaintech was pulling out of the motherboard market, instead focusing on video card and memory products. Well, this morning Chaintech would like to set the record straight. Looks like they are not going anywhere. Chaintech Remains in Motherboard Business! "Chaintech Computer Co., Ltd claims today that it will continue its motherboard business. In addition, Chaintech announced its new name as Walton Chaintech Cooperation, following its 25% stake acquired by Walton Advanced Engineering, the leading IC testing and packaging house. Chaintech denies it will fade away motherboard market to clarify the rumors wide spread recently. Most people recognize... Read more...


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Commercial, Regulatory
Aviation Safety Pioneer Jack Piehl Dies
By Staff Writer | September 2, 2015
Jack Piehl, a trail blazer in Aviation Safety, died June 2, 2015, at the age of 80 due to a brief illness. His lifelong career spanned both flight and maintenance. He began with Eastern Airlines, worked in several corporate flight departments and eventually joined Shell Oil Company as a pilot. At Shell, Jack took on additional responsibilities overseeing the qualifications and operations of the company's Gulf of Mexico charter operators. Jack also helped found the Helicopter Safety Advisory Conference (HSAC) and was one of 16 attendees at its first meeting in 1978. Over the past 37 years, HSAC has been a driving factor in improving safety in offshore flight operations in the GOM. In 1983, he left Shell to form Sentinel Aviation Systems Inc. (SASI), which specializes in Aviation Safety Audits for flight departments. SASI has evaluated aviation charter operators for FAA compliance and safe operations as well as its aircraft for FAA airworthiness. SASI's clients have included many of the top Fortune 25 companies all over the world. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, and by two sons and their families.
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Q: Battleship Application crashes if I run it through the main menu after slicking on start I am creating a battleship game with 4 classes using sockets. A computer, player message and a menu class. To start the game I run the computer class which is the server then I run the menu class which bring up the menu. Through the menu I click start to create a new player object which looks like this
public static void runPlayer()
{
    Player client = new Player();   //creates player
    client.createBoard();
    client.run();

}

this runs perfectly runs without the menu class if i run the computer class then the player class, the game runs successfully. But when i call the run player method in the menu a window pops up with nothing in it.Here is my Menu class
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
import sun.audio.*;

public class Menu  {
    private javax.swing.JLabel image;
    private static final int EXIT_ON_CLOSE = 0;
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JLabel statusbar = new JLabel(" Battleship");
    JLabel Battleship = new JLabel("          Battleship ");
    static AudioPlayer MGP = AudioPlayer.player;
    static AudioStream BGM;
    AudioData MD;

    static ContinuousAudioDataStream loop = null;
    public static void waiting (int n)
    {

        long t0, t1;

        t0 =  System.currentTimeMillis();

        do{
            t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        }
        while (t1 - t0 < n);
    }

    public Menu()
    {

        frame.setTitle("Battleship");

        statusbar.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(
                EtchedBorder.RAISED));
        Battleship.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(
                EtchedBorder.RAISED));

        panel.setLayout(null);

        JButton start = new JButton("Start");
        start.setBounds(100, 660, 80, 25);

        JButton exit = new JButton("Exit");
        exit.setBounds(190, 660, 80, 25);

        JButton StopMusic = new JButton("Stop Music");
        StopMusic.setBounds(300, 660, 160, 25);

        JButton StartMusic = new JButton("Start Music");
        StartMusic.setBounds(470, 660, 160, 25);

        Battleship.setFont(new Font("Courier New", Font.ITALIC, 36));
        Battleship.setForeground(Color.BLACK);

        image = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        image.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon("./battleship2.jpg"));
        frame.add(image, BorderLayout.EAST);
        frame.pack();

        frame.add(start);
        frame.add(exit);
        frame.add(StopMusic);
        frame.add(StartMusic);

        frame.add(panel);
        frame.add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.add(Battleship, BorderLayout.NORTH );

        frame.setSize(700, 800);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);

        music();

        start.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
            {

                {
                        frame.dispose();                //closes frame
                        stopMusic();                    //stops music
                        //waiting(500);
                        runPlayer();

            }}
         });
        StopMusic.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
            {

                {
                    stopMusic();

                }
            }
         });
        StartMusic.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
            {

                {
                    startMusic();

                }
            }
         });

       exit.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
       {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {

            System.out.println( "Ending Game" );
            System.exit(0);
        }
     });}

    public static void music()
    {
        try
        {
            InputStream test = new FileInputStream("./battle.wav");
            BGM = new AudioStream(test);
            AudioPlayer.player.start(BGM);

        }
        catch(FileNotFoundException e){
            System.out.print(e.toString());
        }
        catch(IOException error)
        {
            System.out.print(error.toString());
        }
        MGP.start(loop);

    }
    public void stopMusic()
    {
        if (BGM != null)
          AudioPlayer.player.stop(BGM);
        if (loop != null)
          AudioPlayer.player.stop(loop);
      }
    public void startMusic() {
        try
        {
            InputStream test = new FileInputStream("./battle.wav");
            BGM = new AudioStream(test);
            AudioPlayer.player.start(BGM);

        }
        catch(FileNotFoundException e){
            System.out.print(e.toString());
        }
        catch(IOException error)
        {
            System.out.print(error.toString());
        }
        MGP.start(loop);
      }
    public static void runPlayer()
    {
        Player client = new Player();   //creates player
        client.createBoard();
        client.run();

    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        new Menu();
    }
}

I think my problem is somewhere in this listener method
start.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
            {

                {
                        frame.dispose();                //closes frame
                        stopMusic();                    //stops music
                        //waiting(500);
                        runPlayer();

            }}
         });

A: It's a bit hard to answer this question with the information provided.  But I'll have to guess what the runPlayer() method is doing.  I'm assuming there's some type of while loop in there that prevents the Event Dispatch Thread from refreshing the new JFrame you created.
Try to place the stopMusic() and runPlayer() in a new thread.
Basically something like this
start.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    frame.dispose(); // closes frame

    new Thread(){
      public void run(){
        stopMusic(); // stops music
        runPlayer();
      }
    }.start();
  }
});

A: I think the problem lies outside the code you've shown; it could be anything from a missing setVisible() to a synchronization problem. FWIW, I have a few observation about the code:

*

*Build your GUI on the EDT, @David Young just suggested.

*Use static constants to avoid repeating yourself.

*Don't use spaces to format labels; use the JLabel alignment constants.

*Instead of a null layout, use nested layouts to get the result you want.

*To avoid calling a public method in the constructor, you've duplicated the code of startMusic(). Instead, invoke it after the constructor completes.
Here's an example:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
import sun.audio.*;

public class Menu {

    private static final String TITLE = "Battleship";
    private static final String SOUND_FILE = "./battle.wav";
    private javax.swing.JLabel image;
    JFrame frame = new JFrame(TITLE);
    JPanel center = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JLabel statusbar = new JLabel(TITLE);
    JLabel battleship = new JLabel(TITLE, JLabel.CENTER);
    static AudioPlayer MGP = AudioPlayer.player;
    static AudioStream BGM;
    static ContinuousAudioDataStream loop = null;
    AudioData MD;

    public Menu() {

        frame.setTitle("Battleship");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        statusbar.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(
            EtchedBorder.RAISED));
        battleship.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(
            EtchedBorder.RAISED));

        JButton start = new JButton("Start");
        JButton exit = new JButton("Exit");
        JButton StopMusic = new JButton("Stop Music");
        JButton StartMusic = new JButton("Start Music");

        battleship.setFont(new Font("Courier New", Font.ITALIC, 36));
        battleship.setForeground(Color.BLACK);

        image = new JLabel();
        image.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
        image.setIcon(new ImageIcon("./battleship2.jpg"));
        center.add(image, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.add(start);
        panel.add(exit);
        panel.add(StopMusic);
        panel.add(StartMusic);
        center.add(panel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        frame.add(battleship, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        frame.add(center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        frame.add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);

        start.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                //frame.dispose();
                stopMusic();
                runPlayer();
            }
        });
        StopMusic.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                stopMusic();
            }
        });
        StartMusic.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                startMusic();
            }
        });

        exit.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

                System.out.println("Ending Game");
                System.exit(0);
            }
        });
    }

    public void stopMusic() {
        if (BGM != null) {
            AudioPlayer.player.stop(BGM);
        }
        if (loop != null) {
            AudioPlayer.player.stop(loop);
        }
    }

    public void startMusic() {
        try {
            InputStream test = new FileInputStream(SOUND_FILE);
            BGM = new AudioStream(test);
            AudioPlayer.player.start(BGM);
            MGP.start(loop);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.print(e.toString());
        } catch (IOException error) {
            System.out.print(error.toString());
        }
    }

    public static void runPlayer() {
        Player client = new Player();
        client.createBoard();
        client.run();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                Menu menu = new Menu();
                menu.startMusic();
            }
        });
    }

    // stub for missing class
    private static class Player {
        void createBoard() {}
        void run() {}
    }
}

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Of course, I'm still looking for answers. From myself, from God, from the world. I want to be in a happy place, but I feel like it takes either effort, or "pretending" to get there. So, I search, even when I know that the answers are right there. Even when I know that only I know what needs to be done, yet I refuse to let myself see because I don't want to have to work hard. My husband asked me yesterday what's missing and I gave him a bunch of answers, but he kept asking. He often does this when he feels that I'm not being honest with myself and with him, or when he thinks that I'm just giving the answer he wants to hear.
So, what am I missing? What was the answer that I gave him yesterday? I'm missing "me"; I'm missing the grounding center, and the dreamy spirit. I'm missing the ability to lose control and enjoy it. I'm missing confidence and self (and I don't mean self-confidence). In short, I'm missing all the ingredients of a happy life. So, it would seem to me to be the simple answer that I should go and work on these things - ie learn how to BE those things that are missing. Fill in the gaps and become the Person I want to be. But I'm always plagued by the question of "how". I should, as my husband always suggests, DO something, and then if that doesn't work out, DO something else. Because I certainly won't get anywhere by just thinking all the time.
Last week, I hosted a Rosh Chodesh get-together at my home. That evening, one woman said that a person's tikkun is the thing that they find hardest in the world. This means that whatever I find most difficult is the thing I need to work on most...and then I'm left with the question, does that mean that I'm stuck with the same issue for my whole life? I find that discouraging. I feel that my life is always moving in circles, bringing me back to the same place time after time, and I'm frustrated with the pattern. I want to break it and finally move on, but now I hear that it's going to be like the housework I despise - constantly needing to be done again. (As an aside, I realized a few weeks ago that one reason I don't like to do the housework is because it just needs to be done over and over again. There is no end, and I like to think that things can be DONE - once and for all.) They say that it's really more like a spiral - you do move in circles, but you also move upwards, so you deal with the same issues, but in a different way, or on a different level, whatever that means.
What it boils down to is this: I have to DO something - for myself and my relationships. I have to act in order to change. Change does not come from the heart, from decisions or resolutions. It comes from doing.
Refuah shlaima! I guess you didn't try to fast today?
Right... B'sha Tovah once again.
So when you start to feel, as you've been writing, like you're not accomplishing something new and important, don't forget that you're truly working on a most important new project!


Comments: Evergreen broadleaf native to the local area and much of California. A bush to small tree with small dark green leaves and creamy white flowers in winter (wet season). It is part of California's chaparral plant community. The plant is drought tolerant, and deer-proof.


An interesting but dangerous theory is circulating. It is the "moral dilemma" theory of Germany vs. Greece, which inevitably affects the latter's remainder in the Eurozone.
The Greek Parade in the heart of New York City, along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, exemplifies Hellenism, brotherhood, and celebration.
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We have reached the point where we don't know what news each dawn will bring from Greece. Every day something happens, usually bad.
As the dollar edges closer to parity with the euro, Greek products are becoming cheaper in foreign markets, and tourists to Greece will pay less.
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Q: Cover Photo and Theme on Apple App Store I noticed that a few applications like Candy Crush, Paper, Star Wars:Uprising have a theme and a cover photo on the App Store.
I tried looking on Apple's guidelines but couldn't find anything related to it.
Does anyone know how it is done or if someone could direct me to where I can find the guidelines for using a theme or cover photo, that would be great!
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

A: Only featured apps can have cover image or theme for customization. These applications are selected by Apple based on popularity, media coverage, proper implementation of WWDC rules, Good UI/U experience. This isn't on the developer's hand to change cover image or theme.
Official confirmation about this is found on this site -

Applications that have custom background art on the App Store are
  selected editorially by Apple. If your application is selected to be
  receive custom art, you will be contacted by an Apple representative.


We're bringing Wild Wild Wilderness back out to Winnipeg schools April 15-18th.
Wild Wild Wilderness is a program for K-4 that demonstrates the connections between habitat, wildlife, and human activity. The purpose of this project is to celebrate our wilderness areas while empowering young people to make positive choices towards protecting them. The program's academic and environmental focus is on habitat and wildlife conservation, and enjoying the outdoors. A hit with schools from B.C. through Ontario, the Wild Wild Wilderness program is now on its 5th Canadian tour.
Our time at your school will begin with a 25-minute show for all Kindergarten to Grade 4 students. From there, we pack up and are ready to visit 2 classrooms for 30-minute workshops. The Play is a dynamic and whacky story of one kid's accidental effect on a nearby forest and its creatures, performed by a single actor/storyteller and armfuls of adorable puppets. The Workshop is an interactive drama class that gets kids, teachers and parents exploring the animals, forest, people and issues from the story with their bodies and imaginations. The Study Guide details the play's connection to school curriculums and helps students and teachers further explore the play's themes through preparation and follow-up games, projects and initiatives.
An interactive, educational, and theatrical look at some eco-friendly initiatives at The Forks. This 90 minute walking tour teaches kids how to minimize their carbon footprint as they see, learn about, and physicalize biofuel, mass composting, geothermal technology, the 3Rs and more.
Most appropriate for Grades 3-7, each tour can accommodate up to 30 school children. They are offered rain, shine or snow.


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Ker Deng: a Christian Survivor
Over Memorial Day weekend, I spent a beautiful afternoon with a remarkable young man, Ker Deng, who hails originally from South Sudan.
Enslaved as a boy by a Muslim family during the most recent war between Muslims and Christians in Sudan, Ker was given the job of watching goats by his slave master. Because a goat ran away while Ker (pronounced "Keer") was watching, his slave owner rubbed hot peppers into the boy's eyes, hung him upside down over a fire, and blinded him.
The nonprofit organization Christian Solidarity International (CSI) ransomed Deng out of slavery.
Through CSI, Deng met Real Estate Developer Bruce Ratner and his sister, Ellen Ratner, a Fox News analyst. New Yorkers, the Ratners brought the boy, then a young teenager, to New York City and arranged for him to obtain eye surgeries that, while they have not restored his sight, have enabled him to see some shapes and color in one eye.
Ker, now a handsome man of 23 with impeccable manners and a buoyant personality, shared a bit of his story with me this week.
Because his slave master had been worried that he would escape, he had forbidden Ker to speak his native tongue, Dinka, which he relearned. Trilingual, after we ate lunch together Ker drew me into a fascinating discussion about the differences between learning English and other languages (many more homonyms in English than in Arabic or Dinka).
While the practice of ransoming Christians out of slavery at the hands of Muslims in places like Sudan is considered controversial by some, Ker speaks of it as an unqualified, unimaginable blessing. He recalled, "Christian Solidarity International has connections with leaders. If you know someone who has slaves, they will give money [for the slaves' release.]"
He recalled his own experience on his first day of freedom: "CSI gave us food and killed a cow for celebration. They gave me shoes."
Even after CSI arranged for his release from slavery, he and others had a long walk from Darfur, where he was enslaved, back to his home, North Bar Ghazal, in South Sudan. He recalled that one fellow Christian Sudanese, a "strong lady" who "acted like an adopted mom" helped him make it back to his town on a perilous journey on which some did not make it, including children who died from malnutrition.
He also remembers his mother, who died when he was a boy. "She always carried me, would never let go of me when we would have to walk" long distances after being captured and enslaved together.
He also told me that some of the Muslims who held Christians as slaves "punished" them for mistakes or attempts to escape by cutting off their arms and legs.
Ker's journey to New York and his efforts to remain in the U.S. have been documented. Some time after returning to South Sudan, he and the the Ratners met. Since then, during his years in the U.S., he has testified before Congress to request residency here – a privilege which was not automatically granted to him.
It is worth noting that, at a time when the U.S. is debating opening its doors to large numbers of Arab Muslim refugees who have had the misfortune of finding themselves in a civil war in Syria, many other deserving immigrants, like Ker Deng, whose shared values and complete lack of any threat to this country are indisputable, are not automatically granted citizenship, or even residency.
This entry was written by Heather Robinson and posted on May 27, 2017 at 9:24 pm and filed under Blog.


When the tests project is built, its app.config is merged with HeuristicLab 3.3.exe.config. This leads to duplicate entries in the service definitions.
r15329 breaks the two unit test of the plugin infrastructure that test if remote plugins and products can be found. I currently muted these two unit test on the build server. However, this issue must be addressed before this ticket can be released.
We will remove the respective tests.


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Hasbro's Star Wars Lightsaber Academy Will Train Younglings in the Jedi Arts
Dan Brooks
Plus, see all of Hasbro's reveals from New York Toy Fair 2019!
It's time for younglings of all ages to take their first steps into a larger world.
Last week, Hasbro unveiled Star Wars Lightsaber Academy, an innovative app-and-lightsaber-toy combo that will teach aspiring Jedi how to wield the most elegant of weapons. Here's how it will work: download the official Lightsaber Academy App, choose from one of five of the best masters in the galaxy (Jedi or Sith, depending on which side of the Force you lean toward), and begin your journey to becoming a lightsaber expert. The app syncs via Bluetooth to Hasbro's new line of lightsabers thanks to Smart-Hilt technology, which tracks the lightsabers' movements to evaluate skill, scores, and progression. The experience includes character voices, sound effects, and each Star Wars Lightsaber Academy lightsaber includes a kyber crystal at its core. There's even a two-player component for when two friends decide to go the Obi-Wan/Anakin route and battle it out. Star Wars Lightsaber Academy ($49.99) arrives on Triple Force Friday, October 4, and it sounds like a wonderful evolution of what lightsaber toys can be. StarWars.com caught up with Hasbro's Michael Ballog, senior director, global brand strategy and marketing, Star Wars, for some master-like wisdom on the making of the innovative toy. Here are his greatest insights.
On developing technology to create a more immersive way to play:
"Consumer insights create the foundation for our brands and products, and we will continue to invest in the areas we know consumers will be excited about and develop technology that enhances their play experience. In this instance, all the great technology that we have built into Lightsaber Academy translates into an experience that feels magical for kids. The Smart-Hilt technology is tracking their movements and communicating via Bluetooth to the app -- but a kid isn't focusing on this technology per say. They are focusing on the fact that their lightsaber 'knows' when they make a move, can give them feedback, and react as a they train with Jedi or Sith masters and then battle with friends. This allows them to put themselves into the Star Wars story with their very own personalized lightsaber experience!"
On crafting Jedi and Sith combat techniques:
"For the lightsaber moves, they need to be true to Star Wars while also being fun, attainable, and with the right level of challenge for a kid as they progress through training and battling. We work closely with the team at Lucasfilm and Disney to ensure that each Star Wars item created meets the high expectations of the passionate community and franchise standards."
On the upcoming release of Star Wars Lightsaber Academy:
"We're beyond excited about this new offering and have had a blast creating (and playing with) it! We think fans will be just as thrilled, and we're looking forward to following along on their Lightsaber Academy journeys once it hits shelves in fall 2019."
Hasbro will also release additional series of Star Wars Lightsaber Academy lightsabers, including Extendable ($7.99) and Electronic ($19.99) editions that include a scannable code to access training and character content in the Lightsaber Academy app. Check them out below!
See below for images of all Hasbro's Toy Fair reveals, including The Black Series, Retro Collection, and much more!
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Dan Brooks is Lucasfilm's senior content strategist of online, the editor of StarWars.com, and a writer. He loves Star Wars, ELO, and the New York Rangers, Jets, and Yankees. Follow him on Twitter @dan_brooks where he rants about all these things.
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Hasbro Pulse Livestream: Darth Vader Removes his Helmet and Other Reveals
Bring Home the Galaxy: ARC Commander Blitz Revealed In The Vintage Collection and More!
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Bring Home the Galaxy: New Star Wars Holiday Apparel and More!
Bring Home the Galaxy: Funko Makes the Star Wars: A New Hope Poster Pop! and More!
Bring Home the Galaxy: Retro Collection 4-LOM and Zuckuss 2-Pack Revealed and More!
Bring Home the Galaxy: Vintage Collection Boba Fett Revealed and More!
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The Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric will offer a complimentary preview of the gala 2013–14 opera season on Sunday September 22nd at 6:30pm. This FREE concert is open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis and is our 'thank you' to our supporters for helping continue the success of grand opera in our community. Get the details here.
A gallery of highlights from Art to Poetry to Music at Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC. Read the full article here.
Catch glimpses of rehearsals for HOT's Tosca and hear stage director Jay Lesenger and singers Jill Gardner, Ta'u Pupu'a and Michael Chioldi talk about this beautiful and passionate opera by Giacomo Puccini.
Tucson Lifestyle Magazine features Jill Gardner's performance of TOSCA with Arizona Opera, January–February 2013. Read the full article here.
The online publication OPERA LIVELY featured an exclusive interview with Jill for her performances of TOSCA with Opera Carolina in October 2012. Read the full article here. Jill is also featured in the book by the same name, Opera Lively: The Interviews which is available on Amazon.com here.
In anticipation of Opera Carolina's production of Tosca in Charlotte, NC, on October 13, 18, and 21, 2012, Opera Lively has interviewed Ms. Jill Gardner who will be singing the title role. Read the full article here.
Former Glimmerglass Opera Sponsor, Judy Brick Freedman, attended one of Jill's TOSCA performances in Boston and writes about the joyful reunion on the Glimmerglass Opera Blog.


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Top 5 Popular Funko Pops Vaulted in June 2021
Below are the top five most popular Funko Pops that were vaulted in June of 2021 based on the number of Ebay sales. In the whole month of June there were only 11 Pops vaulted. You can view them all HERE.
1. Pippin Took #530
Pippin Took from the popular trilogy Lord of the Rings will soon be vaulted. The Funko app still shows it as "available" but retailers can no longer place reorders for this Pop. This is the only variation Funko has made of this character. Amazon will be releasing an all new LotR series airing later in 2021 which could increase the values of all Lord of the Rings Funko Pops. This Pop was released in December of 2017.
2. Mysterio w/o Helmet #477 [Hot Topic]
The Hot Topic exclusive of Mysterio without his helmet was recently vaulted on the Funko app. There are four versions of this particular Pop but this is the only one without his helmet. The common version of this Pop is also vaulted.
Mysterio was first introduced in Spider-Man Far from Home and with the release of Spider-Man No Way Home on December 17th it could increase the demand for all Spider-Man Funko Pops. This Pop was released in April of 2019.
3. Jeff Hanneman #155
Jeff Hanneman from the trash metal band Slayer was recently vaulted on the Funko app. Jeff is the only one of the Slayer Funko Pops that are currently vaulted on the app but the other two (Tom Araya & Kerry King) will be joining him soon because retailers can no longer place reorders for any of them. All the Slayer Funko Pops were released in January of 2020.
4. Mamimi with Takkun #459 & Haruko #456
Mamimi & Haruko from the anime series FLCL were both recently vaulted on the Funko app. I went ahead and included them both in the 4 spot since they are from the same show. There were four Pops released from this series: Haruko #456, Naota #457, Canti #458, and Mamimi #459. Of these, Canti seems to be only one that is still available for reorder. The FLCL Funko Pops were released in November of 2018.
5. Mr. Mittens (Soul World) #747
The soul world version of Mr. Mittens from the Disney movies Soul will soon be vaulted. It is not vaulted on the Funko app but is no longer available for reorder. Moonwind #746 & Mr Mittens #743 are the only two still available from this movie and the other four should all soon be vaulted. The Soul Pops were released in October of 2020 giving them a very short production run.
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The ninth annual Pipe Organ Dinner and Concert will take place on Friday, November 9 at First Presbyterian Church 2910 Central Ave., Middletown. The lasagna dinner will be served from 5-6:15 pm in Fellowship Hall. The concert will take place at 7 pm in the sanctuary. The dinner and concert will benefit the Organ Support Fund and Choralfest 2019 which sponsors children's choral music. Tickets for the lasagna dinner are $12 for adults, $5 for children, and free for children 5 and under. The concert is free and open to the public. This unique pipe organ concert features the organ with handbells, piano and vocalists (both adult and children) performing a great variety of music from "Classical to Jazz". For more information call 513-422-6365.


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Netscape To Post Loss, Shares Plunge - InternetNews.
Netscape shares fell nearly 20% to $18.75 each as the Web software firm warns that it expects to post fourth quarter losses of between $85 million to $89 million, or $0.88 to $0.92 per share.
Before we slam this too much, however, $52 million was for nonrecurring merger-related charges, while an additional $35 million went for restructuring. So that's $87 million on a one-time charge.
Still, the loss highlights Netscape's rise and fall over the past three years. After its early lead and bragging rights, Netscape met an opponent with deeper pockets and an installed base to leverage in Windows--Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Netscape pioneered the free distribution model, letting people download its popular Navigator browser for free, thus giving it a huge installed base itself.
Like it does so many times, Microsoft simply picked up on the formula and came out with its own flavor--Explorer. It is free while Netscape began to charge for its browser, which it had to since it had no multiple revenue streams like Microsoft.
In short, perhaps Netscape blew its lead in many ways and may need the strength of an IBM (NYSE:IBM) or Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) to really compete in the future. Netscape up close in tomorrow's Internet Stock Report.


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Everything About Diletta Leotta The Italian Television Presenter
By: Author Christina Porter
Posted on Published: June 22, 2022 - Last updated: November 1, 2022
Categories Journalist
Diletta Leotta is an Italy-based journalist, TV presenter, and weather reporter at the Sky 24 news channel. She is famous for turning into a sports reporter from a weather reporter on the same channel in less than a year.
Moreover, she is well-known for posting pictures of her lifestyle on Diletta Leotta's Instagram – where she keeps her fans updated with her upcoming projects.
Well, there are many other things that you guys should know about this wonderful and talented personality. So, start reading this post carefully until the bottom line hits you up.
Diletta Leotta Pictures during her Work for "Sky 24 news channel"
Diletta Leotta Height, Weight, And Other Personality Traits
Diletta Leotta's Net Worth
Q Is Diletta Leotta Married?
Q Who is Diletta Leotta's boyfriend?
Q How tall is Diletta Leotta?
Q What is Diletta Leotta's ethnicity?
Q What is Diletta Leotta nationality?
Diletta Leotta took her first breath on August 16, 1991, in Catania, Italy. Well, unfortunately, as she hasn't revealed much about her early days, there is no information about her parents and siblings. But reportedly, she has one sibling, whose name is Mirko Leotta (not confirmed).
Talking about her education, Diletta Leotta has studied Law at the LUISS University of Rome (where she earned her degree in the year 2015). And as of 2023, Diletta Leotta's age is 31 years, her nationality is Italian, her ethnicity is Italian, and her religion is Christianity.
Diletta Leotta Picture with her Brother "Mirko Leotta"
Known as Diletta Leotta
Date of birth August 16, 1991
Birthplace Catania, Italy
Famous As Journalist, TV presenter, and Weather Reporter at the Sky 24
Nationality Italian
Ethnicity Italian
Siblings Mirko Leotta (not confirmed)
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One of the most gorgeous reporters on the Sky 24 news channel, Diletta Leotta's height is 5 feet 8 inches or 173 cm, her weight is 57 kg or 125 lbs, and her body type is slim. Furthermore, she has amazing facial features – As her eye color is dark brown, and her hair is naturally blonde.
Pictures of an Italy-based journalist, TV presenter, and weather reporter "Diletta Leotta"
In Feet Inches: 5' 8"
In Meters: 1.73 m
In Centimeters: 173 cm
Weight In Kilograms: 57Kg
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Diletta Leotta started her career back in 2011 as a junior newscaster at the Sky 24 News Channel. She first worked as a TV presenter and weather reporter over there and earned fame by turning into a sports reporter from a weather reporter on the same channel in less than a year for her performance and hosting talents.
Well, presently, Diletta Leotta is working as a senior sportscaster on the same channel.
Diletta Leotta's Pictures working as Senior Sportscaster at Sky24News
Back in 2021, Diletta Leotta was leading a blissful relationship with the famous Turkish actor and lawyer, Can Yaman. The duo was dating each other for many years and got engaged as well, but for some unknown reasons, the couple decided to call it quits only a few months after their engagement. Well, as of now, Diletta Leotta is dating Matteo Mammì.
Left: Diletta Leotta picture with her Boyfriend "Matteo Mammì" | Right: Diletta Leotta photographs with her Ex-BoyFriend "Can Yaman"
Boyfriend Matteo Mammì
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Past relationships Can Yaman
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As of now, the estimated Diletta Leotta net worth is said to be around $300,000. Also, Diletta Leotta has stated that the estimation of her net worth comes from her journalism career.
Diletta Leotta pictures from her Journalism Career
Source of income Journalism Career
Diletta Leotta is said to be one of the hottest social media fitness freaks who loves to influence her social media followers with her fit body physique. On Instagram, she has 8.2 million followers, and on Twitter, she has 212k followers. Well, now take a look below to view her other social media profiles!
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Diletta Leotta, one of the best reporters and sportscasters on the Sky 24 news channel
Q: Is Diletta Leotta Married?
A: No, Diletta Leotta isn't married.
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A: Diletta Leotta's boyfriend is Matteo Mammì.
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A: Diletta Leotta's height is 5 feet 8 inches or 173 cm.
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Q: What is Diletta Leotta nationality?
A: Diletta Leotta nationality is Italian.
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We have assembled an exciting and varied panel to judge the entries to the competition. If you'd be interested in joining our judging panel please get in touch.
Laura Adams, Directors UK
Laura Adams gained a master's degree in film studies from Queen Mary University of London and currently works at Directors UK running events and training for film & tv directors. Laura has many years of experience as a film and events programmer at the British Film Institute (BFI), including programming the London Film Festival, and has worked in publicity at several independent film distributors. She is a big fan of science fiction film, TV and literature, and has published and broadcast on the subject.
Dr. Martin Archer, QMUL
Dr Martin Archer is a unique and exciting space physicist, science broadcaster and former Kiss FM DJ. He regularly works with the BBC, Sky News, ITV and YouTube's Vsauce channels as well as writing, producing and presenting his own science content online. Martin is determined to come up with fresh perspectives on how to communicate his love of science and has worked on a number of exciting and unique projects. SSFX is just another of these.
"I'm really looking forward to seeing how filmmakers can creatively include the sounds from space that I research into their films. 'What does space sound like?' is a particularly interesting question to me and I'm sure there will be many different answers to it through their use in the entries."
Prof. David Berman, QMUL
Prof. David Berman is a leading expert on M-theory who pioneered the use of novel forms of geometry in reformulations of string theory. Over the last 14 years he has had an active interest in bringing the ideas of contemporary physics into the cultural landscape by working with a series of artists and sculptors most notably Turner prize winner Grenville Davey. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art and has given talks in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Royal College of Art and many other museums and galleries. His belief is that science has a key role to play in expanding the human experience.
"I am looking for a film that enriches and compliments the soundscape. The filmmaker should feel free to allow aesthetics to play a key role but it should still incorporate the soundscape coherently."
Ed Prosser, Royal Institution
Ed Prosser is a filmmaker, radio producer and sound artist with a background in science. He splits his time working as a film maker for the Royal Institution and across a diverse portfolio of freelance projects that span digital, broadcast and installation. Most recently he was a producer in residence within the Wellcome Collection's Hubbub group, where he worked with an international collective of artists, scientists and researchers, creating short films and audio works exploring themes around rest and stress.
"Many people forget that sound is one of the most important aspects of good filmmaking, so I'm excited to see how these samples will inform and influence the creative process of the entries."
Jake Roper, Vsauce
Jake Roper makes science videos on YouTube under the moniker "Vsauce3". He has over 3.1 million subscribers and 300 million views so he must be doing something right. Or something so wrong that everyone watches in amusement unbeknownst to Jake. When not writing his own bios, he can be found contemplating how fast the Gingerbread Man could actually run, and if I were to tell you I had a Cockney accent would the voice in your head reading this suddenly adopt that accent?
"I'm looking for something that is inspiring. That doesn't have to mean, 'woah after watching that I'm going to climb a mountain', it means that it is unique. Everyone has been given the same parameters, the same restrictions. How do you take that and create something totally new? The answer to that question is what I am most looking forward to seeing."
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SSFX is a Physics & Astronomy project at Queen Mary University of London funded by the QMUL Centre for Public Engagement, Science and Technology Facilities Council, and European Geosciences Union.
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Q: SSIS: the way of mapping of excel destination editor even though the mapping title is null I'm using SSIS. I'd try to set the sql data at excel. I made a few field name at the excel, and some of them succeed for mapping.
However, I need to find out the way even though the field is null
For example if the excel A1 cell is null, but B1,C1,D1 set the field name.
the mapping of excel destination editor show the B,C,D field name for mapping.
but I'd like to map the A1(null) to one of the sql field.
do you know any idea even the excel field name is null but can connect one of the sql field.
Addition, I have already done script task. Unfortunately, client enviroment doesn't have system for using excel, but I comfirm to be able to use excel destination editor. I need to find out how to map the data even though the field is null.
Please show me any idea.

A: When you defining your Excel Conneciton, please uncheck the "First row has column names" box.

ALL columns will now be available with generic names: F1, F2, F3, F4...

Column F1 will start in cell A1.  You can rename those columns to whatever you like using the Advanced editor.  Right-click the Excel file source, click show Advanced Editor and rename them as desired.
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https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Howard-Backen-Napa-Valley-s-go-to-architect-3254056.php
Howard Backen, Napa Valley's go-to architect
SUNDAY PROFILE / Howard Backen
Published 4:00 am PDT, Sunday, September 5, 2010
Howard Backen talks about a current project in Napa Valley. Howard Backen, architect of wine country mansions and wineries, talks about design in his life Thursday September 2, 2010.
Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle
There is no obvious link between Futo winery above Napa Valley and the city block that houses the Delancey Street Foundation in San Francisco.
One makes Cabernet that sells for $200 a bottle; the other is a halfway house that helps drug abusers and ex-convicts reclaim their lives. The winery's details are so meticulous that the corrugated metal siding on humbler buildings has a four-coat patina to blend with the reclaimed redwood that frames it. At Delancey Street, flowerboxes and peach stucco are the most elaborate moves to evoke the mood of an Italian village.
But the two sets of buildings have one thing in common: architect Howard Backen.
In a career trajectory no novelist would plot, Backen has prospered by leaving his position as founding partner at a San Francisco firm that grew to 100 employees, and moving north, where he has resurfaced in the past decade as the architect of choice for what the Wine Spectator last year called "a select group of vintners who favor ... discreet affluence over ostentation."
Onetime associates say the transition has an odd underlying logic - especially because the 74-year-old has an affinity for the farm buildings that still dot the outer Bay Area landscape, rather than castles or chateaus from who knows where.
An intuitive designer
"Howard is the strongest intuitive designer I've run across at picking up on the characteristic of a place," says William Leddy of the San Francisco firm Leddy Maytum Stacy, who began his career at the firm Backen Arrigoni Ross, now BAR. "He'd come to me with these sketches, literally on cocktail napkins sometimes, and they were so evocative."
But if Backen's work today draws on agricultural roots, his clientele is of different stock. Many of the North Bay wineries by his firm Backen Gillam & Kroeger are tucked out of sight behind security gates; he's designed homes for the likes of Jon Lasseter, Pixar's chief creative officer, and the president of the San Francisco 49ers during the team's glory days, Carmen Policy. An upcoming monograph on Backen's architecture is to have a foreward by actress Diane Keaton.
"He's such a charming guy, he could have clients eating out of his hand," Leddy points out. "He's very easygoing, classic southern Oregon, but he developed a very high level of sophistication."
The difference between Backen's wineries and others in Napa is that his aren't designed to make you gawk.
They're as theatrical as any built since Robert Mondavi opened the doors of his mock-Spanish mission in 1966 and put Napa Valley on the tourist map. But it's theater designed to make you feel you've encountered some true agrarian culture, as though the structures of wood and local stone had been there all along.
It's a natural style for someone who grew up in Roseburg, Ore., in a part of the state where wooden barns and metal sheds are as much a part of the rural landscape as cattle ranches and orchards.
"That aesthetic is what started what I do," says Backen, whose uncle in Montana was an architect. "It does what it has to do as simply as it can. There's an underlying geometry, but no gymnastics at all."
These traits are seen in one of Backen's more modest recent wineries: Larkmead Vineyards, which sits off Highway 29 near Calistoga. Its two buildings from a distance might be a well-kept farmhouse and barn, no obvious flourish or frill to be seen.
But the eaves that shade the porch extend 13 feet beyond the front wall of the tasting room - a prim space where the wall behind the serving counter is glass, the better to display the vines beyond. The "barn" conceals fermentation tanks and barrels of aging wine stacked four high, as well as the steel frame hidden behind the outer skin of wood painted white.
"You can't house wine in a simpler building than that," Backen says with satisfaction. "It's a well-insulated warehouse."
As he drives from winery to winery in his BMW 535i or strides up a slope to point out some building detail that no casual visitor will ever notice, Backen exudes a Western air.
What also comes out are Backen's good manners. When describing one recent project "that was not a lot of fun," you sense high fees were the lure rather than high art. Yet he tempers each anecdote with comments like "but that's all right. It's amazingly good for what it could have been."
Unlike Larkmead, an appointment-only facility where appointments are easy to get, most of Backen's wineries are like Futo. They're hidden, off-limits unless you have an invitation, reached by roads no tour bus has ever traversed.
While the firm also does restaurants - Kokkari in San Francisco, Go Fish and others in the valley - and the occasional small resort, the wineries are why Money magazine in 2008 identified Backen as "Napa Valley's star architect." Architectural Digest this year placed him on the list of the world's 100 top architects.
All of which is a far cry from the work done in Backen's prior life, including the Delancey Street complex that faces the bay and continues to leave its mark on the lives of its 350 or so residents.
'Most rewarding project'
When Delancey Street Foundation President Mimi Silbert called on Backen to "be my pencil" in 1984, the firm he had started in 1966 with Robert Arrigoni and Bruce Ross numbered roughly 100 employees.
It had started small, three University of Oregon alums drawn to 1960s San Francisco. "I wasn't going to be an architect in Roseburg," Backen says now.
The trio built a business with energetic modernism of an almost Cubist bent. As the firm grew, its buildings grew more eclectic, partly in response to changing styles and partly in response to the need to attract clients.
Those demands argued against a job like the one Silbert pitched, but also made it all the more intriguing. Instead of midlevel executives looking to score points by trimming costs, the client would be an organization where, according to the Delancey Street website, "the average resident has been a hard-core drug and alcohol abuser, has been in prison, is unskilled, functionally illiterate, and has a personal history of violence and generations of poverty."
"You couldn't meet those guys and not take the job," Backen recalls with a smile. "That design was all listening. There'd be 200 people in a meeting, and they all wanted something that looked like 'home.' "
That's not easy to do with a 336,700-square-foot facility at Brannan Street and the Embarcadero in what then was a remote redevelopment district. Many building materials were to be donated, so Backen and BAR left blueprint details vague. Another reason to simplify: more workers than not were Delancey Street trainees.
"The general contractor, he had learned by taking courses in San Quentin," Backen says. "He was absolutely brilliant. He just had been in jail."
Backen focused on watching out for the basics and keeping everyone grounded.
"Howard is the nicest man, and he never put on the 'great architect' act," Silbert says. "I'd come up with some terrible idea, and he'd listen and then say, 'That's good, but let me show you some other things.' "
As Delancey Street prepared to open in 1989, it was hailed as "a masterpiece of contemporary social design" by The Chronicle's then architecture critic, Allan Temko. The complex won awards for architecture and urban design from the American Institute of Architects. Backen still returns each year for the foundation's seder.
"I love what's there," Backen says. "In a lot of ways, it's by far the most rewarding project I've taken part in."
Nothing left to chance
The satisfactions of Delancey Street, in their own way, nudged Backen to leave San Francisco for Napa.
The way he tells it, BAR's growth brought the dilemma faced by so many creative people in business: the effort of running a firm takes precedence over the creative muse.
"At BAR, I'd put on a coat and jacket and we'd go interview. It was like you're a traveling salesman," Backen says while sitting on the veranda of the house he nestled into a forested slope above Oakville for his wife of 18 years, Lori, and their daughter Annie, 16. A house where, as with the St. Helena office, there's a framed photograph of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
So when he was approached in 1994 to do a small winery by longtime associate William Harlan, Backen headed off on his own. The family moved north and Backen subleased space from an architectural draftsman in St. Helena.
"For sure I was encouraging him to come up," says Harlan, who made millions in real estate before buying land above Oakville and launching Harlan Estate, as coveted a red wine as any you'll (probably never) drink. "His passion is creating architecture, not managing a large firm."
Backen now has designed three wineries for Harlan, his family compound and Harlan's club-like Napa Valley Reserve - a village-like cluster amid vineyards off the Silverado Trail, where the membership fee tops $150,000.
The Harlan buildings show Backen's approach at its disciplined best; they're practical as well as polished, seemingly down-to-earth until you look close at details such as the inch-thick slats of redwood that screen the air-circulation vents at Harlan Estate. In the process, they make the case that Wine Country wineries needn't put on foreign airs.
"Having done Harlan was huge, because you get credibility right off," says Backen, whose firm has now had a hand in the design or remodeling of 40 wineries. "They (new clients) don't interview, they just call you. And they don't give any budgets."
Which leads to a situation today where Backen Gillam & Kroeger has 41 employees in offices in St. Helena and Sausalito.
"We are extremely busy," Backen admits. "I'm doing three homes in Aspen."


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Jane Grote: Republican council means more inspection of issues
In an article about the voters giving Republicans control of Norwood City Council for first time in ten years in Tuesday's election, reelected President of Council Jane Grote (R) told the Enquirer that the new majority will provide more checks and balances to the Democratic administration and "Things aren't going to get passed just because the mayor wants them to be passed. It means there will be more inspection of issues. This will allow more input from Republicans than it has in the past."
However, Democratic Mayor Tom Williams said he doesn't expect much to change because the Democrats and Republicans had very few differences (over) issues in the past two years. He told the Enquirer, "It's hard to remember anything that didn't carry at least six votes. I would expect the next two years to be the same as the last two years - everybody working together. As long as we can keep our conservative principles, I don't see any problem."
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Angela Thompson's dream was to elope, but she figured once her fiancé Rich proposed to her on a trip to Ireland, she would try her hand at planning a small wedding. "We had about 100 people we wanted to invite," she said, but the pressure of impressing other people started to weigh on her.
"Finally one night in January I just snapped and said that I didn't want to get married this way. I just wanted it to be about my husband and I being joined together as one," she said, "but unfortunately the planning took away from that. We decided to cancel and just do it with no pressure, no stress. We literally ran away to get married," she said.
Since prior to the pandemic they had already decided not to have a formal wedding ceremony, they were able to elope on the beach as planned. "Just the officiant, the photographer, my hubby, and me," she said. The elopement took place on March 22nd, rather than the originally planned date on June 6th. "It was all I ever dreamed of: relaxing, picturesque. I'm so glad I trusted my instincts opposing a wedding."
Angela said she thinks her photo stands out because of the location. "It was such a beautiful and serene spot."
"We hired an elopement service to take care of everything (because I wanted nothing to do with planning anything). The elopement service provided the photographer," she said.
Angela's advice to other couples planning to get married during the current environment?
"Don't underestimate the advantages of eloping or alternative wedding options. Our elopement was planned before the pandemic so I can't imagine how difficult it is for brides to have to postpone or cancel one of the most important days of their lives... elopement has so many advantages. We used the money we saved to put a down payment on a house. It can be a more intimate ceremony between you, your partner, and your family. Everything was done on our terms and didn't have to cater to anyone else."
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Cuban-French Duo Ibeyi Are Leaving Their Mark On U.S. Pop Culture
Meet French-Cuban twin sisters Ibeyi, who mix their Yoruba Cuban roots with electric hip-hop sounds and more, earning them notice from Beyoncé
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French-Cuban twin sisters Ibeyi may have been born and raised in Paris (they spent some time going back and forth to Cuba when they were small) but they are leaving footprints in U.S. pop culture in big ways—even if their first performance on American soil only happened four years ago.
YOUR FRIDAY AUGUST #HAMILDROP
DROPS AT MIDNIGHT, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
Presenting @IbeyiOfficial with their new #Hamiltune...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) August 30, 2018
Sisters, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, can be seen through the "All Night" video made as a part of Beyoncé's film Lemonade—Lisa-Kaindé with her hair in a fro and Naomi with looser long curls. This is also the most obvious way you can tell the twins apart. More recently, the sisters can be heard on the third part of Lin-Manuel Miranda's August #Hamildrop Hamilton content series.
Ibeyi have long known about creating music, however. Their late father, Anga Diaz, was a conga player and a GRAMMY winner. He was a Yoruba, Cuban percussionist who played in Buena Vista Social Club and Orishas. And it is evident that his spirit and culture lives through their music.
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— Ibeyi (@IbeyiOfficial) September 14, 2018
To begin to understand Ibeyi as artists, it's important to look at their name. Ibeyi means "twins" in the Cuban Yoruba dialect. Influence of their Cuban and Yoruba roots—Naomi can be seen playing the bata-cajon in performances—are at the center of their music and mesh with synth beats, soul and hip-hop with lyrics in Yoruba, English and Spanish.
"Batas are religious drums," Lisa-Kaindé told Modern Drummer."So we take that which is from our culture, those songs and sounds that we've heard for so long, and we mix them with new music, music that we listen to every day. That's an important part of Ibeyi—playing with the past and the future, or with the tradition and the new music."
As teens they were signed by Richard Russell and the duo released their self-titled album in 2015. They released their latest album Ash September of last year. Watch the videos below to learn more about Ibeyi's sound:
"Rise Up Wise Up Eyes Up"
The #Hamildrop is a music series that draws inspiration from Hamilton, Miranda's rap musical that remixes the life of Alexander Hamilton. We're honoured to be able to share with you our contribution to the #Hamildrop," Ibeyi tweeted out about the song about consciousness and resilience.
"River"
Beyoncé put on her followers to Ibeyi via an Instagram post with this song in the background back in 2015. The song is dedicated to the Yoruba goddess of sweet, fresh waters, Genius writes. "Carry away my dead leaves/ Let me baptize my soul with the help of your waters/ Sink my pains and complains/Let the river take them, river drown them/My ego and my blame," the song goes. "We want something that is twisted, we want something that is powerful," Lisa-Kiandé Lisa-Kia told Much about the video in which they had to hold their breath to shoot.
"Deathless"
If you listen closely, death is a theme throughout some of Ibeyi's songs. "Deathless" features Kamasi Washington and is a song about a racist encounter Lisa-Kiandé had with a cop, she told "Song Exploder.
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Meet the 20-year-old artist making dream pop straight out of Southern California.
"I'm like stupid emotional," Cuco says in a Genius video wearing his signature large glasses and shaggy hair. "I think art is what keeps an artist able to express their emotions and not go crazy." Cuco's music is dream pop straight out of Southern California and "stupid emotional" is exactly how you'll feel listening to his atmospheric, mellow synth, oldies-inspired beats, topped with emotional lyrics. On "Lo Que Siento" he sings "And nobody's touch and nobody's lips can make me feel like yours do/Our hands in a lock, nuestros labios se conocen (Our lips meet)."
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The Hawthorne, Calif. native is a self-produced multi-instrumentalist who grew up listening to Chicano rappers like Lil' Rob and MC Magic, both smooth rappers that jump from English to Spanish throughout their verses. MC Magic's music stands out for his use of synthesizers. You hear bits and pieces of the genre's influence in Cuco's music, who himself is Mexican-American. Other influences include Tame Impala. He launched into the spotlight with a cover of Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk" and has since garnered a following of thousands on social media.
"I will never underestimate the strength of a fan-girl ever again. They're wild," his manager Doris Munoz told the L.A. Times about the rise of his following. The 20-year-old artist's sentimental vibe connects mostly with young Latinas and thus has been dubbed a "heart-throb."
Rolling Stone captured Cuco's role in the music industry well: "In a music industry that's been cashing in on more urban genres like reggaeton and Latin trap, acts like Cuco represent an alternative dimension of Latin pop that's picking up steam in United States."
But, Cuco doesn't want to be pigeon-holed. "It's cool, like I'm super open to doing things for like my people, my own culture, but ultimately I make music for everybody," he told the Fader.
Cuco is currently recovering from an accident that happened in early October and has canceled the rest of his 2018 tour.
Learn more about Cuco's sound:
"Lover Is A Day"
"Lover Is A Day" is the song Cuco is most proud of. The song "did so well like I never even though it would do so well, it kind of got me out there," he told Teal magazine.
"Lo Que Siento"
"Lo Que Siento" or "What I Feel" was inspired by Chicano rappers Lil' Rob and MC Magic. I just heard the chord progression for "Lo Que Siento" in kind of a way where it's mixed with a lot of Chicano rap. But then there's also that indie side of it with guitars and all that other bullshit. It was just in the moment," he told Genius.
"Amor De Siempre"
This all Spanish-language song has Cuco singing about waking up next to his lover and looking into her eyes. "When I look at those eyes, that's where I want to live/ If you kiss me, that's where I want to die."
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A Bowie Celebration Announces Tour Dates
A Bowie Celebration will tour cities in Europe in Jan. and early Feb., before hitting U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Houston and New York City
David Bowie's backing bands are heading out on tour to continue the GRAMMY winner's legacy for the third year in a row.
A Bowie Celebration will tour cities in Europe in Jan. and early Feb., before hitting U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Houston and New York City until March.
The tour is formed by Bowie's "longest-leading and most frequent band member" Mike Garson, guitarist Earl Sick, bassist Carmine Rojas, multi-instrumentalist Mark Plati, guitarist Charlie Sexton and vocalists Bernard Fowler and Corey Glover, according to Rolling Stone.
The magazine reports that the band has been joined by several guest vocalists in the past, including Perry Farrell and Evan Rachel Wood, and plays hits like "Rebel Rebel" and "Ziggy Stardust."
"One way or another, David is continuously there with us," Garson said in a statement. "He's on stage each night, in the audience and always in the very essence of each song. We do these shows for the fans who've loved David and his music, and for those who are new to his music-they're about to get hooked. Through this process of the celebration of his music, we do these shows for David who is a constant presence in our minds, hearts and soul."
For more information on the tour see here.
Quincy Jones To Receive Special Achievement Honor From The African-American Film Critics Association
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GRAMMY-winning music legend Quincy Jones will receive a Special Achievement honor from the African-American Film Critics Association, the largest group of black film critics.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jones and film producer Jason Blum are the latest additions to the AAFCA's 2019 honorees and will be honored on Feb. 6 at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.
"Quincy Jones is a cultural icon," AAFCA co-founder Shawn Edwards said in a statement. "For nearly 70 years, he has helped shape pop culture as a music composer and producer as well as a film/TV composer and producer. His creative influence is unparalleled. He has molded the arts, film and music with a force that we may never witness again in our lifetime and given back all along the way."
The two will be celebrated along with the AAFCA's best picture winner Black Panther.
Netflix executive Tengo Nagenda, early jazz cornetist Buddy Bolden, searching director Aneesh Chaganty and HBO's Kelly Edwards are among other recipients who will have their own ceremony on Feb. 2.
Meet The First-Time GRAMMY Nominee: Angela Aguilar On Her Culture And Family Legacy
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K-Pop Titans BLACKPINK Will Visit U.S. During World Tour
The "DDu-Du DDu-Du" singers have yet to perform in the U.S., but they've already made a huge impression in the West
K-pop phenomenon BLACKPINK could be coming to a city near you in 2019.
The group's company YG Entertainment has announced that they are touring the world, with stops in North America, Europe and Australia. No specific dates for each continent have been released.
The "DDu-Du DDu-Du" and "Kiss And Make Up" (featuring Dua Lipa) singers have yet to play in the U.S., but they've already made some history here. BLACKPINKs "DDu-Du DDu-Du" is the highest charting song by an all-female K-pop group on the Billboard Hot 100. Their hit song same is also the fastest Korean group music video to accumulate 550 million views.
Even more impressive, BLACKPINK is also the first all-female K-pop group to perform at Coachella in 2019.
The fandom behind the group, who sing and rap, is massive outside of the U.S. Actor, director and producer (and former BuzzFeed employee) Eugene Lee Yang noted on Twitter how much the performance will mean:
"I've had countless chats with music insiders about its Western breakthrough, which has been happening the past few years. BLACKPINK playing Coachella is hugely significant. The locals have no idea what's coming."
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MEadvocacy.org, along with 11 other U.S. ME/CFS organizations representing a vast number of ME patients, have signed a letter sent to officials at HHS calling for investigation into the flawed PACE trial. Among the requests, the letter specifically asks that the CDC remove all recommendations and risk and prognosis statements based on PACE and other Oxford studies from its current and planned medical education material.
You can make your voice heard by signing this petition calling for HHS to investigate PACE.
Recently, journalist David Tuller, DrPH, published an investigative report outlining serious concerns with the conduct, analyses and results of U.K.'s £5 million PACE trial for chronic fatigue syndrome. PACE investigated the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET).
Since then, other researchers and journalists have voiced their own concerns with the fundamental problems in the trial. Most recently, Julie Rehmeyer wrote an excellent overview of the situation in Slate Magazine and six researchers called on The Lancet to "seek an independent re-analysis of the individual-level PACE trial data."
PACE is hugely influential globally in how patients are treated in the media, by society and especially in medical practice. In the U.S., various clinical guidelines, including those of the CDC, recommended that ME/CFS patients be treated with CBT and GET, based in part on the PACE trial.
In addition, the AHRQ (which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services) published a 2014 evidence review that also recommended CBT and GET, based in part on PACE. The AHRQ Evidence Review can be used to support CBT and GET recommendations in future journal articles and in the clinical guidelines of any country. Such recommendations can harm patients.
Therefore, together with 11 other U.S. ME/CFS organizations, we have called on the CDC and the AHRQ to investigate the concerns raised by Dr. Tuller, other researchers and many patients. The letter to Director Thomas Frieden of the CDC and Director Dr. Richard Kronick of the AHRQ can be found here.
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Persad Center, GLSEN and PFLAG will co-host a Safe Schools summit this month to target bullying of LGBT kids in Pittsburgh schools.
The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Wed., Jan. 16, at the Lexus Club at PNC Park. It will feature national speakers from the Trevor Project, GLSEN and PFLAG, as well as researchers from Duquesne University who have been studying bullying. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is also scheduled to speak.
In a press release, organizers cite recent research from GLSEN showing that three out of four students hear derogatory remarks related to sexual orientation — often at school, and that LGBT students are three to four times more likely to attempt suicide. In a 2011 survey by GLSEN, 81.9% of LGBT students reported being harassed for their sexual orientation.


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Meet Gerry, one of our amazing CDA Idaho Clothing Co. team members! CDA Idaho Clothing Company not only promotes Idaho and PNW pride, but also works to foster a local mindset that loves our community. Gerry is a real deal local (she and her family have been around town for quite awhile), so she's got the inside scoop on what makes North Idaho so spectacular and what truly makes this place home. She and so many others make up the special community of this town and our team, so we decided to ask her for some highlights of life in Coeur d'Alene!
Q: How long have you lived in Coeur d'Alene? Did you grow up here?
Gerry: I did. My family has actually been here for five generations (no big deal). So far, nobody has really left!
Q: Favorite thing to do outdoors?
Gerry: Since I would likely injure myself if I tried to ski or snowboard, I really spend copious amounts of time outside during the summer! I love to hike Mineral Ridge, Tubbs (and jump off the cliffs), and swim in the lake as much as I can. I haven't tried ziplining yet, but it's on my list!
Tubbs Hill from Gerry's eyes.
Q: Favorite local restaurant? Local coffee shop?
Q: What are some of your most favorite aspects of Coeur d'Alene?
Gerry: I honestly believe there's something for everyone in Coeur d'Alene. It's packed with opportunity, but has all the charm of a small town. It's beautiful, and a safe place to raise a family. Small businesses thrive here, so even if you can't find exactly what you're looking for, there's both room and demand for innovation and new startups. It's obvious to me why so many people want to move here - I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
"Fort Sherman" Park from Gerry's eyes.
Q: What is your favorite time of year in Coeur d'Alene/North Idaho?
Gerry: Definitely summer! Autumn is a close second, with all the changing colors.
Q: Favorite aspect of CDA Idaho Clothing Company?
Gerry: The owners (Andy and Nichelle) have meticulously developed a solid brand that locals love to rep and tourists love to take home with them. Our products aren't just trendy and high-quality; the designs truly speak to consumers and help us all feel connected to the community. I think that's why so many people identify with our brand. I'm very proud to represent this company!
Q: Some of your favorite CDA designs?
Gerry: I have our standard logo in almost every color and style! (I need to not spend my entire paycheck). The "Retro Bus" is also one of my favorites.
CDA Idaho Clothing Co. is blessed to have a great team of people who love reppin' the local vibes. They could give you plenty of reasons why they call this place home - they definitely know from experience. If you're looking for more of these local vibes, make sure to swing by the shop to chat with Gerry and the team, and follow our Instagram and our Blog - we're happy to oblige!
Gerry and her husband Nic in Sandpoint.
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