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Tales Of Symphonia Fan Fiction ❯ Tales of Symphonia: The Swordsman and the Six-week-old, or Colette's Child ❯ Colette's Child ( One-Shot )
By: koinekid
Rocking a baby to sleep forces Lloyd to contemplate what the future holds and on where past events have brought him. Pairings are fairly easy to discern.
Non Anime: Tales Of Symphonia Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 03.05.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 977 | Status: Completed
Disclaimer: NAMCO Tales Studio, Ltd. holds the exclusive rights to all characters and story elements appearing in the video game Tales of Symphonia. The following story is created for entertainment purposes only and no profit has been made by the author.
Note: This is a one-shot I had to get out of my system before continuing my current TOS fanfic. Though similarly titled, it is set in a different universe that The Swordsman and the Summoner. If response is favorable I may try my hand at other one-shots or short series. Let me know what you think.
Tales of Symphonia:
The Swordsman and the Six-week-old
Colette's Child
Iselia
Two years into reunification
The baby nestled tightly in Lloyd's arms stirred just long enough to smile up at him before the warmth from the fireplace and the gentle motion of the rocking chair lulled him back to sleep. Lloyd stared at him in amazement and for a moment became philosophical. The boy, he decided, symbolized a beginning and an ending. The beginning--new life. Certainly not the first new life born into the reunified world, but he was the first born to a member of the Chosen's group (or rather, two members). Lloyd grinned. The ending, well...
Your dad won't be traveling much anymore, will he? That's okay. You and mom are worth staying home for. And there will be others to complete his quest.
The boy was...beautiful? Could you say that about a boy? Lloyd wasn't sure, but it felt right. With hair blonde and straight like his mother's and eyes even more brilliantly blue that reminded him of a clear summer sky and a frozen waterfall both at the same time, the boy was indeed beautiful.
Lloyd always wondered what a child of his would look like, and whether he would resemble his mother or father. He could practically hear Genis teasing, "His mother if he's lucky." He almost said, "Shut it!" before realizing Genis hadn't actually said anything.
As a boy, Lloyd had often held a picture of his mother beside a mirror, hoping to discern which of her features he inherited. The chin, definitely, and perhaps the ears. They stuck out a bit. He had tried to develop a mental picture of his father, basing it on the features that didn't match Mom's. He gave up long before meeting Kratos, so he was never certain whether the plan would have worked. After Kratos gave him the locket with pictures of both parents, he tried it again. He was quite pleased to discover he had his father's nose.
Lloyd concluded that if he ever had a daughter, he wanted her to take after her mother as this child had. He thought of his wife and felt a warmth in his chest. He could sit and stare at her for hours.
"You have such a way with him."
Lloyd smiled. "Hi, Colette. I didn't hear you come in."
"I tiptoed. I didn't want to wake him."
"Good call."
Colette was more beautiful than he had ever seen her. She was glowing, and it had nothing to do with her angel wings. As she reached the center of the room, her husband put an arm around her waist and pulled her close. She smiled at Lloyd and he returned it twice over. He placed the baby in her free arm, kissed her on the forehead, and headed for the door.
Before he left, he turned and said, "I've got to go. Sheena will be waiting for me. Collete, Genis, congratulations. You're going to be wonderful parents."
Did I fool you? Sorry.
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Time needed to transfer large volumes of data between international locations reduced by 90% with deployment of SteelHead appliances
Square Enix Co., Ltd. is a globally renowned content creator that has produced internationally renowned games including the DRAGON QUEST and FINAL FANTASY series. The company releases video games, online games, mobile content, published material, and other excellent entertainment content on a variety of devices and through a variety media.
Transfers of large volumes of game ROM data between locations in Japan and overseas required an extremely large amount of time
Due to the necessity for multiple users at Japanese locations to download the same large game
ROM data, stress was created on the connection, which risked interfering with operations
The SH5050 was implemented overseas where lag was severe and connection bandwidth was 100Mbps, and data transfer times were shortened through large-volume caches and technology that increased TCP speed
For transfers of large amounts of media data at Japanese locations, where lag was close to zero and connection bandwidth was 1Gbps, SH7050s that used only SSDs were adopted, circumventing stress on the connection
Data transfers between international locations, which used to require half a day, were sped up and now take one-tenth of the time
Data time lag was eliminated, and development was streamlined
Efficient utilization of the WAN connection was implemented while also ensuring reliability
Time Needed to Transfer Large Volumes of Data BetweenInternational Locations Reduced by 90% with Deployment of Riverbed Steelhead Appliances
The Square Enix Group, which includes the internationally renowned content creator Square Enix Co., Ltd., has constructed an international business promotion structure with major development locations established in Japan, North America, and Europe. Since these three locations perform localization to meet the needs of each market, development data (ROM) is transferred on a daily basis.
However, in 2008 half a day was required for these transfers due to increases in data volume, and the company had begun to feel its limits. In response, Square Enix decided to adopt Steelhead appliances in order to streamline its international data transfers. By doing so, transfer times were reduced by more than 90% to approximately one hour. Due to these results, the company is now working to implement Steelhead appliances at its major locations in Japan as the second phase of the reform of its WAN environment. In the future, Square Enix intends to deploy Steelhead in China, which it sees as a major potential market, and at its other locations in Japan.
Challenge: Transfers of large volumes of data between international locations took too much time
In providing content to people across the world, the Square Enix Group has constructed an international business promotion structure with major development locations established in Japan, North America, and Europe.
Translation and other localization work is a crucial part of the development of games that are sold in countries across the globe, and strong quality assurance (QA) is demanded in the localization process. When translating content, work is done to test whether or not each phrase is truly an appropriate translation (text QA).
When translating, not every word matches across the languages, so localizers must give the translation the correct nuance by adding contextual and cultural dimensions inherent to the target language. In addition, there are a variety of tasks in the localizatin process including legal provisions, which occasionally necessitates the replacement or revision of images or scenes.
"Since localization work is performed at each development location, we must transfer development data from Japan to North America and Europe. The increasing volume of this data had become a problem. We are connected with overseas locations through an Internet VPN with a bandwidth of 100Mbps, but it took about half a day to send the 4 to 5GB of data necessary.
Since development work is performed concurrently overseas, we have to send the data every day. Because of this, we would send the data from Japan in the night, and work would begin at the overseas locations in the morning. We were going through a cycle of having the locations then return the data to Japan after finishing QA, but this was gradually starting to become a limitation for us," explained Tatsuya Mori, manager of the information systems division.
The game ROMs are 4 to 5GB large (the capacity of a DVD), but the original data that is actually used in development can be seven to eight times larger, so the data in one file could easily account for dozens of gigabytes.
"For data used in development the differences alone would not be enough, so we have to constantly send all of the data back and forth. At the time, we were predicting that the volume of data would be hundreds of gigabytes once Blu-rays became mainstream, so we began seriously considering our options from around 2008," said Keisuke Takahashi, a member of the information systems division.
Solution: Data transfer times between international locations were reduced by 90% with Steelhead appliances
Square Enix was faced with a challenge. For international data transfers using the global WAN, lag would grow larger due to problems such as distance, transmission paths, and device buffering, which meant that even if the company made massive cash expenditures to increase the bandwidth of its WAN, it would not be able to increase speed as much as it wanted. So instead, Square Enix chose Steelhead as the appliance that would allow it to efficiently transfer data in an environment with low bandwidth and serious lag.
"Steelhead appliances were the only option we considered to address WAN optimization, but we did also consider content deliver network (CDN) services for purposes of comparison. However, after actually running the tests, we found that CDNs did not yield the performance we expected. Steelhead appliances, on the other hand, performed surprisingly well. The transfers had been taking half a day, so we were hoping for maybe half of that, but with Steelhead the time required was only around one hour. This was just one of the shocking benefits that the Steelhead appliance was capable of delivering," explained Mori.
Benefits: Data time lag was eliminated, and major contributions were made to improving operational efficiency
Takahashi gave the following appraisal of the changes: "Currently it is not uncommon for games titles to be released simultaneously across the world. So the half a day that it took to transfer data was a huge waste in our efforts to eliminate time lag in development between our international locations and proceed with work simultaneously.
In the past we were forced to send data in the night in Japan, and due to the time difference, this created a one-day time lag in work and in the data versions. But now we are able to send data in the day as well, so we are able to use the same data and develop in an almost real-time environment. This has contributed greatly to the improvement of operational efficiency."
Steelhead expanded to locations in Japan due to the results overseas
Due to the results from Steelhead's implementation in the company's global WAN, Square Enix worked to deploy the product at Japanese locations in 2010.
The company's data centers, and a 1Gbps Ethernet leased line connects major Japanese locations, and an Internet VPN is used between smaller locations.
However, although it has secured a large amount of bandwidth at major locations, Square Enix was experiencing issues with bandwidth stress due to many members of the development team downloading large volumes of data at the same time. To resolve this problem, the company installed the SH7050 at locations with no lag problems, striving to optimize data transfers by avoiding equipment bottlenecks through the use of SSDs for all cache space.
"We at Square Enix have come to feel that Steelhead appliances are a necessity and a natural part of our system. In addition to Riverbed products, we also have high regard for its support system. The company has developed and offered us programs with functions exclusively for our company to aid with double-byte coding and other issues. In this way and many others, Riverbed has provided generous support from the user's standpoint, even though they are a foreign company," said Mori.
Looking ahead: Deployment in China, and further utilization of mobile functionality and management tools
In the future, Square Enix has stated that it hopes to deploy Steelhead appliances at its location in China. In September 2010, the company formed an alliance with the major Chinese game company Shanda Games in the area of online gaming. Square Enix is working to implement measures for the Chinese market, which is expected to grow dramatically. As one effort to improve the environment surrounding these measures, the Group is considering implementing Steelhead at its location in China in the future.
The company also says that one of its focuses is the utilization of mobile technology. Mori stated, "There are many freelancers working on the previously-mentioned text QA who work from their homes and other locations. People involved in this work ask that we provide them with an agreeable work environment, so we hope to move forward with the implementation of Steelhead Mobile software. In addition, as the company-wide deployment of Steelhead appliances continues, we are also considering the use of the management tool Cascade to accurately understand network performance and to use this information in implementing appropriate investment in IT infrastructure in the future."
"Creating a comfortable development environment with no lag time by deploying Steelhead appliances at overseas and domestic development locations."
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design has recently opened the doors to a state-of-the art campus for 21st century learning at Great Northern Way. The university is at the center of a new social, cultural, educational, and economic engine for British Columbia. Emily Carr is dedicated to fostering an educational environment that is professional, practice-oriented and at the same time, rooted in history and critical theory. Students are encouraged to develop new and innovative ways of thinking and creating. The school's curriculum is flexible, personal, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and based on the learning needs of students. Students have the opportunity to apply for co-op credits, internships and an exchange program that currently features membership with 75 art and design schools in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Europe. Faculty are practicing artists, designers, and scholars who encourage research and experimentation within every artistic medium and every field.
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With 'Social Reading,' Books Become Places to Meet
By Jennifer Howard
Stephen Duncombe, a professor who has created an online version of Thomas More's "Utopia," says he wanted to make a book of the future, "not just something bound between two covers, and words on a page."
Stephen Duncombe thought he knew what he was going to do with his time off. "It was my sabbatical year, and what you do during a sabbatical year is you sit down and write a book," said Mr. Duncombe, an associate professor of media and culture at New York University. "I had a book planned, and I walked into a bookstore and thought, 'I can't do that.'"
Instead of writing a conventional monograph, he decided to experiment, aiming to move toward "what a book might look like in the future, when it's not just something bound between two covers, and words on a page."
The result of his sabbatical labors has just gone live. Called Open Utopia, it's a free, online version of Thomas More's Utopia that anyone can browse—and annotate. An example of what's sometimes called social reading, Open Utopia builds on the idea that a book doesn't have to be a static text. Online, a book can be a gathering place, a shared space where readers record their reactions and conversations. Those interactions ultimately become part of the book too, a kind of amplified marginalia.
"We live in a world where people can talk back to their books," Mr. Duncombe told me.
More's classic work, published in Latin in 1516, explores what a perfect society might look like. It's been a staple of political philosophy for almost five centuries. A co-founder of the independent Center for Artistic Activism, Mr. Duncombe works with activists on how to use aesthetics to bring people to their cause. A couple of years ago, he traveled to Moscow to teach a Fulbright seminar on the political imagination. To prepare, he revisited Utopia.
"I read a completely different book than I remembered," he said. "I think it's because I was reading it in the context of the failed utopia of the Soviet Union."
That got him thinking about what More was really trying to do. For 500 years, readers have been debating the question "Is More serious or is he not serious?" Mr. Duncombe said. "I think they're missing the point." In his view, More is arguing that "if you want a new world, you're going to have to imagine it yourself."
More's text seemed like a good place to start reimagining. As a starting point, Mr. Duncombe used a free translation available on the Project Gutenberg Web site. He asked colleagues to help translate additional material not already in the public domain. The NYU scholar did fresh footnotes. He used Kickstarter to ask strangers for donations—bringing in about $4,500 to cover Web hosting, design, and other expenses.
Mr. Duncombe published the results online using CommentPress, open-source software by the Institute for the Future of the Book. Online discussion and commenting is made possible by Social Book, a social-reading platform created by the institute. Bob Stein, its founder, has been a vocal proponent of social reading for texts of all lengths. Open Utopia is one of several pilot projects now in progress. Social Book appealed to Mr. Duncombe because it aims to "create communities of people talking to each other."
In addition to serving as editor, sometime translator, and de facto publisher, Mr. Duncombe also did the early technical work himself. "I'm not a technical wiz at all, but I put together the first version of it myself," he told me. "These are tools that are well within the grasp of a literature professor or, in my case, a sociologist."
Utopian Project
Does the world really need one more edition of a book that's been steadily available for five centuries? "It takes a bit of audacity to introduce yet another version of Utopia," Mr. Duncombe writes in the introduction to Open Utopia. "Yet I have done so here because what the world does not have, and what I believe it needs, is a complete English-language translation of Utopia that honors the primary precept of Utopia itself—that is, that all property is common property."
In that spirit, Open Utopia is published under a Creative Commons license, "open to read, open to copying, open to modification," the site announces.
Hoping to take the idea of reimagining even further, Mr. Duncombe also created a wiki called Wikitopia, where users can create their own visions of utopia.
It's too early to say whether the masses will take up the invitation. "I love the idea that there's a world out there of people clamoring" for an open, online edition of a 16th-century text, Mr. Duncombe said. "But that's a utopian idea itself."
The approach may play best in the classroom. Tara Gellene, an adjunct professor of English at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, teaches a first-year writing course centered on utopian texts. Her students are using Wikitopia to dream up more-perfect societies.
Open Utopia made its debut too late for Ms. Gellene to assign, but she thinks that the social-reading approach could help solve a recurring challenge. "Keeping the discussion around the text is always a problem, especially with something like Utopia, where people want to have political debates," she told me. With a shared reading platform, "the discussion becomes part of the text," which helps students stay focused.
Another of Social Book's pilot projects took place at the University of Pennsylvania. Kenneth Goldsmith, a poet who teaches in the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, used the platform to have his "Uncreative Writing" class read Roland Barthes's essay "The Death of the Author."
Mr. Goldsmith told the class he expected everyone to comment. They did. The approach "generated enormous discussion," he told me. "Everybody was making comments as they were reading, which was kind of fascinating."
The experiment was almost too big a hit. "We couldn't get through everything," he said. But too much discussion is not a bad problem to have, and Mr. Goldsmith said he plans to use Social Book again.
For Open Utopia, Mr. Duncombe is managing expectations. "In my darker moments, I think maybe I've created a tool for a job that doesn't need to be done, or that may need to be done 10 years from now," he said.
Copyright creates a barrier to social reading's catching on in a big way. Mr. Duncombe had a public-domain text to build on, but many readers want recent material. So far publishers haven't rushed to provide copyrighted works to gather around online.
Even more critical, though, is how sociable readers really want to be. Conversation in the digital margins makes a lot of sense as a way to draw students into reading assignments. Will scholars and other booklovers embrace the idea?
A conventional book invites readers to shut out the world while they read. Social reading asks them to connect with others as they encounter the text. Whether that sounds like a more perfect world depends on the reader.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
Jennifer Howard
Jennifer Howard, who began writing for The Chronicle in 2005, covered publishing, scholarly communication, libraries, archives, digital humanities, humanities research, and technology.


For the former route, see U.S. Route 385 (1926).
U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a spur of U.S. Route 85 that runs for 1,206 miles (1,941 km) from Deadwood, South Dakota to Big Bend National Park in Texas.
US 385 is designated as a part of the La Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor from Interstate 10 in Fort Stockton to Interstate 20 in Odessa. The section from Fort Stockton to McCamey is concurrent to US 67. From McCamey, the route proceeds to Crane in Crane County.
From Crane to Odessa, US 385 meets up with U.S. Highway 62 in Seminole, Texas and continues northward to Brownfield, Texas, where US 385 continues northward towards Levelland, Texas and crosses by Texas State Highway 86 in Dimmitt, Texas & U.S. Highway 84 in Littlefield, Texas. From Littlefield, US 385 continues northward until it crosses Interstate 40 and then goes in a half circle to Hartley, Texas where US 385 joins U.S. Highway 87. US 385 and US 87 follow a northwest track until the two meet U.S. Highway 54 and then split, with US 385 continuing northward until it exits Texas at the Oklahoma border.
On rural US 385, Speed limit is 75 mph in all counties going south of Gaines County starting between Seminole and Andrews down to US 90 in Marathon.
In Oklahoma, US-385 runs through Cimarron County at the end of the Oklahoma panhandle. Fourteen miles north of the border, it joins with US-56, US-64, and US-412. The three highways run northeast into the county seat, Boise City. In the middle of town, the highways come to a traffic circle surrounding the Cimarron County Courthouse. The traffic circle serves seven highways (with most passing through, forming the state's only six-way concurrency): U.S. Routes 56, 64, 287, 385 and 412, and State Highways 3 and 325. Every numbered highway in the county except one meets at this traffic circle.
After leaving the circle, US-385 heads northward, overlapping US-287 and SH-3, the state's longest state highway. SH-3 ends at the state line while US-287/385 continue north into Colorado.
The section of US-385 that overlaps SH-3 is also signed as Governor George Nigh's Northwest Passage, after the governor of Oklahoma responsible for improvements to the corridor.
U.S. 385 passes north–south through the easternmost counties of Colorado. It enters Colorado south of Campo on an overlap with U.S. Route 287. The overlap continues north until Lamar. At Lamar, the route turns east on an overlap with U.S. Route 50 and this overlap ends in Granada. The highway turns north at Granada and meets Interstate 70 at Burlington and Interstate 76 at Julesburg. The highway leaves Colorado northwest of Julesburg.
U.S. 385 passes north–south through the Nebraska Panhandle. It enters Nebraska south of Chappell and overlaps U.S. Route 30 between Chappell and Sidney. At Sidney, it turns north, meeting U.S. Route 26 at Bridgeport. It goes through Alliance before intersecting U.S. Route 20 at Chadron. It exits the state northwest of Chadron. Throughout its entire length in Nebraska, US 385 is known as the Gold Rush Byway, one of nine scenic byways in the state.
U.S. 385 enters South Dakota south of Oelrichs. It is overlapped with U.S. Route 18 between Oelrichs and Hot Springs. It turns north and enters Wind Cave National Park before turning west to go through Pringle. At Custer, it begins an overlap with U.S. Route 16, which ends near Hill City. It gradually turns northwesterly and ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 85 at Deadwood.
In South Dakota, in 2009, the South Dakota Department of Transportation designated US 16/US 385 between Custer and Hill City, which passes by the Crazy Horse Memorial, now being carved in the Black Hills. This segment of US 385 is also a part of the George Hearst Memorial Highway.
US 90 in Marathon. The highways travel concurrently to east of Marathon.
US 285 in Fort Stockton. The highways travel concurrently through Fort Stockton.
I‑10 / US 67 in Fort Stockton. I-10/US 385 travels concurrently to east-southeast of Fort Stockton. US 67/US 385 travels concurrently to McCamey.
US 62 / US 180 in Seminole. US 62/US 385 travels concurrently to Brownfield.
US 82 / US 380 in Brownfield. The highways travel concurrently through Brownfield.
US 87 in Hartley. The highways travel concurrently to Dalhart.
US 56 / US 64 / US 412 southwest of Boise City. The highways travel concurrently to Boise City.
US 287 north of Boise City. The highways travel concurrently to Lamar, Colorado.
US 50 / US 287 in Lamar. US 50/US 385 travels concurrently to Granada.
US 40 in Cheyenne Wells. The highways travel concurrently to east of Cheyenne Wells.
US 24 in Burlington. The highways travel concurrently through Burlington.
US 36 east of Idalia. The highways travel concurrently to northeast of Idalia.
US 138 in Julesburg. The highways travel concurrently to west-southwest of Julesburg.
US 30 in Chappell. The highways travel concurrently to Sidney.
US 26 in Bridgeport. The highways travel concurrently to Northport.
US 20 in Chadron. The highways travel concurrently to west of Chadron.
US 18 in Oelrichs. The highways travel concurrently to Hot Springs.
US 16 in Custer. The highways travel concurrently to east-northeast of Hill City.
^ "U.S. Route Number Database" (Dec 2009 ed.). American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
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A hearty congratulations to all. I can't help but feel that I 'won' in the sense that I discovered a wealth of wonderful podcasts and a novelist who freely shares his love of the written word. Thanks for the contest, Frank. All of us benefited from the exercise.
Once upon a time I had you and laughter lifted my soul.
Once upon a time I could bend and tie my shoes without grunting.
P.S.: your publicist already sent my free copy of The Last Storyteller with the offer to interview you via email. What can I ask that you haven't been asked a million times before? Can that count as a bonafide question?


As in life, everything exists in a state of duality. You cannot have black without white. You cannot have left without right. You cannot have good without bad. Everything in life must exist in a perfect state of equilibrium/balance. Understand that when you experience one emotion or situation, inevitably the opposite will make its way to you in time.
When we look at loss… whatever you think you might have lost – a relationship, a job or a loved one, that loss leaves an undeniably empty space in your jar of life. Many of us would like to play the victim and say, "Oh, whoa is me… why are these things always happening to me?" If we choose to play the victim, we will lower our vibration to that of the victim because of course, you only get what you put out in life. But if we could realize that the empty space we have now inherited is just an opportunity to fill it with a new beginning, then we could see this experience for the gift that it is.
Nothing is ever taken away from you that you cannot handle. And nothing would be taken away from you if there weren't some way to fill that empty space and bring your life back into a state of perfect balance. The empty space is an opportunity to begin again – to find a new type of relationship, job/career or situation that will re-ignite your passions, interests and mode of self-expressionism.
When you lose, you are not really losing. You actually gain an opportunity to re-invent yourself in new and exciting ways. You are free to redefine your life, on your terms. As Masahide said in 1688, "Barn's burnt down…. now I can see the moon." Despite whatever tragedy you have experienced, you have an obligation to yourself to look beyond the devastation of the burnt barn and see the beauty and intrigue of the moon as it continues to shine. Life goes on. And if you allow yourself to open up, it will bring you new opportunities that you could never dream possible. From the loss ALWAYS comes new life.


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American Crime Story's critically acclaimed first season centred on the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, which, for most people, was knowledge inherited by cultural commentary. You at least had a working understanding of what happened — the car chase down L.A. freeways, the controversial verdict. But if you weren't conscious in the year 1997, then you might not be familiar with the subject of this season of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, another news sensation from the '90s.
From the title, you can extrapolate that this season of Ryan Murphy's show, which premieres Wednesday 17th January, will focus on the murder of the fashion designer Gianni Versace by a 27-year-old man named Andrew Cunanan, who had killed four people earlier that year. The show begins with the titular murder, which took place outside Versace's Miami mansion. Each episode beyond that swirls into Cunanan's and Versace's pasts, and pans out to the larger cultural context behind the murders — namely, the treatment of the gay community in the '90s.
The Versace family has expressed qualms with the adaptation of their great tragedy, claiming the show is a "work of fiction." Read on for the basics of what occurred, before going into the premiere episode. The facts, so to speak.


As an artist and craftsman, Dana has always been inspired to explore how things are made and to experiment with creations of his own. Growing up in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Dana spent much of his time in his father's workshop learning how to make everything from boats, bicycles, furniture, and houses, to clothing.
His love of design and craftsmanship led him to enroll in the Kootenay School of the Arts, Center for Craft and Design in Nelson, British Columbia to study furniture design. During his time there, Dana discovered a passion for creating and sculpting in miniature, and completed a diploma in jewellery and small objects design.
Dana continued to hone his craft during a four-year apprenticeship at a well-established custom jewellery shop in Calgary. Having fallen in love with custom design, Dana moved back to the east coast in 2005 to establish his own studio.
Now with over twenty years of experience "at the bench," Dana continues to explore and create, alloying his observations and experience of other disciplines together with his own ideas to cast a unique style.


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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE EXTENDS ONE WEEK
AT MARIN THEATRE COMPANY
Extended through December 23, 2012
MILL VALLEY, CA—Marin Theatre Company announced today that, due to enthusiastic audience response, they will extend It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by eight performances. Bay Area audiences now have the opportunity to experience this Joe Landry's "fresh" stage adaptation of Frank Capra's classic holiday film through Sunday, December 23.
Critics Robert Hurwitt of the San Francisco Chronicle, Sam Hurwitt of the Marin IJ, Chad Jones of the TheaterDogs blog and Woody Weingarten of the Marinscope Community Newspapers are unanimous: MTC's Wonderful Life is "wonderful." "Enough already with A Christmas Carol," wrote Jones, who recently featured the area's competing 'Scrooges' in a piece for the Chronicle. "This year, if you're searching for an alternative to Ebenezer and his ghosts, I recommend you head to Marin Theatre Company and spend some time with George Bailey and Clarence, his Angel Second Class."
Adapted from the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life starring actors Donna Reed and James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play transposes the cinematic classic (and holiday television tradition) to the theater by staging the story as if it was a live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the voices of dozens of characters while creating foley sound effects. As in the movie, everyman George Bailey must learn that "no man is a failure who has friends" (and a little divine intervention), when he must face off against local robber baron (and all around curmudgeon) Henry F. Potter.
In reviews, the cast of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play has been hailed as "dazzling, talented and virtuosic" (Marin IJ), "memorable and terrific" (San Francisco Examiner) and "breathtaking and well-honed" (Marinscope). The play features actors Patrick Kelly Jones (Bellwether), Gabriel Marin (Bellwether and A Streetcar Named Desire) and Carrie Paff (Edward Albee's Tiny Alice, Sunlight and A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as the MTC debuts of Sarah Overman and Michael Gene Sullivan. Director Jon Tracy, making his MTC main stage debut, has been praised for his "buoyant" (Examiner) and "clever "(Chronicle) staging that "keeps things hopping and popping" (Marinscope) and "marshals a lot of good energy to keep things from veering into the corny" (TheaterDogs).
MTC is inviting families (and extended families!) to come see this heartwarming holiday play. MTC always offers discount $20 tickets to patrons under 30 years old. Discount family packages are available, contact MTC's Box Office for more information. For all performances of It's a Wonderful Life, no children under five years old are permitted.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
Adapted by Joe Landry | Directed by Jon Tracy
Featuring Patrick Kelly Jones,* Gabriel Marin,* Sarah Overman,* Carrie Paff* and Michael Gene Sullivan*
EXTENDED! Now through December 23
Full run: November 23 – December 23, 2012
Evenings:
Matinees:
Every Sat and Sun, 2:00 pm
" It's heartwarming and it's good for the soul." – San Francisco Chronicle
EXTENDED! Now through December 23.
Step back in time to the 1940s. Become the live studio audience for a radio broadcast of this American holiday favorite. True to Frank Capra's cinematic classic, everyman George Bailey must learn that "no man is a failure who has friends" (and a little divine intervention). Experience It's a Wonderful Life live and in color with five actors performing the voices of dozens of characters while creating foley sound effects. | Perfect for the whole family.
"The cast is terrific, dazzling, virtuosic; gives the film fresh – and indeed, wonderful – life." – Marin IJ
Please note: Ticket prices are subject to change.
Senior and military discounts available, please call
Get in the spirit of the holidays and time period – come at least 20 minutes early for preshow festivities.
A member of MTC's artistic staff (often with one or more members of the cast) hosts a Q&A talk back after every performance, except Saturday matinees and evenings and Closing Nights.
• Director's Night – post-show conversation with director: Wed 12/12


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What the winners said at 27th Golden Melody Award winners wall
Published on : June 28, 2016 June 28, 2016 Published by : Jocelle Koh
At the 27th Golden Melody Awards this year, there were smiles all around for all winners, but also a few emotional tears. Check out who won what, and what they all had to say in their acceptance speeches! Congratulations to all who won this year, you are all so deserving, and I hope will continue to help the Taiwanese music industry grow even further in the future. Check out what they all had to say below:
Best Instrumental Composer: Huang Yu-Xiang
Winner's Speech: Actually just now I forget to mention a few people. Of course my boss, he is my big engineer who helped me to release this album. Of course I'd like to thank HIM international for publishing this album for me, and giving everyone the chance to know about it. I hope that in the future everyone can continue to support my music.
Best Lyricist: Wu Qing Feng for 'He Raised His Hand to Make a Roll Call'
Qing Feng's (paraphrased) acceptance speech: Qing Feng expressed that he was very happy to be able to receive this award, but especially was thankful towards his close friends and family for always being understanding and indulgent of him. He also thanked each of his band members, saying "You all are my life".
Ken Hirai (Performer)
Ken on performing at the Golden Melody Awards: The (last) time that I spent (in Taiwan) was 14 years-14 years go-this was long time since I was here the last time so I'm very happy to be here. So happy and taiwan kind of people are very nice and very friendly, very tender so Im happy now, right now… I'd love to have a concert here. It's been 14 years, and the staff in taiwan said: 'Everybody thinks you don't like taiwan so you didn't come here for 14 years'-no no no no no-I do love taiwan and I'd love to have a concert.
Best Taiwanese Female Singer: Huang Fei
Huang Fei's acceptance speech: Thank you everyone…Just now I forgot to thank my hair, fashion and makeup stylists for making me look so nice, and I'm very happy, Thank you. Water music's boss , thank you for being willing to fight with me. Being able to take a a golden melody award I really have to thank you… Also the cover was picked by him, it's really commanding, very happy. I still have to thank my parents, I told my mother I am going to Taipei for a singing competition, and if I win you will have to treat me! And I still have to thank my management company, and my fans… This award really belongs to you guys.
Best Taiwanese Male Singer & Best album producer: Jacky Chen
Jacky Chen's acceptance speech for Best Male Taiwanese Singer: Thank you to a lot of friends, and I have my own wishes for Taiwanese music, I hope that Taiwanese music can be more entertaining and more funding will go towards this area. Hope that Taiwanese music can include more of Taiwan's culture. Hope that Taiwanese music can also be like Korean music, going overseas and becoming Taiwan's unique music genre. On stage I shared some good news with everyone; that in December this year, I hope to become a father. Thank you everyone.
Best Taiwanese language Male and Female Singer: Jacky Chen & Huang Fei
Best Single Producer & Best Instrumental Recording Album Award: George Chen
George Chen, producer of best instrumental recording album "The Arti: The adventure begins" accepts the award on behalf of all who were involved in the production process.
George's acceptance speech:Producer is putting the right people together at the right time so I thank Julia Peng for her beautiful interpretation, and for trying a new way of singing with me. I'd also like to thank Ricky Hsiao for his pretty melody and Chen Huang Yu for his very moving lyrics, and mixing engineer Ying Zhen Zheng. And on the stage I forgot to say thank you to my family, so…thanks to my family [laughs].
Best Vocal Collaboration: Chang and Lee
Chang and Lee's acceptance speech: Actually we are really honoured to be able to be nominated alongside these talented artists, hope that we can continue in this way and taiwan music jia you. I'd like to thank all the elders and teachers who helped us, there are too many because there are four of us! Our teachers gave us a lot of inspiration and kickstarted our musical journey. We are very grateful for this. Thank you for our teachers and family and friends-actually because we are an independent band, producing this album was quite hard and we ran into a lot of problems and we had a lot of conflict and stress. So we are very happy – we heard that there is prize money – then I can go to the upstairs Family Mart and pay them back! Lastly I would like to thank my group members; even making music under such tough conditions, they were still able to make me so fat. Thank you!
Best Recording Package: Weiming Lin
Weiming's acceptance speech: We can step by step change our environment, and I think this is something that needs to be looked back on. I think winning this award today is testimony to this fact. I am very happy to be able to receive this award, thank you.
Best Aboriginal-Language Album: Wu Hao En
Hao En's acceptance speech: Actually at the moment I've been very poor, my guitar has even broken, I would like to thank Yamaha for providing me with guitars to record with. I think there's a lot of people who I have to thank, I would also like to thank the tribes whose songs I sang for not complaining against me, this makes me very happy that I can be their music's outlet and sing their music and introduce it to people who aren't familiar with Taiwan's music.
Best Newcomer Award: Eli Hsieh
Eli's acceptance speech: Very thankful to Golden Melodies for giving me this affirmation, all the other nominees were also very nominated. I myself think being able to be nominated with them was good enough; although taking this award and saying this might not be appropriate but I have always thought that attending the Golden Melodies was not about winning something, but about being involved. I fought, and win. Thank you to the Golden Melody Awards for giving me this award, I think this award is for all newcomers as they all like me worked very hard and were independent, using sparse resources to create their music and chase their dreams. Thank you Golden Melody Awards.
Best Aboriginal Vocalist: Balai
Best Hakka Vocalist: Wing Luo
Wing's acceptance speech: Actually the first thing I said when I got on the stage was that I am a 17-year long newcomer, from offstage to onstage. I think its not easy, but for me going from Chinese music to Hakka music-although it is less popular a market, my aim is to communicate culture, and show the interesting and fun side of Hakka culture, which is how this album came about. I think winning this award is a new milestone for me, but I also hope that it will be the start of a new wave for Hakka music, throwing away the old style but yet incorporating our culture into it still. I think we can continue to move forward, thank you everyone.
Ado'Kalitaing Pacidal receiving Best Song of the Year award on behalf of Suming Rupi
Ado'Kalitaing Pacidal's speech on behalf of Suming: Because this is Taiwan's first time where an Aboriginal song won best song of the year, I think this is a different beginning for Taiwan. I also hope that it is an important element that reflects lot of the things which are happening in Taiwan at the moment. Just like the lyrics say-Ameizhu elders always say no matter if you meet with good or bad it is all memories, and don't give up, there is always a road with light, and even behind the darkness there is always light. Suming is attending a big music festival so isn't able to attend but he is very honoured and knows that there are many big competitors this year. But I think he really hopes that it can be a big milestone for his singing career.
Best Hakka-language Album: Zixuan
Best Instrumental Album: Shawna Yang
Shawna's's acceptance speech: Actually most importantly I am very thankful to all the musicians who completed this album with me; Lin Wei Sheng, Xie Jiu Tsai and Lou Rainone; these musicians are from New York and I flew over to play with them. Actually very thankful to Lin Wishing for bringing this band over to Taiwan countless times and allowing me to collaborate and learn from them. through the recording process I learned a lot. Of course I would like to thank all my friends in New York who helped me like Ke Li Si who came with me, Teacher Jeff who gave me a lot of support and my friend Xiao Guo who let me stay at her place while in New York which decreased overhead costs. Of course I would like to thank Lou Rainone for helping me arrange recordings studios and everything. At that time I met a pianist from Taiwan who now performs in Shanghai Carol who very kindly helped us to take photos. After coming back I was very thankful to Xiao Gui, A-liang, RJ, Elly for their suggestions in mixing and thank you to Yiling for recommending Elly which helped me to finish the entire album. Of course I would like to thank those who helped me record this album and the mixing engineer, my family and also my fans; although Jazz isn't popular in Taiwan you still like my music; I think this is the most meaningful part of releasing this album. Thank you everyone.
Best Album Producer, Best Arranger: Will Lin
Will's acceptance speech for Best Album Producer: These 10 years I have been focused on doing one thing which is Sodagreen. I have many friends who think 'why don't you have any thing else to do other artists to sign?'. But I think it's kind of like a marriage, you can't willy-nilly be having new girlfriends. I think on music we have more moving things and from last year after "winter endless" finished my life changed dramatically. I can tell you a bit about my personal plans. I took 6 years starting from Taitung to London to Beijing to Berlin to finish "Winter Endless" this album. To produce this album requires a lot of music foundation. And when this album ended I met my wife in Taitung. In Taitung a strange thing is I had to go to an eye doctor and my wife is an eye doctor, so after that we were together and she followed me all the way to Berlin with my daughter in her belly…I think my life has changed a lot, previously I was scared of marriage scared of having children and now I have everything and am very moved. So this is not just a days' work, it is a lifetime job.
Best Female Mandarin Artist: Julia Peng
Julia's acceptance speech: Actually I really didn't think it would be me today. Everyone always said wait 20 years it will be but I always thought everyone was just trying to comfort me. But now my dream has come true but when I walked over I bit myself, it's true. I really hope everyone can pursue their dreams. If I had given up this dream 7 years ago, I don't think everyone would be able to see Julia Peng receive this Best Mandarin Female Vocalist award at the 27th Golden Melody Awards. I am a singer but also a mother, so I hope that my persistence can provide my children with a good model. There is no free lunch in this world, all your successes, your opportunities are waiting for you to create them. I would like to thank all the media for their support these years; there have been criticisms and teachings, but I have taken them all in as nutrition. Without all of this there wouldn't be this 'Darling Girl' standing here today. Thank you everyone.
Best Male Vocalist & Best Composer: JJ Lin
JJ's 'Best Composer' speech: Thank you to all my music friends , thank you to those who didn't think highly of me or didn't like me , but I think this gave me the motivation to create more, and this affirmation caused me to even more strongly try to create my life.
JJ's 'Best Male Mandarin Artist' speech: I am really excited. Although said I would try and pretend everything was normal when I was walking onto the stage my emotions were anything but normal.Very happy to be able to get this affirmation. I think this album is all my work-I am very emotional right now. I'd like to thank all my colleagues who fought with me, very happy for their accompaniment and let's continue working together.
Best Male and Female Mandarin Vocalists: JJ Lin & Julia Peng
Best Band, Best Mandarin Album & Best Arrangement: Sodagreen
Sodagreen's acceptance speech for Best band: [Claire Hsieh] A-gong is very nervous, he prepared a speech but he flipped to the wrong page (laughs). [A gong] Because I joined Sodagreen at an interesting time, from the initial awkwardness in positioning, my interest in classical music has still until today caused some internal conflict. But I am very lucky to be able to as a popular musician write classical arrangements, this is not something that everyone can do, so I thank everyone for their participation in this 'Winter Endless' album. [Will Lin, Producer] I said my job is very simple, as long as I speak up and put all the talented people together then things will naturally happen from there. Thanks everyone. [Wu Qing Feng] We just wanted to hear you say it again.
Sodagreen's acceptance speech for Best Album: In doing this album 2 years ago we started production on this album and there have been many exciting and surprising things that have happened. This also includes going to Germany to work with the Berlin Orchestra, not just recording with them but also performing in a live concert. This experience is once in a lifetime, very valuable. Being able to get affirmation from this award, we can know that all our stubbornness and fighting spirit was not wrong. Hope we can keep persisting all the way, thank you. [Claire Hsieh] Just now the Berlin Orchestra conductor said that when he participated in this 'Winter Endless' album, and he felt that our work will transcend time just like the title said. He also just said something important to me; he said it is an important night to him and that he really didn't think that our experiences from two years ago could accumulate in this award, and felt very happy.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015, 09:24
A flurry of new listings in HK and Shanghai
By Felix Gao in Hong Kong
The liberalization of capital accounts and interest rates, the mixed-ownership banking reform, and the imminent launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect have combined to encourage more than 10 mainland financial companies to plan to issue new shares in Hong Kong. (ASIA NEWS PHOTO)
Shanghai and Hong Kong are set to overtake New York and London at the top of the list of global IPO (initial public offering), according to a report of audit services firm Deloitte China.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange will have about 79 new listings raising a total of 103.4 billion yuan ($16.7 billion) by the end of June 30, 2015. Combining with Shenzhen Stock Exchange, the two mainland bourses will have 192 new listings raising 147.4 billion yuan, a rise of more than 200 percent from a year earlier.
"This is the strongest first half-year performance since 2011, and it follows the China Securities Regulatory Commission's move to increase both the pace and volume of the mainland's new offerings by approving two batches of IPO applications each month since April," said Wu Xiaohui, leader of mainland A-share capital market for the national public offering group of Deloitte China.
"Another encouraging development is the re-emergence of large listings, which were halted on the mainland since the second half of 2012," Wu added.
By the end of June, the Hong Kong stock market will have 46 IPOs raising HK$127.5 billion, up 57 percent from a year earlier period. Five largest IPOs in the past six months accounted for nearly 80 percent of the capital raised.
Edward Au Chun-hing, co-leader of the national public offering group at Deloitte China, said: "We are excited to see Hong Kong's IPO market heating up in the second quarter to achieve the best interim performance since 2011. The top four IPOs underscored the importance of H share. The strong performance of H shares is testimony to Hong Kong's strong position as a platform for mainland enterprises to connect to the international market," he said.
Supported by a strong pipeline mainly made up of financial companies, Hong Kong is expected to maintain the strong performance in the second half of the year, bankers said.
To pave the way for the introduction of the registration-based regime for new share issuance by the end of 2015 or early 2016, the mainland's IPO market is expected to be active. This trend should keep Shanghai in a top position globally at the end of this year, according to Deloitte.
The liberalization of capital accounts and interest rates, the mixed-ownership banking reform, and the imminent launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect have combined to encourage more than 10 mainland financial companies to plan to issue new shares in Hong Kong.
Together with the potential listings from mainland State-owned enterprises following the ownership reform, Hong Kong is expected to see at least HK$240 billion raised from 120 IPOs in 2015.
"The market is looking forward to seeing how the second-stage consultation in Hong Kong on weighted voting rights, in particular on the secondary listing of companies with weighted voting rights structures, and a Greater China 'center of gravity' will progress," Au said.
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NUGEN Audio's Loudness Solutions Provide Precision for Sound Designer Mark Henry Phillips
Relying on VisLM-H2 and ISL 2 loudness control for accuracy on popular podcasts and film projects
Debra Pagan
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 21, 2017 - Mark Henry Phillips is a composer, sound designer and producer who has worked on a variety of podcasts, films, radio and TV shows. He trusts NUGEN Audio and its VisLM-H2 loudness meter and ISL 2 real time, true peak limiter for all of his loudness needs. This encompasses several seminal podcasts including the first seasons of Serial, Homecoming, and StartUp.
"I know how important loudness precision can be when working in post-production," says Phillips. "When I first started working in post, I acquired several NUGEN Audio products and started using them on all my projects. I've really been enjoying VisLM because it saves me time by remembering the loudness for the entire project and lets me adjust the volume accordingly. It's highly intuitive and clearly designed by people who understand post-production workflows."
Phillips used VisLM on Season 1 of the extremely popular podcast, Serial. "The main character on the show was recorded over a bad phone line because he was in prison, so sometimes the audio tended to be louder than the rest of the dialogue," says Phillips. "It was about balancing the information from the VisLM with what I was hearing to come up with a level that was in the perfect spot. VisLM was like an assistant always keeping an eye on the loudness and making sure things didn't get out of control."
On the first season of the Homecoming podcast, Phillips used both VisLM and ISL. "I was always keeping an eye on the dialogue level with VisLM and I had the ISL limiter set on the master bus," adds Phillips. "For some scenes, I started to notice that the dialogue was a lot lower than I was used to. It was great to have a little alert from VisLM to see that the overall loudness was lower than I was expecting. We decided that some scenes were OK quieter, because the recording was more dynamic than a typical in-studio podcast interview, but without that information from VisLM it wouldn't have been as informed of a decision."
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"VisLM is my go-to meter and I always use it when I'm mixing podcasts, films or videos," says Phillips. "I also use the ISL limiter for all of the podcast and film projects I mix. Since it's a true peak limiter, I know I can just set it and forget it. I don't like to use too much (or any) compression on a master bus for most projects. This makes ISL all the more important and just like VisLM, I have faith that it's working and I'm not going to run into any issues down the line. Loudness monitoring or limiting shouldn't be things that you constantly have to watch, so it's nice to leave it up to NUGEN products to relieve some stress without fail."
Phillip's has a long, varied history of experience including working as a public radio producer and reporter for shows like Radiolab, The Brian Lehrer Show and Studio 360, in addition to a staff position at NPR's On the Media. He has also freelanced as a sound designer on many films, including Cutie and the Boxer, Teenage, Northern Light and Ballet 422. His most recent projects include Baynard and Me and Hold On, which both appeared at the Sundance Film Festival. He is currently scoring a feature film for Lionsgate titled, Most Likely To Murder.
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I think my mother misses her children even more than usual during the holiday season. She has been making enormous meals, and buying the big costco packages of mushrooms and pretzels. Our two refrigerators are overflowing.
Well today I found myself with much more energy than usual, and I decided I should clean out the refrigerator. I pried off the plastic light bulb cover, because some pancake syrup had leaked under it. I scrubbed at the syrup with my drippy rag.
Too late I remembered all the dire "never drip water on hot glass" warnings my mom had ever given me. "Oh no!" I said.
"Shut the fridge door!" said Mom, and I slammed the refrigerator door shut. I felt heroic, momentarily convinced that that light bulb was seconds away from exploding and sending poisonous blue gasses throughout the kitchen.
In reality, Mom just waited for the bulb to cool down, and then removed it. It did have a hairline crack in it, which resulted in the bulb turning blue. I don't know why it did that. I think I'll google it.
Google offered me no solutions. But I did get this picture.
I watched The Star of Christmas with Jenny this evening. Wow, I haven't seen that movie in a very long time. I still remember getting it for Jenny and Ben for Christmas years ago. The whole family watched it and laughed and laughed, but unfortunately there was a glitch in the sound which made everything sound staticy.
This time, there was no staticy sound. Which means that if you leave VHS tapes sitting around for long enough, their quality improves. Cool, huh? Ha ha.
After my last post, Hans Shenk commented and said that I should just re-write the play and add more whooping and coughing. I thought this was so funny. I laughed and laughed, and then at school today I told the students about it.
They sat in silence for a few seconds, and then one of them began fake-laughing just to mock me.
But the good news is the two kids who we thought had whooping cough got tested today, and they don't after all. So the play should go ahead as scheduled.