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Q: Why object could be "moved" even lacks move constructor and move assignment operator? http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/rule_of_three
I have begun with c++11 a couple of months ago
and have watched the rule of five.
So.. I started putting copy constructor/copy assignment operator/move constructor/move assignment operator with default keyword on every class having virtual destructor.
because the rule told me that if you declare explicit destructor then your class doesn't have its implicit move constructor and move assignment operator anymore.
So I think gcc is going to complain to me that below class due to lack of move constructor and move assignment operator.
But It works well! What happend??
class Interface {
public:
    virtual ~Interface() = default;  // implicit destructor
};

class ImplA : public Interface {
public:
    virtual ~ImplA() = default; // implicit destructor
};

ImplA first;
ImplA second(first);            // copy constructor, OK. understood it.
ImplA third(std::move(first));  // move constructor, it's OK. Why?
second = first;             // copy assignment, OK. understood it.
second = std::move(first);  // move assignment, it's also OK. Why?

A:
So I think gcc is going to complain to me that below class due to lack of move constructor and move assignment operator.

Because the operations required could be performed via copy constructor and copy assignment operator. Interface still has copy constructor and copy assignment operator which are implcitly declared. And rvalues are always possible to be bound to const Interface&.
More precisely, even without move constructor and move assignment operator provided, Interface is still MoveConstructible,

A class does not have to implement a move constructor to satisfy this
  type requirement: a copy constructor that takes a const T& argument
  can bind rvalue expressions.

and MoveAssignable.

The type does not have to implement move assignment operator in order
  to satisfy this type requirement: a copy assignment operator that
  takes its parameter by value or as a const Type&, will bind to rvalue
  argument.

BTW: If you make the move constructor and move assignment operator delete explicitly  then both copy and move operation would fail. Using with an rvalue expression the explicitly deleted overload will be selected and then fails. Using with an lvalue expression would fail too because copy constructor and copy assignment operator are implicitly declared as deleted because of the declaration of move constructor or move assignment operator.

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Document Number: N2080
Submitter: Martin Sebor
Submission Date: September 18, 2016
Subject: Flexible array member in an anonymous struct
EXAMPLE 3 in paragraph 26 of §6.7.2.1 Structure and union specifiers shows a valid definition of a struct containing both an anonymous struct and a flexible array member:
–26– EXAMPLE 3 Because members of anonymous structures and unions are considered to be members of the containing structure or union, struct s in the following example has more than one named member and thus the use of a flexible array member is valid.
struct { int i; };
int a[];
Now consider the following ever so slightly modified but seemingly equivalent version of the same example. Is it also valid?
struct { int a[]; };
Paragraph 13 of the section referenced above specifies that:
An unnamed member whose type specifier is a structure specifier with no tag is called an anonymous structure; [...]. The members of an anonymous structure or union are considered to be members of the containing structure or union. This applies recursively if the containing structure or union is also anonymous.
Subsequently, paragraph 18 of the same section defines a flexible array member as follows:
As a special case, the last element of a structure with more than one named member may have an incomplete array type; this is called a flexible array member.
A possible interpretation of these two paragraphs applied to the modified example above is that, since the flexible array member a is considered to be a member of struct s that has a preceding data member and no members following the anonymous struct, the example is valid.
However, another possible interpretation (offered in reflector message SC22WG14.14299) is that:
...the layout [of a struct containing an anonymous struct] is exactly as if the contained anonymous structure or union had a name (so it acts like a structure is declared as such even if contained in a union, or like a union if declared as such even if contained in a structure), with all the usual constraints applying to the contained structure or union, and the only difference being a shorthand notation for naming members of the contained structure or union.
According to this interpretation, the defintion in the example is not valid. This interpretation appears to be reflected in the behavior of a number of tested implementations: they all diagnose it, indicating that a flexible array may not be the sole member of a struct.
We believe both of these interpretations are reasonable and the standard, therefore, to be ambiguous on this point. In addition, despite support for the latter interpretation in existing practice, we don't know of any technical reason to disallow flexible arrays as sole members in anonymous structs.
It is worth noting that the lack of clarity in this area has also given rise to DR 499.
As a separate issue, the definition of a flexible array member cited above refers to such a member as an element of a structure. This is unusual (and raises a question about the meaning of the word in this context) because the term element is otherwise reserved to refer to elements of an array or to enumerators, but not to members of structures. If the text doesn't intend to differentiate flexible array members from other members beyond the explicitly spelled out constraints it should make use of the word member consistently and avoid using the term element.
Suggested Technical Corrigendum
The standard needs to be clarified to avoid the ambiguity discussed above.
We suggest that the standard be made clear that defining a flexible array as the sole member of an anonymous struct is permitted as long as the flexible array is not the sole member of the enclosing object.
Since we believe the standard can already be interpreted as proposed, we suggest to add a new paragraph to the end of §6.7.2.1 Structure and union specifiers with the following text.
–27– EXAMPLE 4 Similarly to example 3, since the flexible array member a defined in the anonymous struct is considered a member of the enclosing struct t that declares a preceding named member and no subsequent members, the use of the flexible array member is valid:
struct t {
In addition, we suggest that the word element in the definition of the term flexible array member be replaced with the word member (or, alternatively, that the meaning of the term element in this context be defined and clearly distinguished from other uses of the term in the text such as those referring to elements of arrays).
To that end, we propose to modify §6.7.2.1 Structure and union specifiers, paragraph 18, as indicated below:
–18– As a special case, the last member element of a structure with more than one named member may have an incomplete array type; this is called a flexible array member. …

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Why Apple doesn't sell televisions
At least twice over the past decade Apple has been close to announcing its own television. Not the Apple TV set top box but actual big screen TVs with, well, big screens. But both times I've heard about this Apple backed away at the last minute. And the reason why they did was because even an Apple television would be just another television with an Apple logo. Steve Jobs realized that TVs had become a commodity and there didn't seem to be an obvious way to make Apple's television special. I'm not here to say Apple has finally found its TV design path as suggested in Walter Isaacson's book and will be doing a big screen TV after all. In fact I'm pretty sure Apple will never sell its own TVs. But I think Cupertino has finally figured out a way to grab an important and profitable part of nearly all TVs, controlling the future of video entertainment in the process.
Cupertino has found success over the years by proposing new technical standards and also by taking the lead in product categories that were already considered mature. WiFi 802.11 started as an Apple initiative as did Firewire 1394. Apple's iPod was not the first MP3 player, yet redefined the category much as the iPhone redefined smart phones and the iPad redefined tablet computers. If Apple is to redefine television in a similar manner then Cupertino will have to do more than slap a more user-friendly interface on your next TV. They'll have to combine that interface with some really compelling new technology that isn't available anywhere else.
The technical area I think Apple wants to dominate is High Dynamic Range (HDR) video — technology for making displays of all types brighter and display more colors. Right now there are two major video advances entering the market — 4K and HDR — and tests show HDR is a much more obvious improvement than 4K for viewers.
Apple has long taken pride in their screens, whether they are Retina displays on phones, tablets or notebooks or 5K iMac displays. As the dominant hardware vendor for video editors Apple has to stay on the leading edge of display technology. And what is a TV but a bigger display?
When color TV was developed in the 1950s there were in the USA two technical standards, one from RCA and another from Zenith CBS and manufactured by Zenith. Zenith's CBS's color was better but RCA's had the advantage that it could also support legacy monochrome content (the CBS scan rate was reduced to 20 frames with each frame having 343, rather than 525, lines). Ultimately, as these things go, both standards were merged into the NTSC color televisions we first saw in the 1960s. But "color" in those early TVs was a subjective thing because there were very real limitations to the color phosphors used in 1960s Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) displays. The so-called color model used in those TVs wasn't defined by what people could see but by what those early phosphors were capable of showing. You can't even buy a CRT television today yet that original color model remains in effect. Or it did until HDR.
There was no black in that original color TV video model, for example. Think about it: a CRT that defined color as something produced by electrons exciting a phosphor layer was entirely additive, but adding colors in a red-green-blue model adds up to white, not black. So black was the absence of electrons, something CRTs did in a half-assed way at best. Even LCD displays are dependent on a backlight for their brightness, so they don't do such a good job with black, either. What's needed to show a true black is a screen technology in which the pixels, not the backlight behind them, produce their own light. Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology does that.
So the key to HDR is an OLED display. And OLED displays can not only show images that are both brighter and dimmer than other display types, they can show colors that are beyond both the traditional TV color space and even the feature film color space that was defined by the colors capable of being chemically rendered by KODAK and Fuji film.
Now we put on our TV salesman hats. The goal of every television salesperson is to sell you and me a new TV. The way they do this is by disparaging the TV we already own even if it was the one that same salesman sold us last season. Well now it's crap. You need a new TV.
To drive that need — to get us to see how obviously we need an OLED TV, for example — there has to be content that takes obvious advantage of this new standard. And so RCA subsidized the production of Bonanza to get people to buy color TVs. People won't be buying OLED TVs in large numbers until HDR is broadly adopted in TV production. But once it is adopted, we'll all need new TVs that the TV salesmen will gleefully sell to us — 4K HDR OLED TVs.
Apple could be preparing its own 4K HDR OLED TV for sale but I don't think so. A better move for Apple would be to take command of the whole HDR video wave by acquiring a dominant position in HDR intellectual property. That way every new TV from any manufacturer would have to license IP from Apple in order to be attractive to buyers.
This would give Apple both a revenue stream from HDR royalties and a weapon (the possible denial of HDR licenses) to compel certain behaviors from other companies.
The IP licensing business has extremely high profit margins. So even though this would be Apple deriving revenue from the lower-margin TV hardware sector, for Apple the margins would be a software-like 80-90 percent. That's a much better way for Apple to be in the TV hardware business than actually selling TVs.
By controlling HDR Apple could come to control the entire video ecosystem. And the best way for Apple to control HDR would be by acquiring Dolby Labs.
Here's the current state of HDR in the video production market. FilmLight, Adobe and DaVinci have software with HDR color space built in. There are other vendors that have plug-ins that advertise HDR but it's not actually the true SMPTE 2084 (PQ Color Space or True HDR). You cannot get a true HDR color grade without a true HDR Reference standard monitor and those displays won't work with HDR-ish plugins.
PQ space is a perceptual space based on the human visual system. It is a logarithmic-like curve that replaces gamma in image encoding. The human eye has always been capable of visual fidelity far beyond our current video and image standards. Dolby has been trying to figure out how to deliver this for seven years.
Dolby Vision (Dolby's HDR product) isn't a video grading system but an end-to-end video distribution solution. Dolby's challenge has been to come up with a true HDR master and deliver it as HDR while at the same time delivering a base layer that would play on a standard TV as well. This is precisely analogous to RCA's ability in the 1950s to preserve B&W signal transmission as part of its color TV solution. Dolby Vision supports both HDR and SDR (standard dynamic range).
Our current standards are TVs at 100 nits of brightness. HDR can theoretically go up to 10,000 nits. Right now Dolby has reference broadcast monitors that are 2000 and 4000 nits. Consumer HDR televisions will likely range from 700-1500 nits. This is where it gets complicated since a 700 nit display and a 4000 nit display and everything in between are all considered HDR.
Dolby Vision combines metadata and multiple layers of information in order to deliver high dynamic range images that work across all the TVs and systems out there. They are using very sophisticated predictive technology to scale image fidelity on the fly. A Dolby Vision licensed TV set will be identified, and the Dolby Vision video stream will use metadata created at the source and embedded in the program to deliver and scale the appropriate brightness to each set respectively. Dolby Vision technology will just deliver the SDR base layer to a standard TV set.
Dolby isn't the only player in this field. SONY is working on a similar system, but SONY is too big and troubled for Apple to buy.
Steve Jobs liked to bring technologies to the market in a way that enhanced the user experience without being intrusive. As such, Apple's strength is also their dilemma since Steve's vision ultimately ends up in technology being invisible.
Dolby is already invisible. To most consumers Dolby is just a logo. A purchase like Dolby would cement Apple's presence both in consumer electronics and the professional space all in one move. They could own a piece of every theater both at home and at the cinema, worldwide.
Apple would be a de facto standard in both audio and video on devices and in content creation and distribution, even for performance venues. What added value would having Dolby bring to Beats, for example? Plenty.
At around $6 billion Dolby would be cheap for Apple to buy. The quality of Dolby engineering is such that Apple would be thrilled to have the people, too, not just their technology. And as a part of Apple the resources Dolby engineers could command would grow exponentially.
Since the entertainment complex is already so heavily invested in Dolby standards that would give Apple added muscle in contract negotiations with video distributors. Apple could use the denial of an HDR license to compel certain behaviors in friends and enemies. Apple, you see, is one of many companies trying to move cable television onto the Internet. But like the other companies trying to build such Internet virtual cable systems, Apple has had a hard time acquiring content rights. Major broadcast networks don't want Apple to undermine their over-the-air or over-the-cable-system revenue streams. Cable networks and movie studios are wary, too. And so Apple struggles. Intel tried to do the same thing and gave up entirely, selling its project to Verizon.
But if Apple can find a way to become the HDR gatekeeper, they can effectively deny big broadcast networks access to HDR. They could deny access to cable systems, cable channels, movie studios — anyone with content to license.
Dolby could be for Apple the one ring to rule them all.
By Robert X. Cringely|February 10th, 2016|2016, Companies, entertainment, Intellectual Property, Movies, strategy, Television|57 Comments
Nick February 10, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Very interesting. I wonder if Apple can use its supply chain might, to help LG who is currently the only manufacturer of large OLED panels.
Ronc February 11, 2016 at 5:33 pm
The issue isn't so much 4K as HDR, which includes 4K, along with the wider dynamic range, and color gamut.
Mark February 11, 2016 at 11:44 pm
You think this is interesting? Cringely comes up with a totally fictional scenario, then says apple will do this to take over a market.
Tell me — what has apple done since Steve passed away? Nothing, that's what. They've made slight tweaks to iphone and done shabby marketing events, which in the last year have fallen flat. And now iphone sales are falling off.
Bye bye, apple. In 10 years you will be another IBM or Microsoft, just trying to suck the final juices out of your end of life products. Steve was the only reason they didn't flame out 20 years ago. Without him, innovation is dead.
Godofbiscuits February 13, 2016 at 8:34 pm
And how about that. You used the same tactic to "prove" Apple will be gone in 10 years.
O, the crushing weight of Irony
Howard Lee Harkness February 10, 2016 at 4:38 pm
"And people won't be buying OLED TVs in large numbers until HDR is broadly adopted in TV production, too."
Maybe not in large numbers, but my wife got a 43-inch 4K TV last week, and she loves it. It's in use as her main computer monitor, and has not yet seen (and probably won't ever see), a TV signal. I may get one for my Linux box. They're cheaper than regular 30-inch 4K monitors. Go figure.
Jon Forrest February 10, 2016 at 5:20 pm
"selling it's project to Verizon" ->
"selling its project to Verizon"
Robert X. Cringely February 10, 2016 at 10:15 pm
Tony February 10, 2016 at 5:24 pm
Um, I believe it was CBS (rather than Zenith) whose color wheel technology competed with RCA. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-sequential_color_system)
Frank Wilhoit February 10, 2016 at 5:42 pm
Right, and the CBS color system was a mechanical Rube Goldberg machine, harking back to the days of pre-electronic television, relying upon a spinning disc of colored gels that had a strong tendency to disintegrate from centrifugal force and a negligible tendency to stay in sync with the frames.
The first version of the RCA color system (using the first-generation color CRT, the 15GP22) had theoretically ideal color, but used a red phosphor that was too expensive. RCA degraded the system by moving the red phosphor toward the orange, thereby greatly shrinking the triangle of colors that could be rendered. This was done in order to reduce the price point of the second (21AXP22) and subsequent generations of color CRTs. But the NTSC "standard" still specified a peak wavelength for the red phosphor that only the 15GP22 ever implemented.
Thanks for pointing this out. I've corrected the reference and added a few more words explaining the differences between the two systems.
John February 10, 2016 at 6:51 pm
I don't buy it.
Television manufacturers will find a cheaper solution to expand dynamic range which won't include Dolby or Apple. This situation is very analogous to cameras taking still photos and saving in RAW instead of JPEG. Photographers take their RAW photos into Adobe Lightroom and choose the dynamic range they want (crush the blacks/shadows, saturate the colors, etc.).
Right now on video cameras there are also Log profiles that essentially do the same thing, recording the video in an overexposed way so that in post-production it can be tweaked for the dynamic range the engineer wants to bring out, lighter shadows, brighter colors, fleshier skintones.
The key to expanding dynamic range is actually RECORDING the content in this overexposed manner, not in the post-production adjustment which can be done frankly by rather dumb algorithms without a human involved (of course the best result would involve a human).
So a television receiving something recorded with something like an overexposed Log profile could just adjust everything down in brightness and the playback would look fine, but not wonderful. That's essentially free to a manufacturer. Some fiddling in software could also make things look a little better too. I just don't think you could get tons of content with metadata and sell the algorithm to decode it somewhat better than what it would decode with a simple algorithm ignoring most of the metadata.
So you are calling Ray Dolby a fool for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on Dolby Vision? This time I don't buy it. Yes, highly skilled professional can do lots of things to make video look better. But it's a huge leap from that to creating systems that just plain work on a billion TVs. The devil is in the details.
Clayton February 11, 2016 at 8:50 am
I don't know if you have seen this work in person, but its nothing like you describe in just adjusting current camera log files on a TV set. Log files if shot to protect highlights and if recorded in no less then 10 bits (12 bit preferred), can be graded in HDR color space to achieve this, but make no mistake about it, HDR is a whole different dynamic range and color gamut. Some cameras have been shooting HDR capable video for some time (none in 8 bit) and if the RAW video files were preserved, that same footage could be re-graded to meet the standard, but only using HDR tools to do it. You have to see it.
A TV now cannot be tweaked to look like it has technology inside that it does not have.
Fudging around with brightness and contrast settings don't come close. Apple monitors were not even able to display 10 bits of color until the 5k iMac was released.
You can only push (REC 709) color space so far before it simply falls apart as you already know.
I don't doubt other players will try to skirt the Dolby technology license to manage the HDR workflow, but they will still have to conform to the HDR color space to look HDR.
As far as the roll of metadata in content creation and transmission, thats a whole other
If you saw what I've seen you would go — "Oh, I get it now." 🙂
DCE February 10, 2016 at 6:56 pm
As usual you have terrific ideas, really great writing, and access to good inside info. But you need an editor or a proofreader. It seems that every second article you've written since you left that trade rag 20 years ago (yes, I've been reading you that long) has typos, grammar mistakes, and simple errors of fact that undermine what you write. If you don't want to hire a professional editor, why don't you at least pre-submit your articles to a few loyal readers (I'd volunteer) for immediate proofreading and fact-check before you publish?
I do my best but you are right that there can be typos and occasionally even errors of fact when I try to rely on my fading memory, but I've been where you suggest I go and I won't be going there again. Copy editors are great with grammar until you have to fight with them when they have cut out all the jokes. Copy editors also don't know anything about these subjects — that takes subject matter experts. So you'd have me write a column, send it to a copy editor I'd pay to remove my jokes and then to a subject matter expert I'd again pay (or you'd do it for free). Where does all this paying come from, whose pocket? And how long do you and I wait for these experts to do their work? And when they've finished, what if I don't like what they have done? At pbs.org I had editors (lawyers, too) and columns took days to finally appear on the site. In the case of this particular 1741 word post, I started at noon and finished at three. It's worth what you paid for it.
Jeff Berg February 11, 2016 at 7:19 am
Ignore the pedants and keep up the great work. I'll take thoughtful over grammatically perfect every time. As for minor factual errors—correct them when you must but, in general, they don't diminish the theme.
Clayton Moore February 11, 2016 at 11:01 am
Jeff Berg – +1, need a like button here.
AnonReader February 13, 2016 at 9:50 am
Agreed completely. Keep up the good work, Bob.
JR February 15, 2016 at 8:56 am
Super Like this comment (pedant)! Great article Robert!
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Vincenzo Romano February 10, 2016 at 10:24 pm
I think Bob is right about the importance of HDR technology and Apple's involvement.
But I also think the possible policies will be more like "stick and apple" (!) than plain gatekeeper.
Strict gate keeping can harm the market and force the spawn on new technologies and/or technical workarounds.
And don't forget about Google whose road maps will (and do) unavoidably cross Apple's.
Johnnie Blue February 10, 2016 at 10:43 pm
Several issues here.
OLED is not the key to HDR. While OLED can theoretically produce infinite black (absence of any light) it cannot currently be brighter than a LED backlit LCD display. The UHD Alliance certification program for awarding the "Premium UHD" logo, indicating the display is HDR capable, had to carve out an exemption for OLED where it only has to hit 540 nits instead of the 1,000 or better for LCD.
And don't confuse High Dynamic Range (HDR) with Wide Color Gamut (WCG). While HDR sets will have an increased WCG it doesn't have to be created by OLED. LED/LCD sets using Quantum Dot (QD) technology currently have a better WCG than does OLED.
Display aside, Apple's acquisition of Dolby would not give them an IP weapon. While Dolby Vision is a very good HDR system, it is not the only game in town. The Must Have standard is HDR-10 which all sets will support. Much like the new Ultra HD Blu-ray players, all will have the HDR-10 system, they may or may not support Dolby Vision – it's optional.
In several years the ATSC 3.0 standard for broadcast TV will be in effect and 4K UHD and HDR will be supported but broadcasters want nothing to do with Dolby Vision or any system that uses metadata.
Buying Dolby might be a good move for Apple since the vast majority of Dolby's earning come from royalties and Dolby Vision is indeed a very good HDR system. But it won't give Apple a stranglehold on the 4K/UHD/HDR market.
Robert X. Cringely February 11, 2016 at 12:10 am
Bravo, Johnny Blue! Now let's find another reader to fill in the rest of the blanks. I still think Dolby's a buy but you may well be correct about the other stuff (I'm only, after all, a clown). So what's the scenario that DOES work for Apple? And who else might be closing-in on it? Thanks!
jjones February 11, 2016 at 2:30 am
I think the word you're looking for is catalyst. Instigator might work too.. but that could be mis-interpreted. ; )
HDR does include wide WCG however, its a component of it. As far as the display needed ….. I believe the Dolby reference models are LED. The projectors used in Dolby theaters are laser technology.
Try rebooting your oled phone in a pitch black room. You already know what to expect but the actual experience of seeing the logo just hanging in mid-air is quite cool… you can't even see your fingers holding the screen up much less an outline of the screen. Contrast no current lcd tv can match. I'm not sure how much I'd appreciate HDR. I'll have to wait and see. What about Apple jumping into VR.. late?
"What about Apple jumping into VR.. late?"
My bet is that they'll wait and see if anyone ever actually buys a VR device before they decide on that. In other words, it's doubtful.
I'm certain Apple has been exploring VR and AR for years. The "jump" is merely an escalation.
Alan Stovall February 11, 2016 at 3:24 am
I believe that the NTSC system was approved by the FCC in 1949 and that RCA (NBC) began colour broadcasts in 1954. In Fort Worth, Texas one of the local stations WBAP (Now KXAS) began local colour in 1954 as well. I personally have seen RCA Camera serial number 007 at that station. Amon Carter the owner of the station and David Sarnoff (Chairman of the Board of RCA) were friends.
Ed February 11, 2016 at 7:19 am
I could never understand why People say TV are commodities and Apple don't want to enter it.
Isn't Smartphone, those $149 Android Phones from China a commodity?
Isn't the PC, also a commodity?
Apple has no problem in these two segment.
People will start saying about upgrade cycle, where it is slow to replace a TV.
Isn't that the same as Airport, Mac Pro, or Mac Mini? All with little update a long selling cycle.
And as someone has pointed out HDR had to lower its nits rating to get some OLED in, who said HDR is an OLED thing?
There are plenty of alternative out there, so if Apple decide to use this IP as weapon, I am pretty sure Hollywood and TV Makers will get another standard up and abandon everything that has a Dolby logo on it.
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-dsr- February 11, 2016 at 11:46 am
802.11 came out of AT&T/Lucent, not Apple. The Airport was just the first cheap (relatively) access point.
MachineWorks February 11, 2016 at 12:20 pm
I know the Dolby of today is not the same as the Dolby of yesteryear but every time I hear that name it dredges up horrible memories of their awful cassette noise reduction system. Hiss was better than the muffled mess that it always seemed to produce. Sorry, I've kept that in for forty years.
passerby February 16, 2016 at 2:18 pm
"Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you still carrying her?"
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Dolby equalized for tape hiss, before that, the RIAA curve equalized for phonograph needles scraping the groove (the last good thing done by the RIAA). In principle pre-emphasizing highs and then de-emphasizing them during playback should have no effect on the desired content. Perhaps you just enjoy hearing the highs at a louder level than intended, or other parts of your signal chain were reducing the highs.
Reinier February 21, 2016 at 10:02 am
Maybe he activated Dolby B on cassettes that weren't recorded for Dolby B. That would result in a dull sound.
RMO March 4, 2016 at 1:33 pm
I never understood the appeal of Dolby NR (this is at the consumer only level by the way – I had no experience with implementing it in the professional environment at the time) as all it seemed to do on the machines I had was lop the treble off at the knees. Then, when I finally bought my first decent stereo system in the 90's and got a three head Dolby B/C/S cassette deck it all made sense. With good quality metal tapes and the good deck the noise reduction system finally had a chance to show me that it really did work.
Harry February 11, 2016 at 12:20 pm
Keep up the stimulation!
That's why I am here.
Clayton Moore February 11, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Everyone that I know of who has seen HDR technology, me included, says its the most significant advance in image quality since HD. Visual impact wise, 4K pales in comparison hands down.
I'm not that eager to have a very bright tv screen in my room. I already need to tone down the backlight to not hurt my eyes.
I prefer OLED screens, since the better contrast is always nice.
HDR, as all TVs have ever been, is no brighter than you want it. The higher NIT rating indicates a greater potential brightness for tiny areas of the picture where brightness is needed for realism, like the sparkles you might see in real life in a white mass of snow.
Re: " That way every new TV from any manufacturer would have to license IP from Apple in order to be attractive to buyers." So it's official…we're calling Apple a patent troll.
Don February 12, 2016 at 3:18 am
Well, we desperately want to have patent trolls to place their boot on our necks and twist our arms while they kindly shove whatever stuff they control down our throats. The bigger the trolls, the better. Open standards, a level play field, fair competition and fair prices are so boring! We want to be abused, we want to spend our hard earned cash on on 'cool' products sold with obscene profit margins. Please, we need our Stockholm syndrome!
Paul Dubuc February 12, 2016 at 8:55 am
I think the future of HD display technology may be in tiny laser projector modules instead of large LED displays. These projectors can display a large, high quality image on any surface and are small enough, with low enough power consumption to be embedded in hand-held devices. Sony and Sharp build and sell picop projector modules, developed by a company called Microvision, and have included them in products that are available now or will be soon. Foxconn, an Apple manufacturer, has made and aggressive bid to acquire Sharp. Qualper, a Chinese company is has already built a cell phone that looks a lot like an iPhone that has an embedded projector. Here are some links:
https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201402/14-024E/index.html
https://www.microvision.com/microvision-at-ces-2016/
Peter February 12, 2016 at 2:40 pm
I think the industry is going to have some trouble selling another form of TV technology,
In recent years there has been two versions of HD, plasma, LCD, LED, OLED, Smart TV, 3D, TV apps, …. Rightly or wrongly, most consumers had trouble finding much difference, or didn't want the technology. I'd guess that attempting to sell yet another is going to get yawns, unless the improvement, as seen in the living room, is very dramatic.
Clayton Moore February 13, 2016 at 9:09 am
This is very dramatic – if you saw it, you would agree. Outside of the cost which always goes down. It will be a visual change that will be very easy for consumers to see and so different than what we see now, it won't be a hard choice.
Siddharth Banerjee February 13, 2016 at 3:53 pm
Steve Jobs was Apple. The current company with that name is coasting. Look at Apple's stock, it is half of what it was last year, even with all the buybacks. Apple computers and laptops are nice looking and their OS is much better than the tediously convoluted Windows 10, but they are ridiculously overpriced and not user upgradable machines. Apple's gadgets, their phones and tablets are overpriced and their customers can run Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram apps on lower priced competitors' devices. Apple's watch is overpriced and useless. Apple wasted money on Beats.
It looks like Apple might go into the entertainment business, making TV shows like Netflix has. Maybe someday Apple will be reduced to an entertainment production company, iTunes, and an online money transaction company. That giant round building that Apple is building, that looks a lot like GCHQ's "The Doughnut" building, seemed to be designed for a company that would continue to develop computers and gadgets. Tim Cook does not seem to an innovator nor much of a pitchman. Jobs paid himself $1 per year, Tim Cook is paying himself millions each year. He's coasting.
Let's face it, we're all coasting, compared to the WWII generation.
1984 February 14, 2016 at 12:18 pm
If Apple buys Dolby, would the rest of the industry rally to support Sony's HDR implementation thus launching a format war like VHS/Betamax? Would Amazon, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Google or Netflix want to team up and keep Apple from dominating the industry? Would Apple benefit from starting a format war? Sidestepping a war of this nature would be prudent.
SteveJ February 15, 2016 at 7:27 am
I don't think it was my imagination, there was an Apple TV advertisement during the mid-season premier of the Walking Dead. I can't recall seeing one ever before. Something must be happening…
Notice the first two sentences of the article "At least twice over the past decade Apple has been close to announcing its own television. Not the Apple TV set top box but actual big screen TVs with, well, big screens."
Dr John February 16, 2016 at 6:12 am
Lots of references to "NIT", and it's something taken over from cinema theatre projection to TVs to describe how bright the screen is. LCD manufacturers market this using the term "contrast ratio". Essentially the same; how bright is your display? In cinemas the goal is to be able to create an image which is bright enough for the audience, which is also more difficult when the screen size gets larger. In LCD TVs it's a marketing tool.
Here's the problem with TVs. High NIT or contrast ratio produces a picture which is far far too bright. You could get a sun tan from the output levels some screens can go to! It will never be used. The problem with LCDs, of course, is that they're not starting from zero as you can never fully switch off each pixel. Rather each pixel is a coloured shutter which leaks some light.
OLED may not have the same NIT level, but it's starting from zero. There is a concern on non-linear response from zero to low level, but it never has to get as bright as LCD screens do to show a good colour range.
Like plasma screen technology, OLED is a light generating technology rather than light shuttering. It works better and partly because it feels more like the CRT images you were brought up on. You don't have to be in the sweet spot for a good picture either. You can watch the screen off angle and still get an excellent image.
Last I hear HDR had been ratified as a standard, so new screen will come out with this soon (get ready to junk your current 4k TV for the next 4k TV!). But the ranges of OLED and LCD aren't the same. LCD (and remember that "LED TVs" were LCD with an LED backlight, not individual elements – cheat or what!) screen by their very nature have to work at a higher brightness level than OLED. So how did they get round this with the HDR standard when these will by their very nature be so different? Simple, two standards! Yes, one standard for OLED and another for LCD screens.
And to further bash LCD screens, if I haven't enough already, when you do put one in your Home Theatre / Cinema, you'll be turning the brightness down as much as possible anyway. Because they're just far too bright so you'll probably lose out on the HDR. If you could still get plasma screens that would be the choice, but OLED seems like the best alternative. I believe the new Panasonic has overcome many failings of the LG screen (Home Cinema Choice review).
What for Apple? Could they buy Dolby? Only worthwhile if they then incorporate Apple branding. So that when you view HDR Amazon feeds they're forced to show the Apple logo. Well, if Amazon won't see the Apple TV product, it's a good up yours to Amazon!
As I understand it, the high NIT level of HDR never makes the overall picture too bright. What it adds is the ability to reproduce the picture more accurately. For example, without HDR, a picture of snow would look like a uniform white mass. With HDR and the same overall brightness, we would see the white mass with numerous sparkles, as it would appear in real life; just the sparkles would be at the high NIT level.
NIT is a measure of brightness, and HDR of range of colours. You can have a HDR at different levels of NIT, and that's exactly why the standard has had to be split as it has.
If you're screen starts at a light level of 0 for OLED then you can add the full HDR range on top and say get to a maximum light level of 10 (arbitrary figures for this example). 10 being ideal for your viewing. Now start with an LCD or LED backlighted screen, and you're now starting with a light level of 3 because you can never fully shutter the light from an LCD screen. Add the HDR range and you get 13, which is unlucky for you as it's now too bright for your room. So you reduce down the contrast so that it's maximum light output is 10. What happens to your HDR then? It's a very good question.
You have to set up your TV using a test card (TestCard ProHD on the iPhone is ideal for this) for the ambient conditions that you view in. So as per the above example that higher level might be too bright. I still think HDR on an Panasonic OLED flat screen (not curved) will be amazing, I just look forward to them doing one!
Eric B February 26, 2016 at 11:32 am
Maybe Apple is waiting to buy Dolby AFTER their proposed format becomes ratified and is in use.
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But this April, Gary Mowad, a special agent with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), encountered a vastly different scene as he surveyed Wyoming from the sky: scores of dead ducks, geese, and other birds floating in toxic, black sheens that coated 213 artificial ponds and wetlands across the state.
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"The program provides a great chance to advance some constructive partnerships with private industry," says US Rep. David Skaggs (D) of Colorado. "The intent is to ... make prosecution the option of last resort."
The FWS estimates that more than 2 million birds die annually from contact with contaminated oil evaporation ponds, or pits, a byproduct of fossil-fuel drilling. There are hundreds of thousands - some no bigger than a backyard swimming pool - speckling the American landscape from Illinois to California.
Once birds land they can't escape, and the problem is particularly insidious in the arid West, where migratory birds use wetlands as breeding areas or stopover points on their long journeys. "It's a major problem in all 30 of the oil-producing states," says Mowad, whose survey of Kansas last week revealed serious problems. Technically, all migratory birds are protected by the international Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The maximum penalties for each bird killed are a $10,000 fine and six months in jail.
But the FSW's effort to work with companies is reducing costs all round. Mowad contacts firms with problem pits, giving them 60 days to clean up by draining the ponds or filtering the oil off. Firms that don't comply face prosecution. In Montana and Colorado, where 1995 aerial surveys revealed a high noncompliance rate, the results have been good. After intervention last year, the vast majority of hazardous pits were cleaned up. "In my mind, this is a textbook example of how to be successful if you are a federal agency working with private industry," says Pat Flynn, the environmental officer for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and a spokesman for the Denver-based oil energy company HS Resources.
Wildlife officials worried about the pits for 30 years, but didn't realize until the early 1990s that more birds were being lost to oil pits than to poachers and accidental shooting. Budget cuts made addressing the problem hard, and "the oil and gas industry is very powerful," says Terry Grosz, with FSW's law enforcement unit. "We were told ... if we tried to use our regulatory muscle we'd have a political firestorm on our hands." Then in 1995, Mr. Grosz got congressional support from Representative Skaggs, who spearheaded a three-year, $750,000 appropriation to fund Mowad's novel aerial-surveillance program.
But not everyone is a fan. Don Basko, director of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Commission, says the federal government is exaggerating the extent of the problem.
Mowad has characterized conditions in Wyoming as "among the worst he had ever seen." The FWS and US Environmental Protection Agency pinpointed 200 illegal oil pits and broken lines as well as oil leaks into sensitive riparian areas used by breeding birds. At one location, 98 percent of the existing pits were out of compliance and the hundreds of dead birds could amount to fines in the millions of dollars.
But Mr. Basko says the 213 wells identified by the FWS represent less than 2 percent of the state's oil field portfolio, making it practically insignificant. "Yes, it's a concern, but it's not a monumental problem that can't be overcome in a month or two," he says.
Mowad says if the oil and gas industry keeps its word in Wyoming, nobody has to lose, but if birds continue to die he will meet the companies in court. "For the companies that are not responsible," he says, "the easiest way to make us go away is to take care of their mess."


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This past Sunday I attended a ward that wasn't my own. I sat in the back and left promptly after sacrament meeting. But I've been thinking about one of the talks ever since I left the building.
The man started his talk with a story about a friend of his recently announced that they were leaving the church. He repeated how they had been overcome by doubt. After expressing his disappointment, he followed up with the story about the individual stranded in the ocean who is picked up by a weathered boat and fisherman (You know, this one). After spending some time on the boat and noticing all it's dents and blemishes, the rescued becomes worried and asks to be let back into the ocean to swim the remainder of the way to shore on their own. After the speaker finished the story, he remarked proudly that the boat represents the church and the fisherman is those called to lead it.
I understand the point of this story. Humans and the institutions they create cannot be perfect. In fact, small dents, paint chips, and difficult machinery shouldn't keep us from utilizing those institutions for good. But this story, especially when listening to it yesterday, fills me with unease.
It seems to belittle and invalidate the feelings of those who are sitting in doubt while simultaneously diminishing the real institutional flaws of the church as mere "dents." Feeling doubt is often more than uncomfortable, it is painful. And sometimes it feels like the only place on the boat you're comfortable being requires you to hang over the edge. When we say that people who doubt are willingly climbing back into the ocean after being rescued by a perfectly safe boat, we ignore the fact that getting back into the ocean might be the only real option someone has. Sometimes the dents are actually leaks and the boat is slowly sinking. Sometimes the faulty mechanics are keeping the fisherman from being able to keep the boat on its proper course. The paint chips can be signs of a system unwilling to fix or even acknowledge the errors of its past.
Some days I feel like climbing back into the ocean. Sometimes that really seems like the safer option. The boat is rocking and sometimes looks like its veering off course. Right now I am clinging to the side rails hoping that my questions do not become to heavy to carry.
But if they do, if I find the ocean is becoming more inviting than the boat itself, I don't need a fisherman to gently let me back in the water and leave. I also don't need a fisherman who will jump in the ocean to save me, dragging me back onto the boat I was trying to escape. I need fishermen who are willing to jump in and tread water with me while I figure things out.
I feel like all I think about is doubt (I even think this is my third post on this topic in this past year). And maybe it isn't productive to have this focus. But doubt is a natural companion to faith. It shouldn't be ignored and it shouldn't be shamed. I don't need stories telling me how I should be ignoring my doubts. I can't ignore them. They are as much a part of my experience as my faith. Ignoring them doesn't make them go away.
What I need is people to sit with me and listen, for people to get in the ocean with me and tread. Maybe you're already here in the water. Maybe we can find each other and together face our doubts head on.
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My family also started recycling when I was younger. We started by having to divide up the cardboard, plastics, glass, and paper and drop it off at recycling bins behind our local grocery store. When recycling become more commonplace, my parents paid to have it picked up with our trash. My grandparents composted much of their waste as well. I grew up knowing there were simple steps to limit the waste being put into landfills or oceans.
Lord, What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?
The millennial generation overall has shown to be less religious than previous generations, a phenomenon that has not gone unnoticed by church leadership.
Someone who studies religion knows that there are many Gods and ideas of divinity throughout theology. They understand the differences between these beliefs and the intricacies of what God means to many people. However, I am not that person, so my knowledge is much more limited. But recently I have started to notice the subtle differences between the God that I worship and the God that people around me seem to worship.
Of course, the God that I have known and learned about throughout my life is different from the one(s) that my Hindu, Muslim, and even various Christian friends know. But the more I question my own beliefs and the more I learn about the beliefs of others, the more I am sure that none of us believe the same things, even when we claim the same religion.
I feel like there are a lot of directions I could take this post. I have many thoughts because it's directly pertinent to my current experiences in the church. I am a young, unmarried BYU graduate. I have faced and am currently facing the woes of dating within the LDS culture. I've seen roommates and friends get married, all while remaining very single. I've gotten really upset about how my dating life is playing out. I could write a novel about this topic and still not discuss everything worth discussing.
This past week in Relief Society we talked about conversion. Specifically, we addressed that new converts need to feel not only converted to the gospel itself, but also the church culture. There is a new language, new rules, and new etiquette to learn. And often when converts do not feel like they understand or belong, they fall away.
I'm finding it hard to piece together the words and emotions I wish to convey on this topic. Mostly, because it's difficult for me to explain but also because it is painful.
The way women are viewed in the church is something I think about continuously. I am aware of my womanhood and the effect that has on my existence. Unfortunately, a lot of the effects I feel are due to others' perceptions of womanhood. Since the LDS church plays a large role in my life, the way I feel viewed by the church community is often at the forefront of these thoughts.


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The MegaFon mobile network operator has placed bonds for 500 million rubles, calculations for which will be perfromed on technology a blockchain. On Monday, October 2, have reported about it in the company. A repayment period — on December 22, 2017. Raiffeisenbank has acted as the buyer of bonds. Materials on teme00:02 — on September 22, 2017 the Surprise from Vitalikakto will kill traditional economy "We see high potential in architecture of a blockchain which gradually and surely becomes the new standard of exchange of transaction data and replaces with itself traditional systems" — the finance director of MegaFon Gevork Vermishyan has told. The platform for carrying out transactions with bonds provides confidentiality during the work with data on the remains of securities and also considers features of the Russian legislation, have noted in the company.28 of September the head of the Council of Centre for Strategic research, the former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexey Kudrin has supported legalization of technology a blockchain in Russia. Two days before the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexey Moiseyev I have reported that the authorities won't enter regulation of cryptocurrencies yet and will concentrate on legalization of a blockchain. According to him, discussion of offers on regulation of this technology will happen in a quarter. A blockchain (from the English blockchain — "a block chain") — the technology of the distributed databases based on constantly prolongable chain of records. It is steady against falsification, revision, breaking and theft of information.


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First figures are outlined for the mayor of Quito
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The political career for the Mayor of Quito started, a little over a year after the sectional elections. On the one hand, political organizations analyze the relevance of supporting figures with experience in public positions. And, on the other, the young Quito politicians (of different tendencies) are about to give life to a coalition.
SUMA, from the current mayor Mauricio Rodas, is betting on continuity. Guillermo Celi, national director of the organization, said that the board and the militancy want Rodas to run again. They even proposed it. And according to Celi that resolution will be difficult to change. They consider that Rodas deserves four more years in the municipal administration to complete the planned works.
The Mayor has not yet decided whether he will accept the challenge. I think he has also begun to evaluate his letters. On December 1 a new Movement headquarters was inaugurated in the Historic Center of the city. Last Thursday (January 4, 2018), César Monge, national director of the group, confirmed that there are about seven names in the folder. At the head is the ex-presidential candidate of the last elections, Andrés Páez. "It is indeed an option that I am meditating," said the ex-legislator for Creo. Diego Salgado, another former member of the ranks, is also on the list. He says it would be an honor to manage Quito and that much of his life has been prepared as a politician and urban planner for that responsibility.
In the same organization, however, there is another trend. Expand the alliance spectrum towards the center-left of Quito. Assemblyman Fabricio Villamar is the main defender of this position.
The talks to structure this coalition, which he describes as the "Quito political vanguard", are advancing. This Wednesday is expected to announce its conformation, objectives and work plan. In the first meetings, Juan Carlos Holguín, former official of the current City Hall; Juan Carlos Solines, list partner of Guillermo Lasso (2013); Luz Elena Coloma, excmanager of Quito Turismo; María Paula Romo, ex-constituent Assembly member also, Norman Wray, former presidential candidate; and Natasha Rojas, leader of Unidad Popular (UP).
They still do not know who will represent them as a candidate. They are concentrated for two and a half months in putting together a proposal for the administration of the city until 2023. They plan to invite other figures such as Fernando Carrión and Roque Sevilla to contribute their experience. The manifesto will be launched next May. And from there, the search for the candidate and the organization sponsoring the proposal will begin. Paco Moncayo, twice Mayor of Quito, also believes that the proposal should be a priority. Although he does not rule out being a candidate for the ID, he says that a generational change would be better. He would be willing to collaborate in the construction of a plan, with young people
In Alianza País (AP) the internal struggle that the organization is experiencing has slowed the pre-election work. Gustavo Baroja, prefect of Pichincha and provincial director 'verdeflex', assures that the appointment of candidates must be done "democratically" through primary elections. His name is one of those that sound strongly. Last Thursday he told this newspaper that he would accept a possible candidacy "if there is a decision of the Movement". Only in Quito, for the vote of the referendum, 1.9 million voters are considered, according to the National Electoral Council. Of those voters, 38% are located in the south of the city. That is, it is the area with the highest voter density. That is why the attention of several political organizations has focused on the Assemblyman for Alianza País, Jorge Yunda.
He was the most voted candidate of that constituency in the last general election (223 305 votes). He recognizes that several parties and movements have proposed him to be their candidate. He mentions the Democratic Left, the Socialist Party, the Democratic Center and the Social and Solidarity Action Movement. "There is a great opportunity to do a mega-job in Quito it's tempting," said Yunda. (I)
Source: http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/primeras-figuras-alcaldia-quito-politica.html
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Greetings From Grinnell Way: Spring 2014
And with a whirlwind, the academic year 2013 – 2014 comes to an end. And what a year it was for the Minuteman Band. From Gillette Stadium to the TD Garden; the steps of the Boston Statehouse to the streets of Manhattan; the NCAA basketball tournament to Fenway Park, this year's students surely had their fill of memorable moments! Before we move on to marching season 2014, let's take a look back at the year that was!
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The Minuteman Marching Band traveled to Gillette Stadium for six football games, including Band Day. This past fall's Band Day was one of the biggest ever, with nearly 3,500 participants. The allure of being at an NFL stadium was definitely a draw.
The field show for this past season featured a couple tunes from the UMMB's past, along with some ones. Our show included John Leonard, Colin McNutt and Chris Ball's great arrangement of two Phil Collins songs, Something Happened on the Way to Heaven and Sussudio; the old standby Malaguena, Michael Klesch, Kyle Dubois and Ian Wudyka's arrangement of Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In from Hair, and Bandstand Boogie, which served as the percussion feature. Bandstand was a re-working of a Rob Hammerton (the latest member of the UMMB Hall of Fame!) arrangement, done by John Leonard, Thom Hannum and Bobby Scott. Many students got a chance to shine, from an Andrews Sisters vocal trio on Bandstand to three trumpeters on Malaguena. Jason De Groff again wrote our drill. Also debuting in 2013 was a new pre-game marching show, which Jason wrote. Among the new twists were God Bless America, for the presentation of the colors, the creation of an American Flag for the Star Spangled Banner, and the UMASS spell-out, which involves the audience. Jason did a terrific job of putting all of that together.
The UMMB had several performances apart from UMass football games. We performed at Roxbury High School in Succasunna, NJ the night before the Collegiate Marching Band Festival in Allentown. This was the second time in the past three years we've been at Roxbury; they are tremendous hosts and a very appreciative audience. As some of you may know, Roxbury High is the alma mater of UMMB Hall of Famer Heidi Sarver.
We also had our traditional performance at the MICCA Finals in Lowell. A highlight of MICCA for the band is the Burger Burn lunch, provided courtesy of the UMMB Parents.
Friday, Oct. 25th was Stand for UMass Day in Boston, a celebration of the University's sesquicentennial. The UMMB gathered at the Boston Common and then marched up Beacon Hill to the State House. We performed a concert on the State House steps, before then marching through downtown to the Quincy Marketplace, where we performed again. That evening, the Wind Ensemble, Chamber Choir, University Orchestra, and Jazz Ensemble 1 joined us for a concert at Symphony Hall. It was a very memorable day, with the Power and Class being seen throughout the City.
Of course, the biggest moment of Fall 2013 was our appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The band bussed down to Manhattan on Tuesday, November 26th, where we stayed at the Marriott Hotel. The students then enjoyed a free evening in the city; our hotel was very close to a subway station, so there were plenty of opportunities to see the sights. The following day, we were supposed to rehearse outside at West Orange High School in New Jersey; however, due to rain, we found ourselves indoors. Somehow, we were able to rehearse music, our featured routine and even run through our parade sequence in the Marriott's ballroom. After rehearsals, a pep band played for the Alumni Association's gathering and a Thanksgiving Day feast (a day early) was enjoyed at the hotel. Everyone was to their rooms by 8 pm, because the morning came plenty early.
The UMMB left the hotel in full uniform at 3 am on Thanksgiving morning. At 4 am, we had a rehearsal/run-through of our featured routine for the NBC cameras. Warming up on the streets of New York long before daylight did have a certain surreal quality to it. Once the rehearsal was done, it was back to the Marriott for approximately 2 hours of downtime. Breakfast was available, and students checked out of their rooms. We left the hotel again at 6:30, and by 7:30, were on the streets of New York, up by 86th Street. Lined up alongside Central Park, we waited our turn to start. It was cold, but it was also a backstage pass to the parade. We saw floats, balloons and celebrities, all in the staging area. At 10 am, we received the word to take to the street. From there, it was about an hour parade from the Museum of Natural History down to the Macy's store. Our parade repertoire consisted of Fight Mass, Roll Down the Field, God Bless America and John Leonard's arrangement of Sweet Caroline. We were a bit nervous of how Sweet Caroline would be received, as it was in honor of the Red Sox winning the World Series and there we were, in New York. To our surprise, though, the spectators along the sides of the streets loved it. They sang along and were quite disappointed when we had to stop, upon reaching the silent zone.
Each band receives 75 seconds to perform a featured routine in front of the Macy's store. This is also broadcast on NBC television. Knowing that this would probably be the biggest audience that ever saw the UMMB, we wanted to do something that reflected our history. So, we performed the ending parts of Big Noise from Winnetka, out of respect to that piece's long connection to our program. The drumline and a drum major were featured right up front on the star, as a tribute to Prof. Parks and Prof. Hannum. The music was arranged by John Leonard and Thom Hannum, with the drill written by Jason De Groff. After the parade was finished, we had our picture taken on the steps of the main NYC Post Office. From there, all that was left were the bus rides home, with the hopes that Thanksgiving Dinner would still be warm. It is estimated over a million spectators were on the streets of New York, joined by a television audience of over 25 million people.
At the Band Banquet, we said goodbye to a wonderful group of seniors. They had done a great deal in their four years; they used the slogan of "From Michigan to Macy's" to reflect on how their band careers were book-ended by those two landmark moments. That senior class showed great leadership in the years of transition, and definitely left their mark on the program. Among the seniors who were honored was Rebecca Baturin, the outgoing band manager. Rebecca was the recipient of the George N. Parks Memorial Scholarship. Rebecca's mastery of logistics was invaluable in the years of traveling to Gillette Stadium and to Macy's.
We had thought the marching season was over in the fall, but it turned out, we had one more very important performance in April. We were invited by the Boston Red Sox to be part of a special pre-game ceremony on Sunday, April 20th, honoring the victims, law enforcement officials and first responders of the previous year's Boston Marathon bombings. This was a very special event and we were deeply honored to be invited. We performed the piece Highland Cathedral, arranged by Jay Dawson especially for the occasion. We were joined by bagpipers, which created a stirring effect. Members of the colorguard, front ensemble and twirlers helped carry banners. We then played the Star Spangled Banner, and afterward, watched the Red Sox take on the Baltimore Orioles. The entire ceremony was quite moving, and was something no one who participated will soon forget.
Hoop Band
The Hoop Band had an especially memorable year, with the UMass basketball team returning to the NCAA tournament for this first time in 16 years. The season began with a trip to Boston for a game against Boston College at the TD Garden. Other highlights included an exciting shoot-out versus BYU in Springfield, and an electric Friday night showdown in the Mullins Center versus VCU. The Mulllins Center saw four sold-out crowds, which was terrific. The band traveled to both the men's and women's A-10 tournaments (men's in Brooklyn, women's in Richmond, VA) and then to the NCAA tournament in Raleigh, NC. Here's hoping Coach Derek Kellogg's team continues success into the future!
Fall 2013 marked the first time we had Concert Band in the fall. It met during the evenings, since the afternoon times were for the marching band. 45 students and community members participated, and we shared a concert with the Wind Ensemble. Tim Anderson conducted the band, along with graduate students James Shetler, Megan Cooney and Matt King. The Spring semester Concert Band was roughly 135 players. It performed a joint concert on April 6th with the Florence Community Band of Northampton, in the Fine Arts Center. Each band played their own set, with the groups being combined for a grand finale. Mr. Parks' famous words of "Being in band is the best thing you can ever do and don't let anyone ever tell you different" was the genesis of the joint concert. We figured being in band didn't have to be limited to high school or college. As the Florence Community Band included musicians in their 80s, it served as an example of how being in a band can be a lifetime commitment.
April 11th – 12th was the 75th anniversary gala concert for the UMass choirs, orchestra, and bands. An alumni concert band was formed and rehearsed Friday evening and Saturday morning, with the concert Saturday afternoon. Conductors for the band were Bob Clowes, John Jenkins, Malcolm Rowell, Thom Hannum, James Patrick Miller and Tim Anderson. Thom conducted an arrangement of Somewhere from West Side Story, written for the occasion by Michael Klesch. Over 75 band alumni participated, ranging from the 1950s to the present day.
In January, James Patrick Miller announced he was leaving UMass Amherst to take a professorship at Gustav Adolphus College in Minnesota. Dr. Miller had been conductor of the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band since Fall 2009. In that time, both groups performed at the divisional CBDNA conferences, with the Symphony Band performing this past March in Boston. Dr. Miller will be missed, and we wish him much success in his future endeavors.
Marimba Bands and Marimba Ensembles
On Tuesday, April 1 Marimba Band II and Marimba Ensemble I traveled to Plainfield High School in Central Village, CT where we did a fundamentals clinic for approximately 40 high school percussionists and about 24 middle school percussionists. Lunch was provided by the host school after which both groups performed an inspiring concert for the entire music program. On Thursday, April 3 Marimba Band I and Marimba Ensemble II ventured to Meriden, CT to visit Francis Maloney High School. After working with Francis Maloney indoor percussion section, both ensembles were treated to lunch (provided by the host school) and performed a concert for all the high school musicians, including the choral students. These outreach efforts are incredible opportunities our UMass students to experience performance, teaching, and live interaction with band directors and high school students. Both events were sponsored in part by Gerry's Music of South Hadley, MA and remain a valuable aspect of our Spring semester experience.
On Monday, April 28 both Marimba Bands and Marimba Ensemble treated an enthusiastic audience in Bowker Auditorium to a spectacular evening concert showcasing numerous student arrangements in a wide variety of musical styles. You really get a sense of the depth and talent throughout the entire percussion program. And, it's fun! We thank those that continue to turn out and support our efforts and invite you to consider taking in a concert next academic year. We have a concert in both the Fall and Spring semester. Come out and give it a try! You'll be glad you did.
Color in the Cage
Saturday, April 26th was the 28th annual Color in the Cage performance. Among the groups performing were the Belchertown Twirlers; color guards from Bellingham High School and Enrico Fermi High School; the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Drill Team and drumline; the Eastern Massachusetts Spinning Club; the Kickin' Back Dance Krewe; and various groups from UMass, such as Mace Tech, Twirler Tech, the UMMB Twirlers and the UMMB Color Guard. The Brothers of Kappa Kappa Psi and Sisters of Tau Beta Sigma provided logistical support. Congratulations to Frederick Omega Pye on a successful event!
Looking forward to 2014 – 2015
Now that you are all caught up on what we've done, here's a look ahead to what's coming up. We have finished the interviews/auditions for Field Staff/Drum majors; those will be announced soon. We also have our schedule almost completed. Band Camp and football games are already scheduled; other events are in the process of getting nailed down. Hopefully that will be announced shortly.
In the meantime, though, something to be very excited about is the return of football and the UMMB to the new and improved McGuirk Stadium. The first game in Amherst will be Saturday, September 27th and it's Homecoming. I hope you will be able to join us for Alumni Band for what will be a very special day. Other dates of interest are Saturday, August 30th, a home game at Gillette Stadium vs. Boston College; Band Day on Oct. 18th at Gillette; and a Wednesday night game, Nov. 12th at McGuirk. Also, the Multibands gala evening concert will be Thursday, Oct. 2nd. This was scheduled so as to avoid conflicts with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
As has been the tradition, we will be inducting new members into the UMMB Hall of Fame. We need your nominees! You can review the criteria and make a nomination here: http://alumni.umassband.com/hall-of-fame/nominations/
As always, GO UMASS!
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