An overview of how I got into debt.
What my debt is made up of.
When I realised my debt problem was serious.
How I am managing my debt.
What my plan is for getting out of debt.
How did I get into Debt?
You don't end up in debt for nothing. There is always a reason behind debt. Sometimes these reasons are beyond your control and sometimes they are of your own making.
My problem with debt started when I was 18. I was new to the world of credit, and I had no concept of interest charges and how to manage repayment sensibly. I took the attitude of buy now and think about the consequences later. This attitude continued for a while and before I knew it, I owed just under £20,000.
I managed to repay this debt and was quite proud of my achievement. This was only short-lived though and I had not learned anything from the experience. Three years later I was back to square one and back in debt again. However on the second occasion, the problem is much worse because I owe a lot more money this time around.
Two things caused my debt, gambling addiction and being irresponsible. Is it my fault that I am in debt? Yes it is, I caused the situation and now I must fix it.
The gambling contributes to around half of my debt, maybe more in an indirect way. I would spend many hours gambling on casino websites chasing my losses and hoping for that one big win to fix everything.
I never won but I thought I could win so I just continued with gambling money that I did not have. The amounts soon added up and I was borrowing money from wherever I could to fund my addiction.
My attitude towards money had not changed either. I could not understand or appreciate the value of it. So what if I am borrowing money to buy that latest gadget. I will pay it back one day. I never did though, but I will now.
It is only now, as I approach the age of 30 that I realise my attitude towards money has to change if I am going to enjoy my life.
What is my Debt made up of?
Now that is out the way, let's start by getting an overview of my debt. I have included the pie chart from my about page which provides a breakdown of the types of debt I have, along with how much I owe.
An overview of all my debts.
So now that you have an overview of my debt, you can see how much I owe. The total is nearly £60,000 in case you are wondering. Quite a lot if you ask me.
Seeing how much I owe means I now have a target to aim for. It also allows me to see my progress as the balance starts reducing. This is quite helpful when you are in debt, as you like to see that you are making some progress, now matter how slow it is.
When did I realise my debt problems were serious?
It was in January 2010 when I realised that I needed to start sorting out my debt. I knew I couldn't continue on my destructive path and had to do something to put things right. The fact I had nothing to show for my debt was also a sign that things were very bad.
It was also the last time I gambled. I can remember the night quite clearly as the start of sorting out my life. I had spent most of that evening gambling on the slot machines at the online casino. I had managed to spend my entire monthly wage in four hours. Not to worry though, I can just take out a payday loan to keep me going.
I took out a £1000 payday loan from a well-known lender and had the money 15 minutes later. I continued gambling and lost that as well. I can remember the utter feeling of dread, emptiness and panick as I realised that I had no money and bills to pay. At this point I was up to date on all my debt payments.
1. I would stop gambling.
2. I would start sorting out my debt problem.
The most important thing for me was to stop gambling as that was causing me a number of issues from affecting my work and home life to my social life as well.
The gambling was hard to stop because I just kept thinking, "it will be my turn soon to win that one big jackpot. It will solve all my problems". Thinking back now, the fact was chasing that very jackpot had contributed to my debt problem in the first place.
I had also decided that I would default on my debts. I knew my credit rating would be ruined and I could live with that. I also knew that once the accounts had got to the debt collectors, I would be able to start sorting out a repayment plan.
For the next two years I made payments on and off to my debts but I didn't have any kind of plan in place. After the two years had passed, all my debts were with a debt collection agency.
How am I managing my Debt?
Despite the seriousness of my debt, I can be thankful that none of this debt is priority debt. Priority debts are the types of debts that carry penalties such as fines, imprisonment or bankruptcy.
I have elected to use a self-administered debt management plan. In a nutshell this is plan that means you make payments to your debts, and that the payment is calculated so that each debt gets a payment proportionate to the amount owed.
I currently have a spreadsheet set up with a list of my debts, including the balance I owe and monthly repayment. This means I can always know where I am up to with my debt repayments.
Dealing with 20 different debts is a challenge, but it can be done with a little organisation. Once you are up and running it is not too bad but the initial set up takes a bit of time.
In the helpful links section of this blog, I provide links to various organisations who can help you with managing your debt. I did consider using the Consumer Credit Counselling Service, but felt I was confident enough to sort out my debt problems on my own.
What is my plan for getting out of Debt?
As I mention above, I am using a debt management plan in order to sort out repayment towards my debts. This means that so long as I keep making my payments on time, I shouldn't get any hassle from the debt collection agencies collecting the debts.
On top of this though, my aim is to tackle some of my smaller debts with a larger payment. I owe money to 20 different companies so reducing this number will help as it is quite a lot of work managing and tracking everything.
I also try to make savings on my monthly expenses where possible, and use these savings to pay towards my debts. I estimate that it will take me around six years to repay my debt.
Over the coming months, I will share a lot more information about debt on this blog and I hope it is useful to you. In the mean time, thank you for reading.


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First Order Condition…
First Order Condition – Colorblind
First Order Condition – Colorblind – Album Review
This is one of the more interesting blends of the rock genre that I've heard in a while. I'll have to admit…at first I wasn't sure…I was approaching First Order Condition, also known as F.O.C., with a caution of sorts; I was afraid that I might be pulled back into the 1980's somehow after reading some of their influences…NOW I know I couldn't be happier with what I'm listening to from F.O.C.
There's nothing to fear but fear itself – isn't that what they say?
As it opens with "Desperation," there's no doubt that you can hear the influence of bands like Van Halen or perhaps even Def Leppard – but if that was ALL you could hear, this review would be over pretty damn quick…don't get your panties in a bunch just yet, let me explain… This opening track would make for a perfect show-opener…it's energetic, based in riff-rock and big-chorus anthems. Wicked guitar solo-work right here from the get-go, clearly demonstrating some massive skills here right at the outset of Colorblind.
While they draw on this sound, it is updated and modernized, combined and twisted in so many ways that you can hear elements of all forms of the rock genre as they bend and switch between styles. The middle of the album confirms this as "Summer Of No Regrets," and "Sleepwalker," show their incredible gift to push right to the boundaries of rock with a punk or pop edge, completely at will. The shifting between sounds and solos sounds effortless for them, captivating for us – you can't ask for much more than that. "Summer Of No Regrets," features a U2-meets-REAL-rock in this particular cut, great breakdown nearly three minutes in that even Radiohead would be proud of. It's a great big song that commands attention with it's comforting hooks. With "Sleepwalker," you get an intensely inventive track, one where the bass of Chris Kosiorek really gets to shine, keeping the rhythm and pulse in the dark through the verse, nearly like a song from The Cure before they explode into a rocking chorus, only to settle right back into the rhythmic verse. Love the energy in both of these tracks…you can hear the determination and grit. Particularly, "Sleepwalker," is the track that's got me believing up to this point in the album…they've demonstrated some fantastic songs already, but is it just me or is this album gaining incredible strength as it plays on?
The rock-induced vocals of Nick Evans never forget to include melody, drifting between styles reminiscent of Robert Plant or Bono, perhaps Scott Weiland at times too, but always spot on with his tone. Songs like "Lovesex" are so much more than a clever title, they're classic-rock influenced nods to the influences that have paved the way with subtle throwback moments in the mix of a modernized sound. And the energy in this band! Particularly in this track, it beats along furiously, has the perfect stop/start chop-thang going on and the dueling vocals in this track work perfectly together. Again, great emphasis on melody and songwriting, changing up the parts and keeping the music incredibly dynamic; it's impossible not to love "Lovesex" – that breakdown at three and a half minutes in was perfect, leading to a fitting end and intro into the final cut, "Whisky + Wine."
Some songs…they deserve an entire page, not just a paragraph…and this is one of them. In what is absolutely one of the most stunningly beautiful endings to an album that I've ever laid ears upon, "Whisky + Wine" is so much more than just a perfect ending to an incredible experience, it's a true highlight in beautiful, melodic songwriting and recording. Stripped down to only acoustic-guitar, Christopher Pate flies this last track solo from the rest of his band in a song that's so good you could never leave this off the record.
So there you have it, dear readers. Whether First Order Condition is coming at you full-speed in tracks like "Love My Way," you can always hear their influence, yes, but you can also hear just how much incredible effort into making this music relevant that they've put in here. Not a single stale thing about this album; this particular track reminds me a little of something like…hmmm….A-Ha-meets-Ken Andrews. The chorus and instrumentation…it's all here on this fantastic effort, full of completely incredible instincts for their craft. Captivating songs! I know I'm going backwards in order here now, but what can I say….I've got this on repeat already.
Give it a listen, I bet you will too. Find them at their official page: www.firstordercondition.com
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Metamorphosis is beautiful. All transitions are. It seems like the most magical part of the life of the butterfly is when she knits the cocoon around herself and comes out transformed. But it isn't all. It is also the most difficult part of her life. Then is a different struggle. A struggle that is internal. She has wings now, but no direction. From a wriggling insect, she is now a delicate creature of color. She is the same, but her world isn't. She can't ever hide again, for her wings will give away. She can never be the same again, not even in her reflections. Which of her existence should she believe? That of a worm on the twigs, struggling to eat, or that of a winged creature of the flowers? How can she ever relish the awe at her beauty, when she was scorned at the beginning of her life?
Existential crisis. I did read about it in the text books, and I aced the paper too. I know why it happens, and how one can cope up with it. I am fully prepared to deal with it, if I am that person's therapist. But not if it is me. Trust me, now that I am dealing with it, I can add a lot more to the books. Have you ever felt that you are not sure of anything in your life, least of all your own self? All what you had thought of rush past you are still in the chaos of your own mind. You repeatedly instruct yourself to catch up, to go where you wanted to, but you just can't move. everything around you seems like a haze, a reality that no longer holds the same value.
When I was a kid, I would day dream the entire time about being an adult. I felt that once I would be a grow up, I would be able to bring all my adventures of mind to the real life. But when I turned into one, I felt that I couldn't get any of them to come true. All my dreams and hopes and wishes were suddenly turning into a heavy life support that was crushing me with its weight, but one without which I couldn't live either.
I wanted to be all things great. But now, after some difficult but grateful years, I realize that what I truly want to be is just how I was as a five-year-old. I struggle at times but am undoing a lot of myself that the five-year-old me was taught. And it is getting a little easier because communicating with my own self is becoming clearer now. Firstly, I have started trusting myself a little. I know that if I feel disturbed at certain things around me, it is not because am jealous or insecure. It is because a part of me is struggling to come out but doesn't know how. And now I just refuse to suppress it. For instance, I have always been crazy after animals. In India, the dogs on the street are mostly in a very bad state. I have grown up with street animals as a big part of my life. More like siblings that I never had. They were never pets for me, they were my very own. But after a lot of scolding, silent treatments, shaming, etc. that I received as a child because of it, I made my emotions discreet. As a teen I got further distracted. It was just my dogs at home that I mostly looked after. But then a couple of days back, I saw the amazing work a girl at my university had been doing for the animals. She had changed the entire landscape of dogs there. Her Instagram page had many supporters. I felt shallow and uncomfortable. I wondered if I was jealous. But I knew the problem ran deeper than that.
That instance reminded me of 'The Light Bearers', a 'group' I had made as an 8-year-old kid to rescue all stray dogs when I had come to my grand-mum's home in the Christmas holidays. I had announced in my family that when I would be an adult, I would register it as my first NGO. I had made office cards out of colorful chart sheets for my cousin and I, and the unicorn was its logo. I had read a 565-page book on dog species and first aid and had made first aid kits referring to it for the animals on street.
My own memories put me to shame. I just wanted to do that kid justice who was waiting to grow up so that she could save all the animals after that. I immediately was thankful firstly for the spare money that I have ever since my break up 6 months back (my ex had been taking all my money the past 5 years and more). I thought I would survey all dogs in my neighborhood and see what I can do for them. That very day, I found an abandoned dog and her 5 pups right behind my house. I also realized that the dog in my street has just birthed another litter. Two male dogs have also shifted to near my home. Yes! I was extremely thankful that atleast they were close to me! The much-suppressed dog rescuer in me took no time to come back to life. I purchased tons of dog food, collars, coats and started talking to my neighbors about it. then I realized that two of the houses on my block had adopted two pups each from the street, drawing their inspiration from me! Apparently, they knew about my adopted dogs and felt rescued ones to be more suitable for them. I started updating my Instagram about it. The next day, a school friend from my early childhood texted me after many, many years. He said that the most prominent memory he had of me from school was me blabbering about dogs from near my home. He said, "some things never change". Haha! It was a difficult transition, unearthing myself, but I was so happy to be doing it right.
It was just this morning that I was thinking about that maybe there is no fantasy in the future. Maybe the fantasy is now. The life that I dreamed of can be now. And if it can't be now, I doubt it will be ever. I was promising to myself that I will respect myself by not measuring myself to unrealistic goals so that I stop running from them and complete the tasks at hand. I felt lighter for some time.
But now, I feel a void. A void that one feels after letting go of some blockages. It is supposed to be good, but the body was once forced to believe that the blockages and the negative constructs of the mind were a form of protection. I guess it is mourning that loss and learning to live with fewer defenses.
But what I do realize now is that the life that I am leading is the fantasy of a kid who all what she wanted to do was rescue this world. Every day, I try to find myself within me. I cry over, and then polish and fit the new puzzle pieces of myself that I discover. An existential crisis is a surreal journey.
Metamorphosis is truly beautiful. All transitions are. It is the most magical part of the life of the butterfly is when she knits the cocoon around herself and comes out transformed. She is delicate, yet invincible because she made her own wings. She doesn't have to learn how to fly, she was destined to. Her very existence is a proof of all surreal possibilities. She is the same, and she will always be, for she was always a winged creature, even when she wasn't.


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A federal agency which remedies unfair labor practices by employers and labor organizations.
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Process by which a person acquires nationality after birth and becomes entitled to privileges of citizenship in a country other than that in which such person was born.
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Failure to use care which a reasonable and prudent person would use under similar circumstances.
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Nothing; of no account.
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This phrase, endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval, means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
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A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
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No contest. Has the same effect as a plea of guilty as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but the plea may not be considered an admission of guilt for any other purpose. Sometimes, a guilty plea could later be used to show fault in a lawsuit, but the plea of nolo contendere forces the plaintiff in the lawsuit to prove that the defendant committed the crime.
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No contest. A plea of nolo contendere has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
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Not.
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Non assumpsit
A plea in defense that "he did not undertake and promise."
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Non compos mentis
Not of sound mind; mentally incompetent.
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Non-jury trial
Trial before the court but without a jury. In a non-jury trial, the court is the finder of both the law and the facts.
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It does not follow.
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Nonfeasance
Nonperformance of an act which should be performed; omission to perform a required duty or total neglect of duty.
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Nonfeasance. (n.d.). Pro Se Glossary of Common Legal Terms. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/nonfeasance.
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Note; take notice.
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Nota bene (Abbr. NB)
Note well.
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A public officer whose function it is to administer oaths, to attest and certify documents and to take acknowledgments.
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Notary Public. www.nynd.uscourts.gov. Pro Se Glossary of Common Legal Terms. US District Court - Northern District of NY. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/notary-public (accessed: January 29, 2023).
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Sidney Sheldon joined the army during World War II but was disabled before seeing any action. He moved to New York City and began writing Broadway musicals. He continued to write for Paramount Pictures and MGM Studios.
With the rise of television as a popular medium, Sheldon decided to try out his luck in it. He wrote a series called 'The Patty Duke Show' and for the next seven years wrote every episode of it.
Sidney Sheldon wrote a whole raft of bestsellers even though he didn't start writing novels until after he turned 50.
Sidney Sheldon's second novel The Other Side of Midnight (1973) became #1 on The New York Times bestsellers list.
Wow, I had no idea he created the Patty Duke show. What a difference from his novels! I admit I only read a few of them, because the endings of those I did read were rather depressing...just not my type of read. He certainly had a following though!
He's one of the authors I admire. And the way his novels end... it's like I like it. After all they are more life-like.
I'd like to keep doing this post next year, too.
I agree, never let the reader put the novel down!
Yes. That's why Shadows of the Past ends each chapter in a cliffhanger.
I was always astounded that he created the Patty Duke Show, among other tv shows. The show was actually pretty innovative. He taught us a lot about cliffhangers for sure.
I am not familiar with this show but I know I enjoyed his books and the movies screened after them. Great author!


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Q: Cookies not sent in cross-origin jquery ajax request when custom header set We are making an ajax request from our main domain to a subdomain (cross-origin) using jQuery.  We have CORS set up, and everything is working until we try to send a custom header with the request.  If a custom header is set on the request, then our session cookies are no longer sent with the request.
jQuery version : 2.1.4
Our origin domain: http://example.com
Our session cookies are set up for subdomain use, using domain : .example.com in the cookie options.
CORS headers sent with response from subdomain:
 Access-Control-Allow-Origin : http://example.com
 Access-Control-Allow-Credentials : true
 Access-Control-Allow-Headers : Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, X-OurCustomHeader

This request works fine (session cookie is sent with request) :
 jQuery.ajax({
       url: 'http://sub.example.com/someajaxroute',
       xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
 }

This request (with custom header) does not work (session cookie is not sent):
 jQuery.ajax({
       url: 'http://sub.example.com/someajaxroute',
       xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
       headers : { 'X-OurCustomHeader' : 'xxx'}
 }

Does anyone know why jQuery/browser is not sending the cookies in the second example?

PS. I know there are a lot of jquery CORS questions on stackoverflow.  I have looked through them extensively, and cannot find one that addresses this exact problem.  I ask that you please only mark as duplicate if you find a question that matches this exact problem.  Thank you.

A: So it turns out (as @KevinB suggested) that it's an issue with the way that preflight OPTIONS are being processed on our server, and nothing to do with the client.  Thanks Kevin.

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Dons foray into the national competition continued with a second qualifying round visit to Sussex League, Division One, side Pagham. On police advice, Pagham had switched the tie to Sunday, but a thousand or so travelling fans still risked engineering works and packed roads for a day beside the sea, although the atmosphere was more reminiscent of a church than a football match at times.
Matt Everard returned from injury, but Andy Sullivan's suspension and Lee Sidwell's loss of form left Terry with a lop-sided team which he tried to resolve by pushing ever present left-back Steve Gibson into midfield and centre-back cover Jamie Angell moving over to fill the now vacant left-back slot. Simon Bassey came in at right-back in place of the holidaying Darren Dobinson / injured Sean Daly and Ali Russell started up front in place of the injured captain Joe Sheerin.
The early stages were rather tentative, with both sides feeling out the other, but Dons soon took control and the lead when Seb Favata clipped the ball from wide left to the back post, where Everard rose purposefully to head the ball home. Halfway through the period, Gavin Bolger set up a similar move and Ryan Gray crossed for Ali Russell to crash the back post header against the crossbar. This seemed to spur Pagham into life, and two slips in as many minutes by Danny Oakins were both left unpunished. AFC had the ball in the net again on the half-hour with a perfect route-one routine, Bolger flicking on Ray Merry's long punt upfield and Kevin Cooper running through to volley home, but he was adjudged offside. Five minutes before the break Cooper was again unlucky, latching on to a ball bouncing around in the box and flicking it goal-wards, but it was cleared off the line with the 'keeper nowhere. On the stroke of half-time, Ryan Gray's 25 yard free-kick was well held by the 'keeper and the Dons had to make to with a single goal lead at the interval.
The second half started slowly, with neither side creating a chance in the first twenty minutes. And then Simon Bassey saw the mist again. With one of his trademark sliding come blocking tackles, he won the ball fairly and cleared it down the line, however he also bundled over the Pagham player in the challenge, and Bassey ended up on top of him. What happened next depends on which version you listen to - most of the crowd saw Bassey throw a punch at the prostate opponent, but the ref sent him from play for "not allowing his opponent up" (which wouldn't have seemed to warrant the red card, if you ask me). Nevertheless, for the third cup tie in succession, Dons were forced to play out the major part of the second half one man short and on the back foot. Pagham threw on their remaining two allowed substitutes, and almost immediately levelled,  playing in  through the middle, but Oakins atoned for his earlier errors with a fine last-ditch tackle. The players became more frustrated, and Bolger was cautioned for mouthing off at the ref more than once, and  was booked for a nasty swipe at Oakins, who got up, brushed himself down and turned his back. Nice one Danny. With ten minutes to go Eamo threw on Ryan Luffman for his competitive debut, and after  has scythed down Steve Gibson to earn his own place in the book, Ryan found some confidence and beat several Pagham defenders cutting in down the left before his goal-ward shot was blocked for a corner. Three minutes later and it was all over, time for a couple of celebratory pints and to look forward to Monday's First Round Proper draw.


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Quick write-up about this little project I helped my brother make. It was quite fun and a rewarding project.
If you want to build one - we'd be happy to assist, although see my wife first... :) Check out www.hyperspin-fe.com for more info on this kind of project.
Bevel / Perspex Test... I like how this hides the TV.
Almost there, control box on, painted up and T-moulding in. Coin buttons on and fluro up top too... Paint was a bit rushed but it came out pretty good.
Finished... (sort of) Temp marquee (the backlit stars) for now and no artwork) We literally sawed the sides off a 68cm TV and wedged it in there. The outside looks good. On reflection would spent more time on the innards. But this was really our first project like this so I learnt a lot... but hey it plays fantastic and does the job good enough.
Here it is firing up street fighter 2. Name an arcade game and it's probably on here.


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Михаил Карпович Волков (1922—2007) — старший сержант Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Герой Советского Союза (1945).

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Михаил Волков родился 19 февраля 1922 года в посёлке Серебрянка (ныне — в черте Смоленска) в рабочей семье. Окончил семь классов школы, учился на шофёрских курсах. В 1940 году Волков был призван на службу в Рабоче-крестьянскую Красную Армию. В 1941 году он окончил школу младших командиров. С начала Великой Отечественной войны — на её фронтах. Принимал участие в боях на Западном и 1-м Украинском фронтах. Участвовал в Курской битве. К сентябрю 1944 года старший сержант Михаил Волков был механиком-водителем танка 100-й танковой бригады 31-го танкового корпуса 1-го Украинского фронта. Отличился во время освобождения Польши.

17 сентября 1944 года на большой скорости Волков проскочил охраняемый мост на реке Вислок в районе населённого пункта Беско в 18 километрах юго-восточнее города Кросно и уничтожил гусеницами своего танка артиллерийскую батарею и штурмовое орудие. Когда танк был подбит, Волков на себе вынес своего командира, сохранив ему жизнь.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 10 апреля 1945 года за «образцовое выполнение боевых заданий командования и проявленные при этом геройство и мужество» старший сержант Михаил Волков был удостоен высокого звания Героя Советского Союза с вручением ордена Ленина и медали «Золотая Звезда» за номером 7984.

После окончания войны Волков был демобилизован. Проживал в Киеве, работал в сфере автотранспорта. Умер 21 сентября 2007 года, похоронен на Лесном кладбище Киева.

Отец депутата Верховной Рады Украины Александра Волкова.

Награды
 Медаль «Золотая Звезда» Героя Советского Союза;
 орден Ленина;
 три ордена Отечественной войны 1-й степени;
 орден Отечественной войны 2-й степени;
 медали.

Примечания

Литература

 Звёзды доблести боевой. — Львов: Каменяр, 1968.

Танкисты Великой Отечественной войны
Участники Курской битвы
Похороненные на Лесном кладбище (Киев)

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Jean Bourdy Côtes du Jura Rouge 1947Contain sulfites.
A wine embodying wonderful ripeness. Impress yourself!
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A fresh but excellent Côte du Jura!
An unusual Jura wine, which was awarded two medals.
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A representative for the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker confirmed his hospitalization as celebrities sent their well wishes. By Kimberley Richards John Singleton has been hospitalized, a representative for the acclaimed director confirmed to HuffPost on Saturday. Multiple outlets reported earlier in the day that the 51-year-old "Boyz n the Hood" director had suffered a stroke, characterized as "mild," according to Variety.
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Sunscreen
July 6, 2020 | by Courtney Sexton
We're all spending a lot of time outdoors these days – whether protesting, finding safe ways to escape the confines of pandemic quarantine or simply taking advantage of the summer sun – and coronavirus exposure isn't the only thing we need to protect ourselves from. Sure, you've got a mask over your nose and mouth to help limit Covid contagion, but that mask isn't going to do anything to block damaging UV rays from the rest of your face.
I should know. I grew up in the '80s and '90s and spent a lot of time "down the shore" in the sun. Unfortunately I didn't take facial sunscreen seriously until well into my adulthood, and am now seeing the effects of skin damage, especially melasma and hyperpigmentation. A recent tele-health visit with a dermatologist prompted me to invest in a better facial skincare routine. But there are a million products on the market, and it can be daunting and expensive to go through a process of elimination before finding the ones that are right for you.
Fortunately, many sunscreens are now formulated according to "clean beauty" standards, made by companies that source environmentally-friendly ingredients and packaging, are against animal testing and believe in corporate-social responsibility. These things are as important to me as keeping my skin safe, so I've tested out a handful of them (all zinc-based and at the doc-recommended SPF 30 or above) over the past month and offer some hot takes below. #WearSunscreen.
Stem Cellular CC Cream
Company: Juice Beauty
Sun Protection: SPF 30
There are a lot of things I love about this product. First of all, its makers, Juice Beauty, run a sustainable farm. The CC cream sunscreen is 20% zinc, cruelty-free and made from USDA-certified organic, plant-based ingredients. It's also light enough to wear all day and layer a powder finish or other cosmetics over, without your face feeling like it's going to melt off. For a CC cream, I hoped it would have a little more blemish coverage, but I might have selected the wrong tint. I'm pretty pale and opted for Rosy Glow, so if you're looking for something to act as more of a 2-in-1 concealer I might go for a darker shade than you would normally. It does provide a really nice, even glow.
Self Reflect Probiotic Moisturizing Sunscreen
Company: Kinship
The makers of this sunscreen, Kinship, really go the extra mile with their company and products. In addition to promoting clean beauty, Kinship sponsors a Direct To Community Program, wherein they commit to divert a month's worth of social media advertising budget to support and partner with Black-owned beauty and wellness businesses. The Self Reflect is 22% mineral zinc, reef-safe (meaning no chemicals in it that damage coral reefs), cruelty-free and vegan. The tube and the cap are made from post-consumer recycled materials. It smells like cocoa and leaves a lovely shimmer.
CyberDERM Every Morning Sun Whip
Company: The Sunscreen Company
My mom suffers from severe eczema and finding products that don't irritate her skin, especially her face, is nearly impossible. But because of her condition, it's crucial that she wears sunscreen, and so I made her try a couple of these, too. CyberDERM's new Every Morning Sun Whip (25% zinc) was hands-down the best one for her. First of all, it's hydrating, which you don't usually expect from sunscreen. I also love the whipped texture (it feels like a cloud), but more importantly, I noticed a definite change in the clarity and smoothness of the skin on my mom's face, almost immediately. It maybe shouldn't be surprising – even though this one isn't fully organic, its original designers are a high-risk OB/GYN endocrinologist and dermatologist.
Ava Isa Sun-è-Serum Drops
I had never experienced sunscreen in a serum form, which this non-cream, non-matte 25% mineral zinc formula is. I have to admit it felt a little weird to apply, but once on, I didn't feel it at all. Ava Isa is reef-safe, vegan and cruelty-free, so +100 to all of that. It also contains mica, an antioxidant. It does have a bit higher of a price point, but if you can afford it, I think it's a great option especially for those who wear daily makeup, because it is so lightweight and transparent.
Daily Correct CC Cream
Company: SuperGoop!
Admittedly, I haven't personally tried this one, but my California babe bestie said it was worth a mention, even if a little overpriced. For those looking for some tinted color correction in addition to a sunscreen, this one is 20% mineral zinc, reef-safe and cruelty-free.
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Sendai City Museum
A museum where you can see the "One-Eyed Dragon" Date Masamune's armor
Sights: Sendai
About the Sendai City Museum
This museum is a historical museum located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. It is located on land formerly used in the Edo Era (1603-1868)as Sendai Castle's Sannomaru, and it is currently part of Aobayama Park. The museum holds a collection of over 90,000 items including paintings, armor, ceramics and other historical/cultural items, and every season the permanent exhibits are sorted and arranged, with about 1,000 pieces on display at any given time. There are also special exhibitions depending on time, and you can check the website to find out about these. During the Sengoku (1467-1590) and Edo periods, the daimyo of Sendai was the famous Date Masamune, and the exhibits focus especially on the Sendai Domain, Date Clan, and the Japanese envoys to Europe during the Keicho era. Hasekura Tsunenaga who is recorded in UNESCO's "Memory Of The World" was one of these such envoys and his image is on display along with Date Masamune's armor and tabard, all 3 of which are national treasures. People who are interested in the Sengoku, Edo Period, or Date Masamune should definitely visit to see these treasures.
A repair period is scheduled from the end of 2014 to the end of March 2015, and there will also be the United Nations World Conference on Disaster, and thus it will be closed.
From the JR Sendai Station (仙台駅) you can go to the 9th bus gate and from there take the 710-720 buses, or at the 15-3 bus gate you can take the Loople Sendai (るーぷる仙台) bus. The nearest bus stop is the Museum-International Center Stop (博物館・国際センター前), and from there you can walk 3 minutes there. By car, take the Tohoku Expressway to Miyagi Sendai IC (仙台宮城) and from there it is about 10 minutes. There is regular parking for about 50 cars available.
Image Gallery: Sendai City Museum
Description: Sendai City Museum
Sendai City Museum (仙台市博物館)
26 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 980-0862
宮城県仙台市青葉区川内26
http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/museum/
Tuesday:09:00-16:45
Wednesday:09:00-16:45
Thursday:09:00-16:45
Friday:09:00-16:45
Saturday:09:00-16:45
Sunday:09:00-16:45
Monday Specific dates
Family Couples Groups Child (ages 7-17) Adult (ages 20+) Single traveller
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Q: Better reg ex for matching 8 sets of 4 alphanumerics? I am looking for a reg ex to parse codes that look like this:
TEDL 9V1J 5K1Y EQFF NSA1 CF4T 8NQU UZL1

I have this regex, which works, but I would be grateful to understand how to make it more concise.
[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}\s[A-Z0-9]{4}

Thanks.

A: Add this \s[A-Z0-9]{4} regex into a non-capturing group and add {7} after that to make the pattern to repeat for exactly 7 times.
^[A-Z0-9]{4}(?:\s[A-Z0-9]{4}){7}$

OR
\b[A-Z0-9]{4}(?:\s[A-Z0-9]{4}){7}\b

DEMO

A: You can use refactory your regex to:
\b((?:[A-Z0-9]{4}(?: |$)){8})

RegEx Demo

A: (([A-Z0-9]{4})\s){7}([A-Z0-9]{4})


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Arkansas racing officials suspend Bob Baffert for 15 days
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Trainer Bob Baffert watches his Kentucky Derby entrant Game Winner during a workout at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Louisville, Ky. Baffert has three horses competing in the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby which is scheduled for Saturday, May 4. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
By: Web Staff
LOS ANGELES, Ca. (AP) — Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by the Arkansas Racing Commission after two of his horses tested positive for a banned substance.
The commission said in a ruling announced Wednesday that the suspension will run from Aug. 1 -15. The Oaklawn Park stewards found Baffert violated Rule 1233, which states that a trainer shall ultimately be responsible for the condition of any horse that is entered regardless of the acts of any third parties.
His horses Charlatan and Gamine each tested positive for lidocaine in two rounds of testing after winning races at the Hot Springs, Arkansas, track on May 2.
In separate rulings, the commission disqualified both horses and stripped them of their purse earnings. Gamine's forfeited purse was $36,000.
Lidocaine, a widely used anesthetic in racing, is considered a Class 2 drug by the Association of Racing Commissioners International and use of it carries a penalty of a 15- to 60-day suspension and a fine of $500 to $1,000 for a first offense. The drug's use is regulated because it can act as a masking agent.
The commission did not announce the levels of lidocaine found in either horse. However, Baffert said in a statement earlier this month that the level in Gamine was 185 picograms, while Charlatan had 46 picograms. A picogram is a trillionth of a gram.
Baffert said earlier this month that he believes both horses were "unknowingly and innocently" exposed to lidocaine by one of his stable employees. The employee had broken his pelvis and was suffering from back pain in the days leading up to May 2. He applied a pain relieving patch, which contained small amounts of lidocaine, according to Baffert's statement.
Baffert said he believes the lidocaine from the patch was inadvertently transferred from the employee's hands to the horses through the use of tongue ties applied by the employee who handled both animals leading up to their races.
"This is a case of innocent exposure and not intentional administration," Baffert said in the statement. "The extreme sensitivity of modern day testing can now pick up trace levels of innocent contaminants that have no effect on a horse. This is an issue that regulators of horse racing need to account for and address."
Charlatan tested positive after earning $300,000 for winning a split division of the Arkansas Derby. The 3-year-old colt has been sidelined by a minor ankle issue that forced him to miss the Belmont Stakes on June 20 and will keep him out of the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5. Baffert has said the Preakness on Oct. 3 remains a possibility. The Triple Crown series has been rescheduled and is being run out of order because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Gamine, a 3-year-old filly, won her most recent start in the Acorn Stakes on June 20 at New York's Belmont Park. She romped by 18 3/4 lengths in stakes-record time.


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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) on levodopa-induced peak-dose dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted on patients who underwent STN DBS for PD from May 2000 to July 2012. Only patients with levodopa-induced dyskinesia prior to surgery and more than 1 year of available follow-up data after DBS were included. The outcome measures included the dyskinesia subscore of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) part IV (items 32 to 34 of UPDRS part IV) and the levodopa equivalent daily dose (LEDD). The patients were divided into two groups based on preoperative to postoperative LEDD change at 12 months after the surgery: Group 1, LEDD decrease >15%; Group 2, all other patients. Group 2 was further divided by the location of DBS leads. RESULTS: Of the 100 patients enrolled, 67 were in Group 1, while those remaining were in Group 2. Twelve months after STN DBS, Groups 1 and 2 showed improvements of 61.90% and 57.14%, respectively, in the dyskinesia subscore. Group 1 was more likely to experience dyskinesia suppression; however, the association between the groups and dyskinesia suppression was not statistically significant (p=0.619). In Group 2, dyskinesia was significantly decreased by stimulation of the area above the STN in 18 patients compared to stimulation of the STN in 15 patients (p=0.048). CONCLUSION: Levodopa-induced dyskinesia is attenuated by STN DBS without reducing the levodopa dosage.


A new competition style rocked the roller world Sunday at the FIRS Roller Freestyle World Cup in Chengdu, China as the series winner missed the podium and a man with the biggest air vaulted to first place.
The athletes had two 50-second runs to assemble a show of their professional artistry, then each got an additional four chances, immediately following their runs, to take things one step further with their biggest and best trick.
"Usually, it's three rounds and the average of the two best count, which is good, but you can't show all the aspects of what you can do because you can't go that hard in a single run," said Julien Cudot, FISE Roller Freestyle series champion for 2016 and now 2017.
The concept is designed to get riders to push themselves and progress the sport, by concentrating on the hardest thing they're capable of and risking it all, after they've already completed the majority of their work—and turned Sunday's competition on its head.
French rider Yuma Baudoin found himself in first place, while his friend and the series leader, Cudot, finished off the podium, owing largely to those final big tricks.
Baudoin, a university biology student, brought a 540 true-spin top soul and 1260, three-and-a-half rotations, in the best trick component. "It's awesome. It's a big, big competition with lots of riders, so it's awesome to win this," he said.
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En physique, le théorème de Liouville, nommé d'après le mathématicien Joseph Liouville, est un théorème utilisé par le formalisme hamiltonien de la mécanique classique, mais aussi en mécanique quantique et en physique statistique. Ce théorème dit que le volume de l'espace des phases est constant le long des trajectoires du système, autrement dit ce volume reste constant dans le temps.

Équation de Liouville
L'équation de Liouville décrit l'évolution temporelle de la densité de probabilité  dans l'espace des phases. Cette densité de probabilité est définie comme la probabilité pour que l'état du système soit représenté par un point à l'intérieur du volume  considéré.

En mécanique classique

On utilise les coordonnées généralisées  où  est la dimension du système. La densité de probabilité  est définie par la probabilité  de rencontrer l'état du système dans le volume infinitésimal .

Lorsqu'on calcule l'évolution temporelle de cette densité de probabilité , on obtient :

On peut utiliser les équations canoniques de Hamilton en les remplaçant dans l'équation précédente :
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on obtient le résultat
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où  désigne les crochets de Poisson.

En mécanique quantique

D'après le principe de correspondance, on peut rapidement en déduire l'équation de Liouville en mécanique quantique :

d'où on déduit :

Ici,  est l'opérateur hamiltonien et  la matrice densité. Parfois cette équation est aussi nommée l'équation de Von Neumann.

Théorème de Liouville

De l'équation de Liouville plus haut, on déduit le théorème de Liouville, qui peut s'énoncer comme suit

ou encore sous la forme

Cela revient à dire que le volume V de l'espace des phases est invariant par rapport au temps :

Notes

Voir aussi
 Mécanique hamiltonienne
 Espace des phases
 Hypothèse ergodique
 Matrice densité

Bibliographie

Mécanique hamiltonienne
Mécanique quantique
Physique statistique


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21-year-old college student fatally stabbed by roommate, police say
By Madeline Holcombe
From Facebook via CNN News Source
A 21-year-old American student was stabbed to death in Rotterdam, allegedly by her roommate, police confirmed Friday.
SOURCE: From Facebook via CNN News Source
A 21-year-old American student was stabbed to death in Rotterdam, allegedly by her roommate, police confirmed Friday.According to a police statement, authorities received reports of a quarrel Wednesday at an apartment on Kralingse Kerklaan. When they entered the apartment, police found Sarah Papenheim with stab wounds and attempted to resuscitate her.Police said those attempts were unsuccessful, and she died of her injuries.An investigation led authorities to the suspect, Papenheim's 23-year-old roommate, who was arrested at the Eindhoven train station, the police statement said.The two lived in the apartment with their own rooms but shared a kitchen and bathroom, police said. The suspect has not been named by police.Papenheim had moved to the Netherlands to study at Erasmus University in Rotterdam."Sarah studied psychology and lived in the Netherlands since 2016. Our deepest condolences go out to all Sarah's family and friends at this poignant time. The university is shocked by this terrible incident and is taking care of upset students and employees," a university official said in a statement.The School of Social and Behavourial Sciences organized a gathering for staff and students Friday.Papenheim's brother died by suicide a few years ago, her former high school teacher Mitch Bahr told KRCR-TV, and Papenheim was struggling with the loss. She attended Foothill High School near Redding, California.She was supposed to visit family in America for the holidays, her friend George Moye told WCCO-TV."The thing that is going through my head is that she was coming home for Christmas, as we were all so excited to see her and to hear that she was coming back that way, and that was just tragic," Moye said.Papenheim was an avid musician. She started going to open jam sessions around her hometown of Andover, Minnesota, when she was 15, WCCO reported.There, she met drummer Jellybean Johnson, who became her mentor."I liked her because she hit the drums just as hard as the guys did," Johnson told WCCO. "So I nicknamed her 'Thumper.'""It was a real drive for her to want to be a great female drummer," Bahr told KRCR. "Not just be that girl drummer but be an excellent female drummer and she did that very well."
According to a police statement, authorities received reports of a quarrel Wednesday at an apartment on Kralingse Kerklaan. When they entered the apartment, police found Sarah Papenheim with stab wounds and attempted to resuscitate her.
Police said those attempts were unsuccessful, and she died of her injuries.
An investigation led authorities to the suspect, Papenheim's 23-year-old roommate, who was arrested at the Eindhoven train station, the police statement said.
The two lived in the apartment with their own rooms but shared a kitchen and bathroom, police said. The suspect has not been named by police.
Papenheim had moved to the Netherlands to study at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
"Sarah studied psychology and lived in the Netherlands since 2016. Our deepest condolences go out to all Sarah's family and friends at this poignant time. The university is shocked by this terrible incident and is taking care of upset students and employees," a university official said in a statement.
The School of Social and Behavourial Sciences organized a gathering for staff and students Friday.
Papenheim's brother died by suicide a few years ago, her former high school teacher Mitch Bahr told KRCR-TV, and Papenheim was struggling with the loss. She attended Foothill High School near Redding, California.
She was supposed to visit family in America for the holidays, her friend George Moye told WCCO-TV.
"The thing that is going through my head is that she was coming home for Christmas, as we were all so excited to see her and to hear that she was coming back that way, and that was just tragic," Moye said.
Papenheim was an avid musician. She started going to open jam sessions around her hometown of Andover, Minnesota, when she was 15, WCCO reported.
There, she met drummer Jellybean Johnson, who became her mentor.
"I liked her because she hit the drums just as hard as the guys did," Johnson told WCCO. "So I nicknamed her 'Thumper.'"
"It was a real drive for her to want to be a great female drummer," Bahr told KRCR. "Not just be that girl drummer but be an excellent female drummer and she did that very well."


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Digidesign Pro Tools|24 Mix: CROSS-PLATFORM WORKSTATION
Digidesign's Pro Tools|24 MIX has arrived, and it will knock your socks off. This newest incarnation of the ever-popular Pro Tools system features a lot
Eric Hawkins ⋅ Jul 1, 1999
Digidesign's Pro Tools|24 MIX has arrived, and it will knock your socks off. This newest incarnation of the ever-popular Pro Tools system features a lot more power for a lot less money. Furthermore, this system will work on a PC. That's right, I said a PC. (Incidentally, Digidesign's other Pro Tools|24 products are all available for both Macintosh and PC now.) No longer are dedicated Pro Tools users obligated to work on Macintosh, nor are PC users forced to switch platforms in order to take advantage of Digi-gear.
Pro Tools|24 MIX ships in two different configurations, Pro Tools|24 MIX ($7,995) and Pro Tools|24 MIXplus ($9,995). Both are built around the MIX Core PCI board, a card that can handle up to 64-voice simultaneous playback (with a maximum of 128 tracks) and 16 channels of I/O. Digidesign has managed to cram an amazing six 80MHz 56301 Motorola Onyx DSP chips (including SRAM and DRAM chips suited to specialized processing tasks) onto a single card. The MIXplus system includes the additional MIX Farm card, which has another six DSP chips on it, yielding another 16 channels of I/O and more than double the DSP. You can buy the MIX Farm separately ($3,995) if you need to add more DSP to the 24 MIX Core system later on. An optional MIX I/O card ($795 currently only supported on Mac) to the MIX Core gives you another 16 channels of connectivity, for a total of 32, but no additional DSP). Pro Tools|MIX can support up to 72 channels of I/O.
Each system ships with the latest version of Pro Tools (I got Version 4.3) and one install. (When you register your product, you receive another install.) The 888 24 I/O and the new ADAT Bridge are purchased separately ($3,695 and $1,245, respectively). Though each card (the Core or Farm) will do 16 channels of I/O, only one single 8-channel cable comes standard per card. However, a Y-cable is available, for $100, that lets you attach two of the 8-channel cables to one card (extra 8-channel cables cost $130). Theoretically, this means a MIXplus system could have two 888 24 I/Os plugged into the Core card and still take advantage of all 16 channels of the ADAT Bridge through the Farm card (or vice versa). (I say theoretically because I had little luck getting the Y-cable scenario to work. Whether it was a software bug or a setup problem I couldn't determine due to time constraints, but I suspect it was a bug-the I/Os on my system were completely confused with the Y-cable plugged in. Without the Y-cable things worked fine, but that only gives you eight channels per port.)
Digidesign gives Pro Tools 24 owners the option of trading in their old system and receiving a discount on the MIX system. (Pro Tools|24 MIX is $3,995 with a core card swap, and Pro Tools|24 MIXplus is $4,995 in exchange for two d24 cards.) You'll probably want to hold onto at least one of your old Farm cards because they are compatible with the MIX system, the advantage being that the old Farm card lets you use your old plug-ins (i.e., plug-ins that haven't been, or may never be, updated for MIX). I'll cover the plug-in situation in detail below.
To run MIX on a Mac you'll need a Power Mac 8600 or better. The Power Computing Power Tower Pro is also rated as being compatible. (Digidesign posts a continually-updated compatibility chart on its Web site, www.digidesign.com.) I tested the Pro Tools|24 MIXplus system on a 266MHz G3 desktop. I don't recommend working with anything less than 200 MHz; and though Digidesign does not officially support any third-party CPU upgrades, many folks have had great luck with Newer Technology products. Throughout this field test, Digidesign was having problems getting Pro Tools to run on Apple's new Blue G3 machines; however, hot off the press, Digidesign introduces Version 4.3.1, which supports the new systems.
Operating MIX on a PC requires an Intel Pentium II CPU, 233 MHz or better, running Windows NT Workstation V.4.0 or higher (with service pack 3). Don't mess around with any other CPUs (e.g., Cyrix MIIs or AMD K6-2s); processor timing is essential with audio, and they aren't up to snuff. P III machines are not yet compatible. Only uniprocessor computers are recommended; stay away from dual-processor units. Also mandatory are 440 LX or 440 BX chipsets, and the BIOS should be Phoenix or Award. I tested the same Pro Tools|24 MIXplus system that was in my Mac in my Intel Pentium II 400MHz computer.
Both Mac and PC require 128 MB of RAM or greater. You must have two consecutive PCI slots available (more if you want to add additional Farm cards) and a slot for a SCSI accelerator card as well. I recommend the Adaptec 2940U2W. A Digidesign-compatible HD must be attached to this card or you can forget about doing any sessions. (I used a Seagate Cheatah.) The Pro Tools software itself can live on your system drive, regardless of whether it's IDE or SCSI. A minimum monitor size of 17 inches is recommended, but I suggest a 19-inch or bigger (or a second monitor) to really work comfortably.
Getting MIX up and running on the Mac is the same as usual: Put the PCI boards in their proper slots and install the software. Make sure your interfaces and approved SCSI drive are hooked up and boot up the software-pretty straight-forward. Once I got OMS configured (the most recent Version always ships the Pro Tools Mac version), I had MIX synched to ADATs and working seamlessly with Mackie's HUI (Human User Interface) controller in under an hour. The only annoying problem I ran into was that there wasn't enough room in my G3 desktop machine to get everything in; the PCI boards are huge, spanning the entire length of the computer, along with the Core-to-Farm interconnect cable, with the SCSI cable attached to the accelerator card, I couldn't get the computer's top on and ended up just leaving it ajar. The G3 desktop ran MIX fine, but I'd suggest sticking with a tower, purely for convenience.
Installing MIX on PC is just a little more complicated. Before you can get MIX up and running you'll need to make sure you've got Windows NT working smoothly-not a simple task since you'll probably have to fight with Windows 98 to get NT running. Once you've got the proper OS installed, the rest is pretty much by the numbers. Pop the Pro Tools PCI boards in and make sure your SCSI card is hooked up to a Digidesign-approved HD. Since NT doesn't use OMS you don't have to worry about this setup; your MIDI interface should come with instructions. Overall, Pro Tools looks the same on NT as it does on the Mac. Key commands are a little different and Auto Fade (which is available on Mac) is currently not supported, but that's mostly it. Operations speeds seemed about the same on my 400MHz Pentium as on my 266MHz Mac (which indicates to me that the PC is a bit slower than the Mac).
The look and feel of Pro Tools has not changed markedly since previous versions. However, in general, all operations seemed smoother and faster than the old Pro Tools|24 system (on both Mac and PC), from booting the program to loading a session to calling up plug-ins. Version 4.3 now supports AIFC (AIFF Compressed) file formats, giving it compatibility with Avid Media Composer. Individual DAC outputs on the 888|24 I/O are now automatically muted when no signal is present. This is excellent for keeping the residual noise floor of the DACs down. If you're using Digidesign's USD, you can now plug it directly into the serial port on the Core card (or the d24 card). This is a wonderful update because it frees up your computer's ports for printers and MIDI interfaces. Extra MMC support has been added in Version 4.3 as well (e.g., track arming directly from the program itself).
The biggest user interface improvement is a new tool called the Smart Tool. You'll find it with the other tools, on the toolbar menu, in the Edit window. This new feature comes as a much needed relief for hard-core Pro Tools users, combining the Selector, Grabber and Trimmer into a single tool. Depending on where you have the cursor over the waveform (or block), it takes on different characteristics. Over the ends it acts as a trimmer, in the center (or body) as a selector, and holding down the Command key (or Control key on PC) turns the cursor into the hand tool. Finally, no more continual mousing between tools-I was starting to get Carpal Tunnel syndrome. It also lets you create fades and crossfades by clicking on the upper left or right corner of the waveform block. This is an awesome little trick that makes crossfading and smoothing pops at the ends of waveforms super-quick.
Even though the Memory Location feature was implemented in older Pro Tools versions, it deserves some props because of its navigational importance. Getting around in Pro Tools (e.g., scrolling, zooming, finding cue points, etc.) can be tedious, especially when you're working with a big project on a small screen. The Memory Location window takes the tedium out of piloting Pro Tools. Up to 200 locate points can be stored per session. Locate points are incredibly comprehensive since they can have one or several parameters attached to them: time (location), zoom settings, pre/post roll times, track show/hide, track heights and group enables. These parameters let you float effortlessly between times, track sets and waveform heights without having to do a million-and-one mouse moves every time you need a different view and location. My only wish is that the locate points would also appear in the Edit window's time line and not just in the Memory Location window. This would make Digidesign's locate function, hands down, the best in the industry. Digidesign says this feature should be available in a fall release.
PLUG IT IN, PLUG IT IN
There's a lot to be reported regarding plug-ins. MIX comes with a bunch of great, free, plug-ins: DigiRack plug-ins include EQ, Dynamics and a variety of delays. These are new and improved versions of the older DigiRack plug-ins. The EQ's high- and low-shelf filters have been refined, and soft-clipping has been added. Dynamics are now made up of discrete compressor, limiter, gate and expansion algorithms. They all have sidechain key inputs that can be fed by any input or bus. The graphics are way cool, featuring meters for input, output, and gain reduction. Mod Delays are very flexible, yielding everything from slap echoes to flanging. There are basic delay parameters, modulation depth and LPF parameters on all the delay algorithms (short, slap, medium and long). The DigiRack plug-ins are invaluable, intuitive and clean. Sonically, they have a sharper, more digital coloration than the distinctly analog quality of the Focusrite plug-ins-to your liking or not, they add another color to your mixing palette.
Digidesign has been making a concerted effort to keep tossing free plug-ins (available on both Mac and PC) in with their MIX systems. They promised to do their best to keep the special promotions coming. I got to try out TC Works' (the software division of TC Electronics) MegaReverb, which was given away through January. I love TC's hardware reverbs, and the software was no disappointment. I also got to check out Digidesign's Maxim, D-Verb, DPP-1 Pitch Processor, DINR Noise Reduction, D-Fi, D-Fx, and Focusrite's dynamics and EQ plug-ins.
If you buy Pro Tools, and you get promotional plug-ins, you should have many of your bases covered. The main effects that I found to be missing (and don't expect to see special promotions including these) were a dedicated chorus algorithm and a de-esser. I recommend TC Works' TC Chorus, which comes as part of its TC Tools bundle for chorus (also available for AudioSuite in Digidesign's D-fx, for DSPider and RedSpider, and as patches in Waves plug-ins). An excellent de-esser can be found in Waves Gold Bundle. In addition, DSPider/RedSpider and Antares packages include de-essers, Waves offers a standalone de-esser, and de-essing can be performed in many dynamics processing plug-ins. Other popular plug-ins deserving mentions are Lexicon, Drawmer and Aphex. As of this field test, Lexicon's LexiVerb was not working with MIX. Lexicon promised to have something by the end of the year. Drawmer plug-ins are being upgraded and will be distributed by Digidesign shortly; Aphex Aural Exciter and Big Bottom Pro plug-ins are now MIX-compatible and are available through Digidesign.
A word of warning-if you're going to set up Pro Tools on PC, expect to be shy some plug-ins. While pretty much everything is working on Mac (with the exceptions I mentioned), this is not the case on PC. All of Digidesign's plug-ins are working, as are the Focusrite plug-ins. This covers a lot of ground, but you'll definitely be missing some big ones-specifically, Waves and TC Works. That means no Renaissance Compressor, no DeEsser, no MegaVerb, no TC Chorus-you get the picture. TC and Waves both said they hoped to have Windows NT-compatible plug-ins later this year.
Finally, DSP allocation has been tremendously improved, thanks primarily to the new 56301 Motorola chips. With these chips, and some slick programming on Digidesign's part, plug-ins (or anything else that requires DSP) are now dynamically allocated. This process happens automatically in the background. You're only aware of it when the system needs to reshuffle its DSP in order to find space. If all your DSP chips are partially filled up but usage can be consolidated onto fewer chips, dynamic allocation will get the job done. This is an excellent new feature because it squeezes a lot more power out of the chips you have available; translated, that means plug-in heaven.
ON THE PRO TOOLS TIP
One of the best things about MIXplus is that it needs only two PCI slots to do the job of what previously took nine PCI slots (and cost around $26,000-and that's not including the interfaces) to do. Add the SCSI accelerator card and you only need three open slots for an incredibly powerful system. Thanks to Digidesign, this shortcoming of Apple's new models (the fact that they have only three slots) is not as big of a problem (though I still feel like Apple has forgotten about pro users needing more than three slots). However, unless you where lucky enough to snag an old 9600 (with six slots), you're still going to run out of space. Three slots give you no room to grow, and trust me, you will eventually want to get more MIX Farm cards. I did a 24-track mix and used up every DSP chip on both boards (I think I had 19% available DSP left on one chip). I got the job done, it sounded great and was a blast to work with, but I wanted more DSP. Unfortunately, even if I had the money to go out and buy another card, there was no way I was going to get it into my G3, short of buying a PCI expansion chassis.
This ever-present PCI slot problem with Apple machines brings to mind an interesting point: Since it's much easier to get four, five and even six-slot machines in the PC world, a PC running Pro Tools has the potential to be much more powerful and less expensive than a Mac (think about that, Apple). As soon as more plug-ins are available for the NT platform, I'll probably dedicate my PC to Pro Tools since there's plenty of room, with five slots, for a couple more MIX Farm cards. Making the switch to PC even more viable is the fact that Pro Tools files are now interchangeable. Hard though it may be to believe, I can take an HD that has Pro Tools sessions, originally done on a Mac, plug it into my PC and work right on that drive. The only catch is you'll need a PC utility called MacOpener. (A demo version comes bundled with Pro Tools for NT.) MacOpener lets you work directly on Macintosh formatted drives from your PC. If you save all your sessions as Mac files you can even port them back to the Mac. Is that cool, or what?
Pro Tools is incredible; I love it, and I love the power it affords me. The only criticism I have is the fact that its mixer interface (the Mix window) doesn't actually work like a traditional multitrack console. This has nothing to do with a need for real world control surfaces (there's ProControl, and I swear by Mackie's HUI), but with Digidesign's claim that Pro Tools is a 32-bus system. There are five inserts and five sends, and they work the way you'd expect, but the buses are another story. On a traditional pro board you'd expect each channel strip to have a multitrack bus strip along with a master L/R output assign key. This lets you quickly assign a channel to a bus for additional processing or "going to tape" with the option of having the signal in or out of the master L/R mix. This is not the way Pro Tools is set up. In the most basic sense (i.e., if you're stuck thinking traditionally), Pro Tools has only one bus assign per channel strip. I'm speaking of the solitary main output assign that can be routed to any output or aux return-at its core, it's a bus assign key.
However, Pro Tools is not a hardwired traditional console, so you have to stop thinking in these terms and visualize the flexible routing that software allows us. First of all, each send on a channel can be routed to any bus (or output). Second, any aux return can be fed by any bus. (The amount of aux returns are only limited by your CPU.) Third, an aux return can be routed via its sends (or its output assign key) anywhere you'd like (outputs, buses, etc.). Having said all this, I'll get back to my point: Digidesign's claim that Pro Tools has 32 buses is not exactly accurate. A more accurate way of putting it is Pro Tools has 32 virtual buses with up to six (stereo or mono) per channel at once feeding as many aux returns as you'd like (there's a brain twister for you). It's not Digidesign trying to rewrite traditional console ergonomics but an issue of DSP. Since every bus uses up DSP, having a 32-track bus assign open on every channel, all the time (like on a traditional console), is an incredibly inefficient use of DSP. When computers have DSP to waste then this scenario becomes a viable option. Until then, use your DSP wisely virtual world. Okay, enough said.
For those of you using a software audio/sequencer program, here's a quick report. MOTU says Performer 2.5 is up and running with MIX. Steinberg claims Cubase VST 4.1 will be working with MIX and should be shipping by the time you read this article; and Opcode's Studio Vision Pro (V.4.1 and later) is compatible. Emagic says its software has been working with MIX for some time now, so the current version, Logic 4.0, is definitely happening. Pro Tools PowerMix (just the Pro Tools software without the MIX hardware and no TDM plug-in capabilities) is working great on Mac. There is no PowerMix available for NT. (If you were hoping to ease into Pro Tools on your PC by just starting with the software, sorry, you're out of luck.)
Pro Tools|24 MIXplus is nothing short of amazing. Honestly, it blew me away; the stuff Digidesign has done with just two PCI slots is incredible. Hook Pro Tools up to a control surface and you've got a screaming machine with power rivaling systems costing hundreds of thousands of dollars more. Consider that an entire MIXplus system (including a computer, an I/O box and Mackie's HUI) comes out to just under 20 grand, throw in all the excellent free plug-ins, and the time has never been better to get into Pro Tools. In short, Digidesign has a real hit on its hands.
Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology Inc., 3401-A Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304; 650/842-7900; fax 650/842-7999. Web site: www.digidesign.com.
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