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BlackBerry 8800 Productivity Device for Cingular
The newer generation of BlackBerry devices features slimness and multimedia. Perhaps there is a bit of show business spirit in the design center. Or perhaps it's just a realization that both form and function need to be considered in a mobile wireless productivity device. The BlackBerry 8800 has both the form factor and the useful functions that will be appreciated by business and tech users alike.
This particular implementation of the BlackBerry design supports the Cingular network. It's a GSM quad band world phone with high speed download using EDGE cellular broadband technology. That gives it bandwidth up to 144 Kbps, more than adequate for email and small screen Web activities. A unique feature is support for Cingular's push-to-talk or PTT walkie-talkie services. PTT is handy for quick verbal communications back and forth. You go back to regular full duplex cellular phone service for those longer conversations.
BlackBerry made its name on text-based communications and this model offers full support. You get the BlackBerry email client that can integrate with up to 10 accounts for business-secure transmissions. You can view business document attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. BlackBerry Messenger also comes preloaded for instant messaging. Messaging is made painless with the full backlit QWERTY keyboard. Screen navigation is by trackball like the BlackBerry Pearl, replacing the previous track wheel.
Other on-the-go applications include full HTML Web browsing with bookmarks and BlackBerry Maps support. GPS locator is included as is Telenav. The digital assistant is becoming a navigation system as well.
Multimedia features include the ability to download and play audio and video files in MPEG4 or H.263 video and MP3 or AAC audio. Multimedia messaging is supported with add-on plans to the basic wireless service. Built-in memory is 64 MB, but you can add more by plugging in MicroSD memory cards. Note that this model doesn't include a camera. That makes it acceptable in many corporate environments where cameras of all types are prohibited.
Don't forget that the BlackBerry 8800 is also a cell phone. It includes Bluetooth wireless technology so you can clip a wireless headset on your ear and put the BlackBerry in your pocket. Or turn on the speakerphone for group conversations.
This new BlackBerry is no brick. It's svelte dimensions are 4.5 x 2.6 x 0.6 inches, with a weight of 4.7 ounces. The battery has enough power for up to 300 minutes of talk time and up to 578 hours on standby.
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Actual Size Los Angeles is pleased to present, Angle of Incidence: Works by Larry Fink, Alex Prager and J Patrick Walsh III.
Though each artist presented vastly differs in approach to their medium of choice, their work explicitly suspends time and form, enabling the viewer access to layered nuances of a moment. The photographs featured in Angle of Incidence take place on the tarmac in close proximity to airplanes that may have just arrived or may soon depart. The potential for movement implied by the planes accentuates a feeling of weight or stillness in the photographs. Conversely, Patrick Walsh's sculptures of solid wax hint at the changeable nature of their substance.
Fink's photographs of the Obama family on the presidential campaign trail capture small, transitory gestures and expressions in moments of unexpected Naturalism. Prager's large photograph, "Kimberly," has a staged, cinematic quality. The spurious subject of the photograph makes reference to archetypal representations of glamour, much like Fink's image, "VIP." However, in Prager's photograph the emotion of the scene can only be accessed from a structured distance. Walsh's sculptures are built from cast and melted candles. Layers of striated wax perch upon a metal structure or lie in pieces on the cement floor. The sculptures play with concepts of age and erosion, as well as hand made and industrial processes.
Larry Fink sculpts photographs through his physical relation to the subject, light, and his astuteness and instinct for the moment. Through improvisational reportage, he hunts for the decisive moment and telling gesture. Fink straddles worlds. His subjects range from famous, infamous, to "ordinary." Though his subjects may differ in their position and appointment in life, Fink's camera and eye equalize to reveal the visceral, emotional and animal essence of all his subjects. Fink embraces the sensual elements that often hide beneath titles or accouterments. Rather than satirize his subjects by showing what lies behind their persona, he invites us to a state of empathy through his resolute document of the moment.
Alex Prager creates dramatic, brightly colored tableau's depicting posed subjects. Employing artifice as a mechanism, she constructs a world that is familiar, yet unreal. Prager sculpts archetypal characters and premises, referencing movie stills, the American topographics, and fashion photography. The pregnant moments presented in her work suggest deep emotions while remaining impenetrable, insulated by wigs, polyester, and fake eyelashes. It is perhaps this distance between the viewer and the scene that allows for the suspension of disbelief and amplifies emotional intensity, transporting the viewer to uninhabitable moments.
J Patrick Walsh III employs reclaimed wax from candles found in thrift stores in order to construct corporeal geometric sculptures. Like protoliths, the candles are transformed in the studio to become a striated metamorphic solid. Walsh manipulates his material, altering it in form while revealing its essence as a plastic changeable substance. His works reference organic forms, Minimalism, and Pop Art. In his practice Walsh seeks to relate found, fabricated and raw elements to find the place and position where these components can reach a particular harmony. It is the re-contextualization and interaction between these objects that exposes an immediate sense of materiality.
Larry Fink b. 1941 New York, NY; Lives and works in Pennsylvania. Larry Fink has had solo shows at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Musee De La Lausanne Photographie, Belgium; and the Musee De L'Elysee, Switzerland, among many others. He was the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and was also was twice awarded individual photography fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has appeared in a number of publications including Vanity Fair, W, GQ, Detour, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker. Fink's work is in the permanent collection of many institutions including Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Larry Fink has taught at Cooper Union, Parsons School of Design, Yale University. He has taught at Bard College since 1988. He has published 13 books of photographs including Social Graces, Boxing, The Forbidden Pictures, and Runway. Larry Fink will be exhibiting his work at LACMA in Larry Fink: Hollywood, 2000–2009, February 13, 2011–April 3, 2011, and Fahey/Klein Gallery The Vanities, February 15- March 8, 2011.
Alex Prager b. 1979 Los Angeles, CA: Lives and works in Los Angeles and New York. Alex Prager's Selected solo shows include Polyester, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica ;The Big Valley, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London; Week-end, Ringcube Gallery, Tokyo; Week-end, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles; Week-end, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York. Selected group exhibitions include New Photography 2010, MoMA, New York, Put Your Finger on the Button– Women Photographers, New Image Art, Los Angeles; Pro'jekt LA: Facing West – Presented by the Lucie Foundation, Space 15Twenty, Los Angeles; True Self, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York; Slideluck Potshow XIII, Canoe Studios, New York; Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica. Prager has photographed for a number of publications including New York Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, W, Dazed and Confused, Details, i-D and Tank. She was awarded the Lucie International Photography Award and the London Photographic Award. Prager's work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland and Kunsthaus Zurich Museum, Zurich. She has published two books; Polyester, and The Book Of Disquiet. She is represented by M+B Gallery.
J. Patrick Walsh III (JPW3) b.1981 Tallahassee, Florida; Lives and works in Los Angeles. B.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Currently JPW3 is seeking his MFA at University of Southern California. Walsh has exhibited and performed at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Queens NY, D'Amelio Terras NY, Elk Gallery NY, Wildness LA, John Connelly Presents NY. He is the Editor of Busters Magazine and performs with the band Wet Ropes.

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In keeping with Marian Regional Medical Center health care philosophy, the Nurse Assistant/Unit Clerk in the Cath Lab serves as unit receptionist, transcribes orders, orders tests, orders and monitors supply inventory and coordinates unit phone communication. Under the direct supervision of a registered nurse, the Nurse Assistant/Unit Clerk performs unit support activities, such as transporting patients, stocking shelves and cleaning work areas, scheduling procedures, and maintaining medical records according to standard. Reports observations regarding patient status to the registered nurse.
Provides care for adult patients over 13 years of age. Employees are responsible for completion of unit competency assessments, annual Safety Review, CPR and renewal of certifications (when applicable) by maintaining continuing education units as required by hospital policy. In addition to listed major responsibilities, the Nurse Assistant/Unit Clerk may be assigned other duties.
Effective oral and written communication in English, clearly, concisely, and accurately.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and staff.
Ability to operate common office equipment, including computers.
Relates to patients/visitors empathetically and tactfully.
Reacts calmly and efficiently in emergency situations.
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This reminded me of a rabbit fur ... it is faux. It will be made into a pillow for the living room sofa.
This will be a blanket we are making for the back of one of the sofas. The thin purple stripe will coordinate with the eggplant colored velvet sofas.
I sent my client this collage to show her how I see the fixtures looking - a nice mix of iron and brass. You can find the images and their sources on my Pinterest page here.
The fabrics we selected for the master bedroom were inspired by a pillow the client purchased. We set up fabrics on chairs in the Pindler showroom to give us a visual of how they would look together.
If only I had a warehouse to store it all. If only!
Because this little princess is turning three on Saturday and she is having a little bash.
Don't you wish you had natural ringlets like this?
And there will be plenty of cupcakes.
My youngest daughter (she is such a good auntie!) is taking out all the green sprinkles to get ready to decorate them. No green sprinkles allowed ... this party is all pink!
And speaking of pink, I have a new pillow order I am working on.
Progress always makes me smile. Another thing I am smiling about is that we have a house full of kids right now. One is staying for a while and the others are visiting. To make room, we needed to make a few adjustments and so temporarily I moved my office out into the living room. It is not permanent, but it works for now.
And the view is great! Have a happy weekend everyone!
Have you seen the newest Ball mason jar color? In 1913, the Ball brothers launched their first perfect mason jar. In 2013, to celebrate their 100th anniversary, the makers of the Ball mason jars created a limited edition Heritage collection. The first color they released was the blue jar and it was the perfect color to use for a couple of weddings I recently styled.
A few weeks ago, I noticed they had come out with a new color (apparently they have been out since Spring).
I am seriously in love with these pretty green jars.
I purchased mine here and they arrived yesterday.
I am working out of my office all day today - trying to stay hydrated in this miserable heat we are having. And watching out the window while a film crew sets up for a Kia commercial that is being filmed in front of my house this evening. They will be setting up lighting in my front yard and inside my house ... fun!
My youngest daughter, the one who is a farmer, is in town and yesterday we took a little trip up to Venice to check out some vintage stores and to have lunch.
I am not normally that into vintage, but since I have been doing the weddings I have been scouting the vintage stores more and more. It is amazing what you can find!
We started in The Mart Collective on Lincoln Blvd. The Mart Collective is 16,000 sq. ft. of vintage and antique objects, furniture and art in 120 dealer spaces. It opened last year and is owned by the former managers of Wertz Brothers Antique Mart in Santa Monica which also closed last year. We spent an hour browsing around ... we could have easily spent two. It was packed with so many fun things and a lot of bar carts. I have a thing for bar carts. Have you seen my Pinterest page devoted to them?
I really need to get better glasses!
This one was a much better deal at $225.
This 1960's Danish cart was selling for $495.
And they were asking $745 for this 1970's brass plated cart.
The Mart Collective is just across the street from the Hardware store. I couldn't resist shooting the sign - remember my sign obsession during our Route 66 road trip last summer? After we left the vintage store we headed over to Abbott Kinney Blvd. to walk around and have lunch. We ended up at Lemonade a fresh and colorful cafeteria.
I loved the colorful pots ... and they even had a gluten free cookie I could eat!
It was a really fun morning! My favorite salad was the beet salad. Funny thing ... right after lunch I had an appointment with my kidney doctor who told me that I need to avoid certain foods from now on so I won't get another kidney stone. Guess what was first on the list ... beets! And then he went on to say that citrus will help balance the bad foods so I should drink plenty of ... lemonade! It made me smile anyway (until I saw that chocolate was also on the bad list). Oy vey!
Have you tried this gelato? It is delicious! (#helpmeIcan'tstop) Happy Friday everyone!


Yes, I know that this may sound crazy, but I was a chef for several years, just not in NYC. I feel like I can get the food together for 100 people, save money and have good food. Most importantly, have good food and not feel like I am spending a premium for food that I could do myself.
That said - any suggestions are very welcome. I may just be crazy, but we are having 100 people at our backyard in Brooklyn.
All of the food will be done in a cocktail hour style with 4 different barbeques going.
We are especially concerned with waitstaff, hiring a cook for the day to do all of the finishing and maybe some other things I haven't seen yet. I'd like to know about resources in Brooklyn & the area as well.
This isn't a glamorous affair - I'm a school teacher and my fytyre wife works in non-profit. We want to have fun and not go broke.
We're planning this for July of this year. Any ideas?


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The Mercedes-Benz EQC made its UAE bow on Wednesday at the International Conference on Future Mobility at Abu Dhabi's St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort.
The EQC, which had its global reveal in Stockholm in September, is the German carmaker's first electric model and is the first of 10 all-electric vehicles slated for the coming years.
The SUV is driven by electric motors on the front and rear axles, with a combined output of 300kW, and Mercedes says that it offers a range of more than 450 kilometres.
"Our EQ cars are fully connected and integrate seamlessly into the electric ecosystem in the region," said Christophe Vloebergh, Case implementation manager at Mercedes-Benz Middle East, and called the new model "a game-changer" and "a symbol of the dawn of a new mobility era" for his company.
Production of the EQC will start next year.
This year's two-day International Conference on Future Mobility, the fourth running of the event, concludes today (Thursday) and showcased a variety of future-facing vehicles from a number of manufacturers, as you can see from our second gallery below.


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Aortic dissection is a silent and often misunderstood killer that, along with related vascular diseases, is a leading cause of death for both men and women. The John Ritter Research Program in Aortic and Vascular Diseases (JRRP) is working hard to prevent premature deaths due to aortic dissection through identifying genes that predispose to the disease (a first step in identifying who is at risk), understanding why the disease occurs, and identifying new therapies to prevent aortic disease. In addition, the program will work to increase awareness and educate both the public and emergency room personnel to the dangers of aortic dissection and promote life-saving reminders to help in early detection and surgical intervention. Through its research and educational efforts, the John Ritter Research Program strives to save lives that too often are lost unnecessarily.
Your gift to the JRRP helps make it possible for the dedicated staff to accelerate their research into the genetic causes of the diseases and discover new therapies to prevent premature deaths. Your gift will also help fund a national effort in raising public awareness for early testing and detection as well as emergency personnel around the country.
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Women in Design: a recap
Posted on Friday, 18 September
I recently attended the fourth installment of Women in Design, an event hosted by Dropbox in collaboration with Designer Fund's Bridge program. The theme was creative confidence through honest conversations about what it takes to lead as a designer.
The panelists shared stories about creative confidence and tips for boosting it. They also discussed challenges they've faced as women in design today—and how they overcame them.
Kate Aronowitz, VP of Design at Wealthfront
Dana Cho, Partner and Director at IDEO
Amanda Linden, Head of Design at Asana
Kristen Spilman, Head of Brand Design at Dropbox
Maria Molfino, Women's Leadership Coach and Women in Design coordinator, moderated the panel. She began the discussion with a quote from Tom and David Kelley's best-selling book, Creative Confidence:
"At its core, creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you."
Creative confidence is an attitude that's experimental, embraces mistakes, and focuses on small iterative successes. A person with creative confidence isn't afraid to break the rules or tackle an obstacle head-on, and they're motivated by the belief that they have a reasonable hope of success.
Key takeaways from the event:
Break the rules
Keeping inspiration alive often involves breaking the rules.
While working on a pitch for a luxury hotel chain, Dana Cho and her team transformed one of the hotel's rooms into an immersive pitch concept.
It was risky—they weren't sure how the client would react. They could've been fined, or it may have just felt awkward. But it wound up winning them the client and fostered the creation of a new service program called Scenography that went on to mobilize a new approach to service design and delivery in hotels worldwide.
Do things that scare you
Kate urged us to take on projects that might seem too complex, too difficult, or too challenging. Taking on tough projects earns you recognition and respect from your peers. Accepting opportunities that scare you can open doors and help you reach new achievements.
"Taking on tough projects earns you recognition and respect from your peers."
Kate talked about a time she turned down a job offer because she didn't think she could do the job. But after some self-reflection, she realized she needed to shift her thinking from "I'm not qualified to do that" to "I want to do that, and I'll learn by doing it."
Accept challenging work, learn on the go, and push yourself to the next level.
It's okay to say no
Saying no can make us feel selfish, guilty, and even embarrassed. We don't want upset anyone or cause people to think badly of us, so sometimes it's easier to just avoid all that and say yes.
But as Kristen Spilman explained, saying yes to everything can lead to a great deal of stress. And when you're stressed, it's hard to be confident. It may feel like the easier option, but always saying yes can lead to burnout and dissatisfaction.
By saying no to others, you're preventing them from making decisions for you. This in turn gives us confidence because we're standing firm and honoring our boundaries. To help, Kristen said she's been empowering her team to make decisions without her.
Challenge the status quo
Amanda Linden attributes her creative confidence to growing up in a family that blurred the lines of gender roles. Her parents separated when she was a young girl so they each played the role of mom and dad in their respective households. She's never questioned her ability to do anything because she's a woman, and she encouraged us to adopt this attitude.
"Creative confidence is strengthened and nurtured through effort and experience."
The discussion was honest, authentic, and relatable. It was inspiring to see a panel of women who are challenging the status quo, leading teams, and contributing innovative solutions to our industry and beyond. I learned that creative confidence is strengthened and nurtured through effort and experience, and it was particularly interesting to hear how the panelists' creative confidence has helped them achieve their professional success.
As women, we tend to overlook our own brilliance. The panelists' accomplishments were a reminder of why we should own our brilliance and bring it to the world. A big thanks to Designer Fund and Dropbox for putting together such a great event.


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"World News Now" 1992 – 2001 Theme
In 1992 Aaron Brown and Lisa McRee anchored a relatively new type of newscast. It was titled ABC World News Now, designed to give the network news division an overnight presence to compete with the Cable News Network (CNN). In four blocks of 30-minute newscasts (since reduced to three) viewers are given all the day's news with the inevitable irreverence, wit and sarcasm. It features some reports that did not make World News with Diane Sawyer, shortened Nightline and 20/20 reports, Business News from the BBC and an overview of tomorrow's papers. The theme music is composed by new-age artist Yanni. The choice for Yanni was not as surprising at it may seem. At the time another new-age artist, John Tesh – who was once part of Yanni's band but most famous for his stint as anchor of Entertainment Tonight – composed theme music for a lot of NBC Sports programs such as NFL Live and NBA on NBC.
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Some TriMet service will be impacted on Sunday morning, August 11, by the Providence Bridge Pedal. The annual biking/walking event will lead to some bus detours and service delays as it winds through streets and in and around downtown Portland.
Beginning at 5 a.m. through noon, or when the event concludes, 15 bus lines will be detoured. Affected stops will be posted with service information directing riders to nearby and temporary stops.
The Bridge Pedal routes cross the MAX tracks in a handful of locations. Riders should expect possible 10 to 15 minute delays as trains are held at times.


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Esporte Clube Guarani, commonly referred to as Guarani de Venâncio Aires, is a Brazilian football club based in Venâncio Aires, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2, the second level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.

History
Found 3 September 1929 as Sociedade de Foot-Ball Sport Club Guarany.

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With the release of the Pioneer DJ DDJ-800, potential purchasers of the DDJ-1000 now have a choice to make: Go for the smaller, two channel version, or stick with the four-channel DDJ-1000. In this article, we'll compare the two to help you make the right decision.
With the announcement of the Pioneer DJ DDJ-800 – a smaller, lighter, cheaper take on the Pioneer DJ DDJ-1000, which is one of the best selling DJ controllers out there in 2019 – Pioneer has given potential purchasers a tricky choice.
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Should you go for the DDJ-1000, with its full-sized, straight-from-the-DJ-booth look and feel? Or, choose the smaller, lighter, more middle-of-the-road DDJ-800, which nonetheless still retains the club styling and many of the features of both its older brother and the Nexus club systems that both units are modelled on?
In this in-depth article, you'll get all the info you need to make up your mind.
However, in many key areas, there are differences that if you don't understand them, may mean you make a mistake choosing between the two.
The DDJ-1000 is bigger, heavier, pricer, and more fully featured – but might it be overkill for you, now that the DDJ-800 is in town?
The most visible difference is in the size and weight of the units. The DDJ-800 is nearly a quarter smaller than the DDJ-1000, and weights 1.3kg (2lb) less, coming in at 4.7kg. This makes it much more portable; while the DDJ-1000 is just about small enough to throw under your arm and move from place to place, the DDJ-800 definitely is.
For some that'll be an advantage, but for others, the heft of the DDJ-1000 is one of the things that makes it appealing: It does feel like "pro" gear, a little more than the DDJ-800 does.
The DDJ-800 only has two decks. It can still control four channels of audio, but it's not as intuitive or easy as with the DDJ-1000.
If four decks is important for you, the DDJ-1000 wins here – but if you rarely or never use decks three and four (and remember, these units have samplers that could be used for audio on top of your two-deck mixing), you're paying for features you don't need.
The DDJ-800's decks and mixer are superficially similar-looking to the DDJ-1000 – but those are a completely different type of jogwheel, and that crossfader isn't the high quality one fitted on the bigger unit.
More than that though, the jogwheels are fundamentally different on these units. They may look similar, but those on the DDJ-1000 are identical to those on pro DJ gear, with the heavy, mechanical feel most pro DJs are used to. Those on the DDJ-800, however, are smaller, lighter, and "capacitive" – this basically means they are like jogwheels on nearly all other DJ gear.
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Interestingly, though, the jogs on the DDJ-800 do have a tightness adjuster, just like on the DDJ-1000, which is unusual although not unheard of on this type of jogwheel – so like the jogs on the DDJ-1000, you do at least have some adjustment to set them up how you like.
Finally, the decks lose their individual browse knobs and buttons for library functions – these are combined into one in the centre of the mixer.
So to the mixer section. First, the crossfader. On the DDJ-1000, it's a Magvel (high quality, magnetic) crossfader, whereas it appears to be a generic (read: cheaper) crossfader on the DDJ-800. Not an issue unless you're a serious scratch DJ or heavy user – but the ease of replacement and overall higher quality of the Magvel would give the DDJ-1000 the edge if you are.
Both mixers are standalone – which means you can use them without the laptop plugged in with your own record decks or CDs, for instance – but obviously, as the DDJ-800 only has two mixer channels, you only get to plug two sources in to mix with.
Notice how the layout of the decks and the mixer section of the DDJ-1000 closely copies that of Pioneer pro DJ gear, breaking away from the way DJ controllers have been laid out (by all manufacturers and for all software), especially with regards to FX, until now. That is true of both of these units.
Also, a major limitation of the DDJ-800 is that the effects don't work when the laptop isn't plugged in. So if you wanted to use it as a mixer without taking your computer along with you, you could, but you'd have no effects at all – not even filters.
That's because the software is doing all the work on the DDJ-800 to make the effects possible, whereas on the DDJ-1000, there is hardware that can do it for you. So if you envisage using it seriously as a standalone mixer, the DDJ-1000 definitely has the edge.
Also, you can't assign the Beat FX to the microphone inputs on the DDJ-800 as you can on the DDJ-1000 – maybe an issue if you have a vocalist who wants effects on their mic, for instance.
Only the DDJ-800 has an Aux input (it has a two-setting gain switch on the rear panel which is a nice touch, and a dedicated volume control on the main panel), but as the DDJ-1000 has four full channels of external input any way, this is not really an advantage for the DDJ-800. That said, it's nice to see it included.
One big difference is that the DDJ-1000 has two USB-B sockets so two laptops can plug in at once, for seamless DJ switchovers. As the DDJ-800 only has one, there is no way to switch laptops without stopping the music on the DDJ-800. Obviously if you plan to do this, the '1000 has the edge here, as it'd save you having to mix in a track on the Aux input, for instance, from your phone, while switching DJs.
While both offer two mic inputs, one of which is "combo mic" socket that can take XLR and 1/4″ jack mics (the other is a 1/4″ jack), only the DDJ-800 has mic attenuators pots – small controls to adjust mic sensitivity around the rear by the sockets. It's a small thing, but worth pointing out.
While both work with Windows or Mac computers running Rekordbox DJ (provided), the DDJ-800 will work with Rekordbox installed on any computer, no licence required – you just plug the computer and controller together and off you go.
That means a non-Rekordbox owner friend of yours could download the software without paying for it (or owning a Rekordbox unit of their own that came with the software), and simply plug and play with your DDJ-800.
This is how Serato has worked for years, and is convenient – and it's not available on the DDJ-1000, which needs to work with a copy of Rekordbox that has an activated licence too.
The only reason that Pioneer DJ even supplies a licence code in the box with the DDJ-800 is that it means you can use the software in performance mode (ie with decks and mixer showing) without having the controller attached – useful for impromptu keyboard and mouse-controlled DJ sets when you don't have your controller with you.
Also new for the DDJ-800, Pioneer DJ has introduced a software feedback reducer. Indeed, currently, it only works on the DDJ-800, not the DDJ-1000 (although interestingly it works on the DDJ-RR too); presumably this is because the mic inputs on the DDJ-1000 aren't routed into software at all and so can't have this applied to them. Until the full review we can't test how it works, but if a mic feedback reducer appeals, the '800 has the edge.
So to what it'll cost you to get on board. The DDJ-1000 has been out for a while now, and the price has settled at $1199 / £1129 / €1299. Various retailers offer deals too, with a free bag being thrown in one of the more common.
Meanwhile, the DDJ-800 comes in at $899 / £779 / €949. What price it "settles" at remains to be seen, but you'll probably have more joy requesting a similar deal to the above (a free case, or cables thrown in) than trying to get the price down lower than that with retailers, at least at first.
Interestingly, unless something is evading us in our research, the DDJ-800 looks like far better value in Europe than in the US when compared to the DDJ-1000, so where you are in the world may sway your choice here too.
The DDJ-800 is an interesting controller, in that rather than just being a two-channel version of the DDJ-1000, it strips back some of the pro features (mechanical jogwheels, hardware effects, pro crossfader, dual audio interface for two DJs) too.
Pioneer DJ has obviously gambled that two-channel users won't really mind, just like phone companies gamble that smartphone users who want smaller screens maybe aren't as cutting edge as those who want bigger ones, and so downgrade the specs on such phones accordingly. Either that, or the company just couldn't keep the price down enough otherwise.
Even so, if you were expecting "a DDJ-1000 with two channels", you'll likely be a bit disappointed in this unit, especially as the chances of such a unit appearing now are presumably zero.
However, if what's really important to you is the new-style look and feel that Pioneer DJ is bringing to its controllers, and the similarity in layout with both the DDJ-1000 and the pro Nexus club gear, while wanting a unit considerably more advanced and pro-feeling than the beginner-focused DDJ-400, you're in luck: This unit is it. It's smaller, lighter, more practical and of course cheaper than the DDJ-1000. It may just be all you need.
The DDJ-400: Alongside the DDJ-800 and DDJ-1000, it heralds the "new look" for controllers from Pioneer DJ. Is a DDJ-600 coming soon too?
But back to the DDJ-800 vs DDJ-1000: As long as you're not a scratch DJ wanting the best performance; don't plan on frequently spinning with other DJs; plan to always DJ with your laptop; and of course don't need the extra channels… the DDJ-800 is probably the right choice.
But as soon as any of those or the smaller things we've identified above start to come into your thoughts, you should thing seriously about saving the extra for the DDJ-1000: It remains the flagship, and will probably be for some time.
And as far as the things the DDJ-800 does that the DDJ-1000 doesn't do, none of them are important enough to have any real affect on your choice.
Finally at the time of writing, the DDJ-800 has only just been announced and you may struggle to get one. If you want one of these controllers fast, the DDJ-1000 is still a safe bet: It's not likely to be replaced any time soon in the range, and we think will remain a relevant controller for many years to come.
Which will you be going for? Got any questions we haven't answered? Let us know in the comments below.
Really enjoy your articles. I currently own an SX and been wanting to upgrade. The standard where I live is usually the RX, but I'm pretty sure now that I want the DDJ-1000. I have two questions: Is a DDJ-1000 2 (version) coming anytime soon? Should I wait or just go for the one available now?
I can't see a v2 any time soon. I think you're safe to go for it right now Carlos.
seems to expensive for me compared to the S4 mk3. The 1000, however, was very cheap at launch until they raised the price last summer.
Gone are the 2x browse buttons from the 1000. That shouls have been the standard.
Also annoying to see these cheap buttons for play/cue and filter knobs. Other ddj controllers have these in high quality silver!
Would have liked for them to keep the larger DDJ-1000/RZ/CDJ-2000 sized jogs on the DDJ-800, and saved the SX sized jogs for the DDJ-600… Otherwise, the DDJ-600 is unnecessary at this point.
Not sure but we're guessing without checking that you can choose in software which you want to use.
There is no control of effect parameters in the same way as on your RR here; it reflects the way the effects work on pro club mixers, which also don't have that type of control. A bit of flexibility is sacrificed for a more immediate, "hands on" feel.
According to the specifications the DDJ-800 has a little more distortion and the signal-to-noise ratio is also a little worse.
Pretty close to the DDJ-1000 overall though right?
There are currently around 20 beat effects available in Rekordbox. However, on these new Pioneer DJ controllers you only have 14 effects to choose from with that single knob on the controller. So what do I do if I want to use the effects that are not represented on the controller itself?


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Drop Everything and Just Go?
Abraham woke up one day and heard the Lord speak to him and say, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you" (Genesis 12:1). Those were his instructions; a simple go, no questions asked, no details, no map, no tour guide; just the word go!
I've often wondered what must have gone through Abraham's mind at the time. What was it about this command that made him drop everything he knew and simply go? Most of us would have hundreds of excuses and reasons why we couldn't just leave everything we know and all that is familiar behind and go to an unfamiliar place, but not Abraham. He felt and understood the importance of God's leading to an obscure future. All he had was God's word and yet to him that was more than enough.
I've had my share of circumstances where I have felt uneasy about God's leading or fearful of the future, especially when I haven't been given much in the way of details. But I've come to realize that part of the process of building our faith is trust. The more I seek God and follow his leading, the more I get to know his heart and learn to trust him. Faith is a strange thing! I constantly pray for God to help my unbelief, because it is so much easier to doubt than it is to trust and believe.
As I look at my life, I can see God's hand of protection and blessing where I had absolutely no control. He's always been faithful to provide a way in and a way out. We all face uncertainties in life, however, remember this; God sees the big picture, we don't! He knows the outcome, we don't! And for our own sense of peace and sanity, God has already made provision for our destination.
There is a proverb that reads, "it takes a hard place to change a man's heart" and don't we know this?! We only see so far ahead of the road and having to go where we do not want to go, or where we are afraid to go can be so scary, hard and painful. Be encouraged in the knowledge that you are not alone. God is with you always and t He is more than enough for you. Just as fear begins to overwhelm your mind with thoughts of doubt, Listen closely and you will hear His voice whispering in your ear; I am!
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A Working Class 'Midsummer' Steals the 'Dream'
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the kind of title and play that conjure up visions of luminous little fairies dancing under a full moon in a magical woodland dell. The moon is there all right at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, but the dell? Not so much.
Since the mantra of all theatre is "Astonish me!," it is joyful to report that this Bristol Old Vic production of Midsummer is both bracing and entirely astonishing in its bold and purely proletarian way, holding audiences in a most unexpected thrall. Let's call it the highly imaginative working-class version of Shakespeare's comedy, which may explain why its Mechanicals stand out so triumphantly in this concept.
The Bristol Old Vic is the company that gave the world the exhilarating theatrical staging of War Horse, in association with the Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa. So it's not surprising that the company has joined up again with the Cape Town puppet guys for this quixotic Midsummer. The director is again War Horse's Tom Morris, and while there are no rideable creatures in this production — except for one masterful semi-human one to be more fully identified later — there is an earthiness and élan vital to the proceedings that make up for the few (very few) false notes.
Start to finish the production takes place on a set reminiscent of a messy art studio that hasn't been swept or organized in months (the overall designer is Vicki Mortimer). Assorted tools, prominent wooden planks and oddments of "things" lying around fungibly fulfill all of the required environmental elements — most notably the trees in the "wood outside Athens" where so much of the action occurs, all of it bathed in a silvery moonlight glow by one Philip Gladwell.
In a similar vein the, shall we say, egalitarian costumes are Contemporary Sloppy or whatever tumbled out of the drier that day. Theseus (the stately David Ricardo-Pearce) and Hippolyta (Saskia Portway, androgynous and enigmatic) become distinguished by carved, oversized hand-held heads with gleaming eyes, and one articulated hand when it's time for them to double up as Oberon and Titania, respectively — regal roles that they fulfill with more deliberation than the seething animosity that their quarrels sometimes require.
They leave seethiness and animosity to the very young and very confused quartet of lovers at the heart of this play who ultimately dazzle us with a furious display of grit, fun, bristling energy and kick-ass vigor. When Puck (here an unlikely assemblage of what looks like a small acetylene torch, a fork, a handsaw and an upside-down basket whose handle makes for a very big mouth) screws up and puts the magic drops in the wrong lovers' eyes, the pandemonium that erupts among Lysander (Alex Felton), Hermia (Akyia Henry), Demetrius (Kyle Lima) and Helena (Naomi Cranston) is inspired in its choreography, at once hilarious and winning. The feisty Henry, shortest of the lot as befits the role, demonstrates that she is also the most redoubtable.
Which brings us to the Mechanicals. Driven by the tireless Miltos Yerolemou as Bottom the Weaver, a stocky, boisterous fellow who'd gladly play all the parts, this hapless group of tradesmen turned wannabe actors provides the second-most inventive quotient of the production. Carpenter, joiner, bellows-mender, tinker and tailor are to be commended for some expert comic timing, topped by Yerolemou's whirligig bravado and, when he comes under Oberon's malicious spell, walks away — rolls away? — with a gutsy tongue-in-cheek equation between his name of Bottom and the Ass he has become. The resulting lunatic contraption delivers a raft of surprises I can guarantee you've never seen before.
Stimulating stuff? Very. Unexpected? Utterly. Which does not mean all aspects of the production work well all of the time. Such a departure from expectations is bound to be both good and, well, less good. The handheld puppets tend to slow things down. Certainly the Bottom/Ass gag is a point where the play caves in to an irresistibly perilous idea. How irresistible? Enough that we don't quibble.
Unavoidably though, such hijinks also mean that the high level of lyricism in this play is undermined in places where we wish it were not. The concept's extreme originality swallows up some of the language's best eloquence. But a stretch of haunting a cappella humming restores some of the magic (composer is Dave Price), and it's impossible to not be seduced by fairies that consist of colorful parasols with ribbon tentacles that make them look like elegant jelly-fish — or a flying creature (bug?) whose wings are small sails and whose body, head to tail, is a single unadorned pair of pliers.
Those are just a few descriptions of the company's many wild creations. Most of the time the wit of the unusual approach compels us to forgive those moments when we have to question whether the puppetry is accommodating the play or the play is accommodating the puppetry. A significant question.
So purists beware: this staging may not be for all markets. But in the end, it really does not matter. The opening night audience — that unreliable barometer of public acceptance — seemed to agree the trade-offs were well worth it. The ovation was instantaneous, clearly fueled by a giddy enthusiasm for the over-the-top antics of the Mechanicals' play-within-a-play in the production's final minutes. So, yes, cleverness rules — and sometimes overwhelms — but there is plenty there to enchant and satisfy. Methinks Shakespeare, that ultimate experimenter, would still be very pleased.
WHAT: The Bristol Old Vic with Handspring Puppet Company
WHERE: The Broad Stage, 1310 11th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
WHEN: Now through April 19, 2014
HOW: Tickets at 310.434.3200 or http://thebroadstage.com/midsummer
Photo credits: Simon Annand
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Sylvie Drake is a trilingual translator and writer, who was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She has an MFA in directing from the Pasadena Playhouse, is a former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, serving as chief critic for the last three of a total of 23 years. She was invited to establish Prima Facie, the first new play festival for the Denver Center Theatre Company that continues to this day under a different name, and later served for several years as director of Media Relations & Publications for The Denver Center for the Performing Arts as well as advisor to the Denver Center Theatre Company. She was twice president of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, is a current member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a current contributor to mindev.culturaldaily.com and other publications.


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When Apple discontinued their 17" MacBook Pro line, many Apple fans held onto a glimmer of hope it might one day return. Since then, (nearly 7 years as of this article) online petitions requested Apple to bring back their 17" laptop screen, but these petitions had little support. The last official 17" MacBook Pro model released was the MacBook Pro Core i7 2.5 17" Late 2011 found here. Today, it is highly unlikely Apple will ever release another 17" laptop screen. The larger laptop screen size has a limited marketplace for Apple and the demand for portability (mobile devices, phones) and efficient (long lasting battery life) computing is the forefront of Apple's technological spectrum. This article is dedicated to the die-hard Apple fans of the fastest 17" MacBook Pro 2011 model money can buy.
It is important to understand what the last model MacBook Pro 17" featured. Here's a break down of the technical details.
Note: The MacBook Pro 17" 2011 models are officially discontinued and no longer supported or cared for by Apple and authorized Apple retailers. This means, the laptops are as-is on the market today. This model MacBook Pro suffered video issues and many units were recalled under the repair extension program offered by Apple. Read more here. Therefore, if you intend to purchase a 17" 2011 MacBook Pro, you are taking a gamble if you plan to use it as a long term computer. It is extremely rare to find new MacBook Pro 17" 2011 models (and if you did, they may suffer the video issue we mentioned earlier). However, with great care and routine maintenance, the MacBook Pro 17" 2011 models can last a lifetime. This eBay listing - here will repair and replacet a MacBook Pro 2011 faulty GPU under $200 and include shipping!
Might be able to find one here on Amazon. Or eBay.
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Launched by Intel in Q4'11, it is considered a legacy Intel processor.
While the i7-2860QM Processor officially supports 32g RAM and 16g DDR3 ram modules now exist, these modules were tested in this MacBook Pro model and it will not post a boot (beeps indicating no ram installed). At this time, there are no success stories of a MacBook Pro 17" 2011 booting with 32g of ram. There are also different manufactures of 32g (2x 16g) laptop ram on eBay that have not been tested.
Wireless AC/Bluetooth 4.0 replacement card?
In 2015, a company called QuickerTek created a replacement motherboard card with Wireless 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0. The product required a driver for Bluetooth 4.0, however did not require a driver for wireless, according to reports. It is unknown if the product is compatible with Mac OS High Sierra today. After reaching out to QuickerTek via email, they confirmed the card was discontinued a few years ago due to it being "too hard for end users to install".
You, can however, upgrade the default MacBook Pro 2011 Bluetooth from 2.1 to 4 using this motherboard card replacement on Amazon.
We wanted the fastest possible read/write speeds using the fastest SSD drive availiable. A RAID 0 hard drive configuration allows you to split read/write processes across two or more hard drives, effectively doubling your read/write speeds. As of this article, the Samsung EVO 860 SSD drive has read/write speed of ~500MB/s making it one of the fastest SSD for SATA III (6BG/s) available.
The MacBook Pro 17" Late 2011 8,3 model optical drive bay SATA connection is a "luck of the draw" SATA II (3Gb/s) or SATA III (6Gb/s). It would seem most models are equipped with a SATA III connection based on online. Online reports have suggested the optical drive SATA connection is unreliable or incapable of handling a solid state drive at 6GB/s speeds. This used to be true in earlier versions of Mac OS X. However, as long as you are running the latest version of Mac OS High Sierra 10.13, you can reliably run a 2nd SSD drive in the MacBook Pro optical drive bay at 6GB/s without issues.
After removing the optical drive from our MacBook, we unscrewed the OWC Data Doubler chip from the steel harness (because we want the least amount of weight inside our MacBook Pro) and connected it to our Samsung solid state drive. We used sticky Velcro strips underneath the SSD drive to hold it in place. We did not shield our drive since the Velcro strips lift the drive a bit from the chassis of the MacBook Pro.
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The 2133MHz ram shows around a 14% increase in performance throughput versus 1600MHz ram according to our GeekBench 4 tests. The HyperX ram modules report correct speed 2133 MHz in Apple System Profiler.
If anyone has successfully tested 32g of Ram (2x 16g) inside a MacBook Pro 17", please let us know about the RAM type you purchased using the comment form below. It seems only 1600MHz ram for 2x 16g modules exist today, so while it may be possible to double the amount of RAM in the MacBook Pro, faster ram (2133MHz tested in our unit) is likely better in different situations.
The MacBook Pro 17" Late 2011 model was the last Apple machine to carry an ExpressCard. ExpressCard has quietly dissolved over the years (originally owned by defunct Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PCMCIA and is now managed by USB Implementers forum.) and you won't find any new laptops with a slot. Apple put its money on manufacturers developing unique and exciting products for the ExpressCard standard, but it never took off. In reality, the evolution of faster onboard USB and Thunderbolt ports on Apples laptops quickly made ExpressCard a thing of the past.
We found a low profile 2x USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 adapter on eBay . It was compatible with Mac OS High Sierra, did not require a driver, and was reasonably priced at $34. We tested MacBook Pro onboard USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ExpressCard speeds using a USB 3.0 SSD (SSD has 500MB read/write speeds) external drive. ~150MB/s write and ~200MB/s read USB 3.0 speeds - awesome!
There are many eSATA and multimedia ExpressCard 34 slot readers and some with USB/eSATA/FW 800 ports mixed. Search eBay and Amazon.
More Upgrades Down the Road? What Other Upgrades?
32g ram modules may be a possibility, but would have to perform at a higher clock rate to really notice a speed performance. Faster SATA III SSD drives may come out, but will be limited to the SATA III bus of 6Gb/s or 600MB/s throughput of sending and receiving data.
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Published on May 17th, 2014 | by Gerry Galipault
This Week's Releases: May 19-20, 2014
New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
Afrojack "Forget the World" (guests: Sting, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3) (Wall Recordings, May 19)
Haley Bonar "Last War" (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) (Graveface)
Brian Jonestown Massacre "Revelation" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (A Records / Redeye)
Archie Bronson Outfit "Wild Crush" (their first album since 2010; first single: "Two Doves on a Lake"; Hear here; Vinyl) (Domino, May 19)
California Breed (Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Andrew Watt) "California Breed" (producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; See here; MP3) (Frontiers, May 19)
Chatham County Line "Tightrope" (producers: guitarist Dave Wilson, Chatham County Line; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (Yep Roc)
Coldplay "Ghost Stories" (producer: Jon Hopkins; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (Parlophone / Atlantic, May 19)
Brody Dalle (ex-Distillers frontwoman and wife of Josh Homme) "Diploid Love" (producers: Dalle, Alain Johannes; first single: "Meet the Foetus / Oh the Joy"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Queen of Hearts Inc. / Caroline, May 19)
Brantley Gilbert "Just As I Am" (first single: "Bottoms Up"; Hear here; MP3) (The Valory Music Co., May 19)
Luke Haines (of The Auteurs) "New York in the '70s" (concept album is "a mythic re-imagining of the New York rock 'n' roll scene 1972-1979"; Hear here; See here; MP3) (U.K. – Cherry Red, May 19)
Matt Harlan (Texas singer-songwriter) "Raven Hotel" (producer: Rich Brotherton; guests: Mickey Raphael, Floyd Domino; Hear here; MP3) (Berkalin)
Hedley "Wild Life" (released in their native Canada in November 2013; producers: frontman Jacob Hoggard, Brian Howes; Hear here; See here; MP3) (Capitol, May 19)
Jolie Holland "Wine Dark Sea" (her first album since 2011; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (ANTI- / Epitaph, May 19)
Lonesome Shack "More Primitive" (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) (Alive Naturalsound)
Steve Miller Band "The Joker Live" (40th anniversary of the 1974 album; Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Sailor)
Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) "Upside Down Mountain" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl, with bonus CD; MP3) (Nonesuch, May 19)
Phillip Phillips "Behind the Light" (producer: Gregg Wattenberg; first single: "Raging Fire"; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) (19 Recordings / Interscope, May 19)
The Roots "… and then you shoot your cousin" (guests: Raheem DeVaughn, Dice Raw, Mercedes Martinez, Patty Crash; first single: "When the People Cheer"; Hear here; Vinyl; The Roots Official Store ; MP3) (Def Jam, May 19)
Neal Schon "So U" (fusion and blues-infused album with bassist Marco Mendoza and drummer Deen Castronovo; several of the tracks were co-written with Jack Blades; Hear here; MP3) (Frontiers, May 19)
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band "Going Home" (producer: Shepherd; Hear here) (Concord)
Syd Arthur (psychedelic band from Canterbury, England) "Sound Mirror" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Harvest, May 19)
Yann Tiersen "∞ (Infinity)" (first single: "A Midsummer Evening"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) (Mute, May 19)
Various artists "The Bridges of Madison County (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" (stars Kellie O'Hara and Steven Pasquale; based on the novel by Robert James Waller; music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Hear here; MP3) (Ghostlight, May 19)
Various artists "The Fault In Our Stars: Music From The Motion Picture" (romantic comedy-drama film, opening June 6, was directed by Josh Boone, based on John Green's novel of the same name; featuring tracks by Ed Sheeran, Jake Bugg, Birdy, Grouplove, M83, etc.; See here; Read here; MP3) (Atlantic, May 19)
War "Evolutionary" (their first studio album in 20 years is also packaged with their 1976 greatest-hits album; guests: Cheech & Chong, Tower of Power, Joe Walsh, Malik Yusef, the USC Marching Band; Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Far Out / UMe, May 19)
More Releases for the Week of May 20, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
Haley Bonar "Last War [MP3]" (guest: Justin Vernon; Hear here; See here) (Graveface)
Zac Brown Band "The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 [MP3]" (four-song EP; producer: Dave Grohl; guests: Grohl, Oteill Burbridge; CD/DVD) (Southern Ground Artists, May 19)
Vanessa Daou "Trouble Comes EP [MP3]" (six tracks; Hear here) (KID Recordings)
eMC "The Turning Point [MP3]" (producer: 14KT; See here) (M3 / Penalty Entertainment / RED)
The Everymen "Givin' Up On Free Jazz [MP3]" (guest: A.C. Newman; Hear here) (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
Forget Tomorrow (six-piece post-hardcore band from Wolcott, Conn.) "Identity [MP3]" (six-song EP; producer: Taylor Larson; ReverbNation; See here) (Forget Tomorrow)
Glee Cast "Glee: The Music – The Untitled Rachel Berry Project [MP3]" (seven songs; Hear here) (Columbia)
Dan Lawson Band "Soldiers of Fortune [MP3]" (seven songs; Hear here) (Dan Lawson, May 19)
The Mighty Swine "Last Man Standing [MP3]" (includes a cover of Judas Priest's "Hell Bent for Leather"; producer: Rob Nadler; first single: "Last Man Standing"; Hear here) (Broad Horizon)
Mark Morrison "IAMWHATIAM [MP3]" (seven-song EP; the "Return of the Mack" singer's first recordings since 2006; guests: DMX, Trae Tha Truth, Keith Murray, Black Rob, Crooked I, Beenie Man, etc.; Hear here) (MackLife, May 19)
Pip (former contestant on "The Voice") "Hooked [MP3]" (ReverbNation) (Bungalo, May 19)
The Ready Set "The Bad & The Better [MP3]" (guest: Jake Miller; Hear here; CD) (Razor & Tie)
Malka Spigel "Gliding [MP3]" (four-song EP; first single: "Tall Grey Buildings"; Hear here; See here) (Swim, May 19)
Tearjerker (Toronto indie-rock trio) "Hiding [MP3]" (four-song EP; Hear here) (SQE Music, May 19)
Maureen Toth "Soldier [MP3]" (producer: Jim McGorman; ReverbNation) (Maureen Toth Music)
Joe Bonamassa "Tour De Force: Live in London – The Borderline" (two CDs, 14 tracks), "Tour De Force: Live in London – Hammersmith Apollo" (two CDs, 18 tracks), "Tour De Force: Live in London – Royal Albert Hall" (two CDs, 20 tracks), "Tour De Force: Live in London – Shepherd's Bush Empire" (two CDs, 15 tracks) (J&R Adventures, May 19)
Chakachas "Jungle Fever: Expanded Edition" (1972 album; remastered, with one bonus track; Read here) (U.K. – Big Break, May 19)
Miles Davis "Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums" (two CDs, 26 songs; Read here; MP3) (Blue Note, May 19)
Devo "Something Else For Everybody" (unreleased demos and rarities from 2006-2009; Hear here; Read here) (Booji Boy)
The Doors "Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine" (1972 compilation; two CDs, 22 songs; MP3) (Rhino / Elektra, May 19)
Billy Joel "A Matter of Trust: The Bridge To Russia" (1987 album; remastered; two CDs; CD/DVD Deluxe Edition; CD/Blu-ray Deluxe Edition; DVD; Instant Video; MP3) (Columbia / Legacy)
R. Kelly "The Essential R. Kelly" (two CDs, 35 songs; MP3) (RCA / Legacy, May 19)
The Moody Blues "In Search of the Lost Chord [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1968 album; remastered) (Friday Music, May 19)
Oasis "Definitely Maybe: Chasing the Sun Edition" (1994 album; remastered, with 33 B-sides and rarities; Vinyl; MP3) (Big Brother Recordings / INgrooves, May 19)
Roy Orbison "Mystery Girl Expanded" (1989 album; with five bonus tracks, including "The Way Is Love," a new song built around vocals from an Orbison work tape and completed by his three sons; See here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) (Orbison / Legacy, May 19)
R.E.M. "R.E.M. Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions" (two CDs, 33 tracks; MP3) (Rhino / Warner, May 19)
Styx "Paradise Theater [Hybrid SACD]" (1981 album; mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio) (Audio Fidelity)
Various artists "Wild Child: The Warwick Records Story 1959-1962" (three CDs, 75 songs; Read here) (One Day Music)
Hank Williams "The Garden Spot Programs, 1950" (24 previously unreleased songs and jingles recorded in Nashville; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Omnivore Recordings, May 19)
The Zombies "R.I.P." (previously unreleased 1968 album; with four bonus tracks; Read here) (Varese Sarabande, May 19)
Reissues (MP3s)
Atlanta Rhythm Section "Quinella [MP3]" (1981 album) (Columbia / Legacy)
Martyn Bennett (Scottish musician died of cancer in 2005) "Grit (Real World Gold) [MP3]" (2003 album; with two bonus tracks, including Bennett's remix of Peter Gabriel's "Sky Blue"; Hear here) (Real World, May 19)
The Buzan Division of the Shingon Sect "Japan: Shomyo Buddhist Ritual – Dai Hannya Ceremony [MP3]" (Auvidis-UNESCO / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
George Jones "Too Wild Too Long [MP3]" (1987 album) (Epic / Legacy)
Mikael Jorgensen (of Wilco) "The Cheetah [MP3]" (2009 instrumental album with Chris Girard and Greg O'Keeffe; Hear here) (Butterscotch)
The Lamas of the Nyingmapa Monastery of Dehra Dun "Tibetan Ritual [MP3]" (Auvidis-UNESCO / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Bette Midler "Songs For the New Depression [MP3]" (1976 album) (Rhino / Atlantic, May 19)
Sha Na Na "The Night Is Still Young [MP3]" (1972 album), "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll [MP3]" (1973 live album) (Columbia / Legacy)
Various artists "Hard Rock Hits [MP3]" (16 songs; feat. Alcatrazz, Starz, Spys, Girlschool, Gillan, Widow, etc.) (R.D.E.G., May 19)
Various artists "New Wave Classics [MP3]" (16 songs; feat. The Producers, Flash & The Pan, Fiction Factory, Vitamin Z, Transvision Vamp, The Fabulous Poodles, etc.) (R.D.E.G., May 19)
Deniece Williams "I'm So Proud [MP3]" (1983 album, with three bonus tracks), "Hot on the Trail [MP3]" (1986 album, with four bonus tracks) (Columbia / Legacy)
Artist: Title: Label/studio:
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, et al "The Monuments Men [DVD]" (2014 film; Blu-ray) (Sony Pictures)
Kevin Costner, Tomas Lemarquis, et al "3 Days to Kill [DVD]" (2014 film; Blu-ray) (20th Century Fox)
Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, et al "Vampire Academy [DVD]" (2014 film; Blu-ray) (Anchor Bay)
John Doe, Aimee Mann, Loudon Wainwright III, et al "Pleased to Meet Me [DVD]" (2013 feature film; See here) (Virgil Films and Entertainment)
Sally Field, Don Porter, et al "Gidget: The Complete Series [DVD]" (three discs; 1965-66 season; Read here) (Mill Creek Entertainment)
Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, et al "Pompeii [DVD]" (2014 film; Blu-ray) (Sony Pictures)
Various artists "Ford Archive Gems: Classic TV Commercials [DVD]" (1969 film; See here) (Duke Marketing)
John Wayne "John Wayne: The Epic Collection [DVD]" (40 John Wayne films on 38 discs, with an Amazon-exclusive "Duke" belt buckle) (Warner Home Video)
Jonathan Winters, John Astin, Peter Ustinov, et al "Viva Max! [DVD]" (1969 film; See here) (Cheezy Flicks)
Rob Zombie "The Zombie Horror Picture Show [DVD]" (16-song feature-length concert movie, filmed at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2013, and at Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas on Aug. 4, 2013; See here; Read here; Blu-ray) (Zodiac Swan / T-Boy / UMe)
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of May 20, 2014
Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher:
The Beatles "Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles [Kindle]" (author: Kenneth Womack) (Continuum)
The Beatles "With the Beatles [Kindle]" (author: Lewis Lapham, former Harper's editor in chief) (Melville House)
Toni Braxton "Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir [Hardcover]" (Kindle) (It Books)
Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey [Paperback]" (updated and revised edition) (Grove Press)
Jesus and Mary Chain "Barbed Wire Kisses: The Jesus and Mary Chain Story [Paperback]" (author: Zoë Howe; Kindle; Jesus and Mary Chain Official Store ) (Polygon, May 19)
More Book Releases for the Week of May 20, 2014
Next week: May 27, 2014
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EXCLUSIVE UPDATED WITH MORE NAMES: A month after Disney's $71.3 billion acquisition of key Fox assets was completed, there is a second round of layoffs hitting the former Fox units, I have learned.
Deep State is back and this time it's even more political. The drama, which was Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa's first original drama, returns this spring with Justified and Vice Principals star Walton Goggins and you can see the first clip from the show above.
AT&T and Fox Networks Group have renewed a multi-year deal to continue distribution of Fox programming across AT&T's video platforms DirecTV, DirecTV Now and AT&T U-verse.
In the latest ripple effect from the CEO switch at Hulu, Fox Networks Group today has promoted Jeff Hughes to president of its Digital Consumer Group.
Fox Networks Group has promoted Brian Sullivan to president and chief operating officer, a role that had been held by Randy Freer, who left in October to take the CEO job at Hulu. Sullivan, the former CEO of Sky Deutschland, has been president and COO of Fox Networks' Digital Consumer Group since 2015.


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Q: Can't explicitly instantiate a templated class In "header.h"
template <typename T> struct Foo
{
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};

In "Source2.cpp"
#include "Header.h"
#include <iostream>

template <typename T>
void Foo<T>::func()
{
    T a = 5;
    std::cout << a;;
}

In "Source1.cpp"
#include "Header.h"

template struct Foo<int>;

int main()
{
    Foo<int> b;
    b.func();
}

Linker error: LNK2019   unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall Foo::func(void)" (?func@?$Foo@H@@QAEXXZ) referenced in function _main
Is this not the right way to explicitly instantiate a class?

A: The definition of the template methods must be placed in the header file with the associated class allowing the compiler to 'expand' them (I use 'expand' to simplify, a template method is not a macro)
so in Header.h :
#include <iostream>
template <typename T> struct Foo
{
    void func();
};

template <typename T>
void Foo<T>::func()
{
    T a = 5;
    std::cout << a;
}

In "Source1.cpp"
#include "Header.h"

template struct Foo<int>;

int main()
{
    Foo<int> b;
    b.func();
}

Compilation and execution (a std::cout << std::endl; is missing to be sure to flush and write a newline) :
pi@raspberrypi:/tmp $ g++ Source1.cpp
pi@raspberrypi:/tmp $ ./a.out
5pi@raspberrypi:/tmp $

Do not be afraid of 'multiple' definitions of func because you use the same instantiation in several files, the compiler/linker manages that for you


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InTune principals Allen Levack, Joanna Shultz and Steven Janisse.
UWindsor music alum harmonize for teaching venture
It all started with a pedicure and some creative career inspiration for a group of UWindsor music grads who are now passing on their love of the arts to a new generation of students.
Joanna Shultz (BMT 2011) was meeting a friend who was having a pedicure at an Ottawa Street salon last summer when she got wind of the news that the building would soon be available to rent.
"I had been thinking about opening a music school for a while and this seemed like a good fit," she recalls. "And then all the ideas started coming together."
Soon after consulting with fellow School of Music alumni about teaching their areas of specialty, Joanna found herself as the new creative director of InTune – A Centre for Musical Growth, which formally opened its doors in September 2013.
Most of InTune's teachers are UWindsor alumni and bring a diverse portfolio of talents and professional interests to the table, offering instruction in voice, piano, theory, guitar and bass to students who range in age from young children to adults pursuing hidden talents.
Shultz, who majored in music therapy and child psychology, is accredited by the Canadian Association of Music Therapy; has a diploma in autism and behaviour science from St. Clair College; and holds an associate degree in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Her fellow teachers include vocal instructor Erin Armstrong (BMus 2007), who graduated from UWindsor with a major in performance and did a master's degree and diploma program in music at the University of British Columbia before working with the Calgary Opera; vocal instructor Allen Levack (BMus 2011), who majored in music and dramatic art; guitar instructor Steve Janisse (BMus 2013) who is pursuing a master's degree in music theory at Western; and Windsor musician Bradley Merryfield, who attended Wayne State University's jazz studies program on a talent scholarship.
"We are all pursuing or have completed graduate education," Shultz says. "So our students can start with us and stay with us through their university music education."
Because they are also currently performing musicians, the teachers say they can offer their students some personal perspective.
"Every time you get up in front of people to perform your craft you learn something about yourself," Armstrong says. "These are little pearls of wisdom I pass along to my students—my own life experience. I don't teach music professionally so all of my students will pursue professional music careers—most of my students study music to help them develop life skills, self-confidence and the kind of discipline that music requires."
The teachers say that music can be accessible to everyone and they tailor their classes to the needs of each student: toys and short periods of study for little children, practice schedules and continuing challenges for advancing students.
"That's the difference between learning a few songs on the internet and developing as a musician," Shultz says. "Working with a teacher guides the student to greater challenges and to those breakthrough moments when they master a piece of music they are working on. It teaches them perseverance."
The InTune team agrees that they have all had to make their own opportunities in order to pursue music as a career. In addition to teaching at the school, Armstrong continues to sing professionally, runs music camps for children and produces community concerts; Shultz is a special events pianist and accompanist; Janisse continues to perform as a solo guitarist, band member and vocalist around town; Levack is an adjunct professor in the theatre department at St. Clair College and has toured the world performing in opera, operetta and musical theatre; and Merryfield is one of the area's busiest first-call bassists with a regular gig as a member of local funk/rock/blues band.
"Making a living at music is not an easy thing, you have to be very creative and very diligent" Armstrong says. "There's a reason for the term starving artist, but it's very well-known that the arts has a place in a thriving economy. I know personally that music has made me very adaptable in a variety of areas and I've been good at other jobs I've had because I was able to think on my feet. Music provides these opportunities to learn and grow."
In addition to regular music lessons, InTune provides such specialized programs as entrance exam workshops for students auditioning for post-secondary music programs, and March Break vocal camps for youngsters. Visit www.intunewindsor.com for details.
Allen Levack
Joanna Shultz
Steven Janisse
Erin Armstrong
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| A Utah real estate agent was allegedly gunned down by tenants he was trying to evict — and his body was found inside a crawl space in the apartment, according to a report.
David Stokoe, a dad of four, had gone to the Salt Lake City home Thursday after letting his renters know they needed to be out by 6 p.m., according to the Salt Lake Tribune. His body was found the next day.
| One of the tenants, Manuel Velasquez, told police he got into a fight with Stokoe on Thursday evening because the landlord kicked the door and put him into a "very serious" chokehold, court documents obtained by the paper say.
| it's utah, so a) i'm not surprised and b) would this be counted as self defense?


NEW YORK (AP) -- Paul Simon performed a rousing set and accepted an award from New York University in his first public appearance since he and wife Edie Brickell were arrested on disorderly conduct charges.
The 72-year-old performed more than a dozen songs Wednesday night at the Beacon Theatre in New York, where he was honored at the 2014 NYU Steinhardt Vision Award Gala. He played guitar and sang hits such as "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," ''Late In the Evening" and "You Can Call Me Al."
Simon and 48-year-old Brickell became physical with each other during an argument inside a cottage on their New Canaan, Connecticut, property on April 26. Brickell told police Simon shoved her and she slapped him.
Brickell didn't attend Wednesday's event, which raised $1.1 million for scholarships.
"After my fee of a million is deducted, that's $100,000," Simon said to laughs.
He was energetic and danced onstage, and the crowd stood dancing with him on songs like "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" and "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" during the 75-minute set.
Simon was honored for his humanitarian work and accomplished music career, which includes 12 Grammy Awards and two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and as part of Simon & Garfunkel, among other accolades.
Performance students and alumni from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development joined him when he sang "Still Crazy After All These Years."
"So, money well spent," Simon said after the performance as the crowd laughed. Tickets were priced at $300 and $200, and only the ground floor of the three-tiered Beacon Theatre was occupied.
NYU has history in Simon's family: His father earned degrees from the university and his son currently attends its Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Simon taught songwriting at the school in the 1970s.
"I cringe to think of how little I knew," he said.
Simon closed his set with "American Tune" and "Graceland."
Simon recently wrapped up a tour with Sting. Brickell and Steve Martin will perform Friday in Eugene, Oregon, on their collaborative tour.


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Top 10 Songs Motley Crue Has Not Played on the 2022 Stadium Tour
Matthew Wilkening Published: June 26, 2022
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There's no way to fit over 40 years of Motley Crue music into a 90-minute show.
But that's exactly the challenge the band faced when coming up with the set list for their 2022 Stadium Tour, which finds them switching headline spots every night with Def Leppard on a bill that also includes Poison, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Classless Act.
The tour's early shows have found Motley Crue delivering sets wisely focused on their biggest and most beloved hits. It's hard to quibble with more than one or two song choices. But we can be greedy and ask for more, right? So here are the 10 songs we'd add to Motley Crue's 2022 set list.
10. "Hell on High Heels"
From: New Tattoo (2000)
When Motley Crue's original lineup plays live, they completely ignore the two albums from their back catalog which featured replacement band members. So "Hooligan's Holiday" or anything from the John Corabi-fronted 1994 Motley Crue album seem to be out of the question. But maybe an exception can be made for "Hell on High Heels?" It was the first single from 2000's New Tattoo, which featured the late Randy Castillo temporarily taking over for Tommy Lee on drums, and it's got the catchiest, most arena-ready chorus of any Crue song since 1991's "Primal Scream."
9. "Take Me to the Top"
From: Too Fast for Love (1981)
It's been nearly four decades - Nov. 19, 1984, according to Setlist.fm - since Motley Crue last played this Too Fast for Love gem live. It's a perfect example of how the band effortlessly blended punk energy, metal riffs and pop smarts right out of the gate. Two other songs from the band's originally independently-released debut album, "Too Fast for Love" and "Live Wire," have been featured at every show on the Stadium Tour so far, and "Piece of Your Action" was also played on opening night.
8. "All in the Name Of..."
From: Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Motley Crue's original lineup released seven studio albums together. The only one that hasn't placed any songs on their 2022 set lists so far is 1997's confused, difficultly conceived Generation Swine. That's a wise and logical exclusion, and overall the band has done a great job selecting the best and biggest songs from their other six albums. But to be greedy for a minute, it does rob us of the chance to hear gems like "All in the Name Of...," which was a tremendously effective opening song on the Girls, Girls Girls tour.
7. "Knock 'Em Dead, Kid"
From: Shout at the Devil (1983)
Despite being their universally acknowledged masterpiece and the album that first made them stars, Shout at the Devil has so far been represented by just two songs on the 2022 Stadium Tour. Adding this real-life story of how Nikki Sixx got arrested for picking a fight with a biker gang that turned out to be partially comprised of undercover cops is a good place to start. It was reportedly last played live on Nov. 8, 2000 in Osaka, Japan.
6. "Without You"
From: Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Despite being the band's second-highest charting single ever, reaching No. 8 back in 1990, "Without You" has yet to turn up on Motley Crue's 2022 Stadium Tour set lists. It would seem there's only room for one power ballad in the band's otherwise uptempo 90-minute set, and of course "Home Sweet Home" will be the king of that particular mountain for the rest of eternity. "Without You" was played on about a quarter of the shows on the band's 2014 farewell tour.
5. "On With the Show"
Motley Crue's debut album may be best remembered for party anthems such as "Live Wire" and "Take Me to the Top," but the band demonstrated an early knack for compelling storytelling and the ability to create more complex moods on songs like "On With the Show." The lyrics found the former Frank Feranna Jr. artistically "killing" his former self after cutting ties with his real-life father and legally changing his name to Nikki Sixx.
4. "Motherfucker of the Year"
From: Saints of Los Angeles (2008)
It has now been over 14 years since Motley Crue released their last all-new studio album, Saints of Los Angeles. The title track seems to have earned a permanent spot at the band's shows, but the same can't be said for "Motherfucker of the Year." The song was played at nearly every show on Motley Crue's 2014-15 "Final Tour," but has yet to appear this time out. That's a shame because it's one of the album's more successful attempts at updating the band's original sound.
3. "Louder Than Hell"
From: Theatre of Pain (1985)
Performed live at approximately one-third of the shows on Motley Crue's (not really) farewell tour, "Louder Than Hell" is one of the best blasts of old-school riff rock on 1985's transitional Theatre of Pain album. This is another understandable cut considering the reduced set list times on the Stadium Tour -- maybe we'll hear it again next time out.
2. "Too Young to Fall in Love"
We're getting into the really painful exclusions now. Released as the third single from Shout at the Devil, "Too Young to Fall in Love" pairs an all-time riff with a chorus that's perfect for arena singalongs. Plus the band's current stage design is a perfect match for the song's sword-fighting video.
1. "Red Hot"
It's been nearly nine years since Motley Crue delivered this Shout at the Devil highlight live in concert. Given the song's relentless drumbeat, it might not be the best thing for Tommy Lee's broken ribs at the moment, but here's hoping they'll break it out again at some point in the future. While we're daydreaming, how about a full Shout at the Devil set to celebrate the album's 40th birthday next year?
Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison, Joan Jett, Classless Act Opening Night 2022
Next: Motley Crue Albums Ranked Worst to Best
Source: Top 10 Songs Motley Crue Has Not Played on the 2022 Stadium Tour
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Categories: FEEL GOOD 80S, Lists
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Listen to Steve Perry's New Holiday Song, 'Maybe This Year'
Journey Announces 'Live in Concert at Lollapalooza' Album and DVD