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Carl Vine (1954 -)
1954 Born in Perth, Western Australia, October 8
1959 Began learning the cornet
1960 Student at Hale Primary School, Perth
1964 Fractured 3 vertebrae falling out of a tree during gymnastics. Unable to play the trumpet, so started learning piano.
1967 Student at Guildford Grammar School (Secondary), Perth. Started learning the pipe organ under Choral Director Kathleen Wood. Pianist and Organist for School Church Services, Assemblies and assorted performances.
1970 First Prize in the Australian Society for Music Education Composers' Competition (under-18 section) for 'Unwritten Divertimento': his first complete electronic work.
1971 Completed his first commissioned score, '2 Short Circuits' (electronic tape work), for the West Australian Ballet Company, choreographed by Eleanor Martin. Graduated Dux of Guildford Grammar School with 2 Government University Exhibitions.
1972 Enrolled in Bachelor of Science degree course majoring in Physics at the University of Western Australia. Winner, Open Instrumental Solo division (Piano) of the Perth Music Festival. A.Mus.A. (Associate in Music, Australia) with distinction for Piano from the Australian Music Examinations Board. Harpist (on the piano) with the Queensland Youth Orchestra conducted by John Curro, for James Christiansen's production of 'Tosca' at the Innisfail Festival, North Queensland.
1973 Trainee Sound Recording Engineer at the Tape Transcription Unit, BBC, Shepherds Bush, London (2 months). Created the music soundtrack for experimental films 'IS' and 'Facade' directed by Barrie Oldfield (WA). Winner of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Instrumental and Vocal Competition (Western Australian division - Piano).
1973-75 Pianist (casual, and occasionally solo) with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
1974 Transferred to Bachelor of Music degree course (Composition Major) at the University of Western Australia. A member of the West Australian Debating Team competing at the National Championships in Adelaide.
1975 Participated in the inaugural 'Young Composers' Training Scheme' organised by the Australia Council. Moved to Sydney to commence his professional career.
1975-8 Accompanist and rehearsal pianist for the Sydney Dance Company (then the 'Dance Company of New South Wales'). Created the soundtrack for experimental film 'Envir' directed by Barrie Oldfield. Performed at a vast range of musical, electronic and 'alternative' events in and around Sydney. He was also Musical Director of 'Sounds Nice' vocal duo on the Sydney 'club' circuit with various TV appearances. Until 1980, freelance performer with such groups as the Australia Ensemble, A-Z Music, the Seymour Group, Mused Performance Ensemble, the Ashes of Sydney and others.
1976 Regular performer at the Sydney Opera House 'Environmental Music Series'. Assisted by the Australia Council to attend the Gulbenkian International Choreographic Summer School in Guildford, England.
1977 First fully professional commission for Dance : 'Tip' (for Sydney Dance Company). The score was called '961 Ways to Nirvana', for amplified string quartet, orchestra and electronics. (work subsequently withdrawn)
1978 Resident composer with the Sydney Dance Company. Composed the music for the first all-Australian full-length Ballet - 'Poppy'. Guest performer at 'Music Rostrum '78' (featuring Luciano Berio). Guest conductor for the Seymour Group.
1979 Conductor, pianist and resident composer at the London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Founded the contemporary music performance ensemble 'Flederman' with trombonist Simone de Haan in Sydney. Remained as pianist, composer, conductor and director of the ensemble until 1989.
1980 Participant in the first 'Australian Composers' Summer School' with the ABC Sinfonietta
1980-2 Lecturer in Electronic Music Composition at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. The Flederman ensemble averaged 30 concerts each year on the Australian eastern seaboard.
1983 Received the 'Adams' award for outstanding contribution to Music for Dance in Australia. Flederman made its first international tour to the USA. Moved to Toowoomba (South-East Queensland) for R & R.
1984 Musical Director of the Australia/New Zealand Choreographic School (Melbourne) directed by Glen Tetley.
1985 Resident Composer at the New South Wales State Conservatorium. From 1985 to 1987, occasional conducting appearances with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
1987 Resident Composer with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Guest conductor with the Sydney Philharmonia Society. Flederman receives the Sydney Myer Performing Arts 'Group' Award.
1988 Flederman international tour to Holland, Finland and the UK, including a concert on the opening night of the BBC Proms. Carl's Symphony No. 2 is performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stuart Challender across the continental United States, while the West Australian Ballet Company premieres his 'Tempest' choreographed by Jacqui Carroll.
1989 Guest Artist at EVOS Music (Perth), W.A.University and W.A.Academy for the Performing Arts. Awarded the Sounds Australian National Music Critics' Award for the Best Instrumental or Ensemble Work of 1988 ('Miniature IV'). Flederman closes down after their Federal funding is withdrawn.
1990 Awarded the John Bishop Commission to compose Symphony No. 3, premiered by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Stuart Challender at the 1990 Adelaide Festival of the Arts.
1992-5 Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council.
1993 Australian Guild of Screen Composers Award for 'Best Music for a Feature Film' (Bedevil). ABC Classics Records releases the premiere recording of Carl Vine's first Three Symphonies performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by the late Stuart Challender.
1994 Australian Guild of Screen Composers Awards for 'Best Original Song' (The Battlers - 'Love Me Sweet') and for 'Best Theme for a Television Series' (The Battlers). Carl's first and second Symphonies choreographed by Glen Tetley for the Canadian National Ballet Company.
2000 Since November 2000, Carl has been the Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia, the largest entrepreneur of chamber music in the world.
2005 Carl was awarded the prestigious 2005 Don Banks Music Award, the highest accolade that can be given to an artist by the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. The award publicly honours an artist of 'high distinction' who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian music over a period of many years.
2005 Carl's Cello Concerto was awarded Best Performance of an Australian Composition at the 2005 Classical Music Awards, presented by the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre. The work was premiered in 2004 by Steven Isserlis and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek.
2006 As part of his continuing duties as Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia, Carl was appointed Artistic Director of the Huntington Estate Music Festival, Australia's most prestigious and successful annual chamber music festival.
present Free-lance composer living in Sydney.
Carl Vine is certainly one of the more interesting composers I've heard come out of Australia. He described his work as "radically tonal." The music is tonal, but it has so many interesting harmonies, rhythms, and textures. I think Vine is evidence that Australia has born some fine composers. He's definitely a contemporary composer I enjoy and will continue to support.
Vine may not be as well known outside of Australia as Sculthrope, but I find his music much more interesting, although there are a few Sculthrope works that I do enjoy. Vine's music seems to be of a consistent high quality. I wish more recordings of his music were available.
Have any of you heard of him? What do you think about his music?
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Re: Carl Vine (1954 -)
I've heard the name but don't know the work. Could you recommend a few pieces you especially like?
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Amazon offers several CD's, including a 2-CD set of Symphonies I-VI.
http://www.amazon.com/Sydney-Symphony-Orchestra-Synergy-Philharmonic/dp/B000BZDG1E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1280863197&sr=1-1
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Quote from: Sforzando on August 03, 2010, 10:03:53 AM
I have especially enjoyed all of his symphonies, which most of them are in one movement. I also like his Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, and his ballet The Tempest. All are especially fine works.
Unfortunately, there is a price to pay in order to hear Vine. His recordings on ABC Classics are quite expensive, but I suggest getting the 2-CD set of his symphonies, which is actually incomplete now, because he not long composed his Symphony No. 7. But still, it's a fine set that's around $30.
I can tell, though, he's going to be a composer that I'm going to have to listen to pretty heavily. His music on its surface is very attractive, but I can tell there's definitely some depth to the music, which is where the repeated listenings will pay off. His influences are all over-the-map so to speak, but I believe in his fourth symphony I hear an almost Bartokian/Martinu type of rhythm in the syncopations. This rhythmic quality appears in much of his music, which I especially like.
I've been listening to Vine's symphonies all day and I am just so enthralled with them. I think they are some of the finest composed in the last quarter of the 20th Century. His orchestration is top-notch. All instruments are crystal clear and distinguishable. I believe I finally have a post-WWII composer I can finally get behind.
He has composed his seventh symphony not too long ago and I"m really anxious to hear it as well some of the Cello Concerto. This guy is the real deal.
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Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 03, 2010, 10:05:12 AM
Oh yeah it's an old picture most definitely. I think this picture was taken around 1994 or so.
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I first heard Vine in the late 80's at the first Ivo Pogorelich Piano Competition at the old Abmassador Auditorium, won by a Chinese American pianist (was it Gloria Cheng?). The Carl Vine Piano Sonata was a piece that she played. I heard it on the radio first and later bought a CD featuring it. I remember loving the piece more than anything. The winner was the one who played the piece the best. Funny how a couple of other pianists at the competition had absolutely no clue about the work. From then on, I truly value competitions that requires playing a new piece (such as the Cliburn), instead of the Chopin competition where the Lang Lang's and Li Yundi's can practice the same pieces to death for ten years and win.
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Quote from: springrite on August 03, 2010, 04:01:01 PM
Vine's Piano Sonata is talked about a good bit. Have you heard any of his other works?
Vine's Piano Concerto is a beautiful work. There's only one recording of it and it's with Edo de Waart/Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It's coupled with the Choral Symphony and Symphony No. 4.2, but I bought this recording just for the concerto as I already had bought the symphony set. It was definitely worth it as it's one of the best piano concertos I've heard from a composer of recent times.
If you like Carl Vine, Brett Dean is the next step. He's actually composing music in a new way, the sounds in his music are just out of this world. He's written a number of symphonic & chamber works. There are a number of interviews with him on youtube, but I can't find any of his music. He's well represented on ABC Classics. He won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in 2009 for his Violin Concerto. I haven't heard that, but have heard a number of his works in concert & on cd, and all I can say is that he is also one of the most interesting Australian composers working today (He's about 6 years Vine's junior)...
Quote from: Sid on August 03, 2010, 07:04:48 PM
Yes, I would like to explore Brett Dean. What do you know about Brenton Broadstock or Kats-Chernin? Have you heard their music? I know Kats-Chernin's Wild Swans is pretty popular in Australia or at least from what I've read anyway.
Haven't heard much Broadstock, but he's a big name here. As is Kats-Chernin, who is a type of minimalist but very eclectic (throwing in things like Chopin, cabaret, musical clocks into her Piano Concerto No. 2). She is comparable to the UK's Michael Nyman, and similar in her ubiquity in this country - she's done heaps of work in radio, tv, ballet, even co-authoring a cookbook & album "Slow Food." I've only got one cd of her's which includes the above concerto as well as the Wild Swans suite (which is more minimalistic & repetitive than the concerto, which I enjoy better) and a tone poem Mythic. It's on ABC Classics and part of the same TSO series of the Vine cd above. That's a good series, I picked up a couple when they were on special, but at their usual price, they're pretty steep, so I haven't ventured further.
As for Vine, I'll listen to my tape recording of his string quartet from a live broadcast done here in May with the Goldner Quartet (who I'm going to see this weekend, so it ties in pretty nicely). I'll get back to you here about what I think of that work in day or so.
Well I don't think Kats-Chernin would be my cup of tea as I'm not too keen on minimalism. I do enjoy Arvo Part and some of Steve Reich's works, but generally it's something I can take or leave.
I own several of the ABC Classics recordings now. I'm about to pick-up a recording of Sculthrope's Piano Concerto. If I were you, I would try and venture into some of Vine's orchestral music, which for me, is very strong and of high quality.
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Thanks for starting this. Years ago, I heard the above-mentioned Piano Sonata on a car stereo when I was driving somewhere. I was really impressed by it. Since then I haven't heard a note of Vine's music. But that sonata was so good that I still remember it.
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Quote from: Velimir on August 03, 2010, 08:46:29 PM
You should try and explore his symphonies, Velimir. I think you would enjoy them.
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 03, 2010, 04:17:00 PM
I have the first three symphonies. Would like to add to that, of course.
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I assume this disc with the piano concerto duplicates the recordings included in the ABC symphonies box (the timings look the same)? If so, is there any other disc featuring the work?
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Quote from: Lethe on August 04, 2010, 03:21:20 AM
If so, is there any other disc featuring the work?
I already stated above that this was the ONLY recording of Vine's Piano Concerto and this was actually the original release of Symphonies Nos. 6 & 4.
Quote from: springrite on August 04, 2010, 02:56:15 AM
Have you listened to them in depth? They are all great works. I particularly love the Vine builds these works and the way his music transitions from let's say a very fast musical passage to a more lyrical slow passage is remarkable.


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Trail Blazers assistant coach: 'We didn't publicize it, but we lost LaMarcus Aldridge'
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The Trail Blazers are putting together a nice, young big-man rotation.
They already had Meyers Leonard. They traded for Noah Vonleh and Mason Plumlee. And they agreed to sign Al-Farouq Aminu, who can and should play plenty of power forward.
The big question: Will those players provide depth around LaMarcus Aldridge or replace the free agent?
Aldridge reportedly told the Trail Blazers he's leaving. Portland general manager Neil Olshey denied that, but assistant coach Kim Hughes apparently believes Aldridge is gone.
Hughes, at Leonard's basketball camp at his Illinois high school, on WTHI-TV (hat tip: Mike Tokito of The Oregonian):
Well, people don't realize we just went young. We didn't publicize it, but we lost LaMarcus Aldridge. It hasn't been declared yet, but I'm sure he won't come back. We will go young.
I still wouldn't completely rule out Aldridge returning to Portland.
Hughes is speaking out of turn, at least from the franchise's perspective, and he's not in the front office. I think he knows Aldridge informed the team he's leaving, but it's possible he's basing that statement on some assumptions.
Even if Hughes is certain Aldridge told the Trail Blazers he's leaving – and I think that's the most likely scenario – that doesn't mean he's gone. People change their minds. Aldridge spent nine years in Portland, and the Trail Blazers can offer him the most money. If he becomes uncertain about his direction, a one-year deal (with a player option in year two) in Portland makes a lot of sense.
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Legacy of Hennig
I've played a lot of games. Huge numbers of games. Too many. Maybe. No. Never enough! It's like saying you've read too many books. It's silly. You can read in a way in which you don't take anything in, and you can do the same with games. It isn't the game's fault. You're the stupid one, stupid.
I house sat once this one time during this one summer, and the owners had this Uncharted series of games, which I am telling you now are basically a cross between Tomb Raider and one of those over the shoulder cover based shooty action things that everyone is making. I don't know. You pick one. Gears of War? Splinter Cell? Rainbow Six: Vegas? Yeah. Not exactly ground breaking stuff, but to be fair they clearly spent an absurd amount of time making sure the controls were perfect. They really nailed down to what was important about these things. But look, that is for another time. Probably not though, because that is probably all I have to say about that.
Anyway, I sat down to play the first of these games, and looked up and the sun had started a whole new game without me. Fourteen whole hours had snuck off on me. I ran off and did other things at that point, because I had agreed to, but I spent most of the day thinking about the characters and the dialogue of these games, and the super engrossing plot. I thought this was pretty weird, because they don't normally spend any time on these sort of things in games. It's usually just stuff happened so do stuff. Sometimes there is a fictitious/real war, or maybe stuff needs stealing. It's pretty meh most of the time, but it was the writing this time that kept me playing for fourteen hours straight. I got on the webs and pushed some buttons and discovered that the crafter here, was a crafter whose crafts I had obsessed over as a previous younger version of myself.
For many years I have beat people about the face with the Legacy of Kain series. A strange thing in that I think that the second, third and fifth games tell the greatest story that has ever appeared in games. Ever. Shut up! You're wrong. It's this. This thing that I am saying. I don't care what you think it is. Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance tell one of the greatest fantasy stories, vampire stories, philosophical dramas, and epic tragedies that has ever been written in any medium. And they were written by this same person. Amy Hennig. That's the picture at the top. That is who that is. It isn't just a picture of some lady. That would be weird. You know, I just started putting random pictures in my posts that didn't have anything to do with what I was talking about.
I could start explaining the story to you, but it would be stupid, because it is so well told. It would be like explaining the best brownies you have ever eaten entirely through the medium of bread. Kudos to anyone who actually takes a shot at that by the way. But you would be better off playing the games and eating the brownies. Probably at the same time. I will say that it is like watching an amazing game of chess from the point of view of one of the pawns who appears on the board after most of it is cleared only to discover that all the really interesting moves are yet to be played. A game of chess with amazing dialogue, incredible characters, and one of the most fantastically rich backstories you are ever likely to come across.
One of the things that makes Amy Hennig's writing all the more impressive, which she doesn't even need, is that Soul Reaver started life as a different game completely separate from Legacy of Kain, which was not yet a franchise. Orders were handed to her from on high, and she owned the hell out of that series from that point forward. She took the Legacy of elements that existed in the first game and turned them into something incredible.
Four of the five games are available as a collection on Steam, but you get the three important ones, which is the important bit. They are the important ones, because they are the ones with the unbelievable writing. Not unbelievable in that they contain fantasy elements that defy belief. They do, but that's not what I am saying. Unbelievable in how good it is. This woman, Amy Hennig, who wrote these things is some kind of bizarre thing from another world. She isn't human in the best possible way.
Look, if you are likely to play games, you should play these games. In terms of quality of narrative it will stand head and shoulders above the vast majority of the books, films, television series, plays, comics, and games you will ever encounter. They are Windows only, which might be a problem for some people, and there are some control pad compatibility issues which I solved by using an outdated control pad which set me back the grand total of $3. Cheaper and easier than a great many applications that are designed to resolve this particular issue.
There isn't any kissing. Maybe I should bring that up. People tend to expect that sort of thing from vampires these days, but they aren't those sort of vampires. It's all fate of the world sort of stuff. Destiny versus responsibility and the like. Also one of the characters is missing part of his face, so he isn't really a kisser. He is more into reaving souls. Also eating them. He munches down on the regular. It's a plot thing, and a game mechanic. You really can't avoid it. That isn't a spoiler. It's in the title.
You can play the two Blood Omen games too if you want, which also do not contain any kissing. The first one, which is the better of the two and not available on Steam, is available through the Playstation Network (I've been told). There are also places around the web that offer it up free of charge as abandonware, which it is not. That is up to you. Be warned: it has aged. A lot. It is seventeen years old, but it is still super playable. The second one is on Steam, as I covered upstairs.
I would also recommend the Uncharted games, which were also crafted to her words, but they are frustratingly exclusive to the PS3, which I don't own. I've played them at other people's houses though. I really hate exclusive titles. I really, really do. You have no idea. Totally for another time. And she did Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City, which I am not going to comment on as I have never played it. There was this whole basketball craze during the nineties, and stuff like this happened. Shaqueil O'Neil had Shaq Fu, which was a child of both the basketball and fighting game crazes. I did play that one. Weird plot. Rescuing kid from a mummy. I don't really remember. A mummy, not his mummy. That's important. I remember that.
Oh yeah, that's right. She lost her job recently. Sony got rid of her from Naughty Dog (a game studio), because I have no idea why. There are rumours, but they sound stupid. Use her name in conversation. Make her a known thing. Everyone should help and encourage her befaming. I follow her on Twitter, because I'm excited about whatever she will be doing next.
Also, while I am here talking about Legacy of Kain, I should offer you something in case you get completely hooked on the series. It happens. I've done it to people before. There is a website called The Lost Worlds, which is basically DVD extra features for the series. It is amazing. There are community sites and wikias that are often a hodgepodge of appalling attempts at basic communication and what have you out there (EDIT: This is an unfair statement that is both needlessly negative and not indicative of the information available on the community sites. I hope that this statement reflects more poorly on myself than it does on any of the Legacy of Kain community websites. Unfortunately, I am making this edit after the negativity of this comment was brought to my attention by somebody else. I will endeavour in future not to resort to this sort of unnecessary commentary for any reason, especially when it is inaccurate.), but this is by this one guy, Ben Lincoln, who has a style of writing of which it is very easy to read a lot. For hours. On end. And it is very well organised. He has also done a lot of the actual digital digging talked about on his site himself. He is a clever guy.
Anyway, Amy Hennig. Amazing! Incredibly talented writer who is kind of unsung. She should be sung about more. Start singing!
Here is another picture to muse you. Get mused. Do it!
If you do actually write a song about Amy Hennig, absolutely let me know. Even if it is just new lyrics over a song that is not yours. We have no problem with that here.
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Legacy of Kain Wiki said...
Sorry about our site's appalling attempts at basic communication. We honestly are working on it as best we can, but it's a truly massive project and can't be done overnight.
Jacob Henwood said...
I'm sorry about that comment. It is one of those things that I wrote without really thinking about it, and was a really unfortunate attempt at being glib without taking due regard of what I was actually saying. I honestly feel that it reflects more negatively on myself than it does on your website.
I am, unfortunately, in possession of the habit of being negative in lieu of being clever, informative, and funny. This is a habit that I am trying to break, but it is still a work in progress.
The comment was unfair, and I was trying to elevate the exceptional work of Ben Lincoln through nastiness. I apologise profusely, and have no motivations towards detracting from the work that you have all put into a Wiki that I spend an inordinate amount of time on.
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Thank you, but I think your comment was accurate. I didn't mean to give off an impression that I take umbrage with it - I genuinely am sorry for the poor experience we're giving readers, because many of our pages are in fact very poorly written (and, indeed, unwritten!).
I wanted to put into context the broad scope of the project, because we don't want our writing to misrepresent the dedication of the LoK community. There's just so much to cover that we prefer to put up our first drafts and iterate on them with polish as we go, for sanity's sake. That rough work isn't always pretty, but it's usually the best we can offer at the time, with our limited manpower. :)
Anyway, Ben's site can't be topped – and this all has little to do with your excellent article, which I regret detracting from now.
You didn't detract from my article. That was something I managed all on my own. I don't think that making negative comments about fellow appreciators of the good work being done by both Amy Hennig and Ben Lincoln does anything but detract from any attempt to praise them.
A Wiki is an immense undertaking, and nonconstructive sniping from someone who does not even participate helps none of us.
I think the graciousness with which you have taken this in your stride is admirable, and worthy of being drawn attention to, which is what I am doing right now.
In future I will consider before I post.
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Windows 10....what the heck happened to windows 9?
Bassfisher, I hope it's somebody at Microsoft wanting to get further away from Win 8.
You might also check on Ian's post HERE. He has rebranded the Windows 9 site to Windows 10 to keep up with the announced change.
After all the hoopla, I'v seen,read all the MS releases about 10.....and guess you're right about separating itself from Windows 8 with the new Windows 10.
As it is, there will always be haters to something new. I found 8/8.1 to be very good OS and not had one problem with that OS. Loved it even though I don't have a touch screen. I don't use the start screen but just the desktop environment with no 3rd party start software. Although I did use Classic Shell and Start8 for awhile...and preferred Start8 over Classic Shell but went back to the windows 8.1 start screen.
Now I've just downloaded the 10 Tech Preview and getting ready to triple boot with 7/8.1/10, so I can try the 10 Preview.
I am a happy untroubled Windows 8 user also. I have one computer with a touchscreen, which I confess I rarely use - the touchscreen, that is. I still prefer my lifelong habit of mouse and keyboard and, frankly, find it quicker and more convenient.
I guess this is not the forum to discuss Windows 10 but, briefly, I have had it up and running for some days now and am not, at this stage, overexcited. I am an enthusiastic supporter of Microsoft products, but am still waiting to see how this one progresses. So far, I have a choice in the future. 1. Change to Windows X, just for the hack of it or, 2. Carry on using my Windows 8 installations., with which I am now familiar.
how to get "reply" option on facebook page??
How do I get Half-Life 2 and Portal to run on Windows 8?


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require 'spec_helper'

describe DonationsController, type: :controller do
  describe '#create' do
    let(:token) do
      Stripe::Token.create(
        card: {
          number: 4_242_424_242_424_242,
          exp_month: 12,
          exp_year: Time.now.year+1,
          cvc: 123
        }
      ).to_h.merge(email: 'test@example.com') # simulate stripe checkout request
    end

    it 'creates a charge for the given amount' do
      VCR.use_cassette 'stripe' do
        post :create, amount: '$5.45', token: token
      end

      response.should be_success
      assigns(:charge).status.should eq 'succeeded'
      assigns(:charge).amount.should eq 545
    end

    it 'returns an error if the amount cannot be parsed' do
      VCR.use_cassette 'stripe' do
        post :create, amount: 'balls', token: token
      end

      response.should be_client_error
      JSON.parse(response.body)['error'].should include 'Please enter a valid amount'
    end

    let(:token_decline_always) do
      Stripe::Token.create(
        card: {
          number: 4_000_000_000_000_002,
          exp_month: 12,
          exp_year: Time.now.year+1,
          cvc: 123
        }
      )
    end

    it 'returns an error if stripe returns one' do
      VCR.use_cassette 'stripe' do
        post :create, amount: '$1.23', token: token_decline_always.to_h
      end

      response.should be_client_error
      JSON.parse(response.body)['error'].should include 'declined'
    end
  end
end

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In 1756, King Alaungphaya of Birma wrote a letter on solid gold, decorated with 24 rubies. This golden letter was sent to King George II. King Alaungphaya authorized establishing a secured base for ships of the East India Company on Birma's coast.
The letter, which arrived in London in 1758, after almost two years' journey, remained unanswered. This failure to deal with the offer of the Burmese king led to the fact that he ultimately destroyed the only existing English trading outpost. Thus the relations between England and Burma were interrupted for decades.
The letter was secured in Hanover's Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library over centuries and merely forgotten. Dr. Jacques Leider of l'École Française d'Extrême Orient lately identified the letter being the only one of its kind worldwide.
In 2009 UNESCO included the Golden Letter in their global register "Memory of the World" pursuing the issues of the world's documentary heritage.
In close cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library we digitized the Golden Letter in 3D. This is supposed to support the intercultural exchange of Germany and Myanmar and to establish a modern cultural bridge in between both countries.
Besides the 3D scan, especially the scientific matters were highly interesting for us. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Reinhard Laube and his colleagues of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library for the support of this project. Also we want to express our thanks to the Federal Foreign Office.
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For the western group, it's all about the scenery. Deserts, mountains, more deserts and then, just for fun, more mountains. Most of the roads will be secondary and most will have route numbers.
The eastern group is more about the small towns and the people. And history. Gettysburg, Wounded Knee, Dodge City are all on the way.
The group meets at Uncle Bill's house for a barbeque on Saturday afternoon. Friends, family and neighbors are all invited to stop by and meet the riders. There will be plenty of meat, Boca burgers and liquid refreshments to satisfy just about everyone's palette.
An early AM start has the group driving over to the Philadelphia Art Museum for a photo op at the top of the "Rocky" steps. Then it's off to Gettysburg, PA, Frederick, MD, Clarksburg, WV and finishing in Athens, OH. Once past Gettysburg they say goodbye to the Interstate. About 446 miles.
Day 2 and the group spends it all on Highway 50. After leaving Athens they roll through Hillsboro, OH, North Vernon, Il Cincinnati, OH Vincennes IN to Carlyle IL. 431 miles.
The Easterners start out in Carlyle and head through St Louis, MO. (scene of a nasty rain storm last year) Then it's more highway 50 through Rosebud, Sedalia (lunch at the Harley Dealer), Blue Springs and ends in Lawrence, Kansas. Dinner is with Uncle Bill's daughter and we continue the tradition of passing out kazoos and scaring the locals. It's about 358 miles for the day.
Day 4 starts in Lawrence and ends in Dodge City. Photo ops along the way include Kaw Mission monument, Madonna of the Trails Monument and Fort Dodge. Another easy day at 340 miles.The best part of Day 4 is that we meet up at trail's end in Dodge City with our favorite sightseers from the Left Coast, the Western Long Reach Long Riders. The Eastern Group will probably arrive first, so we'll have to make it a down-home welcome for Grits' Gang, sure to be worn to a nub from all those canyons and lonesome pines.
Day 5 is one of the longer ones, but it's definitely worth it. Dodge City to start and finish in Gordon, NE. Highway 2 out of Lexington is a designated scenic highway and the cameras will be working overtime.
"Everything that rides must converge." Destination: Las Vegas. From points around California, but mostly San Diego, the Western Long Reach Long Riders (WLRLRs) meet at a quirky little place near Red Rocks, NV called the Bonnie Springs Motel. A throw-back to the 1950's, the motel features hardwood carpets, a petting zoo, horseback rides, and an Old West town complete with daily gunfights and hangin's. There will be a few iron horses parked outside tonight. That's just about 340 miles for the first day.
The day begins with a leisurely ride through Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area—a beautiful tumble of, well, red rocks. After exploring the 13 mile scenic drive, the WLRLRs drop down into Sin City for the requisite photo ops. Then it's up I-15 to St. George, Utah, where we hang a right at the Harley Davidson dealership and head up to Zion National Park. This is an easy day of just over 180 miles. No Iron Butts on this ride. We overnight near the park, perhaps at the Zion Park Lodge if Lady Luck smiles upon our motley crew.
This will be a grueling day—all 350 miles of it. First it is a slow ride through the mile-long Zion tunnel and the spectacular eastern portion of the park. We pick up the pace and highway 89 north—yet another scenic highway (will it ever end!?)—and turn right on highway 12. After a short detour to Bryce Canyon National Park and lunch at the lodge, it's on to Escalante through the Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument. It's slow going because of all the photo stops. Highway 24 appears on our right and takes us through Capitol Reef National Park—the 4th or 5th "national something" in three dang days! We meet I-70 near Green River and then dive down Highway 128 through Arches National Park (oh puhleez!) for an overnight in Moab.
What the heck . . . ? Highway 191 isn't even listed as a scenic highway—it's just a road! It takes us to Highway 491 and Cortez, Colorado. Hmm . . . which way do we go? Durango or Montrose? We choose Montrose and ride along those gosh darn scenic highways again, all the way to Salida! That's 300 miles of unrelenting natural pulchritude. Ok, ok—enough of this indescribeable scenery—we gotta rest. So we do an overnight in Salida.
Ok, we got a few more scenic miles to cover. This time it's Salida, Colorado to Dodge City, Kansas. The first 100 miles or so are more of the same: 14,000 foot, pine covered peaks and verdant valleys (ho hum). But once we get to Pueblo, Colorado the real fun begins: 275 miles of Plain Jane. It feels like 2,775 miles. It's flat, it's straight—it's Kansas! But at the end of the day we get to meet the Eastern Long Reach Long Riders, and that makes the grind worthwhile.
The two groups are together for their first full day of riding. Dodge City to start and finish in Gordon, NE. Highway 2 out of Lexington is a designated scenic highway and the cameras will be working overtime.
It's local roads from Gordon, NE to South Dakota. We'll stop at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre to pay our respects and then head over to Hot Springs and, hopefully, we'll stop at that little Mexican Restaurant that we found last year. We're hoping to be at Mt. Rushmore by around 2 PM.
And then it's 4 nights in the Rapid City area. Fun, food, photos, and David learns to drive the really fast go-carts on the proper side of the track!


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Raggiunse il suo best ranking in singolare il 21 aprile 1997 con la 57ª posizione; nel doppio divenne, il 27 ottobre 1997, la 60ª del ranking WTA.

Nel 2001, in coppia con la sudafricana Nannie de Villiers raggiunse la finale del Canberra International, venendo però sconfitta dalla coppia formata dalla statunitense Nicole Arendt e dalla giapponese Ai Sugiyama con il risultato di 4-6, 62-7. Raggiunse, inoltre, nel 1998 il terzo turno degli Australian Open, miglior risultato ottenuto nei tornei del grande slam. Nell'ITF Women's Circuit vanta un totale di nove tornei vinti in singolare e quattordici in doppio.

In tre occasioni venne convocata nella squadra australiana di Fed Cup tra il 1997 e il 1998, con un bilancio complessivo di tre vittorie e due sconfitte.

Statistiche

Tornei WTA

Doppio

Sconfitte in finale (1)

Tornei minori

Singolare

Vittorie (9)

Doppio

Vittorie (14)

Risultati in progressione

Singolare nei tornei del Grande Slam

Doppio nei tornei del Grande Slam

Doppio misto nei tornei del Grande Slam

Collegamenti esterni

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Gawler Dark History and Ghost Tour
Gawler Dark History Crime Tour: "We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." ~ Oscar Wilde
Walking through its streets, people seem totally unaware of just how steeped in history the town of Gawler really is, and why we are proud to bring you this Gawler Dark History Crime Tour.
However, if you were to walk along the South Para River back in 1835, the area would have looked very different.
It would have been thick with the natural flora such as red gums, blue gums, peppermint gums and stringy barks.
The Para Rivers would be flowing more freely with natural springs feeding the waterholes along the way.
These in turn would be rich in fishing, containing many fish and crustaceans such as yabbies.
In fact game was abundant with emu, kangaroo and many smaller marsupials keeping Australia's other icon, the dingo, fed and their packs healthy.
Children's laughter could be heard echoing through the gully and the blue smoke haze that had settled there. This would be coming from the original custodians of this land, the Kaurna people.
The children would be freely playing along the life giving waters and the blue haze would be coming from the fire stick farming that the people practiced in this area.
At this point they were blissfully unaware of the great change that was about to come to their land in the following years.
The era of the local aboriginals and their way of life was about to come to an end, with the last Gawler kaurna, Warette, dying in 1910.
Sadly they left little record of their culture or language.
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Colonel Light and Gawler Dark History Crime Tour
It was in 1837, that Col. William Light passed through the area.
He had completed his survey of the new town of Adelaide and was now given the task of finding a route through to the Riverland, bypassing the difficult terrain of what we now know as the Mount Lofty Ranges.
He became very taken with an area he was using to camp in.
This became known as Para Pass, although the name was soon to change to Dead Man's Pass, after a body which Col. Light discovered there.
He was much taken with its potential, its beauty and fertile area and eventually passed this information on to two newly arrived settlers, John Reid and Henry Dundas Murray.
On Col. Light's recommendation they rode out to look for this area and what they found was to their liking too.
Col. Light agreed to the following request to survey Gawler even though he had turned down many other jobs and In 1839 the plans of Gawler were completed.
Sadly Col. Light died later that same year.
By 1840 Gawler had grown to a grand population of 34 people and the changes they brought with them were starting to take effect.
The town grew rapidly after copper was discovered in 1842 in Kapunda and then in Burra and Moonta.
Gawler became an important staging town for teams travelling through. It quickly became known as the Gateway to the North and even the Athens of the South.
Great pioneers such as Walter Duffield, builder of the beautiful Para Para Mansion and James Martin built successful industries in Gawler and the wealth that followed is reflected in some of the ornate buildings along the route, such as the banks, the Town Hall and the Institute.
Gawler even had it's own newspaper, named (tongue in cheek by the Humbug Society) after an aboriginal legend – The Bunyip. The Bunyip continues to this day.
It was certainly not an easy life in those early pioneer days and this can be seen clearly if you visit Gawler's tranquil Pioneer Park.
Most do not realise, as they sit under the cool shade of a tree or admire the bandstand, that under their feet still lies the original cemetery of Gawler.
The plaque lists the 471 people that were buried in this location and it was a sad reflection of the times that most of these were children, the first being little Ellen Fielding in 1847.
The cemetery was eventually closed in the 1860's due to concerns expressed by the locals that it would taint their water supply and spread disease.
These days as you wander through Gawler, you are looking at a successful and very busy town that still tries to preserve that 'country town' image. The population has grown over the years from the 34 in 1840 to a much larger 23,000 and it is still growing.
Our Gawler Dark History Crime Tour
Join us on this unique Gawler Dark History Crime Tour, where we delve into a darker past and meet those poor souls that tragically succumbed to these self-made demons!
Murder, tragedy, mystery… yes Gawler had it all! What was deemed the 'Athens of the North' certainly had its darker moments.
So come with us through the streets of Gawler as we explore tragic tales, murder mysteries and yes, even the odd ghost story!
1. What was the cause of Gawlers most tragic love story and why did it rock the town?
2. What happened to the 9 year old girl attacked by her mother's 14 year old killer?
3. What was the real cause of an elderly lady burning to death?
4. How did Dead Man's Pass really get its name and what of the ghosts said to haunt there still?
Come on our Gawler Dark History Crime Tour and find the answers to these questions… who said history is boring!
I just popped onto your page to say a very big thank you for our tour last night. It was amazing how you managed to bring the stories of those poor people back to life, not with drama and trickery but with well researched historical fact. It was amazing to see the passion you have for those poor souls Alison, almost as if they finally found a voice in you because you were willing to listen to them with an objective open mind. (I'm amazed at how you remember every detail as if they were members of your own family.) It was as if they were finally getting the dignity and respect each and every one of them deserved. Thankyou so much would have been value at twice the price I now cant wait to do the Adelaide Tour and the Old Adelaide Jail . Well done you're a treasure.
Cathie Baker
We attended the Gawler Dark History tour last night. We absolutely loved it. A big thank you to Alison for the stories and drawing me into them to create the pictures and events in my mind. Next up.. Tailem Town
Ali Rushton
Gawler Dark History Crime Tour details
Duration: 2 1/2 hours
Time: 7.00 p.m. until 9.30 p.m.
Cost: $25.00 pp
Please note this Gawler Dark History Crime tour is now only by request for a minimum of 6 people (we reserve the right to add more if max number of 15 is not met)
Due to the streets of Gawler being extremely busy at weekends, these tours only run Sun-Weds
Adelaide's Haunted Horizons reserves the right to cancel an event should numbers not be reached or if property owners decide to use locations for their own events. If this happens money will be refunded in full or another date offered.
Please note, although the stories that are told are real, Haunted Horizon's™ naturally can NOT promise you a ghost on the night, we can however ensure you have an enjoyable and fun night. For this reason these tours and workshops should be viewed as entertainment only.
Book with the local operator you can trust. Haunted Horizons™, has been named best Tour Operator in the South Australian Tourism Awards 2015 and 2016. You will also be booking with experienced and professional guides who've been operating more than 10 years.


The traditional method involves a lot of work and learning sometimes hard and difficult at first. It is above all a slow method that involves several years of learning, but it is the only truly effective solution if your goal is to learn pieces by great composers.
But if you just want to learn to play pieces that you like, that you've heard here and there, there are simplified methods to learn piano in less time.
These simplified methods are those that swarm on the Internet. Surely you have already seen videos on YouTube or Daily moon in which they tell you that it is possible to learn to play the piano in 24 hours. These videos often make you think of the trickery ads that promise to make you 15,000 euros a month from home and, therefore, there are reasons to doubt these "miraculous" methods, which are full of slightly exaggerated marketing promises.
However, there is some truth in these miraculous methods: you can learn to play piano pieces fairly quickly without knowing solfege and in a very intuitive way. The principle is to imitate another person while playing. It is impossible to learn complex pieces with this method, but, instead, you can learn to play pieces with simultaneous chords, pieces of popular music, for example, or even simplified transcriptions of musical pieces, since it will be difficult to play the original score with this method. It can be a very effective method, but it requires a good concentration and a good memoryand you read more about jazz pianists here.
Other miraculous methods offer to learn to improvise with the piano in a few days. Even if it is a bit exaggerated, there is also some truth in this statement. The music is composed of chords and the chords are linked together following a certain logic.
On a scale (in C major, for example), each note and each chord built on that note have a specific function? In C major, the C chord has a tonic function.
The chord of the sun, in degree V, has a dominant function: it is the second most important chord after the chord in tonic function.
Then there is the subdominant chord, which goes just below the dominant chord, as its name suggests. In C major, it is the chord of fa.
These three chords (tonic, dominant and subdominant) allow you to improvise pieces without much difficulty. The idea is to link these three chords (I, IV, V, I for example) with the left hand and improvise melodies with the right hand, using all the notes of the scale. Progressively, you will learn new scales to diversify the chords and perform modulations.
If you want to learn piano in a serious way, understand the music in depth and play complex pieces (whether classic or not), this method will be too small right away, since it will only be productive if your goals are modest.
We repeat it: there are no good or bad methods, everything depends on your goals. In addition, the methods are not contradictory between them. You can perfectly learn with simplified and intuitive methods while learning solfeggio (with a Superprof teacher, for example).
Do you want to learn to play piano without leaving home? Our teachers also offer an online piano course adapted to the level of each one.


Fast trains from Munich to Hof take around 3 hours and 29 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 243 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Munich and Hof.
1. Are there direct trains from Munich to Hof?
Direct trains from Munich to Hof have been found.
We usually find around 18 direct trains on the route from Munich to Hof every weekday.
2. How long is the train journey from Munich to Hof?
The Munich to Hof train travel time is normally about 3 hours and 29 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Munich to Hof train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest direct train to Hof is usually scheduled to depart Munich around 04:43 and the last train is around 20:44. This is the same at the weekend.
When to book Munich to Hof train tickets?
Trains in Germany usually open for booking around 6 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Munich to Hof by train.
Which train companies operate between Munich and Hof?
Alex is the train company that operates on the route from Munich to Hof.


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Current: Splinter Cell on PS4: Hopes Renewed Following Big Hint From Voice Actor
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Splinter Cell on PS4: Hopes Renewed Following Big Hint From Voice Actor
Simon Sayers / January 9, 2019
So, who wants a new Splinter Cell on PS4, or even PS5?
Well, Luca Ward, the Italian voice actor who played Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell series, seems to be given us a hint.
On his Facebook page, he's updated his profile picture. See anything of interest?
This could suggest that he's starting work, or is in the midst of reprising his role again for a brand-new Splinter Cell adventure. His fanbase certainly hope so, check out those comments.
We're sure we're not the only Sam Fisher fans looking forward to a Splinter Cell PS4 release, a new game in the Ubisoft stealth series that takes advantage of Sony's hardware. And, following a new leak on Amazon last year, it looks like the possibility of a new Splinter Cell is becoming a reality.
Initially there were a few rumors that the next Splinter Cell game after Blacklist would arrive sometime in 2017, but that's obviously not happened. What we do know is that the franchise is very likely to be getting a reboot at some point, but whether that will be a Splinter Cell Remastered, an improved version of one – or even more – of the previous games, or a full blown new release remains to be seen.
Splinter Cell PS4 Rumors
In August 2016, an insider reported that he knew someone on the set of the new Splinter Cell that is working alongside Michael Ironside, the Sam Fisher actor from previous games, including the superb Splinter Cell Conviction, but since then there's not been a peep.
Another hint that Sam Fisher may be ready for a return came directly from the Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot in June 2017. He explained that the issue is that Ubisoft has invested a lot of time in some of its other franchises, including The Division and Ghost Recon Wildlands, both of which have sold very well and have huge fan bases.
Why Splinter Cell Should Return
We're fans of both The Division and Ghost Recon Wildlands, but PS4 is crying out for a decent stealth game to rival the brilliant Hitman series and games like Dishonored and Metal Gear Solid V.
Those games take the old-fashioned notion of what stealth should be in videogames, and modernise it in various ways without alienating the fanbase. Ubisoft could apply that thinking to a Splinter Cell PS4 title quite easily. Nobody's saying it has to go guns out and Michael Bay levels of carnage, but a level of flexibility where you can go anywhere from fully covert stealth, unseen, hiding in the shadows, to calculated, brisk hand-to-hand combat should the need arise seems like a fine way of continuing the progression from the direction Blacklist headed.
The Wrong Direction For Splinter Cell
But is the lucrative nature of the open world game behind Ubisoft's reluctance to bring Sam Fisher out of retirement? Ghost Recon was another tactics-heavy title confined to rooms, corridors, and reasonably-sized areas, Wildlands took the series open world, and now it's likely to be the best-selling in the series. Even Beyond Good and Evil 2 won't escape being thrust onto the great open world stage. Splinter Cell seems like an ill fit for such a model, and as a result, it may continue to sit on the backburner until there's a decline in that type of game (a hell of a long time basically).
You'd like to think there's a sincerity in Guillemot's claims that Splinter Cell hasn't been disavowed for good because there's definitely a place for it in modern gaming. We just hope those ideas don't involve diluting what made it such a beloved franchise to begin with by spreading it too thin in yet another open world. That's not the kind of thing Splinter Cell fans want creeping up on them.
Are you looking forward to a Splinter Cell on PS4? Let us know in the comments below.
Note: All images used in this article are from Splinter Cell Blacklist.


The Veteran served in the United States Air Force from November 1984 to December 2004. While in service, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and treated with an antibiotic called isoniazid. Shortly after beginning treatment, elevated liver enzymes were noted and his use of the antibiotic was discontinued. In November of 2002, the Veteran was diagnosed with hepatic steatosis. Two years later, he filed an initial claim for service connection for hepatic steatosis, asserting that his treatment with isoniazid caused it. However, his claim was quickly denied by the Regional Office. The Veteran continued to appeal to the Board of Veterans' Appeals, where his case was remanded in 2011 and again in 2014. Throughout this appeals process, he established service connection for a back condition, knee condition, and respiratory disabilities. He also began gaining weight and was eventually diagnosed with morbid obesity. Medical records attributed the Veteran's weight gain to a variety of factors, including difficulty exercising because of his back and knee pain. In February of 2016, the Veteran attended a VA examination in which the examiner found that his hepatic steatosis was not the result of his treatment with isoniazid. However, the examiner did attribute the condition to his obesity. Nonetheless, the Board denied service connection.
In February of 2017, the Board issued a decision denying the Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatic steatosis. In its decision, the Board relied on the February 2016 VA examination that determined the Veteran's condition was not due to the isoniazid as he originally contended. Furthermore, the Board decision did not address whether the Veteran's obesity could have been due to his service-connected conditions and thereby used as an intermediate step in awarding secondary service connection for hepatic steatosis.
CCK successfully appealed to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) the Board decision that denied service connection for hepatic steatosis. CCK argued that the February 2016 examination report raised the issue of whether the Veteran's hepatic steatosis is secondary to his service-connected back, knee, and respiratory disabilities, since they prevented him from exercising and contributed to the development of obesity. CCK cited a precedential opinion to demonstrate that obesity can be an intermediate step between a current disability and a service-connected disability if the Board finds that (1) the service-connected disability caused the Veteran to become obese; (2) obesity was a substantial factor in causing the claimed secondary disability; and (3) the claimed secondary disability would not have occurred but for the obesity caused by the service-connected disability.
CCK successfully argued, and the Court agreed, that the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's hepatic steatosis as secondary to his service-connected disabilities, with obesity as intermediary, was raised by the record and that the Board erred in failing to address it. The Court noted the Veteran cited several documents of record demonstrating the fact that his service-connected back and knee disabilities resulted in weight gain and that these conditions severely impair or prevent his ability to exercise. Ultimately, the Board should have taken such information into consideration when rendering its decision. Accordingly, the Court vacated and remanded the case back to the Board for additional development and readjudication.


LONDON – 12-18-2018 (PRDistribution.com) — Last week, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, delivered his fourth Budget Address, in which he revealed the nation's continued economic success in 2018 and expectations for further growth in 2019. A significant reason for this financial progress is the country's thriving Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme. The number of applications for the Programme submitted in 2018 is higher than they have been in the past four years, and represent a new victory for the Programme. A new investment channel, the Sustainable Growth Fund (SGF), is credited with the increase in interest.
Under the Programme, St Kitts and Nevis offers investors and their families the ability to become global citizens through the acquisition of St Kitts and Nevis citizenship in return for an investment into the country. In the spring of 2018, the Government launched a new fund: the SGF. It is the enhanced benefits offered by this new fund that have inspired the increase in excitement of foreign investors in the Programme.Through the SGF, applicants make a one-time contribution directly to the Government, in return for St Kitts and Nevis citizenship. There is no requirement for ongoing payments, future management of funds, or physical engagement. Consequently, the SGF is the one of the simplest and most trusted avenues into economic citizenship worldwide. It is the most affordable way of obtaining St Kitts and Nevis citizenship, requiring USD 150,000 investment for a single applicant.The SGF is the fastest route under the Programme. The Government can readily ascertain when the full amount has been paid, and therefore quickly notify the applicant of the outcome of their application. The due diligence stage is thorough, and in recent years the Team Unity Government has employed additional resources in order to maintain high standards whilst retaining the speed and efficiency for which St Kitts and Nevis has become known. The Government prides itself on "the most robust due diligence programme anywhere", whilst applicants can trust the integrity of the Programme they are entering.The SGF is also popular for the chance it offers economic citizens to invest in their future country. The funds invested are used to support sustainable economic growth in St Kitts and Nevis, one of whose national objectives is to become a sustainable and resilient nation, as formed by Team Unity in harmony with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. By investing in their adoptive country, SGF applicants can ensure prosperity for their own families and for future generations. Indeed, evidence of the positive impact of CBI investment on the social and economic development of the country can be found in the 2019 Budget Address. Prime Minister Dr. Harris spoke of the "incredible success" of the Programme and crediting it with providing "the fiscal space for us to pay a double salary and introduce our poverty alleviation programme." These considerable social benefits constitute significant investment into the nation's future.A key factor in St Kitts and Nevis' ability to introduce such an efficient and effective fund is its experience in the CBI industry. St Kitts and Nevis' Programme is the oldest in the world, and operates at level commonly referred to as the 'Platinum Standard'. Hopeful applicants are attracted by the nearly 160 jurisdictions to which St Kitts and Nevis citizens can travel visa-free or with a visa-on-arrival. These include major business destinations, such as London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and countless global leisure attractions. This includes St Kitts and Nevis itself, which was named by Bloomberg in 2018 as one of 22 highly recommended luxurious getaways worldwide, the only Caribbean country to attain this standing.Such an accolade is one of many achieved by St Kitts and Nevis this year, all celebrated by the Prime Minister in the Budget Address. Others of note include the prestigious aviation award, the 'Highly Commended Award' in the Destination category of the Routes Americas 2018 Marketing Awards. This stands alongside the recent launch of the East Bus Terminal in December this year. Congestion along the East Line Route will be reduced significantly, and investors and local citizens alike will benefit from a higher standard of service both when travelling and when preparing for travel. With such consideration given to the applicant's experience of the country and of the Programme, it is no wonder 2018 has been a year of victory for St Kitts and Nevis' Programme.
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Nanotechnology delivers military power
Scientists are using nanotechnology to create materials with properties that will revolutionize military technology, from processors to display screens and body armor to air filters.
Scientists are using nanotechnology to create materials with properties that will revolutionize military technology, from processors to display screens and from body armor to air filters.
By Ben Ames
Army leaders are looking for a 21st century battlesuit. The lycra-tight clothing must stop bullets, detect chemical and biological agents, monitor a wounded soldier's vital signs, administer basic first aid, and communicate with headquarters.
One approach could provide answers for all those challenges -- nanotechnology.
In March 2002, Army planners granted $50 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., to create the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. Across the country, military research dollars are flowing to nanotechnology laboratories, as engineers find ways to build more-efficient batteries, more-powerful fuel cells, more-receptive solar cells, more-affordable titanium metal, and more-sensitive chemical and biological agent detectors.
Nanotechnology is no longer a dream discipline for future research -- it is creating products for specific applications today.
** The soldier suit
At MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), researchers collaborate with engineers at Dupont, Partners Healthcare, and Raytheon. Together, they combine expertise in chemistry, medicine, and mechanical engineering, and wrap it all up in nanotechnology-based materials. The result could transform today's cotton and nylon fatigues and bulky equipment belts into lightweight battlesuits that provide a suite of integrated systems.
ISN researchers divide their projects into seven teams:
* Team 1: energy absorbing materials
* Team 2: mechanically active materials and devices
* Team 3: sensing and counteraction
* Team 4: biomaterials and nanodevices for soldier medical technology
* Team 5: processing and characterization
* Team 6: modeling and simulation of materials and processes
* Team 7: systems design, hardening, and integration
Team 1 engineers are developing nanomaterials that will be part of the future soldier's uniform, helmet, and gloves. Some scientists are studying new molecular architectures for ultrastrong energy-absorbing polymers, while others study nanostructured materials for ballistic and blast protection.
Team 3 engineers are seeking ways to detect and respond to chemical and biological threats. Their projects include microbicidal, antiviral, and antisporal fabrics; infrared detection systems for optical sensing; nanoparticle assemblies as chemical toxin deactivation coatings; and fluorescent sensing technologies for selective detection of chemical warfare agents.
Team 4 researchers are working with doctors to use nanotechnology to automatically treat soldier medical conditions like hemorrhage, fracture, and infection.
Team 7 designers are creating battlesuit cooling systems, and a nano-enabled, multifunctional soldier glove with microbicidal coating. (For more information, see web.mit.edu/isn).
** How small is nano?
Every November, military planners at the U.S. Army's Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., invite nanomaterial producers to describe their wares. In 2004, leaders from QuantumSphere Inc. unveiled their new factory in Costa Mesa, Calif. The company can create 2,500 pounds per month of nano-aluminum and nanonickel powders to make better propellants and munitions.
Workers in the new factory can create consistently sized particles, each coated with an oxide shell; uncoated nanometal powders will automatically weld to each other. Each nanonickel powder particle is 8 to 10 nanometers in diameter -- about 10 atoms across, says Doug Carpenter, QuantumSphere's chief science officer and cofounder.
In the past, factories created nanopowders by smashing large blocks of material into tiny bits, yet QuantumSphere's new facility evaporates the original material into atomic particles, condenses it, and mixes it with oxygen gas to create the coating.
Military applications include more than munitions. Military designers are trying to replace platinum as the standard catalyst in fuel cells. Expensive and heavy, platinum loses efficiency as it gets carbonized during temperature cycles, he says.
QuantumSphere's powder could be a solution. The company's engineers mix those tiny particles into a substrate to create membranes and filters that are thin and durable. Such reinforced materials can survive many more thermal cycles than standard membranes, and they can serve as drop-in replacements for platinum in either solid oxide or PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cells.
"Military guys carry more batteries than ammunition or food. I'd like the guy to have more beans and rice and bullets, and still keep the same electric power," Carpenter says.
Nanomaterials are still more expensive to prepare than metal ore, but platinum is so expensive -- 1,700 times the cost of nickel -- that nanonickel still ends up being one-eighth the cost.
Other applications for nanonickel and nanoaluminum alloys could be strong, temperature-resistant materials for piping, airframes, and wing edges. They are also good at shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) because ferrous nanopowders are magnetic.
"It's hard to imagine that a particle with just 300 to 1,000 atoms can maintain its magnetism, but highly magnetic materials are important for shielding," Carpenter says. They can also act as sensors for medical toxins like anthrax and sarin. Those super-strong membranes can also be used to filter toxins out of a soldier's water and air supplies.
** Nanoparticles to charge batteries
The 21st century soldier is weighed down with batteries for electric laptop computers, handheld computers, night-vision goggles, and optoelectronic rifle sights. That load could soon be reduced, thanks to anodes made of nanoparticle-size crystals. Soldiers could recharge the new batteries in a fraction of the time, and thus could carry fewer batteries on the battlefield.
"Anodes with nanoparticles could be charged an order of magnitude faster than macro-size particles, if there's plenty of lithium ion for their huge surface area," says Ken Lyon, vice president for business development at Altair Nanomaterials Inc. in Reno, Nev.
The technology would also be crucial in electric engines, whether they are driving commercial automobiles or unmanned ground vehicles.
In experiments with the new anodes, researchers with Telcordia Technologies Inc. in Piscataway, N.J., and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., charged empty batteries to 80 percent capacity in just six seconds, he says. Altair built anodes for that research under a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Engineers still have some work to do. The new design has less storage capacity than standard lithium ion batteries, but is comparable to nickel metal hydride and nickel cadmium batteries. The latter is the type used in most cell phones, PDAs, and laptops.
If they succeed, the new batteries would be remarkable. Used in a portable power tool, the new design would cost the same, offer three to four times more power per unit of weight, recharge 20 times as often, and gain a full charge in six minutes instead of two hours. Over its lifetime, such a battery could recharge 10,000 to 20,000 times, compared to the current standard of 600 to 700, Lyon says.
Altair engineers grow their crystals from lithium titanate, each one 20 to 25 nanometers in size. At that size, the crystals are strong enough not to break when battery makers force lithium into them -- the chemical process that recharges a battery.
"We can put the dog in the doghouse and it stays there," Lyon says.
Nanoscale batteries pick up a charge faster than other batteries because they offer much more surface area to touch the lithium ion. Altair crystals have surface area of 100 square meters per gram, compared to two or three meters per gram for standard anodes.
Altair researchers can also use their nanocrystals to create titanium more cheaply. Titanium is strong and lightweight, but its high price means that engineers use it for only the most crucial designs. With the crystals, Altair engineers can quickly reduce titanium oxide to pure titanium metal.
This research is funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), whose leaders hope to use cheap titanium to improve the fuel consumption of tanks, humvees, and airplanes, while retaining their strength.
Finally, Altair engineers can also use nanomaterials as chemical and biological sensors. They are working with researchers at the Nanotechnology Research and Computation Center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. The team is in the midst of a three-year program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The researchers attach a layer of nanoparticles to a sensor surface, and then coat them with a synthesized oligomer -- a simple type of chemical polymer.
"They sit there like crabs with their claws out to grab things," Lyon says. "They can catch different types of chemicals depending on the kind of oligomer, then they react by changing the wavelength of light they reflect. It's a lab on a chip."
** Portable lab
A chemist who wants to identify the components of a new substance uses a mass spectrometer, a delicate, expensive instrument in a laboratory. Now researchers at RTI International, a Department of Defense-funded nonprofit institute in Research Triangle Park, N.C., have found another option.
They use carbon nanotubes to make a micro mass spectrometer, says Ken Williams, director of RTI's center for materials and electronics technologies.
Carbon nanotubes are hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms. Each tube has a diameter 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, making it useful as an electrical semiconductor with high strength and thermal conductivity.
Researchers use them to identify new compounds by finding an agent that reacts with each chemical or biological target. This micro mass spectrometer is lightweight and durable enough to be carried onto the battlefield by a foot soldier or loaded on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
RTI researchers are also working on ways to harness the optical properties of nanoparticles for applications in communications or solid-state lighting. Such a device could capture light at a certain wavelength and convert it to white light, saving a huge amount of energy and cost compared to fluorescent bulbs, Williams says.
Nano electricity
Conveying electricity to the solider in the field is one of the great challenges of modern warfare. Today's troops use more electrical devices than ever before, and they travel from base camp to battle-field faster than engineers can string power lines.
Planners at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) think the solution could be solar cells built with nanoscale materials.
In February 2004, DARPA leaders granted $6 million to Konarka Technologies Inc. in Lowell, Mass., to study hybrid photovoltaic cells. The technology is crucial for military action since such cells could provide battery charging on the battlefield, remote power for soldiers and unmanned vehicles, and solar-powered sensor networks.
Konarka will share the award over five years with research and development partners including Arizona State University; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); University of Delaware; University of Massachusetts, Lowell; and U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass.
Engineers at Konarka create materials that absorb both sunlight and indoor light and convert them into electrical energy. To do it, they use nanomaterials to inject dye into titanium dioxide, a white pigment common in toothpaste and paint. The dye absorbs light, which travels through the titanium dioxide and a series of electrodes, becoming electrical energy.
Until now, photovoltaic cells have been built with glass or silicon, creating stiff, heavy panels. Konarka's cells are built on flexible thin film and plastics. While the new cells are cheaper, they are not as efficient; Konarka's devices operate at 8 to 10 percent efficiency, compared to 15 percent for traditional cells. The flexible cells make up the difference, however, in ease of use -- customers can deploy them anywhere, building solar cells into their tents, awnings, roofs, and windows. On the battlefield, they could generate electricity for lighting, sensing, communicating, and computing. The cells will soon become more efficient, company officials promise.
"Hybrid photovoltaic cells build on the breakthroughs we have already achieved with dye-sensitized cells and polymer cells. The hybrid cells will incorporate unique forms of polymers and semiconductors in the cells' active layers," says Russell Gaudiana, vice president of research and development for Konarka. "This funding will accelerate our development of hybrid cells that turn light into electricity with an estimated efficiency of more than 20 percent, which is a significant improvement over existing cells."
Nanotechnology offers many other ways to move electricity to the battlefield. Researchers now use nanomaterials to improve the creation of electricity in power transformers, fuel cells, and solar cells. In July 2004, the Electricity Innovation Institute (E2I) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) awarded three Nanotechnology Research Grants for these topics, each worth $100,000.
The first winner, Craig Grimes at Pennsylvania State University, is seeking a way to fabricate e-nose sensors that would be installed on-line for the continuous monitoring of concentrations of eight gases in mineral-oil power transformers, to mitigate the risks and damage of power-transformer failure. His project is "Development of Nanotubular/Nanoporous Metal Oxide E-Nose Sensor for In-situ Monitoring of Dissolved Gases in Power Transformers."
The second winners, Chien Wai and Frank Cheng at the University of Idaho, are trying to develop nanoscale electro-catalysts for highly efficient low-temperature fuel cells. They chose supercritical CO2, a nontoxic, nonflammable, and recyclable solvent. The project is called "Carbon Nanotube-Supported Catalytic Nanoparticles for Fuel Cell Applications."
The third winner, Pamela Shapiro, also at the University of Idaho, is trying to use polymer synthesis to prepare quantum-dot solar cells, which would have three times the solar-energy conversion efficiency of current commercial technology. They rely on an ordered array of chalcopyrite (CuInS2) nanoparticles within an insulating polymer matrix. The project is called "Synthetic Approaches to New Photovoltaic Materials based on Ordered Chalcopyrite Quantum Dot Arrays in Polymer Matrices for the Development of High Efficiency Solar Cells."


This page provides a list of HYUNDAI VIN decoder websites. The sites are good reference point for Hyundai owners. The power to look up the different specifications of your vehicles is just a click away. From the vehicle transmission, paint codes, engine, and other features that make up your Hyundai, these websites will help you out. We'll keep this page updated to ensure all the VIN codes are included. For any future references, therefore, you should bookmark it.
Where can I find the VIN number?
Bottom lower corner of the windshield.
The title, registration or insurance card.
YOUCANIC is a great platform for free Hyundai VIN decoding. The VIN decoder enables Hyundai owners to obtain the data on their vehicles. This information includes the vehicle's transmission, engine specification, color codes and even safety equipment incorporated in the vehicle.
Vindecoderz.com is also another resourceful site that comes in handy when decoding Hyundai VIN. The site offers its users access to their online databases where they can look up all the important information on their Hyundai vehicles like the car's transmission, paint codes and other features.
This Hyundai VIN Decoder allows you to check not just the Hyundai options but also lookup factory installed options. All equipment and added options. The website is in Russian but all the descriptions are in English including facotry build sheet and specification descriptions.
This is the official Hyundai USA website which allows anyone to lookup if there are any open safety recalls or campaigns on your car by entering the VIN number. Once you enter your Hyundai VIN Number you will be able to see if there are any open recalls or campaigns. If there are, call you closest Hyundai dealer and schedule an appointment. These repairs should be free of charge for you.
Let's look at a Hyundai VIN number breakdown.
Position one of the VIN is used to identify the country where the Hyundai was assembled.
Position two identifies the division of Hyundai that manufactured your vehicle.
Position three of the VIN identifies the brand division. The character that holds this position identifies the exact division of the manufacturer even if they have multiple division.
Position four of the VIN for Hyundai vehicles represents the model of the vehicle and the location of the wheel.
Position five of the VIN for the Hyundai vehicles made for the European market represents the equipment level of your vehicle.
For the North American market, position five of the Hyundai VIN represents the body type of the vehicle.
This position holds the character that identifies the body type of your Hyundai vehicle.
Position seven of the Hyundai VIN identifies the type of security systems that have been incorporated in the vehicle.
Position nine for Hyundai vehicle's made for the North American market indicates the checksum. This number is used to verify whether the VIN code is valid.
Position ten of the Hyundai VIN identifies the year of production of your model.
Position twelve through seventeen is the unique identification of your Hyundai vehicle. This serial number identifies the exact vehicle that hold the VIN. The series of numbers is not standardized and its choice solely depends on the preference of the manufacturer of the vehicle.
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hitechnic-magfield-SMUX-test1.c

#pragma config(Sensor, S1,     HTSMUX,              sensorI2CCustom)
//*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard               !!*//

/*
 * $Id: hitechnic-magfield-SMUX-test1.c 133 2013-03-10 15:15:38Z xander $
 */

/**
 * HTGYRO-driver.h provides an API for the HiTechnic Magnetic Field Sensor.  This program
 * demonstrates how to use that API in combination with the Sensor MUX.
 *
 * Changelog:
 * - 0.1: Initial release
 *
 * Credits:
 * - Big thanks to HiTechnic for providing me with the hardware necessary to write and test this.
 *
 * License: You may use this code as you wish, provided you give credit where it's due.
 *
 * THIS CODE WILL ONLY WORK WITH ROBOTC VERSION 3.59 AND HIGHER.

 * Xander Soldaat (xander_at_botbench.com)
 * 27 July 2010
 * version 0.1
 */

#include "drivers/hitechnic-sensormux.h"
#include "drivers/hitechnic-magfield.h"

// The sensor is connected to the first port
// of the SMUX which is connected to the NXT port S1.
// To access that sensor, we must use msensor_S1_1.  If the sensor
// were connected to 3rd port of the SMUX connected to the NXT port S4,
// we would use msensor_S4_3

// Give the sensor a nice easy to use name
const tMUXSensor HTMAG = msensor_S1_1;

task main () {

  nxtDisplayCenteredTextLine(0, "HiTechnic");
  nxtDisplayCenteredBigTextLine(1, "MAGNETIC");
  nxtDisplayCenteredTextLine(3, "Field Sensor");
  nxtDisplayCenteredTextLine(4, "SMUX Test");
  nxtDisplayCenteredTextLine(5, "Connect SMUX to");
  nxtDisplayCenteredTextLine(6, "S1 and sensor to");
  nxtDisplayCenteredTextLine(7, "SMUX Port 1");
  wait1Msec(2000);

  eraseDisplay();
  time1[T1] = 0;
  while(true) {
    eraseDisplay();
    nxtDisplayTextLine(1, "Resetting");
    nxtDisplayTextLine(2, "bias");
    wait1Msec(500);

    // Start the calibration and display the offset
    nxtDisplayTextLine(2, "Bias: %4d", HTMAGstartCal(HTMAG));
    PlaySound(soundBlip);
    while(bSoundActive) EndTimeSlice();
    while(nNxtButtonPressed != kNoButton) EndTimeSlice();

    while(nNxtButtonPressed != kEnterButton) {
      eraseDisplay();

      nxtDisplayTextLine(1, "Reading");
      // Read the current calibration offset and display it
      nxtDisplayTextLine(2, "Bias: %4d", HTMAGreadCal(HTMAG));

      nxtDisplayClearTextLine(4);
      // Read the current rotational speed and display it
      nxtDisplayTextLine(4, "Mag:   %4d", HTMAGreadVal(HTMAG));
      nxtDisplayTextLine(6, "Press enter");
      nxtDisplayTextLine(7, "to recalibrate");
      wait1Msec(100);
    }
  }
}

/*
 * $Id: hitechnic-magfield-SMUX-test1.c 133 2013-03-10 15:15:38Z xander $
 */

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