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FM radio meets DOCSIS 3.1… and then what?
It is strange that in our fast paced digital world, there are still some analogue legacy platforms in our daily lives that are actually slowing down digitalisation. No, I am not talking about returning the tax forms, or scanning in the travel expense claims. It is the good old FM radio that I am thinking about. Actually, to be precise, FM radio signals in Cable Networks. In many countries, it is still mandatory to carry FM signals together with Cable TV signals.
Well, you may ask: What does it matter? Isn't this a problem that you can solve by just throwing a bit of bandwidth at it? It is a problem, because in the new DOCSIS 3.1 standard, frequencies up to 200MHz are planned for the return path. If the operators are obliged to carry legacy FM signals, they cannot take advantage of the potential return path bandwidth increase.
Technically it is today possible to carry radio programs in a DVB multiplex and use a TV set or Set top box as the receiver. Or even use the DAB technology in the cable. This would still allow carrying the FM signals in the air. I personally think that today, there are very few cable customers who have their radio receivers connected to the "cable" outlet in their living room. Isn't it pretty much streaming audio all over, also at home?
I think it would be time to address this matter through the industry associations toward our politicians.
But like always, content is the King, and let there be Rock, Jazz, or Classic, whatever way you want it, but digital 🙂 .
Matti Nurmi
Broadband&Video
DOCSIS 3.1
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Christian Schubert / Berlin
I found your posting via Google when I was searching for "DOCSIS" and "FM". And I`m afraid you are a little bit wrong.
I`m from Germany. In 2005 our public service broadcasting organizations bundled almost all of their radio services (approx. 60 throughout Germany including regional services!) into one DVB satellite channel with very high bitrate for each service. Most of the services run at 320 kbps MP2 and some cultural services have additional 448 kbps AC3 they can use for 2.0 and also for 5.0 audio. Yes, there are a few radio broadcasts in Dolby AC3 5.0 each week – mostly classical concerts and radio plays. There is no country with a higher radio transmission quality in Europe (however, Pop music services sound terrible due to their excessive sound processing in the studio).
This channel is also transcoded to DVB-C and you can receive all services in most of the cable networks in this high quality (excluding Vodafone / Kabel Deutschland, they shrink the bitrate to only 192 kbps MP2, but this is still much better than most digital services on DAB and in other countries).
And here is (at least one) German reality – a view into my parent`s living room:
The stereo system can play CD, Vinyl and FM. FM brings 43 programmes via a small local cable operator. 13 local services are received via terrestrical FM in the headend and converted to other frequencies (via 2 RF mixers and IF filtering), 28 nationwide and 2 international services are received via DVB-S and transmodulated to FM (digital FPGA based FM modulators Blankom STR 821, 6 FM channels / device). There are 12 "serious" services of interest for my parents: Deutschlandfunk, D-Radio Kultur (the 2 national broadcasters), Bayern 2, BR Klassik, SWR 2, WDR 3, hr 2, MDR Figaro, MDR Klassik, MDR Info, NDR Info and OE2 from Austria. The other 31 services are mostly Rock/Pop music channels (a few private stations, a few from the public service broadcasters) and without relevant content. So they are not of interest and not stored in the stereo system.
Reception quality is really good for a fully packed FM band in a cable network. Noise is not an issue at normal volume for listening in a living room. You can also use a good headphone without being annoyed about noise. Stereo separation is very good, sibilant sound is clear and without distortion also with this mid-class Onkyo stereo system.
To be honest: I did the channel planning for this FM configuration in the headend to support the cable network operator and I payed attention to "intermodulation free" channel spacing, high reception quality and a great cultural variety of services.
Of course the direct digital reception of those channels would bring a better quality compared to the FM conversion. But for this my parents would need an additional DVB-C receiver. This is not a problem (good receivers with alphanumeric display can be found at eBay, approx. 35 EUR), but the receiver needs to be placed on top of the stereo system. My parents would refuse this due to optical and aesthetical reasons ("no additional box allowed, there is already too much technical stuff in the living room!"). Just look at this photo – how would it look like with a black or silver plastic box smaller than the other components? And there would be the need for a display, at least to configure the DVB-C receiver. There is no TV set in my parent's living room! So this would be the next "bricolage", maybe like this http://www.hifi-forum.de/viewthread-234-721.html (it is my work and I use it in my apartment, where FM is not used for more than 15 years, I have DVB-S instead for radio and do not own a TV set).
Terrestrial DAB/DAB+ could also not give a good solution. 7 of the above mentioned stations cannot be received in this area via DAB. And the sound quality of all but one receiveable stations is terrible via DAB (HE-AAC @ 88 kbps or lower / MP2 @ 128 kbps). Most of the DAB stations are philistine crap in Germany. This is no alternative.
DAB+ in a cable network is provided in Lausanne/Switzerland. They use channel 5 (around 178 MHz) with 4 blocks and pack 88 services into these 4 blocks:
So the bitrate is approx 72 kbps HE-AAC – I never, never want to listen to such crappy audio with fake SBR treble! DAB in a cable network could be a good idea – but only because there are receivers you can use like a "radio", without additional external displays and without on screen menu. To compete against the FM reception quality you need 144 kbps LC-AAC for each channel or better 192 to 256 kbps MP2 in "classic" DAB. This could give a good solution to replace FM, but we already have all we need and it is much more bandwidth efficient: DVB-C. The only problem: there is no DVB-C radio in the market except a 1400 EUR solution from HighEnd manufacturer Restek (if they can deliver it) and this one from Bemondis/LaSAT (OEM): http://www.wisi.ch/quantensprung/soundemotion-box/ – and this is not the solution for good HiFi systems.
Internet radio is also not an option. Streaming quality is low (in germany mostly 128 kbps MP3) and my parents do not have broadband acces. They do not own any computer! This is quite common when people are 75+. Some neighbours are in the age around only 65, have internet and do not use it at all because it is to complicated for them! They would never install a WiFi radio.
My best friend is 42, doctor in physics, married, has 2 children. Of course this family has broadband access, but "radio" means FM for him and is also received via a cable network (TeleColumbus). The FM receiver is the most simple device to receive radio. He could switch on his additional DVB-C receiver (his wife uses this to record TV programmes on USB harddisk) to listen to radio – this is to "laborious". I`m afraid the DVB-C receiver is not connected to the stereo system at all.
A nearly 90-year-old lady in Berlin, former room-acoustical engineer from the GDR public brodcaster (she engineered the worldwide well-known Nalepastrasse-Studios http://www.kubische-panoramen.de/index.php?id_id=1453&p=i ) also uses FM via Cable (Tele Columbus Berlin) to listen to the cultural services of her interest. She also has no internet connection at home, but she is writing a lot with word on her laptop.
When I did the channel planning in my hometown's network I removed 4 Pop stations and added cultural stations instead. Some customers protested against this and demanded the Pop stations back. Firstly we answered them that they can use their DVB-C receiver (they have one, at least in the TV set) to catch these services again. They refused ("too laborious") and wanted the stations back on FM! One customer wrote a letter and explained that his family bought a new stereo system with FM last year (!) to listen to one of these services and thus we have to supply this service again on FM. We did… so I inserted the 43rd FM service into this network.
Other customers protested against a frequency change: I shifted a service from 103.75 MHz to 108.0 MHz and it turned out that people still use old FM radios from early 1980s with upper frequency limit @ 104 MHz. These were the 1st indications that FM in cable networks is still used.
It seems that people mostly use FM because FM receivers are the most convenient way to listen to: no need for external displays, no menu based operation, station name display on the device, direct station access via favourite station buttons, a "living room compatible" feel of the surface… and because the FM receiver is a component of the stereo system, in most cases a component you cannot simply swap for a digital device without the need to buy a complete new system.
So content is not the only king. User-friendliness and haptics are also king, at least in the living room. And sound quality should be also king – this speaks against the way we use DAB/DAB+ and livestream.
I hope that DOCSIS 3.1 will stop at 85 MHz in the upstream for a long time to bring FM to the people via cable. If not, "normal" people would stop using radio at all. This is my experience.
Kind regards from Berlin,
Christian (DVB-S only listener)
Dear Christian,
Thank you for your very professional, in-depth and high quality comment to my blogpost! Very much appreciated. I can see your point: it's not only about content, but user-friendliness and aesthetics do play a major role. I am afraid that there are not (at least to my knowledge) public statistics available about how widely FM-radio is used, but you are proving sound argumentation. In the public discussion, broadband speed is often the most commonly used as an argument, but the other points of view should not be left unnoticed.
Real use of FM-channels in the cable networks could possibly be a very useful subject for someone to investigate a bit more.
Regarding the DOCSISs 3.1 implementation the good thing is that return path spectrum could be left as it is now, for the time being, and the additional return path capacity could be achieved with further optical segmentation in the network. For the forward path, about 25% more capacity can be achieved just for the existing spectrum through improved modulation of DOCSIS 3.1, and respectively for the existing return path (5-65MHz) capacity increase of even up to 40% is possible.
Kind Regards from Turku,
Dear Matti,
Thank you very much for your thoughts!
First of all, I have an amandment. I mistyped "OE2" – the cultural service of Austrian Broadacsting Organization ORF is OE1 and of course this service is in our cable network. OE2 ist the regional network and only of interest in Austria, not in Germany. (Ok, OE1 is also not of interest in Germany but I wanted to offer this as an additional cultural service with high reputation in hope it will be found and listened to.)
Concerning the statistics about FM usage I can add a little bit from Germany. The Media Authorities of all German federal states ("Medienanstalten") publish a "Digitalisierungsbericht" ("Digitalization Report") every year. The 2015 issue can be downloaded in German and English:
http://www.die-medienanstalten.de/fileadmin/Download/Publikationen/Digitalisierungsbericht/2015/Digitalisierungsbericht_2015_deutsch.pdf
http://www.die-medienanstalten.de/fileadmin/Download/Publikationen/Digitalisierungsbericht/2015/Digitisation_2015_english.pdf
In the English version FM is named "VHF".
The statistics of the number of households with DAB receivers may be wrong, if they only counted the number of devices sold in Germany and divided it by the number of households. To my experience, there exist true "DAB enthusiasts" who nearly "collect" these receivers, have one in the car (often not the 1st one, they started with the old Blaupunkt "Woodstock DAB 52" and upgraded to a DAB+ compatible device at the latest when they changed the car), and sometimes 3 or 4 other devices to "play" with, to check how good reception is… while other households think that DAB is a beer brand (Dortmunder Actienbrauerei, a Brewery from the city of Dortmund, see http://www.dab.de) and never heard from DAB radio.
But maybe the statistics is derived from a questionnaire and gives the right number of DAB households. I don't know.
Please look at page 33, English version. In 2015, "analogue radio" ist 92,8%, DAB is 10.6%, internet radio is 29.9%, radio via satellite is 15%, radio via cable is 15.9%. There was the option to answer positive to more than one reception way so the summation is >100%.
But something is unclear and strange with these numbers:
Does "VHF / analogue radio" mean only terrestrial reception? Or will it include FM reception via cable networks? Sometimes you cannot differentiate between both, when you have a wall outlet connected to a roof antenna. Is this "cable" or is this "terrestrial"? "Normal" people cannot differentiate this.
DAB is of course only terrestrial, there is no DAB in cable networks with a very few exceptions in very small networks.
Satellite is astonishing 15%. This would mean 15% of Germans use DVB-S radio, there is no other satellite radio system available. The analoge satellite radio services on FM subcarriers above the TV sound carriers starting at 7.38 & 7.56 MHz in the baseband and the digital hybrid system "Astra Digital Radio" on the same baseband frequencies stopped end of April 2012 when analogue satellite TV via Astra 19.2°E has been switched off. I cannot believe this high DVB-S usage because it has to be done via a TV receiver connected to a stereo system. I do only know some radio enthusiasts who use this due to the high quality and high number of nationwide cultural services. This is not a mainstream market.
And then there is another 15.9% "cable". Is this including FM or not? It is nearly the same number than "satellite", so maybe this is only DVB-C in the same way "satellite" is only DVB-S? Nobody knows…
Page 34 shows the most used ways of reception. According to this figure the usage of "cable radio" increases! But is this FM or DVB-C?
A serious problem in German cable networks is a political problem: the Media Authorities force the network operators to pack lots of analogue PAL TV services into the networks – also in the year 2016! This seems to be done in close cooperation with the big players in the residential management / industry. The want to avoid that people use satellite dishes – in most cases it is forbidden to install a dish if you rent an apartment and often also if you bought your apartment, so you only have free decision if you own your house. So they want no change to the existing standard. They are afraid that a PAL switchoff would lead the people to install a dish.
The result: 100% digitalization in satellite households and only 72.5% digitalization in cable households in 2015 (page 18 Digitalization Report).
Here you can see how different the authorities in the federal states handle this:
http://helpdesk.kdgforum.de/wiki/Vorgeschriebene_Einspeisungen_der_LMAs
The small local network in my home town did something like a "lite analogue switchoff" in 2012. They stopped transmitting 40 PAL channels when the source (the analogue services via Astra satellite) ended 4/2012. It was the only wise decision not to invest in a few tens DVB-S->PAL modulators and not to waste customer's money with a technology that came to its end.
Now there are only 3 re-analogized channels in this network – one of the neighbours, a 70-year-old lady, used these only 3 channels on her small CRT TV-set for more than 1 year. After this she tried to move to another cable operator (which is not possible, this operator has no infrastructure in her street) because this operator still has >30 PAL channels. I went with her to the store to buy a DVB-C compatible 32″ LCD set. Now she has all the services in HD…
Now it looks like 2018 will be the year of analogue switchoff in Germany's cable networks. It is a close fight between network operators and residential industry. In Saxony FM radio was also planned to switch off then, but I expect this will not happen.
In my 1st posting I wrote that DAB in cable networks would be a good idea due to the fact that a DAB receiver can be used without TV screen. There is another reason and this one comes from the industry. Just take a HiFi system's DAB/FM tuner and look at it from the rear side. To save additional 2 or 5 EUR lots of DAB/FM tuners are equipped with only one antenna input that is shared for DAB and FM. This is not only a problem of "cheap" brands. You'll find receivers made by Denon, Onkyo, Yamaha and other well known brands with this problem.
So you can decide to use FM via cable and not to use DAB, or you decide to use DAB via an indoor antenna (if it is possible in your area) and then you`ll have no FM reception or only the strong regional services. Or you are "clever" and use a broadband 2-way-splitter to combine FM cable and a DAB indoor antenna. With a broadband wall outlet (not only 87.5-108 MHz at the "FM" outlet) this will not work if the terrestrial DAB channels are used in cable as TV channels, but it would send all cable content with the splitter's 20-25 dB isolation ratio through the (passive) DAB antenna into the air, resulting in "Screening Class Z-" where Class A+ is requested. 😉
Meanwhile you can buy special combiners, but nearly nobody knows this and these combiners are quite expensive: https://www.conrad.de/de/antennenweiche-ukw-dab-wittenberg-antennen-1330844.html
If radio industry would "invest" in a second antenna input with well-insulated relais switching like in the good old days of better FM tuners, a lot of situations could be possible:
Antenne A: FM via cable / Antenna B: DAB via indoor antenna
Antenne A: FM via cable / Antenna B: DAB and FM via outdoor antenna
Antenne A and B: DAB and FM from different directions via 2 outoor antennas each band
Industry needs to know this!
And it is a scandal that we (not only Germany) ruined such high quality DAB receivers like the Sony ST-D777ES (http://www.radio-now.co.uk/faq10.htm) or tuners made by Denon, Pioneer, Harman Kardon and others by switching to AAC instead of MP2. The authorities and the broadcasters ruined customer's (not only early adaptor's!) investment instead of installing a 2nd DAB coverage that could give enough programmes with high MP2 bitrates. First of all the commercial stations request for cheap distribution platforms and often use DAB+ with only 72 kbps instead asking and (paying !) for 192 kbps MP2. As a result HiFi is not possible and DAB sounds worse than FM.
Maybe interesting thing: we have 2 DAB blocks in the small network in my hometown and we plan 2 additional blocks, all of them terrestrial received, filtered (unfortunately with 7 MHz TV filters, not with narrow DAB block filters) and sent to the cable on their terrestrial frequencies. This is an experimental setup. I wish I would have a "DAB combiner" that could arrange 4 VHF DAB blocks from freely selectable frequencies to a full Block A-D VHF channel. This device existed in the 1990s as a demonstration object and was never manufactured in a higher quantity. The one or two engineering samples dissapeared… so we have to waste some VHF channels.
The old engineering sample: http://www.tlm.de/tlm/aktuelles_service/publikationen/tlm_schriftenreihe/tlm3.pdf -> Page 27-30. Turn your head clockwise. 😉
The 2 planned DAB blocks will be blocks you cannot receive in the town (a valley), but we hope to catch these blocks in the headend 100 m above the hill.
Christian Schubert
Here is an update… Sumatronic AG, a Swiss company, developed a quite simple system for "peaceful coexistence" of DOCSIS 3.1 and FM radio in cable networks. They named it "FMplus" (patent pending).
There is a simple block converter that has to be installed in the headend. It is fed with the complete FM radio frequency spectrum and shifts it from 87.5 – 108.0 MHz to 263.0 – 283.5 MHz (other frequencies possible on request). So it can be transmitted through DOCSIS 3.1 capable networks without any problems. The end user installs a simple, plug&play frequency converter between the TV port (or a broadband port) of his wall outlet and his FM tuner and receives all FM services in the normal frequency range.
The network provider can operate both FM versions parallel for a certain time. So customers can install their converter within a time window of e.g. 6 months and migration is without hassle. As the same FM headend feeds the "classic" FM block and the new frequency block there is nothing to do except installing the converter – all station memory settings at the FM tuners remain.
A Swiss cable network organization did a field test that was successfully completed a few weeks ago. According to them the audio quality was not affected by this double frequency conversion, indicating stable PLL systems without added audible noise after demodulation in the tuners. It is quite possible that Swiss cable network operators will choose the FMplus system to retain FM radio in the future.
I hope that other countries will follow as FM audio quality can be very good in cable networks, outperforming typical DAB+ bitrates, outperforming todays typical "classic DAB" bitrates, outperforming even DVB-C when low bitrates are used. And listerners can use their easy to handle, good-looking and proven HiFi systems at home.
https://sumatronic.ch/fmplus/?lang=en
http://sumatronic.ch/wp-content/uploads/Bedienungsanleitung-FMplus-DCR-CD-371L.pdf (User manual in German)
https://www.fmplus.com/?lang=en
Additional information (and photos of the headend converter) in this PDF:
http://radioforum.foren.mysnip.de/file.php?8773,file=11186,filename=FMplus_Prinzip_f_r_Fachpersonen_DE_AKTUELL.PDF
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I hate to see UNO's go, they are one of the few who have GF Pizza in the area.
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I hear ya. I ordered a steak there once. I swear I could see the marks where the jockey was hitting it.
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The Highlanders (17-28 overall, 1-13 Big West) enter the mid-week contest having only won two games in the last 16. UC Riverside lost both contests last week to the Titans 11-0 and 3-1 and won one of three games versus UC Davis. The Highlanders are led by first year head coach Linda Garza. Garza comes to Riverside after serving two season at Cal Poly as the associate head coach. UCR is 13-12 at home this season. Kayla White leads the UCR offense, batting .321 with nine home runs, 26 RBI's, and 17 stolen bases. Dionne Anderson (.305, 14 RBI's) and Ashley Ercolano (.252, 26 RBI's) add to the Highlander offense, which is batting .260 as a team. The Highlander have three pitchers who have all seen equal time in the circle, Ercolano (6-9, 5.49), Alyssa Razo (7-11, 4.70), and Taylor Alvarez (2-5, 5.91). UCR has been outscored 259-155 this season.
SCOUTING UC DAVIS
UC Davis (19-23 overall, 6-9 Big West) come into the three-game series versus Cal State Fullerton winning their last two. Prior to defeating UC Riverside, UC Davis had dropped four straight contests. The Aggies are led by Karen Yoder who is in her ninth season as the head coach. Davis is 3-5 this season at La Rue Field. Christa Castello leads the team with a .296 batting average and 13 stolen bases. Amy Nunez and Kelly Schulze have each belted three home runs and Chandler Wagner leads the team with 19 RBI's. The Aggies are hitting .233 as a team this season. UCD is led by 2012 Big West Pitcher and Freshman of the Year Justine Vela (12-7, 2.18) in the circle. Vela has tossed six shutouts in 138 innings, while striking out 155. Opposing hitters are batting only .184 versus Vela this season. Leah Munden (4-9, 2.67) and Jessica Thweatt (3-6, 2.92) also have produced for the Davis pitching staff.
SERIES HISTORIES
The Titans control the series over UC Riverside 31-8, and have already clinched the series win this season after defeating the Highlanders 11-0 and 3-1 last week. However, the last few years the Highlanders and Titans have split the series contests. The Titans won the first 23 of 24 meetings between the two schools. Fullerton is 17-2 in Riverside, Calif. and are 27-8 in Big West play against the Highlanders. Cal State Fullerton is 16-8 overall against UC Davis in the all-time series, having won three of the last five, but Davis took two-of-three in Fullerton last season... the two programs have split their four Big West series against one another with each team taking two series on the other's home field... the two teams last met in Davis in 2011 with UC Davis taking the first game 9-1, but the Titans rebounded to take the next two games 11-4 and 1-0. The Titans are 11-1 against UC Davis in Northern California... Fullerton leads the series, 8-7, since both have been members of the Big West Conference.
Fullerton has an all-time record of 377-171-1 (.688) against Big West Conference opponents.
HITTING STREAKS
The Titans have four different players with hitting streaks entering Wednesday's matchups versus UC Riverside. Eliza Crawford and Carissa Turang both have six-game hitting streaks and Leesa Harris and Tiffany Sheffler have five-game hitting streaks.
As the number nine hitter in the lineup, junior Leesa Harris has recorded a hit in nine of the last 11 games. During that span she has 13 hits and four RBI's.
PLAYING SPOILER
The Titans have taken down four top 25 ranked opponents this season, which is tied for most in the Big West. This past weekend the Titans defeated No. 15 Hawai'i 11-3 at Anderson Family Field. On Feb. 26th, Fullerton defeated No. 10 11-5 at Easton Stadium in Los Angeles and defeated No. 7 Missouri 5-4 on Feb. 23, 2013 at Anderson Family Field. Fullerton also defeated No. 21 Virginia Tech 7-3 at the Judi Garman Classic on Mar. 16. The last time the Titans took down a top ten team was on March 15, 2009 when they defeated the University of Washington 3-2 at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif.
RUNS, RUNS, RUNS
Against UC Riverside last weekend, the Titans tied their record for most runs this season. The Titans have scored 11 runs against Hawai'i (Apr. 14) and UCLA (Feb. 26). However, the Titans gave up 14 runs on Apr. 13 to Hawai'i, which is tied for the most allowed all season (Stanford 14-1 on Mar. 2).
WEDNESDAY GAMES
After defeating UC Riverside last week on Wednesday, the Titans recorded their first hump day victory in three years. The last time the Titans won on a Wednesday was Mar. 16, 2011 against Notre Dame 10-0 in five innings. The Titans have won only twice in their last nine Wednesday games.
UC Riverside leads the Big West in triple with 11 and Cal State Fullerton is tied for second with nine. The Highlanders are led by Kayla White who has four and the Titans are led by Ariel Tsuchiyama who has two. Fullerton has allowed the least amount of triples this season in the Big West (3).
HIGHLANDERS STOLEN BASES
UC Riverside leads the Big West in stolen bases with 76, including 22 from senior Ariel Shore. However, the Titans have thrown out the second most runners attempting to steal a base (17). UC Riverside has allowed the most (50) stolen bases this season in the Big West. Fullerton catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama has thrown out 14 base runners this season, which is second most in the Big West.
WILD PITCHES AND ERRORS
The Titans rank 18th in the NCAA in fielding percentage and have committed 37 errors this season. However, UC Riverside has committed 63 errors, second most in the Big West, and rank 211th in the NCAA. The Highlanders have also thrown 37 wild pitches this season and have had 12 balks.
UC DAVIS HITTING
UC Davis enters the series with low hitting numbers. The Aggies have 98 RBI's, which ranks last in the Big West compared to Fullerton 148 RBI's. UC Davis is also last in hits (250), second least in runs scored (123) and second lowest on-base percentage (.314). However, the Aggies have the second most stolen bases in the Big West with 61.
UC DAVIS IN THE CIRCLE
Led by Big West Pitcher of the Year Justine Vela, UC Davis has a 2.39 ERA compared to Fullerton's 3.29 ERA. The Aggies have 249 strikeouts this season and have allowed 259 hits and 130 runs. UC Davis has allowed the most triples this season (13) and the third most home runs (21).
Only senior Ashley Carter and red shirt sophomore Eliza Crawford have played and started in all 46 contests so far this season.
LABAN MOVING UP ON RECORDS
Senior Katey Laban recorded her second save of the season and fourth in her career moving her up to sixth all-time in career saves for a Cal State Fullerton pitcher.
PITCHING RECOVERY
In 51 games last season the Titans pitching staff finished with a 5.20 ERA. In 2013, the Titans pitching staff holds a 3.29 ERA, which is the best earned run average by a Fullerton softball team since 2009 (2.59).
CRAWFORD ENJOYING BREAKOUT ROLE
After hitting only three home runs and recording 28 RBI's through her first two seasons as a Titan, red-shirt sophomore Eliza Crawford has batted .315 with seven home runs and 24 RBI's. Crawford leads the team in home runs and RBI's. Through 14 Big West games, Crawford is batting .381 with three home runs and ten RBI's. The Lakewood, Calif. native has also managed ten multiple hit games this season and eight multiple RBI games this season.
GETTIN' ON THE BOARD FIRST
When the Titans score first in a game they are 15-3 compared to 6-22 when the opposing team scores first.
WE NEED HITS
The Titans are batting .257 this season and .291 in conference play, but when Cal State Fullerton out-hits the opponent they are 18-2 compared to 3-20 when the opponent out-hits them. The Titans produced their highest hit total against UNLV on Saturday with 15. The Titans had 13 hits in game one last time against UC Riverside.
CONTROLLING THE LEAD
The Titans have been perfect so far this season when leading after five innings. Fullerton is 14-0 in games they have led after five innings and a whopping 16-0 after six innings. However, they are 4-18 when trailing after four innings. Cal State Fullerton came back to defeat UNLV in 12 innings on last Saturday (April 20).
TAKE CARE OF THE SOFTBALL
Cal State Fullerton are only 12-10 when they commit no errors in a game and 7-16 when they do commit an error. Fullerton still ranks first in the Big West in fielding percentage (.972) compared to UCSanta Barbara (.968). The Titans rank 23rd in the NCAA in fielding percentage.
CARTER STEALING BASES
Carter is finding a way to get on base and this season she leads the team with 11 stolen bases. The Fontana, Calif. native swiped three bases versus UC Santa Barbara Carter. The senior had only stolen 11 bases in her career (three seasons) prior to this season.
BIG WEST STOLEN BASES
After 14 Big West Conference games, the Cal State Fullerton softball team leads the Big West in stolen bases with 22. The Titans have the third most stolen bases (55) in the Big West for the whole season.
SACRIFICE FLIES
Sophomore Desiree Ybarra leads the NCAA in sacrifice flies with seven and the Titans as a team are tied for the most in the Big West with 13.
In 38 appearances, 32 starts, as a freshman, Antunez is second in the Big West in appearances (38), third in strikeouts (156), and third in innings pitched (161.2). Antunez is holding opponents to a .216 batting average this season, which ranks third in the Big West.
YBARRA DOES IT ALL
Sophomore Desiree Ybarra was the Titan's ace last season, but this season she has contributed not only in the circle, but at the plate as well. Ybarra in the circle is 6-11 with one save. Ybarra has closed out 20 games for the Titans this season, which is the most in the Big West. Ybarra's bat has been a big addition for the Titans. The Riverside, Calif. native has a .259 batting average, two home runs, and 19 RBI's.
WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER
11 different Titans have tallied game-winning hits this season, led by three from Jasmine Antunez and Eliza Crawford.
SOMEONE TURNED UP THE A.C
After blasting a triple to the center field fence in game two versus McNeese State on Feb. 11, 2013, Ashley Carter moved up to fourth on the all-time list in career triples with nine tieing Carey Hess, who played for the Titans from 1987-90.
IRON WOMEN
Catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama has started all, but two games behind the backstop for the Titans this season, while helping the Titans with eight doubles and has 20 RBI's to go along with her .309 batting average. She missed all of 2012 due to an injury.
Cal State Fullerton is tied with Long Beach State for most saves in the Big West with four . Each Titan pitcher has recorded a save this season, and senior Katey Laban has two.
FORD UPDATES 2013 SEASON: Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Kelly Ford sat down with the sports information staff to discuss the 2013 season thus far. Filmed by department videographer Matt Brown, fans can view the entire video via Youtube.com/CSFAthletics.
GETTING ON BASE
The Titans are last in the Big West in on-base percentage (.312) compared to Hawai'i who has an on-base percentage of .375.
Eliza Crawford, Desiree Ybarra, and Ariel Tsuchiyama have combined for 24 doubles this season.
The Titans secured their second comeback win of the season over the weekend. Trailing 3-0 after the third inning, Fullerton came back to win 5-4 in the 12th inning.
HOME IS WHERE THE POWER IS
The Titans at Anderson Family Field have belted 15 of their 21 home runs this season. On March 8 versus Charleston Southern the Titans slugged three round-trippers.
The Titans have played seven away games this season (6-3) coming against UCLA, Santa Barbara, and Long Beach State. The Titans last season were 5-10 on the road and have not had a winning road record since the 2009 season.
Cal State Fullerton second baseman Lauren Mario belted two home runs versus Charleston Southern, which is the first time a Titan batter has hit two home runs in a game since Anissa Young crushed two against Michigan State on March 4, 2012.
RECYCLED NOTES:
Head Coach Kelly Ford began her first stint as the head coach of Cal State Fullerton softball program on Feb. 7, 2013. Ford recorded her first win in game two versus Southern Miss, 4-2. Ford spent 11 seasons at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., recording a 455-102-1 record overall (.812 winning percentage). Prior to her time at Mt. SAC, Ford worked under former coach Michelle Gromacki as an assistant in 2000 and 2001.
NEW LOOK BIG WEST
The Big West Conference Board of Directors announced on Dec. 10, 2010 that Hawai'i will re-join the Big West as of July 2012. The Warriors, women's programs were previously part of the Big West from 1984-96. The Titans and Warriors will face off on April 13-14 at Anderson Family Field.
DEBUTS AND TITAN CAREER FIRSTS
Freshman Monique Wesley made her first career appearance as a Titan in the circle tossing one inning versus Arizona State on March 14. Junior Kailey Mertz, transfer from San Jose State, recorded her first hit against Charleston Southern. Mertz hit an RBI single up the middle giving the Titans a 10-2 victory enforcing an eight-run rule. Freshman Cami Jacob managed her first hit of her career after driving a double down the left field line against Charleston Southern on March 8th during the Long Beach State Invitational.
FORD PREVIEWS 2013: Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Kelly Ford and Associate Head Coach Dee Dee Kingsbury sat down with the sports information staff to discuss the upcoming 2013 campaign. Filmed by department videographer Matt Brown, fans can view the entire video via Youtube.com/CSFAthletics.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE TITANS
Fullerton finished sixth in the Big West race a season ago with a 8-13 mark in conference play to go along with a 20-31 overall record. The Titans return six position starters and three pitchers while welcoming nine newcomers to the fold for the 2013 season. Leading the way for returners is senior outfielder Ashley Carter, an all-conference first-team selection who hit .325 to go along with 55 hits and 27 runs scored. In the circle, sophomore Desiree Ybarra returns after earning all-conference honorable mention accolades a season ago, finishing 13-17 with a 4.66 ERA.
FIVE SIGN WITH CAL STATE FULLERTON FOR 2014
Cal State Fullerton softball Head Coach Kelly Ford announced that high school standouts Sydney Colenzo, Megan Estacio, Olivia Martinez, Delynn Rippy, and Kayla Silverstein have signed National Letters of Intent to continue their academic and athletic careers with the Titans beginning with the 2014 season.
HAWAI'I'S FIRST BIG WEST LOSS
The Titans handed the University of Hawai'i their first Big West Loss of the season on April 14. Fullerton run-ruled the Rainbow Wahine 11-3.
PLAYING JAPAN TOYOTA
The Titans played against the Japan Toyota professional softball team on Wednesday February 20, 2013 at Anderson Family Field, losing 7-1. The Titans and Japan Toyota played seven-inning exhibition contest, as Japan Toyota gets ready for their upcoming season. Team Toyota comes over to the United States annually to play collegiate and professional teams to prepare for the Japan Softball League. Team Toyota features USA Softball Olympians Monica Abbott and Natasha Watley, who have won back-to-back Japan Softball League Championships (2011 & 2012).
PRESEASON POLL
The Cal State Fullerton softball team was picked to finish sixth in the race for the 2013 Big West Conference title according to a vote of the league's head coaches released on Jan. 30, 2013. The Titans received 33 points to finish behind newcomer Hawai'i, which received four first-place votes and 76 points to top defending champion Long Beach State (73 points):
1. Hawai'i, 76
2. Long Beach State, 73
3. Pacific, 58
4. UC Santa Barbara, 52
5. UC Davis, 51
6. Cal State Fullerton, 33
7. Cal Poly, 24
8. UC Riverside, 22
9. Cal State Northridge, 16
WE'RE HONORED
Cal State Fullerton placed seven players on the 2012 Big West Conference all-league honors: Ashley Carter, Leesa Harris, Nicole Johnson, Morgan LeMond, Adriana Martinez, Desiree Ybarra, and Anissa Young). Three of those all-conference honorees return for 2013: Ashley Carter, Leesa Harris, and Desiree Ybarra.
TITANS VERSUS RANKED TEAMS
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION RESULT
FEB. 17 No. 7 Oregon Las Vegas, Nev. L, 6-0
FEB. 21 No. 4 Tennessee Palm Springs, Calif. L, 5-0
FEB. 23 No. 7 Missouri Fullerton, Calif. W, 5-4
FEB. 23 No. 7 Missouri Fullerton, Calif. L, 7-0
FEB. 26 No. 10 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. W, 11-5
MAR. 2 No. 15 Stanford Fullerton, Calif. L, 14-1
MAR. 7 No. 24 Virginia Tech Lakewood, Calif. L, 3-2
MAR. 14 No. 2 Arizona State Fullerton, Calif. L, 9-0
MAR. 16 No. 21 Virginia Tech Fullerton, Calif. W, 7-3
MAR. 17 No. 1 Oklahoma Fullerton, Calif. L, 9-0
APR. 14 No. 15 Hawai'i Fullerton, Calif. W, 11-3
*Ranking when game occurred
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Broods – Like A Woman & 2022 Tour
Beloved sibling duo BROODS (Georgia and Caleb Nott) are diving into the new year with the release of their rousing new single and video for "Like A Woman" from their forthcoming studio album, Space Island, out February 18 via Island Records Australia/Ingrooves.
"To me this song very much reflects what it feels like to talk about things that have hurt you," shares Georgia. "You might start off like, 'I think I'm all right. Although it did hurt. It hurt a lot, actually. I mean, yeah—it really fucking hurt.' Or at least that's how I tend to talk about these things, but I'm learning that, when I look a little deeper into the aches and pains, they all come from a place of love. Doing that gives me a way of seeing it in a non-judgmental way… I didn't have any idea at the time how important of a song it would become to me. I hope people can feel as held as I felt when they hear it."
The release of "Like A Woman" comes on the heels of the recently announced 2022 Space Island North American Tour
BROODS TOUR DATES 2022
Feb 26 – Wellington, NZ @ Lacuna
March 4 – Perth, Australia @ Factory Summer Festival
March 11 – Christchurch, NZ @ Town Hall
March 12 – Auckland, NZ @ Auckland Arts Festival
March 23 – Brisbane, Australia @ Triffid
March 25 – Sydney, Australia @ Metro
March 31 – Melbourne, Australia @ 170 Russell
May 20 – Austin, TX @ Antone's *
May 21 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft *
May 22 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *
May 24 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East *
May 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
May 27 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage *
May 28 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *
May 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry *
May 31 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair *
June 1 – Montreal, QC, Canada @ L'Astral *
June 2 – Toronto, ON, Canada @ AXIS Club *
June 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
June 5 – Chicago, IL @ Park West *
June 7 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
June 8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
June 10 – Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Hollywood Theatre **
June 11 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos **
June 12 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre **
June 14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent **
June 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre **
* with Ella Vos
** with Tei Shi
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Broods – Heartbreak
Beloved sibling duo BROODS (Georgia and Caleb Nott) have released their new single and video for "Heartbreak" and officially revealed the details for their forthcoming studio album, Space Island, out February 18 via Island Records Australia/Ingrooves.
"We wrote this from a place of determination. Determined to learn from the loss of my marriage and keep my heart open in its most tender state," says Georgia on the new song. "When I say, 'Let your heart break', I'm whispering to myself to stay present with the grief and transmute it into empathy. It was a mantra for me when I first separated from my husband. One of our parents would reiterate to me daily at the beginning of my healing."
Animated by Dr. Foothead (Adult Swim, Babe Rainbow, The Oh Sees) and produced by Alex McCrossin, "Heartbreak" joins BROODS' previously released single and anti-anthem "Piece Of My Mind."
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Broods – Piece of My Mind
BROODS(beloved sibling duo Georgia and Caleb Nott) have returned with a new single and video for "Piece Of My Mind." The first in over two years, this release provides a taste of their forthcoming album, Space Island. The new single offers an escape into the duo's world of lush, classic synths and enchanting vocals as they launch into their next era.
Evoking the arid mysteries of Space Island as well as sci-fi horror classics, the video is an endlessly fascinating fantasy that serves as a testament to BROODS' strength of vision.
"We wanted to do something really special, because we don't know when people are going to be able to go to live shows next," says Georgia, "So we wanted to create this world that people could come and visit from wherever they are."
Despite its anthemic, arena-ready highs, "Piece Of My Mind" might be one of the darkest songs
BROODS have ever written, deceptively bright in its tone but complex and exploratory in its lyrics. It's the first chapter in a suite that builds on 2019's Don't Feed The Pop Monster with new layers of emotional clarity and pop atmospherics.
"'Piece Of My Mind' is the opening fanfare of Space Island," says Georgia. "The song describes the many paradoxes we encounter when we try to escape our problems — the more we try to run away from our problems and ourselves, the more we are confronted with the aspects of each that we don't like. 'Piece Of My Mind' is the moment I start reasoning with myself at the crossroads — to figure out where I am, and what's really at the heart of what I'm denying and trying to escape."
To conjure the beginnings of Space Island, BROODS' evocative and distinctive new world, Caleb and Georgia approached Canadian producer Stint, who has worked on hits by Mø and Carly Rae Jepsen. "With the production, we wanted to make it sound like you were on this kind of jet pack trip where everything is shifting, where you're escaping to this unknown world called Space Island," says Georgia.
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The student and tutor will need to use identical or similar tools on their respective ends to maintain the foster and connection learning. Tutoring has gone from across the desk to around the world; therefore it should be a priority for experts to choose the correct technology for their lessons. Online experts need to choose the correct tool for the job and know when to use it.
Education has gone from "the one-size fits all models resulting in unprepared students to technology-enabled solutions customized for each and every student". Therefore, most technical savvy students who want assistance with assignment or receive actual instruction might want whistles and bells, but what about those who only know the basics? There are chapters that only require the bare minimum. Believe it or not, there are students who still have flip phones and write in MS Word 93. Most online tutoring sites use what is already available to the general consumer: Computer, internet connection, Shockwave, webcam, Flash player, whiteboard…beyond the basics, it is the expert's responsibility to select the correct tool for the job.
Like Eyal Eshed's advice about designing mobile apps. On Designing Mobile Education Apps, when developing a matter for a tutoring session, there should be a reason, and the technology should fit that purpose. A student that selects to get your educational app has a real purpose – to be better, to enhance, and to get ahead in life, to learn. It's not only what it looks outside but what it looks inside of the app that matters. Just similar to in any real relationship, the app requires supplying more than just an initial attraction. It requires fostering effective learning and delivering real progress and improvement. It needs to build trust therefore that the student is willing to be led through the learning process.
Refer back to the students who have just started his session with a new expert. The expert attempted to teach the student how to ask for a taxi at a hotel's front desk, but had complexity illustrating the connection between the word 'car' and the concept of a car to the student. The expert can use visual cues with such tools as internet, video and whiteboard to combine pictures and text to illustrate his point tutoring sites will most likely give them, but there are sites that offer whiteboards for use on your own computer [Windows's Digital Whiteboard]; the video or whiteboard served a purpose. If the expert wanted to incorporate a calculator in that session, it would serve no other purpose but to confuse the student. But what happens when the experts does not have enough tools for the session?
The expert's next student needs assistance with online tutoring software. Unless the student can see what the expert is talking about by drawings on a whiteboard, the expert will need to incorporate more technology into their session. Software is not a run-of-the-mill word processing program; it is a little more involved than that.
If the expert doesn't have the software, how is that learner supposed to learn from that specific expert? As with any other program a student is trying to learn, to teach the aforementioned program it takes knowledge of its basics with its most difficult features; you cannot do either/or without the program. The student would have better luck register for a free trial or moving on to the next expert who has the adequate tools for the job.
Online tutors have taken benefit of technology to make their jobs easier and their services more available to students; the most effective expert is the one who picks the right technology for the job and knows when to use it. As online experts, you need to prepare your session and use the proper tool. As important as it is to select the correct tool for the job, it's similarly significant to know when it is needed, or not needed.


For Minimumble's 7 month anniversary I decided to take a look and see what is the most popular strips so far!
I just did this yesterday! My ears!
A nice relaxing day at work.
It's actually been long enough that I don't remember what Friendster looked like.
Adventure Time is my happy place. Jake the dog, Finn the human and Beemo!
I don't go to movie theaters as much as I used to.
Doctor Who was always a favorite TV show of mine as a kid. I'm still amazed at its recent revival.
The Higgs Boson is very tiny but the Hugs Bison is very soft.
Website amnesia. It's coming soon… for you.
Facebook has a lot of traditions that I don't participate in.
I still hear people ask "Where is my video phone?" It's been here this whole time!


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Making Poetry Tough Again
September 19, 2012 by Jessica O'Brien
I met with co-founders of the Wolf Mountain Writing Collective Dave Kenny and Cail Judy, to talk about their newest project the Main Street Trail and the project's launch party happening at The Cobalt this Wednesday, the 19th of September. We met fittingly enough at the Main Street branch of 49th Parallel Coffee on one of the last warm evenings of September.
The Wolf Mountain Writing Collective was born out of a college class Kenny and Judy were taking together. They wanted to do something different from the usual in-class poetry reading. These early poetry events grew and evolved into the present day collective. This collective is made up of a gang of young writers who are passionate about their mission, "to make poetry tough again." When asked about their motto they cite the prevailing notion of poetry readings as subdued affairs where people sit quietly and listen to obtuse works. Kenny references a scene in The Dharma Bums were a wild poetry reading party takes place. The party is as much about the writing as it is about drinking and having a good time. While not trying to re-create a retro beat scene, it is the kind of atmosphere they aim for with their poetry readings and their upcoming Main Street Trail launch party. The launch party, happening Wednesday night at the raucous venue the Cobalt, will be an interesting mix of culture and partying. The usually quite lively crowd at The Cobalt will surely mean a heavy emphasis on the latter. Six dollars at the door will get you music, poetry, prizes, interactive art pieces and cheap drinks. A poetry reading is usually not the first thing that springs to mind for a fun night out on the town but the Wolf Mountain Collective want to change that. They want Wolf Mountain events to be associated with a good time in this city. Their enthusiasm and ambition is infectious. Even their punchy name Wolf Mountain, makes you think of a rough-edged rock band that you want to go on tour with.
Wolf Mountain are big on the performance aspect of poetry. They are focused on the importance of the audience experience in relation to the poem. Their work comes alive when it is performed in front of people and it seems like they want to equal parts engage and entertain a crowd. It is a rebellion against the idea of poetry as elitist and something too 'difficult' for the ordinary person to appreciate. They name writers such as Charles Bukowski as an inspiration. Bukowski wrote in a raw and immediate way about his own experiences of hard living that can instantly appeal to people from all walks of life. Similarly Wolf Mountain want their poetry to hit as many different people as possible in a visceral way.
The Main Street Trail is the biggest project they have taken on so far. With help from the Neighbourhood Small Grants Project they have created a poetry scavenger hunt. Over the last few days they have been spray painting their work onto a variety of buildings and walls up and down Main Street. This public art project embraces a community that is down at heel but also an enclave for artists. It is a proactive way to ensnare poetry lovers and non-lovers alike. You can hunt for them all or simply be inspired by a fragment you read as you go about your business. It is great that they are bringing poetry out of its rarefied spaces and ingraining it onto the bricks and mortar of Main St. It is a mixing of high and low art at the same time, graffiti and poetry. The project is permanent as it becomes part of the landscape of Mount Pleasant but also transient as it must bear the effects of tags and new developments. With the rate buildings are being knocked down and assembled around here I suggest you scavenge some of these poems soon!
Jessica O'Brien
Jessica O'Brien fills many the happy hour as contributing editor and writer for the Vancouver Weekly. She can be found eating all the nibbles at book launches or getting lost in tiny secondhand book stores. Follow her on twitter @jesso_brien
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'My decision was to tell the truth, no matter how unpopular it made me'
UPDATED: Virtual lecture series to wrap up in mid-August
Tony LaRoche
UPDATED with a new date for the final lecture.
In the current politically charged climate, journalists often face accusations of bias in their reporting. Christiane Amanpour got her first taste of those attacks as a CNN international correspondent reporting on the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.
"Everybody comes to the world with their own lived experiences and their own biases," Amanpour told several hundred viewers during the recent livestream discussion of the University of Rhode Island's Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights.
"Our job [as journalists] is not to say we don't have biases. Our job is to report the truth and do it objectively, despite whatever biases we may have."
Amanpour '83, H' 95, CNN's award-winning chief international anchor, was the second speaker in the three-part, virtual lecture series honoring esteemed WJAR-TV investigative reporter Jim Taricani, who died last year at age 69.
This summer's lecture series is a preview to the annual, in-person Taricani Lecture that will begin next spring. The lectures are endowed by Laurie White-Taricani '81, the Taricani family, and friends.
In the early 1990s, Amanpour was reporting from the war zone and witnessing attacks on Bosnian Muslims and Croats, targeted by Serbian forces for ethnic and religious reasons. She reported what she saw – in the face of opposition from world leaders who labeled the killing and torturing of civilians as "just centuries of ethnic hatred," she said.
"Me, young reporter, first real story after the first Gulf War, I was faced with a decision," she said.
"And my decision was to tell the truth, no matter how unpopular it made me. That's when I solidified for myself – and I hope for a lot of people – what objectivity means. Objectivity does not mean neutrality. It does not mean drawing a false equivalence between victim and aggressor. … I thought that if you cannot be objective and truthful, then you are an accomplice to the worst of the perpetrators."
In a wide-ranging, hour-long discussion, Amanpour, seated in the kitchen of her London home, answered questions on numerous topics – including reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic and during a time of great political dissent, dealing with hate speech, and the importance of the First Amendment.
She also echoed the taped sentiments of URI journalism students Will Pipicelli '22 and Aniekan Okon '23 about the lessons they've learned from Taricani's legacy. They were lessons Amanpour learned as an intern at WJAR-TV working side-by-side with Taricani.
"I learned all those principles in my journalism classes at URI," said Amanpour. "Then I went to intern at WJAR and I saw them put into practice. And then all those years later, when [I saw] Jim stand up for the principles of protecting your sources, defending the First Amendment and what it cost him, he's just a remarkable personality, a remarkable professional and a remarkable person."
During the pandemic, Amanpour has been filming her CNN shows from her home in London. She's been limited to interviewing guests via Skype or other web-conferencing tools, instead of face to face. But there's been one advantage.
"People are at home and they are available for interviews. They have no more excuses," said Amanpour, also the host of CNN's global affairs show, "Amanpour." "So, we're getting a lot of guests who we might not have easily brought onto the show every night."
Asked to reflect on the importance of the First Amendment as someone who has lived and traveled around the globe, Amanpour said the amendment is an example to the world. No other country guarantees freedom of expression, speech and assembly, she said.
"I may be British and Iranian, but I grew up in terms of my profession in the United States, learning all of these lessons and carrying these principles, these morals, these values in my work around the world," she said.
"It is absolutely vital [especially] under the most difficult of circumstances where we find ourselves right now under attack as American journalists. … That is unacceptable and we have to continue to fight against it."
Of attacks labelling journalists "the enemy of the people" and calling their reporting "fake news," Amanpour says she won't even "repeat those slogans."
"I will write my own narrative, and we should write our own narratives, which is the narrative of truth," she said.
Because of the pandemic, Amanpour has been unable to travel to the U.S., where she spent her "formative years." If she was in the U.S., she said, she would likely be covering the pandemic and the uprising sparked by the killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota.
"I take great exception to the way it was described by leadership in the U.S. as rioting or as violence or thugs," she said. "It was an uprising for racial justice. Foreign correspondents like myself who work for American organizations have since time in memoriam gone to places [around the world] where we have seen uprisings for justice. What do we call them? Uprisings for dignity and justice?
"So, we have to be very clear in what it is we're seeing and how we report it," she added. "We have a responsibility as journalists to understand what we're looking at and report it as such, and not be swayed by the politics and the agenda of those who would knock us off the route of truth."
The Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights is hosted by URI's Harrington School of Communication and Media, the Journalism Department and the College of Arts and Sciences. The three-part series concludes on November 10 with a discussion on First Amendment rights featuring a panel of local journalists. To view Amanpour's lecture, click here.
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Cette page concerne l'année 1801 en arts plastiques.

Événements
 Prix de Rome 1801 : Lauréats en peinture sur le thème Achille recevant les envoyés d'Agamemnon, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres grand prix de peinture, Jules-Antoine Vauthier second prix. Lauréats en sculpture sur le thème Caïus Gracchus quittant sa femme Licinia, grand prix de sculpture ex æquo Joseph Charles Marin et François Milhomme, second prix décerné à Joseph Alvarez. Lauréats en architecture, Auguste Famin grand prix d'architecture pour le projet d'un forum, Jean-Baptiste Dedeban second prix.
 2 septembre (15 fructidor an IX) : Ouverture du Salon de l'an IX à Paris où furent exposées 474 œuvres dont 370 peintures et 59 sculptures. Comme lors du précédent Salon, il y a une profusion d'œuvres célébrant le Consul Bonaparte. Les artistes succombent à la mode du temps, en s'inspirant d'un ouvrage qui connait alors un énorme succès, les Poèmes gaëliques attribués à Ossian. Sur ce thème Anne-Louis Girodet expose l'Apothéose des héros mort pour la patrie. Ce Salon est aussi marqué par la présence d'un groupe dissident de l'école de David nommé secte des Barbus, qui prône le retour à une peinture primitive. Issu de ce groupe Jean Broc présente La Mort d'Hyacinthe durement critiqué par la presse.

Œuvres
 Janvier : Bonaparte franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard, huile sur toile de Jacques-Louis David commencé en , première version commandée par le roi d'Espagne Charles IV, château de Malmaison. Février- juin, deuxième version commandée par le Premier consul Bonaparte, destiné au château de Saint-Cloud, depuis dans les collections du château de Charlottenburg.
 Achille recevant les envoyés d'Agamemnon, huile sur toile d'Ingres.

Naissances
 22 janvier : Vincent-Nicolas Raverat, peintre français († ),
 28 janvier : Victor Adam, peintre français († 1886),
  : Thomas Cole, peintre britannique/américain († ),
 6 février : Grigori Laptchenko, peintre russe († 1876),
 24 mars : Auguste Adrien Edmond de Goddes de Varennes, peintre et écrivain français († ),
 14 avril : Alphonse Bichebois, graveur et lithographe français († 1850),
 30 avril : André Giroux, peintre et photographe français († ),
 21 juin : Luigi Calamatta, peintre et graveur italien († ),
 25 juin : Tito Marzocchi de Bellucci, peintre français d'origine italienne († ),
 17 août : Charles Auguste Herbé, peintre français († ),
 21 août : Hippolyte Sebron, peintre français († ),
 21 octobre : Carlo Bellosio, peintre italien († ),
 ? :
 Henry Winkles, illustrateur architectural, graveur et imprimeur français († 1860).

Décès
 7 février : Daniel Chodowiecki, peintre, illustrateur et graveur germano-polonais (° ),
 21 mars : Noël Le Mire, dessinateur et graveur français (° ),
 9 août :  Fedele Tirrito, religieux de l'ordre des frères mineurs capucins, écrivain et peintre italien (° ),
 16 août : Ralph Earl, peintre américain (° ),
 7 septembre : Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini, architecte, écrivain et peintre baroque et rococo italien (° ),
 20 octobre : Louis Gauffier, peintre français (° ).

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For business students in particular, loans play a big part in their education. A recent 2013 Alumni Perspectives Survey done by the Graduate Management Admissions Council found that 51 percent of prospective business students look to loans - over and above personal savings, scholarships, and grants - to pay for their educations. According to the report, loans are helping to put two thirds of full-time MBA students through school, along with 47 percent of part-time students and 50 percent of executive MBA students.
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Brian McBride took paying off his $20,500 student loan debt - plus $6,000 for a recent Honda Civic purchase - very, very seriously. How seriously? Well, how about skipping meals and going to sleep hungry? His meager sustenance consisted of Ensure shakes and protein bars. McBride kept his heating and cooling bills down by not using either one. Ever. We mean it. And he paid for groceries with food stamps during his time of skimping for the greater good.
Now, bear in mind that McBride was living in Green Bay at the time. That's in the northern half of Wisconsin. If you've ever seen a Green Bay Packers home game, you know the winters there aren't exactly balmy. McBride was one serious dude, we must say, when it came to paying off his debt.
50 percent of your take-home pay goes toward essentials, like utilities, rent, groceries, and transportation costs.
20 percent goes to pay down your debt.
30 percent goes towards fun - vacation, living it up, or what have you.
The living-it-up part was particularly hard for McBride. In his efforts to cut costs, he got just a bit lax with expiration dates on food. OK, really lax. Well, way beyond lax. We're talking about pushing the envelope so far past the sell-by dates that he entered the realm of pure faith in food's ability to keep. Science has not yet trodden the paths he took. It was not an easy road he traveled - suffice it to say, he paid the price more than once for his convictions.
Later, after he moved to Atlanta and snagged a higher-paying job, McBride found he could cut even more: cable, phone, and gas were all shaved down to the bare minimum. He arranged his shopping life around grocery store deals. It all paid off, though. McBride worked out a way to pay for what he needed while still managing to pay down his loans. For an occasional splurge, McBride would head to his neighborhood McDonald's, pay five bucks for hotcakes, sausage, and two - count them: two! - hash browns. This was a man willing to do whatever it took to be free of the shackles of debt!
Forbes.com presents the story of Stephanie Hood, debtor and debt repayer extraordinaire! When she checked the Department of Education's student loan site, she found a daunting number staring back at her: a whopping $90,000! At the rate she was then paying it off, it would have taken her almost 112 months - nine years - to pay it all back. After some initial calculations, she discovered that she was going to need a new plan. She ended up finding a way to pay down her loans faster, smarter, and with just a bit more creativity than most.
Alexa Von Tobel provides nine tips for students looking to get out of their student debt dilemmas. Tobel tells graduates the following: knock off private loans first. Then arrange the remaining loans in interest rate order, from higher to lower. Finally, pay them off in that order. That way, interest costs are minimized.
Stephanie took up the challenge but went through trials and tribulations. She moved to a lower-rent apartment and added a roommate. She cut costs on cable, gym, phone, and entertainment. When she traveled, she stayed in hostels and ate the cheapest food available. These measures were not enough, though. Even with the cuts, she still needed to bring in extra income. This is another of Tobel's recommendations, by the way. So Stephanie turned to babysitting, mystery shopping, Craigslist ads, and more. Finally, she was able to tip the balance. Through her hard work and creative planning she was, at last report, expecting to make her final debt payment in February of 2013. Congratulations, Stephanie!
Even More Than $90,000 in Debt? Say It Ain't So!
Joe Mihalic, a graduate of Harvard Business School, had a life a lot of people would sell a kidney for: two cars, one motorcycle, a beautiful home, and a six-figure annual paycheck. But he also had over $101,000 in student debt and was making structured payments of $1,057 per month. After a while, confident that he had been making solid progress on his ungodly debts, Mihalic went online to enjoy checking his "progress." Imagine his shock upon finding that he still owed more than $90,000! And because of the staggering interest payments, it would take another 10 years to pay it off!
Joe was made of sterner stuff than most, however. Instead of crawling into a corner, turning off the lights, and hiding from the gods, Mihalic did something about his problem. In fact, he did several things. He, too, got creative. Now, did he resort to Ensure shakes for meals, use food stamps for his groceries, and live in the cold? Well, no. But he did temporarily stop contributing to his 401k, skip Christmas with his family, abstain from new clothing purchases, jury-rig his car with duct tape, and find roommates to lessen his monetary load. Mihalic ended up selling one of his cars (the one held together by duct tape? we were wondering that, too), as well as his motorcycle and a road bike, in order to recoup some of his previous losses. Finally, he started a weekend landscaping business with his friend, to bring in more money on the side.
214 days later, Mihalic made his last student loan payment and was debt free. For more on Mihalic's experience - and a short film he created about it - check out his story at the Huffington Post!
There, you see? With a little elbow grease, some creativity, and healthy dose of commitment, and the will to overcome (or go around) all obstacles in the way, these three proved that debt is nothing but a number. It doesn't have to rule your every waking thought. It is, in fact, something that, with an investment of time, can be vanquished. Imagine how it will feel to have that weight lifted off your shoulders - and it will be so. If these three can do it, so can you.
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An anonymous MBA applicant, Just-Ship, writing at Poets & Quants, describes his experience of applying for top MBA programs across the country. Taking a rejection from MIT Sloan in stride, Just-Ship came up with a great come-back: it was one of his earlier applications, still suffering from certain basic flaws, and probably should have waited till he had worked out his best MBA applications strategy. In the end, Just-Ship chose not to attend business school, and now is focusing on starting a small business.
Entrepreneur Joseph Misiti was another would-be MBA student who didn't get accepted to his dream school (or any others for that matter!). When he was rejected, he felt like the world had stopped turning. In the end, though, he realized it was for the best. He started his own business, began to focus more on what was important in his life, and found success. Misiti turned the rejection into an opportunity to grow, and transformed it into the fuel for his new path.
If you're rejected by grad schools, now's the time to re-think your financial costs and potential earnings down the road, and don't forget your family and work responsibilities as you decide how to proceed. You may still have options. Online, part-time, and even executive MBA programs can be great ways to get an MBA while still having a life. The bottom line: there is always more than one path to success.
In the end, what doesn't kill us really does make us stronger. It may not seem like that at the point of rejection, but it is easier to see when you take time to reflect. For more information, Business Insider offers "9 Useful Tips for Getting into the Business School of Your Dreams." A slightly older, but still outstanding, resource from BusinessWeek offers students solid advice on bouncing back. It all comes down to your resilience, your drive to earn your MBA no matter the cost, and your ability to forget about the naysayers once and for all. Don't let a rejection letter stop you from achieving your dreams!


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