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James Sumner
'Today, Computers Should Interest Everybody'
The Meanings of Microcomputers
This 1977 American print advertisement introduced the Apple II, one of the first mass-market computers. Not all such presentations exhibited the traditional gender stereotyping shown here, but most relied on pre-existing visual clichés of domesticity to affirm the computer as reassuringly connected to everyday life.
(display advertising, Scientific American, September 1977; http://blog.modernmechanix.com/introducing-apple-ii/)
By the late 1970s, it was technologically possible to manufacture microcomputers – very small, stand-alone computers for personal use – in very large quantities. Selling them, however, meant creating a mass market where none existed: conventionally, only trained professionals, and a few devoted enthusiasts, interacted directly with the machines. Designers, marketers, retailers and other promoters therefore sought to build meanings into the design and presentation of computers which would connect them with new audiences. Such meanings reflected – and might themselves modify – the prevalent hopes, fears, desires and expectations of the users' cultures.
Of course, the same is true of the meanings of cars, telephones, and other kinds of artefacts. What makes the computer particularly interesting, however, is that its ability to take on multiple meanings was itself a strong, explicit feature of its promotion. As the iconic universal machine, endlessly reprogrammable, the computer was sold as capable of performing feats as yet unimagined, perhaps without limit. In reality, some limits were imposed as certain patterns of use and interpretations became dominant, and others were inherent in the machines' technical characteristics. Nonetheless, 'the computer', in its earliest period of mass-public engagement, was unusually plural and mutable. While microcomputers were often sold with identical hardware internationally, their associated meanings could be highly dependent on national or other culturally specific factors.
I will focus here on the vigorous microcomputing culture which emerged in the United Kingdom from around 1980. This development was strongly conditioned by public awareness of the country's long-standing relative economic decline, and consequent loss of international status. Futurological literature responding to the growth of microprocessor technology was particularly resonant in this climate. In what David Skinner has described as a 'millenarian' assessment of the scale of the coming change, vast transformations were prophesied: 'ultra-intelligent machines', medical diagnosis replaced by automated expert systems, omniscient electronic surveillance, the need to reorganise society as millions of jobs became obsolete.1 It seemed that Britain, which had so far failed to negotiate the conspicuous challenges of post-war industrial change, might now be pushed into terminal collapse. Alternatively, radical global changes might – given a determined programme of action – offer the chance of resurgence, replacing lost traditional industries with a blossoming silicon-based economy.
This vision of a technological crossroads gained some attention in government. An industrial awareness campaign and training initiatives under Labour at the end of the 1970s were followed, in the early Thatcher years, by heavy promotion of 'information technology' as a promising 'sunrise industry'.2 Though critics condemned the exercise as window-dressing, unlikely to lead to real economic gains, its ability to influence public attitudes was genuine enough. Along similar lines, the BBC launched a Computer Literacy Project in 1981, with broadcasts, books and training courses to familiarise newcomers with the new technology.3
Here, then, was a promising set of meanings: the computer as key to the future. To focus on radical change and unfamiliar characteristics, however, was to invite associations with popular notions of a dehumanised dystopia: computers had also to be made reassuring and familiar. One path to achieving this was literally to place them in familiar surroundings, giving ordinary people direct ownership and control of individual machines. The interests of information-awareness advocates thus aligned with manufacturers' desires to make computer production a high-volume business.
An important precedent had been established in the United States, with three producers – Commodore, Apple, and Tandy Radio Shack – launching microcomputers in 1977. All adopted 'warm and friendly' marketing, showing the machines in familiar situations, often with the aid of likeable celebrity spokesmen. This approach was confirmed as an industry convention when IBM, the long-established dominant producer of large computers, introduced its Personal Computer in 1981 with a humanising campaign based on the 'Little Tramp', Charlie Chaplin's iconic representation of the resourceful everyman.4
'Charlie Chaplin' (in fact Bill Scudder, a professional mime and lookalike) was the focus of the memorable print and TV campaign for the IBM PC and its successor products, which ran from 1981. In the classic film Modern Times of 1936, Chaplin's 'Little Tramp' character is a factory worker persecuted by gigantic assembly-line machinery; the PC campaign asserts that the machines of the microcomputing age work for the individual, not against him.
(display advertising, Personal Computing, August 1982; http://www.aresluna.org/attached/computerhistory/ads/international/ibm/pics/percon8202a)
Advertising for the TRS-80 microcomputer in the USA relied on endorsements from Isaac Asimov. The choice of a 'renowned science and science-fiction author' usefully bridged the gap between the futuristic connotations which still inevitably attached to computers around 1980, and an everyday task (word processing) to which the machines would be put in reality. Some rival campaigns similarly evoked the scientific future through their choice of spokesman: Star Trek's William Shatner promoted Commodore. A contrasting strategy was demonstrated by Texas Instruments' use of Bill Cosby, a high-profile comedian with a non-technical, likeable everyman persona.
(display advertising, Byte, January 1983; http://blog.modernmechanix.com/radio-shacks-trs-80-computer-is-the-smartest-way-to-write)
In the UK, however, the early American machines achieved few sales, being offered at higher than dollar-equivalent prices to a public with relatively little disposable income. It was a British firm, headed by the engineer and entrepreneur Clive Sinclair, which first capitalised on growing public curiosity. Sinclair's engineers began to investigate unorthodox technological approaches to achieve a low-cost machine which could still, in its essential features, be regarded as 'a computer'. In 1980, with American microcomputers retailing from £350 to £700, Sinclair launched the ZX-80 at £99.95 (or less, as a kit for self-assembly), quickly outselling all other models in Britain combined.5 The following year's ZX-81 offered an improved system below £70 and was a much greater success, selling over 300,000 units by January 1982.6
Sinclair's control of the market it defined was short-lived. Commodore successfully imitated its price-cutting strategy,7 taking a large share of British sales and dominating analogous sectors in other European countries, notably the Federal Republic of Germany.8 There was also a notable British competitor, Acorn, producer from 1981 of an officially endorsed machine for the BBC Computer Literacy Project. Though considerably more expensive than Sinclair's machines, the BBC Micro achieved a strong public profile, dominating sales to schools and the upper end of the 'home' market. Nonetheless, Sinclair remained a powerful, distinctive archetype for the concept of computing in Britain.
Visually, Sinclair's machines were certainly plausible as gateways to the future. The ZX-80 was a tiny, tapered envelope of white vacuum-formed plastic; the ZX-81, in Sinclair's preferred black livery, was more substantial, but still small enough – 175mm on its longest edge – to evoke the rhetoric of micro-miniaturisation. Whereas the American machines' keyboards clearly showed the heritage of the mechanical typewriter, Sinclair's were pressure-activated membranes, flat and sleekly minimal.
The Sinclair ZX-80. The white casing departed (for reasons of cost and convenience) from Sinclair's preference for conveying futuristic appeal through a uniform matt black finish, previously seen on the 'Black Watch' digital wristwatch of 1975.
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The Sinclair ZX-81. Like the ZX-80, the machine relied on a flat and unresponsive membrane keyboard, inconveniencing typists but contributing to its sleek lines.
(Wikimedia Commons; Evan-Amos, Sinclair-ZX81, CC BY-SA 3.0)
The visual identity of the Sinclair machines contrasts strongly with that of the more robust and far more expensive Apple II, which accommodated a full-sized keyboard. The bulky but tapered 'cheese wedge' appearance was imitated by Sinclair's rival Acorn, which aimed its machines at the upper end of the British market.
(Wikimedia Commons; Marcin Wichary, Apple II, CC BY 2.0)
In fact, the new machines' novelties were principally cost-saving measures. The membrane keyboards were difficult to type on; the small physical form implied limited storage and a lack of inbuilt expansion possibilities, and the designers had used many idiosyncratic tricks to squeeze an acceptable performance out of the limited hardware, making the machines highly incompatible with their competitors. Initial advertising for the ZX-80, by emphasising it as a 'complete computer', tacitly acknowledged that some hobbyists and others familiar with microcomputing would see it as no such thing. None of this necessarily mattered, however, to audiences who had never previously dreamt of holding a computing machine.
Sinclair's advertising agency carefully fostered this mass audience by leavening the futuristic with the familiar and human. One unique element of this approach was a strong promotional focus on Clive Sinclair as an individual. At a time when only insiders and enthusiasts could name the founders of Apple, or the lead designer of the Commodore PET, Sinclair was installed as a national celebrity. By creating a silicon-age incarnation of the heroic inventor, of cherished Victorian myth, Sinclair's promoters associated his machines with industrial dynamism and renewal.9
This matrix of images appeared on the retail packaging box for the Acorn Electron, an attempt by the BBC Micro's manufacturer to enter the lower cost market defined in the UK by Sinclair and Commodore. Where the BBC Micro's marketing had focused on education, the Electron was presented as more of an all-purpose machine for home use. Variations on the 'domestic setting' theme are multiplied to an extreme level.
(James Sumner, personal collection)
Print advertisement for the ZX-80. The promotional copy varied depending on the intended audience. This version, from the popular-science magazine New Scientist, positions the computer as an 'old friend' and makes reference to children's education, elements which were not included in versions aimed at electronics hobbyists.
(display advertising, New Scientist, 29 January 1981)
In other respects, the campaign co-opted the humanising conventions established for American machines. 'Inside a day', chirped a ZX-80 advertisement for the general press, 'you'll be talking to it like an old friend!' The machine's design, it went on, showed 'special consideration for the beginner', because 'today, computers should interest everybody'. The ZX-81 became a 'new friend' the following year, 'simple enough for children of 10 years and upwards to understand and operate'.10 An accompanying photograph showed the machine in use on a domestic tabletop, with an obvious father figure explaining something onscreen to a young boy. As the mass market grew, the visual conventions of the early 'millenarian' period – stark modernist graphics, dramatic images of isolated computers and components – increasingly gave way to posed images suggesting everyday use, particularly in the context of family cohesion.11
1983 newspaper advertisement for the BBC Micro which accompanied the Computer Literacy Project. In presenting the computer as offering fluency in the 'language of the future', the advert makes use of a millenarian rhetoric which was actually becoming less common by this point, as computers were increasingly familiar. Acorn's strong and assured sales base in schools education led it to address much of its marketing to parents, continuing to promote the microcomputer as a learning device, while competitors increasingly stressed leisure or business advantages.
(display advertising, Times [London], 4 January 1983)
Encouragement to accept the socialised computer as normal came not only from advertising geared towards specific machines, but from advocates of the new information culture in general. Robin Bradbeer, an electronics lecturer and organiser of hobbyist groups, published one of the first microcomputing guidebooks for the UK market in 1980. The cover artwork depicts a computer on a deep bookshelf. Alongside it sits a vinyl record player; below it, children's toys; above it, books about famous artists.12 The arrangement is symbolic rather than practical, but it makes the same point as the posed photographs: computers are home appliances to inform and entertain, and they are for everyone.
What, however, did the new users expect to use the machines for? Early publicity employed notorious artistic licence in describing the machines' versatility: the ZX-80, supposedly, could do 'quite literally anything from playing chess to running a power station'.13 Such claims soon disappeared, not only because they were implausible, but because mass-market customers did not run power stations. The marketing cliché which arose instead – again, drawing on American precedents – was firmly domestic: microcomputers would store recipes, manage the household accounts, provide entertainment, and educate the children.
Arguably, this presentation was equally far from reality. The limitations of most of the early machines, chiefly in rapid data storage and retrieval, made them highly inconvenient for many of the uses discussed. Yet the first domestic computers did not have to be usable – in the sense accepted today – to be saleable. Leslie Haddon, author of the first significant sociological study about the British case, usefully considers the ZX-81 and similar machines as 'self-referential' computers, valuable chiefly as tools to explore the concept of a computer itself, and in particular its ability to be programmed with new, possibly user-generated instructions.14 Many users, indeed, bought computers (often at considerable sacrifice) without knowing why, beyond a general sense that they would be 'really important' in negotiating the future.15 One convert neatly described the ZX-81 as the 'motorbike of computers': unconventional, for some purposes impractical, but the fastest cheap means of getting to unknown places.16
The full range of rhetorical strategies was displayed in the BBC Computer Literacy Project. The initial television series, and the paperback book which accompanied it in 1982, began with a standard survey of the role of computers in wider society before moving into the basics of programming, all the while quietly continuing the work of domestication. The book's cover illustrates the approach perfectly. Chris Serle, presenter of the broadcast series, appears seated in an armchair in a studio portrait suggesting the essence of a middle-class British living room. His microcomputer and cassette recorder are on a low drinks table; the video display is a standard large television of the period. Serle gazes intently, not at the display, but at an ordinary photographic projector slide. He is evidently computerising his hobby: the display shows a database program which can search the slides by keyword. The search terms – 'Hugo', 'Charlotte', 'Auntie Molly', 'beach' – paint a five-word portrait of familial tranquillity.17
The project to attach domestic meanings to microcomputers ultimately sold millions of machines to ordinary homes; yet the intended meanings did not necessarily persist. To the consternation of some advocates, the dominant use of the machines proved ultimately to be video gaming among male adolescents.18 As Tom Lean has noted, the arc of home computing is strikingly demonstrated by the monthly magazine, Sinclair User, launched in 1982.19 Initially catering for electronics hobbyists, the editors made determined efforts to evoke, and thus ensure, a much broader public. A 'User of the Month' feature, launched in 1983, addressed consciously diverse subjects: a retired shipbuilding manager, a self-employed seamstress, an Olympic pentathlete, an eighteen-month-old girl. The approach, however, looked increasingly tokenistic, and the magazine joined most of its competitors in offering a hectic diet of gaming content and humour by the middle of the decade.20
Sinclair User April 1982
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Sinclair User February 1985
Unsurprisingly, it has been suggested that the supposedly intrinsic educational value of computing was merely a 'Trojan Horse' to smuggle games equipment past watchful parents21 – a suspicion which, at least in Commodore's case, was apparently well-founded.22 Some have argued that the whole phenomenon of the 'home computer' was based on deceit, as manufacturers took advantage of the contemporary Zeitgeist to dress up a 'machine in search of a purpose' as a commercial or educational necessity.23 Skinner, interviewing purchasers around the turn of the millennium some ten years after the event, reported some as asking: 'were we conned?'24 Their uncertainty, however, bears witness to the enduring multiplicity of meanings at work.
A small but significant minority of users did, in fact, apply even the most basic early machines to 'productive' tasks such as word processing and record keeping. This was in part possible through modification of the machines: troublesome elements, such as the membrane keyboards, could be replaced with more convenient alternatives.25 Moreover, domestication did not merely create a class of non-expert users; it widened the category of serious, knowledgeable enthusiasts, and turned some enthusiasts into professionals. Schoolteachers, small businesspeople and teenagers were among those who began to write and sell software, or to devise hardware modifications which could be commercialised.26
Once established, the rhetorical conventions of the 'home micro' proved a highly durable promotional resource: advertising copy as late as 1987 still addressed machines as allowing users not only to 'destroy the aliens', but to 'defeat the taxman' with financial management software.27 It took until the early 1990s for the ethic finally to fade in Britain, squeezed between IBM-compatible PCs designed primarily for offices (which were newly affordable in the home market) and dedicated videogame consoles.
Recently, however, elements of the ethic have strongly resurfaced in the movement to promote computer-science education. Most remarkable is the $35 Raspberry Pi box, explicitly a new generation version of the cut-down, self-referential computer. Again, the background is one of profound economic and social uncertainty, and again, the computer – or, rather, the ability to respond to the computer – is promoted as a path to salvation.28 The legacy of mass computerisation, then, lies as much in the construction of meanings as in the design of the machines themselves.
1 David Skinner, Technology, Consumption and the Future. The Experience of Home Computing, PhD thesis, Brunel University, 1992, pp. 32-69. The key example of this genre is Christopher Evans, The Mighty Micro, London 1979; and see also Anthony Hyman, The Coming of the Chip, London 1980; Peter Laurie, The Micro Revolution, London 1980.
2 Thomas Lean, The Making of the Micro. Producers, Mediators, Users and the Development of Popular Microcomputing in Britain, 1980–1989, PhD thesis, University of Manchester, 2008, pp. 56-59; Ian Adamson/Richard Kennedy, Sinclair and the 'Sunrise' Technology, Harmondsworth 1986.
3 The initial scope of this project is usefully summarised in a contemporary information bulletin: BBC Continuing Education Television. Computer Literacy Project, 1981, URL: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pdf/acorn/BBC-Computer-Literacy-Project.pdf.
4 James Chposky/Ted Leonsis, Blue Magic. The People, the Power and the Politics behind the IBM Personal Computer, London 1989, pp. 76-80.
5 Leslie Haddon, The Roots and Early History of the British Home Computer Market. Origins of the Masculine Micro , PhD thesis, Imperial College, University of London, 1989, p. 125.
6 Rodney Dale, The Sinclair Story, London 1985, p. 107.
7 Brian Bagnall, On the Edge. The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore, Winnipeg 2005, pp. 152, 159.
8 Haddon, Roots (fn. 5), pp. 36-42, 45-49.
9 Maureen McNeil, The Old and New Worlds of Information Technology in Britain, in: John Corner/Sylvia Harvey (eds), Enterprise and Heritage. Cross-Currents of National Culture, London 1991, pp. 116-136, here p. 123.
10 Adamson/Kennedy, Sinclair (fn. 2), pp. 97-99; Lean, Making of the Micro (fn. 2), pp. 72-75. The advertisements in question appeared in, for instance, Times (London), 22 September 1980, p. 5E; Times (London), 24 August 1981, p. 5D.
11 For the computer invoked as an aid to family cohesion in the American case, see Lori Reed, Domesticating the Personal Computer. The Mainstreaming of a New Technology, in: Critical Studies in Media Communication 17 (2000), pp. 159-185, here pp. 176-178.
12 Robin Bradbeer, The Personal Computer Book, Bradford 1980.
13 This wording appeared in the version of the advertisement aimed at hobbyists; see http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/related-images/zx80-1.jpg.
14 Haddon, Roots (fn. 5), pp. 27-29.
15 Lean, Making of the Micro (fn. 2), p. 179. By 1984, according to the best available estimate, 9% of British homes had a computer: General Household Survey 1984, London 1986. Unverified estimates in The Home Computer Course, a magazine part-work of 1984, suggest there were then 2.2 million microcomputers in Britain, as against 0.6 million in the Federal Republic of Germany and 0.5 million in France. My thanks to Tom Lean for guidance on this point.
16 Ian Stewart, Computing: A Bug's Eye View, Nantwich 1983, introduction.
17 Robin Bradbeer et al., The Computer Book, London 1982.
18 Haddon, Roots (fn. 5), pp. 234-305.
19 Thomas Lean, What Would I Do with a Computer? The Shaping of the Sinclair Computer, 1980–1986, MA thesis, University of Kent, 2004, pp. 44-50; Lean, Making of the Micro (fn. 2), pp. 129-131.
20 The entire run of the magazine is available for viewing at https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine.
21 Leslie Haddon, The Home Computer: The Making of a Consumer Electronic, in: Science as Culture 2 (1988), pp. 7-51, here p. 26; Neil Selwyn, Learning to Love the Micro. T he Discursive Construction of 'Educational' Computing in the UK, 1979-89, in: British Journal of Sociology of Education 23 (2002), pp. 427-443, here pp. 435-437; Lean, What Would I Do with a Computer? (fn. 19), p. 84.
22 Haddon, The Home Computer (fn. 21), pp. 45-46.
23 Richard S. Rosenberg, The Social Impact of Computers, third edition, San Diego 2004, p. 592.
24 Skinner, Technology (fn. 1), p. 210.
25 Lean, What Would I Do with a Computer? (fn. 19), pp. 73-77, 95; Lean, Making of the Micro (fn. 2), pp. 134-142, 194.
26 Lean, Making of the Micro (fn. 2), offers many examples of this effect. Users' agency in reconfiguring the machine is addressed further, in the context of the US-originated TRS-80 computer, in Christina Lindsay, From the Shadows. Users as Designers, Producers, Marketers, Distributors, and Technical Support, in: Nelly Oudshoorn/Trevor Pinch (eds), How Users Matter, Cambridge 2003, pp. 29-50.
27 Lean, Making of the Micro (fn. 2), p. 251.
28 Raspberry Pi Foundation (founded May 2009), URL: http://www.raspberrypi.org; Coding for Kids (founded October 2011), URL: [...; not available any more]; Sue Black, The Goto Foundation, 30 November 2011, URL: [...; not available any more].
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Frozen Fenway Notes: David Cotton's Clutch Goal Lifts Boston College To Win
BOSTON — Special teams aren't just important in football.
Power plays and penalty kills also are vital to a hockey team's success, and no game was greater evidence of that than the No. 8 Boston College vs. Providence College Frozen Fenway Hockey East clash Sunday night.
Both teams went 1-for-4 on the power play, but BC's goal proved to be the difference at Fenway Park. The Eagles failed to convert on their first two power-play opportunities in the third period, but David Cotton made sure the third time was the charm with the game-winning goal 16:49 into the frame.
"The goal was more of a broken play," Cotton said. "They were bringing pressure on the penalty kill. … The ice was kind of chippy, so I just tried to get it on net and luckily it held on there short-side high."
The Eagles then put away the 3-1 victory with an Austin Cangelosi empty-netter a little more than two minutes later.
Here's a few more notes from BC vs. PC.
— Outdoor hockey games are special for the players, coaches and fans. But there is one tweak Providence College coach Nate Leaman believes could make the experience even better.
"When we played here with Merrimack, when us and Merrimack were selected three or four years ago, the first thing I did was call (coach) Mark Dennehy and said let's make it a non-conference game," Leaman said, "and Mark right off said, 'Yep. You're exactly right.'
"And right after the game, we both kind of commented to each other that these should probably be non-conference games. There's no doubt for us to give up a home game against the first-place team in our league … it was a lot. But when we were offered this position, you also try to account for the student-athlete experience. You want your players to have that experience."
— The Eagles were playing for more than themselves Sunday night.
"I thought it was a great opportunity for our team to pay respects to the two young players, James (Lavin) and Owen (Higgins), from the Falmouth (Mass.) High School team," BC coach Jerry York said. "Coach (Paul) Moore, who coaches at Falmouth, is a good friend of mine. … It's just a small thing that we could do to hopefully alleviate some of the pain the families go through in the Falmouth community. So it was a nice shoutout to Owen and James."
Lavin and Higgins tragically died in a car accident on Dec. 22.
— Boston College goalie Joe Woll made 28 saves, while Hayden Hawkey stopped 33 shots for Providence College.
— Up next for the Eagles is a weekend series with rival Boston University, while the Friars will have a busy week with a game at Yale and two home games with Vermont.
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Blood & Treasure episode 9 review: A new mystery unfolds
Blood and Treasure, Samantha D'Amico	 July 12, 2019
On this week's Blood & Treasure we return to the normal format of following the trail of Cleopatra along with a surprising new direction for Danny and Lexi's relationship.
After obtaining the Operation Paperclip file from the FBI, Danny and Lexi have a better idea of where Cleopatra went after Casablanca, however, they need Fabi's help just before Gwen arrests him. This leads Danny to seek the help of a paranoid ex-Nazi hunter Moshe Cohen, who identifies the man who took Cleopatra as Col. Jurgen Steiner and helps them track him to a rural town in Quebec that was a secret haven for escaped Nazis. Not long into his imprisonment, Fabi escapes custody and follows them.
Danny persuades a local to reveal the location of an old weather station linked to the 1945 dam collapse that wiped out the town. The station caretaker, Georges Larose, turns out to be a descendant of the Nazis who triggered the accident and he tortures Danny while Fabi rescues Lexi. Unable to watch Danny be tortured, Lexi volunteers to be held hostage, but she stabs him while Fabi shoots him dead, though not before sustaining a fatal wound to the heart. With his dying breathe, Fabi reveals that it was her mother that was part of the Brotherhood, not her father, and George Larose was the man who killed her.
Up until this point we haven't been certain of Fabi's motives. We know he is a loyal member of the Brotherhood and has proven time and time again that he chooses the Brotherhood over the Carabinieri. However, this was the first episode in which we saw a more human side to him. He put his career in jeopardy in order to help Danny and Lexi, especially after finding out that Larose was involved. He didn't stop at anything to save the pair and his final act was a heroic one and one that proves his intention were good.
In the end, Cohen burns the box of medals from every Nazi he hunted down, one of which has Steiner's name on it, while Danny gives Lexi Fabi's Brotherhood medallion to return so she can get answers about her mother's death. The episode ends with Danny and Lexi sharing a kiss implying that they are back together.
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If they are in fact back together then going forward we look forward to watching how this will or won't affect their partnership. We hope their playful banter will continue, and that it only intensifies. Either way, we are excited to see where this relationship is headed.
In addition, this episode also tells the audience that there's more storytelling beyond the treasure of Antony and Cleopatra, which isn't to say we didn't think this was true before, but rather that there are very exciting stories still to be told.
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Q: Autolabling Materal UI components for easier debugging and testing In order to the facilitate testing and debugging we'd like to label our custom styled components just like the MUI labels their own internal components.
Currently all all custom styled components gets a class on the following format: class="css-vxvgcl" were as all MUI components gets classNames like: MuiBadge-root css-comk89
Emotion styled components can handle this by adding the following section to the babelrc file under the plugins section:
    [
          "@emotion",
          {
            "sourceMap": true,
            "autoLabel": "always",
            "labelFormat": "[local]",
            "cssPropOptimization": true
          }
    ],

However this leads to that we need to import styled from emotion rather than from MUI.
// import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles'; Can't be used if babel-setup should kick in
import styled from '@emotion/styled';

This feels like a risky disconnect from the MUI styled solution. Is there any possible solution to handle this in the babelrc file without having to use emotion/styled in our components?

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A new protocol document launched today provides valuable insight into delivering accessible meetings and events to those with hearing loss. Published by Ideas for Ears, a social enterprise based in Scotland with the sole aim of making the UK a more hearing-friendly place. Though non-sector specific, the Hearing Access Protocol contains some valuable insights for PR agencies. Here's what PR pros can take away from its findings.
One tenth of the UK's workforce is reported to have hearing loss, that translates to roughly 3.3 million people. Currently, we match accessibility requirements to those who have raised a need but this relies on two things; the person declaring their hearing loss and the hearing loss being diagnosed in the first place. Accessibility-by-numbers is no longer an acceptable approach, particularly when much is made of cross sector and human to human marketing, approaches which, by their nature, rely on breaking down barriers.
For PR professionals hosting, running or organising events, this means not relying solely on the venue to supply accessibility information. One of the first help points for organisers in the Hearing Access Protocol is, frankly, a PR Pro's core role – change mindsets and create positive experiences. If we can't do that, we shouldn't be in PR.
Help, assumptions and privacy, oh my!
As a hearing aid user and long-time deaf person believe me when I say we're good at bluffing. We are masters of the vague undefined expression and non-committal nod. Approaching accessibility from the position of 'everything is fine, until we're told otherwise' relies on assumptions. It is a difficult tightrope to walk – not assuming, yet also respecting privacy and avoiding putting people in awkward positions. The new Hearing Access Protocol recognises this and its list of tips is extensive and detailed – from running events to hosting meetings and covering equipment such as the Rule of Thumb: for PA systems section to explaining hearing loops, which even those with hearing loss may not fully understand!
Listening is a desirable PR skill but it's one that's viewed as valuable from the perspective of the client/audience relationship, not one that we apply in our own actions relating to diversity in PR. However, the Hearing Access Protocol clearly demonstrates how PR professionals can apply this same skill to meeting and event accessibility. This is specifically noticeable in its guidance on inviting comment and requests prior to events and meetings, it's detailed list of questions to ask and support of post-event feedback.
The Hearing Access Protocol is a document worthwhile adding to any PR event toolkit. It's been written from a non-hearing point of view and its depth and comprehensiveness is testament to the author's understanding of organisers being overwhelmed and viewing it as a huge undertaking. Whilst some of the points on the checklist may seem like common sense and second nature to us as PR professionals, there are definitely others which are unlikely to be considered without a prompt. Sally Shaw, founder of Ideas for Ears, hopes the protocol will be adopted and used to design, plan and run meetings and events that are suitable for those of all hearing abilities.
You can download the full protocol here.


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AMTA's members offer music education for many instruments including piano, voice, strings, woodwinds, brass and guitar, along with music composition, theory, and performance. We promote the musical growth of students and teachers alike, through education, performance and service.
AMTA was selected as the Colorado State Music Teachers Association of the year in 1996 and awarded the "Arts for a Better Tomorrow " award from the Aurora Symphony Orchestra in 2011.
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\subsection*{Main Results}
Let $q$ be a prime number.  We
build a random chain complex with coefficients in $\Fqn{}$ as follows (see
Definition~\ref{defn:random_chain_cx} for a precise statement). Given a
sequence of non-negative integers $\{n_m\}$, where $m \in \Z$, together with a probability
distribution $\varphi$ on $\Fqn{}$, we construct random
linear transformations
\[
  A_m : \Fqn{n_m} \lra \Fqn{n_{m-1}} \, ,
\]
for all $m$. The transformations are subject to the constraint $A_{m-1} A_m =
0$, and should be chosen according to $\varphi$. The latter means the
following: After fixing the standard basis for $\Fqn{n_m}$, it suffices to
construct random $n_{m-1} \times n_m$ matrices $A_m$, satisfying $A_{m-1}A_m =
0$. We do so by choosing matrix entries i.i.d. from the distribution $\varphi$
on $\Fqn{}$. We then say that $(\Fqn{n_m}, A_m, \varphi)$ is a {\em random
chain complex}.

We are primarily interested in the case when $\varphi$ is the discrete uniform
distribution on $\Fqn{}$. In this case, we drop $\varphi$ from the notation and
say that $(\Fqn{n_m}, A_m)$ is a {\em uniform random chain complex}. We also
restrict our attention to bounded below chain complexes (see Remark~\ref{rem:bdd}).

Our first result is an explicit formula for the distribution
of the Betti numbers.
\begin{bigthm}
  \label{thm:bettinum}
  Let $\beta_m$ be the $m$-th Betti number of a uniform random chain complex
  $(\Fq^{n_m} , A_m)$. Then
  \[
    \bP[\beta_m = b] = \sum_{i_m=0}^{n_{m}} P_{i_m}^{m}(i_m-b)
    \sum_{i_{m-1}=0}^{n_{m-1}} P_{i_{m-1}}^{m-1}\left(n_{m} -i_m\right) \cdots
    \sum_{i_1 = 0}^{n_1} P_{i_1}^1\left(n_2 - i_2\right) P_{n_0}^0 \left(n_1 - i_1\right) \, ,
  \]
  where $P^m_k(r)$ is given in Eq.~\eqref{eqn:Pmkr}.
\end{bigthm}

As Theorem~\ref{thm:bettinum} gives a formula for
computing the distribution of the Betti numbers, it also leads to formulas for
other probabilistic properties of $\beta_m$, such as its moments and variance.

Our second main result show that, asymptotically, the $m$-th Betti number of a uniform random chain complex concentrates in a single value. Set
\begin{equation*}
  (n)_+ = \max(0,n) \, ,
\end{equation*}
to be the {\em positive part} of $n$.
Define
\begin{equation}
  B_m = (-n_{m+1} + (n_m - (n_{m-1} - (\cdots - (n_1 - n_0)_+ \cdots)_+ )_+
  )_+)_+ \, \, .
  \label{eqn:Nm}
\end{equation}

\begin{bigthm}
  \label{thm:qtoinfty}
  For a uniform random chain complex $(\Fqn{n_m},A_m)$ with $B_m$ defined as in Eq.~\eqref{eqn:Nm},
  \[
    \bP[\beta_m = B_m] \ra 1
    \mbox{ as } q \ra \infty  \, .
  \]
\end{bigthm}

\begin{remark}
  \label{rem:monotone}
  As a special case of the above theorem, consider when $\{n_m\}$
  is constant or increasing. In this case,
  $B_m = 0$, and the homology is trivial in probability as $q \ra \infty$
  (see Corollary~\ref{cor:inc}).
\end{remark}

\subsection*{Related Work} Others have considered different methods of applying
randomness to chain complexes. In~\cite{ginzburg2017random}, Ginzburg and
Pasechnik investigate a different notion of a random chain complex than the one
we have described above.  Given a finite dimensional vector space $V$ over
$\Fqn{}$, they consider chain complexes of the form \[ \cdots
\stackrel{D}{\lra} V \stackrel{D}{\lra} V \stackrel{D}{\lra} \cdots \, \, , \]
for a randomly chosen linear operator $D$ such that $D^2 = 0$. They choose the
operator $D$ uniformly over all such possible choices. In particular, our
construction is distinct from theirs, since they use the same operator $D$ at
each stage of the complex.
The first of their main results~\cite[Thm 2.1]{ginzburg2017random} states that
the rank of homology concentrates in the lowest possible dimension as $q \ra \infty$.
In the special case when $n_m \equiv n$ is constant, we also obtain minimal rank
homology (see Remark~\ref{rem:monotone}).

The second author has introduced and studied the
properties of a random Bockstein operation~\cite{zabka2018random}.
In homological algebra,
the Bockstein is a connecting homomorphism associated with a short exact
sequence of abelian groups, which are then used as the coefficients in a chain
complex. Given a random boundary operator of a chain complex, the distribution of compatible
random Bockstein operations is given in~\cite[Thm 5.2]{zabka2018random}.

\subsection*{Outline}
  The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we discuss preliminary results useful for
  the combinatorial aspects of our results. We give a precise definition of a model for a
  random chain complex in Section 3, as well as prove
  Theorem~\ref{thm:bettinum}. In Section 4, we complete the proof of Theorem~\ref{thm:qtoinfty}.

  \subsection*{Acknowledgments} The first author would like to thank Peter Bubenik for helpful discussions.

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The Extraordinary Life of William S. Burroughs
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By Peter Schjeldahl from the New Yorker Feb. 3, 2014
"I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves." So starts "Naked Lunch," the touchstone novel by William S. Burroughs. That hardboiled riff, spoken by a junkie on the run, introduces a mélange of "episodes, misfortunes, and adventures," which, the author said, have "no real plot, no beginning, no end." It is worth recalling on the occasion of "Call Me Burroughs" (Twelve), a biography by Barry Miles, an English author of books on popular culture, including several on the Beats. "I can feel the heat" sounded a new, jolting note in American letters, like Allen Ginsberg's "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness," or, for that matter, like T. S. Eliot's "April is the cruellest month." (Ginsberg was a close friend; Eliot hailed from Burroughs's home town of St. Louis and his poetry influenced Burroughs's style.) In Burroughs's case, that note was the voice of an outlaw revelling in wickedness. It bragged of occult power: "I can feel," rather than "I feel." He always wrote in tones of spooky authority—a comic effect, given that most of his characters are, in addition to being gaudily depraved, more or less conspicuously insane.
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Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACOT4 gene.

Function
The protein encoded by the ACOT4 gene is part of a family of Acyl-CoA thioesterases, which catalyze the hydrolysis of various Coenzyme A esters of various molecules to the free acid plus CoA. These enzymes have also been referred to in the literature as acyl-CoA hydrolases, acyl-CoA thioester hydrolases, and palmitoyl-CoA hydrolases. The reaction carried out by these enzymes is as follows:

CoA ester + H2O → free acid + coenzyme A

These enzymes use the same substrates as long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases, but have a unique purpose in that they generate the free acid and CoA, as opposed to long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases, which ligate fatty acids to CoA, to produce the CoA ester. The role of the ACOT- family of enzymes is not well understood; however, it has been suggested that they play a crucial role in regulating the intracellular levels of CoA esters, Coenzyme A, and free fatty acids. Recent studies have shown that Acyl-CoA esters have many more functions than simply an energy source. These functions include allosteric regulation of enzymes such as acetyl-CoA carboxylase, hexokinase IV, and the citrate condensing enzyme. Long-chain acyl-CoAs also regulate opening of ATP-sensitive potassium channels and activation of Calcium ATPases, thereby regulating insulin secretion. A number of other cellular events are also mediated via acyl-CoAs, for example signal transduction through protein kinase C, inhibition of retinoic acid-induced apoptosis, and involvement in budding and fusion of the endomembrane system. Acyl-CoAs also mediate protein targeting to various membranes and regulation of G Protein α subunits, because they are substrates for protein acylation. In the mitochondria, acyl-CoA esters are involved in the acylation of mitochondrial NAD+ dependent dehydrogenases; because these enzymes are responsible for amino acid catabolism, this acylation renders the whole process inactive. This mechanism may provide metabolic crosstalk and act to regulate the NADH/NAD+ ratio in order to maintain optimal mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids. The role of CoA esters in lipid metabolism and numerous other intracellular processes are well defined, and thus it is hypothesized that ACOT- enzymes play a role in modulating the processes these metabolites are involved in.

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Please visit http://adamnathan.net instead!
2005 Products: Why Upgrade?
Adam Nathan [MSFT] June 9, 2005 4
Yesterday at TechEd, someone asked me if we had one-page documents that explained:
What's new in SQL Server 2005?
What's new in Visual Studio 2005?
What's new in the .NET Framework 2.0?
In other words, what are the features that will make her team beg to move from SQL Server 2000 and Visual Studio 2003? I know that there are soooo many improvements and new features in these products (literally years in the making), but have we done a good enough job enumerating the benefits of these new products and technologies? I wasn't aware of such one-page documents, so I started digging to see what I could find online.
For SQL Server 2005, I found this document. (A little longer than one page!)
For Visual Studio 2005, there's the new Team System, which delivers tons of new functionality, and the new Express Editions. But the Standard and Professional Editions have countless improvements for developer productivity, of course. For the IDE, the closest "What's New?" list I've found is the oddly-titled "Where Did My Icons Go?" article. It's not mentioned, but for me, my favorite feature is a set of IntelliSense improvements that makes it (finally!) even better than VB6 IntelliSense! (By the way, this post gives a great overview of all the Visual Studio editions.)
But we haven't even touched on language features yet! C# now has anonymous methods, iterators, partial classes, and more. VB has the "My" feature, Upgrade Wizard enhancements, operator overloading, and other language enhancements. C++ has a ton of new features, and an overhauled syntax that addresses issues with the deprecated managed extensions and makes C++ interop better than ever.
Then there's the .NET Framework itself, whose improvements (usually) apply across all languages. Windows Forms includes great new controls and ClickOnce deployment. ASP.NET also has tons of new controls and RAD features. See the TechEd 2005 slides and demos here for a good overview. ADO.NET has a number of improvements. The CLR has Edit & Continue, 64-bit support, generics, performance and reliability improvements, more complete interoperability, new classes and members throughout the base class libraries: generic collections, ACL Support, Serial Port support, console enhancements, etc. Here's a summary of some of the .NET Framework 2.0 improvements over 1.1: authenticated stream classes (NegotiateStream and SslStream), FTP support, etc. etc. etc.
From my viewpoint, this information was too hard to dig up. And I'm only scratching the surface! (In fact, I probably omitted some large areas.) I'm not in marketing, so maybe this is already in the works, but I'd love to see 1 (or 2, 3, 4, ...) pagers on the most compelling new features in these products.
Have you been taking early looks at these products?
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5 Juveniles Face Hate Crimes for Incident at Iowa Sleepover
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DES MOINES (CSU) Five minors are accused of using racial slurs against another youngster at a sleepover, according to Clive police. The 12 and 13-year-olds allegedly tossed footballs and other objects at a kid while shouting racial slurs, according to the Des Moines Register.
According to Clive Police Lt. Mark Rehberg, the Polk County Attorney's Office charged harassment and simple assault. He said the accusations were increased to hate crimes since racist insults were reportedly used.
The kids' names were not revealed because juvenile court records remain private in Iowa. "Bullying is not acceptable," Rehberg stated. "We want to stop it."
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Judith Roberts
Dr Judith Roberts
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Judith completed a BSc in Psychology, here at Bangor in 2000. Judith remained at Bangor University and completed a professional qualification in Social Work (DipSW) in 2003. Judith was employed as a Social Worker with older adults before returning to Bangor to commence her PhD in 2007 under the supervision of Professor Linda Clare. The focus of the PhD was on the nature of awareness in Mild Cognitive Impairment. With a renewed interest in clinical work, Judith gained a place on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) in 2010, completed her PhD successfully in 2011 and qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2013. Following a period of working within a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team immediately after qualifying, Judith returned to Bangor University as a Research Officer and then Lecturer in 2015. Judith is registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical Psychologist.
Teaching Interests
Judith's main area of teaching is on topics within Clinical and Health Psychology. Judith is the Director of the MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology and also supervises undergraduate Honours and postgraduate Masters dissertations.
Judith's research interests include anxiety/anxiety disorders, cognitive impairment and rehabilitation, and awareness/consciousness. Judith is also interested in the development and effectiveness of evidence based practice within clinical and academic environments.
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BRUSSELS–Russia's state-owned natural gas company OAO Gazprom and the European Union's antitrust authorities are aiming to agree as soon as the end of October the terms of a settlement that would force changes to the way the company operates, according to people familiar with the matter.
Gazprom executives, Russian government officials and the European Commission, which is the bloc's antitrust regulator, are expected to hash out the final details of the agreement in a high-level meeting at the end of the month, one of the people said.
The Russian government, which controls more than 50% of the company's shares, has been actively involved in the settlement discussions, which are aimed at addressing the EU regulator's long-running concerns that the energy giant harms competition and charges unfair prices in several Eastern European countries.
A settlement could help the company avoid billion-dollar fines in exchange for changes to the way the business operates. The discussions, however, could still go awry and no final plan has yet been signed off, the people stressed.
If the terms of the settlement are agreed, the plan would then have to be presented to the other countries affected by the case–a process that could take weeks.
The closing of the talks in the EU's antitrust case comes as tensions mount between Russia and the West after a diplomatic breakdown over Moscow's bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Natalia Drozdiak was first to report that Russia's natural gas company Gazprom and the European Union's antitrust authorities are close to an agreement to settle antitrust charges against the company. Gazprom has been accused of charging unfair prices to customers and harming competition in energy markets. The parties are aiming to come to an agreement by the end of October which could force changes to the way the company operates, according to sources.


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Review: Bring up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel
I come across Mantel only after she won her second Man Booker prize (the first being Wolf Hall, the first book of the same series). Usually an award doesn't push me to read a book, since I believe each one of us reacts to a book differently, reading them with our past experiences. Will I like what you like? Perhaps not. Plus there was the fact that all media mentioned the award but none told me what the book was about!
When I read the back cover at Crosswords in Bangalore, I knew would read the series if only because it was set in Tudor times and had Cromwell in it. After all, as I realized during studying English literature in grad and post-grad, the most fascinating times of English history are the Tudors. That was the era when England was churning and building into a powerful empire from 'that cold, icy island in north' (Though you will find me cribbing most about the Victorians and their tiring nitpicking rules). The rulers, be it Henry VIII who remarried eight times, or his daughters Mary who killed off all newly turned protestants in the country or Queen Elizabeth—all of them are colourful, cruel and innovative characters. So I picked up both The Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies (you have to start from the beginning) and licked them up in a couple of weeks.
The Wolf Hall in the three book series (what is it with the number three anyway?) charts the rise of Thomas Cromwell as a minister in Henry VIII's rule. The Machiavellian character who is not of royal blood comes into court mostly because the Catholic king wants a new wife and only Cromwell the astute lawyer can change the rules of the game. Bring up the Bodies is about Cromwell rewriting laws again to get rid of the king's second wife (as per his wish) as well as running the kingdom. That's the story in short and if you are the kind who craves constant twist and turns to turn pages, you might not find that here.
The books are meant more for the ones who want to delve into those times of English history when England was waking up from medieval times and an overbearing corrupt Church and tentatively inching into a world created by laws and rules of commerce. The latter is represented very well in Cromwell's character. In the masterful author's hand, Cromwell is built inch by inch, dialogue by dialogue into a mammoth refreshing parallel to the royal citizenry of Henry's court. It's flavourful and delightful like a piece of sandesh (love the Bengali mithai!).
As her protagonist, her language delights too. Mantel uses present tense which makes her sentences shorter and sharper, adding a sense of immediacy in a plot that ambles along like the chuggish Thames. It's a difficult feat (I tried it in a short story and failed epically with a wrathful email from my editor) but Mantel seems to be at ease with both her language and world. There are many 'ahh' sentences and well as 'aha' moments, even though you might know the story more or less.
For me, The Wolf Hall was mostly 'aha' because of Cromwell's character and the way it rebuilds the modern world around him and his estate, dealing with all challenges in a practical manner. By the time of Bring Up the Bodies however, I was feeling a bit tired of the style. Cromwell was older and wiser (and boring!) and it seemed to be the same book again. But I still finished the second book for two reasons – Mantel's marvellous hold on language and I wanted to see how they do away with the second wife which was kind of anti-climatic. I will gladly pick up the third one too and read it, for no other reason than to see how the series ends, but that's me.
Mantel's books are not easy for its readers, especially those who don't know much about English history. She doesn't handhold you through the history or the character's past but rather arrogantly roughly pushes you straight into the alleys of early 16th century England, a world which comes with its own hangovers, allegiances and rules, much like any other fantasy world. There are a plethora of historical people who you have to know more, tree charts you have to consult, and incidents which you need to read up on Wikipedia to enjoy her books completely.
It's much like homework given by the more intelligent teachers of your school where you just cannot copy-paste and be done with it. It's hard work that needs patience and desire both. If you don't have that, you might enjoy the language for a little while but then get impatient and give up, shelving the book with its bookmark intact. I guess Mantel does warn us by implying that she's consciously trying to write 'serious fiction' instead of genre fiction which has whips, chains and boy wizards (Refering to the works of other top female authors in the UK, JK Rowling and EL James). She's an intelligent, arrogant writer and demands an equally hardworking, patient and intelligent reader. That's a lot to demand, even to someone like me who knows the world a bit. No wonder it appealed to the junta in the Booker committee. But if it will appeal to you as a reader, I am not too sure. And Mantel doesn't seem to care really. She was recently in news because she compared England's new Princess Kate Middleton to Anne in a speech and got egg on her face for the effort. Read more about that here, here and here. And lots of other places.
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LANDR is partnering with artists, revered session players, and producers to create the Chromatic sound sets library. With daily content updates, LANDR users can access a constantly growing spectrum of new sounds grouped by artist, color, and mood, all playable within an intuitive, powerful interface.
Crafted by an artist, a Chromatic sound set not only provides access to inspiring playable instrument loops, vocal hooks, one-shots, and soundscapes, but also to the story behind the sounds. The visually striking presentation expands the experience with distinctive stylized artwork for each artist, a bio, and links to their LANDR profile and socials for those who want to connect or even collaborate. Numerous diverse sound sets will be added to the instrument every week, with artists such as 2020 Grammy nominee D Smoke (Best New Artist, Best Rap Album) and platinum selling Montreal singer-songwriter Ariane Moffatt (with her SOMMM collective) contributing exclusive content, bringing their own unique colors to the Chromatic library.
"As an instrument, Chromatic lets you explore, play, and manipulate original sounds created by artists and producers, making them your own," reveals LANDR CEO Pascal Pilon.
"We've developed Chromatic to bring the human element back into your virtual studio, a unique way to collaborate and engage with the creators of your favorite tracks and musical styles."
Made by artists, for artists, Chromatic is a constantly expanding platform where artists can share their creative identity, while also sharing in the monthly revenue generated by the instrument. Users of Chromatic are inspired to create new music from this compelling, interactive content, while linking instantly to an ever-growing global community of pro vocalists, beat-makers, musicians, and sound designers. In the case of key high profile artists, royalty splits of derivative works will even be possible, in a unique arrangement that benefits both the artist as well as the Chromatic creative user.
Like all of LANDR's creator tools, Chromatic is integrated into the platform's increasingly robust offerings for professional-minded creatives. Now available in its entirety within the All Access Pass, Chromatic brings a new dimension to LANDR's creative landscape. Starting at $9.99/month for the initial 6 months and $14.99 thereafter, the All Access Pass gives users free reign across all of the LANDR services. This includes an extensive royalty-free sample library, their acclaimed AI-assisted mastering, music distribution, Sessions collaboration service, and now a unique virtual instrument with its exclusive artist-generated content library. Chromatic is also available separately as a free download, with access to the full library of royalty free sound sets at just $9.99 monthly.
"We want to set the standard for adding value to creator tools for music," explains Pilon. "LANDR wants to be a guide in assisting music makers to get projects done, and that also means creating inspiring, beautiful places they can go when they are stuck creatively. Chromatic will inspire artists to find their own creative voices, giving them a new way to reach each other, and let them play and use the sounds they love in the process."
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Emma King Consultancy
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Emma King Consultancy works with clients across the museum, heritage and cultural sectors to turn ideas into reality. Established in 2004, we specialise in creating great learning programmes, exhibitions, evaluation, business plans and partnerships. We can help you develop and manage projects, raise funds for new ideas and make the best of existing resources. If you're interested in working together, or you just want to talk over some ideas, we would love to hear from you.
We're working with the Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association on an HLF bid to establish a Holocaust Heritage & Learning Centre at Huddersfield University.
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Emma is a highly talented and professional woman with high level intellect, vast experience in the cultural and heritage sector, excellent written and communication skills, a prodigious work rate and able to project manage. She can be relied on to produce high quality work.
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I have been impressed by Emma's professional knowledge, her creativity and her sharp, analytical mind. She is highly organised and has a good portion of common sense. Most of all, I have valued Emma's ability to take ownership of any task she faces, contribute new perspectives, and make everything that crucial bit better than it was.
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The suite is excellent as it highlights the diversity of the subject... the resources have been considered to engage pupils to learning more about the subject and understanding WW1 wasn't all about trenches.
MyLearning Teacher Panel comments on learning resources for Joining Up the Humber
It has been a pleasure working with Emma, she has been an asset to the team and provided us with exactly what we needed. She is very methodical and organised in her approach, always delivering on time and to a very high standard. Emma provided invaluable information during the front end evaluation phase which helped to inform the design brief. It is often easy to forget that Emma isn't a full time member of the team due to her comprehensive knowledge of the project, and willingness to get involved.
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Conner has hurt his MCL, twice once at Pitt (it was during rehab of that injury that the lymphoma was discovered), and he was put on injured reserve this past December for an MCL injury also.
Anyone know if it was the same MCL? Or, does anyone know if injury to an MCL that is completely rehabbed is ever really completely healed ... does it put him at higher risk for re-injury?
But we still have coffee....right?


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Robert J. Alpern, MD
Dr. Robert J. Alpern, M.D., has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2013 and as chairman of our Scientific Advisory Board from October 2013 through May 2018. Dr. Alpern has served as the Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Professor of Internal Medicine, and Dean of Yale School of Medicine since June 2004. He served as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Relypsa, Inc. from 2007 until 2014 and Ilypsa, Inc. from 2004 until 2007. From July 1998 until June 2004, Dr. Alpern was the Dean of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Alpern has also served as a director of AbbVie Inc. since January 2013, Abbott Laboratories since October 2008 and has served on the board of trustees of Yale New Haven Hospital since 2005. Dr. Alpern was a member of the leadership committee of the American Society of Nephrology and served as its president. Dr. Alpern has held or been awarded field-specific journal editorial board positions and teaching awards and has served in leadership positions in advisory councils and associations. Dr. Alpern has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians and the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Alpern received his M.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and his B.A. in Chemistry from Northwestern University.


Veritas CEO Gary Bloom shares his perspective on EMC's WideSky during a Q&A session at SearchStorage's Storage Management conference.
CHICAGO - While he's skeptical about how "truly open" EMC's WideSky may be, Veritas CEO Gary Bloom said that if it does nothing else, the storage management initiative just further establishes Veritas as a long-time leader in the software management market.
Bloom responded to the question of growing competition from EMC during a Q&A session at the SearchStorage.com Storage Management conference being held here. Earlier in the conference, EMC also announced that it's opening up AutoIS APIs to competitors in an attempt to push the WideSky platform to de facto standard status.
The storage market is in turmoil right now, partly because of the economy, but also because of a market redefinition, Bloom said. Big vendors, such as EMC and Sun, are value shifting from the hardware arena to the software arena, and the introduction of WideSky is case in point.
"It validates the very position we are in - the big guys validating what we have done," he said.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based Veritas offers disaster recovery, data protection, high availability and storage area network software solutions.
"We've been at it for 10 years," said Bloom, discussing how Veritas -- in contrast to EMC - has always been entirely dedicated to software solutions.
EMC introduced its WideSky open management software in October enabing storage management applications to handle multiple vendor offerings. According to the company, the new products deliver on the promise of AutoIS, bringing the power of an EMC-managed environment to an open world.
"Ruettgers' definition of open is 'We spend a lot of money on it so we're open.'" said Bloom. "I'm skeptical--I'm questionable as to whether they can really get there," he added.
When citing reasons as to why he believes WideSky is not "truly open," Bloom discussed how Veritas has to write its software to EMC's APIs. He referenced Veritas' Backup 4.5 press release that quotes EMC's Vice President of Alliances and Information Sciences Don Swatik as saying, "Through EMC's open APIs, Veritas NetBackup 4.5 offers our mutual customers an integrated backup and recovery solution that provides high performance data protection with minimal impact on production IT systems." Bloom said Veritas enabled NetBackup to work with the APIs.
"Sometimes it's WideSky, sometimes it's blue sky - not quite sure which," said Bloom. He added EMC really doesn't have the hardware cooperation it needs to make WideSky a standard.
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Electoral College Confirms Trump's Victory, Squashing Hopes for Upset
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Mary Barrett, of Iowa City, Iowa, and her daughter Rebecca, right, react as Iowa's six electors cast their Electoral College ballots for Republican Donald Trump, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo via AP
Donald Trump is officially the president-elect after winning more than 270 Electoral College votes. Although there was a great deal of noise about "faithless electors" potentially casting their votes for other people, in the end, Trump only lost two electors. Hillary Clinton lost four.
The idea behind faithless electors was that they were free to vote for not-Trump, facing at most a $1,000 fine. They didn't do that.
Faithless electors in Washington State did break from the Democrats: three voted for Colin Powell and one for Faith Spotted Eagle, a celebrated member of the Sioux nation who stood against both the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access pipeline. Her name was the subject of all kinds of racist hilarity from reporters who didn't have five seconds to Google her.
Meanwhile, just two Republican electors, both in Texas, voted against Trump: one cast his vote for Kasich and the other for Ron Paul. Hardly anybody, then, took up Michael Moore's offer to defect and have him pay their fines:
One of the Texas electors, Chris Suprun, has been vocal about his plans to vote against Trump, and for his trouble was smeared by people claiming he'd lied about being part of a team of first responders on September 11 at the Pentagon. (C-Span got confirmation that he was a member in good standing of a volunteer fire department at the time that did respond to the scene later on the day of the attacks.)
To further drag this thing out, the House and Senate will meet on January 6 so that Vice President Joe Biden can count the votes and formally declare the winner. I bet he's excited.


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