Having transitioned from self-employed vocal coach to multi-business owner, and surrounded by musicians and music teachers every day, I've noticed that perhaps some of my top tips might be useful to those I most admire and whom I want to succeed!
So, if you're a musician and music teacher, read on to learn how best to promote yourself and attract new students.
List yourself and your services on local online directories such as mumsnet.com (they have specific local listings), kidsorted.com, all4kidsuk.com, and more general local listings specific to your area such as lovecamden.org and allinlondon.co.uk. Another great place to list your services is on music teacher specific sites such as musicteachers.co.uk.
TIP: Google 'whats on in' followed by your town or city name to find the best local websites for advertising your services. Most of these websites will offer a basic listing for free, and some offer premium paid listings for more exposure.
Leverage Facebook groups to get your classes and offerings in front of your ideal clients. Think about which Facebook groups your ideal customer would be a part of and request to join those groups so you can post a link to your website and introduce yourself. Search in the Facebook search bar for things like 'North London Parents'. From the search results, select the group tab at the top of the page. Facebook will then provide a list of all groups related to North London Parents and a 'Join' button.
Some groups will require an administrator to approve your membership request before you can post to the wall. Others will accept the request automatically so you can make your introductions! Always be sure to read the group rules before posting, and where there are thousands of members, don't be afraid to post every few days to keep your content towards the top of the group listings. Not every one is on Facebook all the time so not everyone will see your first post.
TIP: Think outside the box when searching for groups… potential students won't necessarily be active in the obvious music related groups so think about what other interests they might have.
Make sure your website is updated regularly and includes the information your potential students will want to find such as prices, cancellation policy, your availbility, testimonials from other students, and most importantly, your contact details. Ensure your website is easy to navigate and doesn't confuse the visitor. If prospective students can't find what they're looking for in the first 5 seconds, they WILL click off and visit the next website on the google rankings, i.e. your competitor!
Look at your website with a critical eye and put yourself in the shoes of your student. Does your website showcase you in the best light and make for an enjoyable experience for your student?
TIP: Make sure you include lots of keywords in the body of your text and be sure to have links to your professional social media profiles.
Create a Google Business Listing to increase your Google rankings and increase your professional prescence on the net. Websites with a google maps link will appear in local searches above those without. Google tracks the location of its customers in order to provide the most relevant search results. Please don't ever list your personal home address as your business location however. Use a studio address if you have one such as www.northlondonmusicacademy.com/studios.
TIP: Populate your Google Business Listing with images, a bio, opening times for your 'business' (always open is a good idea), and encourage existing students to leave Google reviews in order to provide social proof for potential students. This will increase your conversion rates.
Start a blog and write guest blog posts for other blogging platforms. Starting a blog can be a fantastic way to increase your organic rankings on Google (be sure to include lots of keywords). It can also be a great tool for providing free advice and resources for your students which will increase their customer experience and keep them coming back to you for more lessons, AND referring you to friends and family. Plus, the more value you offer your students, the more you can charge for your services! If you're a vocal coach, you could write blog posts on the best warm up practices, or maintaing vocal health. Make sure to share all your blog posts on social media and in the Facebook groups relevant to your niche.
All of these tips you can action straight away and use repeatedly to increase your web prescence, making you much easier to find in the great world wide web!
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As a homeowner, it's essential that you do whatever you can to make sure your home is in good condition and is well taken care of. You vacuum the floors, wipe down the woodwork, disinfect the counters and dust the bookshelves… but have you ever thought about the parts of your home that you can't see—like your air ducts?
Even though you can't see your air ducts, it doesn't mean that they don't need a good cleaning every so often. You'd be surprised at how much can actually build up within your ducts: that's why air duct cleaning in Village, VA is so important.
As the winter weather makes its way in, it's that time of year when we turn on our heating systems in order to maintain a comfortable temperature within the home. That's when the buildup in our air ducts can affect us the most.
Dust and debris. Like any other part of the home, dust and random debris can be found anywhere. It's a natural buildup that happens over time. The difference is, the dust that builds up on our dressers, behind our TV's and on our bookshelves is typically wiped away every so often because we can see it. The dust and debris found in our air ducts typically goes untouched because we can't see it. Out of sight, out of mind!
Mold. Mold can be a major problem, especially if your home has had a history of leaks, flooding or moisture build-up. This mold, especially if stuck in an air duct, can continue to grow and infest your home without you even realizing it. Regular cleaning can ensure that any sort of potential problem can be caught and taken care of right away.
Rodent droppings or dead rodents. Although we don't like the thought of it, the threat of rodents infesting your home is a reality and can happen at any time. Should this happen, not only is having the animal in your home a problem in itself, especially if they die, but they can also leave little presents within your walls that can continue to be a problem if not caught.
Allergens. There are a variety of different allergens that can build up in your air ducts over time and can pollute the air that you breathe every single day.
What it all comes down to is, when you don't regularly perform air duct cleaning in Village, VA the different bacteria, dust and allergens listed above end up in your breathing air and can circulate throughout your home as you're heating it this winter. This can lead to sickness, discomfort and horrible smells, which is the last thing you want to happen in your home.
If you haven't had your air ducts cleaned in a while or are looking to have them cleaned again, work with your local cleaning service in Village, VA and make sure that your air ducts are inspected and cleaned properly by the professionals.


Neota Logic, creators of the leading artificial intelligence platform for legal services, is pleased to be supporting the Legal Apps Competition at Cornell Tech in conjunction with Littler Mendelson, the world's largest labor and employment firm representing management, Cornell Law School, and Cornell Tech, Cornell University's center of graduate education and research in New York City.
The event will be held on the evening of December 3rd at the Tata Innovation Center at the Cornell Tech campus on New York's Roosevelt Island.
"We're excited at Cornell Tech to offer our students the opportunity to explore the vibrant legal tech arena while developing applications for the underserved non-profit community," said Matthew D'Amore, Associate Dean at Cornell Tech and Professor of the Practice at Cornell Law School.
The panel of judges includes Joe Breda, President of Bloomberg Law, Meredith Williams-Ranges, Chief Knowledge Officer at Shearman & Sterling and Eduardo Penalver, Dean of Cornell Law School.
The event, which is open to the public at no charge, beings at 5:30pm. Attendees can register here and the event will also be available to be viewed online via live stream.


Gadoterate meglumine is a paramagnetic contrast agent used to detect areas of disruption of the blood brain barrier and/or abnormal vascularity. Gadoterate affects proton relaxation times and consequently the magnetic resonance (MR) signal, and the contrast obtained is characterized by the relaxivity of the gadoterate molecule. The relaxivity values for gadoterate are similar across the spectrum of magnetic field strengths used in clinical MRI.


Today on the Thom Hartman show he had a guest on that wrote a book, something about "The prosecution of Bush for Murder." The book sounded interesting, hopefully a prosecutor will have enough courage to prosecute citizen Bush when he is out of office, perhaps even flip a low level 9/11 operator.
Anyway, I found it particularly interesting because he mentioned the fact that there is "proof" (via a memo) that the President himself, suggested the use of a false flag op to provoke Sadaam Hussein into starting a War. A Brit by the name of Manning, wrote down some notes that referenced a suggestion made by Bush that we paint a US jet in UN colors and "hope" Sadam shoots it down. I found this amazing that this is part of the public record and not one News source has looked into it, and I am not even sure I have seen this posted here. I should correct myself, at this point, I am not amazed by anything, but you get my point. This is just another data point and perhaps shows that Bush may have been more directly involved in 9/11 than previouly thought?
After working with my freeware Audacity wave editor (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows) all afternoon, I've managed to compile a relatively complete audio version of the debate (from hours 1 & 2) that is generally commercial-free.
Also, mirrored for QUICK download here.
Thank you, Kevin! It was a good debate!


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Select an item in the Steps panel on the left side of the screen, then use the center panel to enter text for it. Type your text, or copy and paste it from another source. It couldn't be easier.
Hover over any button in the ribbon to see its function.
You can apply formatting to a word, phrase, paragraph, or an entire step. To quickly select a word, just double-click it. To quickly select a paragraph, triple-click any word in the paragraph.
Click the Clear Formatting button to return the selected text to its default attributes.
Go to the first tab on the ribbon, and click Interaction Properties.
Select the Colors and Effects tab on the left edge of the window.
Use the Title font and Content font drop-downs to choose your fonts.
The title font is used for the title of your interaction and the title of each individual step.
The content font is used for the details of each step in your interaction.
Left-click any color scheme to apply it to your interaction.
Right-click any custom color scheme to Edit it.
Choose Create New Theme Colors at the bottom of the list to create a new scheme.
To learn more about working with color schemes in Engage, see this tutorial.


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What are the possible economic ramifications for ACP countries of mega-regional trade agreements – those which involve three or more countries, constitute a quarter of world trade or more, and entail deep, behind the border regulatory commitments – being negotiated by major industrial powers like the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership? This paper from ECIPE explores these issues and urges a policy of constructive engagement in the WTO by the ACP countries through participation in established working groups to explore the new regulatory issues, and preparing the groundwork for their subsequent incorporation by negotiation into the multilateral trading system. While the WTO remains central to defending ACP trade interests, ECIPE encourages ACP states to conditionally support plurilateral negotiations, ensuring that their interests will be accommodated by withholding consent until such time as concrete and enforceable undertakings are in place.
Seven out of ten Africans prefer democracy to other political regimes, and the proportion of deeply committed democrats has risen steadily over the past decade according to citizen attitude surveys conducted by the Afrobarometer in 34 countries. The study points out that while ordinary Africans clamour for high-quality elections and leadership accountability, too many political leaders continue to manipulate the polls, challenge term limits, and even seize power by coup. Several African countries – notably Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe – continue to experience a deficit of democracy in which popular demand for democracy greatly exceeds the amount of democracy that political elites are willing or able to supply.
ECDPM's latest guide is for African and European audiences eager to know more about how the European Union makes decisions on Africa in an ever changing and interdependent relationship between the two continents. What guiding documents, financial and other instruments does the EU use? What are the main dynamics and challenges? No death by powerpoint here! This new guide is an in-house presentation supported by infographics and narrated by our own Essete Abebe Bekele and Clem Silverman. It is based on previous ECDPM's research and body of knowledge.
Some claim the 2011 "New Deal" for Engagement in Fragile States is already in crisis, but statebuilding demands patience, resources and resolve writes Helder da Costa, General Secretary of the g7+ in The Guardian. The New Deal calls for peacebuilding and statebuilding objectives to be at the forefront of international efforts in conflict-affected countries. But to achieve change on the ground, the New Deal must change mindsets and shift priorities at the very highest levels. Yet it has too often been seen as a technocratic exercise, something that can be "implemented" by one or two ministries and their local donors. Da Costa argues we need to bring the politics back in. This means building momentum and commitment to change at all levels of society, from the grassroots to the president. You can also listen to a podcast on what he expects from the First High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership.


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Q: C++ iterators: Can iterators to an abstract class be implemented as a nested class? I was wondering if one could implement custom iterators to an abstract class as an embedded class with appropriate overloading of operators and methods. That is, if it would be alright as a starting point to start as:
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I have tried understanding several different ways of implementing custom iterators, but it would be easier to grasp if layout can be a bit simplified. The methods like begin(), end(), etc., can be now implemented in my_class along with any other types required.
Would such an implementation be compatible with STL algorithms? I remember having implemented such an iterator class that seemed to work, but I am not sure if it would be ok in general.

A: There is no requirement where the type should be defined. It has to be accessible as container::iterator (and container::const_iterator) and there is no reason why it couldn't be defined right there. A nested type is a type just like any other.

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Only 4 players ventured out in the cold, wind & rain on Saturday, while their colleagues chose to stay by the fire & watch their football teams get beaten.
Young Kobi Wenzel was the only player to master the conditions returning an excellent score of plus 2. The remaining players were totally outclassed by both Kobi & the weather. Russell "Gus The Good Guy" Wenzel scored -4 While Andy Phillips & David "Jack" Webster could only manage -6.


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First revealed in February, and a reminder to you last month as sales of the publication have been extremely healthy (and it proved a struggle for a number of you to track one down in stores), the first part, known as Edition 1, of MOJO magazine's two-part Pink Floyd special collectors' edition is still available online in limited quantities, so don't delay. Housed in a gatefold card sleeve, with a mirrored prism on the front, and Atom Heart Mother's Lulubelle III pictured on the inside when opened up, the magazine covers the early period in the band's history: 1965-1973.
The good news for those who have been patiently waiting for part two, is that (from today) this second half can be found in UK stores now, while stocks last, or online naturally, and picks up where Pink Floyd Edition One: Echoes 1965-1973 left off. In Pink Floyd Edition Two: Echoes 1974-2019, the MOJO team covers the triumphant Wish You Were Here, the making of Animals and its flying-pig artwork, and deconstructs The Wall – brick by brick. They revisit Pink Floyd's Live 8 reunion, their surprise return to the studio with The Endless River, and pay tribute to Syd Barrett and Richard Wright. Bringing things right up to date, the magazine also goes "Flying high with Nick Mason's Saucers". Plus, among many classic, rare and previously unseen images, they've reprinted the Floyd's amazing hand-drawn 1974 UK Winter Tour programme in its entirety.
The editor, Mark Blake (he of the excellent Pigs Might Fly biography of the band) has put together the pair of 132 page magazines in part to tie in with the current tour of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets that began last month in Vancouver. The publications pull together interviews and articles printed over the many years of MOJO magazine, and accompany them with many rare and previously unseen images of the band, to help trace the journey from the band's first steps, through to the present day.
There were certainly a healthy number of pictures which I'd not seen before, and refreshingly for a special publication such as this, there is no advertising within its pages to artificially inflate the page count. Both parts should be worthwhile purchases for Floyd fans, providing plenty to read, and lots of visual entertainment too.


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Written by Tristan Bishop-Smith on 24 July, 2019
BOTH FIRE ENGINES LOOK SET TO STAY IN DISS
Diss looks set to keep hold of both of its traditional fire engines – for the time being.
A change of mind by Norfolk fire service means that the fire tender, due to be replaced shortly by a smaller 4 by 4 vehicle, will be kept for the rest of its working life. The fire engine at Diss is one of three others around the county, which will now be retained.
A modified SUV will still be allocated to Diss fire station, after originally being planned as a replacement vehicle.
EMERGENCY CALLS SOAR TO NORFOLK POLICE
There's been a big increase in the number of emergency phone calls to police in Norfolk.
999 calls have gone up by a quarter in the last three years….that's an extra 15 hundred calls a year. Response officers are now dealing with around 300 emergency calls a day, a workload that is stretching the force and occasionally causing delays.
The problem has been made worse by a backlog of officers waiting for required driver-training to attend 999 calls.
NO RUSH TO REPLACE THE OLD APOLLO CLUB BUILDING
It's expected to be some time before a start is made on replacing the former Apollo club building at its Harleston site.
It will be later this year before developers McCarthy and Stone intend to submit plans for approval to build nearly 50 retirement homes on the site in Mendham Lane. The company says the development will help to satisfy a growing need for housing for the elderly in the town.
The former club building was demolished earlier this year after closing its doors a few years ago.
CONCERN OVER EXCESS SPEEDING BY DRIVERS
Nearly 340 drivers have been recorded by police travelling at speeds of more than a hundred miles an hour in Norfolk in the last two years..
A total of 179 motorists were caught in the county in 2017 and 160 last year. The figures have been released by the Brake road safety charity, which is now calling for more road policing and an automatic ban for drivers speeding excessively. The highest speed recorded in Norfolk was 144 miles an hour…on the A47.


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Q: If $y=f(x)=\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}$ find $m$ so that $f(y)=x$. Question: If $y=f(x)=\dfrac{3x-5}{2x-m}$ find $m$ so that $f(y)=x$.
We have $y=\dfrac{3\left(\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}\right)-5}{2\left(\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}\right)-m} $
How can I find $m$? It is given than $m=3$.

A: 1-method. The hyperbola has assymptotes: $y=\frac32$ and $x=\frac m2$. The inverse function must be symmetric with respect to the line $y=x$. For the hyperbola to be self inverse, the assymptotes must intersect at the line $y=x$, consequently, $m=3$.
2-method. Find the inverse function and equate to the original:
$$y=\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}\Rightarrow x=\frac{mx-5}{2x-3}\Rightarrow \\
y^{-1}=\frac{mx-5}{2x-3}=\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}\Rightarrow m=3.$$

A: Now, $$\dfrac{3\left(\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}\right)-5}{2\left(\frac{3x-5}{2x-m}\right)-m}=x$$ or
$$\frac{3(3x-5)-5(2x-m)}{2(3x-5)-m(2x-m)}=x$$ or
$$\frac{-x+5m-15}{x(6-2m)+m^2-10}=x$$ or $$-x+5m-15=x^2(6-2m)+x(m^2-10).$$
We need $$5m-15=0,$$ $$6-2m=0$$ and $$m^2-10=-1,$$ which gives $m=3.$

A: If $y=f(x)=\dfrac{3x-5}{2x-m}$ find $m$ so that $f(y)=x$.
$$f(y) = \frac{3y -5}{2y-m} = x$$
$$2yx -mx = 3y-5$$
$$2yx - 3y +5 = mx$$
$$2\dfrac{3x-5}{2x-m}x-3\dfrac{3x-5}{2x-m} + 5 = mx$$
$$\dfrac{6x^2-10x-9x+15+10x -5m}{2x-m}=mx$$
$$ \dfrac{6x^2 -9x+15   -5m}{2x-m}=mx$$
$$ \dfrac{6x^2 -9x+15   -5m-2x^2m+ m^2x}{2x-m}= 0$$
$$  6x^2 -9x+15   -5m-2x^2m+ m^2x = 0$$
$$  3(2x^2 -3x+5)   =m(5+2x^2- mx)  $$
$$  3(2x^2 -3x+5)   =m(2x^2 -mx+5)  $$
You can easily see that
$$m =3$$


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A larger-than-life character on the Italian music scene, Vinicio Capossela (born in Hannover, Germany, December 14, 1965) can boast an extraordinary career dating back to 1990 with his first album All'Una E Trentacinque Circa. Though an unknown artist at that time, Capossela immediately conquered the the Tenco Club (a panel of music journalists, musicians and friends of the late Luigi Tenco, which gives awards for singing/songwriting achievements every year), thus earning himself a prize for Best Debut Album in the 1991 edition. A string of records followed (Modì, 1992; Camera A Sud, 1994; Il Ballo Di San Vito, 1996; Liveinvolvo, 1998; Canzoni A Manovella, 2000 – which also won the Tenco Award for Best Album of the Year – and Ovunque Proteggi, 2006, another Tenco Award for Best Album of the Year), which expanded his fanbase as well as enhancing his credibility amongst critics.
Born in Germany, Capossela moved to Italy shortly afterwards, where he grew up and was exposed to music influences alien to the usual background of a singer-songwriter. Even in his early pieces, Capossela's world revolved around the American underground culture and the road myth (namely Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski and Tom Waits) as well as the Italian exoticism embodied by the legendary Luis Prima in the US or Renato Carosone in Italy. Capossela's early works displayed a real passion for "Italo-Americanness", for the kind of entertainment portrayed in Martin Scorsese's films or in masterpieces like Big Night and Broadway Denny Rose, as well as an affectionate reference to the "exportable Italianness" that made Adriano Celentano and Adamo so famous with Italian communities abroad.
While his early recordings conveyed a scenario of this kind, with his fourth album Capossela began to pursue a different direction. Imagination "colics", geographical derailments, images that would develop into stronger and stronger visions with each album: this is what Capossela's backward journey towards his own roots (which would turn out to be the long folklore tradition of Italy) is all about. Il Ballo Di San Vito represented the finishing point of this journey and at the same time the starting point of a new one, which was also affected by his friendship with the late folk singer-songwriter Matteo Salvatore. Capossela actually regards Salvatore as his model, as he encouraged him to explore the rural and peasant world haunted by demons and ghosts, which both fascinate and obsess him. In the same way, Capossela also became interested in the revolutionary films by director Pier Paolo Pasolini, a passionate and hopeless champion of pre-industrial Italy and her values.
Capossela's magic lies in his ability to break the boundaries of a song and to evoke, through the use of images, entire worlds in which to live through the song. They are worlds infested by demons, grace, shadows, lost souls and losers, and they are built on language, an element Capossela is constantly working on. Lyrics play a crucial role in Capossela's songs, while the music – free from any genre restraints – is at the complete disposal of the musical world he creates. His music rests strongly on words, but at the same time it is so open to the world outside that it is able to incorporate tango, morna and rebetic music, thus involving different musicians and different backgrounds.
Capossela's music career has been littered with collaborations over the years – from his first readings dedicated to Italian-American writer John Fante together with Vincenzo Costantino "Cinaski" to his tour with Neat Veliov's Kocani Orkestar, the Balkan brass band made famous by Emir Kusturica's film Time of the Gypsies; from his tribute to the distinguished Russian singer-songwriter Vladimir Vitsosky included in the album Il Volo Di Volodja to his ongoing collaboration with New York guitarist Marc Ribot and with cellist Mario Brunello and his Orchestra d'Archi Italiana; from his "Concerti per le Feste", a pretext for regular live gigs during Christmas time to his concerts dedicated to morna music, tango and rebetic music in the show called "Parole d'altrove"; from his first radio broadcasts like "I cerini di Santo Nicola" and his radio adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to his own novel, Non Si Muore Tutte Le Mattine, which met with wide acclaim upon publication in 2004. Capossela then worked on another radio play ("RadioCapitolazioni") and a theatrical piece ("Voci, Echi e Visioni da Non Si Muore Tutte Le Mattine"), both based on his book.
His latest, long-awaited album Ovunque Proteggi reached a surprising number one spot in the charts and sold over 70,000 copies in its first two months of release. It is a collection of solemn songs about "man, the earth and its never-ending topicality". This time Capossela excelled himself, focusing on evocative words based on narrative archetypes that are engraved on the hard stone of time: "You get to a point where the novel, the topic or the mere current issue is not enough… You need to get back to the roots. On one hand, historical ages – baroque, neoclassical, modern… on the other, stone".
Ovunque Proteggi is rich in historical, biblical and mythological references, each of which is connected with today's reality, where it finds its deepest meaning. It is a parade of characters that the author defines as "wretches of all historical times", stuck between the misery of their human condition and the longing to lift their eyes to the grace of God. Travel in space and time adds a deeper perspective to the record, serving almost as an "archaeological sediment" which makes Ovunque Proteggi a "geographical" album. It is a geographical album also because, in Pasolini's style, it contains a geography of places and people, of the important encounters made before completing this work. The first stone was placed in Rome, in front of the Colosseum, during the recording of the song "Al Colosseo". That was the start of six months of work during which Capossela wrote and recorded in the very places the songs led him to: a prehistoric cave in Sardinia (Ispinigoli), a church in Sicily (Scicli) or in Milan, a theatre (Treviso), a disused monastery (Montebello) or the hot and humid southern Emilia (Rubiera) where he polished the lyrics to his songs.
A histrionic and bewitching "circus artist", Vinicio Capossela is also an outstanding and creative live performer. His recent tour, which started in February with a series of sold out concerts, speaks volumes. The show, of which Capossela is director and art director, literally reproduces the songs of his new album Ovunque Proteggi by immersing them in the evocative setting of a shadow theatre. The first act is a riot of shadows, sounds and visions, followed by a short interlude which leads to the second act, where a different selection of songs from previous albums is played depending on the location of the concert, the moment and the guests that join him onstage. After forty concerts held in winter and spring, Capossela spent last summer touring stone theatres, so as to mirror the music and lyrics of Ovunque Proteggi even further. From the concerts and the visions of this fortunate tour is taken his latest effort, the film drama/live cd Nel Niente sotto il Sole – Grand Tour, issued on dvd/cd shortly before Christimas 2006.
Vinicio Capossela has spent most of this year bringing his music outside of Italy. His three gigs in Spain at the end of 2006 were so widely acclaimed by critics and fans that his record company decided to release Ovunque Proteggi in the country. However, Spain is not the only place Vinicio visited. As his album was re-released there, gigs were scheduled in Germany, Greece, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and even Canada and United States in May (with a stunning live set at New York's Joe's Pub).
Last April Capossela performed in Greece for the first time. Together with his band and a rebetiko trio, he played at the Half Note in Athens for seven consecutive nights. This experiment spawned a proper show, originally entitled OI REBETIKI MINOTAVROI and then REBETIKOS GYMNASTAS. Five shows were played in Italy at the end of May and two more at the end of July.
In the meantime, at the end of June, Capossela was invited to guest the great concert the Greek chanteuse Dimitra Galani played at the Lycabettus in Athens. During the gig she delivered the Greek versions of two songs by Vinicio, "Corre il soldato" and "Non è l'amore che va via", both of which were included in Dimitra Galani's new album Dama Koupa.
The summer had more gigs in store – the Czech Republic, Austria, Portugal, in addition to some special events in Italy, namely the Florentine Genius that took place in Florence in May, where Capossela performed the live project FUGGITE AMANTI AMOR: RIME E LAMENTAZIONI PER MICHELANGELO together with top cello player Mario Brunello. Vinicio turned some of Michelangelo Buonarroti's verses into "songs" providing them with music. Among his other engagements were the Festival Cremona Poesia [Cremona Poetry Festival] and the prestigious International Tiziano Terzani Literary Prize in Udine, in addition to another massive concert like The Italia Wave Festival (21th july). More international shows are scheduled for fall 2007 (Portugal, Germany) and winter 2008 (France).
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Capossela, V. Caposella, V. Capossela, V.Capossela, Vinicio Caposella
10 Singles & EPs
50 Appearances
42 Compilations
1 Unofficial
16 Instruments & Performance
34 Writing & Arrangement
6 Featuring & Presenting
1 Conducting & Leading
10 Production
2 Technical
2 Acting, Literary & Spoken
3 Recent Releases
Vinicio Capossela All'una E Trentacinque Circa (Album)
CGD Italy 1990 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Modì (Album)
CGD, CGD Italy 1991 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Camera A Sud (Album)
CGD Germany 1994 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Il Ballo Di S. Vito (Album)
CGD East West Italy 1996 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Live In Volvo (Album)
Vinicio Capossela Canzoni A Manovella (Album)
CGD East West Germany 2000 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela L'Indispensabile (Comp)
CGD East West Europe 2003 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Ovunque Proteggi (Album)
Atlantic Italy 2006 Sell This Version
5051011820427 Vinicio Capossela Nel Niente Sotto Il Sole. Grand Tour 2006 (CD, Album + DVD-V, PAL) Atlantic 5051011820427 Italy 2006 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Da Solo (Album)
5051865662822 Vinicio Capossela Soloshow Alive (DVD-V, Multichannel + CD, Album) Atlantic 5051865662822 Italy 2009 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Marinai, Profeti e Balene (Album)
12 versions
La Cùpa Italy 2011 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Rebetiko Gymnastas (Album)
La Cùpa Europe 2012 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Canzoni Della Cupa (Album)
La Cùpa France 2016 Sell This Version
Vinicio Capossela Ballate Per Uomini E Bestie (Album)
0140 15459-2 Vinicio Capossela ...E Allora Mambo (CD, Maxi) CGD 0140 15459-2 Europe 1991 Sell This Version
9031-76415-2 Vinicio Capossela La Regina Del Florida (CD, Maxi) CGD 9031-76415-2 Italy 1992 Sell This Version
0140-15512-2 Vinicio Capossela Che Cossè L'Amor (CD, Single, Promo) CGD 0140-15512-2 Italy 1994 Sell This Version
PRCD 000434 Vinicio Capossela Il Ballo Di S. Vito (CD, Single, Promo) CGD East West PRCD 000434 Italy 1996 Sell This Version
PRCD 001037 Vinicio Capossela Scatà Scatà (Scatafascio) (CD, Single, Promo, Car) CGD East West PRCD 001037 Italy 1998 Sell This Version
PR02390 Vinicio Capossela Marajà (CD, Single, Promo) CGD East West PR02390 Italy 2000 Sell This Version
060000856-7 Nomadi / Vinicio Capossela Nomadi / Vinicio Capossela - La Vita Che Seduce / Maraja' (7", Jukebox) EastWest 060000856-7 Italy 2000 Sell This Version
none Vinicio Capossela La Nave Sta Arrivando (CD, EP) La Repubblica XL, La Cùpa none Italy 2011 Sell This Version
SNATCH042 Riva Starr With Vinicio Capossela, Carmen Consoli Riva Starr With Vinicio Capossela, Carmen Consoli - Made In Italy EP (2xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Snatch! Records SNATCH042 UK 2013
none Vinicio Capossela Ovunque Proteggi (CDr, Single, Promo) CGD East West none Italy Unknown Sell This Version


This old-vine, estate-grown Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs is one of the marvels of our Champagne portfolio. It has dried lemon, granny smith apples and honey-dew fruit flavors, with aromas of flowers and subtle toast and an intense mid-palate richness that's lifted by chalky mineral texture and bright acidity for a long, sumptuous finish.
I love the freshness of the Veuve Clemence. From pickings on the upper and lower parts of the slopes in all Grand Cru vineyards. The Champagne is wonderfully complex, but the crisp apple fruit component of the palate shows through brilliantly and subtle hints of spices are woven throughout. Another incredible deal in Grand Cru Champagne.
This is the "insiders" Launois, and most of what we can get sells very quickly to people who have visited the property in Mesnil. This comes from the tops and bottoms of the slopes in the grand crus of Mesnil, Cramant and Oger, and is aged for an extra year compared to the reserve. This has classic chalky drive and length, with more than a little complexity. Don't get hooked- we never get much and it always goes fast!
Champagne is always a welcome choice and not just for special occasions, but when you open a bottle of single village Grand Cru Champagne that is an occasion all unto itself. Mesnil sur Oger is a quant hamlet in southern half of the Cote du Blanc with many famous parcels, and the Launois family captures that specific essence perfectly. The toasty, brioche nose opens up quickly to reveal yellow fig, Golden Delicious apple, fields of jasmine, a walnut nuttiness and then you find the hints of chalk you were looking for. On the palate the apple gets firmer and a little more Granny Smith, pear and white pepper can be found, and the chalk is easily detected. The wine has firm acidity but leaves plenty of room to experience the softer elements.
Hello, my pretty! That's because this is just what this champagne is, very, very pretty. Loads of cream, with muted citrus fruits and white stone fruits. Hints of orange and blood orange. We do not get very much of this from Launois, so don't wait to buy it. In fact, NEVER wait to buy any Launois because it comes and goes so quickly. Sell a kidney and buy some!
The Veuve Clemence is the older, richer brother to the Cuvee Reserve from Launois. With four years on the lees, it is my go to bottle when in the mood for a fuller bodied Champagne. Full of toasty brioche and biscuit dough right out of the glass, hinting at the opulent nature to come. On the palate it evolves into a supple and appealing wine, chalk full of Grand Cru Chardonnay minerality and stone fruit.
This is gorgeously lush wine made from hillside grapes and the top and bottom of the slopes. The nose is yeasty and voluptuous with a richness on the palate that maintains its elegance under the weight. Truly a fine wine.
Another Launois that simply drinks far too easily. This cuvee showcases the crispness and cleanliness that I love in Launois' Champagne while also offering length and drive. Light notes of apple and melon layer the minerality of this wine and help it to disappear far too quickly.


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Йо́сип Яки́мович Бі́лас (14.1.1922) — український лісівник, заслужений працівник сільського господарства України.

Життєпис
1958 року закінчив Львівський лісотехнічний інститут, спеціальність «інженер лісового господарства».

Трудову діяльність розпочав у Зіболківському лісництві Жовківського лісгоспу, переведений на посаду лісничого Рудківського лісництва Самбірського лісгоспу, був біля витоків заснування Рудківського дендропарку.

У Рудківському лісництві працював до квітня 1983 року, до виходу на заслужений відпочинок. Очолював лісництва протягом тридцяти трьох років, зробив значний внесок у розвиток лісового господарства.

Нагороди
 заслужений працівник сільського господарства України (1994)
 медаль «За трудову відзнаку»
 почесний громадянин Рудок

Джерела
 Першопостаті Львівських лісів
 Зелений слід династії

Українські лісівники
Уродженці Стебника
Випускники Національного лісотехнічного університету України

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Select City Hall distributed releases from such heralded LP and CD reissue labels as 4 Men With Beards, Plain Recordings, Water and more are now available for purchase at the Runt website!
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Sorry but I'm pretty excited because I've been dying to have some really good quality Chinese/Thai food and today we tried out this new takeaway place that's opened really close to us in Kiti. Amazing!! Not only by far the best I've had in Cyprus, but I actually cannot remember having better in 16 years in England.
I cannot judge if it's expensive or not because to be honest I gave up on Oriental food in Cyprus years ago. But we ordered about 4 dishes tonight and each one was brilliant. Tasty. Not oily. I hope they keep this up. I'll probably try out their sushi in the next couple of days.
Tried the Chinese in Kiti very soon after coming to Cyprus five years ago. Never returned. And it's just around the corner too.
This one is between Pizza Hut and So Easy. Same side.
Tried their Sushi too since my first post. Pretty good. If you try them, let us know what you think.
Hmmmm, went there tonight and had a Thai green curry with egg fried rice.. Very nice indeed oh and a couple of veg spring roles!
It's a bit manic in there though.. Only one person cooking and two or three other people kinda getting in her way really and not doing much. Food was cooked freshly (well, side the wrong rolls were frozen) but altogether a very nice meal.
Order took about 15 minutes before it was ready and I got there about 6.15 ish.. Glad I didn't arrive later, they were starting to queue. I would suggest to book over the phone and go and collect. Room to eat there for about two (standing style) tables.. But FREEZING in there!
thanks all for your help and advice. will definitely try and report back. im a bit of a foodie to be honest and love good food, so we will see.
I tried them Wednesday afternoon about 3pm, absolutely delicious, will definitely return, but will also phone through my order for pickup.
Tried Umami today ... I have to say... Superb!
I cannot fault the food, it was freshly cooked, tasted good and was served with a friendly smile and at a good price. What more can one ask?


The judged awards that will be presented include the standard awards as well as two optional awards, Promote and Compass, as described in this season's FTC Game Manual Part 1. The Compass and Promote Awards page provides video submission details and submission form. There will be one set of judged awards for the entire Tournament.
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To investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the backward classes under any law for the time being in force of under any order of the State Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards.
To enquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of right and safeguards of the backward classes.
To participate and advice on the planning process of socioeconomic development of the backward classes and to evaluate the progress of their development.
To present to the State Government annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards.
To make in such reports recommendations, as to the measures that should be taken by the State Government for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio economic development of the backward classes.
To discharge such other function in relation to the protection, welfare development and advancement of the backward classes as may be referred to it by the State Government.
The State Government shall cause the reports of the commission to be laid before each House of the State Legislature alongwith a memorandum explaining the action taken or Proposed to be taken on the recommendations and the reason for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.
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A World History of Women Photographers
Luce Lebart (Editor) Marie Robert (Editor)
FORMAT
Hardback£60.00£57.00(English)

A magnificently illustrated showcase of the work of 300 women photographers from all over the world, from the invention of the medium to the dawn of the 21st century.
As in many fields of art history, the work of women photographers has often been overlooked, and few of their names are now widely recognized. However, women were closely involved in all major photography movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, and have used the camera as an extraordinary tool for emancipation and experimentation. These are artists who never stopped documenting, questioning and transforming the world, breaking down social boundaries, challenging gender roles and expressing their imagination and sexuality.
To capture the diversity of this global body of work, Luce Lebart and Marie Robert have invited 160 international women writers to contribute to this volume, which is a bold and beautifully illustrated manifesto as well as an invaluable work of reference.
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An American woman was airlifted from a German mountainside after sending an SOS signal… with her bra.
The woman - missing for over three days - hooked the brightly coloured sports bra on a cable used for transporting logs to a valley below hoping it would lead rescuers to her.
The 24-year-old outdoors enthusiast from Colorado injured herself in the Bavarian Alps while walking solo near Berchtesgaden close to the border with Austria.
"She was saved because she was really clever and in good physical shape," said police chief Adolph Günther.
The 36" DD bra's owner was found a few hours after it was spotted three days later by a helicopter crew.
The woman had been hiking when the weather turned bad, lost her way, fell 18 feet down a crevasse and injured a shoulder, ankle and her skull.
She blundered on to the crag where she hung out her underwear and waited with a small flask of water and some biscuits. Authorities said she will make a full recovery.
Her parents flew in to Germany on Saturday to be with her.


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Q: SetWindowPos() leaves an artefact on resize Hi, please help me. This is a c/c++ project.
OBJECTIVE:
To create an OSD to show master volume that fades after a couple seconds.
CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION:
Much of the code is a collage, the fragments of which are pulled from libusbk examples and forums. The highlights of the code are:

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*Create a WS_POPUP window using CreateWindowEx - 129

*Use ShowWindow during initialization of the window - 168

*When the volume is changed, function SetOSDWidth (172) is called, which starts a timer, calls ShowWindow and calls SetWindowPos with the new width, determined by the new volume.

*In the secondary(?) loop pluggedin() (277), the time elapsed since the last SetOSDWidth call is checked - if it's long enough, ShowWindow is called with the parameter SW_HIDE.

That's it!
IMMEDIATE RESULTS:
It works just as expected!
THE BUG - RESULTS AFTER SOME TIME:
When the bar is resized to a smaller width, it leaves behind a black artefact. It also does not extend wider than the width it was when it was hidden - rather, it weirdly gets smaller in the horizontal axis. In debug mode of VSExpress2010, the bug almost never shows up, but when running the debug .exe or release .exe on its own, it happens. And once it happens, EVEN RESTARTING (end process in taskmgr then double click executable) the .exe does not fix it.
This link leads to an image which illustrates the problem -
http://i.stack.imgur.com/DmrrN.jpg
THINGS I'VE TRIED
All kinds of window styes and other parameters in CreateWindowEx and ShowWindow. Mixing up the order. Trying with and without UpdateWindow. Too much reading in forums - time to write! :)
THE CODE
There are three files here.

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*U7VolumeDial.c containing WinMain

*Volume.h containing definitions to call cpp from c

*Volume.cpp containing functions for controlling volume

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    //##############################
    //January 2014
    //ASUS U7 Volume Dial Workaround

    //We define the vendor and product IDs
    #define U7VID 0x1043
    #define U7PID 0x857C
    //Some definitions for the pipe
    #define EP_ADDRESS              0x84
    #define MAX_TRANSFER_SIZE       16
    #define MAX_PENDING_TRANSFERS   32
    #define MAX_PENDING_IO          3
    //A whole bunch of includes
    #include <Windows.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <time.h>
    //USB Library
    #include "libusbk.h"
    //Audio Code
    #include "Volume.h"
    //To process kill signal
    #include <signal.h>

    //GLOBALS
    const char g_szClassName[] = "VolumeOSD";

    BOOL timetodie=0;

    int savencmdshow;

    DWORD pluggedin();
    DWORD notpluggedin();

    //USB Handles
KUSB_DRIVER_API Usb;
KLST_HANDLE deviceList = NULL;
KLST_DEVINFO_HANDLE deviceInfo = NULL;
KUSB_HANDLE usbHandle = NULL;
KSTM_HANDLE streamHandle = NULL;

    //USB Variables
DWORD errorCode = ERROR_SUCCESS;
DWORD transferLength = 0;
BOOL success;
UCHAR myBuffer[MAX_TRANSFER_SIZE * MAX_PENDING_IO];
UINT count = 0;

BOOL intheslot=0;

    //Window Variables
WNDCLASSEX wc;
    HWND hwnd;
    MSG Msg;

    //Timer Variables
clock_t start;
    double timeout=5;

    //Window Callback Function
    LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
    {
    switch(msg)
    {
    case WM_CLOSE:
    DestroyWindow(hwnd);
    break;
    case WM_DESTROY:
    PostQuitMessage(0);
    break;
    default:
    return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
    }
    return 0;
    }

    //Hotplug Callback Function
    VOID KUSB_API OnHotPlug(
                KHOT_HANDLE Handle,
                KLST_DEVINFO_HANDLE DeviceInfo,
                KLST_SYNC_FLAG NotificationType)
    {
UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(Handle);

if (NotificationType == KLST_SYNC_FLAG_ADDED)
{
    printf("KHOTPLUG - ASUS U7 is ACTIVE\n");
    //      system("pause");
    intheslot=1;
}
else
{
    printf("KHOTPLUG - ASUS U7 is DISCONNECTED\n");
    //system("pause");
    intheslot=0;
}
    }

    //Creating the OSD
    DWORD InitializeOSD(HINSTANCE hInstance, int nCmdShow)
    {
//Step 1: Registering the Window Class
wc.cbSize        = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style         = CS_HREDRAW;
wc.lpfnWndProc   = WndProc;
wc.cbClsExtra    = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra    = 0;
wc.hInstance     = hInstance;
wc.hIcon         = 0;//LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wc.hCursor       = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_HIGHLIGHT+1);
wc.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
wc.lpszClassName = g_szClassName;
wc.hIconSm       = 0;//LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
{
    MessageBox(NULL, "Window Registration Failed!", "Error!",
        MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
    return 0;
}

// Step 2: Creating the Window
hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
    WS_EX_TOPMOST|WS_EX_LAYERED|WS_EX_NOACTIVATE,
    g_szClassName,
    "Volume",
    WS_POPUP,
    0,
    0,
    1280, 10,
    NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

#define transparencykey RGB(80,80,80)
#define opacity 254

SetLayeredWindowAttributes(
    hwnd,
    RGB(80,80,80),
    opacity,
    LWA_ALPHA);

//  SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, 0);

/*  SetWindowPos(
    hwnd,
    HWND_TOPMOST,
    0,
    0,
    700,
    10,
    SWP_NOSENDCHANGING);*/

if(hwnd == NULL)
{
    MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed!", "Error!",
        MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
    return 0;
}

ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
//    UpdateWindow(hwnd);
}

DWORD SetOSDWidth(int width)
{

if (((clock()-start)/(double) CLOCKS_PER_SEC)<timeout)
    {
        start=clock();
    }
else
{
ShowWindow(hwnd, savencmdshow);
//UpdateWindow(hwnd);
start=clock();
}

SetWindowPos(
    hwnd,
    HWND_TOPMOST,
    0,
    0,
    width,
    10,
    SWP_NOSENDCHANGING|SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE);
    //UpdateWindow(hwnd);
    return 0;
}

//Signal Callback Function
void signal_callback_handler(int signum)
{

    timetodie=1;
    SetOSDWidth(1280);
    exit(signum);
}

//main routine
//DWORD __cdecl main(int argc, char* argv[])
int WINAPI WinMain(
HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
DWORD errorCode = ERROR_SUCCESS;
KHOT_HANDLE hotHandle = NULL;
KHOT_PARAMS hotParams;

savencmdshow=nCmdShow;

InitializeOSD(hInstance,nCmdShow);

memset(&hotParams, 0, sizeof(hotParams));
hotParams.OnHotPlug = OnHotPlug;
hotParams.Flags |= KHOT_FLAG_PLUG_ALL_ON_INIT;

strcpy(hotParams.PatternMatch.DeviceInterfaceGUID, "*");
printf("Initialize a HotK device notification event monitor..\n");
printf("Looking for 'DeviceInterfaceGUID's matching the pattern'%s'..\n",           hotParams.PatternMatch.DeviceInterfaceGUID);
if (!HotK_Init(&hotHandle, &hotParams))
{
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    printf("HotK_Init failed. ErrorCode: %08Xh\n",  errorCode);
    //system("pause");
    goto DoneHot;
}

printf("HotK monitor initialized successfully!\n");
//printf("Press 'q' to exit...\n\n");

//Register signal handler
//  signal(SIGINT, signal_callback_handler);
//  signal(3, signal_callback_handler);
//  signal(SIGTERM, signal_callback_handler);

//Infinite Loop
for(;;)
{
    if (intheslot==1)
    {
        pluggedin();
    }
    Sleep(100);
    if (timetodie==1)
    {
        goto outtheinfinite;
    }
}

outtheinfinite:

if (!HotK_Free(hotHandle))
{
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    printf("HotK_Free failed. ErrorCode: %08Xh\n",  errorCode);
    goto DoneHot;
}

printf("HotK monitor closed successfully!\n");

DoneHot:

return errorCode;
}

DWORD pluggedin()
{
//  int loop;
//  int bigloop;

InitVolumeControl();

//Register signal handler
//signal(SIGINT, signal_callback_handler);
//signal(SIGTERM, signal_callback_handler);

//USB Stuff
//Create a LstK object
if (!LstK_Init(&deviceList, KLST_FLAG_NONE))
{
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    printf("An error occured getting the device list. errorCode=%08Xh\n", errorCode);
    //system("pause");
    return errorCode;

}

//Get the number of devices
LstK_Count(deviceList, &count);
if (!count)
{
    printf("No devices connected.\n");

    // Always free the device list if LstK_Init returns TRUE
    LstK_Free(deviceList);

    //system("pause");
    return ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED;
}

//Find ASUS U7
if (LstK_FindByVidPid(deviceList, U7VID, U7PID, &deviceInfo))
{
    printf("LstK_FindByVidPid: ASUS U7 is connected.\n\n");
    printf("Bus Number          %u\n",deviceInfo->BusNumber);
    printf("ClassGUID           %s\n",deviceInfo->ClassGUID);
    printf("InstanceID          %s\n",deviceInfo->Common.InstanceID);
    printf("VendorID            0x%04X\n",deviceInfo->Common.Vid);
    printf("ProductID           0x%04X\n",deviceInfo->Common.Pid);
    printf("CompositeInterface      %u\n",deviceInfo->Common.MI);
    printf("Connected           %u\n",deviceInfo->Connected);
    printf("Device Address          %u\n",deviceInfo->DeviceAddress);
    printf("DeviceDesc          %s\n",deviceInfo->DeviceDesc);
    printf("DeviceID            %s\n",deviceInfo->DeviceID);
    printf("DeviveInterfaceGUID     %s\n",deviceInfo->DeviceInterfaceGUID);
    printf("Device Path\n%s\n",deviceInfo->DevicePath);
    printf("DriverID            %u\n",deviceInfo->DriverID);
    printf("LUsb0FilterIndex        %u\n",deviceInfo->LUsb0FilterIndex);
    printf("Manufacturer            %s\n",deviceInfo->Mfg);
    printf("SerialNumber            %s\n",deviceInfo->SerialNumber);
    printf("Service             %s\n",deviceInfo->Service);
    printf("SymbolicLink\n%s\n",deviceInfo->SymbolicLink);
    printf("SyncFlags           %08Xh\n",deviceInfo->SyncFlags);
}
else
{
    printf("ASUS U7 not found.\n");
    //system("pause");
}
//
if (deviceInfo)
{
    BOOL success = LibK_SetContext(deviceInfo, KLIB_HANDLE_TYPE_LSTINFOK, 1);
    if (success)
    {
        UINT_PTR myValue = LibK_GetContext(deviceInfo, KLIB_HANDLE_TYPE_LSTINFOK);
        printf("\nMyContextValue = %u\n", myValue);
    }

}

//Load API
LibK_LoadDriverAPI(&Usb, deviceInfo->DriverID);
//Initialize the device to create physical usb handle
if (!Usb.Init(&usbHandle, deviceInfo))
{
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    printf("Usb.Init failed. ErrorCode: %08Xh\n",  errorCode);
    //system("pause");
    return errorCode;
}
printf("\nASUS U7 libusb filter API opened successfully!\n");

//Initialize stream handle
success = StmK_Init(
                &streamHandle,
                usbHandle,
                EP_ADDRESS,
                MAX_TRANSFER_SIZE,
                MAX_PENDING_TRANSFERS,
                MAX_PENDING_IO,
                NULL,
                KSTM_FLAG_NONE);
if (!success)
{
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    printf("StmK_Init failed. ErrorCode: %08Xh\n", errorCode);
    //system("pause");
    return errorCode;
}
printf("\nStream Handler Initialized\n");

//Start the stream
success = StmK_Start(streamHandle);
if (!success)
{
    errorCode = GetLastError();
    printf("StmK_Start failed. ErrorCode: %08Xh\n", errorCode);
    //system("pause");
    return errorCode;
}
printf("\n[Start Stream] successful!\n");

    while(_kbhit()) _getch();
do
{
    ULONG length;

    if (((clock()-start)/(double) CLOCKS_PER_SEC)>timeout)
    {
        ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_HIDE);
    }

    if (intheslot==0)
    {
        //Stop the stream
        success = StmK_Stop(streamHandle, 0);
        if (!success)
        {
            errorCode = GetLastError();
            printf("StmK_Stop failed. ErrorCode: %08Xh\n", errorCode);
            goto Done;
        }
        printf("[Stop Stream] successful!\n");
        goto Done;
    }

    success = StmK_Read(streamHandle, myBuffer, 0, sizeof(myBuffer), &length);

    if (success)
    {
        //printf("%u%",length);
        if (myBuffer[0]==0x01)
        {VolumeUp();}
        if ((length>16)&&(myBuffer[15]==0x01))
        {VolumeUp();}
        if ((length>32)&&(myBuffer[31]==0x01))
        {VolumeUp();}

        if (myBuffer[0]==0x02)
        {VolumeDown();}
        if ((length>16)&&(myBuffer[15]==0x02))
        {VolumeDown();}
        if ((length>32)&&(myBuffer[31]==0x02))
        {VolumeDown();}

//          for (bigloop=0;bigloop<4;bigloop+=1)
//          {
//              for (loop=0;loop<16;loop+=1)
//              {
//                  printf("%02X ",myBuffer[bigloop*16+loop]);
//              }
//              printf("\n");
//          }
//          printf("\n\n");
    }
    else
    {
        if (timetodie==1)
        {
            goto Done;
        }
        Sleep(20);
        // If the return result is ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS then there is no more data
        // to read.  Other errors indicate a problem.
        //if (GetLastError() != ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS)
        //{
        //  break;
        //}
        //else
        //{
            // ..Emulate some work..
        //  Sleep(20);
        //}
    }

}
while(!_kbhit());

Done:
// Destroy the OSD
DestroyWindow(hwnd);
printf("Maybe I killed the OSD, maybe not");

// Free the stream handle.
if (streamHandle)
{
    StmK_Free(streamHandle);
    printf("Stream Handle Freed\n");
}

// Free the usb handle.
UsbK_Free(usbHandle);
printf("USB Handle Freed\n");

// Free the device list.
LstK_Free(deviceList);
printf("USB Device Enumeration Handle Freed\n");

DeInitVolumeControl();

printf("\n\n");
//system("pause");

return errorCode;

}'

2) Phew - thanks, don't want to miss anything - here's the header for the cpp stuff
     #ifdef __cplusplus

//HRESULT hr;
//IMMDeviceEnumerator *DeviceEnumerator;
//IMMDevice *DefaultDevice;
//IAudioEndpointVolume *EndpointVolume;

extern "C" void InitVolumeControl();
extern "C" void VolumeUp();
extern "C" void VolumeDown();
extern "C" void DeInitVolumeControl();

#endif
#ifndef __cplusplus

void InitVolumeControl();
void VolumeUp();
void VolumeDown();
void DeInitVolumeControl();

#endif

3) And finally the cpp volume control
        #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601
#define WINVER 0x0601

#include <stdio.h>
#include "Volume.h"
#include <mmdeviceapi.h>
#include <endpointvolume.h>
#include <math.h>

//Audio Handles/Pointers
HRESULT hr = NULL;
IMMDeviceEnumerator *DeviceEnumerator = NULL;
IMMDevice *DefaultDevice = NULL;
IAudioEndpointVolume *EndpointVolume = NULL;

float VolumeLevel = 0;
int NewOSDWidth;

extern "C" DWORD SetOSDWidth(int width);

void InitVolumeControl()
    {
        //Audio Stuff
        //Initialize COM
        CoInitialize(NULL);
        //Initialize Device Enumerator
        hr = CoCreateInstance(  __uuidof(MMDeviceEnumerator),
                                NULL,
                                CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                                __uuidof(IMMDeviceEnumerator),
                                (LPVOID *)&DeviceEnumerator );
        //Find Default Audio Device
        hr = DeviceEnumerator->GetDefaultAudioEndpoint(eRender,eConsole,&DefaultDevice);
        //Find Endpoint Volume
        hr = DefaultDevice->Activate(   __uuidof(IAudioEndpointVolume),
                                        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                                        NULL,
                                        (LPVOID *)&EndpointVolume);

        EndpointVolume->GetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(&VolumeLevel);
        NewOSDWidth=floorf(VolumeLevel*1280);
        SetOSDWidth(NewOSDWidth);
    }

void VolumeUp()
{
    if(EndpointVolume->VolumeStepUp(NULL))
    {
            printf("Endpoint Volume Error - Reinitialising");
            EndpointVolume->Release();
            DefaultDevice->Release();

            hr = DeviceEnumerator->GetDefaultAudioEndpoint(eRender,eConsole,&DefaultDevice);
            hr = DefaultDevice->Activate(   __uuidof(IAudioEndpointVolume),
                                        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                                        NULL,
                                        (LPVOID *)&EndpointVolume);
            EndpointVolume->VolumeStepUp(NULL);
    }

    EndpointVolume->GetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(&VolumeLevel);
    NewOSDWidth=floor(VolumeLevel*1280);
    SetOSDWidth(NewOSDWidth);

}

void VolumeDown()
{
    if(EndpointVolume->VolumeStepDown(NULL))
    {
            printf("Endpoint Volume Error - Reinitialising");
            EndpointVolume->Release();
            DefaultDevice->Release();

            hr = DeviceEnumerator->GetDefaultAudioEndpoint(eRender,eConsole,&DefaultDevice);
            hr = DefaultDevice->Activate(   __uuidof(IAudioEndpointVolume),
                                        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                                        NULL,
                                        (LPVOID *)&EndpointVolume);
            EndpointVolume->VolumeStepDown(NULL);
    }

    EndpointVolume->GetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(&VolumeLevel);
    NewOSDWidth=floor(VolumeLevel*1280);
    SetOSDWidth(NewOSDWidth);
}

void DeInitVolumeControl()
{
    DeviceEnumerator->Release();
    DeviceEnumerator=NULL;
    printf("AUDIO Device Enumerator Released\n");

    DefaultDevice->Release();
    DefaultDevice=NULL;
    printf("AUDIO Device Released\n");

    EndpointVolume->Release();
    EndpointVolume=NULL;
    printf("Endpoint Volume Released\n");

    CoUninitialize();
    printf("COM Objects Released\n");
}

Any input would be greatly appreciated. As an aside, if you've waded through that stuff above, you'll notice that it's to do with the external soundcard sold by ASUS, the XONAR U7 - after buying it and installing in Win7-64, the volume dial wasn't functional. I got hold of the main dudes and they told me, without explanation, to send it to a repair centre...? A quick look using a USB monitor showed  output when the dial was turned - so either a driver problem, or firmware not sending HID like it should be? Repair centre... pffft, something smells.


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Spitfire PR Mk. IV in Canadian Snow
Click to enlarge image Unidentified personnel with Supermarine Spitfire serial no. R7143 of No.13(P) Squadron RCAF, Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada, 14 January 1944. Identifying the ...
By Editor | Posted on 2007-10-22 | Comments (1) | Category: Historic Photographs | Tags: 1944, Spitfire PR Mk. IV
Unidentified personnel with Supermarine Spitfire serial no. R7143 of No.13(P) Squadron RCAF, Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada, 14 January 1944.
Identifying the mark of this Spitfire solely on the basis of this photograph is elusive. R7143 was built at Eastleigh as Mk. I and made its maiden flight 5 on February 20, 1941. It was subsequently converted to a PR Mk. I G in October 1942. Type G was intended for low altitude reconnaissance and as such it retained a full complement of eight .303 inch Brownings.
Further history of this airframe is difficult to establish with certainty. Some sources state that in December 1942 this aircraft was converted to PR Mk. IV with Merlin 45-series engine and a completely new wing clean of armament. Others imply that although the armament has been removed, the aircraft did not receive a Mk. IV wing with extra tankage. It gets even more confusing as records also list R7143 as PR. Mk.VA and PR. Mk. VII before it was shipped to Canada on February 10, 1943.
Photo reconnaissance Spitfires were often rebuilt to fit specific operational requirements leading to a wide variety of local configurations. The aircraft on the photograph appears to feature a Mk. IV type "bowser" wing devoid of armament, but has a fighter-type canopy without side blisters. Perhaps someone could shed more light onto the history of this aircraft. [Library and Archives Canada]
Enigma Bare-metal Spitfire
No. 803 Squadron RCN Seafires Mk. XV
Cannon blisters
This Article has One Comment. Add Another!
By lwalsh | 2010-08-05 at 16:50 | permalink
This is Spitfire X4555, former Battle of Britain veteran with No. 92 Squadron at Biggin Hill from October 28 to Nov 1, 1940.
Transferred to the RCN Fleet Air Arm in 1947, this Spitfire was suppose to be delivered to the RCN Air Electrical School at HMS Stadacona but was in stored non-flying condition. Spitfire R7143 (all silver finish) was flown to Halifax, via No. 5 Equp. Depot based at Moncton and then onto Halifax.
The demise of X4555 remains a mystery.


text:
Clinical and epidemiological features of COVID-19 family clusters in Beijing, China.
Song R., Han B., Song M., Wang L., Conlon CP., Dong T., Tian D., Zhang W., Chen Z., Zhang F., Shi M., Li X.
BACKGROUND:Since its discovery, SARS-CoV-2 has been spread throughout China before becoming a global pandemic. In Beijing, family clusters are the main mode of human-human transmission accounting for 57.6% of the total confirmed cases. METHOD:We present the epidemiological and clinical features of the clusters of three large and one small families. RESULT:Our results revealed that SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted quickly through contact with index case, and a total of 22/24 infections were observed. Among those infected, 20/22 had mild symptoms and only two had moderate to severe clinical manifestations. Children in the families generally showed milder symptoms. The incubation period varied from 2 to 13 days, and the shedding of virus from the upper respiratory tract lasted from 5 to over 30 days. A prolonged period of virus shedding (>30 days) in upper respiratory tract was observed in 6/24 cases. CONCLUSION:SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted quickly in the form of family clusters. While the infection rate is high within the cluster, the disease manifestations, latent period, and virus shedding period varied greatly. We therefore recommend rigorously testing contacts even during the no-symptom phase and consider whether viral shedding has ceased before stopping isolation measures for an individual.
10.1016/j.jinf.2020.04.018
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text:
Amanda Batchelor, Managing Editor
Published: February 23, 2016, 12:33 pm
Tags: Florida, Crime, Local, Neighborhood Crime, Strange Florida, News
Naked woman kicks out police car window, officials say
Officers go to The Office after reports of naked woman yelling in parking lot
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A naked woman kicked out the window of a Miami-Dade police cruiser Tuesday morning while she was being taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, police said.
According to police, officers were initially called to The Office in reference to reports of a naked woman who was yelling in the parking lot.
Police said she was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge and she kicked out an officer's car window on the Palmetto Expressway as she was being taken to jail.
News 6 partner WPLG-TV's helicopter was above the southbound lanes of the expressway at Northwest 74th Street as the woman was moved to another police vehicle.
She is expected to face additional charges.
Amanda Batchelor
Amanda Batchelor is the managing editor for Local10.com.


text:
Серафим Константинович Кучумов ( — ) — советский стратонавт.

Окончил Военно-воздушную академию им. Н. Е. Жуковского. Работал на коллективной радиостанции Московского института инженеров связи. Принимал участие в создании радиостанций для самолётов.

Погиб  года при полёте на стратостате ВВА-1. Стратостат взлетел в Звенигороде. Экипаж составляли Яков Григорьевич Украинский, Серафим Константинович Кучумов, Пётр Михайлович Батенко, Давид Евсеевич Столбун. Серафим Константинович Кучумов в звании старшего лейтенанта был вторым пилотом стратостата. Он отвечал за радиосвязь.

На большой высоте отказало кислородное оборудование, а индивидуальное кислородное оборудование не справилось с поддержанием жизнеобеспечения. Экипаж стратостата погиб от удушья. Стратостат приземлился в Сталино (теперь Донецк). Он попал на линию электропередачи. Шар стратостата взорвался, так как он был заполнен водородом. Экипаж стратостата был похоронен в Сталино. В 1953 год у на их могиле был установлен памятник стратонавтам.

Именем Кучумова названа улица в Донецке.

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

Стратонавты
Похороненные в Донецке
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Gilas Pilipinas advances to 2019 FIBA World Cup
By CJ Marquez
Published Feb 25, 2019 4:49:10 PM
(CNN Philippines, February 25) — Gilas Pilipinas is marching on to the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
Gilas pummeled Kazakhstan, 93-75, to book a ticket to the global showpiece Monday at the Velodrome Saryarka in Astana.
Andray Blatche delivered a superb performance for Gilas with 41 points and 13 rebounds.
Blatche did the heavy lifting after scoring 17 points as Gilas took the slim upper hand at the end of the opening frame.
A more collective effort from Gilas enabled them to hold a five-point edge heading into the intermission Kazakhstan's resiliency, however, prevented Gilas to pull away in the third quarter. But Gilas was just determined to get the win in the end.
Gilas entered its final game in the Asian qualifiers with their backs against the wall. The team didn't just have to win its last game against Kazakhstan, they also needed Lebanon, Japan or Jordan to lose in order to make it to the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
Korea came from behind to defeat Lebanon, 84-72, to help the Philippines secure its entry to the World Cup.
Jayson Castro had 15 points and three rebounds for Gilas. Anthony Clemmons powered Kazakhstan with 27 markers and nine dimes.
The 2019 FIBA World Cup will happen from August 31 to September 15 in China.
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The 2019 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) will offer a new education program titled, Salmonella and Campylobacter Control in Poultry Production and Processing – Meeting Food Safety Goals. The program, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, and Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, will provide participants with new information on state-of-the-art technologies, methods and processes in addressing food safety issues faced by the poultry industry. The two-day workshop is a collaboration between the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) and the University of Georgia's Department of Poultry Science.
"Food safety is a critical component of today's poultry processing operations. This workshop will present the latest information on pathogen control in poultry production and processing, along with practical steps to achieving your goals, followed by an opportunity to practice the lessons learned in a hands-on environment," said Rafael Rivera, manager of food safety and production programs for USPOULTRY.
This inaugural workshop will be on control of foodborne pathogens, salmonella and campylobacter, on the farm and at processing. The first day, speakers will focus on validation of antimicrobial interventions in processing operations and continuous verification of the effectiveness of processing in controlling the prevalence and concentrations of salmonella and campylobacter.
The second day will be held at the University of Georgia's poultry processing pilot plant where attendees will participate in hands-on activities by designing a validation experiment for a unit operation within a poultry processing operation, inoculate with surrogate organisms, treat the product and then evaluate the effectiveness of the antimicrobial intervention. These activities are designed to provide the participants with state-of-the art knowledge, methods and processes in addressing the issues faced by the poultry industry today.
"Salmonella and Campylobacter Control in Poultry Production and Processing – Meeting Food Safety Goals" will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 14. Participants will meet back at the Georgia World Congress Center at 7 a.m. on Feb. 15 to be transported to the University of Georgia for the second day's session, with the participants being transported back to the Georgia World Congress Center after the program ends at 1 p.m. The fee for this program is $600. Lunch is included both days.


A growing partnership between the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) and CompassLearning will give K – 2 educators the ability to deliver a unique learning path to each of their students based on the results of the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) assessment. Until 2012, only teachers in grades 3 – 8 have been able to access these tools if their district has both MAP and CompassLearning Odyssey, the web-based learning platform.
Educators create personalized learning pathways for their students using the MAP and CompassLearning Odyssey in three steps. First, CompassLearning imports test data from MAP. Then learning paths are automatically assigned based on the RIT range—the rounded range of scores within which the student's score would fall 2/3 of the time if the student took the test again soon under similar conditions. After assigning the learning path, students complete a range of CompassLearning activities, based on decades of research about how kids engage and learn, that is linked directly to their MAP-identified learning needs.


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David Morrissey to star in brand new BBC1 drama
by Custard TV Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | All, TV News
BBC One today announces The Driver, a new three part thrilling drama written by Danny Brocklehurst (Clocking Off, Exile, Accused), starring award-winning actor David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, The Deal, The 7.39) in the lead role.
It is co-created by BAFTA award-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser, co-produced by new production company Highfield Pictures and award-winning RED Production Company for BBC One and is directed by Jamie Payne (Doctor Who, The White Queen, The Hour).
The Driver (3 x 60), commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller BBC One and Ben Stephenson, Controller BBC Drama Commissioning, is the story of an ordinary man who – because of family mystery, frustration with his job and his life – makes a terrible decision.
David Morrissey stars as taxi driver Vince McKee, Claudie Blakeley (What Remains, The Nightwatch) plays his wife Ros and Sacha Parkinson (Coronation Street) as their daughter Katie in BBC One's brand new original British drama.
The Driver also stars Ian Hart, acting with David Morrissey for the first time since their breakthrough performance in One Summer, Colm Meaney in his first UK television acting role since Police drama Strangers in 1982, plus Shaun Dingwall (Charles II: The Power and The Passion, Above Suspicion) and Lee Ross (Eastenders, Dramarama).
Writer Danny Brocklehurst says; "The Driver is a passion project for me and I'm proud of the way it is both a character drama and a thriller. As with all my work there is a strong emotional core and it explores ordinary lives pushed into extraordinary situations. I'm thrilled to be making such a powerful drama for BBC One, the majority of my work has been here and as writer you are given incredible authorship, which is a fantastic thing.
I have always wanted to work with Dave Morrissey, one of the UK's finest actors, and I'm delighted to be finally getting the chance. The entire cast is amazing and it is a privilege to have them on board."
Many people can identify with making mistakes, whether it's an affair, taking out a bad loan, gambling, drinking too much, multiple ways people try to alleviate the everyday pain they are feeling.
David Morrissey plays Vince and is an Executive Producer, says: "I am very excited to be staring in The Driver and to be working with such a great cast which includes Ian Hart, Colm Meaney and Claudie Blakley. It is the first production with my own production company, Highfield Pictures alongside RED Production Company up in Manchester. Written by Danny Brocklehurst it is the story of a mini cab driver who tries to turn his life around with the help of an old friend. Needless to say things don't go exactly according to plan!"
Following a family mystery Vince blames himself and his inadequacies and out of this crisis, he accepts an offer to start driving for a criminal gang. But it is ultimately a redemptive story about a man who, under incredible circumstances, gets a second chance…
Ben Stephenson, Controller BBC Drama Commissioning adds: "The Driver adds to our ambitious and diverse range of drama for BBC One and with such a talented team behind it – it is set to be a real treat for viewers in 2014."
RED Production Company's founder and executive producer Nicola Shindler adds: "We're really excited with the cast we've assembled and we are going to make something original, funny and thrilling at the same time. This feels unlike any other script we've worked on because of the clever combination of real, family human dilemmas tied into high end thrills."
Jolyon Symonds, Producer for Highfield Pictures says: "We're delighted to be working with Nicola and Red in bringing Danny Brocklehurst's brilliant scripts to the screen. We have a wonderful cast in place and one of the most exciting directors around in Jamie Payne to deliver a show full of emotion, humour and action."
It is produced by Jolyon Symonds and executive produced by David Morrissey for Highfield Pictures. Nicola Shindler is executive producer for Red Productions and Polly Hill, BBC Head of Independent Drama for BBC One.
Filming starts in and around Manchester this week and will transmit on BBC One later this year.
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