Friday columnist Jack Davies considers free music streaming, in the aftermath of this week's Pirate Bay ruling.
This all seems incredibly relevant in a week where a UK court has demanded that ISPs block the file sharing website Pirate Bay, and speaks to me directly and personally right now, in the week that my own record label V & V Music has gone live.
I use Spotify a lot – it's an incredible resource for learning tunes, as you can quickly access multiple versions in quick succession. For the same reason I also use it for checking out classical pieces I'm not so familiar with – in combination with the free sheet music on IMSLP, it's a powerful learning tool. I used to also use it for checking out bands and music I was interested in, before usually buying the record. However, this is one application I no longer use it for.
Why? Well, track previews on iTunes now give you enough of a sense of "do I want this record?" without giving the whole game away, for free. Moreover, the past year of learning what an incredible amount of investment it takes to make a record – in terms of time, money, all-consuming thought and mind-bending effort means I will never stream or download another piece of music by a living artist without paying for it. The process has been so enlightening I sometimes feel that if everyone on the planet made a record, we would have no problem with piracy or free-streaming.
File-sharing sites mainly harm the bigger labels, but our indie jazz labels do not escape the problem. A search of a file-sharing website brings up 10 Kenny Wheeler albums available to download illegally, as well as offerings from Django Bates, Iain Ballamy, Dave Douglas, Gwilym Simcock, and many others. The sad fact in a community as small as ours, is that these albums are being converted into bittorrents by jazz fans for other jazz fans. Each person that downloads these torrents is a sale lost, and for small scale businesses that depend on sales, that equates to real damage.
At the North London Tavern a few weeks ago, someone stole a copy of Josh Arcoleo's 'Beginnings' album, as well as a copy of Tom Harrison's 'Dagda' record. We were all outraged – shocking that someone could sit there, enjoy the music to the point of wanting the record, and then feeling that it was ok to to steal it. The consequences were clear: Josh and Tom would have to pay their labels for the missing stock, so not only was it revenue lost, but cost was incurred too. However, this is something that happens much more often in a digital format, and often is blankly accepted.
Personally speaking, my business model is very dependent on the internet. Twitter provides access to networks which would otherwise be unreachable due to huge marketing costs, and bloggers provide coverage which is much harder to come by in the traditional press. In my example, I'm sure that technology has been much more of a plus than a minus. Sales made through web-based publicity will far outweigh losses from ePiracy. However, for some artists that is clearly not the case, and I also think there is a bigger issue here.
Much is made of the erroneous argument that freedom of knowledge equates to the greater spread of that knowledge worldwide, and the greater potential for future development. One of the many reasons that this logic doesn't stack up is that in the music example these knowledge providers are businesses: you remove the income, and the business will fold. No more future knowledge can therefore be provided.
Anyone presuming that they can just walk into a jazz concert for free, where it is plain that entry has a price tag, would provoke justified disdain of everyone in the room. The same disdain should be levelled at those who think they don't need to pay for the music they download and consume digitally.
What really bugs me is the attitude behind this: the premise that artists have a duty to share their work for free. No, we don't. If you like something, support it - pay for it!
For the most part, being an independent artist and producer of material under my own name, I couldn't disagree more with this post. I think you touched on something very positive when you started to talk about the ways in which the digital idiom has afforded more new artists an opportunity to connect with an audience that would otherwise have traditionally been out of reach 15 years ago, but telling people that they shouldn't give their music away and that everything should be paid for is something I find quite absurd. And I think it's an attitude that is not only out of date, but that will hurt the potential for continuation of art forms like jazz that currently occupy a rather small percentage of the market place.
I get that iTunes previews now give far more of a preview than they used to, and that you can get a pretty good idea about a track and whether or not you want to buy it or not. But what if the feeling for a prospective customer, who might never have heard your particular brand of instrumental ramblings before, that a forthcoming purchase was mandatory in order for them to enjoy the entire product was taken out of the equation?
You immediately give the listener a stress free environment in which to enjoy the music, and you give them an open and honest connection by declaring that you believe the music is worth paying for so much that you're willing to put it out there for free, and let them come to that same conclusion in their own time. Having a product that people connect and identify with is the key here. And where people get the idea that it costs a lot of money to make a record anymore, I have no idea. I just tracked my last album in one of the best studios in NYC with some of the greatest cats available. recorded, mixed, mastered and released the album for around $6,000. when you look at the potential revenue that a recording like that will have just in the first year, never mind over it's lifetime... it brings into perspective that recording is no longer expensive.
And if you're using any of the up to date cutting edge platforms (of which I do not consider iTunes to be one) for digital music or content delivery, you won't be giving your music away for zero return, even if the person who downloads it doesn't end up actually giving you any money. You'll be at very least taking an email address in return for the music they downloaded.
I think the key to the current climate of perceived piracy in online music is not the "illegal" downloading of other peoples music, but actually more on the artists end of creating compelling and engaging digital content. If your product is worth something, and you engage enough of an audience for your brand, then piracy will be the last thing on your mind. You will have so many engaged fans, followers and subscribers, that piracy will be as much of a thing of the past for you as it is for me.
I agree that it's a drag to see your hard work show up almost immediately on a torrent site. But I also think that's hugely motivational in terms of kicking you in the arse and making you more responsible for growing and nurturing a dedicated and engaged fan base who will pay for your products regardless of who else is illegally offering them for free somewhere. And who in their right might in this day and age seriously considers CD or digital sales as a major percentage of their annual income?
I think one of your last comments in the post mentions the medium in which there is incredible and ever growing amounts of potential for revenue far beyond the ability of record sales, and that's live shows. If your product, your music, your brand, and your personality is compelling enough of an event or a lifestyle, then people are going to want to be a part of that. You're going to find yourself with a tribe (big shout out to seth godin for that descriptive word) of followers to communicate with.
As an independent artist in this so called "younger" or "new" generation of digital, social and new music industry era, it really pisses me off when people talk about declining record sales being an issue for artists, and how piracy is to blame.
The only people to blame for their product not doing well, when you have the opportunity to take such immense control of your trajectory these days, is the artists themselves.
For whatever it's worth I commend you highly for taking on the responsibility of launching an indie label, I think that takes balls and a lot of hard work, and I think the world would be a better place if more people did the same thing. But why not use the momentum of the all-too-often neglected positive aspects of what the digital age has to offer? and spearhead a movement of artists and musicians who do make incredible music and give it away for free because they understand the bigger picture, and aren't stuck on a business model that has been out of date for over a decade.
I hope this might open up a discussion on the entire subject, and a sharing of ideas that can help everyone move forward in a positive direction towards communication and a better understanding of the reality of the business climate we live in.
Jack, I'm fully with you on this.
Now, I'm not perfect on this score: I have received through Dropbox a few ripped CD albums which friends have bought which I've listened to, but with over 900 albums on my iTunes I'm certain that 95%+ of the music I have I've purchased over the years, either vinyl, CD or digital.
I wouldn't dream of going into a bookshop and taking books from the shelf and leaving without paying, which is just what pirated, downloaded music is in effect. I totally endorse your point that just because something can be reproduced and easily shared, doesn't mean that it automatically becomes free. Sure, the industry and artists will have to adapt; and the use of digital marketing and social media will increasingly mean many artists don't require the support of major labels, meaning they can keep more of the money that is received through sales. But the principle is right: nothing 'free' is every really 'free', if there's an artist or a producer behind it. Somebody loses in the free downloads scenario ... and it's rarely the listener!
For people who say 'yes, but if I like the music I get off pirate sites, I might buy more of their stuff', this sounds hollow. Who follows that through, really? At least with iTunes, the pretence of 'try before you buy' is, as you rightly pointed out, a reality as you only hear a snippet.
Spotify may be a slightly different case, but I suspect that because there is an increasing monopoly of supply by big-name digital content providers, they can dictate the terms. And I bet it ain't good for the artist!
I am copying the web address for this important post onto my website here in the U.S. I find the idea of ripping CDs that are available not only for sale on the Internet, but also at local stores, to be a travesty. Yes, if an artist or label chooses to allow downloads for free that is fine. But for the vast majority of music, this downloading amounts to theft. As the previous commenter noted, would anyone ever walk into a bookstore and out with a book? Do the same people who download music for free think all books should also be available for free -- somehow I think most people would consider that idea ridiculous. so why music?
I have to agree with Janek. WE have to move forward - we can't stand Canute-like against the wave of new technology. It's simply not true that people don't buy what they can download for free or stream; Steve Coleman did well out of making a huge part of his back catalogue available on a pay what you like basis as does Steve Lawson.
I have bought three of Janek's CDs despite them being able to stream and I can say the same of many others - even records that I have first heard via copies. Is it really that different to listening to the radio Jack? IT's all about cultivating that relationship with listeners and having a product of sufficient quality that people want to buy it. I'm not a follower of hers but Estelle has currently sold more records than Michael Jackson - despite a great number of her records being illegally downloaded.
When I was between 11 and 18 I must have taped hundreds of records from the library. What is the difference? They weren't lost sales. The ones I loved I bought eventually (mostly on vinyl) and the ones I didn't I wouldn't have bought anyway. I probably taped over them. This is a very similar scenario to downloading.
That was part of my jazz and musical learning experience. What was the alternative? I didn't have money to buy the music. Jazz would have lost another listener. And we cannot afford to alienate listeners at this time. Just about every jazz gig in London has an audience comprised mostly of other musicians. We can't afford to be fussy. We need the kids to be wanting to torrent our music - that would be a good sign - and you bet we would be selling more records if they were.
And it is kids, on the whole, illegally downloading. If you're too young to have a credit card and mommy and daddy aren't loaded then you're going to download it, share it from friends or just watch it on youtube.
The other main reason for illegally sharing or downloading music is availability. If the record is no longer available and unlikely to be re-released then what does the artist lose by one of their great unavailable records from the past being shared?
record music at much lower cost than before, release their own music on Bandcamp or the like, publicise and then take almost all the money paid by the customer. This is quite unlike selling a record through one of the majors where you might get pence back or selling through iTunes.
I do feel sorry for the small independent labels. You guys do so much for the music for so little reward and I hate to see you lose sales. But it's a different ball game nowadays. The expendable income that people had is used up on ridiculous rents and mortgages, computer games marketed like crack and mobile phones and associated accounts deemed essential in modern life.
But you have an advantage or two. You are niche, you know your market (and to tell the truth is is not one rife with illegal downloading is it?). You have massive untapped markets for jazz among kids, working class people, ethnic minorities, hipsters who don't know who Coltrane is etc. Get out there, get the great music made and released. Reach out into the communities, schools, council estates etc as well as well paying gigs. Then maybe in a few years people might be streaming and torrenting your music. Then, and only then will you know that jazz has a healthy audience then because many many more would be paying for downloads or paying to go to gigs.
To anonymous commenter 17:07 today: Thanks for takeing the touble to write in. Please don't take offence, but if you want to criticise people like that you will have to declare who you are so that there can be a dialogue. I decided quite early on I wouldn't make LondonJazz a forum for anonymous sniping. I hope that this can be a place for civilized interaction.
I agree with Jack, although Janek makes a very good point - however I think the most important thing is having a choice. Whether you think the music should all be free (and people can pay for it if they think it's worth it), or you think no one has a right to take your music for nothing (because of the hours and hours that have gone into making it), that should surely be your choice.
I think giving out free tracks/albums to people in return for following/email subscription etc. is a very good idea, however having all of your records made available for download by someone you don't know seems unfair to say the least.
Home taping is killing music we were told in the 70s. Well it survived me, and millions like me, making thousands of tapes. I was never going to buy that stuff so it wasn't lost sales. What was killing music in the 70s was the awful choices for releases made by record company execs. Downloading is not like sealing a book - the book is still on the shelf. It's more like recording a radio station where I can choose what I want to hear. It isn't music that's being killed by downloading, it's record companies, and that's a big difference, though they would like you to think they are the same thing. A major proportion of stuff I've downloaded was out of print recordings anyhow. And the equipment that's available today makes it possible for musicians to record live or studio performances to a higher quality, mix and issue for sale more easily than ever.
The SALE of illegal recordings and illegal copies of cds of course is pure theft and piracy and indefensible.
Now that is food for thought - grey areas and fine lines identified and tackled head-on from the standpoint of the genuine enthusiast who has been frustrated by the limitations of the industry - very important points about careers that have foundered because of lack of exposure/support, and that out-of-print can be impossible to find if they gave not been reissued (which is very often, although becoming less the case these days with the advent of some dedicated reissue labels putting out CD and vinyl) - and your closing sentence is crucial.


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A Playable Game That Might Succeed Now if Released .....
Amathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
October 2019 in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
"We built the company up, and while doing so we've already created a playable MMO, one that might see some success were it released but it's only the foundation of what we all want to ship. It's playable, we've already had four pre-alpha tests with hundreds running around the game. The world is decently large enough for perhaps a couple, three weeks of average/normal play."
https://www.pantheonmmo.com/content/blogs/151/188/much-to-do-about-pantheon-cco-update (section on "A little more about Visionary Realms")
This is a huge bit of news. Last I heard they were emphasizing pre-alpha status, and working on a project that would include and feature the various game systems.
I am puzzled that Brad feels a game with perhaps two weeks of playable content would ever succeed (even if only in part) if released?
There is also a way to back into evaluating where they are. Suppose you want to play the game for two years. Ok, we are presently 1 year, 11 months, and 1 week of playable content short of that. So, quite a ways to go it seems.
It also states:
"Of course, I won't give a date – I am no longer allowing myself to ever give a date as to when something related to this game is supposed to be done. That's externally of course, player facing. Inside VR, well, people know what they have to do and why it's important to move forward the best we can without violating the Vision. And making sure our visuals get closer and closer to any other AAA game. "
So they are shooting for AAA quality. Admirable, but time consuming and expensive. I guess this means my elven ranger won't wear a Christmas tree on his chest, like, um, before.
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Utinni Member EpicPosts: 2,200
Amathe said:
He's talking about what they have done right now. He isn't saying that the final game has 2-3 weeks of content for casuals.
Utinni said:
I know he doesn't plan to release the game with 2-3 weeks of content. I know he means what they have done so far. (And he doesn't say what type of player would be occupied by the 2-3 weeks of content they have now). But that's not the point. The point is he is saying that they have a game that is sufficiently playable that theoretically it could be released now and have some success. You don't need to take my word for it. I quoted him and linked the source.
DMKano said:
And he is talking about casual play.
Hard core guilds can rip through content at more than 10x casual pace.
So 2-3 weeks for a hard core min/max guild is like 6 months of casual content.
If there were raid level content, sure. But just questing and whacking stuff? I can kill kobolds and collect apples just as good as you.
BazgrimTV Member UncommonPosts: 38
He said "one that might see some success if it were released." So it depends on if he means released today or released eventually. I read it as him saying he thinks it would see some success if it were released today. In which case, it would successful at first but not last very long. But regardless, of course, it's their goal is to make a game that is sustainable and healthy longterm.
This is not surprising to me personally, based on my experience playing the game at conventions and on stream. The game was fun and completely playable way back in 2017. The play test at PAX 2018 was more structured to give more people an opportunity to play, but at TwitchCon the year before, there were less people at the booth and I was pretty much given free roam of the whole game. But I realize that not everyone is fortunate enough to have that perspective. So I'm glad Brad is speaking about it more now. Suffice to say though that I can personally confirm what he's saying. As someone who has played the game not under NDA... It is a real MMO and it has been for quite a long time. Almost everything works smoothly, but yes the lack of quests and NPCs in some areas was evident - and to be expected. So from what I can tell, at this point, it's just a matter of filling out the massive world with content.
and lets get real here devs are worse then politicians, they promise a solution for climate change and world famine, then after they get the money, they fail to provide even a demo.
so unless the game is out and can be tested, anything they write, promise, or say is useless, not worthy of trust or even notice
As a complete digression, I am reassured that someone as tech savvy as Bazgrim also has trouble with this website's block quoting features. It's not just me.
lol I feel like this is part of the reason why forums have largely fallen out of style on the internet. But I only have 18 posts on these forums, so what do I know :P
Mendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,511
I think this bit of information points to VR's definition of what might be successful to them. This seems to imply that all the essential game systems are in place and ready to go, classes, combat, magic, and the like. There doesn't appear to be much content yet. Thus, we're seeing Project Faerthale, building a template to create the rest of the game world. It's a reasonable thing to do.
There are several immediate questions this raises.
Is Project Faerthale going to double the existing size of the content? That would indicate that each time they put in another chunk of the world, it would add 2-3 weeks of playable content. Maybe it adds more; maybe less; maybe there will be a lot of duplicate content (level-wise). That's still a big unknown.
How long will subsequent repetitions of the Project Faerthale Model (PFM) take to implement? It's a given that the first time would take longer, but how quickly will VR be able to repeat this process?
How much content (total) is VR expecting to have complete before they release the game? If we measure this in weeks worth of content (WWC) and we know the duration time of each iteration of the PFM, then predicting an actual ballpark date for the initial release should be pretty simple -- how much content they want divided by the time it takes to create it.
Is the PFM going to be the basis for any new expansions? That would seem to be a reasonable approach, but would that be enough content to warrant a DLC/expansion price. The cost-conscious gamer might not want to be forking over cash on top of normal costs to keep up with expansions.
To me, it would be business suicide to release and MMORPG without at least 50+ weeks of content ready to play. That should give VR enough time to create additional content, which would drive their revenue (new content = money) and keep the players relatively satisfied.
The locusts will overrun anything they can/will produce. Focusing almost exclusively on the bleeding-edge player is what I feel hurt EQ1, and why that game turned into a Guild-required, raiding game. There is a point where advancement in EQ1 becomes impractical, which seems contrary to the rest of the game. That's the point when a customer considers leaving.
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Sovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 30,954
Mendel said:
Has there ever been an mmorpg that released wtih 50+ weeks of content? That's a year (yes, minus 2 weeks).
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delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,010
This is good news !
Thanks @Amathe
rounner Member UncommonPosts: 723
Thinking back, I'm not sure many MMORPG's released with much end game content. Replayability for altoholics is another matter. Two or three different starting areas with serious content before they are merged is nice. Will Pantheon keep different factions apart for a long time like VG, or will there just be a 10 levels of intro then all together type design?
boris20 Member RarePosts: 404
Sovrath said:
I was scratching my head at that 50+ weeks comment myself.
That's hard to measure. It depends on so many things. As an example, EQ had a quest about Protection of the Cabbage. It was not initially easy to figure out. So much so that they named part of the quest after the first player to complete it. If you were one of the players trying to solve it, you could have spent many weeks on just that.
Or you could have stood against a zone wall and whacked stuff.
Or maybe you raced to max and did progression raiding.
It depends on what you spend your time doing.
EQ1 and SWTOR appeared to have about 50 weeks worth of content for the average 2 hour-a-day player. WoW may have been very close, 45 weeks. DAoC was definitely short of this, probably 30 weeks for the PvE content. AC, I'm not real sure -- I was in game at the start but dropped after a month. All these are my estimates of how much was there at the start. Games not listed, I wasn't there at the start. Some games (Ryzom, EQ2, others) changed pretty radically early in their life.
For the record, I'd consider most of the MMORPG readership to be above average in play time. We aren't the average target player.
Kyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 41,526
BazgrimTV said:
Hey, I've only got 18 posts....
Oh I thought we were talking about just today.
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Mylan12 Member UncommonPosts: 287
When people say something like 50 weeks of content, they should define what they mean. I am sure you don't mean actually 50 weeks of content which is something like 8,400 hours.
Do you mean something like someone that averages X amount of hours a week play per week should have 50 weeks of play? What is X (14 hours, 21 hours or what) ?
Also do you mean actually content or the time it takes someone to reach max level playing X hours a week? A common problem in MMORPG is outleveling the content. Does content you miss while leveling count? It is in game but you just didn't do it?
As far as guilds go, I am sure like EQ you needed a good guild to experience all or even most of the content of the game. I only played EQ till the 2nd expansion (SoV) and I agree they leaned too much toward raid content after that and less toward group content. I think this was about the time Brad left the EQ dev team.
TEKK3N Member RarePosts: 1,115
He is saying that the mechanics and systems are all in place.
They only need to create the content.
World building is faster once you have everything you need in place.
We are talking about another couple of years of course.
But compared to other games in development Pantheon is in a much better place.
Wizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
If what you say is true and what i have seen mmorpg's calling content,that wouldn't take very long at all.
These rpg's just reskin the same model over and over to make you think there are a pile of different mobs/npc's.Then what ALL of them are doing is really lazy work,attach a marker to these npc's,attach a quest and the rest is RAIDS,dungeon instances.Those two ideals are to me so lame for 2019,i can't even bother to play something like that for free.
Is there a god given hope that this game will be any different than the hundred predecessors all copying Wow,i have a gut feeling NO,content will be same old.If there are lazy type quests,at least have people explore and think to solve them,don't give any of those go to said instance and kill Boss,go kill 10 bears just because you'll get some xp or loot,i want more depth than that.
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blamo2000 Member RarePosts: 1,128
My worry about this, going off of EQ base and Vanguard, is the very, very lite character development options in this guy's games. He promised one for Vanguard, but it isn't something you can tack on. It has to be a core system that can be built off of with expansions - not something you tack on as an after thought, but never do because the game fails because it doesn't attract people that see it as a basic and core necessity.
I skimmed through some videos and read some info, and it has some gimmicky stuff like environmental resistance things you build up - but I can't find any information on a solid character development system and the choices players will have to build characters.
Abhorer Member UncommonPosts: 34
We must wait to allow them to create world content at their pace; it would be better for the game and as the previous poster have said, allow an in depth character development system, which could be vital for the game, given its contenders in the market.
I don't know if they need 50 weeks of content to release, even though it seems advisable. They are taking the graphics to an AAA level, which is another good mood, and this is one of the good things of many they are doing well. If this is the 2020 version of EQ2 I will be happy.
Mylan12 said:
Define a week ?... Theirs no standard officially documented.
However in second generation mmoprgs their is, but no one ever attached numbers to this timely event. Let me explain:
I'm not a great player but I do have a talent of using the "social panels" in all mmo's. I have a hobby of studding server populations every time I log in, and every game. I've been doing this for years.
I spend time on how many classes and levels are logged on at different times of day. I take note of players and how much they advance. I put a bracket around a group of people close to my level and watch the entire group advance several levels.... And in every case they move equally in time a few levels. I know who's power leveling, honestly it's not that many.
I've kept pace with brackets of players, and in EVERY CASE we maintain equal for weeks on end.
It's a standard, at least in second generation mmorpg's of which I play, It maybe the same for first and third gen also, I don't play them often.
I'll list three games and say an "equal standard" can be determined, but many more are the same:
-Everquest 2
-World of Warcraft
-Vanguard
I never actually charted on paper leveling speed, as it's never been an important, it's more a simple mental notation, but here would be my guess at a standard.
1-10 1 or 2 or 3 days (This is often the rush levels)
11-20 5 days
31->> 1 day each, slightly slower as levels increase.
3-4 months from on average for a standard player that has knowledge of the content. That's without doing the official math.
Post edited by delete5230 on October 2019
What a playable game which might succeed on its own means to me is Brad learned his lesson from Vanguard.
Should the funding unexpectedly come to a halt for some reason (which he's well familiar with) he's in a position to ship what they have built to date, say as an early access title and shipping additional content post launch.
Actually a good strategy for a developer to take. I'm guessing most of the other indie MMORPGs in development would be in a really bad state, largely unplayable if suddenly forced to launch in the near future because the funding well ran dry.
My assessment of him just went up a few notches if this is really true and not just blah speak.
Kyleran said:
Honestly I can't follow this post other than the first line, read it 3 times. It helps me understand my own short comings.
Anyway,
I think Visionary Realms should make a total effort to complete the game entirely before release...... Broken half done games are always the trademark of this industry.
They have to be a rare exception !
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I call "fake news". An mmo with 2-3 weeks of playable content is not an mmo. What is this, another theme park a la star wars? Not what what promised.
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Now's your chance. When you have children, stops between destinations are often necessary stops that require food and bathroom breaks. I know there's families in which everyone is agreeably willing to stop for a view, but that's not always the case. When it's just the two of you, make a point to stop at scenic viewing areas early in the morning, or around sunset. The lighting will lend interesting moods to your photographs.
...Like animal friends you make on your travels, or the way morning light comes through the window at breakfast.
Not every moment is going to be a breathtaking view or edge-of-your-seat moment. When we made it to Matt's grandparents' house, we agreed to help them clear out their garden boxes and plant their summer vegetable crops. A lot of our work days were threatened with rain and so the rolling thunder clouds and the seemingly-mindless task of spraying weed killer in the above picture remind us of the weather and the work we did and the bond we developed with Matt's grandparents.
Usually there's always one person in a relationship that takes the majority of the photos, so make sure you switch camera duty off frequently. I like to take time on our trips to take nice portraits of us individually. It's ok to not always have to be in the photo with each other.
When you're traveling as a couple, you start to notice other couples trying to take "selfies" and failing miserably. Offer to take their photo for them, and chances are, they'll take a photo of you guys too. Just keep in mind that not everyone's a photographer, so you may not get ideal-lighting-stranger-free-straight-on photos. That's ok. Be grateful, say thank you, and edit when you get home.
Sometimes, a photograph can be more visually appealing in black and white. Sometimes, you can't really control your lighting situation. We were really limited in lighting for this photo (we were sleeping in a barn loft), and so I had no way to light us from the front. A self-timer, purposeful posing with our profiles, and romantic string lights lent us a great opportunity to take a silhouetted portrait at our last stop before heading home.
We bought this collage frame a few months before our trip, and it was sitting empty for far too long. When you're going to choose photos for a collage like this, pick images with similar colors so they'll coordinate together.


Home > What is the Average Computer Science Salary?
As a graduate armed with a degree in computer science, IT or a related field, there's one thing that's clear: you are in demand. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reported that 68.7% of computer science majors of the class of 2013 who applied for a job before graduating received an offer, making computer science the major with the highest offer rate. While starting salaries in many areas tend to be modest, computer science salaries are holding strong.
Computer Science came in fourth on the list with an average starting salary of $64,700.
Management Information Systems/Business ranked nine on the list with an average starting salary of $60,700.
Furthermore, the #1 top paying position for master's degree graduates in 2013 went to computer science degree holders who landed jobs as computer and information systems managers, with a starting salary of $92,400.
Computer Science Salaries: Which Occupation Has the Largest Paycheck?
As with most industries, salaries will vary within information technology. Specific computer science salaries will be tied to applicants' level of educational attainment, prior work experience, particular role, company, and geographic location.
Entry-level positions, such as computer support specialists, as well as the art-related occupations of graphic design and animation, tend to be on the lower end of the IT income spectrum. Those positions which require a bachelor's degree (over an associate's degree or professional certification), such as computer systems analysts and software engineers, will generally earn a mid-level computer science salary, whereas, positions which require graduate education, such as computer and information systems managers and computer scientists, will often bring in the highest paycheck.
If you are considering enrolling in a computer science or IT program, now might be the time, as the job outlook for computer science and IT graduates are favorable. Although those who have earned a bachelor's or graduate level degree typically receive more competitive computer science salaries, a professional certification or associate's degree could be an excellent way to get your foot in the door. Begin exploring the various schools and programs on our site, and request for additional information today!


I went to read my blog lists the other evening (as you do) and discovered to my joy that the lovely Armida of Fairytale Knits had chosen me to receive a pattern of my choosing from a choice of designers on Ravelry.
I chose the very talented Veera Valimaki who unbeknownst to me I already had stored a free pattern to have a go at.
I have chosen the light tee called 'Frost Thread', pop on over and take a look at Veera's designs, they're beautiful!!
Let you know how I get on... Thank you so much Raili!


The subway train is crowded as it pulls into the station. A young woman, under five feet tall, tries to make her way out. A large man blocks her path. She tries to move around him and brushes his coat. He grabs her arm and swings her around. She screams and he is restrained by some of the passengers. A transit po liceman arrives but the man is not arrested. The woman continues on to her office, where she breaks down in hysterics.
MENSIONS on the subways. Predatory motorists and aggressive pedestrians. Argu mentative cab drivers. Honk ing horns. Surly waiters, an tagonistic clerks, querulous customers. Clash. Anger. Hostility.
In offices and restaurants, In the stores and on the streets, each day brings with it new tales of New Yorkers' insensitivity and incivility.
Out‐of‐towners who are in the city on business or for pleasure, and Nev Yorkers who have moved away and have returned for a visit— all seem to sense the current climate of rudeness.
Turmoil, bustle and a cer tain brashness have always characterized this city that Christopher Morley once called the "nation's, thyroid gland." But now,, sociolo gists, psychologists and urban victims agree, these impulses have broken to the surface with greater fre quency and viciousness.
Unlike violent crimes which can be shown to be risiing — the frequency with which people here insult and molest each other cannot be statistically tabulated. But almost any trip to the public evidence that traditional pat terns of civil behavior are breaking down.
A DENTIST from Chicago comes to New York for a convention. He and his wife go to an expensive hotel where they have res ervations. In a quite matter of‐fact way, the clerk tells them there are no rooms available and their reserva tions are meaningless. The dentist becomes irate. The clerk says he does not under stand why the man is so angry, that there are other hotels around. When he re turns to Chicago the dentist writes a letter to. Mayor Lindsay saying he will never to New York again.
As an experiment, Profes sor Zimbardo once parked a ear without license plates on University Avenue in the Bronx,, near N.Y.U., and watched as a succeSsion of well‐dressed middle class people smashed and stomped the auto into total wreckage.
On his last trip here he had gotten his foot and a suitcase into a cab when someone else entered the cab from the other side, threw out his baggage, kicked his foot and told the, driver to start mov ing.
Ruminating on rudeness, the professor senses a cur rent general feeling that people "are doing unto others as they do unto you." That rather than encouraging gen tleness, there is all aware ness that polite behavior will be punished and impolite be havior will be reinforced. More and more people, he believes, interpret rudeness and‐ belligerence as a sign of power.
ERVING GOFFMAN is an ethnographer at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania who has long studied the interac tions of groups and whose works include a book called.
Mr. Gofftnan sees polite ness as the unenforceable self‐restraints that individu als exercise in managing the dealings they have with each other. Civility is still an im portant ideal, he says, but it appears to him that there is an increasing sense that it is being breached more and more in New York.
Part of the issue, Dr. Goff man suggests, could be linked to the breakdown in asym metrical lines of respect— those human actions where individuals demand some thing different from—and especially more than—what they give.
Discussing one example of such behavior, a psychologist said he thought it would be impossible for a black wait ress at a Chock Full O' Nuts shop to be polite,. since .what the white customer sees as ci vility she sees as servility. The psychologist asked not to be identified because his re mark might be misinterpreted and thus contribute to urban hostilities.
AN attractive whitewoman is walking down, Broad way at 73d Street. A flashily dressed black man, who has been tailing to some friends, turns to stare at her. As she passes he says, "Hey, baby." She pays no attention and keeps walking but after a few steps she turns toward a white male pedestrian, her face registering disgust at the incident.
This kind of behavior is an example of cultural clash, said the anonymous psy chologist. "In lower‐class black communities, a man may 'often make remarks to women he doesn't know," he says. "In white society the same thing goes on, some times in other forms—the wolf whistle or a flirting look.
EDWARD T. HALL is an anthropologist at North western University who has coined the term proxemics to refer to various theories on man's use and perception of space as an extension of culture.
Briefly, what Dr. Hall says is that different cultures per ceive their environment with different senses of time and space. What has happened in the cities, he says, is that Negroes and Latins have had their lives subordinated to patterns that are alien to what might be called their cultural subconscious.
"The adjustments of these people is not just economic but involves an entire way of life," he wrote in his book, "The Hidden Dimension." The result, he said, is creating "behavioral sinks more lethal than the hydrogen bomb." Recent experiments with lab oratory animals show that when they are subjected to abnormal conditions of over crowding, they react with patterns of hostility, aggres sion and even cannibalism.
One of the women glowers at the intruder. Another says, "get on line, we're all in a hurry." The intruder's face shows anger and frustration. "For crying out loud," she says and stalks off, either to find another cashier or to give up the idea of shopping altogether. The women on line keep huddling closer.


The pursuit of any worthwhile venture hits obstacles. There are obstacles of our own making. We may have acted too quickly, alienated others, extended trust inappropriately, hired the wrong people, or relied upon bad advice. The setbacks that occur from our own mistakes remind us to remain teachable for we may be one mistake away from a more debilitating one.
There are obstacles of betrayal. A spouse or business partner leaves, a business deal collapses, a much needed payment is reneged, a trusted associate steals valuable assets–these can foment anger and fantasies of revenge among the most serene of us. They serve as too often reminders of the frailty of others, and ourselves.
There are obstacles of nature. Unforeseen events, natural events (what the insurance industry calls "acts of God"), economic and regulatory changes, a family health crisis–all can wreck havoc on the best plans. These setbacks are often chronic and, consequently, frustrating for there is little we can do to change them. Adaptation and flexibility is our best strategy.
And there are obstacles of opportunity. This is the natural internal resistance we face in implementing an idea. The energy to bring to life what our brain conceives is so much greater than we imagine. And often, we are our own worse enemy, sabotaging our own path with distraction, procrastination and overload.
Each of these obstacles are like rocks that have fallen onto our road. Some are small and easily surmounted, others block our way entirely, taking more time to remove. Still others appear altogether impossible.
When the road appears bumpy or altogether impassable, we do well to imitate the conviction of the Apostle Paul, "I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13). For that conviction gives us all the faculties we need to keep picking away at the road in front of us.
What kind of obstacles are in currently in your road?
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Generally speaking, social work graduates have ended up working in a variety of social work jobs in the non-profit organization management, hospital & health care, and mental health care industries, accounting for many of the students who graduate with this major. One of the most frequently held first job title for graduates is case manager, which is more popular than other job titles like mental health therapists and counselors. Some have also begun their careers as administrative assistants and teacher. Social work majors tend to utilize skills such as social services, social work, case management, and crisis intervention in their day-to-day practices.
The data to the right shines a light on several companies where social work graduates have started their careers after finishing school. These companies have historically been some of the most favorite employers for social work majors.
Where have social work majors settled in after graduating?
Graduates tend to find jobs in cities like New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Combined, these three cities have accommodated many social work specialists.


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Leonard Pitts: Refugees, immigrants in need of your support
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays.
We know because Perry Como reminds us incessantly every year about this time. And because the airports become madhouses and the highways parking lots, so many of us trying to find their way back to that place where you are safe and known, that place where they'll always take you in, home.
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Here in the season of festivity and light, it's probably natural that we don't think much about how it feels to be a child in a chain link cage, a woman sleeping on concrete, a man denied soap, toothpaste and medicine. In the season of home for the holidays, who wants to be reminded of those who have no home to go to? Of those who are mistreated as a matter of policy by our government? And thus, by us.
We are, in the best of circumstances, a nation of restless, fleeting attentions. And that is all the more true in this era where news bombards us and crises — constitutional, existential — have become routine. So who can be surprised if the images that dominated hearts and headlines just a few months ago — people jammed in pens, families torn apart, a little girl and her father face down in the Rio Grande — have largely receded from the forefront of our thoughts?
We have moved on. But the fact that refugees and immigrants are no longer in the news doesn't mean they have gone away. It just means we no longer see them. Their plight has become wallpaper.
If you find that unconscionable, especially in this country and especially in this season, there may be consolation in knowing that there are dozens of organizations fighting for them and that many could use your help. Here's a random sampling:
Border Angels provides immigrants with legal assistance and English lessons. Its volunteers drive and hike into the rugged desert along the southern border to leave life-saving water for immigrants. Donate at borderangels.org. You can also volunteer through the website, or by emailing [email protected]
The Justice Department (!) has compiled a directory (www.justice.gov/eoir/probono/states.htm) of lawyers willing to do pro bono work for immigrants. If you are an attorney who'd like to be in it, call 703-756-8020 or sent an email to: [email protected];
The Immigrant Rights Project of the ACLU educates immigrants on their legal protections and fights for those rights in court. You can donate by phone at 888-567-ACLU or online at aclu.org.
Want more? The Office of Refugee Resettlement, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, maintains an index (acf.hhs.gov/orr/state-programs-annual-overview) of groups and the kind of assistance they need. Be sure to check out any organization you're thinking of helping with Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org) which evaluates charities for reliability. Note that some groups — Better Angels is one — are too small to qualify for a listing.
The evil — and the word is apropos — being done in our name at the border depends for its success on our willingness to watch in compliant silence as fellow human beings are "otherized" and "monsterized," stripped of their individuality, remade in the image of American fears.
Which rebukes both the gospels and simple human decency. Any time is a good time — and this season is better than most — to reject that rejection, to embrace all that we have in common as fellow travelers in this difficult life. How can we be strangers? We're all trying to find that place where we are safe and known.
All of us, just trying to get home.
Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The Miami Herald. Readers may contact him via e-mail at: [email protected]
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Q: Kubernetes: Remove NetworkPolicies I have been experimenting with network policies, and now pods can no longer communicate with each other though I have deleted all the policies.
Namespace
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
    name: staging
    labels:
        env: staging

Service A
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: service-a
  namespace: staging
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: service-a
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: service-a
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: service-a
        image: busybox:1.33.1
        command: ["nc", "-lkv", "-p", "8080", "-e", "/bin/sh"]
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: service-a
  namespace: staging
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: service-a
  ports:
  - port: 8080

Service B
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: service-b
  namespace: staging
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: service-b
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: service-b
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      containers:
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kind: Service
metadata:
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spec:
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Testing Communication
kubectl -n staging exec service-a-7c66d7cdf8-72gqq --  nc -vz service-b

Expected behaviour is that they can contact each other, but instead there is a timeout. So I tjeck if there are any network policies left.
kubectl -n staging get networkpolicy
>No resources found in staging namespace.

What I have tried
I have deleted the namespace, recreated it and recreated the two services.
I have gone through all namespaces looking for network policies to delete them, but there are none!
Before I started experimenting with the networkspolicies everything worked fine, but now I cannot get things working again. For the network controller I am using cillum.

A: I am pretty dumb, I simply forgot to write the port the second time around. It should be:
kubectl -n staging exec service-a-7c66d7cdf8-72gqq --  nc -vz service-b 8080