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Rediscovering the Power of Playful Parenting
Amy ran the warm, soapy water through her hands and mentally went down the checklist of chores she had to finish before allowing herself to turn in for bed.
At the top of the list was, naturally, the day's worth of dishes now scattered after dinner across the counter in the kitchen. Breakfast bowls still tinged with souring milk mixed with a casserole dish, a seemingly endless stack of drinking glasses, flatware, plates, and more. Thankfully Mike was home from his day job and keeping their precious preschooler, Tony, entertained with some wild flight of fancy in the living room. She heard them laughing, smiled to herself, and picked up the first glass.
From the sound of it, the boys were playing with toys from the big box of Nerf guns they kept stored in Tony's room. Apparently the box had been dragged into the living room where Tony and Mike were about to tag-team an exciting adventure that might involve little plastic army men and maybe even a few aluminum cans.
Over the rising clamor in the other room, Amy heard Mike say, "Tony," he said, "why don't you go ask your mom if she wants to join us?"
Amy heard her little boy's feet pattering across the wood floor until they hit the linoleum in the kitchen. She turned to see her four-year-old look up earnestly toward her with his invitation.
"Mom," he said, muffing the words just a little bit, "do you want to enjoy us?"
And in that moment, Amy realized that dishes could wait, laundry could wait, even that pressing writing deadline could be put off just a bit longer.
She'd been invited to play by a child...and that's where one of the true joys of parenting was about to take place.
Moments later, Amy had used a bar of soap to draw a target on the big picture window of the living room and all three family members were laughing and playing until the time came for Tony's bath. (And Mike even ended up helping with the dishes before bed!)
The Importance of Play
Although she didn't realize it at the time, Amy had learned intuitively that some things in life are extremely important in a child's life. Safety. Shelter. Food and clothing. Affection. Love.
And play.
Research has shown that the ability to play is a critical part of maintaining a happy lifestyle, of sustaining social relationships, and fostering a creative and innovative personality. Play actually shapes the neuron paths in the brain and makes us smarter and more adaptable to life circumstances. Additionally, a healthy play-life as a child is a surprisingly accurate predictor of career success as an adult. (1)
In fact, some social and behavioral scientists believe that the play-life of a child—from preschool all the way into adolescence—is one of the most important factors in a child's physical and emotional development on the road to adulthood. "The idea that play is a basic, vital human disposition has long been recognized," says Dr. David Elkind, noted psychologist and child development expert from Tufts University. "Philosopher Friedrich Schiller regarded play as crucial to the human experience." (italics mine) (2)
According to Elkind (and Schiller), "Play allows humans to realize their highest aspirations and ideals." That's not all. Elkind also asserts that children actually create learning experiences through play. He says, "Learning is the product of play-generated experiences limited only by the child's level of intellectual development." (3)
Dr. Elkind isn't alone in his views. In fact, numerous scientific studies have shown that play learning and maturation are irrevocably linked to play. One case in point is a now-classic experiment done many years ago. The focus of the experiment was to measure the effect of play on problem-solving in children.
A number of preschoolers, around the ages of four and five, were gathered for this study. The children were arranged in pairs, and then given a little free time before the activity began. Some of the pairs were allowed to play, apparently just to give them something to do, with a set of interlocking sticks while the researchers set up the rest of the experiment. These children were given no instructions as to what to do with the sticks. Other preschoolers were not given the sticks or time to play.
After about 10 minutes, the sticks were left nearby as each of the pairs of children were allowed to choose what they thought was a "neat toy" for the experiment—either a piece of chalk or a colorful marble. That toy was then placed in a see-through, latched box. Two at a time, the children were seated in chairs within view of the box and given this instruction: Get the toy without leaving—or even leaning forward in—their seats!
It will come as no surprise to you that the children not allowed to play were not able to solve the problem and complete the task. In fact, most of them simply gave up, even though the solution was right within their reach...in the interlocking sticks.
But the children who had played with the sticks for only 10 minutes, refused to give up. In fact, they "worked very persistently and eagerly to solve the problem." They showed greater creativity and imagination, and using their prior knowledge gained through play, struck upon the solution: connect two long sticks together, then use those sticks to unhook the latch and pull the toy to them. Not bad for preschoolers! (4)
Multiple studies such as these have resulted in a new perspective on the importance of play—even revealing that regular play in the lives of children shows a related increase in reading levels and IQ scores! According to psychologists and educators, Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Dr. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, "Based on the research evidence, a new equation is in order: PLAY = LEARNING." (all caps theirs) (5)
Play actually helps the brain develop physically and intellectually. Studies of the brain have revealed that a person at play literally expands his or her neural pathways throughout the various centers of the brain. Play forges new connections between the areas of the brain that didn't exist before, and which are often later used in the overall organization of the brain--and in the play-er's understanding and interaction with the world. This happens throughout life, but is most pronounced during childhood and adolescence. (6)
Dr. Stuart Brown is a medical doctor, a clinical researcher, and founder of The National Institute for Play. Listen to what he has to say on this topic:
I have spent a career studying play, communicating the science of play to the public...I have gathered and analyzed thousands of case studies that I call play histories. I have found that remembering what play is all about and making it part of our daily lives are probably the most important factors in being a fulfilled human being. The ability to play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships and being a creative, innovative person...
Play is the stick that stirs the drink. It is the basis of all art, games, books, sports, movies, fashion, fun, and wonder—in short, the basis of what we think of as civilization...
Play sets the stage for cooperative socialization. It nourishes the roots of trust, empathy, caring, and sharing...set[s] the stage for our understanding of fairness and justice...Play lowers of the level of violence in a society and increases communication...
I don't think it is too much to say that play can save your life. (7)
The Importance of Playful Parenting
Residents of Okinawa, Japan are known for both their longevity and for having good health well into old age—into their eighties, nineties, and even past 100 years of age. That kind of anomaly in such a localized place made Okinawa a prime target for medical researchers. The National Geographic Society conducted a study to discover what lifestyle factors most influenced the long life and health of the Okinawa elderly. They identified three primary activities as critical to this phenomenon:
1) Diet...
2) Exercise...and
3)...Playing with young children. (8)
"When we stop playing," says Dr. Brown in commentary on the National Geographic Society's study, "we stop developing, and when that happens, the laws of entropy take over—things fall apart." He concludes, "When we stop playing, we start dying." (9)
Medical science backs up Brown's opinion. A number of studies have been done on the relationship of play to the physiology of aging. The results echo in astonishing ways: People who continue to play games well into adulthood are "much less prone" to develop dementia and other neurological problems. They are less likely to get heart disease. And they are nearly 2/3 (63%) less likely to get Alzheimer's disease! (10)
But we parents aren't the only ones who benefit from a healthy play-life with our children. When we play with our kids we help them engage more actively, in greater variety, and enhance the benefits of play. We expand the scope of cognitive development in our child. And we help our child learn to do things like manipulate symbols and think more abstractly—intellectual skills that transfer over to, and contribute toward success in, school, work, and social environments! (11)
The Joy of Playing with Your Kids
Still, despite all the mental, emotional, and physical benefits of play that science has uncovered, there is one monumental reason why it pays to be a playful parent with your kids.
It's fun.
Yep, when parents and kids play, both have a good time. It's a natural, God-given expression of a healthy emotional relationship between family members and it provides something that no science experiment can ever replace: Happy memories.
Now, pay attention because I'm about to say the most important thing in this article. I encourage you to commit these next words to memory, to remember them next time your precious child walks in the room:
Happy memories make a happy childhood.
And when we play with our children regularly—regardless of what form or activity that play consists of—we plant happy memories in the lives of our kids that they can carry with them into adolescence, through young adulthood, and even into families of their own. Then one day they too will enjoy the thrill of getting down on the floor to play with a child...of throwing a ball in the backyard...of roughhousing around the living room...of playing Nerf Fun with soap-drawn targets on the living room window...of turning a plastic bottle into a beach toy that produces hours of fun...of playing with their own kids as a lifestyle already learned...of making happy memories that build a happy childhood.
Remember our friend Amy at the beginning of this article? One day she and her preschooler, Tony, were sitting around discussing their favorite things. Amy mentioned chocolate and movies and, of course, hanging out with her son. Then she asked Tony what he liked best about a variety of topics. Finally she asked, "What do you like best about your dad?"
Tony thought for a moment, then spoke these words with the precious earnestness of a child:
"The thing I like best about my dad? He plays with me."
And that might have been the best compliment a father has ever received. So what are you waiting for? Isn't it time for you to get out and play with your kids?
--MN
1. Stuart Brown, M.D. with Christopher Vaughan. Play. (New York: Avery, 2009.) 4-13.
2. David Elkind. The Power of Play. (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2007). 4
3. Elkind. 4, 103.
4. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Diane Eyers. Einstein Never Used Flash Cards. (Emmaus, PA: Rodale Inc., 2003). 206-208.
5. Hirsh-Pasek. 208.
6. Brown. 41
7. Brown. 5-6,11-12,197-198, 11.
8. Brown. 72.
10. Brown. 71.
11. Hirsh-Pasek. 208-209.


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Los Angeles teachers angered over secret talks between union, school district and mayor
By Dan Conway and Jerry White
Striking teachers in Los Angeles are expressing their anger over being kept in the dark on the content of the closed door negotiations between the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and school district officials, which began last Thursday under the auspices of Democratic mayor Eric Garcetti. While the mayor has indicated that a deal could be reached before Tuesday, neither side has issued an official statement on the talks.
The walkout by more than 33,000 teachers, which began on January 14, has pit educators in the nation's second largest school district against the entire Democratic Party establishment, which has overseen decades of defunding of public education and expansion of charter schools and other privatization schemes. Teachers who have not had a raise in a decade are fighting for improved wages and school funding, smaller class sizes and to halt the expansion of publicly funded private charters that siphon off resources and students from the traditional public schools.
UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl and other union officials have claimed that teachers "are the most essential part of the bargaining process." In practice, however, the UTLA has relegated teachers to the position of cheerleaders while union executives bargain behind their backs.
During the course of the weekend negotiations blackout, the UTLA posted a number of videos on social media of teachers taking a break from picketing to dance and sing along with several celebrity endorsements of the strike. This campaign, meant to distract and mollify rank and file teachers, has encountered growing anger from educators determined to carry out a serious struggle. One teacher writes on the UTLA Facebook page, "UTLA leadership seems to be more interested in performances and entertainment. People are NOT getting paid. This is NOT a celebratory occasion!!"
Another teacher, referring to the UTLA blackout, posted, "Stop being cute and tell us the facts! We are not getting paid here."
A student at Pepperdine University getting a Master's degree in education and a student teacher who has joined the teachers' picket lines and rallies said he is upset by the confidential negotiations and that the "union should be transparent." He also said he supports expanding the strike throughout California.
"It doesn't surprise me that the UTLA is negotiating in secret," Steve, a teacher in Santa Cruz, said. "They want to be part of this new set up. All of these teachers who still have illusions in the UTLA are going to be in for a big shock."
Los Angeles teachers must immediately demand that all negotiations between the district and the union be live-streamed over the internet. The details of any deal reached between the two sides must be provided in full to the teachers who then must have adequate time to read and discuss before voting.
To fight for this, teachers should form rank-and-file strike committees in every school and community. These committees should fight to spread the strike to Oakland and across the state and prepare a statewide and national strike to defend public education.
Since it has not called a strike in three decades, the UTLA has amassed a giant strike fund. However, teachers have been given no strike benefits and have been told to take out loans, if necessary, to pay critical bills.
The teachers enjoy overwhelming popular support, with polls released last week by Loyola Marymount University and the local news outlets showing more than 80 percent of Los Angeles area respondents siding with the striking teachers, and two-thirds saying they are not paid enough and that class sizes are too big.
Teachers rallying in LA last Friday
In addition, there is growing sentiment for a statewide strike by educators. Oakland carried out sickouts last Friday and held a demonstration to oppose district plans to close a third of the schools. While the state is home to the nation's highest number of billionaires it is near the bottom in per pupil funding and first in the number of charter schools. The LA strike is also rekindling opposition by teachers across the country, with Denver teachers starting to vote to authorize a strike and Virginia teachers planning mass protests on January 28.
Allied with the Democratic Party and opposed to a broader movement of teachers, the UTLA abandoned the teachers' most critical demands, including a halt to charter expansion and mind-numbing standardized tests, and has proposed pay increases barely above the rate of inflation. Last week, Mayor Garcetti indicated that the only thing keeping the parties from reaching agreement is determining what role the UTLA will play in the restructuring of the school district. Garcetti said the union should collaborate in the plan which will pave the way for more school closings and charter expansion.
Throughout the course of the strike, Los Angeles teachers have displayed enormous determination to fight back against decades of cuts to public education. They have been joined in their struggle by hundreds of thousands of parents who immediately recognize that the strike involves issues that extend far beyond the individual concerns of the teachers themselves.
Tens of thousands of teachers and their supporters joined mass rallies in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, effectively occupying entire city blocks along with rail and bus lines in the city of more than four million residents. The two rallies on Monday and Tuesday were attended by more than 50,000 while the Friday rally was attended by more than 60,000.
The UTLA's parent organizations, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and National Education Association (NEA), have spent the last year acting as firefighters trying to put out teacher strikes and prevent them from coalescing into a nationwide walkout. Under conditions in which federal workers are going without pay, GM workers are facing the closure of their plants and tens of millions of workers have never recouped their losses since the 2008 crash, a mass strike by teachers could spark a far broader movement and a general strike.
In a statement titled, "Strikes and Shutdowns," AFT President Randi Weingarten, a leading member of the Democratic National Committee, warned that Trump and the LAUSD Superintendent were discrediting the entire political system. "When our elected leaders fail, whether by not funding public schools or by shutting down services that provide for our safety and freedom, they strike at the very heart of what makes us a democratic republic," Weingarten declared.
The AFT leader, whose annual salary is over half a million dollars, claimed, "Our democratic society is made possible by the social contract between citizens and our government. In return for our consent to a democratic government, to pay taxes and obey laws, that government agrees to protect our rights and promote our common good."
What nonsense! For the last forty years both corporate-controlled parties have waged a relentless war against workers on behalf of the corporate and financial elite, which has enriched itself. Beutner—a Democrat—and Trump—a Democrat-turned-Republican—didn't fall from the sky. They are the product of the grotesque rise of social inequality in America, which controls both parties and the entire political system. Such levels of inequality are incompatible with the maintenance of democratic rights, including the right to public education.
Both political parties can find trillions for endless wars, Wall Street bailouts, corporate tax cuts and "border security" to hunt down and terrorize immigrants, but they all say there is no money for public education, decent wages, health care and pensions.
That is why the struggle by teachers is a political fight against the entire economic and political system. The resources required to pay teachers a living wage, to hire sufficient staff, to vastly improve public education and put an end to poverty and homelessness can only be attained through a frontal assault on the private fortunes of the rich.
Far from waging a genuine struggle, the unions, like the AFT, NEA and UTLA, are only concerned with defending their own institutional and financial interests. In her column Weingarten declared that the struggle in Los Angeles was "not a debate over charter versus public schools." That is because the unions have dropped all opposition to charters and are only interested in collecting union dues from the expanding number of charter school teachers.
This position stands in sharp contrast to the position of the teachers themselves who want to broaden the struggle as widely as possible. One teacher writes on the UTLA Facebook page, "We are fighting for LA and the country! Oakland votes on 1/29 for their strike!"
To take this fight forward teachers need to organize rank-and-file committees, independent of the unions and both corporate-controlled parties.
The World Socialist Web Site will provide every assistance to teachers in taking forward this struggle. We urge all teachers, school staff and their supporters to contact the World Socialist Web Site today.
Los Angeles teachers strike
After sellout of Los Angeles teachers strike, new attacks on public schools coming
Los Angeles teachers livid over union's betrayal of strike
Union rams through deal to end Los Angeles teachers strike
An Oklahoma teacher speaks on the Los Angeles educators strike
Los Angeles teachers denounce UTLA betrayal of strike
Education in the US
Rank-and-file teachers in San Diego County initiate fight against layoffs and school cuts
Boston area professor fired after anti-Trump Facebook posting
Florida teachers to rally January 13 against attacks on public education
UAW capitulates to Harvard, shuts down grad student strike
San Diego teachers notified of looming pink slips and layoffs
Homeless in San Diego, "America's Finest City"
With support from Governor Newsom, California utility PG&E finalizes settlement with fire victims
UC Santa Cruz graduate students wildcat strike enters critical phase

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Q: Laravel [ErrorException: Array to string conversion] database seeding I am trying to make a blog section on my website project
I am trying to seed the database but I am getting this error in the console:
root@ServerName:/var/www/laravel# php artisan db:seed --class=ArticlesSeeder

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This is the seeder file for the article tables.
ArticleSeeder.php:
<?php
namespace Database\Seeders;

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class ArticlesSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        DB::table('articles')->truncate();

        $articles = [];

        foreach (range(1, 100) as $index)
        {
            $articles[] = [
                "slug"     => $slug = "article_$index",
                "catagory" => "category_$index",
                "title"    => "Title of $slug",
                "author"   => "$slug@remissiondigital.com",
                "body"    => "This isn't the \"real\" body of the $slug article\r\n
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                "created_at" => Carbon::now(),
                "updated_at" => [NULL],
                "deleted_at" => [NULL],
            ];
        }
        DB::table('articles')->insert($articles);
    }
}

This is default database seeder with a call towards the ArticlesSeeder
DatabaseSeeder.php
<?php

namespace Database\Seeders;

use Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\WithoutModelEvents;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Seed the application's database.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        $this->call(ArticlesSeeder::class);

        // \App\Models\User::factory(10)->create();

        // \App\Models\User::factory()->create([
        //     'name' => 'Test User',
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Here is the migration file for the articles table, I am not sure if the issue is the $table->text('body'); but it seemed to me like the right way to sure the article body, and if you look up to seed it I tried this code
"body"    => "This isn't the \"real\" body of the $slug article\r\n
        Here is more body\r\n
        And more here too\r\n\r\n
        just a seeder\r\n
        more text",

2022_05_25_172508_create_articles.php:
<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

return new class extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('articles', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('slug');
            $table->string('catagory')->nullable();
            $table->string('title');
            $table->string('author');
            $table->text('body');
            $table->timestampsTz($precision = 0);
            $table->softDeletesTz();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('articles');
    }
};

A: Never mind, I figured out the issue minutes after I posted this.
If you want to post a null value while seeding:
Just don't write anything.
I removed these two lines and it worked
// "updated_at" => [NULL],
// "deleted_at" => [NULL],

Now it got a 100 entries in the database. :)
root@RemissionDigital:/var/www/laravel# php artisan db:seed --class=ArticlesSeeder
Database seeding completed successfully.

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It can be scary looking at colleges. Will a school be, as they say nowadays, a "good fit?" Will my child be admitted? Will I be able to keep from crying when we drop her off at her dorm the first time? The second time? Every time? I know I am not alone in these anxieties. The children, too, have their own concerns. Will I get in? Will I make friends? Will I be able to find a convincing fake ID? Let's face it, we are all bundles of nerves at college visits, and with that much collective apprehension, information sessions and campus tours can become powder kegs.
Our first visit was to a university in our hometown. Not that it was on the official list of colleges my daughter wished to attend, but here was a painless, inexpensive, and convenient way to practice and begin the process. It was our first exposure to all the customs, tropes, and corny jokes associated with visiting a college. Before we went, I spoke with a close friend who advised me to do something I'd already pledged to myself: shut up!
Zipping it was not easy. I had so much to say! Yet my opportunity to look at colleges for myself happened long ago. This was about my daughter, not me. Most of the information was in the Fiske Guide or online, so there really was no need to blurt out questions on campus. Yes, I would keep my mouth shut.
Our tour guide was young, brilliant, and charismatic, like a college-aged Bill Clinton. We were all entranced by his expert commentary, in-depth knowledge, and flawless backward-walking skills. Before I knew it, I had asked a question. I, who wasn't going to open her mouth, had raised my hand and blurted out a demand. It was a fine question, as questions go, but a question nonetheless. This was going to be harder than I thought. I forced myself to forgive my brief indiscretion, and vowed anew to be silent. Mum's the word.
What? Before I knew it, another query had popped out of my lips. How could this be? I had redoubled my efforts to keep quiet, and somehow had broken my own rule again within minutes. Clearly this was not as easy as I'd hoped. I twisted an invisible key at my mouth like a kindergarten teacher and made another deal with myself. No more talking. Really. This time I meant it.
It's understandable that parents ask questions on campus tours and at information sessions. We are anxious about giving up our children. We will be, in many cases, the ones paying the tuition. We want the best school for our offspring. As invested, worried consumers, there are a few things we'd like to get straight before we sign on the dotted line. "How many volumes are in the library?" "What is the student/faculty ratio?" "Do you super score?" and "Will toilet paper be provided?" aren't so much literal questions as they are ways to let off steam from the anxiety brewing in our bellies. After all, nearly every one of our questions can be answered from printed materials. The real reason we ask questions is that we are so anxious about the entire process.
I get it. I really do. And I have nothing but empathy for my sorry self and for all of the other moms and dads facing the same predicament. Except for one thing: This is not our college experience, it is our children's. The ones who should be asking the questions are the students-to-be. We are just along for supervision and support.
I'm trying to think of when the Question Game began. It must not have been that first tour because I was still getting my bearings on how to remain silent myself. Sometime soon after, there was a parent who simply could not stop asking questions. Really, she was like a game show host with all her inquiries. I'm pretty sure interrogators at Gitmo asked fewer questions than this probing mom. Heck, she could have put the Inquisition to shame! This relentless interviewer hijacked the entire session with her constant queries. That's when we developed the system.
The ones I feel sorry for are the children of these incessant questioners. If a kid can't get a word in edgewise at an info session, how will that child fare when left alone at college the following fall? It must be oppressive to tour with a parent who cannot remain silent. How can a child find his or her own voice if there is never an unasked question by the parent, never a silence to fill, never an opportunity for autonomy?
I learned my lesson on that first tour, and the game became a silly and instructive reminder to me at each subsequent visit. It's not easy to take a back seat to your child's quest for discovery but it's a necessary step to encourage and support autonomy. Ask not what you can ask for your child, ask rather what your child can ask for himself or herself. And in a pinch, break out the scorecard, tally up, and have some fun!
Let's face it, we are all bundles of nerves at college visits, and with that much collective apprehension, information sessions and campus tours can become powder kegs.
This was about my daughter, not me.
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Q: Why do I get so many errors building my Android project with Ant? Now that I sort of know my way around the SDK/API, I've switched from Eclipse back to my favorite text editor, which means I have to use ant to build my project, however:
It seems every other time I compile the project, a lot of drawables get corrupted, resources lose their ids (resulting in NPEs in the code), or classes throw "Verify Errors".
The only way to fix this is by removing the bin and gen folders, and recompiling, which is obviously annoying.
Is there any way to avoid this?
btw, I'm using ant 1.7.1, java version "1.6.0_20"

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It seems every other time I compile
  the project, a lot of drawables get
  corrupted, resources lose their ids
  (resulting in NPEs in the code), or
  classes throw "Verify Errors".

Resources "lose their IDs" is relatively common, when you change something about the roster of resources (add one, remove one, etc.). You might consider adding an Ant target that does a clean before your debug/install.
I have never seen classes randomly throw "Verify Errors". That occurs when compiled classes try referring to missing stuff, so you might get this when you first try to use a third-party JAR, for example. The only reason I can figure it might occur for you is if you are frequently refactoring your code or something. But I have developed a metric buttload of code using Ant and have never encountered this for any of my own code.
The Ant scripts and associated binaries could use a little work in terms of detecting changes, which is the root of both of these problems.


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"The Slavian" 1955-56 edition of St. Luke's School annual
The cover of "The Slavian" the 1955-56 edition of the "Annual of St, Luke's Christian Day School- Slavia, Florida. (Volume VI, June 1956) As noted on the cover, this booklet was" Published by the Faculty. Sponsored by the PTA. "Individual and...
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«Полуострова» — сольный альбом Вадима Самойлова в соавторстве Владислава Суркова, записанный в 2003 году.

Об альбоме
В музыкальном плане альбом представляет собой смесь готики и арт-рока с мрачными текстами. Автором практически всех песен является Владислав Сурков. Все песни исполняет Вадим Самойлов, кроме «Странное дерево», которая официально не вошла в альбом. Диск издан ограниченным тиражом «для друзей» и не поступал в продажу.

Список композиций

Бонус-треки

Участники
 Вадим Самойлов — аранжировка, программирование, клавишные, синтезаторы, синт.бас, гитары, вокал, драм-машина
 Владислав Сурков — автор
 Алексей Могилевский — саксофон (9)
 Константин Ветров — вокал (9)
 DJ Грув — аранжировка, программирование, синтезатор, семплер (10, 11)

Технический персонал
 Продюсер — Константин Ветров
 Запись (1-9): студия VS Pro (Звукорежиссёр Вадим Самойлов), студия «На Таганке» (звукорежиссёр Андрей Старков, саунд продюсер Вадим Самойлов)
 Сведение (1-9): Студия «На Таганке» (звукорежиссёр Андрей Старков, саунд-продюсер Вадим Самойлов)
 Мастеринг (1-9): Студия «На Таганке» (звукорежиссёр Евгений Панков, саунд-продюсер Вадим Самойлов)
 Запись, сведение, мастеринг (10, 11): Студия Extraproduction (звукорежиссёр Ян Миренский)
 Бонус-треки (10, 11): DJ Грув — аранжировка, программирование, синтезатор, семплер

Полуострова 2

Полуострова 2 — второй сольный альбом Вадима Самойлова в соавторстве Владислава Суркова, записанный в 2006 году.

Об альбоме
Диск издан ограниченным тиражом «для друзей» и не поступал в продажу. Песня «Позови меня, небо» написанная Вадимом Самойловым стала заглавной к фильму Алексея Балабанова «Мне не больно».

Список композиций

Бонус-треки

Участники
 Вадим Самойлов — аранжировка, программирование, клавишные, синтезаторы, все гитары, ударные, вокал
 Владислав Сурков — автор

Технический персонал
 Продюсер — Константин Ветров
 Запись и сведение (1-7) Студия «На Таганке» (звукорежиссёр Андрей Старков, саунд-продюсер Вадим Самойлов)
 Запись и сведение (8-9) Студия «Наше Время» (звукорежиссёр и саунд-продюсер Сергей Большаков)
 Мастеринг (1-9) Студия «Наше Время» (звукорежиссёр и саунд-продюсер Сергей Большаков)

Примечания

Источники

Ссылки
 Песни альбома на сайте В. Суркова
 Сольный проект Вадима Самойлова «Полуострова»
 Страница альбома на сайте Raritet-CD

Альбомы Вадима Самойлова
Владислав Сурков

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Tim Horner began playing the drums at the age of ten. His influences rest primarily with musical parents. His introduction with music began by singing in the church choir at a very early age and by the 4th grade he began playing violin, viola, and drums in his public school music programs. This continued through high school while also joining The Roanoke Civic Orchestra and attending numerous summer music camps. Upon entering Berklee College of Music in 1974 he made drumming and the goal of being a professional jazz drummer his dream.
His first major professional work was with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, which he joined in 1978. After a year on the road Tim returned to Boston leading his own bands, finishing his Bachelors Degree in Performance @ Berklee, recording and performing with many artists including Miroslav Vitous, John Scofield, Jack Wilkins, Buddy Defranco and Bob Mover.
In 1980 following his six years in Boston he moved to New York City and for 26 years has offered his experience, knowledge and skills as one of New York's in demand jazz drummers and has traveled extensively in the US, Europe, the Balkans, Asia, North and South America with some of the world's greatest jazz talents, performing concerts, clubs, recordings, teaching and master classes. Some of the artists he has worked with include: Warne Marsh, Hank Jones, Helen Merrill, Ernestine Anderson, George Mraz, Miroslav Vitous, Clifford Jordan, Pepper Adams, Richie Cole, Joe Locke, Ed Howard, Frank Kimbrough, Ted Nash, Ben Allison, The Jazz Composers Collective, Wynton Marsalis, The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Mark Murphy, Joe Williams, Carol Sloane, Roseanna Vitro, Dena Derose, Sarah James, Bill Mays, Bob Kindred/Ann Phillips & The Jazz Nativity, The MaryAnn McSweeney Quintet, The Mike Fahn Band, Vic Juris, Dave Liebman, Billy Drewes, Dick Oatts, Corey Christiansen, The Stryker/Slagle Band, John Hart Trio, The Rufus Reid Quintet and Linear Surroundings, John Dimartino, Bill Gerheardt & Cotangent, Mark Sherman, Marc Mommaas, Alan Farnham, and Tomoko Ohno.
In 2004 Tim traveled through 5 Balkan countries in Eastern Europe, Turkey and Cyprus representing the U.S. State Department as a member of The Jazz Ambassadors, an ambassador of cultural exchange with the Roseanna Vitro Quartet.
For The past three years he has been a regular substitute with The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra @ NYs Village Vanguard as well as traveling to Europe and other local New York area venues.
Tim is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston Mass. and studied percussion with Dean Anderson, drums with Keith Copeland and drumming concepts with bassist Miroslav Vitous. His quintet, featuring vibraphonist Joe Locke and bassist Ed Howard, won the first Hennessey Jazz Search in 1985. He has conducted clinics, classes and seminars and currently teaches jazz ensembles and jazz drumming at New Jersey City University. Tim has an artist endorsement with Vic Firth Sticks and with Istanbul Cymbals and is currently working towards producing a recording of his own compositions which will be his first recording as a leader.
Projects recently released include CDs and/or DVDs with:
1. Vic Juris Quartet  Live @ The Smithsonian / Mel Bay Records (DVD & CD)
2. Roseanna Vitro  Roseanna Vitro & Trio featuring Kenny Werner Live from KC Jazz @ The Kennedy Center Washington DC / Challenge Records
3. Bill Gerhardt and Cotangent ( 2 CD's ) - SteepleChase Records
4. John Hart Trio plus Joe Locke  Hep Records
5. Bob Schneider Sextet featuring Joe Locke  Independent Label (recording Jan. 22 & 23 / 06)
6. The Mark Sherman Quintet  4 CDs between 2005 and 2008 featuring / Michael Brecker , Joe Lovano , Joe Magnarelli , The Quartet Live from Basel Switzerland ( recorded and released in 2008 ) . All 4 CDs are on Miles High Records.
7. The Rufus Reid Quintet Live @ The Kennedy Center  released in 2007, this project is on Motama Records and is a CD/DVD box set.
In "2009" Tim will be on tour March with :
1. The Mark Sherman Quartet in Italy and Switzerland .
2. The end of March and beginning of April w/ Ted Nash & Odeon playing in Canada , Georgia and @ The Jazz Standard in NYC .
3. The end of May through June w/ vocalist Roseanna Vitro and the Jazz I Am Band for Jazz At Lincoln Center and the Rhythm Roads Program.
4. The Martin Wind Quartet on tour to Germany the last 2 weeks of Sept. featuring : Martin Wind - Bass / Scott Robinson - Tenor Sax and Coronet / Bill Cunliffe - Piano / Tim Horner - Drums .
5. Japan Tour in Oct. w/ The Bill Cunliffe Trio featuring James Moody .
6. November cruise w/ The Bill Mays Trio featuring pianist Bill Mays / bassist Martin Wind / drummer & percussionist Tim Horner .
Subbing regularly for John Riley with the Village Vanguard Orchestra as well as many other gigs and recordings around the NY area as well as teaching drum studies @ New Jersey City University . Tim is also working on his first recorded works of original compositions which will be recorded on Feb. 8th 2011.
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Fancy a holiday but don't want the hassle? Want to do something exotic with your weekend, be transported to another world, or have a taste of another culture? Try these places that will allow you to travel abroad without leaving the M25!
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Imagine you're in Thailand at this beautiful Buddhist temple. Everyone is welcome, and its aim is to spread the teachings of Buddha. Set in 4 acres of grounds, there is plenty of space to enjoy, with a lake, grove, flower-garden and orchard. See the giant golden statue of Buddha in the shrine room, and don't forget to take off your shoes before visiting the chapel. The temple is only open on weekends, but the grounds are open throughout the week.
Step into the tropics in the Barbican Conservatory, with its host of exotic fish and over 2,000 species of tropical plants and trees. To find out more about the history of the garden you can book onto a tour, but you can also take in the sights yourself every Sunday between noon and 5pm. Do check opening times, though, as sometimes it is closed for events.
Get transported to a whole new world at the Prince Edward Theatre with Aladdin the Musical. Featuring all the well-loved songs in a lavish and colourful performance, discover a West End take on the Middle East. Recommended for 6 and above.
If the arctic is a little out of your comfort zone, try London's Ice Bar. The Ice Bar is open to children during the day, with last entry at 17:45. Everything inside is made out of ice, from the walls to the tables – and even your glass! You have a 40 minute time slot in the bar to enjoy a cold drink, and will be given a warm cape with hood and gloves to keep you toasty throughout your stay.
Adjoining Portobello Road in Notting Hill is a street known as 'Little Morocco'. Try out some of the many Moroccan restaurants and shops, or take a quick hop to Portugal to try out the street's Portuguese patisseries. Go on a Sunday for the street market.
This iconic Victorian glasshouse is home to a huge array of tropical plants, forming a miniature indoor rainforest. While admiring the 16,000 panes of glass, you can find plants from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, including rubber, cocoa and banana as well as lots of different types of palm. There is also a Marine Aquarium in the basement with different species of marine plant.
Don't miss Chinatown, full of Chinese restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets. Pose for a photo under the famous arch, or go at Chinese New Year to enjoy all the lanterns.
Due to the historic trade routes of the Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe is home to a thriving Scandinavian community. There is a Norwegian, a Finnish and a Swedish church, as well as a number of Nordic community areas including a sauna. Have a look at the Nordic architecture, try out the shops and cafes, or visit near Christmas for a Scandinavian street market.
Take a culinary trip around the world at Borough Market, from the Levant to Mexico and everything in-between. Pop down for an Italian gelato, fill up on Indian streetfood or pick up some bread and cheese to take home. There's something for everyone here, from the fussiest eater to the young gourmand.
Visit the zoo to see animals from all around the world, from the Galapagos tortoise to the majestic Asiatic lions. As each animal is placed in a habitat that reflects their home, you can experience locations such as the lion's Indian-themed exhibit, the African bird safari or London's only living rainforest.


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This letter has been signed by Dr. Rachel Corbett, Dr. George Fareed, Dr. Melanie Gisler, Dr. Brian Hooker, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Katarina Lindley, Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Liz Mumper, Dr. Meryl Nass, Dr. David Rasnick, Dr. Richard Urso and hundreds more physicians, scientists and medical professionals.
The original authors are Michael Kane and Meryl Nass, M.D., and it is being distributed by Children's Health Defense. Medical and scientific professionals can sign the letter, which is a basic statement of principles that should be at the core of medicines but which have been sidelined or violated since the beginning of the crisis.
There is no scientific rationale for continuing any COVID-19 mandates in 2023 and beyond.
Mask and vaccine exemptions must be offered at the discretion of the physician and patient as opposed to one-size-fits-all government edicts.
Parental rights and decisions must be preserved to ensure the health and well-being of their children.
The ability of medical professionals to speak freely to their patients and the public must not be compromised.
Informed consent is the basis of medical ethics. Shared decision-making is a model of the patient-physician relationship that is considered the most desirable by both the US and UK government health establishments. Patients want to make their own medical decisions, and they have the legal right to do so. They expect their physicians to share knowledge with their patients to inform the best choices.
The corollary to informed consent is that medical decisions ought to be made by individual patients based on their individual situation and personal best interest. 'One-size-fits-all' medicine is incongruent with these principles. It denies informed consent and personal autonomy.
During the last three years, we have experienced unprecedented interference with the doctor-patient relationship by the government. Considerable financial incentives were paid to medical industries and medical providers to offer certain treatments and to refuse others.
When financial incentives did not achieve universal vaccination, mandates were imposed. One way this was done was by requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers whose employers received Medicare payments after we had learned that vaccinations did not protect patients or coworkers from infection.
Grants to school districts were conditioned on mask mandates in schools. These newly imposed incentives, and punishments for noncompliance, fly in the face of long-established medical ethics, especially informed consent and shared decision-making. They must end.
COVID-19 Mandates
There is general agreement that all available COVID-19 vaccines fail to prevent viral transmission and only briefly reduce cases. After several months, people who are vaccinated become more susceptible to COVID-19 infections than the unvaccinated. Therefore, mandates for COVID-19 vaccines are scientifically and logically indefensible.
In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adapted its guidelines for managing COVID-19, quietly suggesting that both vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans should be treated identically with respect to isolation, quarantining and testing. Yet the CDC continues to exhort Americans to receive more COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and supports federally imposed vaccine mandates.
Essentially everyone in our country has been exposed to COVID-19 by now, and nearly everyone has been infected at least once. We can anticipate that the US will continue to face evolving COVID-19 variants, but we can also anticipate that COVID-19's severity will keep weakening over time.
Yet patients and doctors are still not permitted to choose the COVID-19 therapies best suited to each patient. Mandates must end, and patients and doctors must reassert their human and legal rights to determine the medical care each patient receives.
Vaccine and Mask Exemptions
Patients are individuals. They experience different risks from vaccinations and may have medical or psychological issues that preclude safe masking. Pretending that these differences don't exist is denying reality. Historically, doctors were able to issue waivers for masks and vaccinations, as they were considered to have the best knowledge and judgment to issue such waivers.
Although every state by law accepts that doctors can issue medical waivers for vaccines and masks, many health and education departments have started nullifying these waivers, superseding physician authority. States have also been investigating and punishing doctors for issuing medical waivers. It appears that federal and state governments want to make themselves the arbiters of these medical decisions. This must not stand.
States decide on the age of consent, and until that age is reached, parents are wholly responsible for their children, with a few limited exceptions. But during the past two years, we have seen a dangerous trend. State requirements that parents must consent to vaccinations given to their underage children are being ignored in multiple jurisdictions. This happened in Washington, DC, for children ages 11 and older by order of the Mayor and City Council. The law they passed kept the fact that their children had a medical procedure secret from the parents. While Congress, which oversees the law in the District of Columbia, could have said no, it instead failed to act. A lawsuit challenging this law was won in November 2021, so the law no longer stands in DC.
However, in Philadelphia, PA, San Francisco, CA and Kings County, WA, the local health officers issued guidelines in early 2021 allowing local medical providers to vaccinate children as young as age 12 without parental permission, which still stand.
This is a dangerous usurpation of parental rights by local public health authorities. It also violates state and federal law. Furthermore, there has been a recent accompanying trend by 'medico-legal' professionals to assert in published journal articles that 12-year-olds have the maturity to decide on their own medical procedures.
Most states don't allow children to consent to use tanning salons or get tattoos below the age of consent. To bypass parents and allow underage children to decide what gets injected into them is inconsistent with state laws, medical ethics, common sense, and optimal medical care of children. It needs to end.
Free Speech for Medical Professionals
An attack on the free speech of doctors and medical scientists is being waged across America today. While controversy is inherent in scientific advancement, and scientific knowledge continuously evolves, disagreement with the federal public health recommendations has led to draconian censorship and suppression. Doctors have been investigated, lost their specialty board certifications, and even lost their medical licenses for speaking out publicly against federal guidelines.
Yet no health authority is infallible, and the COVID-19 pandemic proved this. In fact, both the World Health Organization (WHO), NIH and CDC changed their COVID-19 policies, guidelines, and recommendations numerous times throughout the pandemic.
The suppression of medical professionals' speech is illegal, according to the First Amendment and state statutes, and must immediately end.
This letter continues to be signed by medical professionals and scientists around the world. View the growing list of signatures.
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About the Author: The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life.
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What exactly is the "cross modulation" on Roland Jupiter and JX analog synthesizers?
Roland's later analog synthesizers have a setting for cross-modulation between the two oscillators. I'm trying to find out what the exact technical nature of this effect is. Is it phase modulation, linear frequency modulation, exponential frequency modulation, amplitude/ring modulation, or something else entirely? And does it go one way, or does it affect both oscillators, as is suggested by the term "cross-modulation"?
On the Jupiter-6, there are two faders in the oscillator-1 section to set the cross-modulation level manually and to have it influenced by envelope-1.
On the Jupiter-8, there is one fader in the oscillator-1 section to set the cross-modulation level manually, and it is indicated on the panel as a signal coming from oscillator-2.
On the JX-8P and JX-10, there is a switch in the oscillator-2 section to set the cross-modulation level from 0 to 3.
(On the JX-3P, there is a switch in the oscillator-2 section with settings "off", "sync" and "metal", but nothing to set the cross-modulation level. It looks as if the cross-modulation on the JX-3P is very different from the implementation on other models.)
A few (vague) sources on internet forums suggest that the cross-modulation is exponential frequency modulation of oscillator-1 by oscillator-2.
I'd be interested to have this confirmed by someone who has access to a Jupiter, and ideally I'd like to know by what interval the pitch of oscillator-1 goes up and down when oscillator-2 is set to a square wave and low-fequency mode, and the cross-modulation level is set to maximum.
Further Googling suggests that on the JX-8P and the JX-10, the four settings are 0: off, 1: oscillator sync (oscillator 2 synced to oscillator 1), 2: cross modulation (apparently oscillator 1 modulating the frequency of oscillator 2) and 3: oscillator sync combined with cross modulation.
So the cross modulation on the JX synthesizers seems to go in the same direction as the oscillator sync (oscillator 1 controls oscillator 2), unlike the Jupiter-8. The Jupiter-6 could do oscillator sync in both directions, so there you had the choice of both options.
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Back in the day on Synth Secrets, web.archive.org/web/20160404062919/http://www.soundonsound.com/…, Reid claimed that "cross modulation" always refers to frequency modulation. I don't know the difference between linear and exponential FM, and don't know which osc is modulator and which is carrier however.
– Pat Muchmore
@PatMuchmore Thanks for that link. I have found a few other mentions on forums suggesting it is exponential FM going from oscillator-2 to oscillator-1, and that it changes the pitch of oscillator-1 (which makes sense). Maybe the "cross" simply means from one oscillator to the other, and doesn't imply that the modulation works both ways.
– Your Uncle Bob
JP8 and JP6 crossmod is exponential FM of DCO 1 by DCO 2, JX-8P is amplitude modulation (ring modulation) of DCO 2 by DCO 1 (plus sync if wanted).
All of this should be fairly easy to figure out from the service manuals for the various synths.
Right now I'm looking at the JP8 service manual. Here, the output from VCO 2 - tapped after the waveform selector - is fed back to the exponential (v/oct) input of VCO 1. There is nothing going into the reference current input of VCO 1 (the circuit around op amp 1A on page 12 of the service manual), so the JP 8 has no linear FM.
The signal from VCO 2 goes through IC18A, which is a BA662 OTA, this acts as a voltage controlled amplifier/attenuator, and this is what is controlled by the panel potentiometer.
The same is the case for the JP-6, although here the signal is fed through a CEM3360 VCA. It is still sent back to the exponential input of VCO 2. Nothing is fed into pin 13 of the CEM3340 VCO so the JP-6 has no linear FM either.
The JX-8P is completely different. It doesn't have VCOs, it has DCOs, meaning the frequency is digitally controlled. It does NOT let the output of DCO 2 control the frequency of DCO 1, neither exponentially nor linearly. Instead, when crossmod is enabled (pos 1 or 2 on the PG-800 switch), the output of DCO 1 controls the amplitude (volume) of DCO 2, which I guess means that the output of DCO 2 is now DCO 1 times DCO 2, or exactly what is described as ring modulation in figure 2 here (given that it follows the gain requirements stated): https://www.keyboardmag.com/gear/on-synthesizers-amplitude-and-ring-modulation
PS: This means that, unlike what OP says about crossmod on the JX-8P, DCO 1 does NOT modulate the FREQUENCY of DCO 2, it modulates the AMPLITUDE.
In the circuit diagram the control for this part of the X-mod is labeled 'Metal', so it is very possible that this has the same effect as 'Metal' on the JX-3p, which is also described as a ring modulator type of sound. Interestingly enough, I cannot find any similar circuit on the JX-3p.
The JX-8P (and JX-3P) does also have a sync input on DCO 1 going to Q18, which is the transistor that resets the sawtooth of DCO 1 (i.e. sets the frequency). Sync comes from the same input that resets DCO 2, so whenever DCO 2 resets, so does DCO 1 (which means this is just normal hard sync I guess).
I do have a JP-8 and a JX-8P btw, do you still want something confirmed two years later? :-D
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I'd still be interested to know by how much the pitch of VCO-1 goes up and down if you set VCO-2 to a square wave and the cross modulation to its maximum depth on the Jupiter-8, and whether it's different with VCO-2 in low frequency mode.
One would think that the 'metal' choice on the JX3P refers to Ring Modulation (RM). The reason for my thinking so is that the option was often used for bell like sounds, which is also typically associated with RM. I don't know this for a fact, of course, but it seems to reason.
Just the name brings back memories of making some of the coolest bells and S&H sounds, and I am very much partial to metallic timbres. Also, I recall it had Frequency Modulation (FM) which sort of infers a separation between FM and CM (in terms of Roland's use). Sadly I do not have the synthesizer anymore.
This does not answer your question anywhere near 'exactly', but I think you would need someone from Roland in order to find that kind of answer.
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The characteristic feature of cross modulation is that the two signals have similar frequencies, both in the audio range. That creates quite a different effect from amplitude or frequency modulation driven by a low frequency oscillator (i.e. with a frequency between say 5 Hz and maybe as low as 0.01 Hz) where you can hear the effect of each individual cycles of the LFO, or slow changes in the sound of a drone.)
Probably the nearest equivalent to cross modulation would be ring modulation as in early analog synths, or "FM synthesis" as marketed by Yamaha in the 1980s, for example in their DX7 synth.
The frequency and amplitude content of the cross-modulated signal doesn't necessarily have any simple relation to the two inputs, and what you hear doesn't necessarily have a simple relation to what you would measure with a frequency spectrum analyser either, since your ears and brain are a highly nonlinear signal processing system! You could describe it as a "there are no rules - just play with it till you get something you like" type of effect!
Thank you for answering. I'm creating a Roland-inspired virtual instrument, but unfortunately have only Juno synths to compare with, and therefor I'd like to find out the exact details of the cross-modulation implementation: AM or linFM or expFM or phase modulation, using which waveforms, in which direction, at what level, etc...
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My first book, The Fantastic Sublime: Romanticism and Transcendence in Children's Fantasy Literature (Praeger, 1996).
Still available for purchase at the ABC-Clio site.
Examines the ways in which Romanticism took part in the revolution of the view of fantasy literature, arguing that nineteenth-century children's fantasy cultivated a new image of children and the role of imagination.
Many Victorian and Edwardian fantasy stories began as extemporaneous oral tales told for the delight of children and, like Alice in Wonderland and The Wind in the Willows, were written down by chance. These fanciful stories, told with child-like spontaneity, are analyzed here to argue their role in the revolution not only of children's literature, but of the general conception of childhood. In contrast to the traditional moral tales of the 18th century that were written with the express purpose of instructing children how to become adults, this literature that Sandner identifies as the fantastic sublime reveled in the imagination and the enjoyment of reading. By looking at the structure of the Romantic sublime and inventing and exploring the structure of the fantastic sublime, this work offers a completely new way to examine 19th-century children's fantasy literature, and perhaps, fantastic literature in general.
The study begins with a look at works by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, focusing on the 18th-century view of childhood and fantasy. This book expands on the notion that English Romanticism played a significant role in preparing adults to accept fantasy literature for children. Connections are made to the works of Kenneth Grahame, George MacDonald, and Christina Rossetti.


Brett Kavanaugh has created a media persona that fails to convince.
On Monday, Brett Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, appeared on Fox News to deny the accusations of sexual assault leveled against the jurist during his Supreme Court nomination. "It is unheard of for a Supreme Court nominee to give interviews during the confirmation process," Robert Barnes of The Washington Post observed. Even more groundbreaking was the seeming frankness of Kavanaugh's comments about his personal life, such as his comments that he had been a virgin in high school, college, and "many years later." It's perhaps fitting that a reality-show president has nominated to the Supreme Court someone willing to do a television tell-all. The entire Kavanaugh nomination process, including large protests at Yale (his former college), has become an enormous media extravaganza, a polarizing culture-war spectacle of the type that has become the dominant political style of the Trump era.
There have been controversial Supreme Court nominations before, notably the failed bid of Robert Bork in 1987 and Clarence Thomas's successful bid in 1991. The Thomas hearings had the added incendiary element of alleged racism, with the jurist claiming he was the victim of "a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks" when he was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill, a former co-worker. Still, the Thomas hearings took place before social media made rumors and leaks so easy to spread and before the #MeToo movement made allegations of sexual harassment a central part of political debate. By every measure, the Kavanaugh hearings are much more contentious and disruptive of settled norms.
Trump has praised Kavanaugh for looking like he came from "central casting" (a common criteria the president uses in evaluating nominees). This phrase suggests that Kavanaugh is playing a role, a suspicion the Fox News interview did little to allay.
For the hard-to-deny truth is that Kavanaugh was creating a character when he described his younger self, that of a studious young Catholic who enjoyed the occasional drink.
This self-portrait is at odds with the testimony of two women who have accused him of serious sexual misconduct in high school and as an undergraduate. It also doesn't fit figure that emerges from other testimony and from contemporaneous documents like his high school yearbook.
It is a reference to Renate Schroeder, then a student at a nearby Catholic girls' school.
Kavanaugh denies any derogatory intent in those words and expressed regard for Renate Dolphin (as she is now known). According to Kavanaugh's lawyer, "Judge Kavanaugh and Ms. Dolphin attended one high school event together and shared a brief kiss good night following that event." Dolphin denies ever kissing Kavanaugh.
Ultimately, the persona that Kavanaugh created on Fox News is no more convincing than this attempt to explain away a crude and hurtful joke.


I'm dropping a fun tips here. I know we don't wear fake freckles on a daily basis, but at times, it is quite fun to try something new.
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Simply apply the eyebrow tattoo onto your bare skin. Peel it after it is completely dry. Then apply foundation as usual. Voila!You have a natural looking freckles. I find that the eyebrow tattoo gives a more natural effect and it doesn't smudge throughout the day. To remove it, just use waterproof eye makeup remover. That's all.
This is one of my successful experiment that I want to share with you. I don't know if anyone would find this tips useful. But if you're going to fake some freckles, remember to use this trick.


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Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten-year-old country-girl sets out to explore Paris during a Métro strike, under her uncle's not-so-watchful eye. Can a little girl cause so much chaos in the heart of the city?
Catherine Demongeot
Oncle Gabriel
Hubert Deschamps
Carla Marlier
Annie Fratellini
Vittorio Caprioli
Trouscaillon
Ferdinand Grédoux
Madame Mouaque
Odette Piquet
La mère de Zazie
Nicolas Bataille
Fédor
Antoine Roblot
Marc Doelnitz
M. Coquetti
Jacques Gheusi
Le gérant
Louis Lalanne
L'amant de Jeanne
Raymond Queneau (novel), Louis Malle, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
3 August 2013 | Rodrigo_Amaro
| Brilliancy and annoyance all in one.
"Zazie dans le Metro" is the kind of movie that owes its relative positive outcomes more to its style than to its comedy of errors kind of humor. Having been made as an American film and this would be considered a disaster. Why? It would lose in style, technique, good cultural references and meaningful message. Don't be fooled, "Zazie" has a message in between scenes. Despite an apparent lovely child as the main character and the apparent comedic routine of the film, this is more inclined to be a grown up's picture than one suitable for children - they can watch but the easily impressible ones in the audience will keep asking their parents the meaning some of the words used by the girl, many of them cursing. So, if you want to insist on watching this with a kid be warned that you're going to be just like the adult characters of this explaining everything to the kid.
It tells the story of a 12 year-old country girl (Catherine Demongeot) who is left with her uncle (Philippe Noiret), a performer artist, while her mother is spending a lovely time with her boyfriend. She flees from the house with the intent of taking the subway, but that plan fails because they're on a strike, so the rest of the movie is her sort of understandable childish behavior against the fact, so she explores the city and creates a lot of confusion against anyone she sees.
Cartoonish, filled of speed-up images, running as if it were an imitation of a Bugs Bunny gag, "Zazie dans le Métro" would be an interesting film if it had some coherence rather than just creating images just for fun. An adventurous piece about a girl discovering herself and learning about what growing up means, ultimate message of the film, would be great. The clownish tone of it was distractive and flat. I was reminded of "Amèlie", since it shared a young female's magical and unusual vision around a big city, it's her small world colliding very beautifully with other persons, other realities, forming a reflexive image about society. Both are colorful and fast paced works, carried with visual style and splendorous editing tricks. "Amèlie" is better because it has somewhere to go while "Zazie" is pure slapstick, losing humor the more it progresses.
It's not a bad movie, but it's not so dignifying of having a terrific director like Louis Malle writing and directing it and let's face it, humor doesn't suit him. His greatest works are all dramas (see "Au Revoir Les Enfants" or "Damage"). It's a good picture, indeed, genius in its creative compositions, elaborated sequences (the breathless one in the Eiffel Tower takes the cake), paying an homage to the silent era but it's a real tough break to endure the annoying little brat, her mannerisms and language (not believable in the 1960's context) which isn't funny or humored because she's mistreating people who are good to her and undeserving of such treatment.
I liked what I saw even though I laughed only once or twice. Mr. Noiret was a class act and made this a very enjoyable film along with the great locations. And don't be fooled by the false advertising, she only spends ten seconds in the subway and doesn't even notice. 6/10
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William Helm (March 9, 1837 – April 10, 1919) was the largest individual sheep farmer and noteworthy among the early pioneer settlers of Fresno County, California. He was instrumental in the growth and prosperity of the San Joaquin Valley. Helm was vice-president of the Fresno Bank of Central California, and the president of the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company.

Early life

Helm was born in the province of Ontario, Canada on March 9, 1837, about forty miles above Montreal, on the St. Lawrence River. He is the son of George and Mary (Oliver Helm), both of whom were born in Scotland. Brought up on the home farm, Helm acquired an education in the district schools, and under his father's instruction. Helm left home in 1856 to Wisconsin for three years engaged in lumbering and operating a sawmill on the Chippewa River. In 1859, Helm sailed from New York City to San Francisco, California by way of Panama. He traveled to Sacramento and searched for gold in Placer County but soon found it unprofitable. He spent the next three years as a butcher, first in Foresthill, Todds Valley, and then in Bear river in Placer County. He saved his money and decided to raise sheep for a living. In 1865 he married Francis Sawyer Newman, and they had seven children together.

Fresno, California

Helm brought his wife and his sheep to Fresno county, which was then a vast space of open land, before the railroad came through the valley. He was one of the earliest settlers to experiment with growing wheat.

Helm was the largest individual sheep grower in Fresno County. In carrying his wool to market at Stockton, he used three wagons, each drawn by ten mules, and spent twelve days in making the round trip. When the railroad came through the valley in 1872, it was a great benefit to Helm.

At Dry Creek, on section four, Helm bought a ranch six miles northeast of Fresno. He acquired up to 2,640 acres, paying one dollar an acre. He bought additional land to establish a winter camp for his sheep on the present site of the Fresno court house. His herd increased rapidly, at one time owning 22,000 head of sheep.

In 1881, because of a growing family, Helm bought the block bounded by Fresno, R, Merced and S Streets from Louis Einstein. He built his home there in 1881 where it stood for 71 years. As their daughters married, Helm gave them parts of the block on which to build their homes. The Fresno Community Hospital was built on this block in 1959. In 1901, Helm testified as a character witness in the murder trial of a friend named James Brown, whom Helm stated that he had known since 1886.

Death

Helm died on April 10, 1919, at the age of 82, following a lingering illness that left him bedridden for seven months. He died at the home of his daughter, Jessie Marie Helm.

Helm, California was named after William Helm.

See also
Timeline of Fresno, California

References

1837 births
1919 deaths
American farmers
Canadian emigrants to the United States
People from Fresno, California