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Multiple opportuntites to engage in the arts…
In our continuing efforts to let you know about opportunities in the area, MICA Photo would like to direct your attention to these various projects, grants, and art related activities.
DEADLINE: Thursday, April 12, 2018
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Delusional Art Competition, Jonathan Levine Gallery
DEADLINE: Sunday, May 20, 2018
Jonathan LeVine Projects is holding their second "Delusional Art Competition." Submissions from around the world are welcomed in all 2-D and 3-D mediums (excluding photography, video and performance art). We encourage artists from all backgrounds and styles to submit work. Up to 40 finalists will be selected for inclusion in a summer group show from Aug. 1 – 25, 2018. Winners will be announced at the opening. Enter for your chance to win a solo exhibition, a group exhibition, promotional opportunities, cash prizes, inclusion in an art fair and more!
The second "Delusional Art Competition" will be reviewed by high profile jurors including:
- Evan Pricco (Editor of Juxtapoz)
- Yasha Young (Director of Urban Nation)
- Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo (Brooklyn Street Art founders)
- Tara McPherson (Artist)
- Jeff Soto (Artist)
- Jonathan LeVine (Gallerist)
1st Place – Solo Exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Projects
2nd Place – Participation in a group show at Jonathan LeVine Projects
3rd Place – A week of promotion via Jonathan LeVine Projects social media platforms
All finalists will feature on the Delusional website and be listed on the gallery's highly trafficked Artsy page. Select entries will be promoted on the gallery's extensive social media networks. Artists will also receive extensive worldwide promotion in the form of email marketing, press release announcements and widespread social media marketing. Winning images will be seen by an International audience including, art collectors, curators and other galleries.
Entry Requirements
- One image for each 2-D work submitted, two images for each 3-D work submitted
- Work details (title, year, medium, dimensions, price)
- Pricing: $45 for three submissions ($10 for each additional submission)
**Size limit: Paintings – 5 x 5 feet; Sculptures – 5 x 4 feet
All submitted artworks must be for sale (priced at a reasonable market rate) and available to be exhibited from Aug. 1 – 25, 2018. When an art work is sold, Jonathan LeVine Projects will earn a commission of 50 percent of the net proceeds from the sale.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Artists at Arlington County Fair
Aug. 15 – 19, 2018
Artists needed to serve as volunteer Superintendents and Judges in the Arts and Crafts category at the Fair.
LOCATION: Hole in the Sky, 2110 5th St. NE, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20002
To cultivate a communal atmosphere for artists, enthusiasts and creative people to mingle, work on projects and share ideas —Hole in the Sky is instituting regularly-recurring ART NIGHTS! at our shared workspace in NE, D.C.
Every Third Thursday of the month from 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. we're opening our doors, setting up tables with art supplies and filling a cooler with icy cool beers. All you have to do is show up and hang out. Bring your sketchbook, doodle on things, show off work in progress, converse with others and maybe meet a collaborator or two.
Resident artists will be chilling and happy to tour you through their studios. We'll have beers plus that cooler if you want to BYOB and keep them cold. Mad chill vibes are the goal.
DEADLINE: Open Until Filled
The Destination Sales and Marketing Group, Ltd. (DS&MG) is a business services company that operates and manages Arlington Transportation Partners, BikeArlington, Mobility Lab, WalkArlington and Capital Bikeshare as part of a dynamic and innovative regional Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for Arlington County Commuter Services (ACCS). We are seeking a PR or marketing professional to promote walking as part of an active transportation team for local government.
Summary of Qualifications
The successful candidate will:
- Demonstrate excellent communications and presentation skills as well as exceptional writing and editing capabilities.
- Possess strategic planning skills and experience developing public relations and integrated marketing campaigns with strategies and tactics connected to tangible metrics and outcomes.
- Demonstrate evidence of successful event, marketing, public relations, website, business development and relationship programs required.
- Have a track record of results in project management grounded in strong writing and creativity.
- Possess applied skills in word processing, website maintenance and other computer software, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint); content management systems and web design; and management of computer software programs.
- Possess the ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- Must be extremely organized and detail oriented.
- Possess the ability to act in an entrepreneurial fashion, taking initiative, being responsive to new opportunities and creating value in the face of obstacles.
- Perform effectively in a collaborative and fast-paced work environment.
- Must "communicate up" to Directors and to other ACCS, Arlington County or regional stakeholders on a regular basis.
Education and Experience
- A minimum of a 4-year college degree (BA) preferably in communications or a related discipline.
- Three to five years of experience in a related position, preferably in a nonprofit, government or business development environment.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated excellence in writing and editing marketing and communications materials.
- Experience in managing and collaborating with multiple stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Experience with and awareness of the Arlington community a plus.
DEADLINE: No Deadline
The WPA invites DMV artists to submit 100 word project proposals on an ongoing basis. We encourage proposals on the work or thoughts of others rather than your own work.
Projects can take any form, including conversations, exhibition, installation, lectures, meals, performance, public interventions, publications, radio shows, readings, screenings, walks, workshops, etc.
We will pay you to devlope your idea and collaborate with you on all stages to make it happen.
More Information
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DEADLINE: No Deadline
The Humanities Project is Arlington County's artist-in-education program that sponsors performances, workshops and residencies for students in Arlington County's public schools and provides professional development opportunities for teachers.
If you have a program, workshop and/or performance that you feel would benefit the students and/or teachers in Arlington, the Humanities Project encourages you to apply.
Applications can be submitted at any time. Applications will be reviewed in the spring of each year. If you have any questions, please contact the Humanities Coordinator at (703) 228-6299.
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Visit our reuse shop for all of your creative needs! Our inventory is affordable, dynamic and always changing. Materials memberships are available on a daily (fill a bag for a flat fee) or annual basis (unlimited access to our materials for a period of one year).
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"We (extremetech.com)love the Xbox 360, we really do. The games are great, the Xbox Live service just can't be beat, Live Arcade games and the Video Marketplace are pretty cool, and-we never thought we would say this-at $400 it's actually cheaper than its main competitor. As great as we think the 360 is, we're not above pointing out some of its flaws. We already discussed the horrible noise the system makes when reading game discs at full 12X DVD speed, and even tried to mod our 360 to make it quieter. That operation was partly successful, but I'm afraid there's nothing we can really do about the problem we'll discuss today."
I have a dvd player. I got a PS 480 player for $30. I don't use my console for movies. The gaming gods prohibit me from doing so. I don't want to anger them.
Someone finally prays to the same Gods I do.
...everyone has a DVD player now days (well except me, i've always used my PS2 and now 3).
But, this just further illustrates where each companies strengths really lie.
Or are you saying that 360 hardware sucks? Now if you're saying it sucks, what does that say about how good the software is on the sucky 360? And….If the 360 is such a failed piece of hardware, why does the software continue to be the best out of the computation (a year old piece of failed hardware)? Now this may seem defensive to you and well it is but in a place like N4G you need to stand on a side or be a pacifist and IMO pacifist are antigamers but your still welcome to your opinion.
I rarely used my original Xbox system for DVD playback; it was there when my oldest son wanted to watch something separate from us. It probably received about 15-20 hours of DVD play total. My 360 has been used once: I couldn't get Superman Returns to play on my DVD player, my computer, or the DVD recorder, so I tried the 360. Whaddya know? It played on the 360, and played well. That will likely be the last time I'll use it for that, as well. The point is: The majority of people who have systems capable of DVD playback usually don't utilize that function, as it adds wear and tear to the system and shortens its life. Besides, with DVD players priced less than most GAMES, why risk your system--especially a $400 one--to play movies? This is a non-issue to me, and to most gamers.
DVD playback has never been great on the box. If you want a cheap DVD player get a PS2.
its a piece of crap. dark ass picture and it cant even play all dvds. Why would I spend $129.99 on a Ps2 when I could spend $25 on a real dvd player?? damn your a moron!
"if you want a cheap dvd player, get a PS2."
said a FF Fan.
Uh, you could just get, oh , I don't know, a cheap dvd player?
Yea, you can buy a cheap DVD player which is the better bet. I'm talking about systems that have the DVD playback as an option. No need to jump down my throat.
I noticed these problems before but didn't think much of it at the time. Glad its not just me.
Ok I have never had a problem with my console playing dvd's I think they look just fine, I actually they looked awesome, maybe it's just me? I don't know but yeah I would much rather NOT watch them on my console considering it will burn my laser out faster, I save it for games :)
ye title says it to you, anyway who cares it still plays DVD's you dont need that true crisp image otherwse you would be complaining it isnt a games machine.
I don't have a 360 so I haven't seen DVD's on it yet. DVD's look fine on my PS3, I'd be interested in seeing this group run the same test on it. I've run DVD's on my standalone Toshiba DVD player that has progressive scan (not upscaling) so they should both look the same, and they do.
Are there any 360 owners on here that have seen jaggies on their DVD's? Let's get some user opinions on this. Maybe MS really does need to fix the playback. Of course it's a game console, but it really shouldn't be hard to update the firmware to make some of these issues brought up in the article go away. I know for my PS3, I've used it as a DVD player more since I've gotten it than my regular DVD player just because it's easier for me, I'm usually playing a game or something and want to watch something so just eject the game disc and pop in a movie.
Some people just have too much freakin' time on their hands. And LOL at the PS2 being a better DVD player....my old XBOX had 10x better playback than the crappy PS2.
DVD playback is alright considering that they are outputted at 480p instead of upscaled to 1080p. Same quality as my standalone yamaha or samsung progressive dvd player.
the 360 is not an dvd player is an video game system,and an damn good 1 at that. so get off dezz chips!! hater.invest in an cpu with media center and this problem
would be eliminated.
Ok, another moron, or maybe they are saying this in hope of getting MS to fix these issues so we can have a beter DVD player, and therefore a better system. Wouldnt that be better for all of us? So stop being such a defensive little [email protected], just because something good isnt being said about your beloved Xbox. Seriously people, you's need to learn how to get of the nuts of these systems, or MS' or Sony's (or Nintendo's), they are not a religion or a political party, they are game machines. Why not have MS fix these issues (if possible) rather than buying a new player (now dont get me wrong, if you are a videophile, than i would definitely recommend getting a better player)
I've had my 360 since launch day and I've never once put a DVD movie in it. Not once. I have a "real" dvd player for that - one which doesn't require booting up, etc. Also, why would I want to wear out my 360's DVD drive prematurely by playing movies on it? I do think that the dvd drive in the 360 is the cheapest component in the console though... the noise, the "dirty disc error" when the disc is flawless, etc. So this news doesn't particularly surprise me. But seriously, if you want to watch movies, go spend the $40 on a cheap dvd player.
I've never bought a dvd-player - the ps2 introduced me to dvd's 5years ago and I stayed with that - the same ps2 bought on release day. Yes it says 'disc-read error' every now and again - but that's after 5years of use and a simple 'laser cleaner' disc sorts that out. Waiting for the ps3 for the update to my digital viewing experience.
costing less than $40, and taking up no more space than a book, anyone who puts extra wear on a game console playing movies is an utter fool.
I actually bought 2 cheapo DVD players and they work great - one for my kids to watch Bob the Builder and Thomas the Train - and one for the HDTV that the 360 is connected to.
I have a launch 360, have never had any problems - why add wear when I don't have to?
This would have been an issue maybe 5-6 years ago, but in this day and age, almost everyone has a stand alone DVD player. If not, then go out and buy one, it's dirt-cheap now.
this problem and i use the 360 for dvds all the time, there is one thing i have noticed though when i put in a dvd its not at 480p. i have a HDTV which displays the resolution when a new input is selected or the resolution changes, and when i put in a dvd it says 576p? i think thats right its 5 hundred and somthing P anyway ill check tonight. all the DVDs ive watched look awesome
I'm quite happy with it, I have a 37" toshiba hdtv and dvd playback looks awesome, My brother has a samsung 40" hdtv and he feels the same. I have not noticed any jaggies apart from on older dvd's.
All I know is that my DVD upscaling over vga is better than any DVD i've seen on a normal standalone. Maybe it's not, whatever. I'm not going to go out and buy a DVD upscaling over this. It's just not worth it.
I've watched a movie or two on my 360, and have never had a problem. I usually watch movies on a movie player, though.
Well i'm picking up a new 360 this friday because I gave my original console to my brother on christmas! I would watch movies on the 360 all the time because for whatever reason it made the movies we watch look better than our stand alone dvd player or pc! Really I don't understand the point of this story and cant see why anyone would go out of there way just to find flaws with the 360! It's a great console with great games and services unlike anything else out there for a very good while! It is kind of loud but I never notice with the volume turned up!
But its just Karma for people that digg for that negative Sony news. I mean Come on. If Ken Kutragi takes a crap and the bathroom he's in runs out of toilet paper. Within seconds theres the post on N4G.
My point is face it. If this article was about Sony's blu ray player crashing people would be loving. "Gaming has become Politics as we know it"
I was just about to post the story about Ken's dirty butt.
but I must say I run my xbox through 32" LCD HDTV w/VGA connection and my DVD movies look fantastic ...some even better than that. So I refuse to waste my time on this article!
Theres no problem with the playback its just that the quality of the picture is crap compared to a half decent dvd player.
This is a non-issue at least for me. Maybe because I have a big(50'+) flat screen panel and the screen heat would kill me or would get motion sickness while playing COD3; so I see within a considerable distance from the xbox 360. Plus my TV has (Speakers) and I like to play games with (sound).
Anyways, I'm thankful I don't buy game consoles based on how much sound the Disk Drive makes instead what determine what console I get is, "The games are great, the Xbox Live service just can't be beat, Live Arcade games and the Video Marketplace are pretty cool, and—we never thought we would say this—at $400 it's actually cheaper than its main competitor".
You should see how loud my computer is!!!
So the 360 isnt loud because your computer is louder!? Fact is, its loud, period, too loud really. And this, "i play with sound" crap argument is really just pathetic and nothing more than a excuse for the fact that its true. There are many computers out there that are far quieter than the 360.
A couple of things, first of all the 360 has been out for over a year, and now someone prints a story talking about how bad the dvd playback is on the 360. I see it like this, if you didn't have a dvd player before you bought your 360, you probably don't care about dvd playback any way. Also, okay so the 360 had horrible (as he put it) dvd playback, okay noted, now, what's your point. Oh nothing you just wanted to point that out, oh okay thanks. Now get lost.
On the subject of the xbox360 being loud, once again, who gives a sh!t? I'm sure it's not louder that the explosions in COD3, or the chainsaw in gears. If you are so annoyed by the sound of you 360 when you're not playing games, hears an idea, shut the damn thing off. I'm sorry what was that, you are playing a movie and the 360 is interupting your movie...Here's an idea, turn up the volume on your stereo. Oh you say you don't like the sound up, you like quiet movies, love stories and what not...hmmm last piece of advice you're too loud, STFU!
I love my 360, and I had never watched a movie on it until recently - it was the videogame/horror movie with Sophia Bush - can't remember the name. I usually watch movies on a cheap $39.99 DVD deal I bought when my original XBOX started freezing during movies.
The movie looked like a VHS tape. I watched it all the way through and afterward put it in my cheap DVD player and watched some scenes, and it looked better!
I don't really care - I have a system selector so there is plenty of room for stuff, and I buy game consoles to game.
By the way, the DVD player goes through the system selector - a cheap $29.99 one via component cables and my 360 is connected straight to the TV via component.
1. Compared to a $800+ Denon DVD Player. That's a player that is used only in uber home theatres for the people that are -=infatuated=- with the quality of playback.
2. A standalone player will almost always provide a better experience than 'jack of all trades' devices like consoles and honestly, of the people that own a 360, how many would you really believe also do not own a dvd player.
3. If you have a dvd player why wouldn't you save the 'wear and tear' on the 360? Let's see... dvd player can be replaced for $50 if it breaks, 360... $400. I'll use the dvd player thank you.
4. This is the worst case of 'manufactured' news that I have ever seen. Please.
Is fine. I don't know what these people are btching about. Perhaps they have one of the older Drives.
oh so, your opinion and speculation is fact, not their tests? Oh i see how it works in your world. Moron!
And people, all this crap about wearing out the laser is also complete and utter crap. If the system cant last then thats bs
You're right when it come to how he feels about the DVD playback on his own 360. His opinion is the only thing that matters. If someone did scientific research and came to the conclusion that spinach was disgusting, and you felt that spinach was delicious, why the hell would you care about the conclusion of the research? I know the answer to that..you wouldn't care at all, because you would absolutely feel that the research was wrong, because in your eye IT IS WRONG. He doesn't have to be a moron because he doesn't agree with you or anyone else.
it is understandable if microsoft didnt initially supported either of blue-ray or hd-dvd but it is really funny to know that 360 could not even play dvds properly.....
its not about 30-40$ for a seperate box.....this should have been properly done in 360 its just dvd playback it is available in 5 year old consoles....
That sells for Nine Pounds, about $18. Of course it's pretty basic, but an amazing example of where technology has come. Makes me wonder why Nintendo didn't include one on "basis of price".
I barely use my 360 to watch dvds anyway, but i never really ran into problems yet
if your going to include the feature,it had better be as good as a standalone.and so far,ps2 wasn't,xbox was,360 isn't,the hd-dvd isn't,the ps3 bluray is.
i also think the person ealier was saying why buy a cheap standalone when you can buy a game system like ps2 or xbox that gives you game options.
I rarely play DVDs on my 360, but when I do, everything works fine. *shrug* What's the fuss?
Microsoft put a really cheap DVD drive into their console, and people even compared it to the PS3's Blu-ray drive. Apparently the PS3 could play DVD movies that the 360 couldn't due to heavy scratches, and despite the fact that both 12x DVD and 2x Blu-ray have the same rotation speeds the 360 drive is still louder. Technically, Blu-ray reads faster than dual-layer DVD, but that's another story.
But back on topic. I didn't realize that the 360's video quality was so horrible. I mean, those video feeds looked absolutely ghastly. (sorry, British moment).
I am not able to view the videos/pictures since I am underway right now, and the bandwidth is not conducive to anything other than text. I have no idea what these "damning" videos look like, but I have been playing DVDs on my 360 out here on the boat with my Sony television and besides the drive being loud, it looks no different than when I play those same DVDs on my PS3. And then I take them out and play them on my computer and a standalone.
I am not saying this article is rubbish, but I AM having a hard time swallowing it until I can actually see them. But I didn't realize there was a problem. Maybe I am the problem.
The DVD playback on the 360 had dredfull picture quality. Granted the quilty does improve somewhat when your using the VGA due to upscaling if you have an HDTV. But then you face another issue when using the VGA cable, you then have washed out colors. I guess i will have to use my PS3 when i buy one or get a stand alone upscaling DVD player, considering i still watch plenty DVD's due to my limited collection of HD-DVD.
DJ i'v been on this site as long as you and not one person compared the built in drive in the 360 to the PS3 drive MR. Twister, HD-DVD drive that you can get for the 360 vs the Blu-ray drive in PS3 was the only debate on this subject(no one in their right mind would compare standard DVD playback to HD dvd quality playback exept you i guess. HAHAHA.
between the HD-DVD add-on and other drives, therefore you have no basis in saying that the 360's drive is superior. What limits the drive is that it has no video output of its own. All the processing and output is done within the 360's architecture which, after reading this article, doesn't seem very reliable or acceptable in quality.
Until those reviews come out though, you'll just have to stick with saying the HD-DVD drive itself does the job, not that it's superior to the PS3's Blu-ray drive (which is exactly what you want to tout to the world).
this is the dumbest article seriously who cares, this article is wasted space
Sorry you can't handle the truth! I believe they were nice to MS and Xbox 360 fans. They should have been more blunt. Basically, MS has shotty DVD support period. I used my original Xbox for DVD playback because it looked fantastic compared to my $200 Hitachi DVD player. So when my DVD player Died guess who took over the DVD playback duties. Yep, you guessed it my Xbox. People are idiots if they bought the xbox 360 game console that they were afraid the DVD player was going to break by using it a lot. My Xbox DVD player has served me faithfully all these years and still worked the day it died (wasn't the dvd player's fault). I believe it has been constantly used everyday for games and movies for over 3 years. When I got my Xbox 360 earlier this year, I didn't need ExtremeTech's Review. I could easily notice how crappy the picture quality was compared to my Xbox. Thankfully, I was able to acquire an older model DVD player that functioned really well from a friend who had upgraded to a newer player. I thought about buying a new DVD player but I plan to buy a PS3 and will wait and test that feature personally.
Oh, by the way folks, scalers are for people who want to up the resolution of lower resolution movies and games to match the native resolution on your HDTV. If your TV natively supports those resolutions there is no need to use a scaler. A lot of HDTVs have No problems natively supporting 720p and 1080p/i together. The problem is trying to natively support the old non HDTV formats (such as 480i/p or the odd semi-HD formats like EDTV). This is where scalers would come in handy. There are HDTV sets that do offer native 480p, 720p, and 1080i/p and will auto-detect the appropriate format. Another thing, did you know that there are external scalers and even some HDTVs have scalers built in. My buddies Mitsubishi DLP 1080p TV comes with a scaler and does a great job scaling his DVD Movies and Gamecube titles. Resident Evil 4 on his Mitsubishi made you want to go out and buy a Gamecube (and a Mitsubshi DLP 1080p - what a great picture). It got me excited about HDTV (especially when playing my Xbox 360 games in 720p - my xbox 360 ran awesome on it). Still saving money up for HDTV though, but I'm a very patient man and will let the HDTV market mature a little first. The longer I wait the better and Cheaper HDTVs will get anyways.
The 360 is the only way to watch a DVD for a gamer. How else are you going to know when your friends are online. Sure you could have a laptop by you and check xbox.com, but that sucks. They should fix the dvd playback for the videophiles/gamers (or get the hd-dvd drive). I haven't noticed these problems on my tv's, so I wonder to what extent hdtv fix the problems. They also said that the problems aren't apparent on all DVD's, so I may not have seen any of these problematic dvds. Not only should they fix it, but they should upscale them too.
I have never once watched a DVD on my console, why put so much wear and tear on your console. Besides i have a 400 disk DVD changer, why would i want to use my 360 console. As long as it doesn't affect games. They should fix the problem though
As a matter of fact, my wife loves how it plays the DVD's, she says it is crisper than our overpriced Panasonic.
who watches DVD's anymore? That's so 2001.lol
The actual hardware problems with the 360 are inexcuseable to this point. I know MS will take in the hardware and fix/refurb the problem, but who wants to hassle with that when the alternative is not to game at all? The noise the system makes along with the more often than not "freeze-ups" are just ridiculous. I spent the night at my cousin's last night where we had our weekly ritual of firing up the PS3 and 360 in two different rooms and just jamming all night. While playing gears and nfsc the system froze up on him two times. Once offline and once online during gears. Now I don't watch DVD's on the 360 and for that matter I don't know if he does either, but something's gotta be said re: "you get what you pay for." Do you believe in coincidence? All I know is that Blu-ray is the future and DVD's are on their way out. I grew up during the 80's and 90's and am looking for the next best thing. If you disagree you probably have a Zenith dual loading VHS cassette player in your home right now.
P.S. the trailer for the "300" from the Sony store looks so beautiful you could "eat the screen" when played through an HDMI cable on a Bravia or equivalent. Simply Stunning.
XBox360 = 1/2 ton Z71LT 1500 4x4
PS3 = 3/4 ton Power Stroke Diesel King Ranch 4X4
Wii = Nissan Xterra 2wd
(just my impressions so far)
It's bad enough that the 360 kiosks permanently die for everyone to see. I'm really starting to question what kind of corners Microsoft cut to be able to sell their system for $300, only $50 more than the Wii (which is sold at a profit apparently). There's a big perception now that the 360 is unreliable, an image that is both extremely powerful and extremely hard to shake. In comparison, I haven't heard any reports of Wii's or PS3's randomly freezing and/or permanently dying.
Maybe we wouldn't have such problems if Microsoft hadn't rushed ahead and simply released in 2006? Hard to say, but it sounds plausible. =/
"It's bad enough that the 360 kiosks permanently die"
All kiosks die! I seen plenty of ps3 kiosks running Motorstorm freeze up!
I never had any problem with my 360! Niether has any of my friends or people on my friends list, so the problem is not as big as alot of people try to make it! But these problems are easily fixable or replaced! On the other hand the ps3 has a serious hardware flaw, yeah and I know you know...it doesn't have a true hardware scaler! That cannot be fixed or replaced so easily! Looks like the ps3 jumped the gun a lil to early! Microsoft forced Sony to release their system a lil to early!
It's the return of the double post!
I agree, kiosks will freeze up from time to time due to the fact that they often run unfinished/unoptimized game demos.
But these 360 consoles in the demo kiosks are permanently wrecked. They have the 'Red Ring of Death' and are basically bricked. They don't work, even when reset. Luckily my local Circuit City was kind enough to put a second 360 console out in the HDTV section. One of the two gamestops I visit had their dead 360 kiosk replaced a few months back.
Unreliability is a horrible image to shake off. Power of Green is trying to post links to forums or some crap like that, but among the people I know and ask, the 360 is pretty much laughed at in terms of quality.
When numerous Xbox 360 Demo Kiosks permanently died days before the system's launch in North America, it was obvious that quality wasn't Microsoft's forte'.
Ok, a movie last what 2 hours on a regular basis. And you play games for how long during the day????? I don't see watching a movie putting any significant wear on a console as suppose to playing Gears of War for 6 hours on end or longer depending how much of a gamer you are. My brother has one and it is loud as crap. I picked it up and turned it sideways to only hear this aweful scratching sound of the DVD. My brother said that you can't do it while it is running. I was like WTH??? I wanted to show him the light moved in a different quadrent if you stood it up. Microsoft needs a better player in this thing. Don't get me wrong, the console is good, but if I pay 400 dollars for a gaming unit that suppose to be running games at 720p, then that DVD player better be showing some damn good pictures.
Just last night I watched The Butterfly Effect ( awesome movie by the way, you should check it out ) on my 360 and honest to goodness it looked every bit as good as a movie played on my brothers HD-DVD 360 player.
Well I don't care about video playback on a games console and I'll tell you why
1. The more you use a drive, the sooner it will break down. I want to be able to play my games as long as possible, I have other players that do the movies on DVD.
Plus, if you really want to play it on the 360, buy a seperate HD-DVD, which if it brakes down, can be replaced seperately. If the PS3 drive breaks down you're f*cked because you can't play any games anymore also, BR repairs/replacements will be expensive. Everybody remember the soon breakdowns of the PS2 DVD drive... nice one
2. If I play movies, I use to stream them from my PC to the 360. That way I don't hear any drive noise, it's coming straight from HDD, I don't need to switch discs if I change movies or music or pictures or whatever.
3. If I want content I don't own already, on Marketplace you can download movies or tv-series. Simple as that. No disc needed. Plus IPTV is coming streaming at the end of this year.
Bottom line:
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On an HDTV, in 1080i, just finished watching Star Wars III, and it is really clear and sharp, I guess my 360 has something everyone elses doesnt.
The reason I havent bought an HD-DVD add on yet is because the DVD's look so good.
If you dvd's arent looking that great, get an HDTV it will make all the difference in the world.
And a noisy drive? Even at night when I have to turn the volume low, it cant be heard over the TV, drive noise is the last thing I would be arguing about.
I did'nt think the playback on the 360 dvd was all that good until I recentley got a 37" HDTV, I set the console to 1080i and now dvd's look awesome, not quite HD standard ( I have a HD DVD add-on) but upscaled nicely. I think this artcle is utter tripe!, I think it depends soley on what equipment you are using it with.
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ok...I will say I have to agree with TheMART on this one.
(I can't believe I just said that...I usually try and stay out of these potential Flame Wars, but he does have a point.)
Meanwhile, back at playing games. And, go get a HD DVD that is made solely for movies.
It just sounds fishy when some ones making a big deal out of noise, it makes you wonder, my 360 is heard but it's not loud maybe I got lucky and have the Fluke-heard but not loud 360. It's drive works fine.
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centuries. Of course, the requirements today are mostly not left to common-law
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Fourth Chakra - Heart
The fourth chakra is situated in the centre of the chest around the area of the heart. This chakra is represented by the green Anahata Mandala (un-struck sound) and is symbolised by four legged mammals.
The lower three Chakras relate to personal energy and the higher three Chakras relate to the self within the collective conscious of higher guidance the fourth chakra is the place where these other six Chakras converge it is the foundation of the astral body the connection between our physical and our spiritual body, it is driven by love. It influences forgiveness, compassion, empathy, trust, equilibrium and ease with our life. It helps us to get in touch with nature and connects us to the plant world.
This chakra physically influences the lungs, thymus, circulation, the endocrine and immune systems.
When the heart chakra is balanced and in harmony with the lower and upper Chakras, we are able to strike the balance which allows for unconditional love, allowing us to help others. We feel at peace with ourselves and the world around us. It aids in rejuvenation, rebirth, success, growth, prosperity, development and rebirth, bringing balance to all parts of ourselves, in turn this helps us to help others, and we become a humanitarian.
A lack of balance in the fourth chakra can be due to a lack of balance in the first three Chakras. If this chakra is not working properly it can create negative influences in the physical this can be seen in the form of circulatory, lung or heart problems. Problems with this chakra can cause us to become unstable and also emotionally unstable, this can cause us to play the martyr or become obsessed, or to feel, unloved, suspicious and also cause us to repress things.
|Related Herbs - Saffron (Crocus Sativus, Crocus Saffron) and Rue (Ruta Graveolens).
Related Incense - Lavender, Jasmine, Orris Root, Yarrow, Marjoram and Meadowsweet
Related Glands - Thymus
Related Musical Note - F
Vowel sound – a (far)
Chakra Element – Air
Sense - Touch
Astrological Signs - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
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It's the perfect sized home to make that move from town and start enjoying the Estates Life, with no HOA's and only 1.14 acres to maintain. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with attached 2 car garage is laid out in a desirable split floor plan. The living room, kitchen and dining areas are all open to one another, with a vaulted ceiling and plenty of natural light. Kitchen has newer Whirlpool stainless steel appliances, breakfast bar, reverse osmosis under the sink and pantry storage. Both bathrooms are updated with new vanities and toilets. Out the sliding glass doors, you'll find an above ground pool with Trex decking, over looking a long, mostly cleared, back yard. Laundry room with newer Whirlpool washer and dryer. Don't miss out on this move in ready home.
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IMDB 7.6 / Amazon 4.6 / Tomatometer 100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Oscars: nominated for 1, won 0
At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by McGurk and Sperry, a couple of thugs. They disguise themselves as McGurk and Sperry to get off the ship. Meanwhile, Sal Van Hoyden is in Alaska to try and recover the map; it had been her father's. She falls in with Ace Larson, who wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke and Chester, McGurk and Sperry, Ace and his henchmen, and Sal, chase each other all over the countryside, trying to get the map. IMDB 7.6 rating from over 2,287 users
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour made seven "Road" films in total and all were great entertainment and worth seeing. However, "Road to Utopia" was one of the best and has not become dated over the years. The film is very fast moving with gag following gag, talking animals, Bob Hope's remarks to the camera, and even has comedian Robert Benchley interrupting proceedings to give a running commentary on the film as it progresses! Dorothy Lamour provides the glamour and adds a song or two. Amazon 4.6 stars from over 16 users
The first "Road" picture in three years (the last was The Road to Morocco), Road to Utopia is set during the Alaskan gold rush. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby play a pair of third-rate San Francisco entertainers, Chester Hooton and Duke Johnson, who are obliged to skip town in a hurry. They book passage on a ship to Alaska, where they run afoul of escaped murderers Sperry (Robert H. Barrat) and McGurk (Nestor Paiva). Through a fluke, Chester and Duke overpower the killers, then get off the ship in Skagway disguised as Sperry and McGurk so that they themselves can evade the authorities. Rotten Tomatoes tomatometer 100% Audience 76%
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Finnish Hound was originally developed in the year 1800, n Finland. This breed was bred from German, Swedish and also French hounds, during a breeding program. They are rarely found outside Finland and also Sweden. They were used as hunting dogs, in the earlier days. The coat covering the skin of this breed is short and also coarse in texture. They are available in tan and also black colour, with white markings on its ear and also chest. This reed is usually calm and also very gentle in nature. They are rarely aggressive and are friendly. They are very energetic and also active at all the times. They were used as hunting dogs, and were good trackers as they had great sense of smell. They were used to hunt foxes and also hares. They are comfortable to hunt both in dry as well as wet terrines. They are very loud barkers and also have an independent mind. They should be trained by a calm, firm and also confident trainer. The average height of a healthy Finnish hound is 52 cm to 62 cm. The average weight of a Finnish hound is 22 kg to 26 kg. They are not suitable to lea an apartment life. They are loud as well as frequent barkers, which is also not suitable in urban areas. They will do best in country sides, where they have large yards to run and play along. They require only minimum grooming. They should be brushed or combed daily in order to avoid skin infections and also to remove dirt from their coat. Their ears and eyes should be regularly checked to find infections. Their hair should be regularly trimmed and nails should also be clipped. They should be bathed once in every month. They should be taken out for daily walks and also jogs. This will keep them both busy and also energetic. This breed can easily get bored and when they are bored they might get destructive, they should not be left off leash as they tend to chase smaller animals like squirrels and also rats. The average life expectancy of this breed is about 12 years.
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Catedral pack
To offer as many people as possible access to Catedral del Vi, we have developed a special promotion for tourist and family accommodation. The idea is to appeal to people on holiday or spending the weekend in the area and offer them a day of vinitourism in contact with the world of wine and modernist architecture.
The pack is aimed at families with or without children, interested in culture and lovers of nature, good food and vinitourism. It is available on weekends from September to June, and from Tuesday to Sunday in July and August.
Educational offer
To promote Terres de l'Ebre, we at Catedral del Vi wish to bring the young into the marvellous world of Catalan Modernism and introduce them to the art of winemaking.
To do this we have developed a series of activities for all ages and situations. With different educational games and activities, we seek to help schools plan and organise outings, visits and research projects.
The activities are the following:
✓ Making the must: Fun educational activity for children aged between 3 and 7 years.
✓ The workings of the winery: AHelping kids learn more about the world of winemaking. For children aged between 8 and 12 years.
✓ Learn how the wine is made: Immersion in winemaking. Aimed at young people aged between 13 and 16 years.
✓ Research project: Research into different subject areas related to Catedral del Vi. For young people aged over 16 years (diploma and other students).
Group and corporate activities
To build a solid company structure and favour interpersonal relations between your employees, Catedral del Vi offers a range of options to suit your company, all including team building and bonding exercises or activities.
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Published in Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 38, No. 4 (October 1919), pp. 275 -281.
About ninety genera of Hydrachnidae are now recognized, with some eight hundred species. About one-fourth of these species belong to the single genus Arrhenurus. Fifty-five have been described for North America, chiefly from the upper Mississippi valley. This paper adds one new species.


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Pope Francis paid a visit on Saturday afternoon 20th July 2013 to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome to ask the Virgin for her protection for his upcoming apostolic journey to Brazil, for the young people who will gather at World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro and for all young people worldwide.
The Pope came to the Basilica to the 4:45 p.m., where he was welcomed by the Archpriest Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló. He entered through the side door of the Sacristy and immediately went to the chapel where the image of the Madonna Salus Populi Romani is displayed and where the canons of the Basilica and the community of the Dominicans had gathered.
Before the icon of Mary, the Pope spent time in silent prayer, for over half an hour, then he offered a wreath and lit a candle which also carried the symbolic logo of the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro.
Since the Basilica was open to the public and many faithful were present, the Pope before leaving stood in front of the central altar of the Basilica, where he listened to a brief address by the Cardinal Archpriest and addressed a few words to the faithful, asking them to also accompany, "with prayer, with faith and penance" his trip to Brazil and his meeting with young people all over the world. The whole visit lasted a little over an hour. At 6.00 p.m., Pope Francis returned to the Vatican.


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United Nation Conference on Environment and Development(UNCED)
UNCED is also known as Rio Summit, Rio Conference, and Earth Summit, was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. It had the participation of 172 governments, with 116 sending their heads of state or government.
In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was also held in Rio, and is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012. It was held from 13 to 22 June.
Issue addressed during the summit:
- Systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste including radioactive chemicals
- Alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels which delegates linked to global climate change
- New reliance on public transportation systems to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smoke
- The growing scarcity of water
Result of Earth Summit
Earth Summit resulted in following document:
- Rio declaration on Environment and Development (also known as Rio Declaration)
- Agenda 21
- Forest Principles
It also resulted in two important legally binding agreements:
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification(UNCCD)
Rio declaration on Environment and Development:
The Rio Declaration consisted of 27 principles intended to guide countries in future sustainable development. It was signed by over 170 countries. It includes formulations of the precautionary principle (principle 15) and of the polluter pays principle (principle 16).
The international community met twice to assess the progress made in implementing the principles of the document; first in New York in 1997 during a General Assembly Session of the UN, and then in Johannesburg in 2002.
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations about sustainable development. It is a product of the Earth Summit. It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels. The "21" in Agenda 21 refers to the 21st Century.
Forest Principles
The Forest Principles (also Rio Forest Principles) is the informal name given to the Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests (1992).
It is a non-legally binding document that makes several recommendations for conservation and sustainable development forestry.
At the Earth Summit, the negotiation of the document was complicated by demands by developing nations in the Group of 77 for increased foreign aid to pay for the setting aside of forest reserves. Developed nations resisted those demands, and the final document was a compromise.
Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD)
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. It is legally binding convention. It recognised for the first time that Conservation of Biodiversity is a "common concern of human kind" and an integral part of development process.
The Convention has three main goals including:
- the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity);
- the sustainable use of its components; and
- the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.
Its objective is to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It is often seen as the key document regarding sustainable development. The Convention was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992 and entered into force on 29 December 1993.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety:
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of the Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as the Biosafety Protocol, was adopted in January 2000. The Biosafety Protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology.
The Biosafety Protocol makes clear that products from new technologies must be based on the precautionary principle and allow developing nations to balance public health against economic benefits. It will for example let countries ban imports of a genetically modified organism if they feel there is not enough scientific evidence the product is safe and requires exporters to label shipments containing genetically modified commodities such as corn or cotton.
Nagoya – Kuala lumpur Supplementary Protocol:
Cartagena protocol is reinforced by by the Nagoya – Kuala lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liablity and redress. It specifies the measures to be taken in the event of damage to Biodiversity resulting from Living Modified organism (LMO).
Nagoya Protocol:
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
It provides a transparent legal framework for the effective implementation of one of the three objectives of the CBD: the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.
The Protocol was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Aichi Province, Japan, and entered into force on 12 October 2014.
Its objective is the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, thereby contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
It sets out core obligations for its contracting parties to take measures in relation to access to genetic resource, benefit sharing and compliance.
United Nation Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC)
In 1992, countries joined an international treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, as a framework for international cooperation to combat climate change by limiting average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change, and coping with impacts that were, by then, inevitable.
The parties to the convention have met annually from 1995 in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change.
By 1995, countries launched negotiations to strengthen the global response to climate change, and, two years later, adopted the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol legally binds developed country Parties to emission reduction targets. The Protocol's first commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012. The second commitment period began on 1 January 2013 and will end in 2020.
One of the first tasks set by the UNFCCC was for signatory nations to establish national greenhouse gas inventories of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, which were used to create the 1990 benchmark levels for accession of Annex I countries to the Kyoto Protocol and for the commitment of those countries to GHG reductions. Updated inventories must be regularly submitted by Annex I countries.
The 2015 Paris Agreement, adopted in Paris on 12 December 2015, marks the latest step in the evolution of the UN climate change regime and builds on the work undertaken under the Convention. The Paris Agreement charts a new course in the global effort to combat climate change.
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.
The Convention, the only convention stemming from a direct recommendation of the Rio Conference's Agenda 21, was adopted in Paris, France on 17 June 1994 and entered into force in December 1996.
UNCCD is particularly committed to a bottom up approach, encouraging the participation of local people to combat Desertification.
Desertification as defined in the UNCCD refers to the land degradation to the dry lands (arid semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions) resulting from various factors. It does not connote spread or expansion of Desert.
It is the only internationally legally binding framework set up to address the problem of desertification. The Convention is based on the principles of participation, partnership and decentralization—the backbone of Good Governance and Sustainable Development. It has 196 parties, making it near universal in reach.


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Job Opportunity
The GeoVISTA Center (www.geovista.psu.edu) at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking applicants for a Postdoctoral Scholar position. The position will be a fixed-term appointment of 12 months with the potential for renewal. The successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary team that brings together perspectives from GIScience, information science, cognitive science, and computer science to achieve advances in geo-Big Data methods and their application in contexts that range from social and environmental science, through public health and education; to support for risk assessment, disaster management and humanitarian relief. Preference will be given to candidates with research interests linked to space-time dynamics, spatial language and text analytics, social data analytics, and/or choro-phronesis.
The position will involve participation in one or more ongoing GIScience research projects as well as participation in proposals for new projects. To meet existing project needs and to complement current faculty, staff, and graduate assistant research efforts, we are looking for an individual with substantive interests that complement those of current faculty. The ideal candidate will have expertise in at least two domains listed and the ability to interact with an interdisciplinary research team that, collectively, is focused on challenges within and across these domains:
- (Geo)Visualization/Visual Analytics: Integration of visual with statistical and computational methods for exploration of large, high-dimensional, space-time data sets; work with heterogeneous information sources (e.g., numerical data, text, images); software engineering to support visual analytics tool development (particularly for web-based applications).
- (Geo)Text Analytics: Named-entity recognition and geoparsing, place-time relevant text mining and topic modeling, geographical information retrieval.
- Network Science: Geo-social networks; place-relevant complexity science.
- Big Data and High Performance Computing: The use of high performance computing to support interactive interfaces for work with large volumes of heterogeneous and potentially streaming spatial data.
- Knowledge Construction and Management: Semantic search/mediation; spatio-temporal data representation; connecting knowledge repositories with analytical tools.
- User-Centered Design/Cognitive Systems Engineering: Usability engineering methods, human-computer interaction (HCI), and laboratory studies to understand cognitive work with visual information technologies.
- 3D Modeling & Virtual Reality: of geographic scale phenomenon, for applications in wayfinding, climate change, ecology, and data visualization.
Additional desired qualifications include: ability to lead and manage projects; software engineering expertise; strong written and oral communication skills; experience in application of basic research advances to relevant domains of science and practice; and ability/willingness to participate (as an instructor or advisor) in Penn State's online geospatial education programs.
The successful applicant must provide evidence of an ability to work productively in an interdisciplinary collaborative research setting. Expertise in geospatial information and technology is desirable, but not essential. Ph.D. in hand at time of appointment is required for postdoctoral appointment.
Applicants should submit the following information (grouped as needed into no more than 7 files for upload): a brief cover letter indicating your interest in being considered; curriculum vitae / resume and contact information for 3-5 references (name, office address, and e-mail address); a one to two page statement of experience as it relates to the research domains listed above; and a maximum of five sample reprints/preprints (as PDFs).
Review of applications will begin March 11, 2016, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds. Questions about the position should be directed to Dr. Alan M. MacEachren, Director, GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, email: firstname.lastname@example.com; phone: (814) 865-7491
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Master of Laws student
Tafāfuna'i Steve Chan Chui is currently studying towards a Master of Laws, specialising in criminal law. AUT's reputation as one of the leading tertiary institutions in the field of law is what initially attracted him to study here.
"When I was deciding which university I should apply to, I saw a lot of positive feedback on the internet from former and current AUT students. Those reviews made my decision a lot easier.
"AUT has some of the best legal minds on board, so it's a great choice if you're looking at specialising in criminal law, or any other area of law for that matter. I also liked how the Master of Laws is quite flexible in its structure."
Enjoying the challenge
Steve enjoys the complexity of studying law.
"Law is always interesting; it's not static and often changes. For example, what the law would have been 10 years ago might be obsolete to the issues we're facing today. There is a need to amend or enact new legislation that can provide for these issues."
Late last year, Steve was awarded a New Zealand Aid scholarship to study at AUT. He looks forward to taking his skills back to his home country, Samoa.
"I'm planning to go back home to Samoa and take what I've learnt and see the ways in which I can contribute to the development of a legal framework and assist with current legal issues within Samoa. I'm also looking forward to sharing my knowledge with my colleagues back home."
The support to succeed
Make the most of the services and opportunities AUT offers, Steve says.
"AUT is great and has a supportive environment – everything is there for you, so it's up to you to take advantage of it. I appreciate the wide range of academic support AUT provides for its students, including postgraduate study rooms and the different workshops to help you be successful in your studies.
"The academic staff are friendly and approachable. The number of students in the Master of Laws classes is small and it's easy to communicate with your lecturer, which I do every opportunity I get."
Steve advises other students not to give up if they face any challenges.
"If you're ever facing any challenges or adversity, whether it's in your studies or in life in general – never give up, but embrace the situation, learn from your mistakes and look at ways you can do better next time around."