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Location: About six months ago you released an Ian McKellen-narrated video of what downtown Brooklyn would look like in five years. Given the current economic turmoil, would you release the same video today?
Mr. Chan: Absolutely.
The video cited $9.5 billion in private investment—that included Atlantic Yards?
That includes Atlantic Yards.
So you still think Atlantic Yards will happen?
Yeah, I think it is in the process of happening.
All 16 towers and arena?
The Atlantic Yards was always a project that was conceived as taking a few economic cycles to fully realize itself.
Is that huge $9.5 billion number a projected number or does it represent actual investment?
That includes projects that are in the development pipeline. … It may take a few years longer than was originally projected. But no project has been taken off the table or just been abandoned.
Have you seen a decrease in the number of new projects coming down the pipeline?
Yeah. But I don't know how much of that is truly a factor of the financial markets, or how much is due to the fact that there are now 56 projects proceeding in downtown Brooklyn, and there is only so much land down here.
So, downtown Brooklyn is at capacity?
I wouldn't say it's at capacity. There's certainly capacity left. But the majority of the more significant soft sites are spoken for.
When is your job done?
I don't think it's a finite job by any standard. We view the Partnership as being an entity that represents the interests of economic development in downtown Brooklyn moving forward. Downtown Brooklyn is a downtown to a city of 2.5 million people.
Are you seeing a lot of interest from national retailers in downtown Brooklyn?
Yes. I think what you're going to see over the next 12 to 18 months is a real diversification of the retail market down here. I think you're going to have a number of national-level retailers that have not had a presence in Brooklyn, some not in New York City, that establish themselves here because they realize the power of the Brooklyn market. … Right now, I don't think downtown Brooklyn is capitalizing on its full potential to draw in shoppers from the brownstone communities and Dumbo. Frankly, a lot of their residents still shop in Manhattan.


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Like it or not, software developers often find themselves working for managers who insist that they write and submit a regular, weekly status report. While agilists have discovered that short, daily stand-up meetings are a far more effective way of communicating status than written reports, many traditional managers still insist on documentation. These reports take valuable timetime that could be better spent developing working software. Unfortunately, that paper isn't going to push itself. One of the maxims of agile software development is to maximize the amount of work not done, so as to automate drudgery whenever possible. Writing status reports is clearly drudgework, and they can often be extracted automatically from various electronic sources, matching the formatting requirements.
I'm proud to officially announce the Eclipse Status Report Automation project, codenamed "Blocker." The name comes from the blocking strategy presented in my July 2003 column entitled "Running Interference." This strategy is applied when you cannot convince management that your team shouldn't be investing time writing needless documentation or following inappropriate procedures. The solution is to assign someone the role of producing unnecessary documentation and attending endless bureaucratic meetings, freeing up the rest of the team to do real work. In short, you lose one team member, the Blocker, instead of the entire team. Now we're taking it one step further and automating status reporting. The Blocker project has been accepted by the Eclipse Project team and is currently in the validation phase of the Eclipse development process (www.eclipse.org/ projects/dev_process/), in which working code is developed.
"The Blocker Architecture" (this page) is an overview of our strategy for building Blocker, which will be written in Java as an Eclipse plug-in. There are two main components to Blocker: the status report generator and the configuration file editor. The status report generator takes information from your time reporting, project/portfolio management, version-control software (VCS), software configuration management (SCM) and defect tracking systems, and combines it with information in your configuration files to generate the status reports. The configuration file editor enables you to manage both the project-specific and developer-specific XML files that provide the information required for generating distinct status reports.
Status, Status Everywhere
Let's start with the project configuration file. There is one XML file per project, indicating the fundamental information describing it. This includes the name of the project, a brief overview paragraph, business keywords describing the project and an indication of the main technologies used to implement the system. There is a reference to a configuration file for the project manager so that Blocker knows who to send the status reports to. This file also contains connectivity information for accessing the other tools, such as your version-control system, from which Blocker gathers status information. In a future version, we intend to support optional references to other project configuration files, one for each subproject, to support program management status reporting.
There is a configuration file for each individual on the project for which a status report is either created or sent. This file indicates the name, position, e-mail address and phone number for the person. It also notes whether a status report should be generated for them and, if so, includes a reference to the appropriate manager to send it to. Most importantly, each individual can define his or her own catch phrases such as "Sounds like a plan" or "No rest for the wicked." These terms are occasionally inserted into status reports based on defined criteria to support the illusion that the reports are being manually written.
Configuration files for managers who receive only status reports can be maintained by someone on the project team, thus improving the odds that the manager doesn't discover developers aren't wasting their time writing status reports. This configuration file also indicates which status report template to use, and how often to generate and submit the status reports. Although the default is weekly, it is also possible to send status reports monthly, bi-weekly, or even daily if you really want to make it look like your team is getting a lot of work done.
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The Blocker Architecture
Blocker takes information from various systems and configuration files to automatically generate status reports for management.
To generate a status report, basic scheduling information is extracted from your project and/or portfolio-management software. Blocker needs to know which tasks are associated with each individual so that progress against those tasks can be assessed and reported on. One benefit of this approach is that the generated status reports are consistent with the current version of the plan. An interesting side effect is that it motivates the project manager to keep the plan up-to-date, a time-consuming task keeping him out of the way of your development team. For the first release of Blocker, our priority is integration with Microsoft Project. Support for other tools will come in future releases.
Blocker must be tightly integrated with your VCS or SCM system to obtain the most recent versions of critical files, such as configuration files and project plans. Blocker will also scan the system for the latest changes to project artifacts, transmogrifying the change descriptions into management speak for inclusion in the status reports. For example, a change description such as "Aligned widgets on the page" would be translated to "Follow- ing existing user-interface guidelines, I aligned widgets on the page to improve the usability of the system and thereby helped to improve overall end-user productivity." To access these systems, Blocker supports both the WebDAV and Delta-V APIs for non-Microsoft VCS and SCM tools and Microsoft's IVSS API for Visual Source Safe.
Blocker also integrates with your defect-tracking system to obtain descriptions of any new or changed defect reports. You can configure Blocker to report only good news, such as fixing five defects this reporting period, and to give bad news a positive spin. For example, why report "117 priority one defects were discovered yesterday," when you could say, "Comprehensive acceptance testing continues to proceed successfully"? Because there isn't a standard API for defect tracking, we'll use existing APIs to products such as ClearQuest, Perforce, Bugzilla and DevTrack wherever possible.
Blocker will obtain the actual figures an individual has input against various project tasks from your time-management system (TMS). With this data, Blocker will determine if an individual is on time, behind or ahead of schedule and will report positively on your status. And because new tasks that haven't appeared on the project schedule occasionally sidetrack people, Blocker will correctly indicate to the project manager that he needs to update the schedule. The Blocker team has developed a standard TMS API and is currently looking for volunteers to wrap access to existing TMSs that conforms to this API.
Templates for the status reports will be stored in either MS Word or XML. These templates will enable Blocker users to tailor the reporting format to their organization's exact needs while supporting consistency between teams. Consistent reports enable management to interact with project teams in the exact same manner, thereby supporting management's holy grail of enforcing a repeatable process on software developers.
What People Are Saying
Surprisingly, many members of the Project Management Institute (PMI; www.pmi.org) are enthusiastic supporters of this effort. One such person, who wishes to remain anonymous because he doesn't want to dirty his hands by being closely involved with actual software development, recently told me: "Status reporting is by far the most important part of software development because it's the primary way that professional managers find out what's going on. With Blocker, we'll finally get the actual status reported, not works of fiction that invariably imply that the team is late or over budget. We want to hear the good news, not the trivial technical details."
Microsoft is also taking a hard look at Blocker, and from what insiders have told me, they are seriously considering developing a similar feature for the 2007 version of Microsoft Team Studio. My hope is that the Eclipse Blocker will not only prove to be popular, it will also help to improve overall developer productivity. If you're interested in getting involved, or just in using the product, please visit our project page at www.eclipse.org/april fools/blocker. I'd like to thank Brad Appleton and Steve Cohen for their input in helping me track down the applicable API standards for accessing the various tools.
Please Note ...
Blocker is not a real Eclipse project. This column is an April Fool's joke, so please don't contact the Eclipse team unless you intend to start this project yourself. -SWA
Scott W. Ambler is a Canada-based software process improvement (SPI) consultant, mentor and trainer with AmbySoft Inc. He has authored several books and is a regular speaker at software conferences worldwide.

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The recent near-collisions between jets on the runway and in the air are once again showing that human error, and not birds, is the problem.
Yet, calls for the killing of birds near airports continues to increase without any merit. Why were JFK and LaGuardia airports built near bodies of water that also attract thousands of birds? In the case of JFK, there was already a wildlife refuge protected by Federal law.
There must be some way to lessen the threat of bird-plane collisions to the satisfaction of the FAA and wildlife groups. Both passengers and birds must be safe.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
FALL TV--What Do You Think?
After learning that The Glades, a scripted cop show on A&E was canceled after airing a final episode with a HUGE cliffhanger (seriously A&E, what is WRONG with you?) I thought I was done with TV. But no. I am a TV junkie and I don't mind admitting it. I like books and TV and movies and songs because I love stories in any form.
I was happy to see many of my favorite shows return. But of course, two new shows I was hoping to watch are on at the same time as The Voice, which means no DVRing both of them. (I never miss a second of The Voice!) I watched Hostages and have recorded The Blacklist when NBC
But is this the year of opening episode cliffhangers or what? Castle did it (and though I consider Castle light and fun and usually has so-so writing, it was a great episode!) and then NCIS
But one show still resonates with me, one I watched this summer on BBC America. It was Broadchurch, set in a small Irish coastal town. I absolutely loved it. The scenery was amazing
and the story complex. I hear there will be another season that it will be totally different. But I'd tune in just for the setting. I also loved Masterpiece Mystery's Silk and though my husband doesn't usually like the British stuff, even he was captured by it.
The Voice is as great as ever and I am glad it's back. Blue Bloods was also had a very well written opener. What about you? Even if you're not a TV fanatic like I am, what do you enjoy watching? And what will you miss?
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- Charlie M said...
I NEVER watch reality shows but last year got hooked on The Voice somehow. I think the appeal is that the judges are never negative and really try to be constructive in their criticism and work with the contestants throughout the show.
I have been recording Broadchurch and plan to binge watch soon.
I don't watch a terrible amount of tv unless it is PBS (yes, I am one of those...haha). I am enjoying Last Tango to Halifax, liked Silk (although my ignorance of the British legal system made it a bit of a puzzle at first how they could both defend or prosecute - thank you Wikipedia for providing answers). Have recently discovered Lark Rise to Candleford and think it is another brilliant show. Love seeing ABFAB's Saffron in different type of role.
One network show I do watch, though I needed to play catch-up, is Castle. I like the relationship between all the characters. Very reminiscent of cozys.
Tuned in to The Michael J Fox show and sadly, was disappointed. It was nothing out of the ordinary and the characters talking to the camera was annoying.
- September 29, 2013 at 1:19 AM
- Gayle Carline said...
Having been raised by the television when I was a child, I still have a special bond with it. I wasn't lured by Hostages, but I tuned in to The Blacklist and I'm hooked already. James Spader is a fave of mine anyway, but midway through the pilot episode, the young FBI agent does something so crazy-incredible, I was IN. I watch a lot of the mystery/crime/thriller shows. Oddly enough, while I'm in one room watching Person of Interest, hubby is in the other room watching Lifetime Movie Channel. He likes chick flicks.
- September 29, 2013 at 1:48 AM
I'm lucky. With timeshifting, I get to watch "Hostages" at 7pm and "The Blacklist" at 10pm.
Tonight I'm looking forward to the return of "The Simpsons", "Revenge" and "The Good Wife".
Watched football on Thursday so I recorded both "Parenthood" (watched it yesterday) and "Elementary" (haven't watched it yet). Again, it's a good thing I have timeshifting because starting this Thursday there will be 4 shows on at 10pm that I want to watch. The other 2 are "Scandal" and a new Canadian show called "Played".
- September 29, 2013 at 2:13 AM
- Dru said...
I saw Blacklist last night and loved it. I think you will too. I passed on Hostages, didn't like the revamped Ironside.
Wasn't Broadchurch great? I did not see that ending coming. I hope season 2 is a good one.
I'm still watching a few of my favorites: Person of Interest, Castle. Oddly I didn't watch Criminal Minds nor either of the NCIs.
- September 29, 2013 at 4:43 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
I had to Google information about the British legal system and what Silk meant, too! I am not a sit-com watcher. Seinfeld, my favorite, spoiled me forever. The Voice is a journey, so I guess that's why I love it!
- September 29, 2013 at 7:29 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Timeshifting? That sure would be nice here. Elementary is another fave and the episode seemed to go so fast this time! Loved it! And I have always enjoyed The Good Wife.
- September 29, 2013 at 7:31 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
LOVED Broadchurch and totally forgot about Ironside. I'll have to catch it online as I adored the original. But then Raymond Burr was awesome in both Perry Mason (never missed an episode way back when) and Ironside. I understand they created the wheelchair character because he had difficulty walking in real life. Love Person of Interest because the fights just crack me up. Jim C. plays that character so well!
- September 29, 2013 at 7:35 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
I'm with you Gayle. My dad fixed TVs as a side job so we always had two or three when most people only had one. So I was hooked early! And if I tuned in to Lifetime regularly, my husband would be hooked, too. But don't tell him I said that!
- September 29, 2013 at 7:37 AM
- mary kennedy said...
Leann, I Tivo-ed Broadchurch and am so glad you posted this!! It sounds terrific. Somehow I missed SILK, I"ve been trying to keep up with all the Masterpiece Mystery shows and Masterpiece theatre. Thanks for the heads-up!
- September 29, 2013 at 8:17 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
You'll like Broadchurch, I think. Silk will replay. I was sorry it was only 2 or 3 episodes. Luther this time was only 4. The lead actor is so sought after (because he's awesome!) that I think that's why we won't be seeing any more Luther's. Hope I'm wrong!
- September 29, 2013 at 8:26 AM
- Laura S Reading said...
Why am I unaware of Broadchurch? I don't have cable tv or any of those services and paid channels, and now it is almost impossible to see those things online unless you pay a premium. I never knew how spoiled I was. Yes - I still have my childhood tv addiction.
I enjoyed Blacklist and all my friends are getting into Sleepy Hollow and awaiting Wonderland.
- September 29, 2013 at 8:53 AM
- Diane said...
I like the Good Wife, Downton Abby,which won't show here until Jan. Darn!!!! I also Like Castle, NCIS and the Big Bang. It's silly show but makes me laugh. I love Blue Bloods but I fell asleep and seem to be doing that a lot lately. I didn't even see the beginning and the news was ending when I woke up. I guess I will have to have a nap in the afternoons or record these shows.
- September 29, 2013 at 8:56 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Broadchurch was on BBC America, so that's probably why you didn't know. If you get Amazon Premium (free shipping on almost anything), it's $79 a year and you can a million shows online. I also have Acorn TV, which is online for something like $39 a year. They have many of the British shows so I have been able to catch up on almost all the Midsomer Murders that I have missed since BBC America dropped it.
- September 29, 2013 at 9:13 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Yes, Blue Bloods is on TOO LATE! My husband had to fight to stay awake but it is one of his favorite shows. Love Downton Abbey, as well. Looking forward to January! (I enjoy The Good Wife as well).
- September 29, 2013 at 9:15 AM
I love The Voice! It's one of my favorite shows. I also like to watch Dancing with the Stars which is on at the same time as The Voice. I usually watch it on my iPad at the gym. My other favorite show is The Big Bang Theory. I never miss that. I had high hopes for the Michael J. Fox show and found it to be blah. I'm not sure I'll watch it again as my time is rather limited for t.v. watching.
- September 29, 2013 at 11:52 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
The Voice is definitely one of the best shows on television for all the reasons others have stated. To be judged not by how you look or dress, but by your talent is a great idea I wish more people in the world would embrace. I am glad we get to follow the contestants' journeys.
- September 29, 2013 at 12:00 PM
- Barbara T. said...
Loved The Glades. Really bummed with the cancellation. The last season started off silly but got back on track to then be cancelled. Argh!
- September 29, 2013 at 12:45 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
I really didn't understand WHY they would do an ending like they did for The Glades--unless they kept the writers in the dark. And being a writer, I believe that's entirely possible! :-)
- September 29, 2013 at 12:51 PM
I tried to comment with my name but it doesn't take. I don't have a URL. Commented that we liked Vegas last year on CBS starring Dennis Quaid. It had good ratings that were similar to shows that CBS kept. The problem for CBS was that the ratings weren't in the demographic group that they wanted. I love TV also. Hope Doc Martin on PBS starts a new season soon. Is there anyway besides anonymous that I can post without a URL?
- September 29, 2013 at 1:51 PM
- Unknown said...
I absolutely loved Blacklist! I watched the encore last night and it was simply amazing. I also love Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I hope you enjoy Blacklist as much I did.
- September 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
The "demographic" issue is a hot button topic for me. First of all, it's 18-49. Like the rest of us don't count? We DVR, we watch and we do buy stuff that's advertised. It's an outdated way of deciding what shows to keep and what to cancel. Body of Proof was one of my favorite shows and it was cancelled because the viewers didn't fit the demographic.
As for posting any way but as anonymous, I'm not sure. Blogger is a mystery to me at times, but a free gmail.com email account did make things easier for me. Maybe Blogger will take your gmail name to post if you have an account? (But I am only guessing! Not too great on this kind of stuff.)
- September 29, 2013 at 2:05 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
I watched The Blacklist this morning and my DVR is now set to record every episode! Loved it. It's much more compelling than Hostages which is just about basically terrorizing a family for whatever reasons, be they good or bad. Since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. took the place of one of my favorite shows, Body of Proof, I can't bring myself to tune in. :-(
- September 29, 2013 at 2:08 PM
- Lynn T. said...
I have decided we don't count to some of TV networks. Am trying gmail/google to see if I can use my name now instead of anonymous. Thanks for your help.
- September 29, 2013 at 3:19 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
It worked! There you are Lynn! (And the older I get, the more invisible I get! Maddening!)
- September 29, 2013 at 3:24 PM
- Carole said...
Leann, I love British dramas and mysteries, but had never heard of Acorn TV. Just looked at their website and felt like I was in heaven! Thank you so much for mentioning it.
It really frustrates me when shows are cancelled without giving writers enough time to wrap up storylines, but as I'm outside the 18-49 demographic, there's probably nothing I can do.
I was disappointed in this season's new shows because I don't like fantasy, suspense, commedy, etc., but may have to try Backlist after reading everyone's comments. The only show I had thought about trying is Ironside, because I loved Perry Mason and the original Ironside so much. Broadchurch is on my DVR and I'm eager to watch it. And I hope Louise Penny's Still Life makes it to PBS soon.
- September 29, 2013 at 3:33 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Acorn TV is awesome. When I want to shut everything out, I plug in my earphones and just watch something British. They have recently upgraded their content, too. Used to be some series were only up for a limited time and then you'd have to hope they came back. Now, they keep them up there, add stuff frequently and have a lot more shows to choose from. I am worried about Ironside since I loved the original so much. Blacklist had twists and I LOVE twists! Surprise me and I am hooked!
- September 29, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Loved Broadchurch - what an outstanding series that was! I refuse to watch reality shows, I can't stand them at all. I prefer drama, especially mystery and suspense - so yes, I watch Castle, also Person of Interest, Blue Bloods, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hawaii Five-O (I'm from Hawaii, we like to spot the places and name them for our son - the show has lots of eye candy). I'm waiting for White Collar to return. Oh, and as a superhero comics fan, I loved Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I watch live broadcast TV, don't like to DVR. My life is too hectic - it's really difficult to find time if I've missed a show. I work two jobs plus freelance.
- September 29, 2013 at 7:36 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Your list sounds a LOT like my list. And yes, when you're still thinking about a show like Broadchurch even after it's been over for a bit--that's a GOOD show!
- September 29, 2013 at 7:39 PM
- Kaye Killgore said...
Waiting for Longmire to come back. Along with Grimm, Once Upon a Time. I also love Castle. OK, I'm a TV junkie.
- September 29, 2013 at 8:55 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
It's all right Kaye. You are in good company--or at least MY company. :-)
- September 29, 2013 at 8:58 PM
- Kaye Killgore said...
Thank you.
- September 29, 2013 at 9:23 PM
- Unknown said...
I discovered my library has a lot of British shows. I entered "Acorn TV" as a Keyword in he search box and up popped all the Masterpiece Mystery shows and a few I had never heard of like George Gently and Pie in the Sky. And the price is right!
- September 30, 2013 at 10:07 AM
- Leann Sweeney said...
I know! Acorn TV is quite the bargain for those of us who love British TV shows!
- September 30, 2013 at 10:32 AM
- Rachelle21 said...
I will not watch Hostages - I love Castle and I might try to keep up with Blacklist. I love NCIS especially Ducky-David McCallum was nice to me when I met him. I also like Blue Bloods very much. Amazing Race is a must see for my husband and me.
- September 30, 2013 at 2:02 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Anxious to see what happens to Castle tonight! That was a great cliffhanger last week!
- September 30, 2013 at 2:09 PM
- Carole said...
Leann, I immediately subscribed to Acorn TV - now that was really a "no brainer" for me! Tried out a series I had never seen before through Roku this afternoon, George Gently, and loved it. He's a DCI in the northern part of England. Beautiful scenery! I'll have to keep a close eye on their "leaving soon" section, though.
I also watched The Blacklist and, although it's a little scarier than what I normally like, it was pretty addictive - or maybe it was James Spader that was addictive. Thanks for your suggestions, Leann. I think we have similar tastes.
- September 30, 2013 at 10:13 PM
- Carole said...
Debra, I subscribed yesterday and watched the first George Gently episode this afternoon. Love that show!
- September 30, 2013 at 10:16 PM
- Charly Braun said...
I am TV-Junkie and admit it and like way to much series, like almost all you already mentioned and Army Wives, West Wing, The Newsroom, Damages, Rizzoli & Isles and so on...Because I'm living in Germany I have to wait aaaawfully long till new Episodes are shown.
- October 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
It must be so hard to wait! I wish we'd get Downton Abbey at the same time they do in Britain. But waiting for all the new episodes? Very hard, Charly!
- October 1, 2013 at 1:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Yes, I know Acorn TV offers paid subscriptions but my point was you may not need to subscribe if your public library offers the shows free to borrow.
I went to my library website and entered "Acorn TV" as a Keyword term in the box.
Of course, I have no idea what your library catalog has on offer.
- October 1, 2013 at 2:07 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
I'm glad libraries carry so many British shows! Yet another option! Love it!
- October 1, 2013 at 2:10 PM
- Michelle F. said...
I love T.V. shows, especially dramas. I don't have a D.V.R., but I watch shows On Demand. ABC and NBC (including The Blacklist) are on demand. I liked The Blacklist and Marvel's Agents of Shield. I watched some of Sleepy Hollow. Haven't watched Hostages yet and CBS isn't on demand. I'd like to see it. Cancelled shows I liked from last season were 666 Park Avenue, Zero Hour, and Do No Harm. I don't watch new comedies because they're so vulgar so I watch the kids' shows on the Disney Channel. I watched Body of Proof, too, but I'm not too upset at its cancellation because it did last more than one season. I don't know how they figure out how old the viewers are; sounds crazy to me. I like P.B.S. shows too and can get them on DVD from the library. It's a five-minute walk from my house. No Netflix for me. I don't even own a computer. I love Murdoch Mysteries, a Canadian Victorian detective show available on DVD from Acorn. The new season just started on CBC, a Canadian station I actually get because I'm in Toledo, only about an hour away from Detroit and Windsor. I love Once Upon a Time and I'm looking forward to the new show, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. Haven't seen George Gently yet. I don't know if the library has that one, but I could always get it through an interlibrary loan. I have seen some Midsomer Murders, but have a lot to catch up on (the library has a lot).
- October 1, 2013 at 5:25 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Sounds like you get a good variety. When I was young we lived near the Canadian border and I actually liked their TV stations better. I have watched Murdoch and am happy to know there's a new season! Thanks for letting me know!
- October 1, 2013 at 5:43 PM
- Michelle F. said...
You can watch it online at CBC.ca/player. Another show on CBC is Cracked and I think it's on the Reelz channel now.
- October 2, 2013 at 5:18 PM
- Leann Sweeney said...
Oh, wow. Thanks for this Micky!
- October 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM


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Some time ago I was interested in finding a type of interprocess (interthread) communication which would require minimal preconditions on the platform and not require a set of special processor commands. This article describes lock-free interprocess communication which does not require any special processor commands, and the only precondition for successful interprocess communication is knowledge of processor word length.
Many recipes for lock-free interprocess communication require special atomic processor commands. In this article, I propose a communication type that requires only atomic writing of processor word from processor cache into main memory and atomic processor word reading from main memory into the processor register or processor cache. To the best of my knowledge, all platforms satisfy these requirements if the address in memory is properly aligned. Later in the article, I'll discuss performance issues related to cache trashing.
Based on this communication mechanism, I implement a registry which allows updates but at the same time allows a linear increase in reading performance by increasing the number of processors. Some performance testing results are presented for single- as well as multi-processor systems. This testing shows that on some platforms, lock-free algorithms outperform standard techniques by 30 or more times (>=3000%).
In this article, I'll present four algorithms. Algorithm one demonstrates the main idea. Algorithm two (light pipe) is mostly a low level communication primitive to pass data between two processes, but is interesting to some extent in and of itself. Algorithm three takes into account cache line length to increase the performance of algorithm two. Algorithm four is an implementation of a registry optimised for reads. Algorithm four uses algorithm three (cache line optimised light pipe) as a communication primitive.


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I have a sequential workflow with some DelayActivities in it which do not work (most of the time). Once the time elapses they don't fire and workflow just waits forever.
Found this after searching the web and seems there is a hotfix, so...
... problem revisited: it's 2012, on a Windows 7 x64 PC, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, SharePoint 2010, all the dlls mentioned in the hotfix (i.e. System.workflow.activities.dll, System.workflow.componentmodel.dll, System.workflow.runtime.dll) are version 184.108.40.206 in my GAC instead of 3.0.4203.201.
Is it the same cause? Does the hotfix work for Windows 7? Does it even work?
What is the correct solution for fixing this?


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GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) — The body of a man suspected of killing a New Hampshire police chief and wounding four other officers during a drug raid Thursday has been found in a house along with that of an unidentified woman, the Attorney General said.
GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) — The body of a man suspected of killing a New Hampshire police chief and wounding four other officers during a drug raid Thursday has been found in a house along with that of an unidentified woman, the Attorney General said.
At a news conference, Attorney General Michael Delaney said a police robot placed in the house around 2 a.m. Friday detected the bodies of suspect Cullen Mutrie and a woman. He said both died of gunshot wounds.
The two had been holed up in the house since the shootings took place Thursday evening.
Officials said Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed and four other officers were injured when Muthrie opened fire on them. Two officers were shot in the chest and were in intensive care early Friday. Two others were treated and released. The four injured officers were from area departments and were working as part of a drug task force.
The shootings Thursday evening devastated Greenland, a town of 3,500 near the seacoast that had just seven police officers including Maloney, 48, who was due to retire in less than two weeks.
"In those final days, he sacrificed his life in public service as a law enforcement officer in New Hampshire," Delaney said.
Maloney had 26 years of experience in law enforcement, the last 12 as chief of the Greenland department.
Jacqueline DeFreze, who lives a half-mile down the road, said she was crushed by reports that the chief had been shot. She'd planned to attend a surprise party for his retirement.
"I'm a wreck. He was just the greatest guy," said DeFreze, a fourth-grade teacher in nearby Rye. "He's kind-hearted, always visible in the community."
John Penacho, chairman of the town's Board of Selectman, said Maloney was married with children.
"It's a blow to all of us. You're stunned. It's New Hampshire, it's a small town," he said. "We're stunned. I mean all of us. It's an unbelievable situation."
Asked what the town will do to help residents cope with the tragedy, Penacho said "We'll do whatever we need to do."
Lee Miller, who lives next door to where the shootings took place, said she heard at least six shots on Thursday. Fearing for her 12-year-old grandson who was visiting her, she said she went to the window and saw someone on the ground. Moments later, police knocked on her door, telling them to run outside and take cover behind a police cruiser.
Police later escorted Miller and her grandson to a nearby school.
State police and officers from many departments responded after the initial call around 6 p.m. Thursday.
Gov. John Lynch was at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, where the officers were taken. He asked residents to pray for the injured officers and Maloney's family.
"My thoughts and prayers and those of my wife, Susan, are with the family of Chief Michael Maloney. Chief Maloney's unwavering courage and commitment to protecting others serves as an example to us all," he said.
The tree-lined street, closed off by police, features single-family homes and duplexes. The shootings took place at 517 Post Road, a 2-bedroom, 1� -story structure that's listed as owned by the Beverly Mutrie Revocable Trust, according to tax assessor records.
The Portsmouth Herald reported in February 2011 that Cullen Mutrie, 29, was a resident of the home on 517 Post Road and had been arrested and charged with possession of anabolic steroids.
The newspaper reported that the steroids were found in the home when officers went to confiscate guns after Mutrie was arrested on domestic assault charges. According to a police affidavit, the steroids were found in Mutrie's living room on July 24, 2010, but were not verified by the state crime lab until Jan. 18.
Miller told The Associated Press that she had complained to police repeatedly about suspected drug activity at the house and had been told it was under investigation.
She said late-night fights at the house were so frequent that she moved her bed around so that it was no longer near a window facing the driveway.
The other officers shot were: Detective Gregory Turner, 32, a six-year veteran of the Dover police department, who was treated for a gunshot wound to the shoulder and released; Detective Eric Kulberg, 31, a seven-year veteran of the University of New Hampshire police department, who was treated for a gunshot wound to the arm and released; Detective Scott Kukesh, 33, a 10-year veteran of the Newmarket police department, who was in intensive care awaiting surgery for a gunshot wound to the chest; and Detective Jeremiah Murphy, 34, a seven-year veteran of the Rochester police department, who was in intensive care after surgery for a gunshot wound to the chest.
Associated Press Writers Norma Love in Concord and David Sharp in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report.


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Paul Joseph Watson
Friday, April 13, 2012
An Associated Press report from 1986 has been dug out of the archives in which NASA predicts that global warming will cause the extinction of the human race "in a few decades," proving once again that the same crowd now demanding carbon taxes be imposed to save the planet have been caught red-handed lying and exaggerating scientific data to justify their political crusade.
The AP report quotes Robert Watson, then director of NASA's upper atmospheric program, as warning that earth's temperature could rise as much as 10 degrees if "air pollution" is not addressed.
"A dramatic loss of ozone over antarctica proves the "greenhouse effect" is real and presages a gradual warming of the Earth that threatens floods, drought, human misery in a few decades and – if not checked – eventual extinction of the human species, scientists warned Tuesday," states the report.
Almost three decades later and mankind is doing remarkably well to think that we're only a few years a way from "extinction" due to global warming.
This 1986 article again illustrates how climate change alarmists have practiced routine deception in attempting to trick the world into accepting their "consensus" on global warming. However. the fact that their data models have been proven spectacularly wrong time and time again hasn't dampened their appetite for pushing the same propaganda.
The 21st century version of Robert Watson, NASA's James Hansen, will give a speech on Tuesday in which he will argue that carbon taxes, guaranteed to send already sky high energy prices skyrocketing further, need to be imposed immediately by a de facto global government in the name of saving mother earth.
Hansen's other proposals are even more draconian. In 2010, he endorsed a book written by fellow alarmist Keith Farnish in which the author called for acts of sabotage and environmental terrorism in blowing up dams and demolishing cities in order to return the planet to the agrarian age.
"The only way to prevent global ecological collapse and thus ensure the survival of humanity is to rid the world of Industrial Civilization," writes Farnish, adding that "people will die in huge numbers when civilization collapses".
Such rhetoric has more than passing resemblance to NASA's debunked 1986 claptrap about us all being dead by 2016.
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Before the idea of man-made global warming became the central vehicle of climate change fearmongering, the same people now pushing carbon taxes to mitigate rising temperatures were trumpeting the notion of global cooling as the biggest threat facing mankind.
In the 70's, current White House science czar and avowed eugenicist John P. Holdren was busy talking up the drastic threat of global cooling, warning that it would produce giant tidal waves and environmental devastation.
In a 1971 essay entitled "Overpopulation and the Potential for Ecocide," Holdren and his co-author Paul Ehrlich wrote that global cooling would ensue as a result of , "a reduced transparency of the atmosphere to incoming light as a result of urban air pollutions (smoke, aerosols), agriculture air pollution (dust), and volcanic oil."
Holdren and Ehrlich predicted, "a mere 1 percent increase in low cloud cover would decrease the surface temperature by .8C" and that "a decrease of 4C would probably be sufficient to cause another ice age."
They continued: "Even more dramatic results are possible, however; for instance, a sudden outward slumping in the Antarctic ice cap, induced by added weight, could generate a tidal wave of proportions unprecedented in recorded history."
Of course, Holdren and his ilk were spectacularly wrong with their doomsday predictions about global cooling, but almost entirely the same crowd are now telling us that global warming is a gargantuan threat and that only a carbon tax paid directly to their buddies who own the big carbon exchanges can stop it.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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The initial collapse of a 120-year-old, 10-foot in diameter, storm drain tunnel occurred in the 2300 block of East Monument St. on July 25. Subsequent major storms enlarged the initial opening causing damage to other underground utilities.
DPW, BGE, Verizon and other city agencies coordinated the repair work to address not only the storm drain tunnel, but also water, sewer, electrical, telecommunications and gas lines.
With the street open, DPW said it provided an opportunity to proactively upgrade the underground utilities, includes replacing 500 feet of 6 inch water main with new 12 inch piping and 200 feet of newly-lined sewer main. Both upgrades will better serve the community.
DPW said the storm drain tunnel itself is now renewed with steel lining between Patterson Park and Montford Avenues to prevent a future collapse. A nine-foot permanent shaft has been installed to facilitate future rehabilitation of the storm drain system and the original 40-foot deep hole is filled to within 5 feet of the surface, allowing final utility work to occur. Sidewalk and curb replacement is underway.
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"Whites can't be scalped enough, set on fire enough, lynched enough, dismembered enough or tortured enough in anyway to satify my appetite," says Divine Racial Karma "anything done to them at the hands of people of color is in accordance w/bounty universe placed on heads for their unrestituted for race crimes." What should you do if you are chosen by Divine Racial Karma as Vessel of Retribution against whties?
"ALL WHITES R REPARATIONS OFFENDERS;" Definition Of A Reparations Offender: Direct & Non Direct, Which R You?
The entire "Western world" profited and still reaps benefits from both that slave trade and the concept of white supremacy and the institution of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Therefore, the entire white world owes. Contemporary whites' position that they don't owe for slavery is in the same vain of their morally degenerate forefathers who set forth barriers to make the climate to seek reparations impossible after their so-called abolishment of slavery was set fourth. "All whites are reparations offenders," says NBFSN General Cedishon Angelou.
"Get over it!" .. "You were NEVER a slave!" .. "But only 26% of whites owned slaved." .. "Nobody owes you ANYTHING!" "We didn't own slaves." .. "Your own kind sold you into slavery!" "Blacks weren't the only slaves." .. "The Irish were slaves too!" .. "You never picked ANY cotton!" … Denying Trans Atlantic Slave Trade (TAST) Reparations is White Racial Terrorism & We Have the Right to Defend Ourselves Against White Racial Terrorism
"There are direct reparations offenders and non-direct reparations offenders. Direct reparations offenders are whites from families who owned slaves. Non direct reparations offenders are whites from families who enjoyed either (or both) enjoyed the economic and social position the institution of slavery and white racism afforded them. We do not see the non-direct ones as less guilty than the ones who actually did own slaves." Read more »


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So then I found a recipe on a soapmaking DVD that I liked, but had to return it before I got around to copying it down, so then had to request it again, then copy it down.
Then had to track down the ingredients. Waited until a Wal-mart trip (ugh!) to find the cheapest coconut oil, only to discover that they don't sell coconut oil at Wal-mart, so waited until the next discount day at the local indie grocery store to find the next cheapest coconut oil.
Waited until a trip to a different place to find castor oil.
Waited until a trip to Indy to find the super-cheapest olive oil.
Did a bunch of other stuff.
Used some of the coconut oil for granola, so had to wait until the next discount day at the local indie grocery store to buy more.
In the meantime, my poor Matt ran completely out of bar soap. The girlies and I use liquid Dr. Bronner's, but Matt is a man, and apparently a man needs bar soap (?).
Cold-process (and hot-process, just because I want to) bar soap is on its way, I assure you, but in the meantime, I set out all the supplies for the girls to make "soap for Daddy."
Vegetable glycerin melt-and-pour soap is so super-easy, and a quick and satisfying craft project, as there's pretty much no way to mess it up. I dragged out all the essential oils, and let the girls sniff and sniff and sniff and each choose two to mix into one soap for Daddy:
Sydney choose geranium essential oil and cinnamon essential oil, and Willow chose geranium and pine. It's funny, because a few weeks ago I permitted Willow to choose an essential oil from the grocery store, and after much sniffing and sniffing and sniffing, geranium was the oil that she chose--she apparently has excellent taste, because it's been a popular oil around here!
As with everything, the waiting is the hardest part:
Fortunately, we had to take Willow to ice show rehearsal, so after spending a hour there, and then another hour at the gym, by the time we headed home, the soap was...
Perfection! Matt apparently thinks so, too, or else he's just VERY grateful to have bar soap again, because he was just as excited to receive his soap that night as the girls were to give it to him.
And as the eyewitness on the ground, I can tell you that the soap has been well-used every morning since.
And as the eyewitness on the ground, I can tell you that the soap has been well-used every morning since.


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You're looking at Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica. It pushes more ice to the sea than any other glacier in the world. See that gigantic 18-mile-long canyon? That's the birth point of a new gargantuan iceberg.
The huge crack has been discovered by NASA's Operation IceBridge team, who took this photo aboard their retrofitted DC-8. The 18-mile-long crack goes as deep as 190 feet at some points and stretches 240 feet wide. It's opening faster than expected and, when it completes the process, scientists expect that it will originate a 300-square-mile iceberg.
It's the first time since 2001 in which such event has occurred. The Pine Island Glacier drains about 10 percent of the West Antarctica ice sheet. According to NASA, "scientists are concerned about the impact Pine Island's continued thinning will have on sea level."
The calving of this huge iceberg, however, seems to be part of a cyclical natural process not linked to global warming. According to Ted Scambos, the lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, these "occur every few years, very similar in size and even shape. As a cyclical process, they are not part of the real climate-change/ice-shelf disintegration story."
The team is now working to install GPS markers alongside the opening line. I hope they install microphones too, because the sound of this thing cracking completely would scare the beejeezus out of Leonardo DiCaprio. [NASA Goddard Flickr and NASA]


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Monday, November 14, 2011
Ghosts And Witches
Posted by Rot at 5:36 PM
Labels: ghosts, gone feral in idaho, lighting, witches, yard haunt, yard haunts
6 comments:
- Pam Morris said...
the whole set-up looked fantastic with the music and lights in her video. very cool stuff!
- November 14, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- MorbidMariah said...
Oooo, I like these skeletal spectres!
- November 14, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- NoahFentz said...
Love the contrasting colors. The amber cornstalks make the bluish ghost pop out. Very well done!!
- November 14, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- wicKED said...
I've been watching this haunt take shape for a long while. Really great job on the eyes and lighting.
- November 14, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- crudedoodle.com said...
what's better than creatures with bright light coming from their eyes? i love it!
- November 14, 2011 at 10:51 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
She did an excellent job on this. The video was great too!
- November 15, 2011 at 7:12 AM
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Although I have been dreaming of making a Robot-themed birthday for my little boy, I recently decided to change the theme. He is loving Airplanes! So now I'm back to research mode. My inspiration is the toy airplane from the New Arrival Cricut cartridge. There are lots of beautiful ideas out there, and I already have some gathered up. I'll share as I go along with the planning... the party is just a month and a half away, so I've got tons to do!
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Check out the "How To" tutorial below which explains the way you can record your clips and get them onto the Internet for everyone to enjoy.
Check out the "How To" tutorial below which explains the way you can record your clips and get them onto the Internet for everyone to enjoy.
Evan Skopp, Inside Track International
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most people on here use www.soundclick.com to host their mp3's...it's a pretty good site because you can listen to low speed/hi speed/and actually download the mp3 as long as the poster allows it...basically if you can get your song recorded on a cd you can probably get it on the net!
i'll speak from my own personal experiences...(i'm talking from memory here, the pc i'm on right now doesn't have the programs that my home pc does, so anyone feel free to correct me, take away, or add to this!)
1. after i get the music recorded on disc i go to a music program such as musicmatch jukebox and convert it to mp3 and download onto my pc...
2. to convert from wav (the format that songs are on cds) to mp3 can be done by first recording your song on your pc...on mm (musicmatch)
3. put the cd in your drive and open up mm if it's not your default player, click on browse and find the drive that the disc is in...click on it and open the file, it should start playing in mm...stop the song from playing by depressing the "stop" button (layed out like any music player), then highlight the song title which should be written in the little box beside your controls, then click record...it might take a few minutes depending on the length of song and speed of your computer.
4. once the song is recorded, it should appear in another box at the bottom of the page...go under "file" or "edit" (can't remember off the top of my head) and their should be a list which includes "convert"...click on that and it will bring up two seperate boxes which include location lists (ie. cdrive, adrive, computer, documents & settings, etc). at the bottom of the left box it has a place to click to tell the program what you are looking for (what type of file...ie. wav, mp3) and under the right hand box, what you are wanting to convert it to.....in this instance you are looking for wav and wanting to convert to mp3.
5. once it is found, highlight it and it should appear in the left hand box, then choose a destination in the right hand box...(if you plan on doing this frequently then maybe create a file to save them all in for easy access later) and click "convert file"...should take to long at all?!
6. after that is complete bring up the soundclick hompage. find the link where it says "new artist sign up" then click the link that says "sign me up (as musician or band). follow the pretty straightforward easy instruction for the registration. all this will take a little while, but it's not difficult.
I use SoundClick and it works pretty well for me... as for a primer - it's really pretty simple - it has a kind of a bouncing ball approach - just follow the instructions... and it's FREE!
7. once this is complete, go to band administration and click the link for "add new songs" it will give you a statement to click agree to...then it will ask you if you want to go "robust" and upload from your pc or go "slurpy" and upload from another site.....obviously in this instance you want "robust"!
8.it will then ask for a song title and then ask you to place it in a genre...if you want people of like minds to hear your songs...get it in the right genre where it can thrive! it will ask you for some more info...like song description, story behind the song, whether you allow someone to download the song to their own pc and stuff like that!
9. then click proceed, then a page about allowing others to "use" your song comes up...do what you want here then click proceed.
10. then the upload page pops up...click browse and open the folder you saved the Mp3 in during the conversion, click the song and open it then click upload mp3...and voila...you're on the net...it may take some time for your first song to actually clear and be able to be heard...i can't remember, it's been awhile since i did it!
11. then you can go back to band administration...click on your band name...then click on the link called "music" next to "your url" and your music page should pop up...highlight the address at the top of your screen...right click...copy...then paste in your tips and clips thread...and voila...all your SD buds can hear your stuff!!!! like this....
First of all you need a PC. Theoretically, any PC should work but the ones with a faster CPU, bigger RAM and faster disk will work better!
2. Soundcard
Practically, any reasonable soundcard (Soundblaster and above) should do. I have recorded for over a year with a crappy AC97 laptop soundcard with reasonable results. Of course, if you have the $$, you can spend over 1000$ for a good soundcard with a lot of "bits" which will record a lot of things you cannot hear anyway.
3. Modelling Amp
There are several ways to record your guitar: through a microphone, through a D.I. box or through a modelling amp. There are some pretty good modelling amps out there (POD, Vamp, J-Station, DGStomp....) and they produce some decent results for recording. As opposed to a microphone, Modelling amps generate a relatively high voltage signal and should be connected to the "Line-in" input of your soundcard. Make sure that you know how to enable the various inputs of your soundcard (consult the manual).
4. Microphone
Now this is the way the real tone guru's record those subtle nuances full of harmonic complexity which most of the normal people don't hear! There is an industry standard microphone called Shure SM57. It is a directional mike and has a slightly pronounced midrange which helps to cut through the mix. Most guitars over the years have been recorded with a SM57. It should cost around 100$ or 100 Euros in the old continent. Microphone are not powered i.e. they do not produce an amplified (strong) output signal so they require a microphone pre-amp. These can vary in price and quality. Some soundcards (like my Tascam) have an integrated microphone pre-amp. Another way of amplifying the mike signal is to use an ordinary mixer (which can sometimes be cheaper than a pre-amp). Just plug the mike into one of the channels and then connect the mixer output to the Line-In of your soundcard.
5. Recording Software
This is the PC-bases recording studio. These software packages are Adobe Audition, Cakewal SONAR or Home Studio, Acid, Ntrack,and similar....Typically, the Sw will have "tracks" where you can record and playback one or more instruments. The idea is that you record all the instruments separately and "mix" them down into a "band" recording. More often, you will just record your guitar over a "backing track" (drums, bass and keyb only). All you have to do is load the backing into say "track 1" and then you play it back whilst recording your guitar in say "track 2". You can then mix the 2 tracks together and that it! Or is it? Check out the next topic
6. Mixing/Recording
Typically, it take 5 minutes to record a tune and 55 to mix it down! Seriously, the way you "post-produce" your recording can really influence the final quality. Some advise: always record the guitar with no effects and try to add these through the mix. Why? Because it's impossible to reduce (for example) a reverb or delay effect once it has been recorded. Be aware that often what you hear whilst you are recording and what you record can sound different and hence you will have to adjust your recording. Adding some mids always helps the guitar cut through the mix. After having mixed down the tracks, adding some compression and reverb always makes the recording sound a bit more professional. Most SW recording programs have the basic effects: reverb, delay, EQ, compression.
7. MP3 Compression
When you mix down a recording, typically you will generate a .wav type file which is just too big to be posted on the web (>10MB/minute) hence some compression is required. Most recording sw's offer the possibility to compress to a .mp3 file. You can set the "bitrate" of the final recording and 128kbit is a typical "web" standard (file size of about 1MB/minute)
8. Web hosting
Ok, now you have the file with your recording, but where do you post it? Well, some people have their own web sites and understand html and ftp and that stuff so they don't have any problems there. Other can use free music hosting site like Soundclick (www.soundclick.com) or http://www.ic-musicmedia.com/ . Just register and upload your file and then post the link of your page over here.
Cool. I can do some hosting. I am putting together a few pages that are dedicated to Duncan related subjects.. mainly clips and pics: site under construction
http://www.purevolume.com is better than soundclick i think, cause you dont have to be a member to download the songs
Thanks guys. This totally helps...
Wierd.. soundclick has taken like a week to process and it still hasnt given me my access code and ive tried plenty of times.
I have most of my playing on home made CD recordings. Can I use SoundClick to transfer my CD recordings to the Internet? Thanks for any info.
Just use CDEX to turn the CD tracks into MP3s, then upload them to Soundclick.
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Hello all,
I am following the Prado blog tutorial and everything works well, except the ListPost page. This page loads succesfully, but doesn't show the posts on the page.
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I'm going to post this as I feel it is a good alternative to soundclick...less ads and less annoying things happening in general AND you can log in with your facebook account if you please...there also seems to be a general trend around here towards using:
it also lets you upload pretty much any format you want and is much more versatile. The only limitation is the total sum of the sizes of your files. i.e. if you want to post a .wav, you can but it will take up quite a bit more of your space. I might be wrong...it might be in minutes of song....check for yourself. Either way...a good alternative.
EDIT: I also feel, personally, that it looks much more professional than soundclick, if thats what you are going for. Sometimes I would be weary of directing people that I hope to get a gig with to soundclick. With Soundcloud, i don't worry about that as much
Great helpful resource sharing. Many thanks.
ohh It is just a remarkable resource of sharing different stuffs. people can get a lot from here. Thanks everyone!
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Tips for young adults in search of community
It can be hard to find your place in the church when you are in your 20s and 30s. You're no longer a teenager in a youth group or a college student at a campus ministry center. How do you find your peers and a community that will help you continue to develop your faith? It takes work, but here are some suggestions:
1. Put out your feelers. Information may not come from one obvious place, so scope out your local church, call the diocese, surf the web, post a Facebook status, and ask a few people in the know.
2. Take initiative. If you can't find a faith community, create one! You may be surprised how little it takes to get the ball rolling. Start by recording names and e-mail addresses of interested young adults. Watch the momentum build.
3. Think outside the box. If the parish down the road doesn't have a young-adult group, look to a neighboring parish, the diocese, a local Catholic organization, or even a religious community.
4. Start small. Your local parish is likely to have limited resources, so begin with a humble request, like $50 for a pizza night for new graduates or newlyweds.
5. Harness the web. E-mail, blogs, Facebook, Twitter. Put it out there.
6. Roll up your sleeves. Don't just accept the status quo: Speak up and suggest a much-needed improvement. Then make it happen--and invite others to share their special talents, too.
This article appeared in the September issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 9, page 26) along with In good company. Also read: Tips for faith community in search of young adults.
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Time needed: 20 minutes
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