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Elon Musk has struck a deal to buy Twitter for about $44 billion (£34.5 billion), vowing a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform.
The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world’s wealthiest person, has said he wanted to buy and privatise Twitter because he thinks it is not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech.
Musk said in a joint statement with Twitter that he wants to make the service “better than ever” with new features, such as getting rid of automated “spam bots” and making its algorithms open to the public to increase trust.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” he said.
But Musk’s commitment to free speech has been called into question, as critics recalled when he cancelled a blogger’s Tesla order over a “super rude” article.
In 2016, Californian venture capitalist Stewart Alsop wrote an open letter to Musk about a badly-run launch event for a new Tesla model.
Headlined “Dear @ElonMusk: you should be ashamed of yourself”, the letter listed Alsop’s gripes about the event: it started late, focussed too much on safety and was so busy that people like Alsop – who had paid a $5,000 deposit on the car – didn’t get the chance to test drive it.
Alsop concluded that “it would still be nice if you showed some class and apologised to the people who believe in this product”. But instead, Musk cancelled his pre-order.
In a follow-up post – “Banned by Tesla!” – Alsop relayed a phone call with Musk: “I also hear that you are not comfortable having me own a Tesla car and have cancelled my order for a Tesla Model X.”
He added: “I must also admit that I am a little taken aback to be banned by Tesla. When I wrote a blog post about my BMW X1 called ‘My Car Makes Me Feel Stoopid’, the CEO of BMW didn’t take the car back.”
Musk, in response, tweeted: “Must be a slow news day if denying service to a super rude customer gets this much attention.”
‘Free speech absolutist’
Musk has described himself as a “free-speech absolutist” but is also known for blocking or disparaging other Twitter users who question or disagree with him.
In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for Twitter, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former president Donald Trump’s account — to ridding the platform of fake and automated accounts, and shifting away from its advertising-based revenue model.
Asked during a recent TED talk if there are any limits to his notion of “free speech”, Musk said Twitter or any forum is “obviously bound by the laws of the country that it operates in. So obviously there are some limitations on free speech in the US, and, of course, Twitter would have to abide by those rules”.
Beyond that, though, he said he would be “very reluctant” to delete things and in general be cautious about permanent bans.
It will not be perfect, Musk added, “but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible”.


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There are so many interesting topics that could be turned into a persuasive essay if you take the time to think about it. Until then, you can use these wonderful ideas to help you write the ultimate persuasive essay for your next college project.
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When Edward Snowden met journalists in his cramped room in Hong Kong’s Mira hotel in June, his mission was ambitious. Amid the clutter of laundry, meal trays and his four laptops, he wanted to start a debate about mass surveillance.
To mark the launch of a new digital platform, ‘WHY’, for Herman Miller furniture, Part of a Bigger Plan has created a short animated film telling the story of the illustrious company’s 108 years in 108 seconds. It’s an animated timeline of the company’s history and the designers it has worked with.
The network of routes known as the Silk Road connected Asia and Europe for centuries before fading in importance in the 1400s. Now, Hewlett-Packard has revived the route as a faster, overland alternative to shipping electronics from China to European markets by sea. A look at one section of the modern-day route, now more commonly traveled by train instead of by camel.


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HSBC recently organised a competition called HSBC Global Connections focused on recognising the UK’s most ambitious businesses. During the past 3 years HSBC have enabled almost 140 businesses to engage in international exchange in some places of the fastest growing economy in the world. In this way HSBC gives opportunities to new ideas. Moreover, these companies have been awarded over £3 billion in funding.
This year, companies with a turnover of up to £100 million, both internationally and domestically-focused, were eligible to enter the competition. HSBC received almost 1600 applications from all industries.
Transputec Ltd was not only an applicant but also became the Area Finalist in this competition. The gala evening took place in London events venue One Mayfair, on the 11 June. Rickie Sehgal, Chairman of Transputec attended this important evening and received the prize which certifies that Transputec reached the final shortlist in the region, impressing the judging panel with the high standard of their submission, and clearly demonstrating their business ambition and forward thinking.
“This is an important success for Transputec. It not only shows that we have been doing outstanding work, but also motivates all of us at Transputec to excel further. Knowledge is the body of our business and passion is our driving engine. Thanks to our attitude and people at Transputec we are doing well at achieving our goals. We really appreciate the area finalist certificate and recognition and I am confident that we will go beyond to achieve the next stage at the HSBC Global Connections competition next year, 2015″ said Rickie Sehgal
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Nordex Adjusts Production Capacity in China
Work force will be reduced by 130 positions to at the “Dongying” rotor blade production facility
Hamburg, - Effective as of the end of 2012, the Nordex Group will reduce the work force by around 130 positions at its rotor blade production facility in Dongying. In doing so, it is responding to the declining capacity utilisation at its Chinese rotor blade production facility and the losses sustained in China. “By reducing structural costs, we want to take steps to ensure sustainable profitability in our Chinese activities by the end this year,” explains Jürgen Zeschky, Nordex’s CEO.
Until demand in China recovers Nordex will use external suppliers, who have previously worked for the company, to cover all of its rotor blade requirements for current and future contracts.
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Do HVAC air scrubbers help with allergies and asthma?
Indoor air quality is a basic worry for those experiencing allergies and asthma. Allergens and airborne particles can compound these circumstances, driving people to look for arrangements that further develop the air they relax. Central air (Warming, Ventilation, and Air Molding) air scrubbers have acquired ubiquity as an expected solution for these issues. The uv light air scrubber is an effective tool for improving indoor air quality by using ultraviolet light to eliminate harmful microorganisms and pollutants. However, do they genuinely assist with mitigating allergies and asthma?
Central air scrubbers are gadgets intended to eliminate pollutants, allergens, and impurities from the air, improving indoor air quality. They work by utilizing different innovations, including UV-C germicidal lights, photocatalytic oxidation, and electrostatic precipitation, among others, to target and kill airborne particles. While their basic role is to keep up with perfect and sound air, their adequacy in relieving allergies and asthma relies upon a few variables.
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Cybersecurity is no longer a phantom menace but a mainstream business issue. As the pandemic accelerates digital transformation everywhere, James Hennah, Director: Security for BT Asia, Middle East and Africa, says it’s the CISO who will be expected to step forward to provide essential leadership.
BT Security recently conducted its largest ever survey of business leaders, employees and consumers around the world to get their perspectives on cybersecurity. The researched showed that cybersecurity – and user perceptions thereof – will determine the success of digital businesses everywhere.
While there’s a general belief that organisations are operating securely, cybersecurity breaches are still an everyday occurrence. 76% of business leaders rate their organisation as excellent or good for protecting from cybersecurity threats, yet 84% say their organisation has suffered from data theft or loss, or had a network security incident, in the last 2-years. Why? Because too little attention is paid to basic cybersecurity measures.
- 45% of people have had a security incident at work (such as losing a laptop) and not reported it.
- 50% think intellectual property and data are lost when colleagues leave.
- 15% of executives and employees have given their work log-in and password to others.
- Nearly 20% of business leaders have lost a smartphone they use for work (and more than a few of them didn’t tell anyone).
Consumer behaviour doesn’t help, either. People knowingly take risks online even though they understand the dangers. Although they worry about losing data or being hacked, one third still neglect basic hygiene such as updating software, clearing cookies and routinely resetting passwords. And how your customers behave day-to-day has huge implications for the viability of your digital products and services. The upside is that there is a real opportunity to make security a differentiator. Consumers value companies they perceive as more secure, and 64% say they would recommend a large organisation that they think makes a big effort to keep their data secure. But only 16% of consumers strongly agree they trust large organisations to protect their personal data.
Happily, there’s little resistance to greater security measures. Attitudes are maturing; people understand the scale of the problem. They recognise that more technology can help keep them safe, with two thirds of consumers now saying security is more important than convenience. There’s clearly a business case for investing in security measures and behaviours that enhance the employee and customer experience.
Human nature stays at the heart of cybersecurity issues
Human nature is part of the problem – and part of the solution. The fact remains that if you’re only focused on technology, then you’re missing the critical bit that is human behaviour. The easiest way to infiltrate any organisation is through someone who works there. And unfortunately:
- Employees don’t admit to mistakes. Nearly half of employees say they personally have had a security incident and not declared it.
- Only one in three are 100% aware of the policies and procedures they should take to protect the security of their organisation’s data and less than half say they have definitely received training on data security.
- There’s a lack of confidence in training for new employees, and that steps are taken to protect data when people leave the company.
We need to super-charge the human firewall. This requires (a) providing education and coaching in how to behave safely online, (b) helping employees appreciate the impact a breach would have on the organisation and brand and (c) creating a culture in which it’s OK to speak up and admit mistakes.
CISOs have historically kept a low profile. Less than half of employees can name their company’s CISO. Yet without the CISO’s expertise and leadership, enterprises will struggle to achieve their digital transformation ambitions. Boardrooms now recognise that cybersecurity is their top priority – and second only to the pandemic. They require CISOs to take a lead, to drive cybersecurity performance as a competitive advantage and help the enterprise take advantage of every digital opportunity.
As cybersecurity is the cornerstone of all business, CISOs must be influential in strategic decision making. And they must be given the time and mental space to do that. Consider appointing an experienced security partner who can take over day-to-day security operations, including those essential basics. Relieving CISOs of immediate responsibility for commonplace tasks and incidents will give them the time and energy they need to raise their profile and focus on strategic business outcomes. Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. It’s easy to say. Much harder to do. And it’s time for CISOs to take centre stage.

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Patrick Collins grew up in Alabama and has never set foot inside Bank of America Stadium, but he can recite the history and statistics of the Carolina Panthers as well as anyone.
He has been a devout fan since the team's first day.
He was 11 then. Collins is 23 now and in the Army, having joined after he graduated from high school in Hartselle, Ala. Before shipping out for Afghanistan in 2004, he gave his mother, Heather, a cat he named "Sir Purr."
When deployed, he tracked the Panthers online.
Yet the closest he had gotten to a live Panther was in the bleachers at a Pro Bowl in Hawaii, where he's stationed.
Now, two months before deploying for a second overseas stint in Iraq, Collins is training at Fort Jackson in Columbia — a mere 90 miles from his team's training camp at Wofford College.
And Saturday, he drove up to Spartanburg, S.C., and was in Panthers heaven.
"This is awesome. I never thought I'd be so close to my team," Collins said, standing in a persistent drizzle as the team went through drills. "I was always content seeing them on TV, or tracking them online. I thought I'd have to get out of the Army — or get stationed in North Carolina — and make a special trip before I saw them."
He and an Army buddy took a couple of wrong turns Saturday and arrived late, missing a few drills. But once there, they began reeling off names as Collins got his first close-up view of the newest version of the Panthers.
One Panther, Taye Biddle, is from Collins' home county (Morgan County), and he carried a sign with Biddle's name hoping to catch the receiver's attention.
He stood along a fence with throngs of other fans to get Panthers autographs.
"With the rain, I can't believe there are so many fans here," he said. "A lot of other teams wouldn't have so many faithful fans."
His allegiance came out of nowhere.
As a boy, his mother cheered for the Buffalo Bills. He did, too, but wanted his own team.
Young Patrick liked the panther, the animal. Then the Panthers acquired Frank Reich, the team's first starting quarterback and a longtime backup for the Bills.
During the Panthers' first season, the Collins family took a vacation to Walt Disney World.
"Of all the things we could have bought him there, he wanted a Panthers cap," said father Don Collins. "He's been crazy about them ever since."
In fifth grade, he wore a Kerry Collins jersey, and watched the team on television.
In Hawaii, he has watched games with other Panthers fans and went to a Pro Bowl in hopes of getting autographs from Panthers. But by the time he made it out of the stands, the Panthers players were gone. He did get his photo snapped with the real Sir Purr, the team's mascot.
Collins served as a paralegal in a Judge Advocate General unit in Afghanistan. When he was ordered to Fort Jackson to train as a human resources specialist, he looked at the Panthers Web site for the training camp schedule and realized he could see them up close.
On his first furlough, he and a friend drove to Myrtle Beach, S.C., but took an odd route through Charlotte so he could see the stadium. His friend snapped a photo of him with one of the panther sculptures.
He ships out in the fall for 15 months in Iraq.
"It's a dream come true being around these guys," he said. "It will ease my time in Iraq. We won't deploy until midway during the season — but I'll be tracking them from over there."
And Sunday, he and his pal plan to be back at Wofford and close to his team.
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Comparison of the Voxel and Telefónica CDNs
In the tables below you can easily compare Voxel and Telefónica for POP locations, pricing and features & support. We hope this helps you better understand the similarities and differences between these Content Delivery Networks.
|POPs in North-America||16New York (8x), New Jersey (2x), Ashburn, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Jose and Palo Alto||4|
|POPs in Europe||3London, Amsterdam (2x)||15Telefónica has 5 POPs in Spain, 1 in France, 3 in the UK, 5 in Germany and 1 in Czech Republic.|
|POPs in Asia (not China)||2Hong Kong and Singapore||0|
|POPs in China||0||0|
|POPs in Australia||0||0|
|POPs in South-America||0||153 in Brazil, 4 in Argentina, 5 in Chile and 3 in Peru.|
|POPs in Middle-East||0||0|
|POPs in Africa||0||0|
A POP is a Point Of Presence, an access point to the Internet. It is a physical, strategically placed location that houses multiple CDN servers.
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|Price US/EU traffic - high volume||$0.05 per GB, at 500 TB per month||Not Available|
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|Storage||$0.20 per GB per monthIt's actually $0.00027/GB per hour or $0.20/GB per month.|
Note: custom price plans are very common in the CDN market, especially for large volume customers. We recommend you always talk to the CDN provider about your needs and requirements and work with them to get a best-fit deal.
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Husson women’s lacrosse preparing for NAC Tournament run
No. 2 Eagles to face No. 3 Maine Maritime on Saturday at SUNY Canton
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - It’s North Atlantic Conference Championship season, and the Husson women’s lacrosse team is ready to win it all this weekend at SUNY Canton.
The Eagles finished the conference schedule at 5-1, just one game back of the hosting Kangaroos.
“I am really proud of this team. We’re looking pretty strong. We’re connecting as a team, which I think is really important for our success,” said Devyn Veits, captain.
“We’re super excited to be given the opportunity to play this weekend. We’ve been practicing, playing super hard in our in-conference games to get to this point, so we’re excited for that opportunity,” said Sophia Gomez, captain.
“We’ve been playing really well as a unit. We’ve just been working hard all season. Even in between games, we’re always fixing everything that we need to work on. I think that’s going to help us out a lot this weekend,” said Montanna Carrier, captain.
The process of earning the No. 2 seed has taken time.
“Honestly, it’s just coming in every day making sure we’re putting in the work day in, day out. We have a very young team, so we’ve been trying to make those team-building connections on and off the field,” said Veits.
They’ll face No. 3 Maine Maritime on Saturday.
“We’re excited to play them, and I think there’s going to be a lot of energy. It’s going to be hard for us and them. It’s going to be a tough battle, but it’ll be good,” said Carrier.
The Eagles are ready for the final challenge of the season.
“We are definitely executing really well. It’ll mean a lot to come back with a ring,” said Gomez.
They’re hoping to be the first Husson women’s lacrosse team to win the NAC Championship.
Carrier added that although the Eagles are the No. 2 seed, they still have a chip-on-their-shoulder, underdog approach when looking across the field at their NAC rivals.
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To kick things off, we have some rather exciting news! The George has been named the top Boutique Stay in Sussex in the 2018 Muddy Stilettos Awards! We were up against some pretty stiff competition so we are feeling more than a little chuffed with ourselves. Muddy Stilettos is the go-to source for news of all things fabulous and people have been voting in their thousands for their favourite venues all over Sussex. Thank you, you wonderful lot, for bringing us out on top!
In other news, a brand-new boutique music festival is coming to East Sussex this weekend, June 15th-17th. The TN32 Festival has been launched by local singer/songwriter Sam Calver as a way of bringing together the astonishing array of musical talent in the area. From soul to reggae, there will be something to cater for all musical tastes. What’s more, there will be street-food stalls and craft beer to satiate the crowds, plus hot tubs, sauna, yoga and massage for those in need of some pampering after all the partying! There will also be plenty to keep the little ones entertained, with a kids’ rave, fun-fair rides, face painting, craft activities and a forest school. Book tickets here.
Our local Nature Reserve at Rye Harbour is one of the largest and most important wildlife sites in England. The Rye Harbour Discovery Centre Appeal is raising money for a much-needed, brand new visitor centre at the site and it’s getting a big boost from the Hastings Philharmonic this Saturday June 16th, at 7.30pm, from their special opera gala at Rye’s newest venue. The Old Bourne Auction House in Rock Channel Quay has been transformed for this special event, featuring the Hastings Philharmonic orchestra and chamber choir, plus conductor and baritone Marcio da Silva, soprano Alice Privett, tenor Leonel Pinheiro and bass Vedat Dalgiran. There will be stirring music from a selection of composing heavyweights, including Puccini and Verdi. Book tickets here.
Until next month!
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Festive 6ft long Green Holly and Red Berries artificial garland Christmas decoration for use indoors or outdoors, with hanging hooks to decorate your mantlepiece, sideboard or windowsill this Christmas. 1.8m.
Realistic green plastic holly leaves with sprays of red berries set on a green stem ensure this Xmas garland will be attractive colourful addition to any christmas display.
This holly xmas garland can be used vertically or horizontally.
This Christmas holly garland is available with plain green leaves or in a variegated version with green and cream leaves.
Measurements: Total length 180cm including stem with a hanging hook on each end, approximately 12cm wide. Please note measurements are approximate and are taken at the widest/tallest point.
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ACTIVE TIME: 30 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 1 1/2 hours
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Stir together sugar, flour, granola, spices, and salt in a bowl, then work in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture forms small clumps.
Spread peaches in a lightly buttered 13- by 9-inch (2 1/2- to 3-quart) baking dish. Toss peaches with juice and top with crumb mixture.
Bake in middle of oven until topping is golden and peaches are tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool slightly and serve warm.
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Wolf Larsen's life is a complicated mix of mysterious and nearly debilitating health issues and desire to dig deep in art for meaning and hope. Wolf Larsen is the stage name (and pen name) of the singer and writer Sarah Ramey. In 2008, Ramey served as the personal blogger for Obama's presidential campaign and is currently writing a book — The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness — due out in 2013 under her own name. Her new record as Wolf Larsen, Quiet at the Kitchen Door, is a bedroom recording, a project that began as a way to deal with her illness and solitude. It began when Wolf Larsen pulled an old guitar from a closet, performing at an open mic in San Francisco. The album is a frail, beautiful affair that I'm only just beginning to live with. I'm pretty sure we're going to be good friends.
This video for the song "If I Be Wrong" is a perfect way into her world. I don't want to tell you too much about it, but after you watch, you can read comments from Larsen and the video's director, Pete Lee. In a world of somewhat disposable music, this one is sticking with me for a long while.
In an email, director Pete Lee told us:
When my friend and anti-muse Wolf Larsen asked me to make a music video for her, it was nerve-wracking.
I specialize in Hong Kong style fight choreography and naturally-lit food cinematography — and she was requesting a seven-and-a-half minute video for a song about a complicated breakup. I'd only been in one relationship in my whole life, and that one lasted maybe four weeks, with a very happy and amiable end, but I'd read a few novels and had a functional grasp of what she was talking about.
I dusted off a concept that had its origin as a visual gimmick for a hip-hop video, kept the parts that still interested me years later, pitched it to my trusty producer Eric (who threw in his support because of how Wolf's voice steadied him) and roped in the antique shop owner Jon (whose space, I have to admit, did make everything a bit easier). Next we enlisted a Bolivian documentarian named Tupac, a pair of Spanish lovebirds who were projection experts but were parting in two days, a dancer who could fall asleep on any surface, a trio of classically trained musicians who were brothers, an eight-year sober single mama who didn't know how good an actress she was and a couple more friends who didn't know what they signed up for. There were also the last minute flight to D.C. to film Wolf herself. In the end, the video contains no computer-generated effects — just bits of grace and grit from a tough shoot, about a tough relationship, sung by a tough, tough girl.
In an email, the artist Sarah Ramey told us:
When Pete and I started thinking about a music video for "If I Be Wrong", there were two rules: 1. Keep it simple. 2. No Wolf. I have a serious medical condition, and was 3,000 miles away getting medical attention in Washington DC. I thought the "keep it simple" rule would makes everyone's lives easier. Maybe a time-lapse video.
I should have known this, but Pete Lee is not interested in making anyone's life simpler. More beautiful? Yes, indeed. In short order, Pete was filming a piece that included an extraordinary modern dancer, a green screen, a trio of string players in tuxedos (all brothers) and an actress with a pink mohawk — to be filmed in three all-nighter sessions in San Francisco's most secretive and magical antique shop, Viracocha. I was amazed — and sad not to be there. But before I knew what was happening, Pete hopped on a plane, put me in the dress from the cover of the album, and set up an impromptu shoot in a friend's brick & beam kitchen.
Line-through Rules 1 & 2.
"If I Be Wrong," as a song, means an awful lot to me — but I have to say, the making-of this video means just as much. If there is a medal for Random Acts of Friendship and Creativity, let the record show that I have several exceptional candidates in mind.

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Malala Yousafzai is many things. She’s a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a rebel, but first and foremost, she’s a teenage girl.
In early October, American audiences will get to see all of Malala’s facets when the the documentary, “He Named Me Malala,” is released. Get a taste for the film by watching its trailer below. The film looks like it will be equal parts charming and inspiring.
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Maker of the iPhone and iPad Apple has announced that it has completed its iLife suite of applications for iOS devices, with the introduction of iPhoto.
Apple made public this news at the launch event for the introduction of their third generation iPad tablet, which also saw the unveiling of a new apple TV device with support for 1080p video.
iPhoto offers up multi-touch gesture support on an app that allows the users to enhance and retouch pictures, by just using finger brushes.
The software has the ability to change an image's colour, contrast and exposure - by simply touching parts of a photo that need changing.
It's also possible to sort through hundreds of photos very fast and easily, with the help of the multi-touch capabilities of iPhoto and the iOS itself.
Sharing those finally retouched images can be performed through photo journals on iCloud, or from the more traditional sources of Facebook, Flickr and Twitter - besides beaming them between iPhone and iPad, and streaming them to Apple TV from AirPlay.
iMovie also gained an upgrade, with the ability to create hollywood-esque trailers on the iPad in HD; where GarageBand now comes with a Jam Session, where up to three people can wirelessly 'jam' together.


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I have been composing all of my music on a computer keyboard. Crazy, right? This has worked well for me as I've been composing simple melodies and other stuff that isn't too complicated but as I've tried to journey into more complex melodies and have tried to add more subtle details into my music, it has become glaringly apparent to me that my computer keyboard is no longer sufficient for musical composition. I would definitely go right out and grab a full MIDI keyboard in a heartbeat, but there is one other limiting factor:
Money. MIDI keyboards are a relatively expensive luxury and sadly I do not have the funds for one right now. This means that if I want to take any sort of direction in my music, I am forced to wait until I can grab a MIDI board. Sucks, but that's the only way my musical talent will be able to grow.
I may try to compose more music until then but as a friend told me, I should always try to make my next song better than the previous one. I plan to do so, so you won't likely see anything new from me for a little while.
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Rat Race Blues: The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce is a stellar biography, written by Noal Cohen and Michael Fitzgerald. Gryce occupies an interesting place in the jazz world. He's not generally put in the highest tier as an alto sax player, but his playing is widely respected, as are his compositions and arrangements. He is also known as something of a mystery man; perfect subject for a biography. Cohen and Fitzgerald have done a thorough job, spoken to many of his peers, listened carefully to his music and put the threads together nicely. There are unknown factors in Gryce's life and some reasoned speculation is offered, but nothing that seems far-fetched. An excellent read.
Art of Jazz: Form/Performance/Notes is a large format, high-end, attractive paperback; catalogue of a three part exhibition at Harvard University museums. This is the blurb:
The installation ranges from art historical presentations on jazz figures and the "jazz" strategies of fine artists to "jazz" ephemera: posters, album and photography and concludes with 21st century contemporary artists engaging with jazz in multiple ways. The exhibition is filled with several sound installations.
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Saved the most difficult for last. Epistrophies, written by Brent Hayes Edwards is an ambitious book that demands an ambitious reader.
Some of the chapter headings of the book are: "Louis Armstrong and the Syntax of Scat," "The Race for Space: Sun Ra's Poetry," "Zoning Mary Lou Williams Zoning." The issue is not that many of these areas might not be familiar, at least in part, to readers of books about jazz. It's that a general audience might wrestle, as I did, with how Edwards, coming from the Academy, addresses them.
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The book is most accessible when the author is providing historical data, and his extensive research indeed provides much that is new.
I found the writing to fall largely between accessible and extremely challenging. There is no part of the book that does not require concentration and, often, re-reading. Take this excerpt, from the chapter on Louis Armstrong: "In vocal expression in music, scat falls where language rustles with alterity, where the foreign runs in jive and the inside jargon goes in the garb of the outsider. But as the examples above demonstrate, the performance of difference in scat is by no means innocent; it is the very point at which the music polices the edges of its territory." (p 36)
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Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) has joined forces with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) in introducing a measure to strengthen the integrity of American elections, which would ultimately require states institute certain election procedures — including a ban on ballot harvesting and video surveillance of absentee ballot drop boxes — in order to qualify for funding under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Kelly unveiled on Tuesday H.R. 8753, the Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020, which serves as the House companion piece to Hawley’s legislation in the Senate. The Pennsylvania lawmaker’s proposal would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which provides funding to states “to improve election administration and replace outdated voting systems” and creates “minimum standards for states to follow in several key areas of election administration.”
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Place pieces, paint the board, make music. Chime Sharp is an sequel to 2009's Chime, a music puzzle game with an addictive, ambient heartbeat. You tessellate shapes to cover a grid, while a beatline reads those shapes as notes. As you cover the board the music builds to a beautiful crescendo of your own design. The only way to discover Chime is to play it, but if you want a glimpse, consider what it might feel like to cross Tetris, a music sequencer and a hypnotic dream about your favourite pop song.
Originally developed and published as a mobile app, MUSYNX has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and fan feedback from all over the world. PM Studios is now stepping in to help for this Nintendo Switch version to give it an all-new look from the inside out. The game will feature over 50 musical selections at release! Those who played MUSYNX on mobile are sure to have a familiar, yet totally fresh, experience when it releases on Nintendo Switch in 2018! Key Features ▪ Switch up the Music! – Rock out to over 50 tracks on Nintendo Switch, featuring genres like pop, rock, trance, R&B, classical, and more! ▪ Test Your Rhythm! – Simple yet challenging gameplay will put your rhythm to the ultimate test! ▪ Become the Melody Maestro! – Each button press plays part of the song – tapping to the rhythm is the key to a complete musical experience! ▪ How Do You Like Your Music? – Easy, Hard, and even “Inferno” – you have full control over how you want to play! ▪ Pump Up the Artwork! – Each track has a unique artistic presentation to get you amped up along with the music!
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Hurricane Ida, the fifth-strongest to ever hit the mainland United States, has finally been downgraded to a tropical storm after spending 16 hours churning across Louisiana in what Joe Biden declared a “major disaster”.
Two people were confirmed dead in the storm’s aftermath, with the death toll expected to rise “considerably”.
Intensifying faster than experts had predicted, the weather system blasted into New Orleans exactly 16 years to the day after the devastating Hurricane Katrina, where it knocked power out across the city, tore off roofs and even reversed the flow of the Mississippi River.
Residents of the Gulf Coast evacuated their homes and businesses were shut down as much of the Louisiana coastline was plunged underwater. The hurricane claimed at least one life, after a tree fell onto a residential property in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana’s governor John Bel Edwards lamented that, “if you had to draw up the worst possible path for a hurricane in Louisiana, it would be something very, very close to what we’re seeing”, warning residents of his state to brace for potentially weeks of recovery.
It was declared a tropical storm on Monday by the National Hurricane Centre, which warned that dangerous storm surges, damaging winds, and flash flooding would continue over portions of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
Power cuts expected as storm sweeps through
Utilities companies are bringing in extra crews and equipment to deal with expected power losses from the storm.
Joe Biden said he has coordinated with electric utilities and 500 federal emergency response workers were in Texas and Louisiana to respond to Ida.
US energy companies have reduced offshore oil production by 91 per cent and gasoline refiners cut operations at Louisiana plants in the path of the storm. Regional fuel prices have risen in anticipation of production losses and on increased demand due to evacuations.
Coastal and inland oil refineries have also cut production due to the storm. Phillips 66 shut its Alliance plant on the coast in Belle Chasse, while Exxon Mobil Corp cut production at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery on Saturday.
Ida draws comparisons with Katrina
Comparisons to the 29 August 2005 landfall of Hurricane Katrina have been weighing heavily on residents bracing for Ida.
A Category 3 storm, Katrina was blamed for 1,800 deaths as it demolished oceanfront homes in Mississippi and caused levee breaches and catastrophic flooding in New Orleans.
In Saucier, Mississippi, Alex and Angela Bennett spent Saturday afternoon filling sand bags to place around their flood-prone home.
Both survived Katrina, and did not expect Ida to cause nearly as much destruction where they live, based on forecasts.
“Katrina was terrible. This ain’t gonna be nothing,” Alex Bennett said.
“I hate it for Louisiana, but I’m happy for us.”


1. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Pressure is a cruel mistress. Its impending presence is both the wild animal that chases us when we’re running our fastest and a trigger that, like nothing else, can tempt us to stop moving altogether. Some, like Adam Granduciel, can’t help but see this paradox everywhere, so it makes sense that it’s the figure in the crosshairs of the best album he’ll likely ever make.
In the first 10 minutes of The War on Drugs’ last album, Slave Ambient, Granduciel recited faded dreams (“In a dream you hold a knife/ In another dream you die/ It’s just a dream that we had once that went down in the night”) and encouraged himself to pull it together by loosening up (“Pick yourself up right down the line/ Lose yourself in your mind”). Revealing himself as a natural highway-dwelling rock singer while still fumbling here and there to pinpoint ideas, Granduciel was clearly right on the brink of finding his best voice, poised to drop a bomb on his next outing. That’s pressure. But by steadfastly staying true to himself, he skies over the bar with Slave Ambient’s follow-up three years down the line — an album which basically devotes its first 10 minutes to an ode to pressure. Granduciel is most himself when loose and dreaming, and though pressure lurks for him around every corner, he refuses to let it break his spirit. Laid-back? No: Defiantly laid-back. The album is, importantly, Lost in the Dream and not Freaking the Fuck Out.
That’s what enables Granduciel to devote 60 minutes of his best material to his battles in finding one lousy moment without anxiety, to slow down time for once, to beat back the relentless threat of mental illness and sound as easy as the wind all the while. He knows the dread will still poke its way through now and then; on the album’s one non-song, “The Haunting Idle”, he conducts an orchestra of a million effects to transcribe the murkier colors on the edges of the cover art — a photo of his apartment, where he spent an unhealthy amount of time holed up while writing Lost in the Dream — away from the window’s light represented in the defibrillating next track, “Burning”. There, Granduciel imagines himself on fire and struggling to keep a ship from capsizing, a concerning metaphor immediately preceded by his single most emphatic, joyous “whoo!” on an album with a lot of them.
In tune with Granduciel’s way of evoking synchronicity, there’s a cosmic truth to Lost in the Dream triumphing this year. For one, Granduciel is personally seizing the crown off the head of his musical soulmate, Kurt Vile, who made last year’s finest classic rock-rooted album and also opened it with a brilliant, 10-minute statement of purpose. (The two are former songwriting partners and owe their careers to each other.) And, for Secretly Canadian, the Indiana-based label behind every War on Drugs release, it’s a poignant landmark following the year it lost its godfather, Jason Molina, who a decade ago was doing more than anyone to keep Americana exciting. That’s a feather Granduciel can now wear in his cap (or on his guitar neck) because he has yet to crack under the pressure: a constant source of torment for which he couldn’t sound more grateful. –Steven Arroyo


LEBANON, Tenn. – Cumberland University finished fourth among eight schools in the Mid-South Conference President’s Cup standings, conference officials announced recently, the highest finish for the Phoenix since a second-place showing in 2012-13.
LEBANON, Tenn. – Cumberland senior Abbey Burgdorf was voted CoSIDA Academic All-District® 2 College Division, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) last week. Burgdorf is now entered into the pool of candidates for Academic All-America honors.
LEBANON, Tenn. – Cumberland University released a list of students who qualified for the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester, with 146 student-athletes and athletic trainers achieving a 3.50 grade-point-average and above on all classes attempted for the semester.
LEBANON, Tenn. – Cumberland seniors Savanna Strode and Morgan Stuckey earned 2018 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, as announced last week during the 24th Annual NAIA Women’s Golf Championships in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
LEBANON, Tenn. – Sophomore Raquel Romero Valverde posted a five-over par 77 while seniors Abbey Burgdorf and Savanna Strode each shot 83 for Cumberland on Tuesday in the second round of the 24th Annual NAIA Women’s Golf Championships in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
LEBANON, Tenn. – Sophomore Ana Laura Pages Preuss shot eight-over par 80 and senior Abbey Burgdorf carded an 81 for Cumberland late Tuesday in the first round of the 24th Annual NAIA Women’s Golf Championships at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Cumberland finishes fourth in MSC President's Cup standings
Burgdorf posts CoSIDA Academic All-District honor
146 student-athletes, athletic trainers named to Spring 2018 Dean's List


Jamie Woon And Katy B Are Added To Itunes Festival Line-Up
Two of this year’s breakthrough acts, Katy B and Jamie Woon, are the latest names to be added to this year’s iTunes Festival bill. The duo join the likes of Adele, Jessie J, Bruno Mars and more in performing at the Roundhouse in Camden, where the event will be held on July 19…
Speaking of his upcoming appearance, Jamie Woon said: "I'm really looking forward to playing the iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse this July. I played the very first iTunes Festival five years ago, which was too recorded and serves as a good document of the solo set I was playing back then. The Roundhouse is a unique space, which I've never played, so I'm looking forward to making some noise in there with my new band."
Katy B added: "I'm really excited to be playing the iTunes Festival with Jamie Woon, because I'm a massive fan of his and the Roundhouse is one of my favourite venues in London."
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Photographed in the Early Years Gallery at the USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, on 7 September 2006.
Introduced into combat during the last great German offensive of WW1, the CL IV supported German troops by attacking Allied ground positions. Equipped with both fixed and flexible machine guns, hand-dropped grenades and small bombs, the CL IV proved very effective in this role, but it lacked the armour necessary for protection against ground fire.
The CL IV became a hunted target of Allied fighter squadrons, but it gave a very good account of itself in dogfights. A versatile machine, the CL IV also performed as an interceptor against Allied night bombing raids and served as a night bomber against troop concentrations and airfields near the front lines.
The museum acquired the Halberstadt CL IV shown here in 1984. Badly deteriorated at the time, its restoration was a joint international cooperative venture by the Museum fur Verkehr und Technik in Berlin, Germany, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of the United States Air Force. It is marked as the CL IV of the squadron leader of the Schlachtstaffel 21, which is known to have engaged elements of the U.S. Army's 94th and 95th Aero Squadrons in mid-July 1918 during the Chateau Thierry battle.
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Mumbai: Whether to demolish the Juhu-based lavish bungalow of former chief minister Narayan Rane or not, would now be decided by the civic authorities.
This comes after the Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by an activist seeking action against Rane for illegally constructing a bungalow near the coast.
A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre dismissed the petition filed by Pune-based activist Pradeep Bhalekar.
During the course of hearing, the bench said that the orders passed in another set of petitions highlighting the rampant illegal structures at Alibaug, would apply to Rane’s bungalow too.
Notably, a bunch of petitions were disposed of by the bench led by CJ Nandrajog ordering the local authorities of Alibaug to demolish all the illegal structures including that of fugitive businessman Nirav Modi.
In these orders, CJ Nandrajog has ordered all the civic authorities to take action against illegal structures constructed near the coast. While hearing the petition filed by Bhalekar against Rane’s bungalow, CJ said there was no need to file a separate petition.
“That order (passed in Alibaug constructions matter) would apply on this matter too, if the structure is illegal. You should go an approach the appropriate authorities and seek a relief,” the bench said.
In his petition filed through advocate Nitin Satpute, the activist Bhalekar had sought action against Rane, his wife Nilam and sons Nitesh and Nilesh under the provisions of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
According to Bhalekar, the politician Rane and his family members have unaccounted and undisclosed properties.
In his plea, Bhalekar by highlighting the history of Rane family (before and after entering mainstream politics) claimed that the family has illegally usurped a few government lands in Mumbai and Malwan and have thus committed corruption.
Bhalekar further claimed that all this has been possible only because Rane misused his office and power. He has accordingly urged the court to direct a detailed enquiry against the Rane family.

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- Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva. Volume 1: Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage
John Witte and Robert Kingdon have compiled a very interesting and useful collection of primary sources pertaining to marriage in Calvin's Geneva. They have culled fascinating information on marriage and the control of matrimony from an impressive variety of documents, including excerpts from sermons, biblical commentaries, statutes, legal memoranda, and correspondence. Almost all the correspondence and normative literature reproduced in this volume was authored by Calvin, though the editors have also included a number of important pieces written by Theodore Beza, Calvin's successor as the leading pastor in Geneva. Of particular interest are excerpts from the registers of the Consistory, a quasi-tribunal that was comprised of the city's pastors and elders and had jurisdiction over a wide range of moral issues, including marriage disputes. Having founded the Consistory in 1541, Calvin religiously attended its weekly meetings and profoundly shaped its agenda until his death in 1564. The selected Consistory records date from 1546, 1552, and 1557, sample years that corresponded respectively to the appearance of Calvin's Marriage Ordinance, growing opposition to Calvin among some native Genevans, and the summit of Calvin's power following his defeat of Ami Perrin and the so-called "Children of Geneva."
The fourteen chapters are organized around a variety of topics, including courtship, parental consent to marry, polygamy, incestuous unions, religiously mixed marriages, and proper wedding ceremonies. For each chapter, the editors provide a useful overview of the issues involved and detailed background to the documents they have chosen. Denying that marriage is a sacrament, Protestants introduced several significant changes in the control of matrimony: the reduction in the number of impediments to marry (based on consanguinity, affinity, or the spiritual ties of godparentage), the rejection of clerical celibacy, the compulsory publication of the banns, mandatory parental consent for the marriages of minors, and the possibility of divorce for adultery or desertion.
In handling disputed marriage engagements, which were much more common than divorce cases, Calvin and the Consistory were interested above all in establishing whether couples had freely and unconditionally promised to marry each other. They declared null any engagement involving coercion, be it from parents, the other party, or anyone else. Marriage promises required parental permission for males under twenty and females under eighteen, and the Consistory even nullified an engagement because of the opposition of a [End Page 326] party's Catholic mother, who lived outside Geneva's jurisdiction. Some may be surprised that Calvin and the Consistory viewed engagements that had been freely and properly made as binding, occasionally obliging couples to go through with the wedding even though both now wanted to be released from the bond. Notwithstanding biblical examples to the contrary, Calvin expressed strong opposition to marriages between people of widely disparate ages, aptly seen in his great consternation when, at 69, his friend Guillaume Farel married a woman less than half his age.
Calvin revealed the limited grounds for divorce in a letter in which he informed an unidentified Protestant woman that she must continue living with her physically abusive Catholic husband unless her life was actually in danger. Calvin's call for simplicity both in weddings, which were celebrated during the church service, and in postnuptial celebrations was reflected in a big controversy over dancing that allegedly occurred at a wedding feast in 1546, resulting in the arrest of several people, his nemesis Perrin among them.
All told, the documents from Calvin's Geneva that are reproduced here are very well chosen, eloquently translated, and deftly analyzed. This volume should be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of marriage and of the Reformation.