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We’re officially in the second half of the year, and this means that Mosstober is coming up!

The 31-day-long art project may seem daunting for many artists to take on, but we’re here to break it down and show how it can be manageable.

We believe every artist aspires to have consistency and would like to be dedicated to self-improvement, so we hope that this guide will help make the challenge more accessible for you, letting you focus on creating everyday.

Pick A Theme

Having a theme can help you know what to draw, as it narrows down a potentially overwhelming pool of possibilities while also keeping the main tone or style of your work consistent.

If you're planning to use a Mossery sketchbook, you can personalise your theme name on the cover — this way, it can be kept with your other completed projects or as part of your portfolio.

@whamonster incorporated themes into her previous challenges — Game of Thrones for 2017, and Stranger Things for the year before that.

Your theme can be anything you like: a TV show, a movie, a limited colour palette, or a specific style of drawing. Be sure to choose something that helps you generate more ideas and not get stuck too often!

Pick Your Tools

Remember, the goal is to make things easy for yourself, so it's best not to go too overboard with the kinds of tools you plan to use. We recommend keeping it simple with just two to three pens of different textures and sizes, especially if you’re looking to incorporate colour.

But if you're up for an extra challenge, this could also be a great time to familiarise yourself with a new art tool or method. It's all up to you — which kind of muscle would you like to exercise?

Mixed Media artwork by @treetrooper/Watercolour artwork by @mcmintea

If you're planning to use a Mossery sketchbook but don't know which one to pick, the 224gsm Mixed Media paper is ideal as it can take a wide variety of mediums, allowing for flexibility and experimenting.

However, if you are planning to paint with ink, we recommend the 300gsm Watercolour paper or our brand new 100% Cotton 300gsm Watercolour paper so your artwork doesn’t bleed easily onto the back of the page.

Plan Ahead

Over the course of a month-long challenge, there will be times where you may feel like skipping a day or two.

Whether it's sketching the artwork or writing down ideas for each day, planning ahead can go a long way — this means you have one less to-do to worry about when you’re in the thick of it.

Don't worry about coming up with fantastic ideas for each prompt. While we understand the urge to create a masterpiece every day, the real purpose of Inktober is to simply maintain the streak.

So even if you feel that your preplanned idea or sketch could be better, what counts is that you created something for the day and didn't get stuck in the ideation process.

Mixed Media artwork by @angelynpeh

Outline a schedule in a notebook, or list down ideas for each day based on the prompt. You can even draw rough sketches for the days you know you already have visual ideas for.

Partner Up

We all need some motivation from time to time: doing a challenge with friends can be the best kind.

Encouraging each other through demotivating days and brainstorming ideas together can go a long way to making Mosstober less daunting.

Don't worry if you can't find someone to take on the challenge with you — the Mossery Inktober hashtag shows many other artists who have committed to seeing the challenge through, and following along with them is another way to boost your morale.

@joannevwh and @xinray challenged themselves to create artworks with a limited colour palette.

Without further ado, here are our prompts for this year's Mosstober!

Feel free to save it, share it, or even use it as your desktop wallpaper as a reminder. We’ve also invited 31 artists once again to submit a piece of artwork for each day’s prompt, which we will post all throughout Mosstober itself on our Instagram.

Remember to hashtag #mosstober2020 when you start posting your works in October!

For now, we have great news: you can pick up a Mossery Sketchbook (Mixed Media, Watercolour, and 100% Cotton) for 15% off using the code MOSSTOBER15

The discount is valid from 6th August to 15th September 2020 – the perfect amount of time for you to receive your sketchbook and get it ready for the challenge.

It goes without saying, but we can't wait to see everyone's works! Here's to improving our skills and learning together.

How do you prepare for Mosstober? Share some of your tips with us in the comments below!

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Fresh off its debut last weekend at the 2011 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, the stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato is preparing for its racing debut at the Nurburgring later this week. More accurately, Aston Martin is busying preparing the concept for the track. And while it's not quite ready to show the car, it threw the eager public a bone in releasing a single rendering of what the track-ified Zagato will look like.

Long answer: A whole lot like the standard V12 Zagato but with a huge rear wing and tabletop of a front lip. It also gets blacked-out wheels.

Short answer: Damn fast.

Thankfully, we won't have to wait long to see it in the flesh; the new V-12 racer will make its debut on Saturday at the 53rd ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup VLN race. About a month later, it will return to the 'Ring to take part in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring on June 25 and 26. In fact, two V12 Zagatos will take part in the latter event.

Aston CEO Ulrich Bez said of the 24 Hours event: "Nurburgring is where we sign-off every new model in terms of dynamics, and there can be no better place for the new V12 Zagato to be finally tested."

Good news for those that like it enough to take it home--the V12 Zagato is looking like a shoe-in for some sort of production. Officially, Aston says that it's watching potential customers' reaction, but considering that the car handily won the Concorso d’Eleganza Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes last weekend and has received plenty of buzz and acclaim since its debut, we're thinking Aston's just biding its time for a production announcement of some form.

No word on how many might be built, but Aston has said a "small, limited" number.

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Swedish motorsport and engineering firm Polestar is slowly establishing itself as the official performance arm of Volvo, starting off with running the automaker’s motorsport program and more recently dabbling in the world of tuning Volvo road cars. Polestar first launched a hotted-up C30 concept in 2010 and then unleashed a 508-horsepower S60 concept last year.

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Along the way, Polestar started selling dealer-installed ECU tuning software as well as a detuned version of its S60 concept, which was limited to the Australian market and used to gauge the acceptance of a modern high-performance Volvo. That initial run of Polestar-enhanced S60 sedans must have proven popular as the company has now launched both an S60 Polestar sedan and V60 Polestar wagon, and announced sales in seven different countries including the U.S.

Development of both the S60 Polestar and V60 Polestar has taken place over the past several years and included thousands of test miles driven on twisty mountain roads, on the autobahn and test tracks from the south of Europe to the frozen north of Sweden--including the Nürburgring.

Polestar engineers have enhanced virtually every performance aspect of the S60 and V60 models. Upgrades include modifications made to increase rigidity of the chassis to cater for the 80 percent stiffer springs relative to the standard S60 with its R-Design trim. These changes, combined with custom high-performance Öhlins shock absorbers and 20-inch wheels, result in a much sportier ride.

The brakes have also been uprated with Brembo calipers and discs measuring 14.6 inches in diameter up front. Meanwhile, the aerodynamics has been enhanced with a subtle body kit and a flat undertray.

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The main focus, however, is the uprated engine, whose output now registers at 350 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque, the latter of which is available from just 2,800 rpm. The engine is based on the turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six found in the S60 and V60's T6 trim but has had its ECU recalibrated and airflow improved with a sports exhaust system.

The six-speed automatic gearbox features a new paddle shift system that together with the Polestar-developed, Haldex four-wheel drive system allows both the S60 Polestar and V60 Polestar to accelerate to 62 mph from rest in just 4.9 seconds. Top speed is limited to 155 mph.

The S60 Polestar and V60 Polestar models will arrive in showrooms next summer, as 2015 models. Pricing should be announced closer to next year’s launch.

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Starring:  Joaquin Phoenix, Robert DeNiro, and Zazie Beetz

Rating: R

Runtime:  2 hr. 1 min.

A joker is a person who does or says something to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act.  Even if, at times that act is brutal and causes harm or death to others.  This may explain the somewhat cult following or comic book fan base for Batman’s number one nemesis, the Joker.  The Joker has been portrayed by the great Caesar Romero as well as legendary Jack Nicholson who both were brilliant in the role, but their performances were more humorous than serious.  It was not until Heath Ledger’s astonishing work in The Dark Knight that we got a taste of the dark and disturbing maniacal mess of the fabled antihero.  But Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in Joker cements him as one of the best villains (if not the best) to grace the movie screen, ever – The G.O.A.T.

Phoenix portrays Arthur Fleck, a down on his luck stand-up comedian who makes ends meet by putting on a clown’s suit for the amusement of others.  He idealizes late-night talk show host Murray Franklin, Gotham’s version of Johnny Carson.  His plethora of mental issues cause him to have uncontrollable high pitch laughter when he is nervous or is an uncomfortable situation; making bad situations worse.  Depressed, living with his over-opinionated mentally ill mother, trying to make ends meet in their 1-bedroom apartment, is a constant reminder of life’s oppression.  It shapes him, conforming him to something else.  Something far more vicious and brutal.  He journeys from being a scrawny kid “getting sand kicked into his face” to becoming the Atlas of super villains, The Joker.

Director/writer Todd Phillips takes you on an unsettling journey into the mind of a sociopath.  Scenes are gloomy and uncomfortable.  The music is like piercing knives going into your back or fingernails screeching across a chalkboard.  Even the use of fluorescent light bulbs dimming and brightening as you hear the electricity running through them in the background is genius.  His mixture of brutality and comedic relief is apparent in a very graphic scene in which Fleck is confronted by two of his co-workers who are checking on his well-being since his dismissal from work.  First, viewers are horrified, grimacing at what they are witnessing.  Then in an instance, they are laughing; feeling guilty, but still laughing.  Phillips sets the mood perfectly and reminds viewers that this not your ordinary D.C. movie where we are made to feel good and cheer the hero at the formulated anticlimactic ending.  Instead, he reminds us that all endings are not happy, they are in fact, unmerciful.

Another masterful storytelling tidbit is that Phillips sets the timeline without overtly revealing it to the viewers. He wants us to sense the time or question if it is relevant.  (Eighties babies will be able to figure out the exact year).  Phillips teases the audience with the scenery of a city resembling New York, Gotham.  The automobiles, fashion and the grittiness of the climate, keep us mentally searching for clues while being mesmerized by what is taking place.  This enhances the mystery or mystique of the film making it grungy and uneasy to watch.  Scenes are dark and dirty; not too much greenery or suburbia.   He keeps the members of the audience in a state of depression and without hope, tying viewers to the life and mental state of the title character.

There was a time when Joaquin Phoenix would grace the silver screen and people would ask, “Isn’t that River’s little brother?”  River Phoenix (Stand by Me, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Mosquito Coast) was such an acting phenomenon, one would question if Joaquin would ever get out from underneath his big brother’s shadow.  Now his brother, River, is an afterthought or a “yeah I remember him” comment in comparison to the star of Walk the Line and Gladiator.  Moreover, because of this Oscar-worthy performance, now, when people think of the Joker, the question is “Heath Who?” Joaquin surpasses the late Ledger’s best-supporting actor performance in The Dark Knight.  Because the Joker is the central character of the film, there is time to explore the many facets of the homicidal maniac.  Joaquin walks the viewer through every painstaking part of Fleck’s miserable life from his clinically diagnosed mother and his unrealistic relationship with his next-door neighbor/girlfriend’s to his inability to hold the mediocre clown job that gives him the closest thing to pleasure.  He contorts his performance like that of his malnourished battered body whimsically dancing to the offbeat mockery of his existence.

When Joker’s transformation from his alter ego Arthur Fleck’s comes to fruition, it is a scene for the ages.  He finally gets on Murray Franklin’s talk show, but instead of performing his stand-up act that he has fantasized about all his adult life, he has a sit-down conversation with the talk show host debating the differences of the “have and the have nots”.  Arthur states it is big news when three affluent stock-brokers from a nice neighborhood get shot and killed; but, if there is a person like himself lying in the street suffering, the good people of Gotham step right over that person as if there is no one there.  Fleck proclaims that Gotham is a city waiting to erupt from the injustices she suffers consistently by her inconsiderate children.  The scene is paralyzing, full of intrigue and awkwardness, putting audience members on the edge of their seats, waiting to see if the elephant in the room is going to go on a tirade and trample everyone in its path.  This is truly one of the better and unforgettable movie scenes in recent history.

It is hard to keep your seat when a standing ovation is so deserving.  The acting of Joaquin Phoenix along with the directing and writing of Todd Phillips are the best cinematic combination of the year.  The R-rating allows audiences to slowly digest the monstrosities of Arthur Fleck and his rise to infamy.  It is an observation of the turmoil in his life and how the cruelties lead him to his destiny of becoming The Joker.  It is parallel to the life of Bruce Wayne’s transformation to Batman after witnessing the senseless death of his parents as a young child.  Phillips pens a tale where the birth of the Joker directly contributes to the creation of Batman somehow knowing that the injustices the Joker spoke about on the Murray Franklin show simultaneously forge a hero who must now protect the citizens of Gotham from the chaos sparked by the injustices that they helped to create.


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Ambulatory Assessment

Over the next few months we're going to be running a few long form articles on the news blog along with our regular news updates and product launches. For the first series of articles, we're going to talk a little bit about the origins of Ambulatory Assessment, it's development with technological advances, and some of the exciting future research possibilities that it allows. We hope you enjoy!

Ambulatory Assessment

A short summary of the current methodologies

Studying people in their natural habitat is no longer exclusively the domain of anthropologists in the wild. The jungle and the savannah no longer resemble the day to day experiences of modern urban dwelling homo-sapiens. However the legacy of our past is still locked within our psyche, and unravelling our psychological nature involves researchers utilizing new methods to delve deeper in to our minds and bodies.

The overarching ‘umbrella’ for all of the following research methods is Ambulatory Assessment. Whether you’re performing an Ecological Momentary Assessment or Experience Sampling study, they fall within the scope of Ambulatory Assessment.

The core idea of Ambulatory Assessment is to track parameters outside of the laboratory or clinic. Using electronic diaries and/or physiological sensors, researchers can cast aside the inaccuracy of patient reporting and gain valid real time or near real time data. Data not contaminated by the fallibility of participant recollection or miss reporting, and this allowed researchers a purer glimpse of the “… rich information about the daily lives of individuals who may be studied or treated by clinical scientists and mental health professionals.” (Trull & Ebner-Priemer, 2013)

The best and most concise definition of Ambulatory Assessment comes from the Society for Ambulatory Assessment website:

“Ambulatory Assessment comprises the use of field methods to assess the ongoing behavior, physiology, experience and environmental aspects of people in naturalistic or unconstrained settings. Ambulatory Assessment uses ecologically-valid tools to understand biopsychosocial processes as they unfold naturally in time and in context.”

Whilst Experience Sampling and Ecological Momentary Assessment and Daily Diary Studies are components of Ambulatory Assessment, this term often conjures Physiological Monitoring to mind. Research papers that cite Ambulatory Assessment in their keywords often utilize accelerometers, ECG, and other physiological parameters as the core data in their study.

So that brings us on to Ecological Momentary Assessment and Experience Sampling, two of the key components of Ambulatory Assessment, and just like Ambulatory Assessment, Ecological Momentary Assessment doesn’t really sound that catchy. Now, there’s a subtle difference between EMA and Experience Sampling. First I’ll pass it over to Reed Larson and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to recite the abstract from their 1983 article that defined the Experience Sampling Method:

“…the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), a research procedure that consists of asking individuals to provide systematic self-reports at random occasions during the waking hours of a normal week....The ESM obtains information about the private as well as the public aspects of individuals' lives, secures data about behavioral and intrapsychic aspects of daily activity, and obtains reports about people's experiences as they occur, thereby minimizing the effects of reliance on memory and reconstruction.”

Whilst gathering information from people during their daily lives is the primary role of Experience Sampling, the term has become used to describe gathering subjective data over time even within the laboratory or clinical setting. Now, let’s get back to Ecological Momentary Assessment. To perform great craftsmanship, a tradesman requires good tools, and for the researcher Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is an incredibly powerful longitudinal study tool for harnessing subjective data in day to day life. The subtle difference between EMA and ESM (experience sampling methodology) lies in the origins of the two methods. EMA emerged out of the field of behavioral medicine, and as a result often includes physiological parameters or health related questions, and is primarily performed in a person’s day to day normal environment.

In the next part of this series, we’ll delve in to the advantages and drawbacks of Ambulatory Assessment, and discuss the impact of developing technology.


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To say the community has reacted positively to the pool would be a major understatement. Last year, Doug Russell could attract a decent crowd on a good day, but nothing like this year. The line to get in forms well before the pool opens. And the pool is consistently filled to capacity (between 400 and 450 depending on the number of life guards, according to officials). In fact, anyone driving by the aquatic center on Midland Drive will see people standing in line, typically waiting for people in the park to leave so they can enter.

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An Enemy of the People
AuthorHenrik Ibsen

An Overview of the Play
An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote it in response to the public outcry against his previous play, Ghosts, which challenged the hypocrisy of 19th-century morality. According to Ellen Mortensen (Ibsen Studies v.7, 169), the words "scandalous, degenerate," and "immoral" were hurled at both Ghosts and its author because it openly discussed adultery and syphilis. Therefore, An Enemy of the People tells the story of a man who dares to speak an unpalatable truth, and is punished for it.
Henrik Ibsen is a Norwegian playwright he was born in 1828-1905. The play deals with political and environmental issues .The action of the play passes during four consecutive days in early spring of the year 1881-1882 at a costal town in southern part.
Henrik Ibsen

The town in which the play was set built a huge bathing complex which was very crucial for the development of the town. Doctor Stockman discovers that the baths drainage system is seriously contaminated. He decides to report the matter to Mr. Houstad,Billing and Aslaksen who are the people working in the newspaper(The Herlad).

Next morning his brother Peter Stockman who is the Mayor of the town hears that his young brother has discovered something in the bathing system. Mayor tells Dr. ignore his discovery as it is very expensive to repair the bathing system.

As if not enough the mayor goes to the Herlad to order the workers (Horstad, Billing and Aslaksen) that they should not print Dr’s article. After that obstacle Dr. Decided to call the meeting to talk to his people about his finding once again he finds some challenges in getting the venue. Finally, Dr. succeeds to find a place where he can address the majority .Unfortunately the solid majority see his speech offensive to them .Next morning they went to Dr’s house and renderlise it. Her daughter Retra was fired from her job, Morten and Elif was chosen away from school, Captain Hostar and Dr. himself
Philip Earl Johnson (Thomas Stockmann) and Scott Jaeck (Peter Stockmann) in “An Enemy of the People” by Henrik Ibsen, adapted and directed by Robert Falls at Goodman Theatre.

Act One
At  Dr. Thomas stockman’s sitting room, Katherine together  with Mr. Billing who is eating after been served a meal, later joined by peter, then Mr. hovstad they begin speaking about the bath and how it has played a role in bringing development in the town plus the “The herald magazine. Dr. Stockman arrives with the boys later on along with captain Horste.
Peter and Dr. stockman begin talking, peter is curious to know why Thomas is so caught up with writing articles about the bath and warns him that if he gets too far it might cost him then he leave normal conversation proceeds, they decide to have a cup of tea (today) later on Petra gets back home with a letter for Dr. Thomas he receives it anxiously because his been waiting for it for long. He exists to another room to read it, Katherine on the other hand explains how this letter must be of importance to him to the others.
Dr Stockman comes back later claiming he got good news a victual discovery about the baths being a play spot, he examines how he got all this discovered.
 Katherine argues why he didn’t say earlier but on the other hand it was found out on the right time. After all that, they had to wish Dr. Stockman good luck knowing what he might face bringing this news to public.

Act Two
The same scene as in act one, Katherine brings a letter to Dr. Stockman from peter it says that he will here to see him during midday. Morten kiil comes in asking about what he heard   about the bath, he was told by Petra on the way, and Dr. Stockman confirms that it’s true. But the morten kiil brings the idea that it might not please Peter as in the discovery Mr. Hovstad also hearing about the news as they speak about it he comes up with a thought that he believes that is the pollutions not the only cause for this issue but rather a marsh what he calls it, it involves the people in high positions (something to do with bureaucrats) he also tells doctor that how sure is he that he might get his way in this situation.

The doctor believing that this is common sense it therefore should be solved.  Another  visitor Mr Aslaksen also  asking if the new about the  discovery is true, after the doctor confirms it, he offers to give support claiming that middlemen forming a “solid majority” are behind him he even speaks having a demonstration, regarding to the fact that he is the chairman of the house holders Association hence has influence to a great number of people. They also agree that an article about this should be written.
Peter arrives later on when Hovstad and Morten have left, Petra is back peter and Thomas have a private conversation in the dining room. Peter is angry regarding the investigation on the   baths done behind his back, the suggestions made towards the issue that they might cost allot, it will also lead to decline in economy in the town. The conversation was long and involved threats as well (Dismissal) this leads to the saying enemy of the people which was told to Thomas by Peter Katherine is worried about her husband who is now angry about is going on.

Act Three
At the editors office into the Herald office, Mr. Billing and Mr. Hovstad were having a chat on the possibility of anything happening towards the recent issue on the bath with regards to the major.  Letter on Dr. Thomas enters, angry still emphasis on the printing of the article which should be supervised by Aslaksen conservation among au proceeds proving Dr. Stockman to be courageous.And the rest assuring him that they will support him. Dr. Stockman leaves later on a chat they the matter proceeds whereby Mr. Hovstad Mr. Aslaksen seems to be worries that if things go too far, there might be worried that if things go too far, there might to be problems, the rest claim that he is scared.
Petra comes in later on wanting to return a story book was given to her translate it, she says she cannot, Mr.  Hovstad does not know the content of whatever is in it simply because he cannot read English.  Petra argues that whatever is in there cannot be kept in the herald simply because it carried along things that don’t really happen in reality, Mr. Hovstad now puts the blame on Billing that he was the one who brought the idea. The conversation became bitter when they end up talking about Petra’s father and the discovery plus Mr. Hovstad saying that Thomas cannot do it without him. Petra leaves, by surprise the mayor comes to the Herald’s office.
Without wanting to be seen he uses the back door, his aim is to persuade hovstad and the rest not to print the article but mostly not to support Dr. Stockman, he speaks of the costs the town will incur loans if possible, raising tax and at the end forcing the other to change their minds. Suddenly Dr. Stockman forcing Peter to hide (billing office).With panic hovstad asks why he is back, and the Doctor say that he is so concerned that he doesn’t mind coming back twice. Kate also walks in wanting or claiming that she supports her husband  she is here to tell him that he is been fooled, he disagrees but within or  claiming that she supports her husband, she is here to tell him that he is been fooled, he disagrees but within a minute, he finds out that its true.
Seeing Peters cap and stick, proving that he is here and was trying to talk them over. This was true right after Dr. Stockman saw him and started to confront him, but it still does no good after Hovstad and Billing together with Aslaksen refuse to help again, stockman and his wife leave the office with anger and determination to stand on the truth, he claims to organize a mass meeting.

Act Four
A mass meeting was prepared in captain Horster’s house, people of all classes enter, almost full mostly men, few women and a small group of school boys. Few citizens’ start questioning why they are here, because of Dr. Stockman who going to have a go at the mayor, his brother, why the House Holder Association nor the city club didn’t give him a hall and much more.
Captain Horster, a brave man who cares and supports Dr. Stockman and his family, Hovstad,  Aslasksen and Billing are also present, later on Peter and Thomas also arrive. Doctor is ready to start when Aslasksen suggest that they elect a chairrman, the citizens also agree, first they choose the mayor but he choose Aslasksen (president of the House - Holder Association)
Peter  is honoured  as the  mayor to Address then Dr. Stockman begins whereby his speech is faced with objections at large, All this is due to his  discovery, but rather not the baths as what he claims, he speaks of his love for his native town what he has done and much more.
Being told not to talk about the baths, Dr. Stockman decides to speak of moral decay in the society that the people are morally polluted. Also he talks of how the majority is always wrong because it is full of fools (pg 80) but rather the minority is always right, Mr. Hovstad declared that the Doctor is a revolutionary, he as wondering from the subject (page 81) which he agrees because he wants to stand on the truth an why the people do not want to listen to him (83)
Also Dr. Stockman claims that Mr. Hovstad is a Hypocrite (pg 84) because he turned the whole thing upside down. As the presentation proceeds, Dr Stockman is declared an enemy of people   because he would rather see the town perish than prospering on a lie (page 86) and people agree. Mr Billing and Mr Aslaksen as agree to the Dr. Being an enemy of the people.
The meeting ends with noises, people shooting that the Dr. Is an enemy of the people (pg. 90) Dr and his family together with captain, Horster leave.

Act Five
The last act in the play takes place in Dr. Stockman’s consulting room. It is the morning after the lecture (p.92) window panes are broken a few stones can be seen. We than remember that the crowd promised to smash the windows and they did. Dr. Stockman collects them so as to be a reminder for Eilif and Morten when they grow up.
A letter arrives, it is a notice from the landlord that they have to move out, it is obvious that he is forced by authority to do because he was such nice man. Petra gets back home because she has been dismissed from where she was teaching by Mrs Busk who also received threats (3 letters comes to her things morning) Also in this act it is also learn that captain Horster has been dismissed from his work as a captain of the ship only because lent Dr. Stockman (pg 97) his house by his boss Mr. Vik. This also affects the fact that Dr. Stockman was to give him a lift as he was to leave the polluted country.
Peter also comes hypocritically, to sympathize with Dr. Stockman for what happened last night and at the same time he gives the Doctor a letter of dismissal that he will not be a doctor anymore, he was not be consulted and after wards peter advises him to write a letter of apology (meaning that he made a mistake but the doctor remains firm. He simply tell Katherine to scrub the floor to remove Peter’s dirt (pg (102).
Another consequence is that Dr stockman is made to experience is the fact that  Mortem kiil decides to buy more shares  of the spa baths, he uses the  money that he wanted to give Katherine (103 – 104). He did this to punish Dr. Stockman who still stays firm and calls his father in law a devil (105).
Dr. Stockman proves that he hates hypocrisy by chasing away Mr. Hovstad and Aslaksen, threaten to hit them with an umbrella, they came to sympathize.
Also his sons come  back suspended from  school the doctor he will teach them himself (113) And because the doctors is determined to stay  firm, he declares himself as the strongest man in the world “the  strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.

1. Dr  Thomas stockman
- Father of Motern , Eilif, Petra and husband to Katherine
- He is a doctor (intellectual)
- A brother to peter
- Traits
- Determined
- Confident
- Patriotic
- Radical
- Short temptered
- Caring
- Enthusiastic
- Humble
- Brave
- Optimistic
- Naive

2. Peter
- Selfish
- Self centred
- Coward
- Hypocrite
- Cunning
- Conniving
- Jealous
- Greed

3. Mr. Hovstad
- Hypocrite
- Naive
- Coward
- Egocentric

4. Katherine
(Dr. Stockman’s wife)
- Kind – way she deals with visitors
- Patriotic
- Responsible
- Hospitality
- Humble

5. Petra
- Hardworking
- Patriotic
- Confident
- Confident
- Radical
- Activist

6. Mr. Aslaksen
- Chairman of house holders association, sub- editor
- Hypocrite
- Naive
- Coward
- Betrayer – the doctor

7. Captain Hoster – A captain, travelled
- Caring
- Generous
- Courageous
- Patriotic
- Wise

8. Morten kill
- Master tanner

A. Elaborations of Character Traits

1. Dr. Stockman

- Determined – to find out.
Dr. Stockman was determined to act upon his discovery, that is to ensure renovation of the baths from the pollution.

- Confident – believe in one’s ability
Dr. Stockman knew he was right and he trusted his ability to stand and fight against any form of obstacle regarding his discovery.

- Patriotic – Love for ones country
Dr. Stockman proved to love his own country and was ready to do anything regardless the consequences for it. The way he fought for his discovery because he cared about the peoples welfare and ended up being the enemy of the people.

- Radical – One who advocated for change
Dr Stockman wanted the baths renovated after his discovery regarding its contamination.

- Optimistic – believe that good things will prevail
After the doctor made his discovery he believed that eventually actions will be taken upon the matter.

- Humble – Does not think he is better or more Important than others
Dr. Stockman was kind to visitors at his home
Caring – feel concerned about someone
Dr. Stockman care about his town much that he wants to expose a disgraceful state of affairs

2. Peter

- Selfish  – To think about yourself and not about  (self centred) other people
Peter was selfish in the sense that he did not care about others regarding the discovery he didn’t want renovation to take place he didn’t want   renovation to take place because there would be a loss on his side.

- Hypocrite – Pretend to have feelings that you don’t have

Peter went back to the doctor after the meeting claiming that he cared but he actually didn’t.

Also he pretended to care about the people by telling them the effects of the renovation which were false.

Also he was a hypocrite to Hovstad and aslaksen telling them false information hence they changed their mind towards helping Dr. Stockman.

- Conning – Plan something behind someone’s back.
Peter being gains the discovery, he decided to speak to hovstad and aslaksen behind the doctors back so as to change their minds.

- Cunning – To achieve something by lying
Peter achieved what he wanted by lying to Hovstad, Aslasksen and the society by making them belief that the renovation of the baths will cost a lot and they will have to contribute to it.

3. Mr. Hovstad
- Hypocrite – to pretend to have feelings that you don’t  have Mr.Hovstad pretended to side with the doctor after betraying him because of peter, he and Aslaksen came back later to apologise but the doctor chased them away.
- Naive – Easily convinced by peter to betray the doctor with his discovery after peter claiming the  effects of the renovation.
- Coward – He was a coward because he was afraid of peter who convinced him to side with him against stockman.

-  Egocentric – Because he thinks he is very important and that others cannot do without him (pg 56) He speaks to Petra, then ends up telling her that her father cannot do without him.

4. Katherine

- Kind – Having intentions to good. Katherine was kind because of the way she was dealing with visitors.

- Responsible – Having a job or duty to do something Katherine was a responsible mother regarding the fact she cared much about her kids future life consider   the situation they were getting into and its effect.

- Hospital/humble – she cared about others mostly the way she handled visitors and also she did not think that others are not important.

5. Petra

- Radical – Concerning the most basic and important parts of something.

- Petra was concerned with the system of the society (how children are taught lies at school and at  home are not told the truth).

- Confident – feeling sure about her ability to do something.

6. Mr. Aslaksen

- Hypocrite - Pretend to have feelings that you don’t  have Aslaksen pretended  to care about Doctor stockman and dared to come apologies but was chased away together with Hovstad.

- Naive – Easily convinced
Peter convinced him together with Aslaksen to betray stockman by giving them wrong information about effects to having to renovate the baths.

- Coward – One who is afraid
Aslaksen was afraid of the mayor, him and hovstad and hence they were easily convinced to betray the Doctor.

- Betrayer – a serious breach of trust.
Aslaksen not only betrayed the doctor but also the citizens by feeding them wrong information.

7. Captain Horster

- Caring – Cared about doctor Stockmann and his family as he was beneath them through the whole situation.

- Generous – Kind  enough to let the doctor use his house for the meeting and offered to sail with them before the cost his job.

- Courageous – Regardless the whole Dr. Situatation, the  captain did not hold back to support them.

- Patriotic – Loves his country enough to support for what’s good for it .

- Wise – He has moved around the world, hence knows a lot to make them know the best.

1) Betrayal
- Peter betrays his brother
- Motern kill betrays Katherine and the kids
- Hovstad and Aslaksen betray the doctor
- Solid majority betrays the doctor
- The bosses of  petra, Dr, Hoster betrayed

2) Corruption
Misuse of power for personal gain
- The   mayor practises corruption towards hovstad and Aslaksen
- The mayor towards the solid majority.

3) Patriotism
Love for ones country
- Dr. Stockman
- Petra
- Captain Horster

4) Hypocrisy
Pretending to have feelings that you don’t have.
- Mr Hovstad and Aslaksen is hypocrite to Katherine, doctor, and to the people
- Peter is hypocrite to Dr.Stockman, people, Hovstad and aslaksen

5) Conflicts
A clash between two parties
- Dr.Stockman + Katherine
- Dr.Stockman + Peter
- Dr.Stockman + Aslaksen and Hovstad
- Dr.Stockman + People
- Dr.Stockman + Hovstad
- Dr.Stockman + Peter
- Dr.Stockman + Morten Kiil
- Petra what goes down in the entire society.

6) Ignorance
Lack of knowledge or information about something people of the society

7) Pollution
Introduction of unwanted material to the environment
- Pollution of  the water bath
- Pollution of the land (marsh land)
- Society is polluted through receiving the wrong information from the media

8)  Protest
- Reaction against unwanted situation
- Doctor why discovery
- How publisizing, holding a meeting
- People against the doctor
Why against his idea
How threw stones
- Petra against the system  society
- Why – they teach lies
- How express her views and saying
- That she could open her own school

9) Bravery
Act of dealing with something difficult or unpleasant in order to achieve something
- Doctor
- Captain Hoster

10) Arrogance
The behaviour of a person when they feel that they are more important than other people
- Peter
- Mr. Hovstad (pg 56)
- Mortern kill

11) Cowardice
Fear or lack of courage
- Mr Hovstad and Aslaksen

The play uses simple less formal and didactic language possibly with the intention of making sure that reader understands.

Originally the play was written in Norwegian language – Nordic which was later translated to an English version by max Faber.

A part from the simple language used, he has also made use of imagery.

a) Symbolism

A symbol refers to the use of specific concrete objects to stand for one or more  abstract ideas for example a wedding ring has came to symbolize the qualities which marriage ideally represent the ring symbolizes the following.
i. The preciousness of the ring (gold) symbolizes the preciousness of marriage.
ii. The ring symbolizes lifelong commitment it is circular with no end,
 In the play the following symbols are found.

i. The baths
These symbolize the town leaders and their followers. These baths are contaminated filthy and dirty hence represent leaders like the major, Hovstad, Aslaksen and the people who clear them up.

ii. Water in the baths
The water symbolizes the citizens of the town. The water was tasted in the hall but could not stand the taste for truth and therefore they (citizens) are guilty in fact they are contaminated by their leaders’ guilty.

iii. Tannery
The Tannery symbolise the greediness of the leaders which deeds to the filth of precipitation of all the filth.
E.g. of the filth
- Corruption
- Greed
- Hypocris
- Betrayal

Not here that the contaminating germs in the baths are from the tannery the ills of the leaders are a result of their greediness.

b) Foreshadowing
This is the arrangement of the presentation of events and information in a fiction or drama in such a way that later events into the work are prepared for (introduced in advance)

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On the occasion of Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Mahaparinirvan Din which falls on December 6, Ambedkar followers throng Dadar’s Chaityabhoomi in large numbers. As Chaityabhoomi comes near Dadar’s Chowpatty, there is a possibility that Ambedkar followers might not get permission to enter Chaityabhoomi to pay tribute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar due to the high alert of Cyclone Ockhi.

As per the Indian Meteorological Department officials, strong winds are likely to blow following heavy rains between December 4 and 7.

Water could flood the streets

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) disaster management cell alerted that from Monday to Thursday, high tides are expected and water is likely to come on streets of Cadel road and Shivaji Park.

BMC’s precautionary measures

BMC is all geared up to take care of Ambedkar followers who will visit Chaityabhoomi on December 6. We have given orders to all private and civic-run school principals of Dadar to make space for the visitors from Monday to Wednesday. Along with this, security measures are also beefed up at Dadar Chowpatty,” G/North ward’s assistant commissioner Ramakant Biradar.
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Gillibrand, Murkowski Announce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Summer Meal Program

Ensures Children Maintain Access to Nutritious Meals When School is Out

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced S.1170, the Summer Meals Act, legislation to expand summer meal programs across the country to ensure children maintain access to nutritious meals when school is out. The COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent switch to remote learning, exacerbated the challenges that food insecure students face when schools are closed. The bill would improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program, which provides low-income children — who would normally receive free or reduced lunch during the school year — with nutritious meals during the summer, after school, and when school is closed for vacations or emergencies. The bill would expand eligibility and participation for summer meal programs, facilitate program administration, and improve access to these critical programs in hard to reach areas, including rural and underserved communities.

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“Learning disruptions caused by the pandemic have deepened the hunger crisis for vulnerable children who rely on school meals to keep from going hungry. When schools are out for the summer, we must guarantee that food insecure students maintain access to nutritious food,” said Senator Gillibrand. “This legislation will provide more children with a reliable source of meals when schools are closed and deliver critical resources to help schools and nonprofits to administer these programs. With summer quickly approaching, I urge my colleagues to join Senator Murkowski and I to pass this important legislation so that every student has the opportunity to grow healthy and strong.”

“Far too many children in Alaska and across the country go hungry each and every day. Meals served at school and in afterschool or summer programs are sometimes the only meals they can rely on,” said Senator Murkowski. “We need to make it easier for schools and non-profits to feed children when schools are not in session—regardless of whether it’s summer vacation, a natural disaster, or a pandemic that keeps kids out of school. Put simply, our bill will reduce barriers that prevent hungry kids from being fed. I look forward to working with Senator Gillibrand and my Senate colleagues to include the Summer Meals Act in the upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.”

“Summer can be a tough time for low-income children because they lose access to free and reduced-price school meals. Summer meal programs play an important role in closing the summer hunger gap, but we know this program is reaching only a portion of Alaskan kids in need,” said Jim Baldwin, Food Bank of Alaska CEO. “The Summer Meals Act would strengthen, streamline, and expand access to summer meals, particularly for the hard-to-reach, rural areas of our state. The flexibilities outlined in this bill are especially important given the challenges that the pandemic has placed on our efforts to feed kids."

“Summer should be a time of outdoor exploration and hands-on learning, but for to many children summer is time of food insecurity. The impacts of childhood hungry last much longer than just the summer. Childhood malnutrition can lead to unhealthy body weight, the development of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, and prevents students from being ready to learn during the school year. The Summer Meals Act addresses these concerns by expanding community eligibility, improving nutrition in rural and hard to reach communities, and reduces administrative paperwork that prevents summer learning programs from participating. This legislation is especially needed now more than ever as families continue to struggle with the long-term financial impacts of COVID-19. The Summer Meals Act will allow summer camps, public libraries, tribal youth programs, schools, and community organizations to feed more kids have the nutrition they need to thrive,” said Thomas Azzarella, Director of the Alaska Afterschool Network.

“Every day across the country, youth-serving organizations like the Y provide healthy meals to children experiencing food insecurity. This is a pressing need in our communities, and we are committed to addressing it. But having to navigate two different federal programs to feed kids all year long makes our work harder. The Summer Meals Act would create welcome efficiencies for our year-round feeding programs and deliver other critical improvements, including expanding eligibility to help Ys feed more hungry kids in our communities and providing funding for transportation to get kids to programs where they can eat, learn and play,” said Kevin Washington, President and CEO, YMCA of the USA.

“Federal Summer Nutrition Programs have been vital for communities across the nation that face the increasingly critical reality of food insecurity,” said Jim Clark, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. “The Summer Meals Act would help community organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs to provide young people the physical and emotional support they need to focus and succeed. We’re grateful for Senator Gillibrand’s continued leadership and dedication to the urgent issues facing America’s youth.”

“The need to expand the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs is more important than ever as communities continue to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 on food security, education, and the economy,” said Luis Guardia, president, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). “The Summer Meals Act of 2021 will help address the alarming spike in childhood hunger by ensuring more children have access to the nutrition they need. FRAC commends the bill's sponsors for their efforts to strengthen, protect, and expand access to the Summer Nutrition Programs through the Summer Meals Act of 2021. We strongly encourage Members of Congress to cosponsor this important bill.”

“Even before the pandemic, only one in three low-income children in New York State received meals through the Summer Food Service Program, far fewer than those who rely on free school lunch,” said Sherry Tomasky, Director of Public Affairs at Hunger Solutions New York. “The Summer Meals Act will increase access to nutritious meals when hunger is most severe for many children. This is a critical component of Child Nutrition Reauthorization and we enthusiastically thank Senator Gillibrand for her leadership on this important issue.”

According to Feeding America, 22 million kids rely on the National School Lunch Program for free and reduced-price meals. However, during summer vacations and when school is closed for emergencies, many students lose access to daily, healthy meals. Currently, less than 4 million students receive meals from the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program.

Gillibrand and Murkowski’s Summer Meals Act would help close the gap for the 18 million children who risk going hungry when school is out. The legislation would allow more children to have access to summer meals, and expand flexibility for schools and students to participate in the program. Specifically, the Summer Meals Act would:

  • Help more children access healthy food by lowering the threshold to allow areas with 40 percent or more of students receiving free or reduced lunch to be eligible for the program, rather than the current threshold of 50 percent.
  • Reduce the paperwork burden for meal program sponsors who want to participate in the program.
  • Improve nutrition in rural, underserved, and hard to reach areas by providing transportation grants for underserved areas to get children to summer meal sites and by promoting innovative ways to increase children’s access to summer meals, such as through mobile meal trucks.
  • Offer sites the option of serving two meals and a snack or three meals to children who attend evening enrichment programs during the school year and summer months.
  • Allow Summer Nutrition Program providers to serve food to children after emergencies or disasters and be reimbursed if the meals are taken off site.

The legislation is supported by 500 national, state, and local endorsements including YMCA of the USA, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), Feeding America, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Education Association, Hunger Solutions New York, Food Bank of Alaska, Alaska Afterschool Network.

The full text of this legislation and additional information is available here.


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Apple M1 13-inch MacBook Pro review

Apple's silicon Macs are here, so what does that mean for music makers?

Apple M1 MacBook Pro 13-inch
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Our Verdict

The first silicon-powered MacBook Pro delivers on Apple's promises. Now we just have to wait for music software developers to catch up.

  • Great performance from the M1 chip
  • Excellent battery life
  • Looks and feels as 'Pro' as its name suggests

  • Only two Thunderbolt 3 ports
  • We're still not sold on the Touch Bar
  • A new design would have been nice

What is it?

Apple could never be accused of underselling the significance of its new products and technologies, but even the most cynical observers would have to concede that transitioning away from putting Intel processors in its Macs to using its own ARM-powered silicon chips is kind of a big deal.

The announcement, which came in June as part of Apple’s WWDC livestream, was made on the basis that, in doing so, the company will be able to create Macs that deliver better performance with lower power usage. Well, the first wave of silicon Macs is now here: new versions of the Mac mini, MacBook Air and - the machine we’re looking at here - the 13-inch MacBook Pro.

On the surface, none of these computers looks any different to its Intel-powered predecessor - in fact, you’d be hard pushed to tell them apart. Inside, though, it’s a different story, with each Mac now containing Apple’s new M1 system on a chip (SoC).

We’re not going to get too bogged down in the technical details here, but what this effectively means is that the CPU, GPU, security, I/O and memory are all packed onto a single chip.

The MacBook Pro contains an 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, with the cheapest model offering 8GB RAM (you can spec up to 16GB) and a 256GB SSD (512GB, 1TB and 2TB options are also available). It’s worth bearing in mind that the M1 Macs aren’t upgradeable, so think carefully about your RAM and storage requirements before you invest.

The M1 13-inch MacBook Pro has a sharp 13.3-inch Retina display which runs at 2560 x 1600 native resolution and supports Apple’s True Tone technology. It features the Touch Bar, Touch ID, Apple’s Magic Keyboard (which includes an Escape key), a Force Touch trackpad, and a slightly disappointing 720p FaceTime HD camera. There are some reasonable-sounding stereo speakers, a three mic-array and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Further connectivity is limited to two ThunderBolt/USB 4 ports. A 4-port 13-inch MacBook Pro is available, but this still has an Intel processor in it rather than an M1. Presumably, this will change in due course.

Like all the new Macs, the M1 13-inch MacBook Pro ships with Big Sur, the latest version of Apple’s operating system.

Performance and verdict

Before we get into how this new MacBook Pro performs, it’s worth addressing the elephant in the room: compatibility. For software to run natively on M1 machines, it needs to be updated to Universal status (which means that it also remains fully compatible with Intel machines), and there’s no getting away from the fact that, right now, most music software hasn’t been updated.

Apple’s solution is Rosetta, a technology that enables Intel-only apps to run on M1 machines, albeit not with quite the same level of performance. It’s not ideal, but an inevitable byproduct of such a big hardware transition.

The good news is that Apple’s two DAWs - Logic Pro and GarageBand - are both Universal, and if you run one of these applications on the M1 MacBook Pro, the experience is great. Project load times feel ridiculously fast - in fact, this Mac feels super-responsive whatever you happen to be doing with it - and if you’re using the built-in instruments and effects, you can just keep stacking them up without any fear of CPU overload.

Logic Pro benchmark test

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To give you some idea of what you can expect, we downloaded the Logic Benchmark test project from Music-Prod, which has been used to assess the performance of a wide range of Macs. This contains 128 duplicated tracks; each of these contains Logic’s Sculpture synth and five effects playing a pretty hefty chord. The idea is that you play the project then keeping turning tracks on until the Mac falls over.

The 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro is well up to the job of music production.

In our test, the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM managed to play back 106 tracks  before the system overloaded - the same as is reported on the Music-Prod website. This indicates that it has similar performance to the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro with a 2.4GHz Intel Core i9 processor, and sits only just behind the 2020 27-inch iMac with a 6-core 3.3GHz Intel Core i5 processor.

Given that the M1 is Apple’s first and entry-level chip - and the one that sits in its most affordable computers - we’d say that this is pretty impressive, and confirms that the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro is well up to the job of music production.

What is slightly surprising, though, is that the 8-core M1 MacBook Air - a slightly cheaper computer - scored 110 tracks in the Music-Prod test (again, we got the same result) - a few more than its Pro sibling. The 8-core M1 Mac Mini was marginally more impressive in this test, too (109 tracks).

What all of this confirms is that Logic Pro runs great on the M1, but what about third-party plugins? Officially, only a handful are supported at this stage, though it is possible to run certain (though not all) effects and instruments via Rosetta. Here, performance is less impressive - though certainly not inadequate - which is what you’d expect.

On the plus side, the Rosetta user experience is seamless: once you have it installed on your Mac, software that requires it is automatically translated - you don’t even notice that it’s happening.

Also consider...

Apple MacBook Air 2020

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Apple M1 MacBook Air
The entry-level M1 MacBook offers very similar performance to the MacBook Pro but is a fair bit cheaper. The main differences are that it doesn't have a fan or a Touch Bar, but that might not bother you too much...

Apple M1 Mac mini
If you want a desktop M1 Mac, the mini looks like a bit of a bargain. Prices start at just $699/£699, though you'll probably want to increase your RAM and storage. It's not portable, obviously, but you do have the bonus of a couple of extra USB ports for peripherals.

It’s also worth mentioning that M1 Macs can run iOS apps, too, though we noticed that a lot of our favourite music-making apps aren’t available on the Mac App Store. What’s more, using these touch-optimised apps isn’t a particularly satisfying experience - you can’t resize the windows, for example - so it’s all slightly underwhelming. What would be nice would be the option to use iOS AUv3s as plugins in the desktop versions of Logic Pro and GarageBand

So, where does that leave us? If you’re buying your first music computer and plan to start by using either Logic or GarageBand with its stock instruments and effects then the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro would be an excellent purchase. You’ll have a powerful, good-looking laptop that offers pretty stunning performance. Battery life is great, too; obviously, the amount of power used depends on what you’re doing with the laptop, but we were certainly plugging into the power far less frequently than with our Intel-powered MacBook Pro.

There are a couple of criticisms, though: it’s a shame that there’s no option to buy an M1 machine with four ThunderBolt/USB ports at the moment, and, although it doesn’t exactly look dated, a new design to go with the new chip would have been nice, too.

We also wonder whether it really is worth going for a MacBook Pro rather than the significantly cheaper Air, particularly if you’re not really sold on the Touch Bar. One thing that the Pro does have that the Air doesn’t is a fan, which could be reassuring if you really plan to push your Mac and want to lessen the risk of CPU throttling, but we didn’t hear it kick in during our tests.

If you’re an existing Mac user who uses a DAW other than one of Apple’s - and a whole load of third-party plugins - then the best advice is to sit tight for a while and wait for other software developers to catch up (as they inevitably will). There will be more powerful silicon chips in the pipeline - rumours suggest that the larger MacBook Pro and iMac will be first in line for them - and by the time they arrive, more of the current compatibility issues should have been ironed out and you’ll be able to make an informed choice.

All of which isn’t meant to sound negative, because the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro is a superb laptop, and one that’s going to make a lot of musicians very happy indeed. We just can’t wait to see what comes next.

MusicRadar verdict: The first silicon-powered MacBook Pro delivers on Apple's promises. Now we just have to wait for music software developers to catch up.

The web says

"The MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) is the most exciting laptop Apple has released in years. The new M1 chip offers exceptional battery life, and in our early testing performance has been excellent. It's just a shame about the old design."

"The MacBook Pro with M1 delivers a killer combo of blazing performance and epic battery life, even if the design is too familiar."
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Mattias Holmgren

  • KEY FEATURES: Apple M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 8‑core GPU and 16‑core Neural Engine, up to 16GB RAM, up to 2TB SSD, 13-inch Retina display with True Tone, Backlit Magic Keyboard, Touch Bar and Touch ID, Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports
  • CONTACT: Apple
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I’m the Group Content Manager for MusicRadar, specialising in all things tech. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 20 of which I’ve also spent writing about music technology.


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Best Practices In Preparing for Your Child’s IEP Meeting

Your child has an IEP Meeting coming up and like most parents you want to be as prepared as possible to play a meaningful role in the development of the initial or updated IEP. It’s difficult to know the right questions to ask and what exact steps should guide your preparation. I’m here to help! Here are the top 5 ways that you can prepare for your son/daughter’s next IEP Meeting…

  1. READ the Prior Written Notice – The school is obligated to give you notice approximately two weeks or more before the meeting will take place. On the prior written notice letter you will be able to see WHO will be at the meeting and the PURPOSE of the meeting. This information is very helpful in framing the scope of your preparation.
  2. Write a letter to the IEP team members – requesting a copy of the Draft IEP, if they have prepared a draft IEP prior to the meeting (many times they have). This gives you the advantage of reviewing the recommendations of those who are working with your son/daughter with time to let it all sink in and to consult with an expert if you deem necessary. It’s helpful to compare the current IEP to the Draft IEP. If all of the goals are the same, be prepared to ask why. Print a copy of the Draft IEP provided and make notes on the side of each page. Review the notes that you’ve made the night before the meeting.
  3. Request that the school provide you with – all evaluations, data, ongoing progress monitoring, etc that will be reviewed at the meeting and that will be used as the basis of services, related services, etc that the team is recommending.
  4. The school/district will have their own agenda at the IEP meeting – make sure that yours is heard as well. Prepare your Parent Input section in advance of the meeting. The parent input section is where your voice can be heard and documented year to year. Share both what you are pleased with, the progress that you see your child making in school/home and fully document your concerns. Your input sets the tone for the meeting and reminds the team and yourself that you are an EQUAL member of the IEP team.
  5. Gather all – private evaluations, documents, summaries of service, etc and provide them to the IEP team in advance of the meeting. The team is obligated to consider outside providers reports and professional insights when making recommendations for your child. Especially when there are behavioral challenges interfering with your child’s education and if your child is working with an ABA therapist and/or other qualified behavioral therapist, their input is valuable. Teachers aren’t trained in the science and methodology of behavioral modification. Input from those that you work with outside of school can assist in creating a better Functional Assessment of Behavior and subsequent Behavior Intervention Plan.

If the IEP Meeting has been sprung on you at the last minute and you feel under-prepared to advocate in the way that you want to, even if you have already agreed to attend, sometimes it’s best to reschedule. You can be honest with the school. Let them know that you need more time to review your child’s progress and prepare for the meeting. Schools are obligated to encourage parent participation and should understand your concerns and intentions. If you would like a second set of eyes to review your child’s documents, hear your concerns and address them in advance of the meeting, please don’t hesitate to seek consult. A highly qualified special needs advocate can help you navigate what I call the “special education maze”.

We hope this article has helped.

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SSM Premier League Colney Heath 0 Harefield United 1

WARREN Gladdy's goal kept Harefield in the title hunt with a slender victory at Colney Heath on Saturday.

The long-time leaders were replaced at the Spartan Premier Division summit by Biggleswade Town after their win over neighbours Biggleswade United last week.

Harefield are level on points with their rivals, but have an inferior goal difference of two ahead of Saturday's clash at Broxbourne Borough. They must better Biggleswade's result to stand any chance of landing the league title, who take on third-placed Chalfont St Peter.

Keeper Charlie Miller can be thanked for taking the three points by denying Barry Dowling and Jake Parrett, then producing another fine stop to deny Aaron Clarke.

The visitors landed the killer blow eight minutes before the interval when Gladdy picked up the ball on the left before working an opening and firing home from the edge of the box.

Hares improved after the break, but Miller was called on again on 74 minutes when Parratt got through, only to see his shot saved.

The in-form Harefield keeper was finally beaten four minutes later, but was relieved to see Clarke's effort cannon back off a post.

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Halloween Sugar Cookies

Halloween is one week away! Today was my day off, but instead of using it to study I made these Halloween sugar cookies. Yesterday I had a midterm for pharmacology & pharmaceutical chemistry, so I kind of needed a mini vacation from school. I love that we have Tuesdays off this quarter, because right after Mondays it feels like it is the weekend again =) Back to the grind tomorrow *sigh*. At least I can bring some of these delicious sugar cookies to get me through the day! This sugar cookie recipe has been in my family a long time, and my mom and I would always make them for every holiday. Here is a really helpful tip when rolling out the sugar cookie dough: Flour is your friend. Use lots of flour! You can get really creative with how you decorate them, and if you don’t like using a lot of frosting you can also drizzle ganache over them – YUM. I haven’t been able to get back down to socal to see my family in forever!! I miss them 🙁

OK, so tell me, what are your plans for Halloween and what costume will you be wearing? I didn’t get a costume this year, but maybe somebody can inspire me to dress up =)

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Serves: 18
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tbsp shortening
  • 2½ tbsp milk
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • Food coloring
  1. Cream butter, salt and sugar in a standalone mixer with paddle attachment on medium speed.
  2. Add vanilla and egg and blend.
  3. Add flour, and use a spatula to help scrape the dough from the sides while mixing on low until everything is well blended and fluffy.
  4. With floured hands, gather dough into a flattened ball and wrap in wax paper.
  5. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 325 ºF.
  7. Roll chilled dough onto a floured surface with a floured rolling pin ¼ inch thick.
  8. Cut out Halloween shapes with floured cookie cutters, and quickly transfer to an ungreased baking sheet using a spatula or peel off carefully with your fingers. halloween cookie cutters
  9. Sprinkle baking decorations on top if desired.
  10. Bake for 13 minutes, or until surface is firm. Do not overbake or the cookies will be too hard. halloween sugar cookies halloween sugar cookies
  11. Transfer to a wire cooling rack and let cool 1 hour before frosting.
  12. Once completely cool, frost and decorate (see frosting recipe below). frosted halloween cookies halloween cookies
  1. Mix confectioners’ sugar, shortening, milk, and vanilla with a hand mixer on medium speed or standalone mixer with whisk attachment until well blended. Separate into different bowls and stir in a few drops of food coloring as desired.
Makes 18 cookies

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  1. Petra says:

    It was so good to meet you too! Your site is great, and good on you already ready for Halloween! I haven’t even started thinking about it yet. I’ll have to whip up a batch of these this weekend

  2. Brigitt says:

    Hey Kristianne! So good to meet you in SF this weekend! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the weekend. Thanks for checking out my blog. Love these cute sugar cookies–so festive. Decorating sugar cookies is one of my favorite things to do at Christmas time, but I never really thought to make them at other holidays too!

  3. Liz says:

    You can never go wrong with sugar cookies. They are such a versatile cookie that can be decorated for any occasion. Yummy!

  4. kitchenriffs says:

    The food styling on that top photo is terrific – very creative. And your decorations are great! It’s been some time since we’ve had sugar cookies. My wife bakes these – maybe if I ask her with tears in my eyes? 😉 Good stuff – thanks.

  5. Erika says:

    Omg LOVE THESE! Those are the most perfectly frosted sugar cookies I’ve ever seen, store-bought aside. Do you just use a knife to frost them?

    • Kristianne says:

      Thanks, Erika! I used a butterknife (many many passes – very tedious lol) and a plastic snack bag with a tiny hole cut in it for the top part of them!

  6. Bam's Kitchen says:

    Thanks so much for stopping by my website so that I could find your lovely place here. So many delicious dishes and photos. I am looking forward to keeping in touch. Happy Halloween to you! BAM

  7. melissa@the hungry artist says:

    These are such cute Halloween cookies and so beautifully decorated!

    I have the same bat and pumpkin cookie cutters, but I don’t think I’ll have time to make any cookies this year. I still have to make my son’s costume! He will be a creeper (from the game Minecraft), and I am going to be a zombie. 🙂

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