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Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by FearandLoathing, Dec 17, 2001.

  1. which would sound better/ louder,
    SVT-Pro or Eden WT-400
  2. RicMeister

    RicMeister Guest

    Nov 25, 2001
    My vote, FWIW: Eden. Don't really know much about the Ampeg. But I do the Eden, and it's good stuff.

    My $0.02
  3. Eden, unless you get the all tube SVT-AV or all tube SVT Classic.
  4. progplayer

    Nov 7, 2001
    easy E D E N . but that's just me. Depends on the tone u are looking for. Try them both out. Eden is a smaller company so the attention to detail might be a little bit better. Plus customer service is top notch with smaller companies.

    Giants like AMPEG manufacture so many amps a month who knows! but seriously try an EDEN out. I use to own an SVT 4 and only had it for 3 months. Wasn't impressed with it....
  5. ihixulu

    ihixulu Supporting Member

    Mar 31, 2000
    South Shore MA
    Louder? That is just a matter of watts, eq and the number of speakers.

    As for sound, Edens and Ampegs sound different. One is not better than the other despite what the EdeNazis will have you believe. Go to a store and try each brand out.

    FWIW, Eden customer service is actually considered to be middling because they are a small company trying to service a larger client base than they are used to.
  6. They each are generally known for a different type of sound, and I have to say I agree with this.

    Ampeg's, and I've owned a few, are known to be a little coarser sounding, growl they call it. They excel at low-mid frequencies and have more of what some people call warmth.

    Eden products sound more "modern", and excel at lows and highs and high-mids more. They also sound cleaner. I prefer this tone, after all these years. Both are well built. Some will tell you the only good Ampeg is a 70's Ampeg; I tend to disagree, as I've had 70's and 90's. To be sure, there's nothing like the sound of an old, all-tube B-15 Portoflex, warm and juicy.

    that is all....

  7. Freakapotamus9

    Jun 20, 2001
    what ampeg are you talking about?
  8. SVT 3 PRO with a SVT 6x10
  9. Amoilbasso

    Apr 22, 2000
    Few months ago I changed my old Swr sm 400s:for a couple of days I had few doubts between Eden and ampeg too.
    I think ampeg is a very good amp(I was interessed in a svt3 pro):it is warm,and quite versatile;but Eden,is just the best amp in the world for my tastes and needs.I have a WT500:I have any kind of sound I want,and even more and more;and they are all beautifull.It can be hi-fi sounding with enhanced lows and tranparent highs;or very mid-sounding just tourning one knob.
    I could go on and on:I could never spend too much words to say how much I love this head!
    any kind of sound they are all beautifull
  10. both are good quality amps, i just like eden more. the parametrics are far better on the eden, and allow more tone shaping than the ampeg. two very different sounds, though i have never met an eden i don't like, can't say that about ampeg.
    as far as the ampeg classic someone wrote about, just plan on re-tubing the amp every time you bump it hard, it falls over in your trunk going to a gig/practice. or when it just feel's like it. sure, nothing beats the tone of the old style 'pegs, but retubing it can cost several hundered dollars, and you never know they're going bad till they do. solid state power is the way to go, just keep a spare 12ax7 tube in your gig bag for your preamp, just in case. i haven't had a problem with mine after 3 year's, but it's cheap insurance.
    later, kevin...................................................................
  11. I don't know what tubes you've been using but I think you might be overstating the retubing thing. Tubes need to take very hard knocks to cause damage unless they're warm. I've seen SVT's dropped off forklifts onto concrete floors and still work fine. They will need to be retubed periodically, depending on usage, but what you're saying is a bit extreme. A properly taken care of SVT (ie frequent biasing) will only have to be retubed about once a year if it's being gigged constantly (like on big tours), considerably less frequent than that with less usage. Decent tubes generally don't just up and croak for no reason. That kind of tube failure is about as frequent as power transistor failures in SS amps: not often but it happens. If you lose a tube in an SVT all you have to do is pop out its mate and keep on playing. If you lose a power transistor then it's goodnight for the amp and a serious repair bill, not to mention blown up speakers unless the amp has very good DC protection.
    There certainly is an extra commitment that comes with owning a tube amp, but it ain't that bad;)

    As for Eden VS Ampeg? It depends on what Ampegs we're talking about. Build quality and component -wise Eden is definately superior to SLM era Ampeg. This doesn't hold true for old Ampegs. The build quality and components of the old SVTs is on a par with, or better than that of anything built today.
    As for sound, I do really like Edens, but for me no Eden (or anything else except maybe Aguilar) can compete with a vintage SVT tone-wise. I'm not real fussy about the SLM Ampegs, but tone is very subjective so you people need to play them for yourselves to find out what you dig...

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Does TAXI take a percentage?
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Why do these companies tell TAXI what they're looking for?
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Does TAXI get listings for artists, bands, songwriters, and composers?
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What styles of music are most frequently requested?
People come to us looking for all types of music. If you can find it on a chart, in a movie or TV show, chances are somebody is looking for that genre. Check out the current Industry Listings and you can see just how diverse the opportunities are when you belong to TAXI. And remember, you'll get a fresh update every two weeks.
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Our A&R team is made up of a large panel of heavyweight music industry experts who are always matched to the specific genre of music you send us. You'll never get a Country expert listening to your Jazz Instrumental or have Pop producer listening to your TV Tension Cue. Our A&R people have been vice presidents and directors of A&R at major labels, indie labels, music publishers, Grammy-winning songwriters and producers, Hollywood music supervisors, music coordinators from hit TV shows, and music library experts. We guarantee your music will always be thoroughly listened to by one of our professionals, absolutely no second stringers or interns will ever make decisions about your music. We promise!

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No! Actually, you'll get more than 1,200 opportunities a year in just about every genre of music. We'll send you great new opportunities virtually every day of the year! You can submit to as many opportunities as you would like, and you can submit the same material for different listings. We do recommend that you choose your pitches wisely!

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All of our opportunities provide you with feedback. For listings with long deadlines, the feedback is typically more extensive, and our many of members credit TAXI's feedback as the reason they've improved so much with their songwriting, production, and ability to pitch the right music for the right opportunity. Our quick turnaround opportunities have shorter timelines, but you'll still get enough feedback to know why your music was forwarded or not, and the main areas you might need to work on!
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If I send in my whole CD with 12 songs on it, do I have to pay a $60 submission fee?
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We take annual head counts and have found that typically, four out of ten members get something forwarded in any given year. The music that's great, and right on target for a particular opportunity, gets sent to the listing company.
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TAXI memberships are individual and writer-based. That means that if you write your own songs, or you are the primary writer in your band, you can join TAXI. The rule of thumb is you can send in any music you've written or co-written, but can't submit for friends.

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The One Ronnie, BBC One: A timeline of Ronnie Corbett's career

As Ronnie Corbett returns to British screens (and marks his 80th birthday) with a star-studded one-off sketch show, The One Ronnie, the Telegraph takes a look at his long and distinguished career at the heart of British comedy.

1930: Ronnie Balfour Corbett born in Edinburgh on December 4, the son of a baker

Late 1940s/early 1950s: Does National Service with the RAF. At 5ft, 1 ½ inches, he was the shortest commissioned officer in the British Forces

1966: Gets his big break in the The Frost Report after he is spotted by David Frost while doing cabaret in a Mayfair nightclub. Meets Ronnie Barker.

1967: Stars in No – That’s Me Over Here!, a sitcom co-written by Barry Cryer, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle

1971 – 1987: Stars in The Two Ronnies with Ronnie Barker

1978: Both he and Ronnie Barker are awarded the OBE

1981 – 1982 and 1985 – 1988: Stars in sitcom Sorry! as Timothy Lumsden, a librarian who lives with his parents. It runs for seven series

1997: Stars as Reggie Sea Lions, alongside Kevin Kline and John Cleese in the A Fish Called Wanda follow-up Fierce Creatures

2005: Ronnie Barker dies of heart failure

2006: Cameos as himself in an episode of Ricky Gervais’s Extras

2010: Makes a one-off return to prime-time television with The One Ronnie, in which he is joined by a host of British comedy talent

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Wearing a certain print can speak volumes. Leopard is vampish, florals ladylike, zebra stuck in the ‘80s. But what of the polka dot? It often gets a bad rap, and admittedly, in certain incarnations, can be a tad ‘little girl’s tea party’ for grown up women. But in the right hands, polka dots can strike that tricky balance between modern and elegant.

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The weakest economic growth rate seen in the UK for 10 years was today shown to be worse than first feared. Estimates last month put GDP growth in 2002 at 1.7pc - but that has now been scaled back to 1.6pc following further analysis from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Chancellor Gordon Brown had set a target of 1.6pc in his pre-budget report in November after revising down forecasts from an initial estimate of between 2pc and 2.5pc.

Today's figure of 1.6pc, which remains the lowest annual rate since 1992, was subject to a downward revision because of lower estimates of Government spending across 2002. The final figure could still be subject to further revision.

However the ONS said its estimate of the quarter on quarter growth rate for the final three months of 2002 remained unchanged at 0.4pc.

In a breakdown of the figures, the ONS said Government expenditure rose 0.8pc in the quarter and by 4.2pc across the year - the strongest increase since 1975.

Household expenditure also rose by 1pc in the quarter as spending continued on televisions and other electrical equipment. However business investment fell by a record 10pc in 2002, the ONS said.

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Romania and Bulgaria migrants reach record high

Official figures show continuing surge in the numbers arriving from Romania and Bulgaria after their citizens won full access to the UK labour market

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The number of Romanians and Bulgarians who have come to work in Britain has reached a new high, official statistics have revealed.

Data from the Office for National Statistics showed there were 189,000 from the two eastern European countries 'by birth' working here by the end of September, up 31,000 on the previous quarter.

It represented a 49,000 year-on-year increase, or just under 35 per cent.

However, the figures showed the first fall in the number of workers from all 27 other European Union countries for more than a year.

At the end of September there were 1,817,000 from the EU as a whole compared with 1,847,000 at the end of the previous quarter.

But despite this turnaround, the number of EU workers as a whole was up 181,000 year-on-year, or 11 per cent.

Over the previous year there had been a steady climb in the number of EU workers from 1,627,000, as growing numbers escaped economic problems in countries such as Spain, Italy and Greece.

The number of workers from the eight former Communist countries which joined the EU in 2004, including Poland, fell slightly from 866,000 to 850,000 between the end of June and the end of September.

It means that Romania and Bulgaria were the only group which is seeing increased levels of immigration to Britain.

Reasons for the drop-off in immigration from the rest of the EU remain unexplained.

It could be due to early signs of economic confidence in their home countries, although this is unlikely given warnings about "economic stagnation" in the eurozone from Mark Carney, the Bank of England's Governor.

A more likely explanation is that it is just a seasonal change as more people were able to get summer jobs in their home countries, or perhaps an indicator that the pool of potential migrants to Britain is nearing exhaustion.

Immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria could only come to work in Britain in a limited set of circumstances until the end of last year, but restrictions were lifted on January 1.

Sir Andrew Green, chairman of MigrationWatch UK, which campaigns for stricter immigration rules, said: "These figures suggest that our prediction of an additional 50,000 population per year as a result of the lifting of transitional controls on Romanians and Bulgarians is well on target.

"The overall decline in EU migration in this quarter may prove to be temporary. There seems to be no evidence of a decline in EU migration on the basis of these figures as the year-on-year trend is upwards."

The continuing rise in numbers from the countries will raise further questions about EU free movement rights.

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said last year that he wants to change free movement rules so that poorer countries reach a certain level of economic output before they can win full access to other EU countries' job markets.

The new figures also provided further evidence that there may have been a late influx of migrants from Romania and Bulgaria.

Figures for the first three months of the year showed a marginal fall from 144,000 to 140,000, leading some commentators to suggest that warnings of large-scale migration had been unfounded.

The latest ONS data show a continuing rise, although a definite trend will be difficult to determine until more data emerges in coming months.

The new figures also showed the number living here from the 14 "old EU" countries such as France and Germany fell by 45,000 to 742,000 at the end of September.

In February a report by the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory said nearly six out of 10 Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants living in Britain last year claimed they were self-employed, allowing them full access to the welfare state.

Its analysis showed 59.1 per cent of the workers said they were freelance, compared with just 14 per cent of the native UK population.

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Your Business Can Take Advantage of Black Friday Deals, Too

Black Friday: it’s the name given to the unofficial first day of the holiday shopping season, and is associated with the generally unparalleled deals on consumer products. Many consumers use this day’s incredible deals to justify spending their day buying (and often fighting over) a limited amount of goods. However, have you ever considered that Black Friday can also be a good day to both advance your B2B operations and take advantage of some deals yourself?

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If there’s a single concept at the heart of Black Friday, it’s maximizing the value that one gets out of a transaction. The less one can spend on a product, the better the deal. You can take advantage of a similar concept in your business as well, albeit a slightly modified one.

After all, an unfortunate side effect of discounts and price cuts is that these methods can sometimes make the brand itself seem cheaper and of lower quality. Naturally, this should be avoided. You don’t want to alienate potential clients when you’re trying to draw them in.

Instead, Black Friday is a good day for B2B businesses to embrace bundled deals and free add-on services. This way, you’re offering your bargain-hunting prospects increased value without potentially damaging your brand’s reputation, even unconsciously.

Black Friday for Your Business’ Benefit
Of course, why should your clients and prospects have all the fun on Black Friday--or, for that matter, Cyber Monday? Your business can easily also enjoy the benefits of this infamous day of deals.

For example, many suppliers and dealers will offer some invaluable deals on hardware and especially software solutions, as the profit margins on software allow for the deals on them to be much more generous to the purchaser. It may be invaluable to ask your vendors what kind of deals they plan to offer in a public forum, like social media. This way, they can see some benefit if they answer by piquing the interest of their other followers.

It may also be of benefit to have a ‘wishlist,’ of sorts, for you and your vendors to reference as you seek the best deals on particular items.

However, it is also important to consider that many Black Friday deals have caps, where you can only buy x-amount of a particular piece of equipment. This means that bulk purchasing a particular laptop to standardize your office may be out of the question--but if there’s a big-ticket item that your office only needs one or two of, or you need to restock some of the basics that your office uses regularly, Black Friday might be your best bet.

Of course, the term ‘Black Friday’ has grown to cover what is more or less a week-long period of sales and deals. This means that you have an increased opportunity to nurture your audience and send them through their sales process. The urgency that Black Friday lends to it may help encourage their decision-making at a faster-than-normal pace, allowing you to encourage more sales and services in less time.

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After 3 days of SERIOUSLY sub zero temperatures, a lot of Telluriders are waking up to frozen pipes this morning. A frozen pipe burst up near Tomboy Road yesterday, shooting water 75 feet into the air!! Brrrr, its definitely chilly out there. On Tuesday we maxed out at 5 degrees in town, and -10 degrees on the mountain. That left only a very few brave souls on the slopes! Today, temperatures are on the rise, hovering around a more 'balmy' freezing level. The sun is shining, the sky is a bright cobalt blue and there is no wind - these are the kinds of winter days we mountain folk dream of.

We received about 6 inches of fresh snow at the beginning of the week, and the arctic temperatures in Colorado are keeping the mountain in good shape. There is another similar storm headed for the San Juans late this week/early next week, so fingers and toes crossed this storm gives Telluride some more snow love....

Telluride Rentals has extended our Winter Ski Special - buy 4 nights, get the 5th night FREE on selected condos, town homes and private homes. This is a great opportunity to snap up a seriously stylish platinum property at a great price. We also have some incredible "last minute" offers on selected properties, which may even trump the Winter Ski Special. Last minute deals depend on availability so call us today to get the very best rate on a last minute reservation. Combine these deals with our discounted lift ticket offer, and you can enjoy a Telluride vacation at a fraction of the usual cost.

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While hiring an attorney to handle your divorce is not legally required, it often is beneficial. Many who do not hire a divorce attorney (commonly referred to as going "pro se"), feel that it is economically the best decision. As you weigh the costs and benefits of using an attorney's services versus going pro se, it is in your best interest to be informed of the implications of both sides. The following describe a few pros and cons of hiring a divorce attorney.

An attorney will be an objective advocate. But it is expensive. During your divorce process, you will be faced with a great amount of stress and negative emotions as you battle the deeply personal issues of child custody, division of marital property, etc. Dealing with these emotions can affect your ability to make the most rational decisions and properly represent yourself in your best light in court. Hiring a divorce attorney will ensure your best representation, as he or she will be an objective advocate, having no personal ties to the case. While this objectivity will work to your greatest advantage, it will come at a high cost. Attorney fees can easily cost thousands of dollars before all is said and done. Because of this, it is in your best interest to evaluate what you have to lose by not hiring an attorney in comparison to the money you will pay an attorney to protect your share of your income and assets as well as your parental rights.

You are more likely to be heard. But sometimes attorneys are overly aggressive. Having a reputable attorney advocating on your behalf speaks volumes to a judge. He or she will be able to express your needs and desires in the most effective way possible. Keep in mind that you will not only be battling your spouse for money and time with your children-you will also be battling his lawyer. If your spouse has hired an attorney, you can be sure that his voice will be heard above yours. However, on the flip side, hiring an attorney who will aggressively pursue every last victory for you will arouse feelings such as anger and resentment from your spouse. Attorneys, trained to win as much as possible and to stop at nothing, are notorious for their aggressiveness in the courtroom. Winning full custody of your children, a large maintenance settlement, and a larger than necessary amount of marital property may sound wonderful at first sight; but, if it puts an even bigger strain on your relationship with your spouse, you may want to consider allowing a more reasonable settlement.

Your attorney has the tools you need and don't have. You may know what you want out of your divorce, but you will not have the tools to make it happen. The divorce process is full of legalities and technicalities, paperwork, deadlines, and an endless amount of other things that most people are not familiar with. It is your lawyer's job to take care of these things while learning what you want and need in this divorce settlement. Having a thorough understanding of the court system and how the law can work in your favor, he or she will then be able to advise you regarding what is best for your individual case. Obviously, if your case is simple, perhaps it might be best to go it on your own.

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How violence affects co-parenting in the first year of separation

University of Illinois researchers conducted a study to determine how different types of violence experienced by women during marriage affected their ability to co-parent during the first year they were separated from their spouse. Studies have shown that the first year of separation is particularly dangerous for women who were in abusive relationships. During this time, many important child custody decisions are made, including how the children will be managed.

Researchers determined that the type of violence women experienced during the marriage directly correlated to the circumstances they would find themselves in after the separation. Situational violence is described as an episode where arguments intensify into violence. Coercive controlling violence describes behavior in which the abuser constantly uses tactics such as isolation from family and friends or controlling finances to dominate their spouse.

The studies showed that women who experienced coercive controlling violence were much more likely to continue to suffer from the abusive actions of their spouses following separation. These women were also far less likely to receive positive communications from their spouse regarding the children and had little co-parenting support. The findings also indicated that these women had more unpredictability in their relationships with their spouses. Circumstances could seem fine for a period of time and then fall apart without warning depending on the mood and actions of the spouse.

Those who are experiencing this level of abuse at the hands of a separated spouse may feel frustrated and helpless in regards to their situation. The legal system's processes can be complicated, and the abused spouse might feel as though there is no hope for relief. Consulting a child custody attorney may make difference in cases like these. The attorney may be able to find solutions to manage both the threat of the spouse and the needs of the children.

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There is a wonderful extended passage near the end of Matthew Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head that describes the highly traditional, and yet open-to-change, practices of a small organ-making company called Taylor and Boody. “They understand the long story of organ making as their own,” says Crawford, “and find for themselves a place in it.” Here is an especially powerful passage:

Some critics will say that these craftspeople have ‘retreated from the world.’ I think nearly the opposite. We have come to accept a condition of retreat from the world as normal. The point of the organ shop example is to help us see what it would look like to inhabit an ecology of attention that puts one squarely in the world.

This is a brilliant and vital point in itself, but I want to take a bit of a turn and show how it’s relevant to recent debates, on this site and elsewhere, about what Rod has been calling the Benedict Option.

Rod has written of the BenOp as a “strategic withdrawal.” And while I have argued that it’s better to speak of “strategic attentiveness,” in reality those are two sides of a coin: since attention is finite, one cannot increase attentiveness to one object without withdrawing it from another.

The BenOp recommends increased attentiveness to local communities, to the formation of Christians (young and old) in the traditional practices and habits (of thought and action) of the Church. Though what this might look like has yet to be clarified and codified, there are already a good many people describing it as a regrettable withdrawal from “the world.”

But the passage from Crawford encourages us to ask: What do the critics of the (nascent) BenOp mean by “the world”? And when you put it that way, it becomes clear that for them “the world” is inside the Beltway, and in the New York Times and Washington Post, and on Politico and HuffPost, and the tweetstreams of politicians and policy wonks, and on our biggest TV networks. But I would like to suggest that the building of a healthy society might depend on people who are willing to say that those vast public edifices — some made of stone, some of pixels — are not the world, that the world lies much closer to hand.

To think in this way — to think seriously in this way — is to commit oneself to slow and incremental change, to what W. H. Auden in one of his poems calls “local understanding.” It is also to acknowledge that the order and value you crave will not be handed to you by your environment; rather, you must build it ad hoc, improvising as you go with like-minded people, as you can find them.

This is one of the conditions of modernity, I think. The great scholar and thinker Mikhail Bakhtin believed that Dostoevsky had discerned this, and portrayed, with great compassion and psychological acuity, people who (primarily because they were intellectuals) had been displaced from any kind of organic community and had to rebuild their world from scratch. Here’s a beautiful desctiption:

To create a human community in the world, to join several people together outside the framework of available social forms, is the goal of Myshkin, of Alyosha, and in a less conscious and clear-cut form of all Dostoevsky’s other heroes…. Communion has been deprived, as it were, of its real-life body and wants to create one arbitrarily, out of purely human material. All this is a most profound expression of the social disorientation of the classless intelligentsia, which feels itself dispersed throughout the world and whose members must orient themselves in the world one by one, alone and at their own risk.

The bond Alyosha forms with “the boys” in The Brothers Karamazov is the perfect example of this: an improvised bond, a fragile and local one, but one with enormous strength and comfort for those who accept it.

A genuinely conservative — i.e., conserving — counter-culture of any kind, including the Christian kind, will be similarly improvisatory, small-scale, local, fragile. It will always be aware that “to inhabit an ecology of attention that puts one squarely in the world” is a task to be re-engaged, with more or less success, every day. Over its (imaginary) gates it will carve a motto, one taken from a late Auden poem, “The Garrison”:

Whoever rules, our duty to the City

is loyal opposition, never greening

for the big money, never neighing after

a public image.

Let us leave rebellions to the choleric

who enjoy them: to serve as a paradigm

now of what a plausible Future might be

is what we’re here for.

Alan Jacobs is a Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and the author most recently of The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography.


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Art market

Art Basel in Hong Kong welcomes more mainland galleries

Dealers from across Asia are ramping up their presence, and around half of the projects in the Kabinett sector are by Asian artists

The Bengali artist Praneet Soi’s Srinagar II (2015) is part of a series of papier-mache tiles courtesy of Experimenter and the artist

The profusion of Western dealers opening galleries in Hong Kong to coincide with the sixth edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong (ABHK) is getting a mixed reception. Some view the arrival of such mega-dealers as Hauser & Wirth and David Zwirner with trepidation, while others see it as a sign that the market is maturing.

“It has shaken the ground a little bit; the gallery scene is very competitive,” says Adeline Ooi, the director of ABHK. “But it’s for the greater good. If you are going to call Hong Kong a global hub, you need to have the gallery presence. Besides, they are not only serving Hong Kong but also the wider region.”

Inside the fair, dealers from across Asia are ramping up their presence. Out of 248 galleries, 41 are from mainland China (six more than last year—first-timers include Capsule Shanghai and Don Gallery) and 26 are from Hong Kong (the same as in 2017). Iran is represented for the first time ever at an Art Basel show, with Dastan’s Basement from Tehran. Indian and Pakistani artists grow in visibility each year at ABHK, and this year the number of India-based galleries rises by three to nine, including newcomers Tarq from Mumbai and Gallery Espace from New Delhi. The Indian artist Subodh Gupta is featured in the Encounters section for large-scale works with the installation Start. Stop (2008)—a slow-moving sushi belt covered in tiffin boxes and pots—presented by Arario Gallery.

Around half of the 30 projects in the Kabinett section are by Asian artists, many of them “prominent on the biennial circuit”, Ooi says. They include the Chinese artist Yu Hong, who is presenting She’s Already Gone (2017), a virtual reality (VR) project with Long March Space. “The diversity of works is particularly exciting this year,” Ooi says. “From VR to finely hand-crafted pieces, there’s something for everyone.”


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Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has revealed it is time and announced his retirement from playing international cricket.

The 34-year-old made his Test debut against England in December 2004, last played for his country against Australia in March this year.

He scored 8,765 Test runs for South Africa and has a batting average of over 50 in both Test and ODI cricket.

Speaking in a video posted on Twitter, he said: “I have decided to retire from all international cricket with immediate effect. It’s time for others to take over, I’ve had my turn and to be honest I’m tired.

“This has been a tough decision. I thought long and hard and I’d like to retire while still playing decent cricket and after the series wins against India and Australia, now feels the right time to step aside.

“It wouldn’t be right for me to pick and choose what formats I play in, for me it’s either everything or nothing.”

De Villiers added that he would still be available to play in domestic cricket and would “still support Faf du Plessis and the squad as best I can”.

De Villiers holds the record for the fastest one-day century, reaching three figures in just 31 balls against West Indies in January 2015.

He also holds the record for the fastest Test century by a South African, making 100 from 75 balls against India in 2011.

Cricket South Africa president Chris Nenzani said “AB is one of the all-time greats of South African cricket who has thrilled spectators around the world.

“It goes without saying that he is going to be greatly missed wherever international cricket is played.”

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In Charleston, South Carolina, a white bicycle stands permanently chained to a signpost at the corner where Edwin Gardner was "hit and run over and dragged" by a car three years ago.Aaron Reuben

Ken Spicer’s grandkids were expecting him when they heard the accident. From inside the house it sounded like a car had hit a post. But they knew differently when they heard their grandfather, age 70, cry out for help.

“I was knocked up into the air,” Spicer remembers. “My head hit the windshield, I came down on the hood, and then down onto the pavement.” While biking to his son’s house he’d been hit by a neighbor driving a white Subaru SUV. “The next thing I remember I was lying in both lanes of the street, in the most excruciating pain of my life,” he says. He had traveled all of three blocks.

This kind of accident can, and does, happen anywhere. But if you live where Spicer does, in the Deep South—outside Charleston, South Carolina, in Spicer’s case—this kind of accident is more likely to occur. Much more likely.

According to a benchmark study, released last year by the National Alliance for Biking and Walking, the states of the southern U.S. are the most dangerous per biker, and per bike mile traveled, by a wide margin. If you bike in South Carolina you are 10 times likelier to be hit and killed by a car than if you bike in Oregon, one of America’s safer states for cyclists. In North Carolina, eight times more likely. In Louisiana, seven. If you bike in Mississippi, that number is close to 13.

By the time Ken Spicer arrived at the local medical center, where he is a practicing radiologist, he had lost more than half the blood in his body. As word spread among the physicians that one of their own had been injured, “everyone came down to see me,” he remembers. Then, “all of a sudden, boom, there was nobody there. Like a switch had been thrown.” While he was being treated another car had hit another biker, he learned later, and his trauma team had rushed to resuscitate, in vain, the second injured cyclist of the day. Eventually, Spicer was diagnosed with a spiral fracture of the femur. To reduce the pain from his shredded muscles, pins were inserted into his knee and a sandbag on a pulley hung from them. It was months before he could walk again.

Warm, flat, and scenic, the south should be a bike rider’s dream. But its palm trees and hanging moss stand watch over roadways badly in need of dedicated bike lanes, generous road shoulders, and more navigable urban centers. Beaux Jones, a Louisiana bike advocate, explained that apart from New Orleans, the cities in his state have inherited a structure, “that is somewhat antithetical to biking for pleasure or other purposes.” In contrast with compact cities like San Francisco or Portland, Baton Rouge “is a city that stretches across 35 miles,” he points out. Few choose to bike it.

Melody Moody, the executive director of Bike Walk Mississippi, explains that her state has “a big issue with a lack of paved shoulders. We’ve been working on that for years, but with less success than we would have hoped.”

A report on transportation spending by Advocacy Advance, a partnership between the Alliance for Biking and Walking and the League of American Bicyclists, found that the southern states spend, or plan to spend, the least on biking and walking safety infrastructure as a percentage of their total spending. Over the last few years, Massachusetts directed more than 5 percent of its transportation spending to bicycle and pedestrian facilities. In that same time period Louisiana, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi each devoted one half of one percent.

This lack of investment reflects limited coffers—as well as a limited number of bikers. In South Carolina, “we’ve had the third largest state roadway system, with the third lowest gas tax,” says Amy Johnson, director of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition in South Carolina. As a result, her state has a small budget that has to feed a fat road system hungry for upkeep. State planners are often more likely to view biking as recreation than transportation. “You’re dealing with a mentality that is focused on intrastate travel,” she says. They can be “very resistant to providing funding for construction, reconstruction, or moving lane markings.”

As Moody sees it, the best way to improve cycling conditions in southern states is to increase the number of riders. “We believe in the concept of ‘safety in numbers’ and overwhelmingly believe in the effort to increase ridership as a way to increased safety,” she says. Few would disagree with this conclusion. If drivers don’t expect to see cyclists on the roads, they won’t keep an eye out for them. The statistics in the benchmark study certainly suggest that, on a state-by-state basis, this is true. Eight of the 10 most dangerous states for biking in the U.S. see the fewest bike riders each year. All eight of these are southern. In Alabama, one of the most dangerous cycling states, less than one percent of commutes were performed by bike in 2012.

But there is an obvious catch-22 here. It’s hard to encourage people to ride if the streets aren’t safe. Says Johnson, “You are literally sending them out into harm’s way.”

Cycling enthusiasts in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, can direct visitors to the corner of Lockwood and Montagu, where a white bike with broken tires and a garland of plastic flowers sits chained to a no-parking sign. It marks the spot where Edwin Gardner, a “pillar of the bike community,” was killed by a car three years ago. "Hit and run over and dragged,” remembers Tom Bradford, founder of Charleston Moves, a local biking and walking advocacy group.

The south is rife with stories of prominent cyclists who have been injured or killed. Last year Durham, North Carolina, lost one of its most beloved bikers, Seth Vidal, to a hit and run. The year before, Baton Rouge suffered the same fate. The year before that it was Charleston's turn. In one incident in Arkansas this past summer, 13 cyclists were struck at once in a massive accident that killed one and hospitalized the rest. Reckless driving caused all of these deaths. “Total lawlessness on behalf of drivers,” in the words of Peter Wilborn, founder of the national bike advocacy group and legal practice Bike Law.

How do you increase safety before you increase bikers? Many southern states are rolling out or expanding driver education programs. In North Carolina, representatives from the Department of Transportation say they’ve already seen significant “improved yielding” or road sharing across the Research Triangle as a result of their expanded program, Watch for Me NC.

But Wilborn insists that education alone will never be enough to make the streets safe for bicycles. “Cycling fatalities are inversely proportional to the amount of money spent on bike infrastructure,” he says. “This is well documented. There is a number of what a state spends—and that number correlates almost exactly with its ranking on fatalities.” If you want to know why South Carolina is unsafe, he says, look at how it doesn’t spend its money. Frankly, he adds, “South Carolina does as little as possible.”

Representatives from the South Carolina Department of Transportation safety program can point to a number of initiatives underway to improve safety across the state, for both cyclists and pedestrians. "Bike and pedestrian safety is an essential consideration for all safety projects" in the state, they told me by email. But South Carolina still ranks near the bottom of the list (44th) for allotting money to bike and pedestrian safety, according to review of the benchmark statistics by the Palmetto Cycling Coalition. As investment lags, so will safety.

Despite the danger there is a feeling that things are changing. Or about to change.

In South Carolina at least, a new bike culture is beginning to emerge. In July, 2011 a South Carolina city, Spartanburg, became the first in the region to offer a bike-share program. Within two years, there were seven in the south—10, if you include Texas. In a coup for local advocates, South Carolina’s newest and biggest bridge, the Arthur Ravenel, sports a pristine new bike lane.

And there is growing enthusiasm in other states. “Mississippi takes a lot of flack for how far it hasn’t come yet,” Melody Moody says. But it’s made real progress, and there are plenty of “passionate people in Mississippi who are fighting for change and doing interesting and innovative things,” she says. Others point to new complete streets programs and infrastructure investments in large cities like Atlanta and Charlotte as promising signs, on the municipality level at least.

Nevertheless, cyclists in the region are still struggling to change minds set against “bikes as transportation”—and, more importantly, working to capture real money for safety improvements.

They still have a long road to ride—particularly true if South Carolina is any example. In January the state’s Secretary of Transportation, Robert St. Onge, was kindly asked to tender his resignation—after he'd been arrested at 8 in the morning for drunk driving.

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Act On Thin Solar Cells for cheaper Green Power
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thin-solar-cellSolar energy is a well established form of renewable energy. However with the present solar cells being rather thick, the cost of solar energy systems prove to be rather expensive for anyone to invest in, and use.

This is why researchers and experts inDurham University are busy developing thin layer solar cells.

These experts are trying to develop light absorbing materials that can be used for the production of thin layered, solar photovoltaic cells. These cells are used to convert the light energy from the sun into electricity.

This is basically a four year project where numerous experiments have been tried out on different materials to find out the material that is less expensive, but sustainable enough to use in the manufacture of solar panels. Today, the thicker and silicon based cells and compounds with the rare and expensive metal indium, are used to create solar panels.

So in a bid to find cheaper and more efficient materials for efficient energy production, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC) has funded this research. The research now consists of the development cheaper and more sustainable variants of thin-layer PV cells with the help of materials like cadmium telluride and indium diselenide.

In addition to this, the team is also working on means of manipulating the growth of these materials so that they form a continuous structure that helps in the conduction of energy that is trapped by solar panels before being used for electricity.

With this, it is expected to find an improved efficiency in the functioning of the thin layer PV cells.

The research team hopes that with the development of cheaper thin film PV cells, the cost of solar panels for the domestic market gets reduced while the usage of solar power increases. Today, only one hundredth of one percent of UK’s home energy is provided by solar energy.

With thin layer PV cells used for making solar panels that fit on roofs, homes that have surplus electricity being fed back to the National grid are powered with the necessary power. This leads to cheaper fuel bills and dependence on fossil fuels.

The main reason for this research is to find materials for generating solar energy so that solar energy is made more affordable to the common man. People will definitely buy a system that could be bought off the shelf, and provide even a fraction of their energy needs, if it was economical enough.

When considering the cost effectiveness of the system, you have to consider how many pounds have to be spent for getting a watt of power. So with cheap solar panels, you are sure to get a winning product that many people will want to buy.

And with the nano-scale resolution microscopes that have been funded for the study by the Science Research Investment Fund, it is possible for scientists to find out what limits the performance of solar cells.

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Ed Sheeran declares love for NZ at Auckland show

Ed Sheeran proclaimed his fondness of New Zealand to thousands of Kiwi fans on Saturday night, telling them "this is a country I have a lot of love for".

The pop star is currently on a record-breaking six date Divide tour of the country, with three concerts at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium before another three at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.

On multiple occasions, Sheeran recounted his relationship with Aotearoa and emphasised his affection for it.

"It's really good to be back in New Zealand - this is a country I have a lot of love for," said Sheeran.

"I first came here, in - I think it was in 2011 or 2012. I was pushing a single at that time which had only been a hit in England. I kind of fell in love with this country and have kept coming back."

He also joked about how unfortunate the people were who hadn't memorised his lyrics.

"I hope you know the words - if you don't, it might be a long two hours."

Sheeran's full set-list from the March 24, 2018 concert was:

  • Castle on the Hill
  • Eraser
  • The A Team
  • Don't / New Man
  • Dive
  • Bloodstream
  • Happier
  • I'm a Mess
  • Tenerife Sea
  • Galway Girl
  • Feeling Good / I See Fire
  • Photograph
  • Perfect
  • Nancy Mulligan
  • Thinking Out Loud
  • Sing
  • Shape of You
  • You Need Me, I Don't Need You


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The Cannon Beach Academy offers a comprehensive education program combining the Core Knowledge Sequence for social studies and science with Direct Instruction for reading, language, and mathematics. The Cannon Beach Academy's curriculum also includes Art, Technology, Music, Spanish language instruction, Health & PE.

Direct instruction

Direct Instruction is a model for teaching that emphasizes well-developed and carefully planned lessons designed around small learning increments and clearly defined and prescribed teaching tasks. Its focus is content and assessment. The children are assessed regularly and the program is tailored to accommodate each child's progression.

Direct Instruction is proven to be one of the most, if not the most, effective curriculum available. The results of "Project Follow Through", the largest and most expaƒovnsive experiment in education funded by the U.S. government that has ever been conducted, the data showed that Direct Instruction was the most effective curriculum used. Students receiving Direct Instruction did better than those in all other programs when tested in reading, arithmetic, spelling, and language. Direct Instruction improved cognitive skills dramatically relative to the control groups and also showed the highest improvement in self-esteem scores compared to control groups.

In addition to "Project Follow Through", there are dozens of peer reviewed studies that have been conducted that show use of Direct Instruction curriculum provides superior results in teaching as well as increasing the self esteem of the child.

We implement Direct Instruction in each of our classes, including  math, reading, writing, and spelling.

core knowledge

The philosophical basis of the curriculum is that students must have a foundation of essential "core" knowledge in order to successfully acquire and apply skills. Knowledge builds on knowledge. Knowledge gained in early years provides the foundation for further learning.

The Core Knowledge curriculum clarifies what children need to know to progress in school and be effective in society. The Core Knowledge curriculum is engaging, demanding, and builds the confidence that students need for academic mastery. Over 1000 individual schools, and a large number of school districts across the U.S., use the Core Knowledge curriculum. The curriculum has proven highly successful in preparing students with the foundational knowledge they need for high school academics.
We will implement Core Knowledge in science and social studies.


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At tonight’s Maundy Thursday service we read the story of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples, and setting them, and all who would be followers of the Teacher, an example of loving service. This was my brief reflection on it:

Washing feet. Just think about it. What it demands. Getting close. Touching. Getting on your knees. Being below another. Making another higher than you. Putting yourself at the service of another. Service. Servant. Taking the position of least importance. Not standing on ceremony. Not insisting on dignity. Giving up power. Foot washing. Just think about it. “I am among you as one who serves,” said the Teacher. Not lording it over the classroom. Not demanding a respect based on position rather than merit. I am among you as a servant. As a teacher, I am among you as a servant. Is this the church? Is this the body of Christ? Is it? When we demand special privileges because our forebears were Christian; when we demand special treatment in the rules and regulations of the country because we are Christian; when we demand that others dance to our tunes, are we on our knees? The Teacher who caused others to ask questions of themselves and so learn for themselves, from his position at our feet, looks up into our eyes and beyond into our souls and says to us, “Love as I have loved you. … No servant is greater than their Master,” and here am I, your Master, or so you say, kneeling at your feet.

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Roger Thurow

Senior Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture

Areas of expertise: Global Food & Agriculture, Africa

Roger Thurow joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as senior fellow on global food and agriculture in January 2010 after three decades at The Wall Street Journal. For 20 years, he was a foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa. His coverage of global affairs spanned the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the release of Nelson Mandela, the end of apartheid, the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and the humanitarian crises of the first decade of this century–along with 10 Olympic Games.

In 2003, he and Journal colleague Scott Kilman wrote a series of stories on famine in Africa that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. Their reporting on humanitarian and development issues was also honored by the United Nations. Thurow and Kilman are authors of the book ENOUGH: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. In 2009, they were awarded Action Against Hunger’s Humanitarian Award. He is also the author of The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, and his most recent book, The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—and the World, was published in May 2016.

Thurow is an expert on agricultural development and speaks often on high-visibility platforms related to nutrition, hunger, and agriculture in the United States, Europe, and Africa. In 2013, he spoke about the power smallholder farmers in Africa at TedxChange Seattle event, hosted by Melinda Gates. Thurow graduated from the University of Iowa. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Anne, and their two children, Brian and Aishling.

The Council is grateful to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for providing core support of Roger Thurow's work. The Council also thanks the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Kelly and Jim McShane for their generous support. Learn more on Thurow's blog, Outrage and Inspire.

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Nitrogen Coffee: The New Way to Drink Your Cup O' Joe

If you find that drinking hot coffee during the summer is a no-go, but you’re bored with your typical cup of iced coffee, perhaps you should try your hand at the coffee trend that is slowly popping up in trendy coffee houses across the nation.

Nitrogen coffee.

Coffeemakers are finding popularity in this new method in which cold coffee is infused with pressurized nitrogen, chilled in a keg, then served on tap in a goblet or tulip glass. The result? A smooth concoction, similar to Guinness Stout, that leaves you with a glorious caffeine afterglow.

The process creates a flavor and texture eerily comparable to beer and coffee purists may not be too crazy about it. Beer lovers, however, may find that it’s the perfect way to feel like they’re drinking a cold one without the drunken side effects. Whether or not this new brew will stick around has yet to be determined, but if you’re in Atlanta, you can try it for yourself at one of these locations:

Octane Coffee (Grant Park)

Address: 437 Memorial Drive A5, Atlanta, GA 30312

Ration & Dram

Address: 130 Arizona Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307

Porter Beer Bar (only served on weekends for brunch)

Address: 1156 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307