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Proxy Vote for the 2009 EU Parliamentary Elections

The upcoming 2009 European Parliamentary Elections marks the first time that I will be away from home during a major election. Hence, this is also the first time that I am voting by proxy.

Besides the ballot — which lists some 31 parties (and that's for Germany alone) — the voting package contains two envelopes, a letter confirming that I am allowed to vote, as well as detailed instructions.

Here's how this all works.

First, you make the all-important checkmark next to the party that gets your vote. After you cast your vote, you fold that huge ballot paper into a neat little package, put it in the blue envelope, and seal the latter. Then, you sign the authorization letter, by which you confirm, among other things, that you have personally placed that checkmark.

Together with the blue envelope, you put the signed letter in the red envelope, which you then send off to your local ballot office. This way, your anonymous vote and your voting authorization with your personal details can be easily be separated at the voting office.

What remains now is to wait for the election results to be published once the voting process has been completed across Europe on June 7th.

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Uploaded on May 29, 2009

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They Said It Couldn't Be Done

Another product that will, at last, ship soon: Celemony's Melodyne with Direct Note Access.

With the next release of the software, which is scheduled to go into beta around mid-May, the user has direct access to the single notes in a chord within an audio file.

The demo they used at their booth was based on an arpeggio and some chords played on an acoustic guitar: Melodyne displayed the analysed notes on its time/pitch grid, and changing a chord from minor to major was as easy as moving the speck of the chord's third by a half note — as easy as moving a file by dragging and dropping its icon. And the sound of the resulting audio file was impeccable.

I wish I knew how many people had told Peter Neubäcker, the mastermind behind Melodyne, that this could never be done...

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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Towering Reflexions

A reflexion of Frankfurt's MesseTurm on the glass wall of Hall 3.

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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On the Rise

An evening view of Frankfurt's skyline. Almost all of these high-rises were built by banks and investment companies -- well before the "sub-prime" crisis, mind you.

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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Truly Handmade Music

Markus Striegl (center) and his sidekicks Christoph Lindner (left) and Detlef Blanke (right) at the SAE booth.

They pulled off a great live performance with their singer/songwriter tunes being well inside my Personal Music Preferences Spectrum™, and Detlef Blanke's lyrical bass lines were exceptional.

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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Proxy Vote for the 2009 EU Parliamentary Elections

They Said It Couldn't Be Done

Towering Reflexions

On the Rise

Truly Handmade Music

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