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Tupac pop-up café commemorates the twentieth anniversary of his death
The Fresno, California restaurant is open for today (September 13) only
A Californian pop up café has opened for one day only to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the death of Tupac Shakur.
The rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting on this day in 1996 when his car stopped at an intersection in Las Vegas. He was 25.
As Stereogum reports, Shakur had designs on opening a restaurant in California with the name Powamekka Café. That vision was made a reality today as Fresno restaurant Take 3 Burgers became the Powamekka for one day only, using logo designs that the rapper had designed before his death, as well as taking his ideas on what the menu should contain.
See pictures of the Café below.
Items said to be on the menu will include a California Love Chicken Sandwich, Hennessy Apple Butter chicken wings, mac-and-cheeseburger and Thug Passion cake pops featuring champagne cake with Alize liqueur-flavoured frosting.
A host of local musicians will also perform a series of Tupac songs later tonight. You can read more about the Café on its Facebook page.
Earlier today, a new trailer for the Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me, was released, which you can watch here.
It was also recently announced that Johnny Depp is set to play a detective who tries to solve the murders of Shakur and Notorious BIG in a new film based on their killings.

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Our wedding lasted into the late hours…..my wife and I were so exhausted that when we got to the motel we collapsed in bed and went right to sleep. We had an early flight the next day to our honeymoon destination.
We woke up the next morning and drove to the airport. We borded our plane and headed off on our LONG trip to Hawaii. My wife slept for a few hours but I couldnt – too excited. We were both started drinking 1/2 way thru the flight. By the time we arrived we were both feeling pretty good (semi-drunk).
The hotel limo picked us up at the airport. When we got into the limo it must have been obvious to the driver that we were feeling no pain. We told him we were here on our honeymoon and that we just got married. He started joking and having fun with us and even asked me if we had consummated our marriage. We both laughed and said no explaining we were too tired after our wedding. He kidded me about not being man enough and saying how he wouldnt be able to keep his hands of a pretty wife like mine no matter how tired we were. And then said, "you know, you arent really OFFICALLY married until you have sex" – we both giggled again.
When we got to the hotel he was very gracious and worked hard for his tip. He brought our bags to our room and mentioned they had a great club in the hotel if we want to get changed he would take us to the club and get us in without paying the cover. He waited for us and said he would make us drinks at the bar in our room (we had a honeymood suite).
My wife grabbed a dress and went into the bathroom. I changed in the bedroom out in the open with him there. I'm generally shy but since I had been drinking I didnt try to cover up.
As he was mixing us drinks I looked over and noticed he was looking toward the bathroom. As I looked over I noticed the door was open slightly but enough for him to have a perfect view into the bathroom. My wife was only wearing the skimpy lace panties that I bought for her for our honeymoon and finishing putting on makeup. I moved toward the door but by that time she was slipping the dress over her head and down her body. I know he got a view of her entire body while mixing the drinks.
He made us very strong vodka drinks and said we could bring them with us to the club. As we entered the elevator to go down he pushed the button for 1st floor and watched as he stairted at my wifes butt as she turned around to face the elevator doors. She looked over at him and smiled and then downed the entire drink. It was obvious my wife was feeling no pain and was up for having a fun night.
We went into the club and it was rocking. The bar had great vibes and was crowded. We walked she said she wanted another drink so I told I would get her one. The bar was packed and 3 deep so I had to wait for service. My wife went right to the dance floor and started dancing (she loves to dance). I watched her dancing and an older guy approached her started dancing with her. At first there was some distance between them but he moved closer as they continued. The next song started and he put had his hands on my wifes waist as she rocked back and forth – both of them were smiling. At first I was a little pissed but was also getting turned as I watched.
Because of the crowd, it took me over 5 mins to get the drinks. I continued to wait and watch. A slow song came on and my wife, responding to his touchies, she began doing the same. She put her hands around around him and watched her grab his butt then move her hands up around his neck. The slow song ended as I got 2 drink and I walked over to them with drinks in hand. my wife smiled, said thanks, and introduced me to Bob. Bob said he had a table with some friends and asked if we wanted to join them. Without hestation my wife answered "yes."
At the table, there were 2 other couples with Bob – all of them were good friends. Bob and the other couples were in their late 40s / early 50s and lived in Hawaii (moved from California). My wife and I were both 21 (from small town outside of Philadelphia). Bob introduced us to the other couples and we sat down. My wife told everyone that we had just gotten married and were on our honeymoon. Bob congradulated us and ordered a round of drinks for along with shots. I was already pretty drunk and told Bob that I didn't really want a shot but he insisted. My wife was also very drunk but seemed to be handling it better than me – probably because she slept for almost 1/2 of the flight.
As we talked with everyone we we learned that Bob had reciently lost his wife to breast cancer . I could see my wife felt bad for him as he told a heart wrenching story about her last days and how much he missed her. The shots arrived and everyone toasted us for our honeymoon. Bob asked my wife to dance and she said yes. I sat at the table and talked with the other couples while watching Bob and my wife. They were having fun and got right into touching each other agaain. I excused myself from the table and went to the bathroom. On my way back to the table, I felt dizzy and was staggering as I walked back because I was so drunk. Bob noticed and helped me to my chair. He looked at my wife and said we better get him back to your room. Bob almost had to carry me to the elevator. As we got into the elevator he propped me against the wall – I don't really remember anything else.
I woke up in our honeymoon suite – the room was spinning and my head was pounding. I could hear noises as I was trying to figure out where I was. I was still in my clothes, my shoes were on the floor and I was lying on the couch across from our round honeymoon bed. My head was spinning and as i looked around the room and tried to focus. I then recognized the sound of one of the noises and realized it was my wife. I looked toward the bed and noticed a 1/2 empty bottle of vodka on the floor beisde the bed. My wifes sexy white lace panties and dress were on the floor next to the bottle vodka along with bob's boxers, shirt and shorts. One of the lights on the dresser was on and I could see 2 drinks on the dresser. Both sliding glass doors were open and i could feel the warm tropical breezes flowing thru the room.
As I looked at the bed I saw Bob on his knees and my wifes legs over his shoulders. Beads of sweat were rolling down Bob's back – so it was obvoius they had been having sex for a while. He had his hands on her hips and was pulling her up and down on his ****. I then heard a sound that I recognized only when i've been between my wifes legs – the sound of her having an ******. But this time something about the sound was different – it was more intense – almost primal. As I watched her ****** her legs and body were shaking uncontrollably from an incredible, multiple ****** – waves of pleasure were surging thru her body and it seemed to go on and on. Bob had his hands on her hips and was holding her tight against him as she orgasmed over and over. During her ****** I saw Bobs body tense, then his muscular *** cheeks began to flex, as he approached an ******. He then grunted, almost animalistic, and he orgasmed inside of my wife – she continued to ****** the entire time Bob was having his ****** – both ******* together.
After a moment Bob collapsed on top of my wife, and I could hear them passionatly kissing. He then rolled off of her – lying next to her on the bed. My wife looked over at the couch and I closed my eyes like I was asleep. Bob said "don't worry about him – he's out." Convinced I was asleep, she put her head on Bob's chest. Bob reached over to the night table, picked up the drinks , gave one to my wife and he took the other. They relaxed on the bed and finished their drinks.
After finishing their drinks, my wife kissed her way down Bob's body, then took his **** in her hand, raised it up. I was floored at the size of it – he was was enormous – it looked like he was at least 9″ ( I should mention that i'm just the opposite of Bob – barely 4″ hard). I watched as her hand went up and down his shaft – her eyes stairing at his **** and it was obvious she desired Bob's **** again. Her head moved toward his **** and I watched as she opened her mouth and saw the head of Bob's **** disappear inside of my wifes mouth. She attempted to go down on him the same way she did with me but couldn't get not even 1/2 way down his shaft before she began gagging. She gave up on trying to deep throat him (something she can do easily with me) and just worked on his head.
Bob was rock hard and his **** was standing straight up. My wife then moved toward Bob and prepared to ride Bob . As she moved across the bottom of the bed and spread her legs, I saw a huge glob of Bobs *** (from his previous ******) run out of her and on to the sheets – she was already full of his *** but wanted more. She grabbed his **** with 1 hand and squatted over him and began to lower herself onto his ****. As she did, she gasped, put her hands on his chest, arched her back, threw her head back and continue to lower herself onto Bob. She then moved up slowly, as she raised up I saw Bob's **** and it was soaked from my wifes wetness. Bob then reached up and grabbed her breasts as she began moving up and down. From my view, I could see her *****, it was amazing how swollen it looked and how tight and stretched it was around Bob's huge ****.
My wife rode him up and down, and every once in a while she would sit all the way down on him and grind. The grinding became longer and each time Bob was all the way in her she would moan and breath heavier – it was obvious she was moving toward another ******. She rode Bob for at least 10 minutes – I was amazed at his stamina (I would have *** 9 minutes earlier). Finally I saw her sit on Bob again started grinding but much harder and faster, she then let out a LOUD gasp, arched her back and threw back her head violently and said "oh my god", then started bucking her hips as she approached another ******. Bob moved his hands from her breasts to her hips and he said "*** for me "- and she did, almost on queue. Her whole body started ******* again in waves, her body was shaking uncontrollably, as she gasped for air and yelled "****" . As she was ******* Bob sat up and grabbed her and held on. She threw her arms around his neck, he supported her as she orgasmed on his huge ****. I watched Bob's eyes close and he bit down on her shoulder, pulled her tighly against him and grunted again, even louder this time and pumped again into my wifes body.
They finshed and collapsed on to the bed holding each other. I watched as they continued to breath heavy, kissing and touching each other , sweat glistening from their bodies. Bob remained inside of her for some time as they stroked each others hair and continued to kiss. After a few minutes Bob pulled out of my wife and I heard a sound, sounded something like a cork popping from a bottle of wine, as his **** came out of my wife – she giggled.
After holding each other for about 1/2 hr Bob got up and walked naked acroos the room into the bathroom. The sound of him ******* loudly reverberated thoughout the room. He walked back and sat on the edge of the bed next to my wife. He grabbed his boxers from the floor and pulled them up his legs and put them on. He told her that it was time for him to leave and that he would be back at the bar again the next night. He then told my wife "I don't want to be here when your husband finds out that I "broken in and loosened up" his new bride" – they both laughed. He leaned over gave my wife a long passionate kiss. As he was leaving he reached down and grabbed my wifes sexy lace white panties (that I bought for her for our honeymoon), put them up to his nose, breathed in deeply smelling her scent, twirled them around his finger, put them in his pocke and said "see you" and left with her panties.
About an hour later I got up from the couch and crawded into bed. My wife was naked and in a deep sleep. I moved closer to her and felt something wet against my calf and realized it the *** from Bob had ooozed from my wifes *****. I slid the sheet down to expose her beautify body – her ***** looked red and was puffy (swollen). Her pubic hair was matted against her body, stiff from Bob's dried ***. The bed smelled like sex and I could smell Bobs scent and cologne in the pillows.
I looked at the rear of her shoulder and noticed that Bob had put a small hickie on her as they were embraced during their last ******. Since my wife was wearing mostly small strapped tops, the hickie was visible during our entire honeymoon – I'm sure everyone thought it was from me.
I layed next to my wife and put my hands on her body. She was in a deep sleep and didnt move. I began to kiss my way down her naked body – still no movement. As I went lower on her body Bob's scent became stronger. I moved between her legs, and she began to move as I positioned my face to begin giving her oral sex. I moved toward her vagina and she tried to stop me at first but I pushed my head between her legs and licked the outside of her vagina. I have always been great at giving her oral sex – it is the only sex we had given each other prior to our wedding. As I continued to lick the outside of her vagina and around her clitoris she stopped struggling, opened her legs – allowed me access to her. I looked up and her eyes were closed, her nipples are errect, and she was biting her lower lip as my tongue moved around her clitoris. My chin was touching the sheets and resting in a wet spot where some of Bob's *** has leaked from her. I continued to lick the outside of her ***** and was amazed at how stong Bobs scent was on my wife. As I licked her I moved my tongue down and then inserted it into her vagina. My tongue easily went inside of her vagina. As I probed deeper into her vagina with my tongue a huge glob of Bob's *** oooozed onto my tongue. She could feel it happening and tensed up for a moment – probably waiting for a reaction from me. I swallowed hard and the large glob of *** went down my throat. She heard me swallow hard and I felt her loosen up again as I continued to the inside of her vagina. I contined to taste the fluids from Bob and her lovemaking. When her vagina no longer leaked Bob's ***, I moved my tongue back to her clitoris. As I did she started breathing harder and within seconds she orgasmed. The oral ****** I gave her wasn't nearly as intense or nearly as long as the ******* she had with Bob.
After her ****** she rubbed my head and within 30 seconds feel asleep again. I moved up beside her and covered her naked body with the thin bedsheet. I took off my clothes and had only my bikini underwear on. I cleaned up the room before going back to bed – I hung her dress in the closet, cleaned her and Bob's drink glasses, put the vodka bottle back in the bar. I put 2 glasses of water on each bedstand along with an advil assuming she would be hung over in the morning. I ordered room service (breakfast) to be delivered at 9am and hung the order on the door.
I then went into the bathroom and *********** – I orgasmed within 30 seconds. I cleaned myself up and climbed into bed next to my sleeping wife.
We woke up the next morning to a knock on the door – it was the room service. My wife was still sleeping so I got up and opened the door and let the room service guy in. He said good morning and placed the breakfast on the table across the room from our bed. I saw him glance at the bed and then realized the sheet had moved down when I got out of bed and my wife's breasts were exposed for him. At that point I didn't even try to hide it – I tipped him and he said thanks and left. I then woke my wife and said I had ordered breakfast. She was very hung over – I showed her the advil and water on the bedstand. She grabbed the advil and drank the water and then went into the bathroom and put on her bikini bathing suit (without showering).
We then ate breakfast and went to the beach to work on our tan and sweat out our hangover.
After spending the day on the beach, we came back to our room and took a nap. We then had dinner at a restraunt in the motel and we went back to the club where we met Bob again. We drank again and the same thing happened where Bob and my wife danced. After a few hours Bob took my wife up to the room again (alone) while I remained downstairs in the club with Bob's friends. They had sex for an hour or so then returned back to the club. My wife had sex with Bob 3 of the 7 nights we were in Hawaii. We didn't consummate our marriage until 3 months after our marriage.
This happened many years ago on our honeymoon. It was my wifes first sexual intercourse experience (we had only given each other oral sex leading up to our wedding). When we were married we never heard terms like like cuckold, or swapping,sharing. Eventually I brought up the sex with Bob and her and we openly discussed it. I knew that deep down inside I would never be able to please my wife sexually or be a good enough lover for her. We both agreed that it would be best if she had lovers outside of our marriage. We had sex the first time 3 months after our wedding. I watched out turned on and how she orgasmed with Bob and it was obvious that I could never provide that for her. So she took her next lover 6 months after our honeymoon. During our 20+ yr marriage she had had over 60 lovers . Our marriage would never have survived if it we didnt go this route because she would have probably cheated on me or left me. In this arrangement, both of us are happy and we still love each other very much.
Our marriage is different from most and sex is something that we dont have in common…..every marriage has something where the wife/hubby do without each other – ours is sex. My wife is happy and sexually satisfied – and if she's happy, i'm happy!
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"The numbers are jarring and strongly suggest that the NYPD is either pressuring its officers to make these stops without reasonable suspicion, or is simply not concerned about getting it right," he explained. "Either scenario does not reflect well on the NYPD or the City. Of course, the justification offered for such a wide-scale interference with the liberties of mainly black and Latino New Yorkers is that it has resulted in a decline in crime. However, even as the number of stops made each year has skyrocketed, there has been virtually no change in the number of gunfire victims in New York City."
In addition to Mr. Garodnick, all of the main Democratic contenders for mayor in 2013 have come out against stop-and-frisk as well.
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The crew of the International Space Station got its first look at the inside of its newest visitor – Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's Dragon cargo ship – Saturday morning and pronounced it a keeper.
The craft made aerospace history Friday by becoming the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to rendezvous and dock with another spacecraft on orbit.
"I spent quite a bit of time poking around in here this morning looking at the engineering and the layout, and I'm very pleased," observes Don Petitt, a space station flight engineer and the crew member who guided the station's robotic arm as it grappled the craft for docking Friday morning.
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SpaceX developed the Dragon to carry cargo and eventually crew, and based on his initial inspection of the craft's interior, riding in a human-rated Dragon "is not going to be an issue," he said.
The mission began with a flawless launch May 22 from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The crew opened the hatch to the cargo craft at 5:53 Eastern Daylight Time Saturday.
This mission, which is slated to end with Dragon's return to Earth May 31, is a demonstration flight. It consists of a final set of tests the craft and its controllers must pass in order to begin delivering on a $1.6 billion contract SpaceX has with NASA to carry cargo to and from the station between now and 2015.
Speaking from within what would be the Dragon's relatively spacious cabin as a capsule for humans, Dr. Petitt acknowledged that in the midst of the grab-and-dock process Friday, he and his colleagues, Andre Kuipers, a European Space Agency crew member, and NASA's Joe Acaba didn't have much time to contemplate the mission's place in history.
With an additional 24 hours to think about it, however, Petitt likened the event to the Golden Spike that symbolized the final link joining eastbound and westbound segments of the first transcontinental railroad line. The spike was driven into that last wooden rail tie on May 10, 1869.
"This is kind of the equivalent of the Golden Spike," he said
"Nobody remembers who pounded that spike in," he added, injecting some humility into the docking event. "The important thing is that the railroad was completed," providing the initial infrastructure for widespread settlement of the American West.
On Sunday, the crew is scheduled to begin unpacking Dragon, which arrived with just over 1,000 pounds of clothing, food, and other items the crew needs. In addition, it's said to carry a surprise care package – something crew members look forward to with each arriving resupply flight.
After his informal inspection of Dragon's interior Saturday, Petitt noted that it carried about as much cargo as his pick-up truck. The craft consists of two segments – the pressurized capsule and an unpressurized "trunk" that doubles as the segment mating the capsule to the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket at launch. SpaceX has designed an extended trunk for the craft.
Dragon is designed to loft up to 6 metric tons of cargo – somewhat less than Europe's automated transfer vehicle and about the same as Japan's cargo craft. Unlike these, however, which burn up on reentry, Dragon can return with up to 3 metric tons of hardware, experiment samples, and space-station components NASA might want to analyze or refurbish.
That capacity could increase if NASA needed it, said SpaceX founder and chief designer Elon Musk during a post-docking press briefing late Friday morning. SpaceX would just build a longer trunk, he said.
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House Speaker John Boehner, who by title and position should be the second most powerful person in Washington, sure doesn't seem or sound like it.
He has little ability to work his will with fellow House Republicans. He has quit for good his solo efforts to craft a grand bargain on taxes and spending. And he hasn't bothered to initiate a substantive conversation with President Barack Obama in this calendar year.
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All of this recently prompted Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, herself a former speaker, to declare on MSNBC that if Boehner were a woman, he would be known as the weakest speaker in U.S. history.
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So is Boehner weak?
"You're missing my style, all right?" Boehner told us in an interview. "I don't need to be out there beating the drum every day. My job as the leader is to build my team, encourage my members, help provide leadership to my members and committee chairs and let the institution work.
"It doesn't need the heavy hand of the speaker all over everything."
His style, in short, is not lean in. Or lean on. It's lean back — and wait.
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So, yes, Boehner by recent historic standards and measures is a relatively weak speaker right now. But, in fairness, it's not clear a more bullying or forceful leader would fare much better with this gang of Republicans or in this dysfunctional Congress.
Boehner runs a House in which many of the traditional levers of power are gone and of little use: earmarks for members' districts, important committee assignments and the backing of party leaders for reelection. Most young conservatives don't care about any of the three — and, in fact, see all of them as manifestations of what's wrong with and corrupt about Congress and their party. They get more mileage from snubbing their leaders.
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Boehner tested the lead-from-the-top model for more than a year, working with the White House to craft the grand bargain. It was a flop.
"I tried as hard as I could, but the divide was just too far apart, and I could not have tried harder," Boehner said. "There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, but the president was just never going to go somewhere where I thought was acceptable."


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Friday in Denver, Colorado I caught up
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in his life, and much more.
MARK CIPOLLONI: A.J. thanks
for taking the time to meet today.
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: My pleasure Mark.
Q. You've recently won three races in a row, and have really turned
your career around almost overnight. Was there a point where you
began to doubt yourself ?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: I think for sure that when you struggle and
my expectations for myself are always to go out there and win,
and it's not happening, you get close, then you kind of fall
behind. It's just kind of upwards and downwards, you definitely
start to doubt if you can do it, you know, what's going wrong,
just a lot of things that are happening, trying to figure it
You know, it was a difficult time over the last year, year and a
half for me.
Q. How much pressure did you put on yourself?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: Oh, all the pressure from the world comes
from myself. Obviously, I want to win for the guys working on my
car, sponsors like Red Bull and people like that. But I
ultimately do this because I want to win. It's for myself, and
that's what I take the pride from. That's, you know, where my
happiness in my career comes from.
Q. You and Justin Wilson, your former teammate at RuSPORT, seem
to have a great relationship. Is that true? Is it still
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean, I think Justin
and I, we had a great relationship. We still do. We had one as
teammates. Now we just have one as friends.
I think he was genuinely happy for me when I won. I was the same
for him in Edmonton. He's an amazing driver. He did a lot for me
in my career to really learn from and understand somebody with
his wealth of experience, and he never hid anything to try to
keep me down.
But really what it comes down to is I respect him most because
there was no secrets about how much I was struggling at times
and how frustrated I was. I think any other teammate, a lot of
people, would have used that against me because ultimately we're
compared to our teammates. That's who you're always compared to.
That's the nature of the beast.
He could have easily just really put the knife in me and turned
it and kept turning it until I couldn't take it any more. But he
never said a word about it. We could go out and hang out after a
race at home, since we live near each other. We'd never say a
word about it.
I don't know many people that would have done that. I don't know
if I would have been that good about it. But he was. He more
than anything tried to help me instead of trying to use it
against me. That's really where my respect comes from and just,
you know, a lot of thanks to him for that.
Q. He seems like a real great guy. How is your relationship with
your new teammate, Paul Tracy?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: We're fine now. I think it was exciting for
me to join Forsythe because, you know, I got to be on a team
with Justin which had a wealth of experience internationally,
kind of in a lot of different open-wheel race cars. And he had a
completely different personality and completely different
driving style than me. So I was able to learn from that.
I've been able to come here to Forsythe where Paul and I have
the same personality, really close to the same driving style. I
think that was a big key to my success early on in the first few
races because I was able to jump right in the car and it was
pretty good from the start. A lot of it was his setups that the
whole Forsythe team had kind of engineered around him. It's
I think we work well together to try to push each other. Heck,
I've got the guy left-foot braking for the first time in 16
years. So it's good.
Q. What's been the difference? I mean, has it been because the
setups are the same as your teammate now that you've been able
to go from struggling to win to now winning and being at the
front of the grid every race?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: I mean, I think for sure a lot of it is the
car setup. It's nice for my driving style. I mean, I think over
at RuSPORT, Justin -- I think him and his engineers have found a
good car for him. I struggled to try to do that. We went back
and forth. But for the most part it worked a lot better for him.
So I was definitely able to come here and come to a car that was
really suited to my driving style, allowed me to drive the car I
wanted to and attack instead of trying to drive the way the car
wanted me to.
But really the other biggest thing is just team chemistry. You
know, this team is a lot like my personality, and that is just
here to have fun, really enjoy it. Neil Micklewright said it the
best when I showed up. He said, A.J. we're here to win, but
we're also not curing cancer, so let's have fun while we're
doing this. I think we forget that so many times because we are
so focused on winning and that's our ultimate goal, that it is
better than any nine-to-five job out there, and there are very
few people that get to do this as a career and make a living
doing it, so we should have fun doing it.
I lost that. I honestly lost that over the last year and a half.
I didn't want to come to the racetrack any more. I didn't want
to be in the race car. I was able to come back to this team and
they have that personality where we're joking, laughing. I think
everybody sees that when we're on pit lane. We're just kind of
fumbling around with each other and just having fun.
That honestly has probably been the biggest key. Because when
you're able to get in the race car and have fun again, it just
seems to make everything so much easier.
Q. You're the only American in Champ Car right now. A lot of
people say we need more Americans. How do you feel about that?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: Oh, we for sure need more Americans. I mean,
it's an American-based series. I think some of the exciting
things about Champ Car, some of the best drivers throughout the
world come over and that's why it's so competitive and we enjoy
it. But you do need more than one American in the series to make
it grow here.
I think you see guys like Graham Rahal, Jonathan Bomarito, Robby
Pecorari won this year in the Atlantics, there are young
Americans in the next year or next couple of years will be in
the series. So the way I look at it, if I have to maintain the
American flag and really have it on my shoulders from the
American people to go out there and do the job, I'm willing to
do that as long as it takes.
But ultimately for the series, there does need to be more
Americans in it.
Q. What is your favorite racetrack?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: Any one that I win at. Right now Portland,
Cleveland and Toronto.
No, I really enjoy Cleveland because of the wide-open nature of
the circuit. Edmonton is fun. I've always loved Montréal. I miss
Laguna Seca. Too bad that the race, it died there. And I love
those kind of racetracks, those fast-flowing, just hanging out.
Q. A lot of drivers say they like Road America, too.
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: I really don't like Road America. Honestly. I
struggle there. Maybe we go there this year and I win, my
opinion will change. But I've always struggled there in anything
that I've driven. It's still one of my toughest tracks.
But I do, I love the street course races. I love a lot of the
races. But just really those tracks that allow you to open it
up. They're cool.
But, you know, I really enjoy races that have a good atmosphere,
a place like a Denver, a Toronto, Edmonton, because it was so
big, those places, Long Beach. I love that. Besides driving the
racetrack, that's kind of my nature of what I love about the
Q. With the split, not able to run Indy, do you kind of regret
that? Do you wish you'd get a shot?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: No, because I really -- for me, Indy is not
that big of a deal. My opinion might change if I was sitting on
the grid there and all the prerace activities are going on and
I'm, you know, starting the Indy 500. My opinion might change.
But right now, my really -- I have no kind of just huge want to
go and run the race.
Q. So as far as a merger goes, you kind of don't care or you
wish there was one?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: No, the merger needs to happen. There's no
doubt the merger needs to happen. And if Indy is a part of the
schedule when the merger happens, which it would be, then great,
I'm all for it. But just kind of as to go as a one-off race, not
having a merger, I'm not really into it.
Q. How do you feel about the ovals that they run over there in
the IRL? If there's a merger, do you like ovals or not like
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: I do not like an oval in an open-wheel race
car. It honestly scares the living hell out of me, whether it's
Milwaukee, Las Vegas, Indy. When they run places like Texas, no.
No, there's no want for me to go do that.
Q. A lot of drivers say that. You had a chance to see the new
car in San Jose two weeks ago. What is your impression of it?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: I think it's great. Obviously until you get
it out on the racetrack, you don't know the way it handles, if
all those things they've done to make better traffic and cleaner
racing like that will work. But you can really see they put a
lot of detail into it, they put a lot of effort into it. It
wasn't just something that they threw together to get a new car
out there and get some new excitement in the series.
I really enjoyed it. I think the panel shifts are going to be
interesting to learn because for how many years now you're so
used to taking your hand off the wheel and grabbing a gear,
blipping, stuff like that. It's going to be exciting. I'm really
enthused to go get in the new car and hopefully, you know, that
brings more teams and drivers to the series and we have a great
year next year.
Q. Speaking of new teams, there's rumors, actually reports, that
Paul Stoddart is looking at coming over, guys like Christian
Klien might be coming over. Is that good for the series?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: For sure. I think if you can get a good mix
of young Americans like a Graham, like a Jonathan Bomarito, get
some of the young Europeans over there like Klien and get
Stoddart interested in coming over here, any time you get new
interest over in Europe, just anyplace you get new interest,
it's great for the series.
I think Christian, everybody's watched him in F1. I think
honestly he's done a relatively good job. I think he'd be quick
in a Champ Car.
All we want is the best drivers in the world, the fastest
drivers in the world to come over and race because ultimately
you want to race against the best drivers so when you beat them,
you can say you're one of the guys.
Q. There's been some talk of maybe doing some standing starts
with this new car. How do you feel about that?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: Honestly, I don't know. Some of these
courses, there's no way to do it. I mean, it's so tight,
somebody stalls the car, it's a massacre. I think, you know, the
Atlantics, I think there's been just as many wrecks doing a
standing start as there would be doing a rolling.
So standing starts, I really am kind of neutral on it. If we
don't do them, then it doesn't -- I'm not sad about it. If we do
them, you know, it's just something new to learn.
Q. You signed a contract with Forsythe. Can you talk about
future years? Are you going to be here next year, too, or you
don't know yet?
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: Don't know. Honestly, I can't speak about it
because I don't know. Really the way I looked at it was I wanted
to just get through the rest of this year. I mean, it's been
such a hectic year for me. Really see if we gelled well with the
team. And I think we have.
Over the next few months, when it comes to probably late
September, October, around there, that's when we start figuring out
if we want to be back together.
I'll tell you right now, though, I've just enjoyed every moment
that I've been with this team. And that's something that I
really enjoy and have been thankful for them to allow me to come
in here and be so comfortable and be myself and be happy.
So, yeah, I mean, I would definitely -- they're on the top of
the list probably to come back here to Champ Car and run with.
Q. You have a new love in your life, a beautiful fiancée Lynn.
Winning races now. Is everything right in the world for A.J.
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: It's right, but it's hectic right now. Wow,
it's a crazy year, honestly. I haven't felt like that I've ever
had time to rest since I guess I was let go.
So there's a lot of happiness in life and there's also a lot of
stress. But I wouldn't have it any other way honestly. I
wouldn't change it. I wouldn't change the way I got let go, the
way Forsythe called me, win the races, get engaged all through
that time. It's something that I'll always remember the rest of
my life. I know it was the best thing in my life.
She makes me so happy off the racetrack. You know, for me with
her, she's my dream come true. It's nice to have that. I think
you ask anybody. I mean, it's funny, because when I was 21, I
was asked about personal life towards racing. I said, doesn't
matter. I said, there's racing and then there's your personal
life. Those don't mix.
You get older, you realize they do mix because if you're not
happy racing, your personal life's not good, nothing's good. You
can leave your house every day and you're happy because you're
married and you have a loving wife, you're getting to that
point, you show up at the racetrack, you're going to be a happy
person. It's going to make a difference.
I've learned that over the last couple years.
Q. A.J., thank you very much for your time. Been nice talking
with you. Good luck this weekend. Keep it off the walls.
A.J. ALLMENDINGER: For sure.
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See in 2015 with a spectacular bang as a huge firework display lights up the night sky over iconic Copacabana Beach. Cariocas (as residents of Rio de Janeiro are known) celebrate "Ano Novo" with typical exuberant Brazilian style: two million revellers crowd onto the beach and the party goes on until the sun comes up. In South America it's the middle of summer and the humid night is filled with people wearing white for luck; mingle with the masses or people watch from one of the beachfront hotels along Avenida Atlântica. The best after parties take place in the chic bars and clubs of Ipanema, another neighbourhood just a short stroll away.
Hit the January sales on London's Oxford Street
Those seeking massively discounted designer and luxury labels bravely join the mob that descends on Oxford Street each Boxing Day. If you don't fancy pitching up tent and joining the all night queues, you'll be please to know that the sales continue throughout January (and the jostling definitely lessens). Big name department stores Selfridges (no. 400), Debenhams (no. 334–338) and House of Fraser (no. 318) are on Oxford Street, and a slightly less frenzied atmosphere to grab a bargain can be found around the corner at Liberty (entrance on Great Marlborough Street).
Head for the slopes in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
The Mont Blanc Massif is the stunning backdrop to the bustling ski resort town of Chamonix. The setting for the first winter Olympic Games in 1924, today the area boasts 152km of downhill pistes, suitable for every level. Mont Blanc itself is the highest peak in all of Western Europe and if you fancy an off-piste challenge you can tackle the Vallée Blanche all the way down to the valley floor and notch up 10,000 vertical feet. The après-ski is not to sniff at either; the two main streets and lively square pack in restaurants and bars and during the winter season there is always live music to be found and a young crowd ready to party.
Go in search of warmer climes in Goa, India
Although travel prices are relatively high at this time of year, Goa is a cheap destination once you're there, so if you can manage a break of at least ten days, it's worth every penny of the flight. The roughly 120-kilometre-long coast takes in everything from hedonistic party beaches, package resorts, sedate stretches of sand and hippie enclaves. Avoid Christmas and the New Year and there are still tranquil, idyllic spots to be found, especially if you head towards the generally less developed south, or you could beat the crowds and explore the former Portuguese capital of Old Goa and the green hinterland of this tiny state.
Skate the world's largest rink, Ontario
Canada's capital city boasts the largest naturally frozen rink in the world. Each winter the 4.8-mile-long Rideau Canal running through Ottawa is frozen solid and the skate-way becomes a playground for locals and tourists alike – some intrepid locals even strap on skates and commute to work. The temperature dictates the length of time the canal remains open to ice skaters, but the average cold snap over the last ten years has been 45 days – so there's plenty of time to catch it.
Witness Up Helly Aa in the Shetland Islands, Scotland
Off the north coast of mainland Scotland in January might not seem like an ideal destination, but every year on the last Tuesday of January, an extraordinary spectacle takes place in the Shetland's capital, Lerwick. Proud of their Viking roots, local men (no women allowed!) form squads led by the chief "Guizer Jarl" and spend months designing costumes, shields and weapons for the one-day fire festival. Bundle up in your warmest clothes to join the crowds lining the streets for the day's main event: a torch-lit procession and the blazing glory of a Viking galley going up in flames. The evening's festivities continue into the wee hours at local halls… music, dancing, drinking and fancy dress mean a lot of fun and a lot of sore heads the next day. Good thing it's a public holiday.
Go down under to celebrate Australia Day
Swap the cold and dark of winter in the Northern hemisphere for January in sunny Oz. Now a public holiday with a proud tradition of families and friends coming together to celebrate everything about being Australian, 26 January 1788 is when Captain Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag at Sydney Cove. Today Australia Day is celebrated in towns and cities across the country, with the biggest and brightest festivities in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Free family-friendly activities and entertainment is laid on all day in the parks, and the evening sees huge firework displays, the most famous being the spectacular explosion of colour over Sydney Harbour.
Recuperate body and soul in Baden-Baden, Germany
The smart German spa town of Baden-Baden (literally, the "baths of Baden") has been known for its healing thermal waters for more than 2000 years. The Roman-Irish mineral baths of Friedrichsbad are the perfect place to de-stress after the festive period; immerse yourself in the full seventeen-step programme and drift prune-like and dozy between mineral water baths, showers, scrubs and saunas. Bathing nude is mandatory and is frequently mixed, check ahead on carasana.de/ for details of opening times and prices.


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IQ video format converter modules
Snell IQ Modular
Designed for local monitoring with LCD displays; provide cost-effective yet high-quality conversion of common SD, HD, and 3Gb/s formats for broadcast systems; based on Snell's next-generation KudosPro motion-adaptive format converter technology, the IQ converters are suitable for broadcast applications such as up- or downconversion of incoming lines, providing multi-cast SD and HD transmissions, and integrating signals into SD or HD workflows.
Time code display
Time code display features 7in bright red LED display housed in aluminum wall mount; accepts ESE time code, SMPTE/EBU time code or RS-232C ASCII time code; Time Zone option enables offset for different time zones.
Expansion cards
Riedel Communications MN-GV-2, MN-C-OPT-GV-2
Expansion cards for MediorNet Compact and Modular allow users to connect Grass Valley LDK and LDX cameras to MediorNet, as well as base stations; this provides a solution to route bi-directional camera signals, including all embedded audio and telemetry control data, through the MediorNet fiber infrastructure; MN-GV-2 card requires a card slot with two high-speed ports, while the MN-C-OPT-GV-2 for MediorNet Compact fits into a MediorNet Compact Pro expansion slot.
Genelec M Series
M Series bi-amplified active monitors continue company's sustainability intiative by using new Class D amplifiers developed in-house; new amplifiers are highly efficient and have low distortion; Intelligent Signal Sensing power management powers monitors off and on in response to audio signals.
4K camera
Blackmagic Design Production Camera 4K
High-resolution 4K digital film camera with innovative large Super 35 size sensor and professional global shutter; combined with precision EF mount optics and high-quality Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) file recording; supports the new 6G-SDI video connection for use in live video production; high-resolution LCD display; built-in capacitive touchscreen.
Scan converters
Ensemble Designs BrightEye Mitto
New high-resolution support for line of BrightEye Mitto high-performance scan converters; new software supports 1920 x 1920 pixel images; converters provide ultra high-quality conversion from computer video to SDI video; computer video is converted to serial digital SD, HD and 3Gb/s on BNC electrical or fiber-optic outputs.
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Evertz MMX
Modular, dual-path system offers feature-rich 3G/HD/SD up-/down-/crossconversion; incorporates advanced motion-adaptive spatial-temporal (3-D) noise reduction; provides new de-interlacing technology for resolution and artifact reduction, as well as high-quality scaling using standard or user-defined aspect ratio control (ARC) modes with full AFD (SMPTE-2016) support.
Handheld HDTV production camera
Hitachi SK-HD1200
Outstanding images are acquired by three (R,G,B) 2.3 million pixel UAIT 1080-line progressive CCDs; advanced digital processing technology assures low-noise, high dynamic range pictures; HD signal generated by the new sensors, processed by 38-bit Hitachi DSPs, transported via the company's digital fiber-optic system and output as SMPTE-242M SDI are 3Gb/s throughout.
Media encoder and DA
Miranda SME-1901
Provides multiformat video/audio monitoring over IP; combines an H.264 streaming encoder with a 1 x 6 SDI (3Gbps/HD/SD) DA; has high frame rate, low bit-rate encoding and optional fiber connectivity; operates with a wide range of decoders; offers exceptional space and power efficiency, with up to 20 streaming encoders per frame.
4K Mini-Converter
AJA Hi5-4K Mini-Converter
Provides simple 4K monitoring connection using four 3G-SDI outputs to 1.4a HDMI inputs; enables a flexible 3G/HD-SDI to HDMI conversion for HD workflow; audio embedded in the SDI input is passed as embedded audio in the 4K HDMI output.
Contribution encoder
Harmonic Ellipse 3000
Employs MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC 4:2:0/4:2:2 8-bit and 10-bit compression technologies to enable transmission of pristine real-time video over satellite and broadband contribution networks; very low latency in conjunction with multiformat and multi-codec versatility make the encoder ideal for DSNG operations and live sports coverage; supports DVB-S, DVB-DSNG and DVB-S2 modulation schemes; provides QPSK/8PSK/16QAM/16APSK constellation support.
Turnkey video streaming system
Telestream Wirecast 4.3
New version adds live thumbnail feature for real-time monitoring of all live sources, countdown clock and integration with Teradek; brings high-quality, multicamera live video production and broadcasting capabilities to live event producers; uses Matrox VS4 four-channel capture card; provides ISO recording of all video feeds for post-event editing and future archiving.
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Wireless camera transmitter system
Vislink INCAM-S
Fully integrated wireless camera 3G-SDI transmitter system is built into the Sony HDC-2400, 2500 and 2550-series HD cameras; provides full HD broadcast-quality encoding at 1080p, 1080i and 720p; includes built-in wireless camera control; works at data rate speeds up to 30 Mb/s; available for either COFDM DVB-T, LMS-T or ISDB-T (with time interleaving) factory options; has ultra-low delay down to 20ms H.264, plus low and standard delay, with adjustable GOP (4 to 31).
Desktop capability
AmberFin iCR
Network License Server (NLS) enables facilities to use the same technology in their single standalone PCs as in a network of 100 workstations; each iCR workstation operates all the software required to implement the four main functions of media ingest, file transcode, playback and quality control; new and sophisticated tools for adding, checking and inserting metadata through configuration.
Real-time loudness meter
TC Electronic LM6
Is compliant with EBU R128, ATSC A/85, TR-B32 and ITU-R BS.1770-3; can be switched to the ungated, original BS.1770 measure; displays include both a loudness history radar and true-peak bar graph; supports mono, stereo and 5.1; contains presets for use in broadcast, music, post and film; built on the LM6, LoudnessRadar is integrated in the next versions of Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition on a license agreement.
3G conversion gear
Cobalt Obsidian
Three OBSIDIAN3G models: 9501-DCDA-3G provides comprehensive 3G downconversion, the 9501-DCDA-HD for when 3G downconversion isn't presently needed but will be in the future, and the 9502-DCDA-3G for when production is switching to 3G but still needs to interface to legacy HD gear.
Full duplex wireless system
Eartec Simultalk 24G
Provides hands-free, two-way voice communication with no base station; not voice-activated and no buttons to push; simply turn on and talk; operates at 2.4GHz frequency; battery life is five hours transmit, 10 hours standby; no license needed.
1RU software-based server
Harris NEXIO Volt
Addresses customer needs for higher channel counts in a compact form factor, while increasing options for robust media storage; new server platform doubles the number of available record ports with four bi-directional HD channels (up to eight SD), offering overall channel density for ingest and playout operations; software-based codecs and software license keying provide flexibility.
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MPEG decoder
IMT Nucomm NCRx4
Rack-mountable compact HD/SD MPEG2/4 decoder features MPEG-4 H.264 SD and HD decoding; enables broadcasters to decode HD content over the same infrastructure they use to transmit SD or MPEG-2 content; ASI, SD-SDI, HD-SDI and composite outputs as well as AES decryption.
LTFS notification service
SGL Notification Service
Enables material to be transferred directly into the archive; using a simple subscription setup, it announces the arrival of new material to the controlling MAM system; pushes relevant data to the MAM, describing material archived based on rules selected by the broadcaster.
MPEG-2 encoder
Linear Industries LEX2000
Uses intelligent scene analysis, adaptive decision logic and nonlinear quantization to achieve high-quality video, even with multiple video programs and challenging bandwidth constraints; offers integrated add-on functions, such as video format conversion, remote monitoring and ASI re-multiplexing; incorporates extensive networking connectivity with standard GigE and optional media connections, supporting a variety of IP ingests and transmission applications.
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 transport stream analysis
Triveni Digital StreamScope MT-40
Provides end-to-end MPEG-2/MPEG-4 transport stream analysis and monitoring for DTV services carried by broadcast, cable, satellite, IPTV or mobile networks; using the MPEG analyzers, users can monitor multiple ATSC M/H transport streams and ensure transport streams meet current industry standards; through a user-friendly interface, the system displays mobile frame timing and structure, parade and ensemble usage, and SSC cross-table analysis.
Production system
Broadcast Pix Flint
Production system features end-to-end workflow integration; delivers built-in HD streaming and live video outputs; allows operators to include cloud-based content in addition to cameras and file-based graphics and video; anchored by Broadcast Pix's established toolset; can flow Twitter and RSS feeds directly to air or pre-screen them.
Video cards
Riedel Communications MN-HDO-4IO, MN-C-OPT-HDMI
Range of video cards includes the MN-HDO-4IO for MediorNet Modular and MN-C-OPT-HDMI suite for MediorNet Compact Pro; MN-HDO-4IO is a universal input and output card offering four SFP ports that can be individually equipped with specially developed interfacing SFPs for HDMI I/O, DVI or composite PAL/NTSC; MN-C-OPT-HDMI cards offer HDMI connectivity for MediorNet Compact Pro frames and are available in three different configurations: two in/outputs each, four inputs or four outputs.
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Cable deployment reel system
Optical Cable MARS
Modular Advanced Reel System (MARS) is lightweight and designed for harsh environments; reel can be used with axials ("broom sticks") or with integrated A-Frames; features a flip-out handle, 30ft built-in divider, connector cradle design and stackable features; fabricated with high-impact glass reinforced polymer material.
Portable camera system
Sony HDC-2570 HD
50p/60p digital triax camera live production system is comprised of four new digital triax transmission products: the HDC-2570 HD portable camera, the HDFX-200 digital triax camera control unit (CCU) adapter, the HDTX-200 digital triax camera adapter and the HKC-TR27 side-panel digital triax adapter; delivers broadcast-quality content at 1080 50p/60p through traditional triax cables; portable camera uses Sony's latest 2/3in Power HAD CCD, coupled with a 16-bit A/D converter and advanced Digital Signal Processor (DSP).
Playout software controller
EVS Nano Air
For TV studios and on-stage entertainment; combined with the company's XSnano servers, it integrates smoothly with any file-based workflow; enables simultaneous playback of up to four HD or SD channels from the XSnano server to several destinations, including background studios and stage screens; can also playout the program's elements to switchers for on-air playout.
Audio routing
Wheatstone BRIDGE TDM
Can switch 3072 audio channels to 3072 destinations — all at once, virtually latency-free, without blocking; plug-in cards available for virtually any audio source format and interface path: analog, digital AES (with sample rate converters), MADI, SDI de-embedding and control surface mix engine cards; 64-input channels and 64 output channels, plus associated control and data can all be sent down on Ethernet cable; an audio-to-Ethernet portal provides single-wire integration to station audio automation playback systems.
Camera-mount condenser microphone
Shure VP83F LensHopper
Camera-mount condenser microphone offers same detailed, high-definition audio with full low-end response as the VP83; captures uncompressed WAV files at 24-bit/48kHz sampling rate; has dedicated headphone audio output for real-time headphone monitoring; Micro SD card slot allows quick card access; features fully adjustable user gain (up to 60 dB in 1dB increments); includes detachable 3.5mm audio connector and foam windscreen.
Automatic remote playout
PlayBox Technology EdgeBox
Offers fully redundant automatic remote playout anywhere in the world via the Internet; makes a TV station, complete with local branding and content, an economic reality — even for small audiences; comprises two parts: one integrated at the broadcast center with the existing traffic, storage, MAM, ingest, transcoding and file transfer systems, and the other at the remote site with the playout equipment and monitoring.
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Multiformat production switcher
Snell Kahuna 360 4K
Now offers 4K functionality at no additional charge, which enables users to mix and match any combination of SD, HD, 1080p and 4K sources seamlessly in the live production environment; 4K support is transparent, requiring no change to the switcher layout; working with 4K and 1080p inputs, broadcasters can use Kahuna 360 to mix HD and 4K either as backgrounds or as key layers on the M/E; existing functionality such as color correction may be applied just as readily to 4K signals as to HD inputs or outputs.
Video server
Ross Video BlackStorm
New BVS-104P playout server offers the same compact 1RU form factor as the BVS-102P 2-channel system, but doubles the channel count; available with three different storage options, including a 4TB HDD model, 8TB HDD model, and for the ultra-performance and reliability, a 400GB solid-state drive model.
Enterprise storage
Spectra Logic T950
Library system offers encryption and key management as seamless, integrated standard features; includes BlueScale GUI software; system can seamlessly add encryption to backup strategy, with no changes to backup policies and no additional hardware or software; supports LTO-6 drives of 2.5TB native and 6.25TB compressed storage; transfer rates up to 160MB/s (400 MB/s compressed), delivering an average rate of 576 GB/hr (1.44 TB/hr compressed).
Multi-input, HD-SDI and IP megapixel encoder/decoder comes with audio synchronization, quadview monitoring USB playout and optional HD-SDI outputs; integrated Web server allows for full remote capability; packaged in a 1RU frame with internal power, weighs less than 4lbs and consumes less than 150W; USB 2.0 connection lets users transport stream of all six video channels with audio for PC/Mac/storage applications.
Field production monitor
TVLogic SRM-074W
High-luminance version of the popular 7in viewfinder/field production monitor weighs only 2.07lbs and has a magnesium housing; features 1024 x 600 LCD display; has two 3G/HD/SD-SDI inputs, HDMI in and out, HDMI to HD-SDI converted out, waveform/vector scope and H/V image flip; power consumption measures only 10W.
Video distribution over IP
Matrox Maevex
Video-distribution-over-IP solution consists of Maevex 5100 series encoder/decoder pair that extends 1080p60 video and audio over a standard IP network; operates on standard 10Mb/100Mb/1000Mb Ethernet networks; features excellent image quality with low network bandwidth consumption, as well as auto-detection and discovery on network subnet; supports full HD video and audio; open encoding platform allows for third-party software decode.
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4K monitor
Features a native screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 and 60p display capability; was developed specifically for rigorous commercial use by broadcast, production and other AV applications; features an In-Plane Switching LCD panel with 120Hz refresh rate and 10-bit color depth; housed in a slim bezel with a 178-degree viewing angle, the ELED Illuminated monitor produces natural images from a variety of HD and 4K input sources, including HDMI 1.4a (single-cable 4K up to 30p) and HDMI 1.3 (four-cable 4K up to 60p).
HDTV tuner
Contemporary Research ATSC+SDI
Features an onboard HD-SDI port; controllable via RS-232, IP and IR commands; onboard Web page enables remote Web control; new menu-driven display simplifies setup, and a front-panel USB port makes firmware updates easy; compact enclosure allows mounting of two tuners in a single rack space.
File-based QC
Digimetrics Aurora
File-based verifier for video, audio and metadata allows automated testing of nearly any format in existence; unique tests for artifacts in video and audio streams ensure that false positives are kept to a minimum; ideal for use in high-volume ingest, VOD, tape conversion and archival operations.
Loudness meter
Linear Acoustic LQ-1
Supports ITU-R BS.1770-1/2/3 loudness metering standards; includes selectable Dolby Dialogue Intelligence automatic speech gating to accurately reflect listener perception; signal levels are clearly displayed alongside measured loudness and dialnorm metadata, giving instant verification of compliance; audio can be extracted from an applied HD/SD-SDI signal or from the AES, TOSLINK optical or balanced analog inputs; supports DVB-ASI; can extract a selected PID from an applied MPEG TS for decoding and measurement.
Newsroom computer system
OCTOPUS Newsroom Octopus7
New version enhances workflow efficiency and adds tools for working with social media, Web and mobile devices; new features include Topic Bins for organizing and sharing news information, Assignment Desk for planning and a REST API for interfacing with custom third-party applications.
Routing switchers
Utah Scientific UTAH-100/UDS 4K family
Offer 6Gb/s UHD-SDI signal capabilities to support new 4K signal formats (both single- and multi-link) used in UHD TV production; 4K routers are available in 32 x 32, 64 x 64 and 144 x 144 matrix sizes; complementing the new 4K routers is a 4K signal-processing module that provides multiplexing and demultiplexing of 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s streams to and from 6Gb/s format; modular system is based on I/O modules with 16 ports, interconnected by a crosspoint fabric that allows any input signal to feed any number of output ports.
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COFDM RF system
Anton/Bauer Gold Spectrum Wireless Series
A collaboration between Anton/Bauer and Integrated Microwave Technologies, the production series is comprised of the AB-HDRF Kit, AB-HDTX transmitter, AB-HDRX dual diversity COFDM receiver and/or AB Direct VU handheld receiver/monitor; when used together, the AB-HDTX sends its signal directly to the AB-HDRX dual-diversity receiver or the AB Direct VU; offers an RF output of 100mW; is capable of accepting a wide range of HD/SD video formats along with embedded audio from the HD-SDI output on the camera; the use of MPEG-4 compression allows the signal to travel a half mile in line-of-site applications.
IP streaming monitoring
Digital Nirvana AnyStream IQ
Cloud-based system for streamed media monitoring; designed to provide reliable recording, logging and monitoring of live and recorded streamed broadcasts for Web captioning compliance and proof of advertising; users specify the URL of the stream, and AnyStream IQ records the streams, extracts the closed captions and provides a browser-based interface to search the recorded streams.
Audio, loudness meter
DK-Technologies DK5
PC Logging application allows for session-based real-time logging of metering data history on loudness, along with peak channel performance; features an integrated log session database to provide safe data search and storage; exports data in several file formats for additional analysis and visualization; upgrade is also available as an 180-hour trial with
unlimited access.
Fiber-optic connector
Fischer FiberOptic
Specially designed for extreme environments; has high ingress protection of IP68 (2m/24hr) when mated and IP67 in unmated conditions; features optional gas tight panel receptacles and removable mono-block mate adapter, which makes rinsing the unmated connectors freely under water or in an ultrasound bath.
Instant replay
NewTek 3Play 425
Delivers professional instant replay with network-quality production in native HD; features a six-channel live sports "sweet spot"; seamlessly mixes live video with assets from a media library; compact 2RU design fits perfectly in control rooms and production vehicles; includes control surface with premium T-bar, speed presets and jog wheel.
Thunderbolt connectivity
Small Tree ThunderNET
Provides post-production pros with a cost-effective solution to integrate Thunderbolt-equipped platforms into high-performance storage and data networks; combines high-performance I/O capabilities of Thunderbolt with the flexibility of PCIe; supports 1GigE or 10GigE connectivity to iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air computers; connects seamlessly to the company's GraniteSTOR TITANIUM shared storage appliance or 10GigE switches.
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Media production
Quantel revolutionQ
Suite of software services delivers efficient media production on generic storage; supports Framework for Interoperable Media Services (FIMS); the software supports FIMS and FIMS Capture, Transform and Transfer services — enabling plug-and-play operation with a FIMS-compliant system; illustrating the huge potential of FIMS, one of the first revolutionQ users will be using the FIMS capture service to control several hundred simultaneous recordings.
Graphics system
Pixel Power Pixel Factory
Turnkey, server-based implementation of Pixel Power's core graphics engine; supports file-based operations in broadcast workflows; can produce graphics overlays for QC, web delivery or post production, as well as graphics for program material and overlays for thematic/static channels; available in Clips and 3D configurations.
Solid State Logic C100 HDS
Fully scalable console, processing and I/O system is designed to meet demanding HD production applications; offers comprehensive 5.1 production tools with metering, monitoring, bussing, single-fader stem control, intuitive panning and 5.1 upmix; "C-Play" integrates a fully featured spot and music playout system into the console; DAW control delivers better ROI via post production during down time.
Technical furniture
TBC Consoles SmartTrac
Console provides enhanced ability to gang individual workstation components to form complete Master Control and Production Control consoles; modular rack turrets available in 2RU and 4RU heights; vented and removable with 10-32 tap front rack rail; vented rear door (optional) flips up and in, or is removable; available in fixed-height base (28.625in) or optional electric adjustable model, which provides for different heights.
Audio console
Calrec Artemis Light
Is the newest member of the Artemis family of Bluefin2/Hydra2 audio consoles; new is a compact processing rack dedicated to delivering digital signal processing and routing capabilities in a 4U enclosure; like all Artemis consoles, Artemis Light incorporates Bluefin2 high-density signal processing and Hydra2 networking technologies in the same compact yet scalable control surface used by Artemis Shine and Artemis Beam; can be fully integrated with any existing Hydra2 network.
Apantac Pinnacle
Turns a low-cost consumer LCD monitor into a broadcast-quality display; is a standalone 3G/HD/SD-SDI to HDMI converter; features a built-in scaler/de-interlacer, analog audio monitoring output and embedded audio on HDMI output; fits into the MiniQ modular frame; has automatic input aspect ratio detection and built-in video/audio
alarm detections.
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Portable PTZ production system
Designed for single-operator, multicamera production using a touchscreen and PTZ cameras, so no camera operators are required; supports four or eight HD/SD-SDI ins; features two clip players, multilayer DSK, full-motion overlays, transitions and effects, PIP, and chroma key; streams and records in multiple formats; REMO system comes in ruggedized, portable case.
Avitech Rainier 3G Plus
Allows users to monitor four SDI (3G/HD/SD)/CVBS (NTSC/PAL) sources in a single card via a full HD 1080p output; up to four cards can be installed in a 1RU chassis; high flexibility is achieved through internal multiple path cascading; incorporates HDMI technology; supports four SDI outputs of 1080p and 720p at 50Hz to 60Hz.
Acquisition camera
Grass Valley LDX Flex
Cost-effective camera delivers the same high-quality images and performance — and supports the use of the same accessories — as other cameras in the LDX Series for a single production format; can be upgraded through the entire LDX range as required; well-suited for news/talk, corporate, educational, studio and small mobile truck environments; provides a wide range of gamma and knee adjustments and a secondary color corrector for two independent colors at the same time; supports 1080i50, or 1080i59.94 or 720p50 or 720p59.94.
Effects software
Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite
New features includes 3D animation, visual effects and creative tools, Autodesk Maya 2014, Autodesk 3ds Max 2014, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2014, Autodesk Mudbox 2014, Autodesk Softimage 2014 and Autodesk Sketchbook Designer 2014; all tools have been updated to offer new workflow enhancements, manage complexity and efficiently move data through facility pipeline.
3RU matrix intercom
Clear-Com Eclipse HX-Delta
New 3RU matrix intercom offers the connectivity and high capacity of a larger matrix system; compact intercom provides two CPU cards for redundant system control, along with the option of up to four varied I/O frame cards and up to three interface modules; gives broadcasters the option of building a distributed matrix system with shorter
cable runs.
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Video server
Avid AirSpeed 5000 2.5
Latest version video server features broadcast-quality slow-motion playback on any channel for sports and live event programming under AirSpeed Remote Console or external control; low-latency Play While Record feature allows near-instantaneous ingest to playback turnaround, quickly delivering content for live broadcast events and breaking news; provides easy and seamless capture of long events on any channel without duration restrictions.
Turnkey newsroom system
Dalet News Pack
Fully packaged end-to-end HD newsroom system includes hardware and software for traditional TV broadcasting, as well as Web and mobile distribution; features full NRCS, range of desktop and centralized ingest tools, video production tools and A/B roll playout tools; options include Dalet Cube graphics, third-party NLE support, Web clients for remote production and robotic archiving.
File delivery format validation
Signiant CloudSpeX
Software application validates media file delivery formats prior to transfer; matches file types and metadata against a cloud-based directory of published specifications to ensure that assets comply with customer-defined delivery format requirements; provides a uniform mechanism for automatically checking files against a chosen specification; available for use with Media Shuttle or Managers + Agents.
Digital audio coaxial patchbay
Bittree Digital Audio Coaxial Patchbay
Designed for discreet AES signals and offers significant cost savings over video patchbays otherwise used for this purpose; BNC rear interface is designed for fast and easy installation; developed in response to the rapid growth of digital audio content.
Extension card for Cat 5e/6
Opticomm-EMCORE Optiva OTC-1HDP
Card provides uncompressed transmission of one channel of 3G HD-SDI video with embedded digital audio, up to 100m on a single Cat 5e/6 cable; supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1080/60Hz, as well as analog stereo audio; also features HDBaseT compatible transmission; has front-panel LED status and alert indicators for local monitoring and control; remote monitoring and control provided through OptivaView SNMP Management Suite.
Hard disk dock
Blackmagic Design MultiDock
A rack 1RU mount hard disk dock; supports up to four independent disks to be inserted and mounted on the user's computer; option for multiple disks to be striped together to build an inexpensive Thunderbolt-based disk array.
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MADI-over-Cat5 switch
Optocore MADI switch
10 or 18 ports of MADI switches allow distribution over Cat 5 cabling; each port supports a 64-in/64-out point-to-point connection, as well as 100Mb of Ethernet on one single Cat 5 cable; each switch has two redundant high-speed 2GB fiber uplink ports that switch and route sixteen MADI streams.
Field-production lens
Fujinon PL 14-28mm
The field-production lens features a focal length of 85-220mm at T2.9 and 300mm at T4.0 with 200-degree focus rotation, to facilitate shooting documentaries, nature and wildlife, and commercials; Designed using the latest optical simulation technology, the wide-angle lens offers The digital servo's 16-bit encoding assures operators that all lens data output — such as the position of the zoom, iris, and focus—is extremely accurate; the lens supports Lens Data System (LDS) and /i metadata formats.
HD production camera
Panasonic VariCam
Third-generation VariCam improves upon the camera's signature features — off-speed shooting and film-like image production — while incorporating the company's new AVC-ULTRA family of video codecs; uses three advanced, full 1920 x 1080p wide dynamic range MOS images for native 1080/60p recording/operation; features a true RGB imager/prism system that provides full resolution color.
MXF clip server
Two models, MBP-120SX and MBP-125SX, support ingest, playback and playout applications; can capture files from an external XDCAM drive or network drive, converts HD/SD-SDI signals to MXF files in real time, and support up to eight channels of embedded audio; both models are equipped with HD/SD-SDI I/O and a solid-state drive
(240GB or 480GB).
Branded channel playout system
Harmonic Spectrum ChannelPort
Now delivers dual digital video effects capabilities, extended codec support and Pitch Blue compatibility; additional enhancements include independent branding of simulcast channels, support for external key/fill and live feeds, voiceover from live or file-based sources, and on-board closed-caption file insertion.


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Dark Queen
by Crown-Keeper
To the tune of 'Killer Queen', with apologies to Queen.
She keeps her demons and dark minions,
The music on the Dragonlance Nexus is presented in the MIDI file format. You will need MIDI-capable software to listen to the selections in the Music & Songs section. We recommend either the QuickTime Player or the Windows Media Player.
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