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AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon Headphones Sweepstakes
According to the company:
A direct descendant of AudioQuest's award-winning NightHawk headphone, the closed-back NightOwl Carbon replaces its predecessor's biomimetic sound-diffusing grille with an intelligently designed aperiodic damping system for excellent isolation of external noise, ensuring privacy for the listener and those nearby.
NightOwl ships with two sets of earpadsProtein Leather Boost Pads for slightly enhanced treble clarity and Ultrasuede pads for slightly reduced bass impactand includes a high-performance, non-microphonic cable with discrete mic/smartphone controls that enable phone calls and playback functions (Play, Pause, Skip) without compromising sound quality.
NightOwl's distinct packaging is actually an attractive travel case made of genuine leather, featuring a thickly padded internal compartment and accommodations for various headphone accessories. With NightOwl, AudioQuest hopes headphone enthusiasts will feel inspired to listen longer, later, and with greater pleasure, enjoying unsurpassed comfort and deep immersion in music, videos, and games.
To enter the sweepstakes, all you need is an account on this website. If you don't already have one, click on the link labeled "register" at the bottom of this announcement or "LOG IN/JOIN" in the nav bar at the right. Then, enter a username and a valid e-mail address, and click on the "Create new account" button. A message will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you specified, which will include a link to activate the account.
The final step (and only step for those who already have an account) is to log in and leave a comment right here on this announcementany comment will do, as long as it's not profane or spam. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, a lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive the prize. So post a comment, and good luck!
For complete sweepstakes rules, click here.
[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]
It would be awesome if I won!
I have the 1st generation Nighthawks and they are excellent.
I'll take 'em, being as I'm a poor working man, and could never afford such a luxury. Pick me!!! :)
If I win, I will try pairing it with my AudioQuest Dragonfly.
Would be a fun pair of cans to review.
Really liked the NightHawk, so I'd love to win the NightOwl Carbon.
..these sound better than the Nighthawks!
Fingers crossed my Nighthawks get a new sibling.
Beautiful headphones. One can dream for headphones one cannot afford..
so here's his chance to make up for the oversight. Please, Santa, let me be the winner of these groovy new headphones!
The NightHawk, from all I've read on it, seems like a headphone that I would only pick up once in a blue moon. Hopefully the NightOwl will be something... different.
Sounds very interesting. How does it measure up?
Always been intrigued by this brand
I would love to give these a try :)
I'm feeling lucky. Can't wait to hear the sonic performance from this new phones!
These would make a great replacement for my olde Grado 60's!
Bring it on...Daddy digs nice cans!
I've always thought the Night Hawks were handsome looking headphones. I hope to find out here at home that they sound as good as they look!
I cant wait to give these babies a listen!
Never won anything but who knows, maybe this beauty is gonna be added to my stack :D
I do hope I win, but good luck to all.
Mmmmm... delicious protein leather boost pads
I promise to give them a good home, plenty of amplification, and lots of good music.
I wish i could win one of those contests.
Really nice from you guys to have such a giveaway. Maybe I'm lucky at least once?
This headphone is super interesting. Considering how good the Nighthawks sounded, I'm sure the Night Owls are a winner. Here's to our chances of getting one!
These plus Dragonfly Reds and MQA? 2017 looking better and better.
NidhtOwl would work so nicely with my Dragonfly! :)
I hope I win. :)
Long time reader and lurker, thanks for the opportunity!
I could really use some new headphones
Thanks for the sweepstakes! Would be really interested to hear how these sound
Would love to give these a good home trial.
Thank you very much
good luck to everyone
I'll give it a shot! I'm lucky enough to have a local dealer so I'm sure gonna check them out!
Hope I can win these! Thanks for doing this!
I hope that the winner will enjoy the headphones and that everyone is hyped for this sweepstakes! Good luck!
My wife would love these if I win.
This would be a welcome upgrade :)
Already a big fan of the Nighthawks
Would love a pair of these! Thanks for the chance!
Love to give them a try.
I've heard some criticism of some darkness in the Nighthawk sound. I was bothered by some obscuring and congestion in the lower midrange, but use of an equalizer to cut the lower mid and midrange frequencies by 3 to 9 db made a huge difference, and now I am extremely pleased with their sound.
Beats any headphones I use now by a mile
I hope I win!
Would love to win these gorgeous headphones as I would never be able to justify to the missus buying a pair!!
Nighthawks are good, but these would be better.
Just can't wait until CanJam April 8-9 2017.
Tyll, I don't always agree with your conclusion, but I think I almost always agree with your methodology and analytical approach (not just of the gear, but of the industry, the culture, and the purpose of dedicated audio).
Thank you to Audioquest and Innerfidelity for sponsoring this fantastic contest. I'd love to try the Carbons!
I bet these headphones sound as good as they look
I'm in love the design. I want to buy the Nighthawks carbons but I hope I win Nightowls!
Liquid wood evokes bakelite to me; I'd love to hold this in my hands.
Here's my entry. Good luck to all!
I would love to add such a beautiful pair of closed back headphones to my collection.
Love my original NightHawks. Would love to add these to my collection!
I bet they sound as good as they look, I want 'em!
Sure would sound great to my ears! Love to win these.
These are one of the most comfortable headphones around. I convinced a friend to pick up a pair. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and find myself with a pair as well. GL to all and thanks for the giveaway!
The headphone looks great. Good luck to you all, still hope I win.
Bring this headphone ON!
I've been jonesing for a Nighthawk since forever. The Nightowl Carbon looks even better (and hopefully will sound it, too).
Cool! Good luck and happy listening to all!
I would very much like to win a set of NightOwls!
Whooooo wants NightOwls?? I want NightOwls! Specs and looks have me craving a good long night of listening!
I already have Nighthawk, so I feel like a winner...
Thanks to Inner Fidelity and Audioquest for the promotion!
I really want these. Would be perfect headphone for me.
Nice reviews, cool contests, thank you for everything.
Thank you for the Night Owl Carbons
Love old nighthawk, would be complete if I win nightowl :)
... and this headphone is aptly named for those like me! Good luck everyone!
Awesome sweepstakes. Hope I win!
I am definitely hoping it's me ;)
Have tried many headphones and found them uncomfortable after a while .hopefully these will do the trick.
Who knows. Maybe they will pick me.
look like some pretty nice headphones
Big believer in all things Audioquest! Really would love to win these.
You never know, I just might win.
Need a pair of audiophile cans.
Thank you for this great addition to my Hi-Fi universe!
Since the Power Ball keeps eluding me. Maybe this will be my big win :)
Would like to experience the noise isolation effectiveness.
Here's hoping! 13
Nice headphone:)
I'm The Secret'ing my way to winning this
... but I couldn't get over the liquidwood cups, which looked to me like a tobacco pipe from the 80s. The Nightowl is right up my alley, and likely would wrestle some seriously pricey headphones off my head. Fingers crossed :)
I hope I win, but I'm sure whoever wins will be happy.
I trust they'll operate in daylight, as well? #ducking
I love the look of these and would love to listen to them!
I already love my Nighthawks, but am dying to hear the Owls. Build quality is some of the best and the warm sound is fantastic.
These look great. Would love to win a pair!
hope im not too late.
good luck everyone.
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"How I Made Jeffrey Van Riper's Eyes Bleed"
During the 1980s, if you spent even one winter of your childhood in the frigid tundra that is Wisconsin, you know one item stands alone as an icon of those times.
Of course, the first imagery that comes to mind might be that of a towering snowman, a brightly-lit Christmas tree, or a well-traveled sled. Unfortunately, the icon I'm talking about isn't nearly as thrilling. The wintertime icon of the 1980s, or at least to those living in Milwaukee during that decade, was moon boots.
Even beyond their hideous appearance, moon boots were an odd item of clothing. They were made, I assume at least, to keep one's feet warm in the winter. That, or they were simply a cruel fashion joke played on dumb kids by evil parents.
I can see the PTA meetings now:
Teacher: "Next order of business: Keeping the children's feet warm in the winter. Any suggestions?"
Parent: "How about these moon boots I've been hearing about?"
Teacher: "Do they work?"
Parent: "No. But they're ugly as shit and will scar them well into high school."
Teachers & Parents: (hysterical laughter, together)
Teacher: "Done! Next order of business: How can we make that powder we spread over puke even more disturbing?"
The whole idea behind moon boots was that they were supposed to keep feet warm and dry. But if you ever dissected a moon boot (or, more accurately, accidentally slid the "guts" of a moon boot out of its shell) you're well aware of what space-age materials we're dealing with here.
The boot is essentially a foam sock wrapped in a cheap plastic cover. In the world of foot warmth, I guess this passes as suitable coverage. This is the type of information I now find to be exceptionally useful, because if that's all it takes to protect a kid's toes from subzero temperatures I'm gonna save a ton of cash by whipping up a homemade version for the next generation of Shadys.
I won't spring it on them until they're just about to leave for school:
Me: "Put your foot in here."
Kid: "What's that?"
Me: "A moon boot."
Kid: "A moon boot? It's filled with cotton balls."
Me: "Yep."
Kid: "What are they stuffed into?"
Me: "Condoms."
Kid: "What are condoms?"
Me: "Never mind! Just get your feet in here so I can tie a rubber band around the tops of 'em."
Kid: "I don't know about this, Dad."
Me: "It was good enough for me back in the 1980s and it's good enough for you now!"
Kid: (silent hatred)
Me: "They won't change colors or anything fun like that, but they're ribbed so they'll at least leave interesting tracks in the snow."
Oh, you remember: When subjected to cold temperatures, some moon boots would change color or show different patterns on the boot's sides. Of course, the only time I actually paid attention to my pair of moon boots was when I was outside in the freezing cold, so for all I know those patterns were always there.
I suppose I could have hung out with them while at home, like a kid cuddling up on the couch with the family dog. Just me and my moon boots chilling out on a Sunday afternoon, enjoying an episode of "Heathcliff" as microscopic bits of my foot fungus grow deep within the foamy fibers of the boot's innards.
Why did parents let their kids wear these petri dishes again? Whatever the reason, they did, and my parents were no exception.
The rules of the moon boots, or at least the rules of the moon boots in the Shady Household, were these:
Moon Boot Rules:
1. Take a pair of real shoes with you to school in a separate bag. Change into said real shoes when you get to school. This will save you from looking like a badly-dressed astronaut all day long, keeping the ridicule from your classmates at bay. Of course, they will already be ridiculing you, but that's neither here nor there.
2. At the end of the day, change back into your moon boots, placing your shoes into the bag. Try and do this once every other child has left. If possible, wait until the teachers are all gone, too. You don't have to worry about the janitor seeing you, however, because he's a drunk. Moon boots or not, you're still better than him.
3. Walk home, lock the door behind you, pull down all the blinds, and cry deeply into your pillow because you have to do this all over again tomorrow. And with Wisconsin winters clocking in at around nine months long, many more embarrassing moments lie ahead of you.
This was the routine and I did it hundreds of times throughout the early 1980s.
My father was a shoe salesman at the time. I'm assuming one of the perks of being a shoe salesman was that he could snag the sturdiest shoe boxes and shoe-box bags from the store, because I vividly remember our family using both quite a bit throughout my childhood.
For those of you who don't know, a shoe-box bag is exactly that: A plastic bag that fits a shoe box perfectly. After placing a shoe box in the bag, you close the opening of the bag tightly with a drawstring. It was a perfect shoe-carrying device.
It was a better weapon.
Enter: Jeffrey Van Riper.
Jeffrey Van Riper and I were in the same grade at James Russell Lowell Elementary School. (Side note: I just looked up James Russell Lowell and learned that he was a 19th Century American Romantic poet and critic. I think he would have enjoyed this story if, you know, he hadn't died 118 years ago.)
I can't honestly say that Jeffrey and I were close friends, but we weren't enemies either. I remember him getting teased in school because of his last name–after all, "Riper" rhymes with "diaper"–but back then I wasn't one of those kids. Of course, I became one of those kids once I hit middle school, but that's another story for another time.
Jeffrey and I lived in the same neighborhood and, because of this, we would walk to school together. His parents' apartment was further away from Lowell Elementary than my parents' apartment, so every day Jeffrey would walk to my house, ring the doorbell, and I'd run out and join him for the rest of the trip to school. After school, we'd reverse it: We'd leave school together, I'd leave him once I got to my house, and he'd continue on alone.
Jeffrey had thick glasses. And when I say "thick," I mean "thick-like-airplane-windows thick." Of course, when you're a kid, the thickness of your glasses is irrelevant; just having a pair of glasses pretty much guarantees you being labeled as a dork. Back then, I think it's safe to say that we were both dorks, but I'm pretty sure Jeffrey took the brunt of the name-calling because of his thick specs and rhyming last name. Ironically, Jeffrey Van Riper's glasses would be considered very hip by today's standards. If only he could have held onto them for three decades.
The glasses were definitely a factor in Jeffrey's geekdom, but the thick strap that bound the glasses to his skull definitely didn't help the situation. I remember him wearing it extremely tight, as if the band were strong enough to keep his glasses strapped to his noggin even in gale-force winds. The strap was so tight that the flesh above it bulged out and, in spots, folded over it.
No, Jeffrey would never be a fashion designer or runway model, but he was good for conversation on the way home after a long day of simple addition and spelling. Actually, let me rephrase that: Jeffrey was good for conversation on the way home with the exception of one cold winter day. A day when my moon boots were on my feet, and my shoes were in my shoe-box bag.
On that day, for whatever reason, Jeffrey began to run his mouth. Maybe he had gotten in trouble in class earlier in the day. Maybe he was just having a bad day. Or maybe he had just had enough of always being the pickee and never the picker. Whatever the case, it began.
I have to be honest, I don't remember the actual content of the attacks. I'm sure they were whatever the standards are for seven-year-old children: Your mom is fat. Your sister is ugly. Your mom and sister are both fat and ugly. Whatever was being said, I remember it getting old very quickly.
Jeffrey was walking on my left; in my right hand was the shoe-box bag, my fingers clutched tightly around its drawstring. Inside the bag was a box. Inside the box were my shoes. And the weight of it all dangled between four fingers and a thumb.
It continued: My father was stupid. My parents' apartment was dirty and smelly.
I remember looking at him, his dark eyes staring back at me through thick airplane glass. I told him to knock it off. He didn't.
By this point, the entire Shady Family Tree had been labeled stupid. I think this probably included my grandparents, though I'm not sure about aunts, uncles and cousins. Logic would make one assume that at some point the "stupid gene" would cease to bleed out into my familial periphery.
Looking back on it, I would've liked to have asked Jeffrey which of my family members were safe from such a label. It would have been nice to sit down with him and explain to him that, realistically, it's probably impossible for everyone in a family to be stupid. That would have been the smart thing to do.
Instead, I bashed him in the face with a box of shoes. My brain didn't even realize what my hands were doing.
Brain: "Whoa! What the hell is going on down there?"
Hands: "This! Suck it, Van Riper!"
The bag with the box with the shoes hit Jeffrey dead in the center of his freckled face, his thick-glassed spectacles shattering immediately on impact. But, hey, you know what? I had warned him, and I didn't feel guilty about it one tiny bit… until I looked over and saw blood squirting out of his eyes.
Of course, eyes don't really have blood in them, but tell that to a seven-year-old who just smashed a kid in the face with a box of shoes. What was really happening was, the glass from Jeffrey's glasses (yes, they really used glass in glasses back then) had shattered. As it did so, it created small cuts on his cheeks. He was crying (understandably) and his tears were mixing with his blood.
I remember it dripping off his face and into the snow around my moon boots. Jeffrey's glasses, which were now two halves being held together by the fat band that had once kept them glued to his skull, dangled off his shoulder.
In reality, it was probably just a little bit of blood and tears. In my mind, though, it looked like a horror movie. I was Jason Voorhees, the shoe bag was my machete, and Jeffrey Van Riper was the pot-smoking, oversexed camp counselor who just didn't know when to shut the hell up.
Convinced that I had just blinded and/or killed my friend, I did the only thing I could: I cried along with him.
Jeffrey: "Why'd you do that?!?"
Me: "I'm sorry! I told you to stop making fun of me!"
Jeffrey: "I'm bleeding!"
Me: "Are you blind? Can you see me?"
Jeffrey: "Yeah."
Me: "Okay! Let's go to my house! My mom is home!"
Jeffrey: "I'm telling my parents!"
Me: "I don't think there's any way of avoiding that. Your glasses are broken and your eyes are bleeding. But I'll buy you a new pair of glasses. I promise!"
Jeffrey: "How are you going to do that? You're only seven!"
Me: "I know! I'm just saying that out of fear and confusion!"
Jeffrey: "You know, you speak awfully well for a seven-year-old."
Me: "That's because I'm finally transcribing this conversation twenty-five years later."
Jeffrey: "Oh."
We ran the half block that existed between my parents' apartment and what I was sure would soon be labeled a crime scene, both of us crying, one of us covered in blood.
The look on my mother's face as we barged through the front door was somewhere between "What the hell did you do?" and "Get Jeffrey Van Riper's bleeding eyes out of my house!" I tried to remain calm. Honest, I did. But what bubbled out of my no-longer-innocent lips was something along the lines of, "And… said our family is dumb… shoe box… blood on moon boots… airplane glass… ahhh!" This was followed by inconsolable bawling.
Looking back on it now, I'm guessing my mother studied "incoherent babble" in college because she seemed to understand me and quickly took control of the situation. She told me to sit still while she drove Jeffrey home, which I had absolutely no problem with whatsoever. She delivered Jeffrey to his front door and carefully explained to Mr. Van Riper why he'd have to pick glass out of his son's face before eating his dinner.
In the end, I'd say the adults were remarkably understanding. Sure, Jeffrey's father flipped out a bit after noticing that his kid's face looked like the floor of a slaughterhouse. And, yes, I was read the riot act for what I did and warned to never again use violence as a resolution. You know, typical parent stuff. Someday, when one of my kids pummels one of their friends with an iPod shoved into a sock, I hope that I too can be that understanding.
After that day, Jeffrey stopped coming by my house in the mornings. I can't say I blame the kid. But if he ever happens upon this post I want him to know this:
Dear Jeffrey,
I'm sorry I hit you in the face with my shoe box and made your eyes bleed. If my parents hadn't forced me to wear moon boots it never would have happened.
Justin Shady
A story I'll now never forget,

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis C infection, issued by the European Association for the Study of the Liver, underscore the goal of detecting and treating the condition before it leads to complications, such as cirrhosis and possibly liver cancer.
The author of the guidelines, Dr. Antonio Craxì at the University of Palermo, Italy, notes that up to 210 million people worldwide may be affected by HCV infection, and it has become the leading cause of liver cancers in Europe.
As outlined in the Journal of Hepatology online February 28, the diagnosis of acute or chronic HCV infection is based on detection of anti-HCV antibodies. However, acute hepatitis C is usually silent, so early identification is less likely. Nonetheless, the guidelines advise, "Patients with acute hepatitis C should be considered for antiviral therapy in order to prevent progression to chronic hepatitis C."
The severity of liver disease should be determined before beginning therapy, according to the report. In particular, patients with cirrhosis have to be identified "as their prognosis and likelihood to respond to therapy are altered, and they require surveillance for HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma)".
Furthermore, HCV should be genotyped, since that also influences treatment.
Currently, the first-line "standard-of-care" treatment for chronic hepatitis C is based on the use of either of the two pegylated alpha interferons available, administered weekly subcutaneously, and daily oral ribavirin. "All treatment-naive patients with compensated chronic liver disease related to HCV who are willing to be treated and have no contraindication to pegylated interferon-alpha or ribavirin should be considered for therapy, whatever their baseline ALT level," according to the report.
Absolute contraindications to interferon-based treatment include uncontrolled depression, uncontrolled autoimmune diseases, pregnancy, and poorly controlled diabetes, among other conditions. Relative contraindications include hematologic abnormalities, significant CHD and untreated thyroid disease.
With treatment, a sustained viral response (SVR) with suppression to undetectable levels is achieved in 40%-54% of patients with HCV 1 and in 65%-82% of those with genotypes 2 or 3, Dr. Craxi notes.
The duration of treatment should be based on the virological response at weeks 4 and 12, and eventually week 24, the guidelines recommend. "The likelihood of SVR is directly proportional to the time of HCV RNA disappearance."
Up to 53% of patients who relapse respond to re-treatment with pegylated interfereon-alpha and ribavirin.
The guidelines go on to address the management of HCV in patients coinfected with HIV or hepatitis B virus, patients on dialysis, and transplant patients.
Meanwhile, the author notes that progress is being made in the development of specific inhibitors and antiviral agents directly active against HCV, to be used in combination with interferon and ribavirin. "The present guidelines will be updated when these combinations are approved."
J Hepatol 2011.


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multiple inflammation of the nerves. The principal causes of polyneuritis are infectious, particularly viral, diseases; intoxications, usually those caused by alcohol; and metabolic disturbances occurring with diabetes mellitus and uremia. Polyneuritis may arise with such avitaminoses as beriberi and as an occupational disease, for example, with vibration sickness or the chronic effects of cold. Usually the radices of the spinal nerves are affected (polyradiculoneuritis), the peripheral nerves, and the cranial nerves. Sometimes the central nervous system is also affected (encephalomyeloradiculoneuri-tis).


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Watch out, Ryan Lochte--90210 has landed yet another high-profile guest star!
The CW soap has recruited pop sensation Nelly Furtado to appear this fall, E! News has exclusively learned.
And yes, Furtado's many fans are in for a treat as she will be performing on the show. The song she will be performing has yet to be revealed.
U.S. & World
Check out what Olympic hottie Ryan Lochte will be up to when he visits 90210
Furtado, whose new album The Spirit Indestructible is due out in September, will appear in an episode set to air in November.
The Canadian singer is just the latest in a slew of musically inclined guest stars that have appeared on 90210: Carly Rae Jepsen is set to appear in the season-five opener and Billy Ray Cyrus, Kellie Pickler and American Idol's Haley Reinhart all paid America's most famous zip code a visit last season.
This isn't Furtado's first small-screen appearance: The songstress played herself on the cult hit Roswell and the soap One Life to Live. She also appeared 2008's Max Payne and guest-starred on CSI: NY.
The fifth season of 90210 premieres Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. on the CW.
Check out these pictures snapped on the set of your favorite shows!


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LOS ANGELES – Game publisher Electronic Arts showed off nine games at its news conference Monday, including upcoming sci-fi spy title Overstrike and first-person shooter Battlefield 3.
[eventbug]Overstrike, developed by Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank, Resistance), will feature a team of spies led by a grizzled agent named Dalton Brooks. We don't know much about the game yet, but the trailer showed off some of the spies' cool psychic powers, which include telekinesis and the ability to make giant, gross lesions spring out of enemies' heads.
EA also hyped up Battlefield 3 through a few gorgeous trailers and one desert-storming demonstration. It will be out Oct. 25, two weeks before competing Activision shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Other titles at the presentation included sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, fantasy-action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and newly announced Facebook title The Sims Social.
EA also talked upcoming sports games, demonstrating an online FIFA service called EA Sports Football Club that will serve as a persistent cross-platform network for fans of the game. The company did not say what charges might be linked to EA Sports Football Club.
Though it discussed several social networking features for its games, EA did not announce any pay-for-play services that could rival Activision's Call of Duty Elite hybrid stat-tracker and social network. Perhaps as a slight dig against his biggest rival, CEO John Riccitiello said all of Battlefield 3's features will be completely free.
Wired.com's live-blog coverage of the event follows:
12:27 p.m. We are here. There are bowls of miniature candy bars.
12:32 p.m. And we start off with some Mass Effect 3. Lead designer Casey Hudson is talking about the possibilities and choices. "This is all-out galactic war." We're about to see a demo.
12:35 p.m. Demo of Mass Effect 3 looks sharp. Shepard aims at a target with his reticles, then calls in Joker and the Normandy to drop a payload. Shepard and an asari are fighting humanoid aliens of some sort and – oh wow, Shepard is commandeering a gigantic cannon. Sweet.
12:37 p.m. "That's just a small taste of what we're doing with the scale of the battles in Mass Effect 3." Release date: March 6, 2012.
12:39 p.m. Gameplay trailer of Mass Effect 3 looks exactly like the demo we just saw. Looks like Shepard and crew will be shooting down aliens on Earth itself.
12:41 p.m. John Riccitiello is up on the stage, talking about the recently announced Origin service (EA's new download store). Now we're looking at Need for Speed: The Run, which will have on-foot sequences. Because clearly everyone plays racing games so they can walk places.
12:43 p.m. POV shots of a white car driving in Need for Speed: The Run. Another car hits it and your main character starts running into a building, then jumps off the roof. Camera transitions into slow-motion as you make big leaps. Lots of button-mashing, running and jumping. We now see why it's called The Run.
12:45 p.m. Mission: Get out of the city. Looks like we've stolen a cop car. We're blazing along at 130 miles per hour. This seems very unsafe.
12:47 p.m. Demo ends with the main character trying to get out of a car before a train runs over his face. This is done by mashing buttons, of course. More details and trailers will be available on Origin.
12:48 p.m. Bioware's Greg Zeschuk is onstage talking upcoming massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Star Wars: The Old Republic. "I'm not trying to convince you to play it," he says. "Just get lost in it and live in it."
12:50 p.m. Trailer for The Old Republic. Lots of soldiers with Mass Effect-style armor. And suddenly we transition to a massive Jedi-on-Sith lightsaber battle. Millions of nerds everywhere are simultaneously squealing.
12:52 p.m. From Star Wars to snowboarding – now we're looking at a trailer for SSX. An avalanche is hitting the slopes. Our two heroes just vaulted off a cliff and swung on a helicopter.
12:53 p.m. Three modes of gameplay: Race It, Trick It and Survive It. Will be out in January, 2012. You can see more characters/information on the Origin website. (I'm sensing a trend here.)
12:56 p.m. EA sports head Peter Moore is talking about FIFA 12. "The world's sports game." It will have tactical defending, precision dribbling and what's called the "Player Impact Engine." This will apparently feature realistic injuries and body movements. But can it make me care about soccer? (No.)
12:58 p.m. We're hearing from international soccer players about how awesome they think FIFA is. And there's NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. And rapper Lil Wayne. And Drake. What?
12:59 p.m. Introducing the EA Sports Football Club. Is this FIFA's version of Activision's online Call of Duty Elite platform? Talking about how Football Club will let people compare and compete around the world on multiple platforms, including Facebook, PC and mobile phones.
1:00 p.m. I don't know why they're calling it the Football Club. This is soccer. SOCCER.
1:01 p.m. We can see more on Origin. (Of course.) No word on whether Football Club will cost any sort of extra fee.
1:03 p.m. Madden time! We're hearing from the Broadway version of legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi as he gives a passionate speech alongside footage from what I assume is Madden 12.
1:05 p.m. NFL players Ray Lewis, Peyton Hillis and Clay Matthews are here. Matthews is holding his Super Bowl trophy. He's probably just trying to make the other two jealous.
1:07 p.m. Peter Moore looks very uncomfortable next to the three players. He's talking about Madden 12, out August 30. Are these guys allowed to be in their uniforms? Doesn't this violate some term of the NFL lockout?
1:10 p.m. Riccitiello is back to announce The Sims Social, a Facebook version of The Sims. The trailer shows a conversation about between two women. As one woman talks about the things she did on her date last night, we see them happening in The Sims Social. It ends with a steamy shower scene.
1:12 p.m. Curt Schilling is here to talk about upcoming action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The art direction in this game is gorgeous. We see quite a bit of combat – swords, magic, two-headed ogres. Lots of gore-filled hacking and slashing. Coming next year.
1:14 p.m. Ratchet & Clank creator Insomniac Games is talking about its next project, OverStrike. Seems to be some sort of spy game.
1:15 p.m. Trailer for the game. Main character Dalton Brooks is a scruffy secret agent with a giant scar under his left eye. We're seeing him in action. Lots of twirling and shooting.
1:16 p.m. We're introduced to the rest of Dalton's partners. Lots of gunplay and what appear to be psychic moves. One heroine uses telekinetic power to take a gun right out of a baddie's hands and use it to shoot him in the face.
1:18 p.m. Battlefield 3 teaser trailer. We see some static and some shooting.
1:20 p.m. DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson wants to tell us why Battlefield 3 will be the best first-person shooter ever. Live demo is called Operation Metro and takes place in the center of Paris. About ten seconds of walking around and shooting. Troedsson tells us that every stat and feature of the game is 100% free. Slight dig at Activision, perhaps?
1:21 p.m. More at Origin. Obviously.
1:24 p.m. We're looking at more Battlefield 3 footage. We've left Paris and we're now riding on a tank in the middle of the desert. The graphics are absolutely stunning. Whoa – just got hammered by cannon fire from enemy tanks. We're trying to see through the dust and smoke as we shoot missiles at the bad guys.
1:26 p.m. Just switched to thermal vision so we could see through the smoke. Our tank was battered up a bit, but we somehow got out of the desert alive.
1:27 p.m. Trailer shows an overhead view of the enemy compound as planes attack overhead. We're aiming at different areas on the map. Looks like we can call aerial strikes from within our tank. Cool.
1:29 p.m. After a grueling desert journey, our tank has arrived at the enemy compound. We're getting hit a lot, going in and out of vision as we make our way through the base, trying to take out as many baddies as possible. Looks like we have to destroy the compound's rocket battery. BOOM. The rocket battery is no more.
1:30 p.m. Demo is over. Battlefield 3 will be out October 25, two weeks before prime competitor Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. And with that, Riccitiello bids us farewell.


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From the rich agricultural community of the 20's, to its present day reputation as the Capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose is a destination that is sure to create an unforgettable experience. As the third largest city in California and the 11th largest city in the nation, San Jose has remained one of the country's best-kept secrets...a city revitalized and bustling with creativity and culture yet still embodies unique charm.
201 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113-2008
Phone: (408) 294-8324
Fax: (408) 279-7167
Technology from Silicon Valley and beyond comes alive in this unique museum featuring interactive exhibits for all ages. The Tech is a place about real technology...changing the way people work and play, create, harness and share information, how we innovate, how we do things differently. Featuring over 250 interactive exhibits, the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater, a cafe and gift store packed with "only in Silicon Valley" items. For more information, contact The Tech at (408) 294-TECH (8324) or visit thetech.org
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119
Phone: (408) 765-0503
Fax: (408) 765-1217
Self-guided, hands-on museum shows how computer chips are made and used. Guided group tours available by reservation, Intel Museum Store carries unique "high tech" clothing and souvenirs. Open Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Free Admission. For more information please go to: intel.com/go/museum.
1342 Naglee Ave.
San Jose, CA 95191
Phone: (408) 947-3635
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, architecturally inspired by the Temple of Amon at Karnak, houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in the western United States -- including objects from pre dynastic times through Egypt's early Islamic era.
110 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: (408) 271-6880
Fax: (408) 294-2977
The San Jose Museum of Art presents a full range of exhibitions with a focus on works created during the 20th Century, including painting, sculpture, installations, photography, works on paper, and video. Museum Store, Cafe, and group event facilities. Public tours daily, group tours by appointment.
Website: sanjosemuseumofart.org
180 Woz Way
San Jose, CA 95110-2780
Phone: (408) 298-5437
Fax: (408) 298-6826
Children's Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum featuring over 150 interactive exhibits. Children of all ages are invited to test, prod, taste, crank and tinker in their striking purple building in Discovery Meadow.
Website: cdm.org
Market Street/San Carlos Street (across the street from the Fairmont San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Phone: (408) 277-3900
Plaza de Cesar Chavez is home to year-round cultural celebrations, parades and exciting outdoor festivals. There's everything from concerts in the park, theater performed in the open air and spectacular traveling entertainment to street fairs, cook offs, arts and crafts and tempting foods -- all reflecting San Jose's rich diversity. Plaza de Cesar Chavez is located in downtown San Jose on Market Street between San Fernando and San Carlos streets across from the Fairmont Hotel. It is easily accessible by the Light Rail with nearby stops at the Convention Center and along Transit Mall.
525 South Winchester Boulevard
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 247-2000
Fax: (408) 985-7913
The Winchester Mystery House, on of the world's most famous mansions, is the true legacy of Sarah Winchester who it is believed thought she would never die as long as construction continued on her elegant Victorian home. The famed mansion is a California State Historic Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a San Jose City Landmark.
Tickets for tours of the historic 160 room Victorian mansion are $19.95 for adults 13-64, $16.95 for seniors, and $13.95 for children 6-12.
Website: winchestermysteryhouse.com
355 Santana Row
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 551-4600
Every city relies on vibrant neighborhoods. For most, this means a place to relax, shop, or meet a friend for coffee and a stroll along a sunny, tree-lined street. A real urban neighborhood has developed at Santa Row that provides a vibrant and diverse mix of shopping, dining, entertainment and living designed to enhance the individual experience.
The name is borrowed from Santana Park, a nearby half-acre park that has been incorporated into Santana Row.
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The Fountain Restaurant is the perfect place to start your day. Open for breakfast and lunch daily this inviting restaurant offers an extensive a la carte menu selection in addition to their breakfast buffet. The Fountain is proud to present a lunch menu that reflects everyone's dining preferences. From old Favorites, with a new flare, to mouth-watering innovative creations by Chef Tung Nguyen.
Experience the Bay Areas Asian Heritage and visit our Bamboo Lounge at The Pagoda Restaurant. Whether it is classical Chinese Hong Kong Style Black Pepper Beef or a more trendy Coriander Dusted Ahi Tuna with Crispy Noodle Cake, Snow Pea Ginger Broth and Pineapple Mango Relish, the Pagoda Restaurant and Bamboo Lounge has it all. Come and choose from an enticing selection of Tropical Drinks during happy hour or in our private dining room for a business meeting or a family event.
Reflecting the spirit of a New York grill, The Grill on the Alley serves large portions of steaks, chops, fresh seafood and pasta along with an extensive wine list. For more information, go to visit The Grill on the Alley website.
Bringing the freshest seafood to Silicon Valley, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant is located directly inside The Fairmont San Jose's South Tower. Renowned as The Fresh Seafood Authority, the menu is printed twice daily and features more than 30 species of fresh fish and seafood caught daily from the Pacific Ocean as well as other regions around the world. Combining the bounty of fresh ingredients from California's Central Valley and wine country, McCormick & Schmick's prepares and serves seafood in a timeless and traditional presentation.
Grand elegance surrounds you in the Lobby Lounge at The Fairmont San Jose. In addition to featuring an extensive selection of Californian wines by the glass, the Lobby Lounge is also renowned for their creative martini offerings and wide array of single malts scotches. Appetizers and Light Fare are being served daily from 12:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. In addition, two plasma screen television sets make sure you do not miss your favorite sport while enjoying yourself at The Fairmont San Jose. Wireless connectivity is available in all areas on the Lobby Lounge in addition to nightly live entertainment.
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First Lady Michelle Obama is getting some star power for help as she campaigns for her husband in Miami Thursday in a final push for votes before Election Day.
Obama thanked actress Gabrielle Union and singer Marc Anthony for the remarks they gave before she took the stage at the James L. Knight Center.
"Love you guys. Thank you for being here," she said.
Her Miami appearance is her third stop of the day in the Sunshine State, but the first lady was still energized.
"I have to say, this is my third stop today in Florida, and I am still fired up and ready to go! Because in just five days, five, we have the opportunity to re-elect, let me tell you, a decent, honest man," she said.
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She highlighted 5.2 million new jobs created during her husband's administration and how he ended the war in Iraq. She told her audience that they should tell voters between now and Election Day, "Remind them that this was the president that took out Osama bin Laden."
She also made a point that might resonate particularly strongly in South Florida.
"Tell them about all the young immigrants who will never again have to live in fear of being deported from the only country that they have ever called home," she said.
Michelle Obama reiterated that it will be a close election, that everyone's vote counts, and told members of the crowd to spread the word about voting early.
A lot of progress has been made but there is much more work to do, she said as she wrapped up.
"Are you fired up and ready to go? Are you going to roll up your sleeves, five more days for four more years?" she asked.
She started the day in Jacksonville, where musician Stevie Wonder performed prior to her remarks. She also made a stop in Daytona Beach.
President Barack Obama is set to head back out on the campaign trail Thursday after spending Wednesday surveying the damage to the East Coast from Hurricane Sandy. He's expected to hold rallies in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado Thursday.
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On Wednesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney held an event at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Gov. Jeb Bush, and Congressman Connie Mack.
The Republican presidential nominee promoted his five-point economic plan, including boosting the economy through energy, more trade and better schools, putting the government on track to a balanced budget while creating jobs, and helping small businesses.
With 29 electoral votes up for grabs in Florida, the Sunshine State is a key swing state in the 2012 election.
Obama for America said Thursday that the president will hold a grassroots event Sunday at the McArthur High School football field in Hollywood, with doors opening at 12:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at OFA.BO/Hollywood, and on Friday beginning at 10 a.m. at three campaign offices: 2001 Tyler St. in Hollywood, 2104 N. Flamingo Rd. in Pembroke Pines, and 6750 Pembroke Road in Miramar.
In addition, former president Bill Clinton will rally Obama supporters at Palm Beach State College's Duncan Theatre, at 4200 Congress Ave. in Lake Worth, Friday morning. Doors open at 8 a.m. and tickets are not required, the campaign said.


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Disturbing video here from Freehold (N.J.) Raceway, but know that four drivers went to the hospital and all horses survived.
The pace car skidded on a slick—though reportedly not icy—track in the day's fifth race, spinning into the path of the horses as they entered the first turn. The gate was still extended, and only the leader of the seven-horse field made it through unscathed.
"We don't know what happened. It was definitely a freak mishap. Something I've never seen in 40 years in racing," said Freehold Raceway director of facing and race secretary Karen Fagliarone.
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Flexible Or Paradoxical? Why The NY Times' Plan Is Inherently Self-Limiting
from the putting-business-lines-in-conflict deptThe New York Times has followed up on their initial coverage of the choice to go metered with a column by David Carr discussing the move. It's worth reading, and though there are a lot of points he makes that I can't really speak to, there's one section that I think highlights the flaw in the plan:
"The decision announced Wednesday morning represents a hedge, an operating model that puts maximum flexibility in the hands of the leadership of the newspaper. As the digital czar Martin Nisenholtz said over and over in a meeting about the decision on Tuesday, "the idea is to maximize revenue" with an eye toward the cyclical state of the advertising business. With Times Select, The New York Times lost eyeballs at precisely the time when sheer tonnage of readers became the defining metric in advertising. By building a metered system, the executives have installed a dial on the huge, heaving content machine of The New York Times. Access can be gradually ramped up or down depending on macro trends in the market. Given the dynamic state of the advertising business and how quickly things change on the Web, not so dumb when you think about it."Sounds great, right? Except that where they see flexibility, I see conflict. They've saddled themselves with two opposing business models: the old one, where the audience is the product and the advertisers are the customers, and the new one, where news is the product and the audience is the customer. The "dial" is going to become a tug-of-war between an advertising team that wants more eyeballs to sell and a subscription team that wants more walled-up content to sell. It will be virtually impossible to make business decisions that are good for both sides, and by trying to have the best of both worlds they may end up with no growth for either.
One could argue that this conflict has always existed in news organizations, but it's never been as charged as it's about to become at the Times. In the past, readers were readers, and increasing circulation was always the number one goal. But a newspaper that sacrifices casual readers, challenges the loyalty of dedicated readers and reduces its value to advertisers, all in one fell swoop, and succeeds? I'll believe it when I see it.
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The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned leader in tree science and education, working to save and plant trees.
Background: The Arboretum ranks among the leading arboreta of the world in size, age, quality of specimens, and programs in Plant Collections, Research, and Education. Established in 1922 by Mr. Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company and son of J. Sterling Morton (founder of Arbor Day), the Arboretum encompasses 1,700 acres, including 500 acres of plant collections and gardens; and 900 acres of woodlands, prairie, meadows, lakes and streams. The Arboretum is open 365 days a year.
Mission: To collect and study trees, shrubs and other plants from around the world, to display them across naturally beautiful landscapes for people to study and enjoy, and to learn how to grow them in ways that enhance our environment. Our goal is to encourage the planting and conservation of trees and other plants for a greener, healthier and more beautiful world.
Audience: In 2015, attendance reached 1,056,000, including 43,700 member households.
Staffing: 170 full time, 110 part time, 100 seasonal employees; 1,300 volunteers; 23 persons on the Board of Trustees.
Nonprofit: The Arboretum is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization with a $31.3 million annual budget supported by revenue from admissions, membership, visitor programs and services, tuition, charitable contributions and an endowment. The Arboretum receives no direct public tax support.
Four-Season Destination - Things to Do:
- Children's Garden: An award-winning, 4-acre interactive, educational and fun garden where families can learn about nature.
- Maze Garden: One-acre puzzle of hedges.
- Collections: View and learn about trees and other plants.
- Grounds: Visitors can explore 16 miles of hiking trails plus nine miles of roads for driving or bicycling. Get a guided tour on an open air tram ride or take guided walks.
- Visitor Center: Experience interpretive displays, The Arboretum Store and the Ginkgo Restaurant. Special events and exhibitions are offered throughout the year.
- Visitor Stations: The Big Rock and Schulenberg Prairie visitor stations offer shelter and washroom facilities as well as interpretation and orientation for adjacent trails and landscapes.
- Annual attractions: Visitors come to the Arboretum to experience the spring flowers including Daffodil Glade, the changing of the leaves in autumn, snowshoe or cross-country skiing on snowy days, as well as special events including Arbor Day, art shows, Fall Color Festival, Holiday Celebration and Husky Heroes.
- Facilities Rental: Facilities in Visitor Center and Thornhill Education Center available to rent by calling 630-725-2190. For Children's Garden reservations, call 630-725-2038.
- Grounds: 7 a.m. to sunset.
- Visitor Center: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan.-Feb.; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mar.-Apr. and Nov.-Dec.; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May-Oct.
- Children's Garden: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., open until 6 p.m. on Thursdays (March-October) and 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (November-February)
- The Arboretum Store: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan.-Feb.; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mar.-Apr. and Nov.-Dec.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May-Oct. 630-719-2454
- Ginkgo Restaurant: Daily 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday breakfast 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Ginkgo Café: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan.-Feb.; 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Mar.-Apr. and Nov.-Dec.; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May-Oct.
Admission Fees: Arboretum members admitted free of charge. Membership benefits include free entry to grounds, discounted class fees and store purchases, Arboretum publications and invitations to member-only events. learn more
Plant Collections: Our plant collections include 220,000 specimens in the collections; 4,100 different types of trees, shrubs and other plants native to 40 countries, which serve as vital resources for scientific study. Plant collection categories include horticultural (landscaping and gardening), geographic (place of origin), scientific (related plant groups), special habitat (modified soils/sites), evaluation groups, and endangered plants. The world-renowned Schulenberg Prairie is one of the oldest reconstructed prairies in the U.S.
Science and Conservation: The Research Program focuses on practical scientific studies; key areas include tree health, tree Conservation improvement, and woodland conservation. Housed in the state-of-the-art Research Center is a Herbarium of 196,000 specimens for botanical research. The Chicago Region Trees Initiative develops strategies for tree and urban forest improvement in the greater Chicago area; the Community Trees program advocates for trees in 274 communities in the seven counties. ArbNet, facilitated by The Morton Arboretum, is an interactive professional community of arboreta with programs to foster advancements among tree-focused gardens. Science and conservation initiatives address international needs to build partnerships and save endangered trees.
Education: The Education Program is relevant to needs and interests in learning about plants, nature, and ways to improve our world. Through the Thornhill Education Center, classes and other offerings serve 36,000 adults and youth, including 32,000 students from 575 schools who participate in field, lab, and outreach programs. Available are certificates in horticulture, natural history, ornithology, botanical art, and nature photography; teacher-training resources; and a cooperative botany degree program with regional colleges and universities.
Plant Clinic: Diagnoses trees' and other plants' ailments, and aids in tree selection, at no charge. The Plant Clinic answers inquiries from 387 zip codes about plant selection and care. Hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., April-October; Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., November-March.
Sterling Morton Library: The library features more than 27,000 volumes on botany, horticulture, natural history, and ecology; special collections of rare books, periodicals, and catalogs; and 12,000 botanical artworks. Collections include papers and photographs relating to the Arboretum's founder, Joy Morton, and history of The Morton Arboretum; over 1,500 landscape drawings by Jens Jensen, Marshall Johnson, and O.C. Simonds; and 10,000 photographs and slides. Exhibits display rare books and prints. Members have borrowing privileges. Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact Information:
- Public Relations (media inquiries only): 630-719-5768
- Fax: 630-725-2090
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- 24-Hour Information: 630-719-2400
- Bloom 'n Color hotline (spring and fall only): 630-719-7955
- Development Office: 630-725-2027
- Education class registration: 630-719-2468 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- Plant Clinic: 630-719-2424 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- Special Events Tickets: 630-725-2066
- Sterling Morton Library: 630-719-2429 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- Volunteer Office: 630-719-2443 or email@example.com
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Lindenwood University and the Missouri Arts Council have partnered to bring the national tour of MEMPHIS: The Musical to St. Charles, Mo., on April 21.
"The primary goals of Lindenwood's School of Fine & Performing Arts are to culturally enrich the surrounding community and provide diverse opportunities for students to engage the arts within an integrative liberal arts curriculum," said Chad Snider, director of marketing and master of ceremonies at the J. Scheidegger Center. "MEMPHIS provides a superb opportunity to do just that."
MEMPHIS: The Musical is a culturally-enriched love story about an interracial couple and their experiences in underground dance clubs of the 1950s. The production provides the disciplines of art and design, dance, music, and theatre—all the aspects of the arts that Lindenwood's School of Fine and Performing Arts demonstrates on a daily basis.
MEMPHIS demonstrates a very high level of artistic quality through its award winning creative team and has an impressive list of credits including: Director Tony Nominee Christopher Ashely (Xanadu); Choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys); Scenic Designer Tony Award winner David Gallo (The Drowsy Chaperone, Reasons to Be Pretty); Costume Design by Tony nominee Paul Tazewell (In The Heights); Lighting Design by Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Jersey Boys); Sound Designer Ken Travis (The Threepenny Opera).
MEMPHIS has won multiple Tony Awards (including best musical), Drama Desk Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
MEMPHIS ran for three years on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in New York City and had a successful 55-city national tour that ran from 2011 to 2013. The current national tour began in the fall of 2013.
The Missouri Arts Council is a division of the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The council provides support to nonprofit organizations through grants that meet their strategic goals: Increase participation in the arts in Missouri; Grow Missouri's economy using the arts; Strengthen Missouri education through the arts.
The council awards grants to organizations to stimulate the growth, development, and appreciation of the arts in Missouri. This funding makes possible quality arts programming to communities throughout Missouri. In addition to financial assistance, the Missouri Arts Council provides expertise in community development, fundraising, marketing, grant writing, arts education, artistic disciplines (visual arts, music, literature, theater, dance, festivals, and film/media), and more.


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When it comes to fixing higher education in California, here are a few ideas that might actually work: increase tuition, build more colleges for tech geeks and cut resources to community colleges and give them to four-year institutions.
Not suggestions that are going to win a popularity contest.
And not likely on the agenda at the closed-door meeting Gov. Jerry Brown held on Tuesday with the presidents of various California State University campuses.
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The discussion was about how to cope with the present: CSU has already taken $500 million in cuts this year.
But what California desperately needs is more thinking about the future of higher education.
The best example of this kind of thinking can be found in a piece by John Aubrey Douglass in the June issue of Boom, a new magazine focusing on California and the source of the ideas listed above (full disclosure: UC Press, which published my most recent book, also publishes Boom, which ran an excerpt from the book).
The problem now, Douglass told me in a conversation Tuesday, is that budget concerns have become all-consuming and higher education in California isn't innovating as it once did. But the state has no choice but to innovate -- since the state population is growing, and by all accounts California needs more college graduates.
Douglass, who has devoted his career to studying higher education in California and around the world, isn't optimistic.
He sees the various campus leaders focusing on how to protect themselves -- and in the process, there's the threat of "an unraveling" of the notion of California higher education as a coherent system.
The piece is not yet on-line, but it's worth picking up because Douglass offers a comprehensive redesign of California's three-headed system of the University of California, Cal State and community colleges.
Douglass' stated goal is to make California a leader in producing college graduates with four-year degrees. Our early 20th century leadership in higher education helped produce the state's wealth.
The piece is full of ideas. Here are a few highlights:
-Pursue foreign students whose tuition and fees can be used to expand access for Californians.
-Set a clear goal that the state match or exceed the access and four-year degree rates of the countries with whom we compete economically.
-Establish a separate system of "polytechnic" universities (essentially more of what we already have with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Pomona) so the state produces more graduates with expertise in science, technology, engineering and math.
-establish a separate "California Open University", independent of UC and CSU, focusing on adult learners and offering on-line courses that lead to degrees and credentials.
-higher fees in many parts of the system so that there is less incentive to drop out. One problem with California's relatively low tuition and fees is that it correlates with high levels of attrition. If you're not paying very much for university, you have little to lose by dropping out.
One of Douglass' most striking ideas has to do with community colleges, which were invented in California and have served as the basis of the system (70 percent of California college students are in community colleges).
The trouble with this tilt towards community colleges is that such colleges aren't particularly good at producing people with college degrees.
Too many students are part-time or wind up dropping out. The California system should be changed to shift more students to four-year institutions, such as UC and CSU. And community colleges should be permitted to offer four-year degrees, as is being done in Florida and other states.
Of his own piece with its various suggestions, Douglass said: " I had no sense that this would go anywhere."
But these ideas should go somewhere. Because California can't afford to stand still.


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The Mystery Shopper Western Union counterfeit check scam has been around for many years and is recently on the rise again. There are many variations on this particular type of criminal scam. The typical formula for the Mystery Shopper scammers is to send you a letter in the mail informing you that you have been selected as a Mystery Shopper candidate to evaluate Western Union's customer service level. Counterfeit checks, bad checks, fake checks or forged checks are also included in the letter. Your Mystery Shopper "job" is to cash those counterfeit checks, bad checks, faked checks or forged checks and send the majority of the money /cash through the Western Union money transfer / transaction system under the fake job assignment of evaluating Western Union as service providers. Your payment for this fake Mystery Shopper assignment scam is that you get to keep the remaining amount of the counterfeit check, bad check, fake check or forged check that you cashed. Besides being ripped off by these criminal scams, cashing counterfeit checks, bad checks, fake checks or forged checks can get you arrested and even convicted of a felony.
I recently received a letter in the mail notifying my that I had been selected as a Mystery Shopper candidate. The letter informed me that I would pose as a potential customer sending a Western Union payment as a Mystery Shopper to evaluate Western Union's services. The Mystery Shopper scammers request that you contact them immediately upon receipt of the letter so that you can speak with an assignment co-ordinator and validate or activate the enclosed check. Instead of destroying the counterfeit checks from this scam I decided to expose these particular criminals and put them out of business for good hopefully. These particular Mystery Shopper scam criminals were operating out of Ontario Canada, specifically in the Toronto, Ontario and London, Ontario areas.
I legally recorded a series of 4 conversations with these Mystery Shopper counterfeit check scamming criminals on my business telephone knowing full well that I was talking to check counterfeiting criminals who were trying to involve me in a crime and of course steal money. There were actually 5 recorded conversations, but I cannot use the first conversation for legal reasons. The first conversation is not that interesting anyway. The criminals are sizing me up and assessing how suspicious I am. The 4 recorded conversations are split into two parts so that they could be shared on YouTube.
I want to sincerely thank the London, Ontario Police department for their assistance in catching these criminals.
* No information has been provided or disclosed about how to successfully track and catch these criminals. If you are a check counterfeiting criminal you are wasting your time by watching these recordings.
Mystery Shopper Scam Exposed – Criminals Busted (1 of 2)
Mystery Shopper Scam Exposed – Criminals Busted (2 of 2)


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The Arturia AudioFuse 8Pre is a dual-mode interface and ADAT expander which boasts 8 channels of premium analog audio, rock-solid sync, USB-C, and optical connectivity. With our award-winning lineage of pristine analog quality, AudioFuse 8Pre is destined to become the expander of choice in studios and creative spaces around the world.
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Sometimes it's the little things that matter most. You need your gear to complement and enhance the way you work, and that's the driving force behind AudioFuse 8Pre.
AudioFuse 8Pre is easy to use, with one-button, one-function design, and features backward-compatible USB-C connectivity for super compatibility. It's housed in a robust metal chassis, and the included rack ears can be mounted to either face forward or down, letting it stand freely or be integrated into your 19" racks depending on your setup. It also features ADAT in, so you could send your musicians cue mixes using its headphone output.
AudioFuse Creative Suite
AudioFuse 8Pre comes complete with the AudioFuse Creative Suite, an ever-evolving collection of software effects and instruments that will let you add your own unique signature to your music. Combining favorites from our award-winning "You'll Actually Use" series with Analog Lab Lite, AudioFuse 8Pre lets you also enjoy legendary signal processing effects and iconic synth sounds. Color the pristine inputs of AudioFuse 8Pre with stunning vintage effects!
Platform specifications
Windows: Win 7+ PC: 4 GB RAM; Intel i5 CPU or faster.
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Apple: 10.8+: 4 GB RAM; Intel i5 CPU or faster.
1GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Box contents
AudioFuse 8Pre unit
Power supply
USB cable
DiscretePro® Certificate
Size & weight
Size : 17.3 x 10.2 x 1.8 inches (440 x 260 x 45mm)
Main Features
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Now the vice president of sustainability at the Aspen Skiing Company, Auden Schendler learned about corporate environmentalism from Amory Lovins, whom he worked with at the Rocky Mountain Institute as a junior researcher in the '90s. Lovins, credited with pushing the idea that it was smart business to "go green," clearly influenced the young Schendler, who had previously worked as a freelancer writer, trailer insulator, ambulance medic, and goose nest island builder with the forest service. He's gone on to transform the skiing industry, convincing the biggest players that they, too, needed to follow Lovins' lead -- earning himself the title of Aspen's Green Guy in the process. Schendler has been named a global warming innovator by Time magazine and profiled in lengthy cover stories for Businessweek and the Aspen Times Weekly. Here, Schendler discusses how he can keep his business going forever; the answer to the climate crisis; and why he doesn't really care about compostable cups, recycling, and improving wildlife habitats.
What do you say when people ask you, "What do you do?"
My job is to keep us in business forever. So that means solving climate change, for example, but also strengthening our community, our workforce, and, frankly, our brand.
What new idea or innovation is having the most significant impact on the sustainability world?
The concept of the "epic fail," the idea that we're not just going to miss the climate fix by a bit, but actually we're going to blow it by a large and catastrophic margin. It's causing people in my field to rethink what our work means, both how to approach it and what the reality of the future looks like.
What's something that most people just don't understand about your area of expertise?
Achieving sustainability means solving climate change, period. But as far as I can tell, the public overwhelmingly thinks my peers and I are some relics from the '70s, working on recycling and compostable cups, improving wildlife habitats, stuff like that. But I don't know anything about those things, for the most part I don't even care about them, other than tangentially. I work on climate change mitigation, through policy, emissions reduction, and clean power generation.
|Temple Grandin, Animal Scientist
|Sandy Rosenthal, Founder of Levees.org
|Pierre-Yves Cousteau, Conservationist
|Fred Kent, Leader in Revitalizing City Spaces
What's an emerging trend that you think will shake up the sustainability world?
The answer to this wants to be something like: "thin film solar," or "feed-in tariffs," some technological or innovation fix. But the reality is that the shake up idea will be the realization that solving climate change isn't going to be techy and sexy and innovative, it's going to use off the shelf technology and be basic, simple, blue collar hard work of the kind my Grandpa Joe in North Dakota talked about all the time. It's stuff we already know how to do and which we are very good at. It's going to mean fixing old buildings, for example. Redoing the electric grid. This is going to be a return to who we are as Americans: it won't be exciting but once we get going we'll do it well and enjoy it, like building a shed, and in the end it will be incredibly gratifying. And the timing is perfect: The small construction industry has always led out of recessions, and we have this idle workforce ready to go.
What's a sustainability trend that you wish would go away?
Plastic bag bans.
What's an idea you became fascinated with but that ended up taking you off track?
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), the idea that you can treat the green component of renewable power as a commodity, and that trafficking in that commodity can drive change. There's some merit to the idea but it ended up being a distraction.
Who are three people or organizations that you would put in a Hall of Fame for your field?
NASA climatologist James Hansen, Yvon Chouinard, and Bill McKibben. All three very thoughtful, brilliant, moral leaders. I'd add Amory Lovins as a fourth. Chouinard in particular I have a soft spot for. His is a reluctant and cranky warrior, and he'd rather be climbing mountains.
What other field or occupation did you consider going into?
Emergency medicine. I was a volunteer EMT for a number of years and started assembling first aid kits when I was probably eight. I loved the adrenaline but I also thought it made me more human, helping people in severe crisis. You could argue that's what I'm doing today.
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What song's been stuck in your head lately?
Amos Lee's song "El Camino" from the Mission Bell album:
Gonna wash my soul
Gonna get it clean
On that old highway
Called the El Camin
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Art historian, curator and writer; received undergraduate and graduate degrees in art history from the City University of New York, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate. He also studied at Vassar College, Universite Laval, Columbia University, Institute of Fine Arts/NYU, and is an alumnus of the Whitney Independent Study Program in Critical Studies. He has curated or co-curated over 100 exhibitions in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Most recently, co-curator, Here Is Where We Jump, La Bienal 2013, El Museo Del Barrio, NY, NY; co-curator, City Without Walls, 2010 Liverpool Biennial; co-curator, 2009 Beijing 798 Biennial; co-curator, 2008 Seoul International Media Art Biennial; artistic director/curator, 2008 Yeosu International Art Festival; co-curator, Poles Apart Poles Together, 2005 Venice Biennial. He has published more than 200 texts and has contributed to more than 60 art-related books and catalogs. Some of his writings have been translated into Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. He is a Corresponding Editor, Art Nexus, and other texts have been published in numerous perdiodicals including Art in Culture, [Art Notes], Contemporary, Flash Art, FRAMEWORK: The Finnish Art Review, Journal of the West, Tema Celeste, TRANS, and Zingmagazine.
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