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I was going to write about something else tonight. But sifting through some older downloads looking for inspiration, I got stuck in the rich, lush americana sound of singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan's 2007 debut The West Was Burning, and I just couldn't move on. It's been a while since we featured a single release here on Cover Lay Down, but it's also been a while since music struck me as powerfully as this. And so a post is born.
A few years ago I managed to make it to the upper Hudson Valley for Clearwater, a folk and enviro-political action festival which leans towards the old-school stringfolk music of festival founder Pete Seeger and his modern inheritors. I saw plenty of great acts that year, from Natalie Merchant and Jeff Lang to Donna The Buffalo and Toshi Reagon, and loved them all. But my favorite act was a string band, a small group of very young old-timey performers I discovered quite by accident as I rounded a corner past the workshop stage. They were called the Reeltime Travelers, and they were new on the scene; their music was pretty traditional, but done so well and with such high energy, I walked away from the festival with their album.
Since I last saw her in the early days of the Reeltime Travelers, Martha Scanlan has undergone a transformation. Her work with the Travelers and as a songwriter on the Cold Mountain soundtrack was marvelous; subsequently, she won both first and second prizes in the bluegrass and country division of the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at Merlefest in 2003 for two songs on the Reeltime Travelers' second and final album Livin' Reeltime. That success gave her the strength and credibility to leave Reeltime Travelers behind and make a solid name for herself as a solo artist. And though I'm a little late to the table in finding it, her debut release The West Was Burning, released last February on Sugar Hill, is absolutely stunning.
Scanlan's sound is wonderful, delicate folk in the pure americana vein, a stripped-down version of Lucinda Williams or Kathleen Edwards, light where it should be but with great, lush production in turn, full of fiddles and mandolin and slow country bass. The old-timey sound is still there, but it's been slowed down and fleshed out into something much richer, and eminently more powerful. Martha writes Montana so well, its as if someone came down out of the hills with a dozen newly-discovered, fully-fleshed traditional songs, pre-boiled down to their essential elements, with every lick and lyric perfect after years of evolution. Her voice is endearing, and suits the music well: delicate and pure, innocent and wise all at once. Add Levon Helm and his daughter Amy on drums, and the stellar production of americana master Dirk Powell, and you can't help but have a success on your hands.
You'll have to buy The West Is Burning for transformative originals like the delicate Seeds of the Pine, and the driving americana rock beat and full-band jangle and twang of Isabella - though you can hear a few more tracks, including a great live version of tradsong Old Rocking Chair, at Martha's Myspace page, and if you're in Manitoba this weekend, you can catch her at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. But don't miss this sweet No Depression-flavored piano-tinged Dylan slowdance, and a perfect mountain ballad transformation of one of my favorite old hymns. I've even included a parallel set of covertunes from that self-titled Reeltime Travelers debut album, for comparison's sake, so you can hear the evolution of Martha's sound and sensibility.
- Martha Scanlan, Went to See the Gypsy (orig. Bob Dylan)
- Martha Scanlan, Ten Thousand Charms (aka Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing) (trad.)
- Reeltime Travelers, Hardtimes in New York Town (orig. Bob Dylan)
- Reeltime Travelers, June Apple (trad.)
- Reeltime Travelers, Little Johnny Brown (trad.)
Just for fun, today's bonus coversongs provide an exercise in comparative listening:
- Sufjan Stevens takes on the more familiar melody of Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Family friend Sam Amidon does a much more mystical, broken Little Johnny Brown
- The Wayfaring Strangers do June Apple as a fast-paced jamming swingtune with jazz elements


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Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus that is usually harmless. Sometimes it causes problems in babies if you catch it during pregnancy (congenital CMV).
What is CMV?
CMV is similar to the herpes virus that causes cold sores and chickenpox.
Once you have the virus, it stays in your body for the rest of your life.
Your immune system usually controls the virus and most people do not realise they have it.
How CMV is spread
CMV is mainly spread through close contact with someone who already has CMV. It can be passed on through body fluids including saliva, blood and urine.
CMV can only be passed on when it is "active". This is when:
- you catch the virus for the first time – young children often get CMV for the first time at nursery
- the virus has "re-activated" – because you have a weakened immune system
- you've been re-infected – with a different type (strain) of CMV
Pregnant women can pass an "active" CMV infection on to their unborn baby. This is known as congenital CMV.
CMV does not always cause symptoms
Some people get flu-like symptoms the first time they catch CMV, including:
- a high temperature of 38C or more
- aching muscles
- tiredness
- feeling sick
- sore throat
- swollen glands
If you do have symptoms, they normally get better on their own within about 3 weeks.
Non-urgent advice: See a GP if you have flu-like symptoms and:
- you're pregnant
- you have a weakened immune system – for example, because you're having chemotherapy
If your GP is worried about your or your babies' health they can arrange tests to find out what's causing your symptoms.
How CMV is treated
CMV that is not causing symptoms does not need any treatment.
There's currently no treatment for CMV in pregnancy and in most cases the virus does not cause any problems for your baby.
Antiviral medicine can be used to treat:
- babies diagnosed with congenital CMV after they are born
- people with a weakened immune system
Treatment should help to weaken the virus and reduce the chance of serious problems – but it does not cure CMV infection.
Babies born with congenital CMV need to stay in hospital until the antiviral treatment finishes.
How to reduce the risk of CMV in pregnancy
The best way to reduce the risk of catching CMV during pregnancy is with some simple hygiene measures:
- wash your hands using soap and hot water – especially after changing nappies, feeding young children or wiping their nose
- regularly wash toys or other items that get young children's saliva or urine on them
- avoid sharing food, cutlery, drinking glasses or dummies with young children
There's currently no vaccine for CMV.
Pregnant women who work closely with children or already have a young family are more at risk of catching CMV.
If you'd like to know more about CMV, you might find these links useful:
UK charity CMV Action provides help and support if you or your child are diagnosed with CMV

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Yesterday I was asked to go to an izakaya tonight.
While it's not exactly on my side of town these days I said yes. I haven't been izakaya "dining" for a while now, so I thought it'd be a good chance to be out and about for a change.
I got a call from them letting me know they weren't going to wait for me until 7:30, and meet me there. Not a good sign for a promising night, but it looks like I didn't have much to worry about.
Izakaya cuisine isn't the most filling, but the food was actually pretty good.
There were only three girls and three guys including myself. I thought there'd be more people, but at least it's a nice even mix. A lot of Japanese was spoken so a lot of the time all I heard was, "blah, blah, blah", hahaha, "blah, blah, blah". Another of those times I wish I knew how to speak Japanese.
I managed to get the train back easily. I should get out more often. Although a little subdued (I didn't drink as much as I thought I would), I had an enjoyable night. 3000 yen each covered the food and drinks so not bad at all.
After my last post about Hikaru Utada, I got curious about her other songs. So I scoured Youtube for her other stuff.
I was surprised to learn she was born in America and spent a long time there. She's only released one fully English singing CD so far. The first single of that was pretty catchy, but unfortunately has the lamest line in a song ever, "You're easy breezy and I'm Japanesey".
I forgive her with the other good tunes she's done. Maybe it's a good thing I don't understand Japanese.
Saturday, 7 June 2008
So Japanezy in a Kawasaki Izakaya
Yesterday I was asked to go to an izakaya tonight.
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Take the key of E to the next level! Nomad presents a few more ideas that are a bit more challenging and continues the experimentation process.
Taught by Michael Ripoll in Acoustic Pop With Nomad seriesLength: 7:28Difficulty: 2.0 of 5
Thank you ! Enjoying the lessons...
Can you explain the strumming pattern starting at 3:09, Groove in E.
"How does he make his guitar sound like THAT?" Have you ever asked that question when just hearing someone strum the guitar. There is a polish and an sheen to their playing that seems like it comes straight off of a recording. This series teaches you to play with THAT sound over many examples that span popular music throughout its greatest decades, including present day acoustic pop.
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"How does he make his guitar sound like THAT?" Have you ever asked that question when just hearing someone strum the guitar? There is a polish and a sheen to someone's playing that seems like it comes...Length: 9:19 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
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Dial it back, slow it down and REALLY focus on your strumming mechanics, even if you already strum a lot! We are laying the ground work for intentional, yet free and natural sounding strumming.Length: 12:51 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Nomad stresses the concept of honing in on something, internalizing it, and then forgetting about it and letting your intuition and musical sense take over. This lesson takes the mechanical approach to...Length: 14:29 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Pick up the tempo on the strumming a little in this lesson. Learn how to create a mid-tempo groove and practice improvising a bit within a planned strum pattern.Length: 4:17 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Your fingers will now be working together, separately! Learn to strike two strings or more with two different fingers. This leads to more interesting and flowing lines when fingerpicking.Length: 9:19 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Ground yourself in the Key of C and "C" how many ways you can join common tones in your chord voicings for smooth transitions and consistent strumming. Try these ideas with a capo for even more fun!Length: 12:52 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Now, Nomad takes you on a creative journey! Using his decades of experience in pop music, he demonstrates how to take ordinary sounding progressions and make them sound more connected and unique.Length: 13:20 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Due to the many open strings that can be left to ring out when strumming all the strings, the key of E can be quite the chord playground. Nomad takes you through some of his favorite ways to get fresh...Length: 8:06 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Take the key of E to the next level! Nomad presents a few more ideas that are a bit more challenging and continues the experimentation process.Length: 7:28 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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The key of A is another one of those keys that can be really fun to play in! That low open A string really does the trick if you know how to use it. Nomad shares some of his favorite chord tricks in the...Length: 15:06 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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We've looked at the keys of A and E. Now we'll look at the rich and deep world of D. Using the open D string with some great moveable shapes will give you some tasty ways to harmonize your musical inspirations!Length: 11:04 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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We've spent some time focusing on what can be done in specific keys with open strings backing them. Now we are going to take some of these ideas and apply them to mini song examples.Length: 7:42 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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The last lesson took many of the chord ideas discussed in the previous lessons and got a little more "song-like" with the examples. In this lesson, you'll have a chance to contextualize fingerpicking...Length: 10:01 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Unlock the melodic potential within simple chords. Accomplish this by looking at the chord in the context of the neighboring notes in the corresponding scale. Once you combine a few chords together using...Length: 11:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Sometimes strumming can get a bit boring. Sometimes fingerpicking can be a bit too calm sounding. But if you take a little strumming, a little finger technique and throw in some percussive playing, you...Length: 19:09 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Get your pick ready and practice incorporating single picked notes into your strum patterns. You'll learn how to target key notes and further your melody sense while keeping time.Length: 11:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Mix up some fingerpicking, a little slap, and some chord melodies and you have a John Mayer-tinged passage that will inspire your songwriting and grooves.Length: 6:39 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Nothing accompanies a simple melodic song idea like the Travis picking technique. Nomad covers Travis picking with both the fingers and the pick and applies it in a few different contexts.Length: 9:43 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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What happens when you turn a chord upside down? What happens when you rearrange the notes? You get inversions. Inversions are everywhere and though that word may sound kind of boring or clinical, the music...Length: 16:28 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Look at how inversions are laid out on the lower string and then hear some ways that those inversions are worked into real musical examples. If you like the Doobie Brothers or Jimi Hendrix, you'll dig...Length: 14:08 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Nomad shares a handful of examples of inversion from various pop songs written in the last several decades. See if you can guess the artists and songs that Nomad is alluding to!Length: 9:03 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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In recent pop music, the acoustic guitar can almost sound like it has been sampled...and sometimes it has been. Nomad explains how to create modern pop hooks and demonstrates the art of leaving space....Length: 10:42 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Get a taste of how to apply simple alternate tunings to your popular music melodies and strum patterns. It's amazing how new ideas open up when you modify just one string!Length: 15:21 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Learn some simple, yet artistic ways to incorporate natural harmonics into your playing. You'll add a percussive element and create some depth of range with your melodic lines if you have harmonics in...Length: 9:32 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Working in the style of Jason Mraz, Nomad offers a groovy, laid back track that will bring many of the areas of study from this series to the front and center.Length: 4:50 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Learn and experience the fun in playing some flowing and free feeling strum patterns inspired by Tom Petty. Nomad provides a Tom Petty-inspired track to sink your teeth and fingers into.Length: 6:04 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Learn a complete original song by Nomad called "Nomad". If you like John Mayer and catchy acoustic grooves, you'll like what you see and hear. You already got a chance to dig into the main riff on this...Length: 8:48 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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Hybrid fingerpicking, slaping, and some groovy strumming will have you making music with this Jam Track. You have touched on the main hook of this piece in an earlier lesson and now it is time to use...Length: 6:37 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Yes, there are acoustic guitars in songs that Katy Perry and the like sing over. Put the melodic hook ideas and simple part playing to work over this modern Pop track. Keep it simple... Keep it solid!Length: 8:18 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Slow down and cool off for this Country-tinged travis picking track. Keeping things in context will have you playing real music and pushing your skills faster and more intentionally. Soak these tracks...Length: 5:57 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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October 10, 2008
Camera Raw, DNG Converter 4.6 now available
Camera Raw 4.6 and the DNG Converter 4.6 has been posted to Adobe.com for Mac and Windows. This release adds support for raw formats from the following 15 camera models:
- Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS/EOS Kiss F)
- Canon 50D
- Fuji FinePix IS Pro
- Kodak EasyShare Kodak Z1015 IS
- Leaf AFi II 6
- Leaf AFi II 7
- Leaf Aptus II 6
- Leaf Aptus II 7
- Nikon D700
- Nikon D90
- Nikon Coolpix P6000
- Olympus SP-565 UZ
- Pentax K2000 (K-m)
- Sigma DP1
- Sony A900
Lightroom/Camera Raw PM Tom Hogarty notes, "You won't find this update listed on our traditional Camera Raw page as we are moving quickly towards updates specific to the Camera Raw 5 and the CS4 release. For our Lightroom customers, similar camera support can also be found in Lightroom 2.1 currently available on Adobe Labs as a Release Candidate."
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Hello Jack,
Some new stuff via the New York Times (The sum of your facial parts)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/fashion/09skin.html?8dpc.
Looks like this company wants a slice of the photoshop business.
But I am sure you guys have already hired them or bought their facial "goodness".
Like those MIT guys from Israel you added to CS4 new feature set.
Just love adobe.
Remember, buy all the adobe stocky you can get……somebody gonna cash in when the cloned stock market hits and your new son will have his education all paid in spades..
Have a good weekend.
Ken in KY
John, a quick technical question if you're willing. Buying a new system, and wondering which would be better for a Photoshop scratch disk for enormous Photoshop files, something like one of the new OCZ SSDs or like a WD VelociRaptor HDD? Not entirely understanding the details of how each would interact with PS, I don't know which route to go. I suppose in general, do you see any big advantages or disadvantages to SSDs with Adobe programs? Thanks for any thoughts!
I apologize in advance for posting my Photoshop rant here, but I really want you to see it.
Again and again, you write that Adobe does listen to Mac customers, does try to create Mac-like applications and will only introduce non-Mac-like features if they really offer an advantage over the Mac-like way. The latter was the reason you gave for the new MDI interface in Photoshop CS4.
Now I just saw that the "Close Tab" buttons in Photoshop CS4 are on the right (i.e. wrong) side of the tab and look like Windows close buttons, not like the close buttons Mac users expect (i.e. the ones from Safari tabs).
[Of course, that presumes that if something comes from Apple, it must be correct, and everything else is wrong. Thus Firefox (which puts the close boxes on the right) must be wrong. So must Transmit, because although it puts the close boxes on the left, it uses an Aqua highlight color (which Safari doesn't).
What functional difference does this make? John Gruber (whose mention of the close box placement is likely what inspired you to visit and write this) has previously commented that "'[C]onsistency' is essential only when it actually affects usability, and that consistency for its own sake is not important."
Things like the existence of an app frame have an obvious functional impact. Does the left/right placement of the close boxes have one? No. In the course of many hundred prerelease forum messages discussing the new interface changes in CS4, no one ever mentioned the tab close boxes being problematic (and believe me, the feedback overall was extremely thorough). –J.]
Why on earth are you doing that? It certainly doesn't have any advantage to put them on the wrong side and to use the wrong graphics, and again it leaves the impression that Adobe simply doesn't care about Mac-like interfaces.
[It has the advantage of making Adobe applications more consistent across platforms. A rather large percentage of Adobe customers use the apps on both major OSes. –J.]
It totally looks like you're designing the application to look and feel correctly on Windows and then do not even spend the (at most) 30 man-minutes needed to change the button's graphics and location because you simply don't care.
[I care deeply about UI issues that affect the usability of the product. I put a lot less emphasis on trying to do a pixel-for-pixel match of every design that comes out of Cupertino. (I suppose that during Apple's brushed metal era, Adobe apps were "wrong" for not all being brushed metal on the Mac. Of course, as soon as that fad ended at Apple, brushed-metal apps would all be "wrong." See why that game sucks?) –J.]
Instead of finally fixing the palettes where you already used the Windows graphics and location for the close/minimize buttons in CS3, you create more problems.
[You're mistaken about the palette/panel tabs: In CS4 the close box is on the left-hand side on the Mac (screenshot) and on the right-hand side on Windows (screenshot) –J.]
I'm really frustrated. If only there was decent competition…
[That, or maybe people could focus on functionality instead of ideological purity. –J.]
gosh, why niggle about something of no significance? True, the first time someone uses PS it might take them an instant to find out where to click something, almost no one uses it only one time :)
[It has the advantage of making Adobe applications more consistent across platforms. A rather large percentage of Adobe customers use the apps on both major OSes. –J.]
As someone who falls into this category, your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much for your prompt and detailed answer! I really appreciate that.
I'm also really happy to hear that the panel close boxes have been fixed.
Please be fair, however: I didn't say that everything Apple does is correct. I also don't believe that putting the close box on the left side has any advantage.
But I strongly believe that on a platform where close boxes have been on the left side for 24 years, it has a usability advantage and it would make sense to leave them there.
Photoshop on Windows and Photoshop on the Mac still have a different look and feel. You have a slightly different menu layout (application menu on Mac OS X), different shortcuts (Cmd instead of Ctrl), the window title bar is different etc. All these things are probably more important differences than the position of the close box.
If you really had the goal of making Adobe applications consistent across platforms, you would have to unify all these things, too. It would be a lot of work and I'm not sure people would like the result.
On the other hand, if you tried to make the Adobe applications consistent with other applications on the respective platform, this would actually be possible with a few minor changes.
Transmit's use of a different highlight color is only a cosmetic difference, and there's even a really good reason for this: Transmit's current interface was created for Mac OS X 10.4, i.e. it had a complete Aqua interface (neither a brushed metal interface like Tiger's Safari nor a Leopard unified interface). That's why they created their own Aqua tabs and I have no reason to believe they will not change this with their next interface overhaul (even though this cosmetic "problem" really isn't important at all).
For Firefox the wrong placement of the tab has its own bugzilla bug (#349108) since 2006, but noone is working on it, because you can simply switch your Firefox theme (e.g. to one of the great GrApple themes) to get rid of this bug.
You say it doesn't make a functional difference if the close button is on the right side. Then you certainly believe it doesn't make a functional difference to put the Quit menu command at the end of the File menu, either.
But still, as a Mac user you would probably want it to be in the "correct" location, even if you're not focusing on "ideological purity".
I absolutely agree with you that usability issues are important and cosmetic issues are not. I should have made it clearer that for me, the fact that the close box is on the wrong side IS a usability issue (I already know that because it immediately annoyed me in both Firefox and CS3). The "wrong" design is not nearly as important (although I still see no reason why the design at least 95% of all Mac apps use shouldn't be used in Adobe's apps).
Again, thank you very much for your answer. I hope I could make my point a little bit clearer and I also hope I'm not sounding offensive, that would only be the result of my bad English.
I recently bought the Canon G10 camera and cant seem to open the CR2 files in Photoshop CS3 or Lightroom, I would like to convert the CR2 to DNG. Do you have any ideas on how to do so? thanks.
I was wondering what your thoughts were about open-sourcing small Adobe tools like the DNG Converter. I checked http://opensource.adobe.com and it seems pretty quiet lately. While I'm not talking OpenSourcing massive IP like Photoshop or Illustrator of course, I figured small tools and utilities could benefit from the community.
DNG Converter for example, albeit small in purpose, takes a significant portion of my workflow time converting 21MP Canon5DMII CR2 files to DNG. I could see a few people willing to try make it run faster; 64 bits maybe? Multi Core support? CUDA or GPU acceleration?
Is there a forum or another Adobe blog I could forward this suggestion to?
Thanks for the great work.


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One common, painful bill that we all face is the insurance bill. Whether you're talking renters insurance, home insurance, or car insurance, the bill feels painful because it's not something we can often directly see the benefit from. It just comes in handy when something goes wrong.
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One of the most common tactics that you'll see in cost-cutting articles is calling up your insurance company and requesting an increase in your deductible – the amount you have to pay before the insurance kicks in.
On the surface, this works well. If you increase your deductible, your premiums (the amount you pay each month/quarter/year) will go down, meaning your monthly bills are lower. You can chip hefty percentages from your insurance bill just by making this move.
One of my long-time readers, Jeanne, has been writing to me about insurance this week. She has considered doing this, but something is convincing her that it's not the best move:
I understand that raising a deductible will lower your premiums. But why do we have insurance in the first place? Doesn't raising the deductible through the roof defeat the purpose?
The first thing to note here is that the purpose of insurance is to insure that you'll survive financially due to an unforeseen event. We don't have homeowner's insurance because it's fun – we have it because it will help us start over with a new home should our house burn to the ground. Without it, most of us would financially sink. The same goes for renter's insurance – it'd be tough to lose all of your possessions in a fire without any way to recover. Again, with automobile insurance – if you total your car without insurance, you might be sitting holding just a car loan and nothing to show for it.
Obviously, if you have a ton of money, insurance on smaller things is a lot less important. People with huge bankrolls have no need to carry full insurance on their cars – they just cover the parts that might worry them or that they're legally required to cover.
Saving money by raising a deductible assumes that you have the cash on hand to cover the deductible in such a situation. If you raise your auto deductible from $200 to $1,000, you'll see a big drop in your bill, but if something goes wrong with your car, you're going to need that $1,000. If you don't have that $1,000 in an easy-to-access place, then you're in real trouble.
The solution is simple: if you have a well-funded emergency fund in a savings account somewhere, you can raise your deductibles some without worry. A well-funded emergency fund means a minimum of a couple months' worth of living expenses, plus more if you have dependents. If you have that kind of cash that can be accessed with ease, then by all means, raise your deductibles.
Won't this cost me more in the long run? Many people who consider this ask themselves whether such a move will cost them more in the long run. After all, if they're having to come up with a lot more money on each claim, are they really saving money overall?
The average homeowner makes an insurance claim once every nine years. If you raise your deductible on your homeowners' insurance by $1,000, you only need to save about $120 a year in your premiums in order to create a net savings on average – and, likely, you'll save a lot more than that.
Similar math exists for other types of insurance. The claims made are so infrequent that you only have to save a little bit on each insurance payment to make up for the additional cost on the deductible.
The key, though, is making sure you have the emergency savings to handle that higher deductible. If you don't have that, make it a priority before you consider making changes to your insurance policies.


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Catherine Spencer eBooks
Catherine Spencer went to a Catholic school. She worked as a High School English teacher. She married and had four children and five dogs. When the menopause approached, Catherine began to write. She published her first novel in 1986. With friend and fellow writer Judith Bowen, she is a co-sponsor of the biennial Singletree Workshop, a weekend retreat for romance writers. Now, Spencer lives with her husband in White Rock, in south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Their four children are adults, and they have five grandchildren.
Interview with Catherine Spencer
Do you base characters on real people you have known?
My characters are never based on one specific individual. Rather, they're a composite of people I've known either personally, or indirectly through television programs, books, magazines, movies, and even other people's anecdotes about complete strangers. For example, the aunt in my second Harlequin Presents, The Loving Touch, was based largely on a friend's account of her husband's elderly aunt. I dedicated the book to this remarkable nonagenarian and consider her vital to the success of the novel which was the first Presents nominated as a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA contest.
Do you ever feel that writing romance novels clashes with your Catholic upbringing?
I'm Anglican, not Catholic and have no idea where this misinformation came from! Nor do I feel that writing romance has any bearing on my religious affiliation. If the real question here is, does it embarrass me to write novels in which passion, desire and sensuality play prominent roles, the answer is no. These elements are intrinsic to the genre, but only insofar as they represent honest commitment between consenting adults. Graphic sex scenes written for shock value have no place in a romance novel.
Name a book that you'd blush to be seen reading on the bus.
Portnoy's Complaint!
Which deceased author would you most like to take out to dinner?
This is tough! If I must choose only one, it would be Daphne du Maurier, with apologies to the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen and Ernest Hemingway, to name but a few.
What is the best writing advice you've ever been given?
I'm paraphrasing here, but in his book On Writing, Stephen King essentially said stop relying on props such as how-to manuals, workshops and such, and simply sit down and write.
Are there any books you wrote that you wish you wrote somehow differently?
There's no such thing as a perfect book, and not one of mine where, after the published fact, I don't see room for improvement. Hindsight is wonderful!
What are some of your favorite books from your childhood?
The Yearling – (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
Black Beauty – (Anna Sewell(
Little Boy Lost – (Marghanita Laski)
The Secret Garden – (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Anything written by prolific English author Enid Blyton, but especially the Famous Five and Malory Towers series
How do you primarily interact with your readers?
Primary interaction is through the Internet and my web site, www.catherinespencer.com
What do you think of eBooks? Do you support digital publishing?
No question but that eBooks are the way of the future, and indeed of the present, so yes, I support digital publishing. One huge advantage of this format is that it makes my titles available at retail indefinitely, much as mainstream fiction is, instead of for only one month with print editions.
If you could choose one superhero power, what would it be and why?
Courage. Being brave enough to tackle impossible odds and not give in at the first sign of defeat is, to my mind, the mark of a true hero or heroine.


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TripAdvisor Acquires Wanderfly for Its Expertise in Social Travel
TripAdvisor, which spun off from Expedia last year to become a publicly held company, has acquired Brooklyn-based Wanderfly. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wanderfly follows the premise that "everyone travels differently, so we all need different recommendations." Said Steve Kaufer, TripAdvisor's CEO: "The Wanderfly team understands the value in social travel planning. They're a great asset as we continue our developments in this area."


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As a new mom, I have a new best friend: a morning cup of coffee. I wasn't much of a coffee drinker before but the sleepless nights and constant baby-wrangling, has made it a daily necessity. Imagine my surprise to read that drinking too much coffee could shrink my breasts!
According to a new study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, drinking three or more cups a day was enough to cause a smaller breast size. Almost 300 women took part in the study, which questioned them on how many cups of coffee they drank in an average day and measured the size of their bust. The researchers also found that the more coffee the women drank, the smaller their breasts.
At first I was annoyed that a study of this kind was even being done (don't they have more important health issues to research?!) but it turns out that drinking caffeine regularly appeared to reduce the risk of breast cancer among the volunteers, who had been specifically selected from families at high risk of contacting the disease. Why? The scientists believe that the effects of coffee are linked to its impact on the female sex hormone, estrogens, and the fact that it can also affect levels of the male sex hormone, testosterone.
Want to learn more? This is where I read about the study: http://www.telegraph.co.uk


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Salem remembers native son at roundabout
Salem — Richard and Sharon Hamill stood in the center of the town's new roundabout Wednesday looking up at the U.S. flag.
Richard Hamill had just raised the flag up the pole for the first time, in honor of their son, Army Capt. Jason R. Hamill. A Salem native, the 31-year-old captain was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad in 2006.
"We've been thinking for a long time we'd like to do something to remember Jason, but we didn't quite know what, and we certainly didn't know how," Richard Hamill said.
"He'll always be here with us," First Selectman Kevin Lyden replied.
The $4 million project to construct a roundabout at Salem Four Corners to make the intersection safer is largely finished. The town placed a granite bench, which was engraved using private donations, near the roundabout in honor of Jason Hamill.
Bob Ross, the executive director of the state's Office of Military Affairs, suggested to Lyden that the Hamills raise the flag. Ross was the first selectman when the project was in the planning stages.
"The first time the flag goes up in the new gateway to town, it should be a special moment to someone," Ross said. "The only people I know in Salem who lost a son or daughter in either of the two wars is the Hamill family."
Ross, Lyden and his wife, Kathleen, and Les Avery, the contractor who donated his time to install the bench, attended the brief ceremony. The pole is lit at the base so that the flag does not have to be raised and lowered each day.
"Jason is, and always will be, a son of our town, a son we are very proud of," Lyden told the Hamills.
When the group passed by the bench, Sharon Hamill paused to run her fingers along the cross that is engraved between the date of Jason's birth and death. Jason Hamill would have celebrated his 38th birthday Jan. 5.
"Jason grew up here. They name streets after people, but I like the idea of a bench," Richard Hamill said.
"I'm glad that everyone is still thinking of him after six years," Sharon Hamill added.
Sharon Hamill said that if the town lets her, she wants to plant flowers by the bench. She still has a bush her sister gave her on the day of Jason's memorial service, and she said she'd like to transplant some of the flowers.
When asked what variety, she said, "The bleeding heart."
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Dean Wilson Meet and Greet at RCSX
In addition to being a sponsor of the RCSX at Daytona, Pro Circuit's Mitch Payton, Jim "Bones" Bacon and current Eastern Regional 250SX points leader Dean Wilson will be on site to meet with riders and fans, and provide unique insight on bike setup, performance and what it takes to succeed.
"Pro Circuit is happy to be a returning sponsor for the Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross being held at the world famous Daytona International Speedway. Pro Circuit's association with Ricky is well known and we are happy to be part this event," said Mitch Payton. "This is a rare opportunity for those participating in the Ricky Carmichael Amateur Supercross to ask and get answers to their questions and recommendations from some of the industry's most knowledgeable individuals. Pro Circuit hopes everyone has a chance to stop by and say hello and enjoy the distinctive opportunity that this event affords the "Pros of Tomorrow" at Daytona International Speedway."
The RCSX gives amateur racers the unprecedented opportunity to compete on one of the most prestigious motorsports grounds in the world for two days of racing. For riders, family, friends, and fans, there isn't another event anywhere in the world that presents such a potent package, making this an instant can't-miss event on the amateur motocross schedule.MX Sports organizes the event by utilizing over 30 years of experience operating the Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn Ranch. The class structure includes classes for youth riders on 50cc bikes all the way up to vet and senior classes. The race will follow a Supercross format, using heat races and last chance qualifiers to seed the field of riders into a main event in each class, over the course of two days. Unlike the Loretta Lynn Ranch format, riders do not need to qualify at other races in order to participate in the Daytona event.
There are still positions available to race on the historic Daytona Supercross track this year! Classes range from 50cc riders all the way to Vet and Pro classes. No qualification is necessary for this event. To register for RCSX, click HERE. For more information on the 4th Annual Monster Energy Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross, please visit www.RaceDaytona.com.


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Why Buy Organic Coffee, Shade Grown Coffee, and Fair Trade Coffee?
Many people start the day with a few cups of coffee, or if you're like our very energetic Aunt Speedy, a few POTS of coffee. You may have
Many people start the day with a few cups of coffee, or if you're like our very energetic Aunt Speedy, a few POTS of coffee. You may have
noticed that sometimes the coffee tastes better than others. That's because there is a great variety in quality among brands and styles, and usually
even WITHIN brands and styles.
This article explores a few angles on how coffee is grown and processed that affect coffee quality. We focus on three characteristics:
- organic,
- fair-trade, and
- shade-grown/bird-friendly.
Organic, shade-grown coffee is the really good stuff, my friends, and if you've never had a cup of it, you don't know how good coffee can be!
And yes, we said "bird-friendly" above. Read on, my fine-feathered coffee fiends.
Shade Grown Coffee / Bird-Friendly Coffee
The coffee plant by nature loves shade and, thus, the best quality beans come from coffee plants that grow slowly under the rainforest canopy.
Unfortunately, as demand for coffee expanded, a new, higher-productivity approach was developed for coffee farming. The approach includes the
following steps:
- Clear the native rainforest trees and undergrowth to make way for dense planting of coffee bushes.
- Get a sun-tolerant variety of coffee bush and plant it.
- Apply chemical fertilizers to keep up with the plants' faster growth and to make up for the loss of nutrients (because of soil erosion and because
nitrogen-fixing trees and plants have been removed).
- Apply chemical pesticides to control insect pests, which were previously controlled by higher numbers of birds (which are now greatly diminished
due to the less hospitable nature of the full-sun coffee farm).
This approach is a disaster on several fronts:
- Chemicals contaminate the land, water, and farm workers.
- Habitat for songbirds—and many other species, including howler monkeys, iguanas, ocelots, peccaries, pumas, and tree frogs—is greatly
- The loss of the larger trees leads to soil erosion from the typically steep terrain, which lessens the land's fecundity and pollutes local waterways.
- The increased productivity associated with mass conversion of shaded coffee operations to full-sun operations floods the market with coffee
beans, depressing prices and lowering quality.
In spite of all this bad news, there is a growing worldwide movement to support and enhance systems for producing shade-grown coffee, from
the farm to the bean buyers and processors, to the markets and coffee shops, and finally to your coffee cup. This helps birds and other
critters, addresses local environmental and farm-worker issues, and ensures you the best-tasting beans.
Organic Coffee
Like other organic crops, organic coffee beans are:
- grown without harsh chemical fertilizers or toxic pesticides;
- processed without the use of harsh chemicals.
The agricultural techniques used to grow organic coffee need to work with the coffee plant's natural preferences and the advantages inherent in
a healthy farm ecosystem. Thus, the approaches for organic coffee and shade-grown/bird-friendly coffee are mutually supportive, and the two
characteristics are often found together in high-end retail coffee (which makes shopping a lot easier).
Because organic coffee plants feed nutrients more slowly and steadily to the beans, and because the native soil still retains its complex nutrient
base (as compared to the depleted soils on full-sun coffee farms), organic coffee beans have a rich, smooth flavor. Organic coffee growers
often get a higher price for their beans, partly because they're organic, but also because greater care is taken to remove the occasional bad bean
from the lot. All this results in a great, non-bitter cup of coffee.
When you buy organic coffee, you're also:
- supporting farmers who are committed to maintaining the long-term health of our environment,
- supporting family farms and strong communities, and
- helping preserve biodiversity.
Fair Trade Coffee
When you sometimes pay $4.00 or more in a coffee shop for a single cup of coffee, you'd probably think coffee farmers are making a killing. But
they aren't. Between the coffee grower and your pricey little cup o' joe are the middlemen—processors, roasters, exporters, creditors, commodity
brokers, retailers, and others—who add to the cost.
Coffee is traded as a commodity—just like oil, gold, or pork bellies—and is second only to oil in commodity value. Because of the production glut
brought about by sun-grown coffee, the price of coffee has been chronically depressed on the world market, making it difficult for farmers to make a
good living from year to year.
Fair trade organizations work directly with cooperatives of small farmers to eliminate much of the middleman costs and provide the growers with a
stable price that ensures a reasonable standard of living. For instance, in 2004 the UK Fairtrade market guaranteed participating coffee growers a
minimum of 126 cents per pound for arabica coffee beans, compared to a world market price of 52 cents per pound. Many fair trade organizations
also encourage their growers to employ sustainable farming practices (such as organic and shade-grown).
Where to Buy Organic Coffee, Fair-Trade Coffee, and Shade-Grown Coffee
Almost all natural foods stores carry organic coffee, fair-trade coffee, and shade-grown coffee—and usually coffee that has all three
characteristics. Some mainstream supermarkets are beginning to carry such products as well.
Here are tools to help you find "good coffee" at stores near you:
You can also shop online. Here are two of our favorite brands that every morning help us communicate the following data to our brains:
- Jim's Organic Coffee (click on "Products")
- Green Mountain
And finally, please share this article with a coffee-loving fiend. Er... friend.
ENN would like to thank Grinning Planet for their permission
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When we think "eco-green," we think about low-volume irrigation, native plants, stormwater recycling, rain barrels, and the like.
We think about projects that blend with the environment and make the most of natural resources while having the smallest possible environmental footprint.
Rarely do we think of "hardscape" and "eco-green" in the same sentence, let alone the same article. But the city of Bellingham, Washington, has managed to do some innovative green thinking in a traditionally non-green area: sidewalks. They did it by recycling an unlikely resource . . . toilets.
When the Bellingham non-profit agency Sustainable Connections replaced 400 public housing unit oldstyle porcelain toilets with waterconserving low-volume commodes, the agency found itself with 5 tons of porcelain on its hands. There were only two choices: take it to the dump, or recycle it.
They called a city engineer, Freeman Anthony, who cleverly contacted his normal concrete supplier and asked about recycling possibilities. The supplier suggested that they crush the commodes to smithereens, and then mix the crushed potties in with a regular concrete mixture.
In a published report, Anthony is quoted as saying that, "Originally, we were 40 percent toilet by volume and that was a little boney, you might say, because they are jagged little pieces. We backed it off to 25 percent and that seemed to be the magic number."
The city used the porcelain/concrete amalgam–affectionately called potticrete—to replace a six block stretch of sidewalk in downtown Bellingham, called the Meader Kansas Ellis Trail Project. The project earned a silver "Greenroads" certification, which is a rating system for the roadways industry that parallels the well-known LEED certification system for buildings.
To cap off the project, and bring attention to the unique composition of their hardscape, the city placed a toilet-seat plaque directly in the sidewalk. It might not rival the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but it in the interest of building a green and sustainable planet, it's likely far more meaningful.


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CULTURE- ART FEATURE- Suburban blur: Patrick's ho-hum house work
Several years ago, my dad decided to opt out of having Christmas at our house in Lexington. Instead, we visited my cousin Ginger and her husband, Bob, in their home-on-a-golf-course located in a little slice of über-suburbia known as "Avalon" (I kid you not) in Chesterfield.
Ever since, what the holidays mean to me is walking the dog through Spyglass Hill everything– Circle, Crescent, Loop, Mews (!)— on streets that wind oh-so graciously through houses that are all variations on a tasteful theme, a blur of arched windows and double-car garages in sage green, dusty rose, and dove gray.
I was reminded of that experience as I viewed Susan Patrick's current exhibition, "Houses and Neighborhoods," at Angelo. The 14 mixed-media images combine print and collage to depict houses, simplified into basic shapes, with details that Patrick mixes and matches.
Whereas in Avalon the houses represent dull-as-dishwater architectural balance, Patrick's creations resemble childish drawings, lopsided and intentionally rudimentary (a la Paul Klee). But the off-kilter details and quirks, repeated from one piece to the next, lose any sense of spontaneous energy, and their calculated naiveté becomes tedious and precious.
Patrick centers her mostly black, white, and grey images in subtly textured white mattes surrounded by thin black frames. Such simplicity is usually a good idea, but in this case, the presentation further blurs the images into barely distinguishable variations.
Where Patrick introduces color, the work fares much better. For instance, the quiet mauve details in "Built House ii," though minimal, give the eye something to latch onto. Even more successful is "House on a Hill," which features a central structure set on a mauve and purple hill beneath a mottled blue sky, punctuated by a simple screen-door detail that gives the piece an unexpected jolt.
By far, though, the strongest piece in the show is "Tucker House." Here Patrick uses white inside and outside her colorful cutouts to effectively unify the work. Subtle directional lines in the printed papers add interest, but the contrast between a bruise-colored shadow jutting beneath the mottled gray house and a single upper-story window opening onto the stark white background gives the piece its impact.
The rest of "Houses and Neighborhoods" seems like a ho-hum series of in-process studies compared to the finished resolution of "Tucker House"– not unlike the way suburban McMansions appear when placed next to a true architectural gem.
Susan Patrick's "Houses and Neighborhoods" is on view at Angelo through the end of February. 220 E. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 971-9256.


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Dr. David Roskies
Professor, Jewish Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Doctorate, Brandeis University, 1975
David G. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair in Yiddish Literature and Culture and professor of Jewish Literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary.
Dr. Roskies is a cultural historian of eastern European Jewry. A prolific author, editor, and scholar, he has published nine books and received numerous awards. One major focus of his work is the Holocaust. In 1971, Dr. Roskies published Night Words: A Midrash on the Holocaust, one of the first liturgies on the subject ever to appear. Night Words has entered its fifth edition, was adapted into Hebrew, and was recently reissued by CLAL as an audiocassette. In 1984, Harvard University Press published Against the Apocalypse: Responses to Catastrophe in Modern Jewish Culture, which won the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize from Phi Beta Kappa and has since been translated into Russian and Hebrew. A companion volume, The Literature of Destruction, was published by the Jewish Publication Society in 1989. In 2007, Dr. Roskies served as the J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is currently under contract with University Press of New England to produce Holocaust Literature: A History and Guide.
A second focus of his work, since 1975, when he coauthored The Shtetl Book: An Introduction to East European Jewish Life and Lore, has been the folklore of Ashkenazic Jewry. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985, Dr. Roskies began studying the modern Jewish return to folklore and fantasy. The fruits of his labor are The Dybbuk and Other Writings by S. Ansky (Yale, 1992) and A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling (Harvard, 1995). A thirtieth-anniversary edition of The Shtetl Book, meanwhile, was put out by Ktav in 2005.
A third focus of Dr. Roskies' work is The Jewish Search for a Usable Past, the title of a book of related essays published in 1999. Then, in 2008, he finally tried his hand at writing a memoir. Yiddishlands: A Memoir (Wayne State University Press) is the story of modern Yiddish culture as told through the lens of family history and the medium of Yiddish song. A CD of his mother singing accompanies the volume. An interview with Dr. David Roskies about Yiddishlands, published in the Forward, can be read here.
In 1981 (with Dr. Alan Mintz), Dr. Roskies cofounded Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History, published by Indiana University Press, and has served since 1998 as editor in chief of the New Yiddish Library, published by Yale University Press. A member of the editorial board of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, he is hard at work on Volume IX, encompassing the years 1939 through 1973.
A native of Montreal, Canada, and a product of its Yiddish secular schools, Dr. Roskies was educated at Brandeis University, where he received his doctorate in 1975.
March 2009Published Works
Nightwords: A Midrash on the Holocaust (Learn More)
Yiddishlands: A Memoir (2008)
Sholem Aleichem: Mivhar yetisrot (2008)
The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (1999)
Against the Apocalypse (1984)
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Or the carrier bounce caused firing to stop because the hammer was hitting the carrier tail instead of the firing pin. The bolt itself is fully locked before the carrier stops its forward travel. Look into the magwell of an empty gun as you let the bolt and carrier travel forward slowly. The bolt stops rotating while the carrier is still shy of stopping. That carrier would have to bounce a whole lot before the bolt itself unlocked!Originally Posted by ZOID ZODIAN
JP, you may have heard stories from people who are honest, but have they ever tried it themselves, or demonstrated (and got to work) the actual method to you? I have heard from many otherwise knowledgeable people that "the 7.62X39 AK47 was designed in that caliber because their rifles could chamber and fire the 7.62X51 (.308) our M14 rifles used in Vietnam, but their ammo would not work in ours." They believe it and repeat it because someone they trusted told them so. Even laying the rounds side by side will not convince some people of the impossibilty of it.


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This is not good news for Aaron but a lot more playing time for Ziggy and Cam.
LinkThe Post-Gazette reports that the prognosis for defensive end Aaron Smith is less clear. He is not fully recovered from the torn triceps tendon that caused him to miss the final 13 games last season, and it is unclear when he will be 100 percent.


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Electric bicycles are a touchy subject. Let's face it, they have little appeal to the hardcore mountain biker. In fact, the idea of out-of-shape couch jockeys clogging up our favorite singletrack assaults our collective senses. But do electric bicycles really have a valid market outside of the commuter or M.U.T. (multi-user-trail aka paved or gravel path) rider? Electric bikes have gained acceptance in Europe, Canada and other countries, but what is it that is slowing their acceptance here in the US?
Big name brands like Trek, Orbea, Raleigh and others all have models that use the BionX technology. BionX is a motorized hub, battery and control console that come stock on some models but can also be retro-fitted to almost any bike. The battery can be mounted to either the down tube or to a rear rack. At the QBP SaddleDrive dealer event, BionX had demo bikes with their electric drive system including Surly Moonlander and Pugsly fat bikes and Salsa Horsethief full suspension 29ers. Response from dealers was mostly positive.
Like many emerging technologies, the challenges are familiar. Weight and price are high. Acknowledging these hurdles, BionX has recently lowered both for 2013. The new 48v system has a new SL motor that has been lightened by 2.5 lbs and the price has been dropped from $1950 to $1700 (prices for the higher end model have dropped from $2100 to $1900). The bigger controller console has been improved for easier usage and better access to settings and features. Even the battery has been lightened. The biggest news is that the battery has gone from a 37 volt system to a 48 volt system for their Premium line (SL 350 HT). The 37 volt system is still available in the BionX "Power" line (PL 350HT). They also make a cheaper 26v system (PL 250 M) as well. The new Premium battery offers 20% more range than the old 'L' battery versions.
I personally own a BionX equipped Trek hardtail that I have ridden on some of my favorite trails as well as commuting. The main thing to keep in mind is that the BionX is a "pedal-assist" system. It does have the option for a rider to hold the "throttle" down and not pedal. However, this eats up the battery in a huge way and is not the intended purpose. Also, there are limits to how fast and how steep you can climb using the battery only. The system is designed to ADD to the rider's own power inputs (thus creating an appropriately named 'bionic' pedaler).
Like many things new, acceptance is based on many factors, but key to electric bike acceptance will be getting riders to TRY an electric bike. Sure, it isn't for everybody and every trail. However, for given riders and situations, it can allow riders who might normally find the fitness level required to be too daunting to even try, thus expanding the potential community of mountain bikers (which is a good thing!) Perhaps you have a significant other, older child or co-worker who is interested in trying mountain biking, but is worried about not being able to "keep up". Depending on the kinds of trails you ride, electric pedal-assist bicycles may be the key.
What about unfit wannabe's clogging our favorite trails? Well, as most experienced riders know, the fitness aspect of mountain biking is only one facet and there are other skills that need to be developed along with having the ability to tackle all the climbing. Crowded trails due to e-bike riders? I'm not worried.
Here are the tech highlights of the Premium SL 350 HT XL kit from BionX:
Top of the line system with an Xtra Long range 48 V battery, offering 20% more range than the 'L' battery versions. Includes our new SL motor, featuring the same performance specifications of the PL 350 HT L, but about 2.5lb lighter. Standard with our new compact power supply, this system is for users who won't compromise. The best weight to distance ratio in the BionX system roster.
- Range**: 105km (65 mi.)
- Battery: Li-Ion / 48V / 8.8 Ah / 423 Wh
- Torque (Nom./Max.): 9.0/40.0 Nm (6.6/29.5 lb.-ft.)
- Weight (System): 7.3kg (16.1 lb.)
- Assist Levels: 35, 75, 150, 300%
For more info: www.bionxinternational.com


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Voters in Taiwan handed opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou a landslide victory in Saturday's presidential election, raising hopes of détente with China after eight years of pro-independence brinksmanship that strained ties with the US.
The result was a rebuke to President Chen Shui-bian, whose candidate, Frank Hsieh, lost by 2 million votes out of 13.2 million cast. Analysts said it signaled a prioritizing of economic interests over ethnic identity and the anti-China rhetoric of Mr. Chen's ailing party, which also lost heavily in January's legislative elections.
"Taiwan should be united without using ethnicity as an issue for political purposes... I will be symbol of national unity, not a source of social division," said Mr. Ma at a victory press conference, taking a swipe at the opposition Democratic Progressive Party's (DDP) campaign ads that highlighted his roots on the mainland, in contrast to Taiwanese-born opponents.
A Harvard Law School graduate, Ma rose through the ranks of the Kuomintang (KMT), the political party that lost China's civil war in 1949 to Mao Zedong's communists and retreated to Taiwan where it ruled by fiat for four decades. In the 1990s, Ma served as a corruption-busting justice minister, a role that alienated many powerbrokers within his own party. He then built his own base as mayor of Taipei until 2006, before pressing his claim to lead the KMT after party candidates lost two successive presidential elections.
Now that he has secured Taiwan's top post, Ma – a mild, somewhat cautious politician – will need to keep his own party in line as Taiwan's new president, as well as display diplomatic resolve to show he isn't going soft on Beijing, say analysts. His solid mandate should strengthen his hand over the KMT-dominated legislature, but some question how well-anchored his pragmatism and financial probity is on sensitive matters such as military defenses against China.
"He's not someone with strong convictions on key issues, so he can be pushed around.... He faces a lot of pressures. It will be difficult to balance the forces within his own party," says Lo Chih-Cheng, a politics professor at Soochow University in Taipei.
Ma's vision for Taiwan
Ma's supporters say that his conciliatory approach to Beijing isn't a sellout of Taiwanese sovereignty, as opponents have claimed, and won't prevent Ma from criticizing China's human-rights abuses such as the crackdown in Tibet. Speaking during a noisy victory celebration Saturday at his campaign headquarters, Ma told reporters that any future peace treaty between the two countries must remove Chinese missiles pointed at Taiwan, currently estimated at 1,000. He also repeated a campaign pledge to maintain defense spending above 3 percent of Taiwanese gross domestic product.
Ma's promise to boost incomes by promoting closer trade and investment ties with China was partly echoed by Mr. Hsieh, suggesting consensus amid Taiwan's fractious politics. Analysts and colleagues warn that Ma's olive branch will quickly encounter friction, though, if his trade negotiators brush up against Beijing's implacable claim over Taiwan, an island that is sovereign in all but name.
One irritant in that relationship appeared to fade Saturday when most voters ignored two referendums asking if they supported Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations, which China and the US had criticized in advance. Only 35 percent of voters participated, in contrast to a 76 percent turnout on the presidential ballot. That rendered the referendums, which were overwhelmingly yes votes, invalid.
In his press conference, Ma said that he wanted Taiwan to be a "responsible stakeholder" in international circles and to restore "mutual trust" with the US, Taiwan's closest ally. He said he would seek to restore direct air links with China and bring more Chinese tourists to Taiwan as his first steps towards economic cooperation that may eventually yield a "common market" for goods and services.
Ma's popularity could rile China
But the road to détente with Beijing, a key plank of Ma's program, is still lined with speed bumps. One unexpected hurdle may emerge from Ma's own popularity, both in Taiwan and in Hong Kong and other parts of China, says Christopher McNally, a research fellow at the East-West Center in Hawaii. As Ma begins to reach out to China, and his international profile rises, hard-liners in Beijing may think twice about giving a platform to a photogenic leader whose legitimacy is based on a free vote.
"It was easy to demonize Chen and portray Taiwan democracy as an aberration, something that wasn't natural and didn't function well," says Mr. McNally. By contrast, Ma may prompt more Chinese "to become aware of Taiwan as a working democracy with a well-spoken leader, and to ask why they can't elect a leader like that?"
Jason Hu, a longtime friend and colleague of Ma, says his presidency will mark a turning point for Taiwan. A KMT executive twice-elected mayor of Taichung, the country's third-largest city, Mr. Hu denies opposition claims that KMT control of both the legislature and presidency for the first time since 2000 will stifle Taiwan's young democracy. Instead, he says, Ma can heal the divisions while reviving civic pride.
"I really want [Ma] to be a president of all people. Not just for a party, or part of the people ... to be a president that respects the Constitution and the system," he says.


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... the insides of my eyelids!
I had a bit of a sleep-deprived night. To top that off, my legs aren't quite accustomed to being used full-on. My knees are hurting a bit, and my right foot has been hurting too. This is only since I've gone back to the road bike. It could be anything: Bike fit, re-learning clipless after 3 months off, or just not being used to the additional distance and saddle time. My bike feels like it fits okay. I don't do a whole lot of forceful pulling on the up-stroke but I'm also far from spinning perfect, smooth circles. I don't really have to justify myself, so I don't know why I'm wasting my breath. Despite nearly identical weather to yesterday morning (but without any wind at all), I chose to head to the bus.
I also used my backpack today instead of the panniers. It's supposed to start pouring cats and dogs today as well, and the backpack works better than the panniers for keeping my stuff dry. While not the most comfortable thing in the world, it's not really a big deal to carry the backpack for the whole trip. I do it whenever I take Hybridzilla downtown, but she offers more upright seating.
Despite having put more than 80 miles on The Twelve since I switched over to it as my primary commuter again, I'm still getting used to riding it. Mostly, it's still surprising me. Trading back to an efficient and nimble bike with a more direct connection to the road is simply amazing. Don't get me wrong -- trading efficiency for winter durability and terrain-conquering antics was fun, but now a road bike simply flies. The grass is always greener on the other side, isn't it?
Let's see. It's FINALLY Thursday, and it's taken what seems like a long time to get to this point. Yesterday seemed like it was just about the longest work day of my life. Partially because of this:
Oh yeah. I was too wrapped up whining about Evil People yesterday to mention the HEAT in my office. Yes, it's what you think. That had been sitting on my desk away from computer equipment all day. It was registering Eighty. Flipping. Two. Degrees. Fahrenheit.
Can you grasp that? 82° is when I take almost all of my clothes off and go swimming. It's when I start making sure that I have my water bottles filled completely with ice and just topped off with water before I go on a nice, long bike ride. Needless to say that I was having trouble concentrating and getting work done. Even My little fan felt more like a hair dryer than a source of relief, forcing me to switch to active evaporation techniques just to keep my sanity. That means wetting my face with a rag wrapped around ice cubes and letting the fan dry it off. And believe me, I dried off quickly. We're already up to 75° in the office this morning. I'm not sure I can handle another day in the office like yesterday.
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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life Again
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Thursday, March 13, 2008
I am Contemplating...
... the insides of my eyelids!
4 comments:
- Andrew said...
Hey Noah, what time do you and the others normally grab coffee downtown? I decided tomorrow is as good as any to start bike commuting so I'd like to say hello in person if my schedule allows it.
- March 13, 2008 3:59 PM
- Jett said...
What's with the heat? Is the thermostat stuck? At first I thought you were impressed with the outdoor temperature -- and that would be impressive -- but that's indoors?
- March 13, 2008 6:53 PM
- MRMacrum said...
A wonderful alternative to a back pack is a messenger bag. One with a belly strap. I have a jannd humongous expandable monster I can fit 28 cans out of a 30 pack in and still have room for the bottle opener.
What makes messenger bags great is they hang down off your butt with the belly strap keeping the side to side motion under control. The newer high end bags also offer water proof capabilities. Or do what I do. Just put everything in a plastic bag first.
I sure am glad I am in control of my climate where I work. 82'F inside would make me go home till they fixed it. I keep my bike shop around 55'F in the winter. I love it. Summer temp inside is at the whim of Mother Nature.
- March 13, 2008 8:07 PM
- Noah said...
Andrew: We get there around 6:45 and sometimes we're there till 7:30. IT's the star*ucks at 12th and main (not 13th and main, don't ask why they put one a block away). I've run into you before but company's always welcome and I'd be glad to kick it with you again.
Jett: Our HVAC is all computer controlled. Temperature sensors for this setup are thermocouples, and the closest thing to a thermostat is a computer controlled relay. The most likely problem was a mechanical failure such as an expansion valve or compressor malfunction. Yes. Indoors. And not much cooler than that outdoors, so escape was not easy.
Crum: I dislike messenger bags, and found a great sport backpack meant to carry a laptop with plenty of room to spare. It's no Chrome Kremlin mind you, and I prefer my panniers for huge loads.
- March 13, 2008 8:36 PM
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No charges over Kate Middleton hoax call
British prosecutors said today two Australian radio hosts who made a prank call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate would face no criminal charges over the death of the nurse who answered the phone and later killed herself.world Updated: Feb 01, 2013 20:00 IST
British prosecutors said on Friday two Australian radio hosts who made a prank call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate would face no criminal charges over the death of the nurse who answered the phone and later killed herself.
Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanged last December in her hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the hoax call from DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian at Australian radio station 2Day FM.
As part of the ruse, the pair had pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and William's father - heir to the throne Prince Charles.
Saldanha put the call through to a colleague who, despite the DJs unconvincing accents, disclosed details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition during treatment for an extreme form of morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy.
The story was reported across the globe and Saldanha's subsequent death provoked widespread anger.
British Prime Minister David Cameron called it a tragedy and police launched an investigation to see if any offences had been committed.
"We have concluded that there is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter," said Malcolm McHaffie deputy head of special crime at Britain's Crown Prosecution Service.
Other possible charges under the Data Protection Act, the Malicious Communications Act and the Communications Act would also not be in the public interest he said, adding it was not possible to extradite individuals from Australia over offences these laws covered.
"However misguided, the telephone call was intended as a harmless prank," he said.
British police at the start of an inquest in the death said three notes had been discovered with Saldanha's body.
Media reported that one blamed the DJs while another criticised staff at London's King Edward VII hospital.
Greig and Christian, who were both suspended, appeared on Australian television in the aftermath to apologise for their actions and to say Saldanha's death had left them heartbroken.
2DayFM this week officially cancelled their show, which had been off the air since the incident, but said the DJs had not been sacked and were expected back on air although no date for their return was given.
Australia's media regulator has launched an investigation to see whether the radio station breached its licence conditions and commercial radio codes of practice.
Southern Cross Austereo, parent company of the radio station, has also apologised and promised to donate advertising revenue to a fund for Saldanha's family with a minimum contribution of A$500 000 ($525 000).