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Many new users become confused when they start recording and find that their Vocal or other signal from one microphone is placed only on the left in their headphones or speakers.
The common question is "How do I get my mic to record in stereo?"
The issue is actually that you are recording a Mono Input into a Stereo Track, as you have only one microphone.
A Stereo input or track places Input 1 on the left and Input 2 on the right. This is used for situations where you might have two mics in a stereo pattern, such as Room Left and Room Right over your drums or other instrument.
A Mono input will place the single microphone correctly in the center of the track. This would be used in situations like recording vocals or a guitar.
Audio Tracks in your DAW have an Input and an Output. All Outputs will always be stereo. Inputs can be either Stereo or Mono. Always use Mono to record one mic and Stereo to record two mics.
Some DAWs may have one type of track with a stereo or mono input selection. Other DAWs may ask you to pick a stereo track or mono track specifically.
You may have a Vocal Mic in Input 1 and Guitar in Input 2. Make two different tracks. Set one track to Mono 1 and the other track to Mono 2. This will correctly play both vocals and guitar in the center and offer pan knobs for each.
Here are some examples in a few DAWs:
Cubase LE
Ableton Live Lite
If you want to use two microphones in a stereo configuration please see this article for a variety of Stereo Micing Techniques.


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The soldier whose Fort Hood shooting rampage killed three people Wednesday may have argued with another soldier just beforehand, and investigators believe his unstable mental health contributed to his attack, military officials said Thursday.
The commanding general at Fort Hood, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, positively identified the gunman in Wednesday's mass shooting as 34-year-old Spc. Ivan Antonio Lopez, a veteran of the Iraq War, in a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Three people died and 16 others were wounded Wednesday before Lopez turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, officials said.
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Milley said there is a "strong possibility" that Lopez had a "verbal altercation" with one or more soldiers immediately before the shooting.
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There is no evidence Lopez was targeting any specific victims, Milley said, and investigators have not determined whether the attack were premeditated. There are no indications Lopez was linked to any terrorist group, Miller said, adding that authorities will let their investigation run its course.
Officials said Lopez's unstable mental health is believed to be an underlying cause of the attack.
The Army Criminal Investigation Command is leading the investigation into the shooting. Milley said they are currently synchronizing all efforts throughout Fort Hood and the surrounding area, and that the investigation is ongoing and active.
Portrait of Fort Hood Gunman Takes Shape
Lopez, 34, a married father originally from Puerto Rico, enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 2008. Before he moved to Fort Hood, he had been assigned to Fort Bliss.
He was an automatic rifleman from 2010 until 2013, and in December, he switched his specialty to truck driver, the job he held during his time in Iraq. He arrived at Fort Hood in February.
Among Lopez's awards and decorations during his military career were two Army Commendation Medals, four Army Achievement Medals, three Army Good Conduct Medals, two National Defense Service Medals, the Iraqi Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and more.
Lopez joined Puerto Rico's National Guard in 1999. He went on a peace and security mission to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the mid-2000s, and left the National Guard in 2010 to join the U.S. Army, said Lt. Col. Ruth Diaz, spokeswoman for the Puerto Rico National Guard.
Lopez was originally from the town of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, according to military officials, and NBC News reported that he was a percussionist. His mother died in November, one month after his grandfather died.
Guayanilla Mayor Edgardo Arlequin Velez told the Puerto Rican radio station Radio Isla 1320-AM that he used to teach Lopez as a band director. His former student was "a peaceful young man and especially talented," he said.
Gunman's Mental Health Under Scrutiny
Lopez was examined by a psychiatrist last month and was found to show no violent or suicidal tendencies, Army Secretary John McHugh said. Lopez had been prescribed Ambien to deal with a sleeping problem.
Lopez had also sought help for depression, anxiety and other problems, military officials said. He was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder but had not yet been officially diagnosed.
He was taking medication, and there were reports that he had complained after returning from Iraq about suffering a traumatic brain injury, Milley said.
NBC News reported Lopez's deployment in 2011 was at a time when the U.S. military was in the process of withdrawal from Iraq. Military officials told NBC News that does not mean Lopez did not suffer psychological problems, but only that they did not appear to be combat-related.
Update on Wounded; Memorial to be Held Next Week
Four people remain hospitalized at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple, after five patients were discharged Thursday. Three of those still hospitalized there were upgraded Thursday from critical to serious condition, and then upgraded again to fair condition on Friday. The fourth patient was in good condition and would likely be discharged Friday.
Another three victims were being treated at Darnall Army Community Hospital at Fort Hood.
"I can't tell you how honorable it is to have the opportunity to care for our military," Dr. Stephen Sibbitt, chief medical officer for Baylor Scott & White Memorial, told NBC 5 DFW on Thursday.
"It's a very unfortunate circumstance, but it's incredibly humbling to see how they conduct themselves even in the face of such injuries. They conduct themselves with the highest level of professionalism and stature. It's something we all need to be very proud of, is our military."
Milley added that there will be a memorial service held at the post next week to remember those whose lives were lost in the shooting. The time and date for the memorial not yet been set.
Investigators Speak With Gunman's Wife
Authorities reached out to Lopez's wife Wednesday night and were expected to search his home and any computers he owned.
Lopez's neighbors in Killeen told NBC 5 that he moved into the apartment complex about three weeks ago with his wife and young daughter.
"They seemed real sweet," said neighbor Xanderia Morris.
Morris said when Lopez's name was announced on TV news reports that his wife came out of her apartment hysterical. Morris said she comforted her until authorities arrived a short time later and escorted her away. Their daughter apparently left with relatives, Morris said.
A woman who answered the door to the apartment Thursday morning nodded when asked if she was the wife of the suspected gunman.
"I'm sorry. I don't feel well," the woman told NBC News. "I've been talking to police all night."
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission confirmed plans Monday to move forward with phasing out subsidies to telephone providers in certain isolated parts of the state.
For almost 20 years, the state's High Cost Support Mechanism has expanded landline phone access to rural homes and businesses where infrastructure would otherwise be too costly for private providers. Paid for with phone bill surcharges, the high-cost fund totaled $54 million in 2012, and more than 90 percent went to CenturyLink, the main provider of last resort in Colorado.
Some state lawmakers have argued that the high cost fund is outdated in the age of cellphones and alternative means to get phone service, like Voice Over Internet Protocol. A Senate bill to phase out the subsidies gradually by 2025, meanwhile shifting a portion to broadband development, stalled in committee in May.
Last month, the PUC indicated it would eliminate subsidies in areas deemed to have adequate market competition between providers. But the commission only published a written order on the new policy this week.
The PUC will begin a six-month review process in January to determine where "effective competition" exists. After initially indicating it would define "competitive" as three or more providers in a given service area, the PUC ultimately left room for maneuvering with the more ambiguous "multiple providers", spokesman Terry Bote told The Denver Post.
It remains to be seen whether Montezuma County will be affected.
"The commission has not yet made any determinations. This is the first step," Bote said. "There will be plenty of opportunity for folks to provide input or comment in the next round of talks in 2013."
The Colorado Telecommunications Association, a group that represents 25 small carrier operations including Pleasant View-based Farmer's Telephone Company, is opposed to the decision.
In a statement, executive director Pete Kirchhof said he fears CTA members' "ability to provide quality telephone service at an affordable price for rural Colorado residences, farms and ranches, businesses and critical community services, is in serious jeopardy."
For its part, CenturyLink isn't too keen, either.
"Essentially there are a lot of open questions around the order," said Jim Campbell, regional vice president for regulatory and legislative affairs. "I think those areas the PUC decides are effectively competitive are going to encompass a lot of rural customers that have no alternative."
Campbell expressed concern about the large size of certain wire centers - geographical regions served by a central switch office. If a small portion was considered competitive, it might entail removing subsidies from the whole wire center, including the rural corners, he said.
Campbell gave Southwest Colorado as an example: the wire center around Cortez encompasses 1,032 square miles, of which cable landlines serve only 25 square miles.


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That would not have seemed possible 40 or 50 years ago, or even 20 or 30 years ago. But four of these new robots are now milking cows on the Denmandale Farm in Johnson Township.
Denmandale Farm is owned and operated by Davis and Betty Denman and their family, daughter Robin and sons Danny and Davis. It is a family operation milking about 160 cows and farming 1,400 acres of land.
Their robots are housed in a small building inside one of the main dairy barns on this farm, where the Holstein cows in the herd have access to the robots and can be milked any time of the day or night. And the cows decide when they want to be milked and enter the robot when they are ready.
This is a DeLaval Robotic Milking System that was put into operation May 8. Much of the winter and early spring was spent by the Denmans getting the addition on their barn and the robots installed. As a result, they found themselves behind in getting spring work done and crops planted, but were thankful for good weather.
Robotic milkers are remarkable machines
When a cow enters the robot, she has access to a supply of pelleted feed to eat. The amount depends on how much milk she is producing, which is determined by an identification transponder relaying information to a computer.
As soon as a cow enters the robot, her udder and teats are sanitized with a spray that comes from the robotic arm that has gone underneath her to the udder. Then her teats are automatically washed by the robot and a small sample of milk taken from each quarter of the udder. If there are any problems with the milk, like mastitis, blood or foreign matter, the milk is rejected and does not go into the bulk tank.
After the cow is done milking, the milkers come off automatically and she leaves the robot. Another cow is usually waiting to enter to be milked. If a cow wants to be milked before she should be, depending on the amount she gives, the robotic computer sends her out until it is her time.
Cows easily acclimated to the process
Davis Denman said it took a few days to get the cows adapted to the system. After about five weeks, they now readily use the robotic milkers, and some are being milked any time of the day. Only one cow would not adapt to the system, and she was sold.
As with anything mechanical, problems can happen. So Robin and Danny are automatically on call 24 hours a day to correct any problems.
Every eight hours, the system is shut down and completely cleaned. Sanitation is essential. Records from each cow are kept on a computer and can be accessed any time to check production and other information.
Davis said production was down some when they started using the robotic system, but is now back up to where it was before with the old milking parlor. He noted that the cows are also more gentle and comfortable.
Labor freed up to do other farm work
This family decided to invest in the system because they were tired of the labor needed to milk in the parlor 365 days a year. Now this labor is freed up to do other farm work, except for the maintenance of the robots. Each robot can handle 50 to 60 cows so they will probably add more as time goes on.
Cows in this herd are housed in a free stall barn and the stalls have water beds that are covered with a layer of sawdust, which makes a comfortable bed. They have access to feed and water 24 hours a day. The feed is a mixture of haylage, corn silage, soybean oil meal and minerals, balanced to meet the needs of the cows. An alley scraper cleans manure from the alleys of the barn every four hours.
This robotic milking system represents a major investment for this family, but they believe it will pay off in labor saved and family comfort.


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Hello there sir, I'm 26yrs old I want to join the marines(infantry) thinking of taking asvab next month, I currently have 1year left college but the thing is I cant afford anymore…its 18,000 per semester. Anyhow benefits are not my main reason for enlisting, I just wanted to become respected marine eversince few years back and later become police officer. My question is are there gonna be big differences between with diploma and without diploma? And if I do enlist this year would I be able to see combat? probably not huh? it would suck if just stay in boots till end of contract.This may sound immature but thats how i feel yea so what are your recommendation? thankyou!!
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CHICAGO (AP) — Maryland lottery officials announced early Saturday that their state sold what could become the world's largest lottery payout of all-time, but it wasn't immediately clear if that ticket holder would get sole possession of the $640 million jackpot or have to split it with other winners.
Carole Everett, director of communications for the Maryland Lottery, said the winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased at a retailer in Baltimore County. She said it's too early to know any other information about the lucky ticket holder or whether others were sold elsewhere in the nation.
The winning numbers were 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23.
National lottery officials were expecting to list early Saturday on their website how many winning tickets were sold and from what states, but Maryland sent out its news release and called media organizations hours before the scheduled announcement. The headline of its news release said the winning sale was "one of several nationwide," but Everett told The Associated Press she couldn't immediately confirm any others.
Everett said the last time a ticket from the state won a major national jackpot was 2008 when a ticket sold for $24 million.
"We're thrilled," she said. "We're due and excited."
The estimated jackpot dwarfs the previous $390 million record, which was split in 2007 by two winners who bought tickets in Georgia and New Jersey.
Americans spent nearly $1.5 billion for a chance to hit the jackpot, which amounts to a $462 million lump sum and around $347 million after federal tax withholding. With the jackpot odds at 1 in 176 million, it would cost $176 million to buy up every combination. Under that scenario, the strategy would win $171 million less if your state also withholds taxes.
From coast to coast, people stood in line at retail stores Friday for one last chance at striking it rich.
Maribeth Ptak, 31, of Milwaukee, only buys Mega Millions when the jackpot is really big and she bought one on Friday at a Milwaukee grocery store. She said she'd use the money to pay off bills, including school loans, and then she'd donate a good portion to charity.
"I know the odds are really not in my favor, but why not," she said.
Sawnya Castro, 31, of Dallas, bought $50 worth of tickets at a 7-Eleven. She figured she'd use the money to create a rescue society for Great Danes, fix up her grandmother's house, and perhaps even buy a bigger one for herself.
"Not too big — I don't want that. Too much house to keep with," she said.
Willie Richards, who works for the U.S. Marshals Service at a federal courthouse in Atlanta, figured if there ever was a time to confront astronomical odds, it was when $640 million was at stake. He bought five tickets.
"When it gets as big as it is now, you'd be nuts not to play," he said. "You have to take a chance on Lady Luck."
CHICAGO (AP) — Maryland lottery officials announced early Saturday that their state sold what could become the world's largest lottery payout of all-time, but it wasn't immediately clear if that ticket holder would get sole possession of the $640 million jackpot or have to split it with other winners.


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Talk:St. Petroc Monastery (Cascades, Tasmania)
- Archive 1 of Discussion: 2-4/Nov
Protecting of 4/Nov
This article has been protected because of a long sequence of edits. A few days to cool the keyboards, I think, are in order. All edits on this article should in future, imho, be done with official information (ie Monastery or Diocesan) to avoid this kind of editing based on unverifiable personal experience or hearsay or whatnot. -- Pistevo 20:21, 3 November 2005 (CST)
- I think we'll freeze the article here for awhile. By my judgment, it contains some good information about the monastery, without getting into anything contentious. I've reverted "various parts of the military" back to "seamen" in light of this clarification from Fr. Michael: "seamen" refers to all mariners - mostly merchant seamen (Webster's defines a seaman as a person skilled in seamanship .....)" Fr. John 22:49, 4 November 2005 (CST)
- I've just protected the article again. Please discuss any future revisions on this talk page before they happen. Thanks. — FrJohn (talk) 19:04, October 9, 2006 (CDT)
Fr Michael of Saint Petroc Monastery has been suspended and retired by Metropolitan Hilarion. See below
February 23, 2013 No. 2-28-13
In view of his vioations of the canons by disrespect of the person of the Patriarch and other members of the Hierarchy, lengthy absences from his parish in Hobart, Tasmania, causing spiritual neglect of the faithful of his church community, and the constant inflammatory and unedifying negative comments which he publicly broadcasts within the religious media, bringing disrepute to the Orthodox witness of the Western Rite movement, Hieromonk Michael (Mansbridge-Wood), cleric of the Australia and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, is hereby suspended and relieved of all his priestly duties and obligations concerning the Western Rite in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and is retired from active service in the Church. Given the above, any and all blessings for his websites are hereby withdrawn.
(signed) +Hilarion
Metropolitan Hilarion, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
- As this article is about St Petroc's Monastery (rather than its superior), I have added this information briefly in terms of how it affects the monastery. Currently, there is no article about Fr Michael (and, at least for a few months, this is probably a good thing). — by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 17:41, March 6, 2013 (HST)
FYI a) the building where St Dyfan (40 Alexander St, Sandy Bay) was based was been sold by the University of Tasmania some time ago and so doesn't exist. Also Fr Michael has not been an accredited chaplain there for some considerable time. So stricly speaking Saint Petroc Monastery (an apartment chapel) in McRobies Road, South Hobart is now and has been the only physical manifestation of SPM.
b) but to add complexity, there is another ROCOR priest Fr Barry Jefferies who has also conducted services at SPM at various times, and may continue to do so because he hasn't been suspended. So I'm not sure that the comment "This means that the monastery's lone monk can no longer celebrate services." is strictly correct.
Sorry to burden you with complexity--nothing about SPM seems straightforward.
"Currently, there is no article about Fr Michael (and, at least for a few months, this is probably a good thing)" --couldn't agree more.
- Regarding (a) - I think this has been addressed by the article's most recent edit; and regarding (b), Fr Barry is a married priest (and therefore not a monk). And of course, Fr Barry can't be an attached to a greater SPM movement because this movement probably doesn't exist anymore (given that the ukase you cited has removed the head without replacement) - if Fr Michael was a priest of the Diocese of ANZ (as per ukase), then ISTM that Fr Barry unquestionably is.
- Of course, I see the complexity :-) - does all that seem to be a good place to leave the article for now? — by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 19:22, March 6, 2013 (HST)
Yes, I think it is if you're happy. Perhaps they might even be the final words about SPM-though one can't be certain.
Finally, again fyi Fr Michael was suspended nearly 2 years ago as well. Sometime later the suspension was lifted but with stringent restrictions on the scope of his future activies. So SPM has been on a rocky road for some time now!
- Just trying to make sure that it's a balanced and truthful article. Final words: clearly much prayer is required here. Other suspension: Yes, I remember - perhaps that's one for a future article about the man (rather than the monastery). — by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 20:01, March 6, 2013 (HST)
"Just trying to make sure that it's a balanced and truthful article" I think you've done an excellent job with difficult material!! Bfn xxxx


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Axl Rose Robbed After Guns N' Roses Gig in Paris
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose was relieved of about $200,000 worth of jewelery during a small gathering following their June 5 gig in Paris, France.
Axl and his crew have had a substantially rough couple of weeks on their overseas tour. Some of the tour low-lights include Axl injuring his leg and then falling on stage just days later. Not to mention, fans walking out of shows due to their un-fashionably late start times and the band was even pelted with change and glass during a recent performance. With all that piled up, you would think that things could only get better for GN'R — and you'd be wrong.
According to a new report from the Associated Press, Axl Rose — who can often be seen wearing enough jewelery to make even Mr. T proud — was robbed of more than $200,000 worth of gold and diamond necklaces last night. A spokesman for the Parisian authorities says that Axl was furious over the incident that took place during the band's private gathering following their performance at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.
While very few details of the case have been made available at this time, it does appear that Rose was not wearing the necklaces when they were stolen. Angry or not, Rose and his Guns are still set to perform their next show in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on June 8, and will return to perform in France later this summer.
[Update: A woman has been taken into custody over the incident. Find out more here.]


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Kim Novak, natural-born star, honored with TCM tribute
Airing tonight: Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival. Taped at last year's festival in Hollywood, this one-hour interview special kicks off a tribute night to Novak. Here, Michael Wilmington shares his appreciation for this actress.
My favorite Kim Novak line comes in "Pal Joey," Columbia's dubiously altered, shamefully bowdlerized but still entertaining adaptation of the great musical classic. Novak's Linda English says to Frank Sinatra's cabaret Casanova Joey Evans, in a girlish, amused, deliberately non-provocative voice, "You're right. I do have a great shape. Confidentially, I'm stacked."
Stacked she certainly was: a willowy but sumptuous blonde bombshell with short-cropped platinum hair and a 37-inch bosom that never knew a brassiere ("That's right!" her "Vertigo" director Alfred Hitchcock once said tartly to François Truffaut. "She's particularly proud of that!")
Novak, born in 1933, was a Chicago railroad worker's daughter and a natural beauty with haunting eyes and a vulnerable air, who became a movie star in her early twenties, with 1954's film noir "Pushover" directed by her lover Richard Quine.
She then became a megastar with 1955's "Picnic," directed by the explosive Joshua Logan, in which – as playwright William Inge's small-town Kansas princess Madge – Novak danced her way into the hearts and loins of William Holden's ex-football star/drifter Hal, and many more of the males of a susceptible nation.
Her movies of course capitalize on the classic Novak image: a gorgeous fair-haired girl who's a little troubled by her own long-legged, statuesque beauty, a bit hesitant about pushing herself forward, slinky and self-conscious, sometimes suspicious of men, a traffic-stopping but vulnerable glamour girl with brains and surprising sensitivity.
Like Marilyn Monroe, who often played it dumb, the real-life Novak was a reader. (Sinatra, one of her dates, wooed her with first editions, while Sammy Davis Jr. hit the jackpot in one of the more famous secret love affairs of the '50s.)
By 1964, she was considered past her prime and, when she played Polly the Pistol, the girlish hooker (with the belly-button jewel and the requisite heart of gold) in Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me, Stupid," she shared in the movie's lousy notices.
Today "Kiss Me" is rightly regarded as a flawed classic, and if original star Peter Sellers hadn't had his heart attack and dropped out in mid shooting, we might see it as a masterpiece, as some of the French do ("Embrasse-moi, Idiote!")
But maybe she was too much a creation of the '50s, of the last fugitive years of the Golden Age, a kind of platinum blonde Jekyll and Hyde. Kim Novak could play it naïve and lower class, or tony and glamorous, and sometimes she played both in the same movie, as in her masterpiece, as Madeleine/Judy in Hitchcock's "Vertigo."
She perhaps wasn't a natural actress. She gave some awkward performances. But she was a natural-born star. Kim was one of the movie dream girls of my youth, and I still get a pang looking at her. Confidentially, she's stacked.


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The Dallas Cowboys have failed to qualify for the postseason each of the past four years. Could help be on the way?
Playoff expansion is set to be discussed at the Spring League Meeting this week, and, if Jerry Jones gets his way, the playoff field will be expanded.
In an interview with NFL Media's Kimberly Jones that aired Monday on "NFL Total Access," Jerry quipped a rule change "would help my Cowboys."
But would it really help? The 'Boys would have missed postseason play over the past four seasons even if there were two extra playoff squads per conference.
Although playoff expansion has been viewed as inevitable by many, it's not that simple. Even if owners vote to expand the field to 14, it's under contention whether or not they'd have to gain approval from the NFL Players Association to do so. Jones doesn't believe that would be necessary, while NFL Media's Albert Breer reports the union disagrees. Their view? Additional playoff games would constitute a change in working conditions.
The Cowboys will have to play better than .500 ball if they want a real chance at making the playoffs, something they haven't done since 2009. Jerry and Co. better get working after losing in Week 17 win-and-in games in three consecutive years.
UPDATE: NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that there would not be a vote on playoff expansion at the meeting.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" plays the post-draft version of the game "What's More Likely" and breaks down all the latest news.


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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney pledged to achieve North American energy independence by 2020 this week. That's a presidential move because every president since Richard Nixon has pledged some version of the same thing, including Romney's opponent President Barack Obama.
Obama's version is called the all of the above strategy: more domestic oil production to reduce imports. More electricity derived from wind, sunshine and natural gas added to the U.S. grid. Even more coal, as long as it has CO2 capture and storage attached.
Romney's plan differs only in the details. That increased domestic oil production should come from drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other public lands, for example, as well as off the Eastern seaboard. Both candidates love biofuels, even ethanol from corn.
The candidates share another similarity as well: an inability to discuss climate change on the campaign trail. And global warming is one of the largest environmental consequences of U.S. energy policy or, for the past half century, the lack of a coherent one. Until issues like climate change are included in the discussion, any energy plan is just a lot of hot air.


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EDITORIAL: Congress should deliver some relief to Postal Service
Let's get honest about the U.S. Postal Service, Congress' favorite punching bag.
The Postal Service can't do anything without Congress' approval, yet the agency receives absolutely no taxpayer money to run its operations.
It has cut costs by $15 billion, closed post offices, let go more than a quarter of its workforce, costing 193,000 jobs, and still had a $15.9 billion shortfall as of last November.
Now it plans to cut Saturday delivery of first-class mail without getting Congress' permission first. Packages, Express and Priority mail would still be delivered. Whether that plan will fly is questionable. It sounds like another case of sending up a trial balloon to see who'll shoot it down first.
While email and online bill-paying have cut into Postal Service profits, that's not the real issue. The post office would be in much better shape if it didn't have a cost burden no other agency has. Back in 2006, Congress ordered the agency to put aside $55 billion over 10 years to cover retirees' future medical costs.
Since the Postal Service doesn't have the money to put aside, the deficit keeps adding up. In 2012, it totaled $11.1 billion. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Postal Service, offered a bill last year that would return any surplus in pension payments to the agency, rather than keeping it in government coffers. Former Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., was one of the sponsors of that bill, which was passed by the Senate but rejected by the House. It would have brought $11 billion back to the Postal Service last year.
We all love our postal carrier, but we love to hate the Postal Service. Yet, we can still mail a letter from Connecticut to some lonely outpost in Montana for a mere 46 cents.
Congress should relieve the Postal Service of its obligation to pay future costs, let the post office come up with novel ways to make money, such as its recent introduction of greeting cards in some post offices, and stop cutting the services, like Saturday delivery, that we've come to rely on.


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The game's definitely afoot, because this cake is a complete surprise. Let me tell you the whole story.
P.p.s. "Foyuan" means "Buddha source", more or less. It can mean the same in Zen as a euphemism for Big Mind, etc.
The site where you got the picture, chayeabc, is full of dodgy cakes. By the way, I believe it's Foyuan?
Thanks - if there's one thing I can't cope with in Mandarin, it's the difference between fu and fo in the second tone. &£@#ing pitch-based languages...
Hey Hobbes,
Glad you enjoyed this one! It has made frequent appearances in my daily puer rotation during the last year.
- Twodog2
Nice indeed ! Thanks for the tip. My shipment arrived (midwest USA) 10 days after ordering. Thanks Twodog2.
'twas reading the old teachat taobao thread and noticed twodog2's remark on his $3 taobao Naka cake purchase. I'm wondering now if this cake being offered at $30+ could be the same one ?
Dear Ren,
I'm afraid I haven't come across this thread and so wouldn't like to comment. I'm fairly sure I recall that twodog2 bought this from our mutual buddy in Maliandao, however, and so would imagine that it's not the same cake.
All the best,
Hey Ren,
That cake was a different cake, listed as "2012 Spring Naka", but probably more like 2011 Summer Whoknows. I forgot what teachat thread I mentioned it in, but I never got around to doing a blog post on it - I will now though!
Hi Hobbes,
I'm drinking a sample of this now. Good decision getting a tong. The price has (naturally) gone up in the two years since this review.
The cha qi hit me like a truck. Definitely not something I was expecting.
I'm now deciding if I want a cake, or a tong.
Ohhh, it's good. The Elephant. The pachyderm never forgets!


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In December 2006, the singer was involved in a fatal car accident in California resulting in the death of Awatif Aboudihaj. The Los Angeles city attorney's office ultimately concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to convict Brandy of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter after a series of investigations and being hit with a $50 million lawsuit.


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Love to see a TD on this opening drive, encourage Bears to quit early.
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Call it Beatlemania 2013.
Call it Beatlemania 2013.
It started last week, when I wrote how bummed I was that the Beatles songs Michael Jackson bought are used on TV commercials to sell stuff.
"Good Day Sunshine" sells orange juice.
"In My Life" sells mattresses.
Is nothing sacred?
John Lennon and Paul McCartney didn't write those songs to sell OJ or mattresses.
That's why McCartney said this after another Beatles' song that Jackson bought, "Revolution," was used for a sneaker commercial.
"What Michael is doing cheapens the songs, which mean a lot not only to me, but to a generation of Beatles fans."
What's worse, I wrote, is that using those songs to sell stuff is yet another step toward a new generation of kids becoming consumers of products who think everything is about money, rather than aficionados of art who can be inspired by soul-stirring music,
Well, sentiments like those rang as true to many of you as "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
"I'm right there with you on this, brother," wrote Jim Frey of Chester. "The first time I saw the mattress commercial, I thought, 'John Lennon must be rolling over in his grave right now.' Such a beautiful song, with heartfelt emotion reduced to a #*@% mattress. As much as I liked Michael Jackson's talents, I have never forgiven him for taking the Beatles' music from them and making it available for purposes such as this. As if he needed the money."
Amen, wrote Middletown's Rosemary Capozella.
"When I see another new commercial using a song from my past, I often turn to my husband and say 'It's sacrilege.'"
But even though Joe Haller of Monroe agrees that McCartney should protest the use of Beatles songs in commercials, he points out a double standard: McCartney owns the songs of another great rock 'n' roller, Buddy Holly.
"(And) a fair number of Buddy's songs have been used in commercials," writes the "huge fan" of the Beatles and Holly.
Then Haller adds this Beatle-inspired zinger:
Hey, Paul, he says: "You're not half the man you used to be."
But the worst thing about using those Beatles songs for commercials is their impact on today's kids, who just might think tunes like "Good Day Sunshine" or "In My Life" were written to sell OJ or mattresses — unless, of course, you're like Capozella or Warwick's Mike Corbin, who made sure their kids listened to the Beatles when they were growing up,
Take Corbin, whose sons Adam, 19, and Brian, 20, not only heard the Beatles, but listened to — and love — the LP versions.
But even if the only way kids hear the Beatles is in those crass commercials, their music is so vital, some of you said, it most certainly will survive — and thrive.
Bruce Bleach, who teaches at SUNY Orange, mentions a student who discovered the Beatles after hearing "In My Life" on that awful commercial.
"She is now a big fan of the Fab 4," Bleach writes. "Somehow, sometimes, the artistry can transcend the nonsense."


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Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual
Common Name: Tree-of-Heaven
Scientific Name: Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle
Ailanthus, also known as tree-of-heaven or Chinese sumac, is a persistent and aggressive weed throughout much of Europe and North America. It belongs to the Simaroubaceae (Quassia) family, which is primarily tropical or subtropical. Ailanthus grows quickly and can reach a height of 2.5 m (8 ft) in its first year.
Ailanthus may be confused with other trees having compound leaves and many leaflets; particularly black walnut (Juglans nigra L.), butternut (Juglans cinerea L.), and some species of sumac (Rhus spp.). The leaf margins of these trees have small teeth (except for winged sumac), while those of ailanthus are smooth. The gland-tipped leaflet lobes are unique to ailanthus, as is the foul odor produced by crushed foliage and scraped bark. In winter ailanthus may be distinguished by the stout twigs, large leaf scars with numerous bundle scars, and false end buds.
Ailanthus is adapted to a wide variety of soil conditions. It tolerates drought and rocky conditions to the extent of growing out of pavement cracks. The tree is common in urban areas and disturbed sites throughout its range, and it is a pioneer in succession with limited ability to compete in a closed-canopy forest. It can, however, take advantage of forests defoliated by insects (e.g., gypsy moth) or impacted by slides, windstorms, or other natural disasters. Ailanthus forms dense, clonal thickets that displace native species. A few trees along a fencerow or forest edge can rapidly invade adjacent meadows. In addition to its prolific vegetative reproduction, ailanthus has allelopathic effects on many other tree species and may consequently inhibit succession.
Management Recommendations
Mechanical Controls
Cutting: Cut trees at ground level with power or manual saws. Cutting is most effective when trees have begun to flower to prevent seed production. Because ailanthus spreads by suckering, resprouts are common after treatment. Cutting is an initial control measure, and success will require either an herbicidal control or repeated cutting for resprouts.
Girdling: Use this method on large trees where the use of herbicides is not practical. Using a hand axe, make a cut through the bark encircling the base of the tree, approximately 15 cm (6 in) above the ground. Be sure that the cut goes well into the cambium layer. This method will kill the top of the tree but resprouts are common, and may require follow-up treatments for several years until roots are exhausted.
Hand Pulling: Ailanthus is effectively controlled by manual removal of young seedlings. Plants should be pulled as soon as they are large enough to grasp, but before they produce seeds. Seedlings are best pulled after a rain when the soil is loose. The entire root must be removed since broken fragments may resprout.
Herbicidal Controls Foliar Spray Method: This method should be considered for large thickets of ailanthus seedlings where risk to non-target species is minimal. Air temperature should be above 65 °F to ensure absorption of herbicides.
Glyphosate: Apply a 2% solution of glyphosate and water plus a 0.5% non-ionic surfactant to thoroughly wet all leaves. Use a low pressure and coarse spray pattern to reduce spray drift damage to non-target species. Glyphosate is a non-selective systemic herbicide that may kill non-target partially-sprayed plants.
Triclopyr: Apply a 2% solution of triclopyr and water plus a 0.5% non-ionic thoroughly wetting all leaves. Use a low pressure and coarse spray pattern to reduce spray drift damage to non-target species. Triclopyr is a selective herbicide for broadleaf species. In areas where desirable grasses are growing under or around ailanthus, triclopyr can be used without non-target damage.
Cut Stump Method: This control method should be considered when treating large individual trees or where the presence of desirable species preclude foliar application. Stump treatments can be used as long as the ground is not frozen.
Glyphosate: Horizontally cut stems at or near ground level. Immediately apply a 50% solution of glyphosate and water to the cut stump making sure to cover the outer 20% of the stump.
Triclopyr: Horizontally cut stems at or near ground level. Immediately apply a 50% solution of triclopyr and water to the cut stump making sure to cover the outer 20% of the stump.
Basal Bark Method: This method is effective throughout the year as long as the ground is not frozen. Apply a mixture of 25% triclopyr and 75% horticultural oil to the basal parts of the tree to a height of 30-38 cm (12-15 in) from the ground. Thorough wetting is necessary for good control; spray until run-off is noticeable at the ground line.
Hack and Squirt Method: Using a hand axe, make cuts at 6.5 cm (3 in) intervals around the trunk of the tree between 15-45 cm (6-18 in) above the ground. Be sure that each cut goes well into or below the cambium layer. Immediately treat the cut with a 50% glyphosate or tricloypr herbicide solution.
Clair-Maczulajtys, D.; Bory, G. Influence of reproductive effort on foliar morphology structure and functioning in Ailanthus altissima. Phytomorphology (Delhi: International Society of Plant Morphologists) 40(1 2):131-143; 1990.
Fuller, T. C.; Barbe, G. D. The Bradley method of eliminating exotic plants from natural preserves. Fremontia 13(2):24-26; 1985.
Heisey, R. M. Allelopathic and herbicidal effects of extracts from tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima). American Journal of Botany 77(5):662-670; 1988.
Heisey, R. M. Evidence for allelopathy by tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima). Journal of Chemical Ecology 16: in press; 1990.
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Gym Class Heroes Discuss Adam Levine Collaboration, Sequel Album 'The Papercut Chronicles II'
Gym Class Heroes have taken an unlikely path to mainstream stardom, by fusing hip-hop with pop and rock, signing with an emo label, and building up a fan base with grass roots touring for more than a decade. In 2005, the group released 'The Papercut Chronicles,' a deeply personal album that included 'Cupid's Chokehold,' a Patrick Stump-assisted track that took a while to catch on but ultimately became the group's biggest hit.
Drummer Matt McGinley, who formed the group in high school with singer Travie McCoy, gave PopCrush a call to discuss their new sequel album 'The Papercut Chronicles II,' which arrives on Nov. 15. Matt told us about working with Maroon 5 hitmaker Adam Levine on 'Stereo Hearts,' what it was like to open for Run DMC years ago, and whether the rest of the band felt threatened by McCoy's solo album.
How did you guys bring Adam Levine onboard for 'Stereo Hearts?'
We found him at a driving range and we were like, 'Dude, what are you doing today? You should be on our album!' So, we gave him the gig. Nah, we've really wanted to work with him for years. I can remember when we went in to cut our first album, we actually brought in the Maroon 5 album 'Songs About Jane' as a reference, like, 'Here's what we want the drums to sound like.'
We've always looked up to Adam and his band. So it's crazy that we could get to a point in our career where we could collaborate with him. We look at it as a really big opportunity for us.
Is it fair to say that 'Stereo Hearts' isn't representative of the overall sound of the new album?
I guess on a whole that would be correct. Musically, we've always been such an ambiguous band. We have many different flavors across the album. 'Stereo Hearts' certainly is one of those flavors, but there's a whole palette of other songs to be enjoyed. That's the reason that we've been leaking bits and pieces of the album, because we wanted people to understand that there are a variety of colors on this album, and 'Stereo Hearts' is just one of them. It is the bright pink color.
Watch the Gym Class Heroes 'Stereo Hearts' Video Feat. Adam Levine
The song 'Martyrial Girl$' is more musically intense and seems to be at the opposite end of the spectrum.
That's one of my favorites. We wrote that in Miami probably a year and a half ago. We kinda just sat there and jammed for like eight and a half minutes. We were listening back to what we had recorded, and there were maybe five seconds that we really enjoyed. So we took that five seconds, and that's where we got the verse for that song from. It's a cool song. It's definitely got a rabid energy. For a while, we were calling it 'Scene From a Car Chase,' which is sort of what came to mind when I was listening to the song.
Do you have any other featured artists on the album?
We have a few, yeah. I think we're keeping most of them under wraps for now. But we did just drop a new song called 'Life Goes On,' and it features Oh Land, who is an amazing artist from Copenhagen, I believe. She is of Danish origin.
We have a couple other features, but it was all stuff that was really done tastefully. We've never been in the business of reaching out to other artists based on status or pop appeal or anything like that. When we do a collaboration, it's because we feel it could be an interesting thing, something that hasn't been done. Like on the last album, we did a song with Daryl Hall, who was a big inspiration for us. We just try to make sure when we're doing a collaboration, it's because that person can really elevate the song.
(Note: The tracklist, released after our interview, reveals additional collaborations with Ryan Tedder and Neon Hitch.)
Listen to 'Life Goes On' Feat. Oh Land
What sorts of themes does the new record deal with? Does it pick up where the first 'Papercut Chronicles' record left off?
We sort of revisit some of the concepts, but it's almost like an expansion. It's not just a rehash of what we started with that album. There are a couple points where there's some throwback to the first album, musically or lyrically, and fans of that first 'Papercut Chronicles' album are really gonna get it. Other fans, it might just fly by them. Lyrically, 'Papercut Chronicles' was definitely a heavy album, and I think that's why a lot of kids connected with it -- because it wasn't just an album full of palatable, digestible lyrics. A lot of it was about really heavy, weighted concepts like death and drug addiction. With this album ['The Papercut Chronicles II'], we're not necessarily drudging those themes up, but in that vein, we're attacking some more weighted concepts.
There's a song about religion on the album, which is just crazy. It's nothing that we've ever addressed in our music before, so that's one good example of how we're sort of going for a little more serious of a tone with some stuff. The great thing about the way Travis writes lyrics is that it can be serious as hell, but there's these little quirks of humor scattered throughout the album. That's one thing I've always appreciated about the way he writes lyrics -- it's always got a tongue-in-cheek approach.
What is the song about religion called?
You know what, I don't even remember. We've been calling it 'Rain Rain' for the last year since we wrote it, but it has a new title. We just had to put in our track listing the other day, so I myself am trying to grasp some of the official titles … Oh, it's called 'Holy Horses----, Batman,' I just remembered.
How different is touring, versus when you started?
It's much different in that we're doing it in a bus instead of a 15-passenger van. Not having to drive ourselves to every gig and not having to sleep five to a room at Motel 6s is an awfully nice luxury. But we're all the same group of dudes. I think if we hadn't gone through a few years of grinding it out in the van, we might not have the same appreciation for where we're at now. It's nice to board the bus and lay down in my bunk to go to sleep after the show, get in my pajamas and really feel like we've climbed the ladder to get to this point.
By no means do I think this is the endpoint. I would like to keep progressing, and I think with 'The Papercut Chronicles II,' we're doing that musically. We're still hoping to continue to push things as a band.
When Travie recorded his solo album, did you guys have any concerns he would decide not to return to the band?
Never. I've known Travis and we've been working as a band since I was 14. I guess that's half my life, so I always knew what the plan was. Gym Class Heroes is the priority for us. It's always homebase. It's great that we've gotten to a point where Gym Class Heroes has allowed us to explore other opportunities as well. I couldn't be happier for him to focus on his solo album and have success. Having Travis out in the spotlight and having a lot of success at radio only bolsters the Gym Class Heroes brand. I look at it as a mutually beneficial thing.
It's crazy, the idea that we were going on hiatus or we were taking this break. I guess it was a misconception that people had. For us, we never even felt like we needed to address it, because it was not a concern. I guess the fact that some people may have been confused about our status … We only have ourselves to blame, because we never dispelled anything. But I think it would intentionally throw up flags if we were to be like, 'We're not breaking up!' For someone reason, that totally seems like the type of thing a band would say if they were breaking up, you know?
I read that you opened for Run DMC a long time ago. What was that like?
That was amazing. It was definitely a big moment in our careers. We were just kids going to high school and somehow, I think through winning a battle of the bands, we managed to get an opening spot on one of their shows in New York. It was a big moment for our band, and a lot of those moments would follow for the next few years after that, that would prep us to get ready to do Gym Class Heroes professionally, which was always something we wanted. We never really knew if what we were doing would be received on a massive level. We just knew that making music was something we enjoyed doing, something that our friends liked, and that was enough for us. It was probably seven or eight years of making music and playing shows before, commercially, anyone was paying attention. I think when you're doing something unique or different, maybe it just takes everyone a little bit longer to catch up sometimes.
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Nikon announces new 10-24mm DX lens for wide-angle photography
In conjunction with Tuesday's D5000 launch, Nikon announced plans to release a new 10-24mm DX-format lens in May.
The AF-S DX-NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED lens has a focal length of 10 to 24mm, which creates a picture angle ranging from 109-degrees to 61-degrees (FX-format equivalent of 15-36mm) – ideal for wide-angle photographs in many different settings.
The technology in the lens includes the Silent Wave Motor for quiet and fast autofocus, two extra-low dispersion (ED) glass elements, and three aspherical lens elements. The extra-low dispersion glasses and aspherical lenses create a crisp picture with low distortion.
Nikon will release the lens next month, with an estimated retail price of $899.95.


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The outlook for 2018 remains subdued and the already low profit margins of many construction businesses are expected to deteriorate further in H1 of 2018.
- 2017 was a difficult year for the Mexican construction industry as the public construction segment suffered from low investment, while private investment in residential and commercial construction remained stable at least. Overall construction output value contracted 3.8% year-on-year in Q3 of 2017. A the same time the construction materials segment has been negatively impacted by increased price volatility (mainly steel and cement).
- The outlook for 2018 remains subdued and the (already low) profit margins of many construction businesses are expected to deteriorate further in H1 of 2018, mainly due to ongoing low building investment by the government and lower market activity ahead of the July 2018 presidential and general elections. Additionally, uncertainty over the outcome of the ongoing NAFTA renegotiations has an impact on building investments in Mexico.
- In general banks are not restrictive in providing loans to the construction sector. However, the currently high interest rates are an issue for lenders.
- On average, payments in the construction industry take 45-120 days. It is common for buyers in this sector to pay slowly, especially in the public infrastructure segment. Due to the subdued demand situation it is expected that non-payment notifications will increase in 2018.
- While keeping a neutral underwriting stance for businesses active in the residential and commercial construction segments, we are restrictive on public construction and construction materials.


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Terry received his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law, he received his B.A. from St. Francis College in Political Science, and he received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law in Labor Law. Immediately prior to joining NYU in 1980, Terry was Assistant to the Director of Labor Relations of PepsiCo, Inc. Previously, he was a litigation attorney with the Office of General Counsel of the New York City Transit Authority.
Terry is a member of a number of professional organizations, including: the New York State Bar Association and its Section on Labor and Employment Law, of which he is a charter member, the Association of Corporate Counsel and the National Association of College and University Attorneys (he is a past Co-Chair of its Section on Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution). Terry is a certified mediator for the Alternative Dispute Resolution programs of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He is an adjunct faculty member of the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, teaching the graduate course Higher Education and the Law and is a frequent speaker on labor and employment issues before higher education organizations.
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Elijah Wood is not Joe Spinell. Nobody, except Joe Spinell, is Joe Spinell. The late star of the original 1980 film Maniac had such an intense, sleazy and insane screen presence in Lustig's film that had Wood tried to ape him or copy him in any way, it would have spelled certain death for director Franck Khalfoun's remake. Thankfully, Wood plays the lead role in his own way and the script, written by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur, takes things in enough of a different direction while still plainly showing all the influence in the world you could want from the first take on the story.
The movie follows the exploits of a man named Frank Zito (Elijah Wood) who runs a mannequin store and lives in Los Angeles. When the movie begins, Frank is watching some girls leave a nightclub. He follows one of them home and cuts the power in her hallway. As she tries to get into her apartment he approaches her but before she can call out for help, his knife has gone through the bottom of her jaw and into her head. He cuts off her scalp and brings it home with him, all of this within the first few minutes of the movie and all seen from Frank's point of view, meaning, we see it through his eyes. This makes us as much of a participant as it does a viewer.
From here on out, we see Frank do more or less the same thing to a few other pretty young Caucasian women unfortunate enough to wind up alone in the dark streets of the city. One morning as he wanders out of the backroom of his shop where he keeps his trophies, mannequins adorned with the scalps of his victims and their outfits, he notices a pretty blonde girl outside his shop with a camera. He opens up the gate to talk to her and learns that her name is Anna (Nora Arnezeder) and she tells him she's a photographer who 'tries to bring mannequins to life with light.' Given that his shop is full of old mannequins from decades past, she's interested in shooting some of what he has. He lets her in, they talk, and soon enough he's agreed to let her use some of his pieces at a gallery showing that she's in the midst of organizing. They strike up a friendship, take in a screening of The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari and all seems to be going well until Frank learns she has a boyfriend. At that point, he starts to take his obsession with Anna to the next level, with predictably horrifying results.
This take on Maniac literally lets us see all of this unfold from the eyes of the killer. It's an interesting technique that takes a few minutes to get used to. While it seems gimmicky, maybe even annoying, at first once you settle into it, this turns out to be a pretty effective way to tell the story. Adding to this are some interesting flashbacks and hallucinations, also shown from Frank's point of view and helping to further put us into his deranged psyche. It's here that we learn that he sees certain women as victims before the urge to kill takes him and it's here that we learn that much of what is wrong with him would seem to stem back to his mother's overtly sexual behavior around him at a young age. There's no doubt he was abused, if not physically then very much psychologically and emotionally, it those scars run deep.
Wood, small in stature and almost meek looking compared to the loud, chubby, larger than life Spinell, makes the part his own. He's good at playing timid characters, and Frank, while psychotic, is definitely timid. In fact, his online dating profile the one he uses to lure an unfortunate victim early on, says as much. When she takes him back to her place and plies him with wine in order to get him into bed, she has to almost force him to get into the act. Frank is shy in many ways and Wood not only acts the part but he looks it as well. He doesn't have loads of dialogue but when he does, he delivers with convincingly enough and the bits and pieces of internal monologue we hear as he talks to himself have an effective sense of desperation to them. The flipside of his work is pretty Nora Arnezeder as the French photographer. She has the confidence that he does not and the attraction he understandably perceives as there actually seems to at least temporarily calm him a bit. Of course, it won't end well, that's no surprise, but the dynamic that the movie develops between the two leads is well handled.
The movie features some pretty strong gore, the scalpings are nasty and the knifings quite bloody. There's some graphic sex in the film and the camera does not shy away from the more exploitative side of things. Had they watered this down, well, it wouldn't have been Maniac. The pedigree of the title alone implies a certain amount of nastiness and this remake delivers it. This one doesn't beat the original for seediness or nastiness but it comes close. It also moves at a noticeably faster pace and features some good acting from all involved. Was a remake of Lustig's film necessary? Absolutely not, but it's here and it's actually been done surprisingly well.
Maniac arrives on Blu-ray from IFC, framed at 2.39.1 in AVC encoded 1080p high definition. For the most part, the image here is good. Some minor compression artifacts are evident in the darker scenes as is some visible noise in the scenes shot without much light but these aren't really all that distracting, even if they are there. Detail is pretty good, as is texture, and while the movie isn't particularly colorful, the hues used in the movie are replicated well, the sickly red blood standing out against the grimy backgrounds rather well. Black levels are solid and as this was shot on digital video, there's no such thing as print damage. All in all, not a reference quality transfer but one that definitely feels true to source and which probably recreates the theatrical image quality pretty accurately.
The English language DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio mix on the disc is top notch. Surround activity and directional effects play a big role in creating some solid tension and atmosphere, be it the ominous sound of an old van firing up its engine and driving slowly down an empty street following a lone woman or the chaos that ensues during Frank's eventual visit to Anna's apartment. The score is used very effectively and spread out nicely while dialogue stays crisp, clean and very clear. As it is with the visuals, so too is it with the sound design in that the audio is constructed in such a way that we effectively hear what Frank hears. It's an interesting gimmick but one that is employed very well here. Of course, this being brand new and all, there are no issues with hiss or distortion to note. An optional English language LPCM 2.0 track is included as are removable subtitles in English SDH and Spanish.
The supplements begin with an audio commentary in which director Franck Khalfoun is joined by leading man Elijah Wood and executive producer Alix Taylor to talk about the up's and down's of bringing this project to completion. They talk about the effects work, location shooting and casting the picture but also talk about what they tried to do a little differently here, the POV shooting style and offer up some interesting stories about what it was like on set. It's a fairly active track with a good flow to it.
Complimenting this rather well is a lengthy sixty-six minute long Making Of Maniac documentary that includes a load of clips from the movie alongside some fairly interesting behind the scenes footage interspersed with some cast and crew interviews. All of the principals are involved here and everyone has a story to tell. A lot of the clips shot during the production are interesting to see as they show how some of the trickier first person shots were accomplished. They also give us some insight as to how everyone got along and what it was all like working together on the picture.
Aside from that we get four minutes of deleted scenes (these are quick but shed some light on the necklace Frank gives Anna, offer up a bit of extra gore and also elaborate on Frank's stalking of one of his early victims among other things), a short still gallery of poster art and a trailer for the feature. Menus and chapter stops are also included and previews for a few unrelated IFC properties play before the main menu loads. One other item of note: the cover art is reversible, with the big ol' Elijah Wood head displayed on one side and the more controversial mannequin one sheet displayed on the other.
The 2012 remake of Maniac does what few remakes manage to do, and that's take inspiration from the film that inspired it and to tell a similar story while giving things its own spin and remaining true to what made that first film interesting in the first place. This doesn't reinvent the wheel but it does use the POV idea very well and the performances are quite good. This movie is slick, violent, edgy without trying to be hip and quite intense and IFC's Blu-ray release of it looks good, sounds even better and offers up very good supplements too. Highly recommended.
Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.


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Seascape Workshops for Adults & Kids!
In an effort to keep everyone safe, all in-person workshops are postponed until June 1. In the meantime, join a virtual Seascape Window Class below or purchase a DIY Seascape Window Kit!
"Great event! My daughter and I created some beautiful Seascape creations. Quality time at a serene event. I can not stop looking at my finish piece hanging on the wall!" – Joyce M.
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Seascape Ornament Workshop @ Rockland Bar & Grill (Rockland, MA)
December 11, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm$38
Celebrate the holiday season with beautiful ocean views and an ocean-inspired holiday craft! Create a set of three stunning coastal-inspired ornaments using natural wood slices, epoxy, starfish, sand, crushed glass, shells, and other ocean-inspired elements. Beautiful to hang on your tree or wall, or give as gift tags, host gifts, or stocking stuffers!
Do I need to bring a ticket?
No paper necessary! We will check you and your guests in by name upon arrival. If you ordered multiple tickets for your friends and your friends arrive before you, just have your friends check in under your name and they will be all set.
What will I learn during the workshop?
The purpose of the workshop is to give you the supplies and guidance to design your own 8×10 seascape window. Due to special requirements, we cannot demonstrate or conduct fusing onsite. However, participants will take home a finishing kit and instructions that enable them to complete a finished piece.
But I'm not artistic!
Not artistic? No problem! When you are working with sea glass and other natural treasures, it's easy to de-stress, unwind, and create a beautiful masterpiece. The instructor will walk around and answer any question you may have. If you need more hands-on guidance or advice, we can help! We will keep you on track to completion of your masterpiece.
Will I be able to finish my piece at the workshop?
Due to restaurant health codes, we are unable to conduct fusing onsite. Instead, you will complete the design of your piece at the venue and we will help you prep for safe transport. You will take your piece home along with our easy-to-use finishing kit.
What is provided?
All supplies are provided. However, you are welcome to bring your own sea glass and beach treasures to personalize your creation.
Can I bring my own frame?
The 8×10 frames provided are specially prepared for this process. As a result, we require that you use our frames for this workshop.
What design will we be making?
The design is entirely up to you. For ideas, visit www.seascapecreations.com or https://www.facebook.com/seascapewindows/. Samples and templates will also be provided at the event.
How do I ensure that my design will not shift during transport?
By gluing your design during your workshop, you are helping to ensure that your design will stay in tact. Spray adhesive is used to secure smaller items that cannot be glued.
Can I order food and drinks at the event?
Absolutely! You are encouraged to get a bite to eat before the event or enjoy a cocktail and half-price apps during the event.
How does seating work?
Seating is on a first come, first served basis. So if you have a few friends that you want to sit with, you probably want to get to the venue early so you can secure seats next to each other.
If I arrive early, can I start early?
Out of courtesy to other guests, we ask that you please not begin designing your piece until start time so that everyone has the opportunity to start together. We appreciate your consideration.
What if I need to cancel? Can I get a refund?
A lot of preparation goes into arranging for a Seascape event at a specific venue, and most events sell out. For these reasons, a minimum of 7 days notice must be given by sending an e-mail to email@example.com. Cancellations less than 7 days will be credited for another night. That credit must be used within 60 days. No shows will not be credited for another day. Thank you for understanding.
Can someone come in my place?
No problem! There is no need to make any changes to your registration. Simply have your friend give your name upon check-in.
Do you take photos at the event?
Yes, we love taking photographs of our guests and their beautiful creations and sharing them on social media (we typically share on our Facebook page the next day). We also encourage our guests to take photos of themselves and their masterpieces with their family and friends. If for any reason you do not want to be included in any photos, please let the instructor know at the beginning of class and we would be happy to honor your request.
Will you ever cancel an event?
We hope to never cancel, however an event may be cancelled due to inclement weather or if there are less than 5 people registered. In the event that Seascape Creations has to cancel an event, we will make every attempt to notify every registered guest in advance. Guests will be given the option of rescheduling, or we will gladly provide a refund.


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Could you say goodbye to refined sugar, grains, legumes and dairy? A growing number of people today are going Paleo - following a lifestyle that's based on the concept of eating like our Paleolithic ancestors. They believe if a caveman didn't eat it, you shouldn't either.
While many nutritionists praise the idea of eating less sugar and processed foods, many are concerned the diet plan is too restrictive and lacks essential nutrients - especially calcium and vitamin D. That's one reason why the Paleo diet didn't rank as highly as other diets evaluated by U.S. News and World Report, which considered many factors such as easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and heart disease.
That's why many are choosing to join the Lacto-Paleo movement, which incorporates dairy products. This variation of the original plan adds essential nutrients and increased flexibility for dieters who want dairy back in their diet.
"I'm happy to see this trend because the addition of dairy helps make the Paleo plan significantly more nutritious," said registered dietitian and culinary nutrition expert Holley Grainger. "Milk is the primary source of calcium and vitamin D in the American diet, and when you completely eliminate milk it's hard to make up for the nutrients you miss out on."
If you're considering a Paleo lifestyle, or are already following one and miss the milk, Grainger offers this advice:
5 Ways to Add Milk to Your Paleo Diet:
* Find the milk that's right for you. The dairy case offers a wide range of milk products, so check out the varieties that appeal to you - including organic or lactose-free.
* Swap out your plant-based milk. Use real dairy milk in place of almond, coconut or rice milk. You'll get 8 grams of protein compared to just 1 - along with calcium, vitamin D and other essential nutrients. Plus, almonds and other nuts may get the Paleo stamp of approval, but almond milk typically contains added sugar, salts and thickeners.
* Try plain Greek yogurt. You may be skipping the flavored yogurts with added sugar, but it's easy to add your own fruit or other ingredients to plain varieties, or try making your own yogurt with milk.
* Make a Paleo pudding with milk. Create a Paleo-approved dessert, such as a chia pudding or other puddings made with real milk without added sugar.
* Fortify your breakfast smoothie. If you're making a fruit smoothie in the morning, add real dairy milk to add more protein. Try this protein-packed Berry Burst Smoothie recipe.
The New Place of Dairy on a Paleo Plate
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Pankaj Malviya is CEO of LongJump, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider.
Most of the effort in developing system functionality in today's business applications is not programming. It's the busy work. It's reinventing the wheel. I might even say that it's a complete waste of time. If you happen to be working on such a project today, I apologize if you take this the wrong way. It is not to say you are a waste as a programmer, but as you might have already realized, the cycles you are spending refining a proprietary business rule engine or an audit trail function are likely not worth the long hours you're putting into them, especially when you can not leverage that functionality elsewhere. Too much emphasis is on application look-and-feel and building proprietary processing technology.
I recently talked to Izak Joubert, the CTO of NES Financials and a LongJump platform customer, who said that in the past, they had the time, money, tools, and resources to "perfect every pixel" of applications. As developers, they loved the control and the blank canvas to design beautiful applications.
But as businesspeople, that control and dedication wasn't enabling them to finish projects any faster or meet the challenges of a very dynamic business climate. Instead, responsiveness to change became more difficult because there was no framework and too much time was spent on accoutrements that don't matter in the back-office IT world. At the end of the day, NES Financials is a financial solutions company, not a software company, and application perfection was taking away from their core competencies.
We hear many stories like this: Businesses that essentially need development tools to get their work done, but traditionally have only had what constitutes as designer tools geared towards productizing a wide range of commercial software applications. As a result, their developers fall in love with perfecting those pixels, because they can and because it's fun.
As developers, we rely on our ingenuity and hard work to keep us employed, but the truth is many of today's back-office IT applications don't need the sexy wow factor that commercial applications offer. An overwhelming number of business applications are not 99-cent, millions-of-downloads, mass market apps. After all, we're not releasing the next Guitar Hero or Tap Tap Revenge app. Back-office IT applications are hardworking, bread-and-butter applications. They don't need to be pretty. They simply need to make everyone's work easier, more accurate, and more effective.
Enter the advent of cloud computing and cloud application platforms or platforms-as-a-service (PaaS) -- virtualized and scalable IT infrastructure married to adaptable application platforms. In the same way server infrastructure is outsourced and managed in a ubiquitous cloud, applications can have their "guts" outsourced to speed software development -- including common building blocks like data modeling, security, data and workflow processing and reporting.
Applications built on these cloud platforms offer up real immediate value. The pre-built interfaces are utilitarian and pragmatic, while the platforms come with flexible data processing and reporting engines, and they're infused with the enterprise class features of workflow, permission management and business object modeling every enterprise app needs. Add on layers of user self-service customization features, web services integration, API extensions, and versioning and deployment capabilities, and you have everything needed to build robust, serviceable business applications in a small fraction of the time with significantly fewer resources.
The value of building on the platform goes beyond the first application. IT can take advantage of the economies of scale, even in their own private clouds, and do so in a way that promotes agile development and enhanced internal customer service.
For example, using PaaS, you can build an order management application that might encompass data on customers, orders and inventory. Well, in that same platform, you can seamlessly reuse the orders data in your accounting application, and reuse the inventory data in an asset reconciliation application. Different applications for different departments -- all using a common set of objects.
The entire organization benefits from less emailing of spreadsheets, less time spent building integration points, and less rogue applications to contend with. In addition, this process is building upon a foundational set of data that can be leveraged over and over again. When our customers need changes, most are menu-based configurations that don't involve custom code, so we can have solutions out faster and adapt quicker to new requirements.
Beyond the fiscal and time saving benefits, there is also a strategic reasoning for PaaS that hits the crux of mission critical application planning. IT needs to take a serious look at where the weaknesses are when it comes to information flow. Where is the weak link to giving information workers the data analysis and processing they need? Where are companies most at risk for a major breakdown in process, accountability, or compliance? In most cases, the trouble starts where there are no applications or where entrenched rogue applications have introduced chaos into the information landscape.
PaaS is an essential tool to establishing an IT strategy for businesses to:
- Control and host applications from a single environment
- Standardize application architectures
- Quickly roll out changes while safeguarding information
- Give IT a leadership role in defining applications rather than having to support them after the fact
- Focus on core competencies
What would IT need to take advantage of a cloud/PaaS arsenal? First and foremost, it means adopting the mindset of solution architects focused on analyzing challenges at the information and business process level, not at the physical and networking levels. It also means wasting less time on what doesn't matter and instead focusing and redirecting resources into what does.