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"Aunt" Amanda Osburn, believed to be the oldest person living in Wayne County, celebrated her 96th birthday on last Sunday, November 29th. She was born November 29, 1829, in Virginia, but came to Wayne county when very young. Despite her advanced age, she is still able to get around well and is seen nearly every day on the street about town and around her home. She stays with her son Circuit Clerk Chas. E. Walker at nights, but maintains her own home here during the day. When "Aunt" Amanda was born, Andrew Jackson was president. She was a woman 32 years of age when Abraham Lincoln was inauguarated, at which time Lincoln himself was only 52 years of age. "Aunt" Amanda is still able to read and do some light housework. She has a wonderfully strong constitution for a person of her age. When she first took up her residence in Wayne county, this territory was a fast wilderness inhabited chiefly by bear, deer and other wild game. In making the trip from Virginia to Wayne county, it was necessary for her father to build the road as he came as there were only trails those days. Within her lifetime, not only Wayne county but the whole country has undergone changes and improvements that seem incredible to have happened in the scope of one life-time.
Dr. Carlos Eugene Wilkinson, who was born near Wayne County Court House July 1, 1877, departed this life November 23, 1925. aged 48 years.
He was united in marriage to Lula McGinnis February 1, 1906. To this union was born one son, Renick, who is now a student in the West Virginia University.
Doctor Wilkinson went to Preston county, West Virginia in 1903 and built up a large practice in the medical profession, and for 22 years was busily engaged in this work. In heeding the many calls that to him, he endured many hardships to travel over bad roads through inclement weather. He will be greatly missed by the community in which he worked so long.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal church a number of years ago and was one of the strong financial supporters all these years. When questioned by his Pastor in his last illness, he gave positive evidence that all was well.
He was stricken with paralysis last spring, from which he only partially recovered, when on November 14 he was stricken again with another stroke from which he died.
He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, son, father, mother, one brother, and a host of friends.
Services were conducted at his home in Bruceton Mills by his pastor Rev. J. E. Johnson, assisted by Rev. Jeremiah Thomas, after which his body was brought to Wayne, where another service was held after which interment was made in the family cemetery at Elmwood.
Mrs. Nancy Hale, age 77 years and one of the pioneers of Logan and Wayne counties, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Hale of Logan last week. She had been sick only one week. Three sisters of the deceased live in Wayne county, namely, Mrs. Lydia Price, Mrs. Mary Clay and Mrs. Julia Adkins.
Mrs. Hale was born in Blacksburg, Henry County, Virginia, but had lived in Logan county for sixty-five years. She was married to John H. Hale in 1860. She was known to several Wayne county people. The deceased had 14 children. . .and in her life-time adopted three children.
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Perry in need in a strong 3rd quarter boost… Expect the Romney and Obama hauls to be smaller than last quarter… Another foreign-policy success, another yawn from the American public?... Chris Christie buzz continues… Calendar chaos: We'll find out what Florida does today… Perry to hit Romney in 10:15 am speech from Georgia… Cain's missed opportunity… Newt criticizes reporter for asking legitimate question… DNC airs new Spanish-language ad… And Trumka speaks at Brookings.
*** Needing a boost: With the 3rd fundraising quarter ending today, all eyes are on Rick Perry's first finance numbers. It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Texas governor, but a strong fundraising showing -- say in the neighborhood of $15 million since announcing his bid in mid-August -- would give him a much-needed boost and would solidify his chances of competing financially with Mitt Romney (who raised $18 million last quarter). More than that amount would signal some SERIOUS fundraising chops for Perry, while less than that would be considered trouble for him. Back in June, Tim Pawlenty had a rough debate performance and followed up with a poor fundraising number ($4 million-plus). The question for Perry: Can he post a total that doesn't draw any comparisons to Pawlenty? Right now, Perry World is simply promising more than $10 million.
*** Expect the Romney and Obama hauls to be smaller than last quarter: Besides Perry, the other big players are expected to post fundraising numbers less than what they raised in the 2nd quarter. It's not surprising, after all: In 2007, most of the major candidates (Obama, Romney, and McCain) had lower numbers in the 3rd quarter, which includes the usually slow month of August. (An exception was George W. Bush, who raised $50 million in the 3rd quarter of '03.) Per the Boston Globe, Romney's camp "is on pace to raise between $11 million and $13 million" (down from $18 million last quarter). The campaign would not confirm those figures to First Read, saying: "We are going to raise considerably less than what we did in our first reporting period, but we will still meet our finance goals for this quarter." Meanwhile, Obama's re-election campaign says it's expected raise a combined $55 million for the campaign and the DNC -- less than the combined $86 million last quarter. One big reason why, per the campaign: Several fundraisers were canceled during the debt-ceiling negotiations.
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN-6)
*** On the Bachmann, Paul, and Huntsman hauls: As for the rest, Bachmann said yesterday that her campaign "will probably be reporting even more than we have brought in before," NBC's Jamie Novogrod reports. (Bachmann raised just more than $4 million last quarter.) But Bachmann's fundraising costs a lot to maintain (direct mail), and the Iowa Straw Poll was EXPENSIVE for her, so pay attention to her cash on hand. Paul reportedly will bring in $5 million for the 3rd quarter. And don't expect a good number from Team Huntsman; there's a reason why the campaign moved its headquarters from Florida to New Hampshire. Note: The campaigns have until Oct. 15 to file their 3rd quarter reports to the Federal Election Commission.
*** Another Obama foreign-policy success, another yawn from the American public? Of course, the biggest news today is the death of Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born preacher, in Yemen. The Obama administration has confirmed al-Awlaki's death, and NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports that it was a U.S. drone that killed him. No president since George H.W. Bush has had more foreign-policy successes happen under his watch than President Obama. The death of bin Laden. The dismantling of al Qaeda. The ouster of Khaddafy. And the end of combat operations in Iraq. Yet when you look at polls and Obama's approval rating, he's getting almost no credit from the American public, a la Bush 41.
*** It's the economy, stupid: When you ask the public about Obama and foreign policy, he gets good marks. But it's not front of voters' minds. In a bad economy, as Bush 41 learned, what happens overseas doesn't matter. But at the margins, these successes can help the president slowly rebuild his "leadership" scores with the public and certainly they put the Republican presidential candidates in a bit more of a box in their attempts to attack the president on foreign policy. For instance, check out this Michelle Bachmann attack on Obama just yesterday at a fundraiser in NC: "Barack Obama has laid the table for an Arab Spring by demonstrating weakness from the United States of America. The No. 1 duty of the president is to be the commander-in-chief. After the bin Laden and al-Awlaki killings, does that quote even resonate with a majority of Republicans?
*** Christie buzz continues: Back to the GOP presidential race, the Christie buzz continues. Here's the Newark Star Ledger: "Gov. Chris Christie is seriously rethinking his months of denials and may launch a campaign for the White House after all, a source close to the governor said tonight." The New York Post adds, "After months of hedging, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is giving serious thought to jumping into the ring for a GOP presidential run -- and could make his decision next week." .But Politico notes the challenge for Christie if he jumps in at this relatively late date. "With the initial primary and caucus states poised to move up their contests to January, an October announcement means that Christie would immediately confront two questions of some urgency: where would he compete and how would he get on the ballot in an array of states coming in rapid succession."
*** Calendar chaos? Today, we're supposed to get the official word if Florida is moving up its primary to Jan. 31, which would force Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina to leapfrog into January as well. While Florida has leaned heavily into hinting they'll go Jan. 31, don't be surprised if some cooler heads prevail in Florida. There are plenty of Florida Republicans who believe they've already established the state as a BIG deal in the primary season, and holding it on Feb. 14, say, instead of Jan. 31, will still guarantee it's a BIG deal. Bottom line: Jan. 31 is not YET set in stone. But we'll know soon enough.
*** Perry to hit Romney in speech: At 10:15 am ET, Perry is delivering what his campaign is billing as a policy speech in Georgia. But according to excerpts, NBC's Carrie Dann reports, the address appears to be an attack on Romney. "As Republican voters decide who is best suited to lead this country in a new direction by stopping the spending spree and scrapping Obamacare … I am confident they will choose a nominee who has governed on conservative principles," Perry is expected to say. "Not one whose health-care policies paved the way for Obamacare, a path blazed with higher premium costs and thousands of lost jobs." More Perry: "I have a lengthy record, and it has sometimes ruffled feathers. But sometimes you have to shake up the system." And: "I knew when I got into this race I would have my hands full fighting President Obama's big-government agenda; I just didn't think it would be in the Republican primary." Meanwhile, the Romney camp has released another Web video hitting Perry on immigration.
Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain
*** Cain's missed opportunity: So you just won the Florida straw poll, and you're NOT going to capitalize on it? NBC's Alex Moe reported yesterday, per an adviser, that Herman Cain is not scheduled to be in Iowa again until Nov. 19. You read that correctly: Cain, fresh off of the best week of his campaign, right now has no plans to be in Iowa again until just before Thanksgiving. His spokeswoman says he's promoting his book and won't be back on the campaign trail until mid-October, although he will be speaking tomorrow to the National Federation of GOP Women tomorrow in Kansas City. Wow. That's not the sign of a serious presidential candidate.
*** You also know you're not a serious presidential candidate if... : Yesterday, Newt Gingrich criticized a reporter for asking a question about his upcoming fundraising report. "See, I knew you couldn't resist," Gingrich said. "I'm not going to answer you. I think you should, you should really go home and think about why you would even ask that today." Um, the reason why the reporter asked that question is that Sept. 30 is the end of 3rd fundraising quarter. And, um, today is that day. Gingrich knows what he's doing… and it's not about THIS campaign.
*** No means no: The Democratic National Committee is going up with a Spanish-language TV ad in Denver and Las Vegas. Here's the script (translated into English): "Republicans say no to Medicare… No to financial aid… No to help for the middle class. They always say no, but they never say why not… Obama is fighting on our side."
*** Trumka speaks at Brookings: In remarks he'll deliver today at the Brookings Institution, AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka will say, according to excerpts: "We don't have a debt crisis -- we have a jobs crisis. America isn't broke. But America's basic promise – an ever-rising, ever-widening prosperity – is being broken. Counting all the casualties of the job crisis, our real underemployment rate is over 16 percent. Earlier generations of economists would have called this a depression." Also: "We need to rethink some of the assumptions that have distorted the debates and decisions of the past three decades or more. Today I want to talk about three: The cult of the corporation, the faith in free trade and the addiction to austerity."
*** Friday's "Daily Rundown" line-up: The latest information on the killing of Al-Awlaki… Romney campaign media adviser Russ Schriefer… National Review's Robert Costa on Gov. Christie's pending decision… Skip Rutherford on this weekend's Clinton-Gore '92 reunion in Little Rock and what's on the minds of attendees for 2012… Daily Beast contributor Zachary Karabell on how German Chancellor Merkel's decisions in Europe could affect President Obama's chances for reelection… And more 2012 with former Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY), Democratic pollster Fred Yang and National Journal's Major Garrett.
*** Friday's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" line-up:. NBC's Andrea Mitchell will interview Pentagon Press Secretary George Little (on the al-Awlaki killing), the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, and Democratic strategist Bill Burton and GOP strategist David Winston. In addition, the show plans to simulcast Michael Smerconish's interview with President Obama at 1:40 pm ET.
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ST. MARYS - Area youth can have a blast while helping to raise money to support cancer research and programs at the 2nd annual "Minute to Win It" challenge this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CMF Club in St. Marys. The event is sponsored by Elk County Relay for Life's Team F.R.I.E.N.D.S., and all proceeds benefit the 2012 Relay, which will be held at Fox Township Community Park this summer.Team F.R.I.E.N.D.S. member Joanne Parrish said the Minute to Win It challenge idea was conceived by the three youngest members of the team - second grader Jake Parrish, fourth grader Cahill Parrish and high school freshman Marisa Cunningham. "They came up with it themselves, and we had our first event last year. It was held at the Boys and Girls Club, and it was a big success. We're doing another one this year, and the kids planned the whole thing themselves," Joanne said. The event is open to all area children age 12 years old and under. There is a small entry fee per person, and children can bring a partner or elect to be paired with someone at the event. Parents are also encouraged to attend and watch the fun.Cunningham said she and the boys had seen the "Minute to Win it" show on television and were inspired to put together their own set of challenges."We thought, 'It would be fun to do that for kids here,'" Cunningham said, adding that the group has created 10 fun and unique challenges for the children who attend. "They'll be doing the Minute to Win It challenges, and then they give out prizes. They also run a little concession stand, and this year they added in an exchange for kids," Joanne said. "The gift exchange is open to the public, and people can participate even if they don't want to be part of the challenges." She said Team F.R.I.E.N.D.S. is comprised of 15 family members and was created in honor of her parents, the late Nancy and John Snelick, both of whom suffered from cancer. "We do it in memory of our mother and father," Joanne said. "We started the team for them, in memory of them, in hopes that they will find a cure. We're just doing our part."
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Yep, the world cup is now finally on. After a long time, I'm in the same time zone, which is not as nice as it might seem, given that all matches are during the workday. I was trying to explain this to my wife, and she said, 'Aren't cricket matches always at 3 am ?'. Considering that the last time she saw cricket was when I dragged her out to see the India-Aus final 4 years ago, she has a point :).
As people who watch cricket in the US know, Kelly Broadcasting has had a strangehold over cricket rights in North America for some time now. This year however, there are many more options for watching cricket. You can continue to watch the WC on dishTV, but now DirecTV has moved into the biz with a $200 package for the entire cup. If that's too pricey for your taste (and you can't spend all day at home watching on TV!), then sgstream.com has a streaming package for $75, which to my amazement works quite well (so far; let's see what happens for the first India game).
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If you head to the corner of Kunzite Street and Frankfort Avenue on the western side of Algonquin, you'll find a girl sitting on a stoop. When you approach here, a cutscene will take place. It appears that Luis and this girl know each other. Her name is Margot, and she was one of Luis' many flings. Except, while Luis is over it and has moved on, she hasn't, and it's been over a year. Margot is a quintessential drama queen, evidenced by the fact that she just took over thirty sleeping pills and pain killers. On the verge of death, it's up to you to get her to the hospital before all is lost.
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2007-08: Appeared in 27 games, the most of any newcomer... Recipient of the John C. Cobb Award as Yale's top freshman at the post season banquet... Averaged 10.5 points and made 9 of 14 shots from the field in Yale's home sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth... Scored a team-high 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting from the field against Kansas... Made the first start of his career against Oberlin, scored three points and dished out five assists in 25 minutes... Had two key steals in overtime in a victory over Brown... Scored eight points and added five steals in the season finale at Harvard.
Before Yale: A 1,000-point scorer at The Lawrenceville School... First team All-MAPL as a senior and earned first team all-area recognition from both the Trentonian and Trenton Times... Named the game MVP at the Prime Time Shootout and was selected to the all-tournament team at the Peddie School Invitational... As a junior earned honorable mention all-league recognition and was named one of the top-5 point guards to watch by The Star Ledger... Chosen as the MVP of the New Jersey Scholastic Play by Play Classic... A member of the New Jersey Xpress AAU team... Named the MVP of the Hoop Group Fall Jam Fest.
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Australian A-League side Perth Glory are in talks with Stoke City striker Michael Owen over a potential move.
The 33-year-old signed for Tony Pulis' side on a free transfer in the summer but has yet to make a Premier League start this season.
A hamstring injury has hampered the number of opportunities Owen has had to break into Stoke's side, but the striker is now considering a move to the A-League.
"Michael Owen's agent has enquired about Michael playing in the A-League," a Perth Glory spokesman told the West Australian.
"Perth Glory are interested but are yet to find out Michael's terms and conditions. Until these are known, Perth Glory will not enter any further negotiations."


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In Long Island, Adam pulls pints and chats to the regulars at the local Irish pub where he works. After 17 years Adam can finally relax in the knowledge that, with his new green card he is now living legally in the US.
He came to the US in 1996. He risked leaving a well paid job and a supportive family for an uncertain and illegal life across the Atlantic.
Adam says living illegally "was pretty easy." But just how easy is easy?
Not being able to open a bank account or get insurance, using fake social security numbers, fake ID's, and lying to the authorities would not appeal to the masses - and certainly does not sound 'easy.' Out of concern for being identified, Adam requested that his full name not be revealed.
But it looks like change may be on the way for the estimated 50,000 Irish people living illegally in the US.
It is expected that the congressional committee responsible for drafting the bill that could reform the American immigration system, will reveal the results of their deliberations next week.
Despite the disappointment of the previous failed attempt to overhaul the immigration system by the Obama administration in 2010, considerable progress on immigration reform is being made this time around.
Obama's vision is to put the undocumented on the road to citizenship, while also creating opportunities for new immigrants to secure work legally, cracking down on employers hiring undocumented workers and improving border controls.
As it stands, the proposed reform, if passed could finally allow the 11 million illegal immigrants in the US to come forward and apply for legal residency, finally granting them the peace-of-mind that living illegally has not afforded them.
According to The Economic Times it is expected that the Senate may even be able to vote on an immigration Bill by summer.
Founder of The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, Niall O'Dowd is hopeful that the US government will follow through with the reform.
"This bill has the best chance in decades to make it into law," Mr O'Dowd said.
But what would this reform really mean for the illegal Irish in the US and how hard is it really for them to get by without a green card?
Mr O'Dowd said, "It would have a profound impact on the 50,000 living here illegally as it would allow them to come out of the shadows and live a normal life."
Unlike many illegal immigrants, Adam was not fazed by the prospect of being caught or deported.
Despite the complicated and precarious situations that Adam had to put himself in to get a green card, he thinks that the illegal Irish have a much easier ride than most other illegal immigrants.
Adam thinks that Hispanic immigrants have a much tougher time than the Irish. "They're not bad people but they get the rough end of the stick, the Irish have it pretty easy, most of the cops are Irish," he said.
Finding work was easy for Adam, with cousins in New York, he began bartending as soon as he arrived - paid cash in hand. Finding a drivers licence, bank account and a green card proved trickier.
When asked about how he got his green card, Adam replied: "I got a fake degree and an expensive lawyer, it was easy - I paid the lawyer and he did everything."
However, cheating the system does not work for everyone, a friend of Adam's was not so lucky, when he was caught using a fake degree he was deported within a few days.
These days, it is difficult to find work without a social security number, especially well paid work.
"The cost of living over here is crazy, I'm paying two grand on rent a month on my one bedroom apartment," said Adam.
"One of the hardest things for me was not being allowed to drive anymore," he added.
For years Adam was using a driving licence which he acquired using fake ID's and a fake social security number.
He explained: "After 9/11 the government began cross referencing social security numbers and mine was found and my licence was suspended."
But Obama's proposal will certainly not represent a quick fix - illegal immigrants will have to face a long wait to earn their citizenship and what exactly is in store for the illegal Irish is still unclear.
According to Associate Director of Communications at The National Immigrant Justice Centre (NIJC) Tara Tidwell Cullen, it will be some time until the NIJC will know exactly what their Irish clients might be dealing with under a new law.
Ms Tidwell Cullen stressed: "There will be months of debate, amendments, and of course the House version to deal with before anything is passed, and the law could look much different by that point than it does when it is introduced."
Adam has been lucky, but for the 50,000 undocumented Irish scattered across communities all over the United States of America, immigration reform cannot come soon enough.


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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has established a special structure for Anglicans who want to be in full communion with Roman Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage, said U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada.
The cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said a new apostolic constitution would establish "personal ordinariates" — similar to dioceses– to oversee the pastoral care of those who want to bring elements of their Anglican identity into the Catholic Church with them.
Anglican priests who are married will be ordained Catholic priests, although married Anglican bishops will not be able to function as Catholic bishops in keeping with the longstanding Catholic and Orthodox tradition of ordaining only unmarried clergy as bishops, Cardinal Levada said.
The cardinal announced the new arrangement during a press conference today at the Vatican. He said the pope's apostolic constitution and norms for implementing were undergoing final revisions and would be published in a couple of weeks.
The new provision does not weaken the commitment of the Vatican to promoting Christian unity, Cardinal Levada said, but is a further recognition that many Anglicans share the Catholic faith and that Anglicans have a spiritual and liturgical life worth preserving.


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$1.1 billion investment will improve safety, mobility for motorists
More than 300 construction projects scheduled for 2013 will do much to improve highways, bridges and other state transportation infrastructure to ensure the safety and mobility of the travelling public, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced March 27.
The 2013 construction program includes work on 87 projects in the Twin Cities and 193 projects in Greater Minnesota. An additional 57 projects statewide will improve safety at railroad crossings, repair seawalls and docks, make improvements on runways and terminals at regional airports, and improve transit centers.
Projects in Greater Minnesota include:
I-94 resurfacing between Clearwater and St. CloudHighway 78 resurfacing from Battle Lake to Perham, including reconstructing Lake Street in downtown Battle Lake to install accessible pedestrian ramps ("Complete Streets")Highway 60 four-lane reconstruction with roundabouts in Worthington
High-impact projects in the Twin Cities metro area include:
Interstate 694/Highway 10 interchange reconstruction in Arden HillsHighway 36 interchange at English Street construction in MaplewoodI-35/I-35E pavement, bridge and guardrail construction from Elko to Eagan.
Because of the number of work zones motorists will encounter as crews perform road construction and maintenance work, MnDOT asks drivers to be alert on the road this summer.
MnDOT urges motorists to check www.511mn.org for up-to-date information about traffic and road conditions and expect delays, especially during peak travel times.
For a complete list of projects, including construction dates and traffic impacts, visit www.mndot.gov/construction.


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European Journal of Political Research
European Journal of Political Research
Vol 57(4 Issues in 2018 ) Print ISSN: 0304-4130 Online ISSN: 1475-6765 Impact Factor: 3.576
European Journal of Political Research publishes original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics. We specialise in articles articulating conceptual and comparative perspectives with a broad theoretical relevance, speaking to different academic literatures on a variety of sub-fields and topics. We welcome both quantitative and qualitative approaches as well as contributions from other sub-disciplines (including international relations and political theory) and geographical areas (including North and South America) that are relevant to the comparative study of politics. Authors are strongly encouraged to reflect deeply on the broader theoretical implications of their empirical research so as to engage as broad an audience as possible. Likewise, reviewers are expected to evaluate and stimulate the broader theoretical contributions of the submitted pieces.
EJPR also publishes short research notes, responses to previously published articles that are theoretically relevant, and state-of-the-field review articles on topics of particular relevance to the journal. It also publishes special issues and forum sections.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Going For The Juggler: Angels 10, Mariners 6
It's almost too dizzying to think about.
Look, Santana's implosion was hardly unexpected. No, this isn't his last appearance in an Angels uniform, because Salt Lake's schedule has only a week or so to go. What happens, he gets one Sunday start and comes back up? Would that fix him? Of course not. That's a subject for next year, but he's almost certainly out of the rotation after this game. He gave up a leadoff triple to Ichiro, and that really set the tone, for he only made his first out after facing six batters, ultimately giving up four runs on two triples, a double, a single, and two walks.
The Angels, of course, have seen five-run deficits before and not flinched, and in the postseason, too. But first they needed to shut down the Mariners and stop the bleeding. To rescue rode Dustin Moseley, whose 54-pitch, 5.1-inning game was nothing short of miraculous, facing the minimum in three different innings. As a result, Moseley is expected to return to the rotation as the Angels' fifth starter.
Meantime, the Angels girded themselves to the task of getting back in the game, a job started by Howie Kendrick's leadoff walk in the third. Jeff Mathis followed that up by plunking a single into right, but Jose Guillen then made one of those mistakes that Angels baseball is supposed to induce. With Kendrick breaking for third, Guillen's throw was offline and ended up ricocheting up into left field foul territory, and Howie tore off running for home, scoring the Angels' first run.
The Angels posted two more in the fourth on consecutive two-out homers by Gary Matthews, Jr. and Kendry Morales, two of the Angels' switch-hitters taking Jeff Weaver deep into the right-field bleachers. In the bottom half of the frame, Jeff Mathis threw out Kenji Johjima trying to steal, one of two baserunners caught stealing in the game. More impressive was his throwdown on Ichiro in the seventh: had Ichiro succeeded, the Mariners would have had their speediest baserunner in scoring position with their second-best average hitter at the plate. As it turned out, Jose Vidro struck out to end the frame with the score tied 6-6.
Matthews led off the eighth with a single followed by a stolen base where, as yesterday, he somehow missed a tag, and wouldn't you know it but Kendry cashed him in with a ball walloped in the gap. What ensued was an epic collapse of the Mariners' bullpen, perhaps partly due to poor usage: Brandon Morrow, recently struggling, then walked and singled the bases loaded. Rick White, who's been tough on Vlad (2-for-12 career), came in only to deliver a two-out, two-run RBI single. That apparently rattled him, because White then uncorked a wild pitch that advanced Orlando Cabrera and Vlad to third and second respectively. Who else but the Angels' Mr. Clutch, Maicer Izturis, came through with yet another RBI single to push OCab across, though it ultimately meant Vlad got caught at the plate.
And that, really, was the ballgame. Justin Speier was leaky but effective enough; Scot Shields put up another good game with two zero frames. Vlad went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, Kendry Morales went 3-for-5 hitting in the seven hole, missing the cycle by a triple, and even Jeff Mathis went 2-for-3. The sum product of all that offense is that the Angels get some real breathing room in the division race. The M's, on the other hand, have to contend with a 5-3 Yankees win that edges the Mariners to only one game atop the Wild Card standings. As Rex put it in the postgame wrap, tomorrow the Angels go for the juggler. I'm not sure what that means, but I like the sound of it.
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Here are some pictures showing an alternate way to carry a kite hook knife.
1. Carefully carve away a pocket in the foam, in the back of the helmet, big enough for the hook knife. (The Ace Protec is my choice for a helmet.) A serrated steak knife works good.
2. Glue in a piece of velcrox using something like Shoe Gu, contact cement, hot glue, etc...Place it on the inside of the back of the helmet shell.
3. Wrap a piece of the opposite type of velcrox around the handle of the hook knife and sew it or glue it in place.
It is easy to get at, and stays out of the water more than if placed in any other location. It is also easy to rinse off under a faucet after each session in salt water. I think the prize for the worst location for a hook knife goes to the Nitrous board short harness, where it is located not only within a hard to get at pocket, but also within a secondary velcroxed sealed pocket within the first pocket. Only the great Houdini could get at that knife!! I got to admit, I do like the shorts, though.


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Finding and Choosing an Alternative Travel Vacation
By Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter
From cooking classes to photography workshops, volunteer projects to archaeological digs, the world is full of educational, inspiring and exciting alternative travel programs to make your journeys more fulfilling.
There are so many options that it can be overwhelming. But with the aid of the following guidelines, finding and choosing a program that appeals to your interests, needs and budget is easy and fun.
Where do you want to go?
Are you interested in visiting the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe or someplace nearer to home? Are you more interested in urban centers or rural areas? Selecting a region or country helps to narrow the choices.
What do you want to do?
Do you have a passion or hobby you would like to pursue? Are you interested in giving back to a country or community? Do you want to spend time with local artisans or families? Are you interested in cultural immersion? Do you have a special skill you would like to share? If you aren't sure, some programs offer combinations of activities–learning, volunteering and cultural immersion.
When would you like to go?
While many programs operate year-round, some are only offered at specific times of the year or on specific dates. Being flexible helps, but if you have a set time for your vacation, check the dates of any programs carefully.
How much time do you have?
A few hours, a weekend, a week or two, several months or longer? Do you want to spend your whole vacation in an alternative program or just a portion of it? While some programs are long term, many offer short-term opportunities ranging from a few hours to a few weeks.
What is your budget for this adventure?
While a day-long cooking class in Bangkok might be relatively inexpensive, a three-week Thailand tour with classes could set you back. Some volunteer programs require only that you cover your own expenses while participating, others charge a fee. Review your budget carefully and choose a program that fits your wallet.
Who is going with you?
Are you planning this adventure solo, or are you traveling with a partner, friend or even the whole family? If you are traveling with others, you will want to take their needs and interests into consideration. If you are traveling with children, be especially careful to search for programs that accommodate families or offer some other form of childcare while you participate.
How much independence or structure do you want?
Many alternative travel programs offer classes and activities with small groups. Others offer one-on-one instruction or volunteer placements. Ask yourself if you want to be with a group or go solo. Also, some alternative travel programs are like tours, with planned day-trips, classes and other activities. These programs sometimes offer little free time for travelers to explore the area independently, while others only occupy a few hours of the day and you are on your own for the rest. Determine your comfort level with group or solo travel, and how much independence and guidance you want, and choose a program accordingly.
What kind of accommodations do you want?
Are you comfortable with the often rugged living conditions of the developing world, or do you prefer something a bit more familiar or luxurious? If you are looking for villas and fine restaurants, then bypass the volunteer projects in rural Africa, and vice versa. Be honest!
Do you have any physical or other challenges that could limit you?
A volunteer program building houses in a high Himalayan country might not be ideal for someone with back or respiratory problems, but cooking in Italy could be perfect. Consider your physical abilities carefully when choosing a program and check all the literature carefully for strenuousness.
Once you have defined what you are looking for in an alternative travel program, you are ready to search for something that meets your needs and criteria.
Research your options
Your first stop should be to search GoNOMAD's listings of teaching jobs and language learning programs around the world. Other Internet resources include search engines and websites. Try Transitions Abroad Publishing's Web site at transitionsabroad.com for additional resources. Another site filled with teaching jobs is Teacherhit.com.
If your Internet searches come up short, try contacting a local college or university. Many of these have resources for learning abroad. Ask in the Foreign Language Department or Study Abroad offices. Instructors who specialize in a foreign language or culture may also know of special programs that you won't find elsewhere
And get the word out about the type of program or experience you are looking for. Alternative travel is becoming increasingly more popular, and you may hear about a great program from friends, family or other acquaintances.
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Once you have chosen your program, get your visas, make all your travel arrangements, pack your bags and prepare to have one of the most energizing, exciting and fun travel experiences of your life!
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Entellus Medical recently introduced its XprESS™ Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool, which received FDA clearance in February. The balloon-catheter–based device is used to dilate frontal and sphenoid sinus spaces during sinus surgery for the treatment of chronic sinusitis.
ENT surgeons traditionally have used a curved sinus seeker to locate the narrowed opening of a diseased sinus and then have often employed cutting instruments to remove tissue, widen the sinus openings, and improve mucus drainage. The Entellus XprESS device features a dilation balloon that slides over the curved sinus seeker, allowing the surgeon to enlarge narrowed sinus openings by inflating the balloon. An integrated suction feature improves visibility and efficiency.
The XprESS device includes a reshapeable tip, allowing surgeons to dilate and enlarge multiple sinus openings with a single, less-invasive tool. It is also used in conjunction with traditional sinus surgery tools.


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Company began partnership with French Navy in 1997
Northrop Grumman has won a $34.5 million contract with the U.S. Navy to modify the French Navy's E-2C Hawkeye Fleet.
The E-2C Hawkeye is the third version of the Hawkeye aircraft, and has upgraded radar and radio communications capabilities as opposed to the original E-2 Hawkeye. Since 2007, the E-2D is the most advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will upgrade the E-2C Hawkeye's Identification Friend or Foe system, which will further increase commonality and interoperability with the U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
The company has had a partnership with the French Navy since October 1997, said Bart LaGrone, vice president of E-2/C-2 programs in the company's Aerospace Systems sector.
In 2000, French Navy began operating the E-2C Hawkeye, and is the only country other than the United States to operate the aircraft from an aircraft carrier, Northrop Grumman said.
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Deficit hawks Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles just don't quit.
The duo unveiled the latest iteration of their deficit-reduction plan on Tuesday, which calls for $2.4 trillion in cuts over 10 years — yet another chapter in their ongoing debt campaign that has not gained much political traction since 2010.
At first, Simpson and Bowles' newest proposal comes across as innovative: they learned from the past, rejiggered their suggestions, and rolled out a new framework during a quiet week when Congress was out-of-town. The new framework acknowledges the elusiveness of the big budget deal and instead lays out incremental spending cuts and tax increases that could occur over the next few years and into 2018. "Just the idea of a 'grand bargain' is at best on life support," said Erskine Bowles, the former chief-of-staff under President Bill Clinton, at a breakfast sponsored by Politico.
Such reasonableness attempts to cast the pair as aggressive, yet savvy deficit hawks who have taken a different, more nuanced tact that's more in sync with the political reality of a very divided Congress and White House.
Yet, that's not necessarily an accurate portrait of the current state of Simpson-Bowles. In fact, it appears to be doubling down on deficit-hawkishness just as the economy is improving and the deficit is shrinking.
The new plan calls for a 3:1 ratio of spending cuts to tax increases, whereas previous versions called for a more balanced ratio. That means that Simpson and Bowles are calling for the majority of future deficit reduction to come from spending cuts at a time when a wide swath of economists, including a prominent conservative economist from the American Enterprise Institute, have warned against sudden austerity measures.
Simpson-Bowles and like-minded hawks also uphold the belief that solving the deficit is the headline economic problem of 2013. Just check out the new website Debt Deniers, funded by Fix the Debt, a Simpson-Bowles sister organization run by the same web of alarmists.
The Debt Deniers site, unveiled late last week, calls out people "who claim America has no debt problem." In ominous red, black, and white writing and graphics, the site criticizes "debt deniers" (cough, cough — like economist and New York Times' columnist, Paul Krugman) who argue that the debt will solve itself, thanks to the slowly recovering economy, tax increases from the fiscal cliff deal, and spending caps set by the Budget Control Act of 2011. There's nothing wrong with this strategy politically, except that it does not jibe with current economic data.
The deficit is not the primary economic problem of 2013; it's just at the forefront of the political battles. (See: long-term unemployment, stagnant wages, or a slow-to-recover housing sector if you want to see real economic problems). Through the year 2016, the annual deficit is expected to shrink. (The Congressional Budget Office predicts it will decrease to $476 billion in 2016, compared to $845 billion in 2013).
Part of the reason the deficit is going down, at least temporarily, is that the federal government is taking in more revenue (25 percent more in the next two years). The rate of health care spending has slowed down considerably, and the economy is recovering, which means that Americans can pay more in taxes and/or rely less on the federal government for costly social safety net programs such as unemployment insurance or food stamps.
The deficit will start to significantly rise again by 2021 — though that's a demographic and health care spending problem rather than an all-out crisis involving just too much debt. By then, the baby boomers will start to sign up en masse for Medicare, and no one from either end of the political spectrum has figured out a way to constrain health care costs given the large spike in people who will suddenly take advantage of federal benefits.
Arguably, that's where Simpson and Bowles should expend their energy instead of talking about a deficit crisis that has yet to arrive on Washington's doorstep, or by rejiggering a well-worn plan that's made them wise, talking heads in Washington who still lack political juice.


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1. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLR_Mowang Mar 29, 2012 2:17 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
Tried the new LR 4.1 load and many improvements. I only went throught the library and development modules.
In Library, I imported 1100 raw photos which took 33 seconds. not bad.
Tried all the sliders and options in the developement module and they are back to where I can use them... EXCEPT under the "Detail" section. Applying any of these sliders and I see a 3-5 sec second lag for the effect to implement.
2. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLee Jay Mar 29, 2012 2:21 PM (in response to LR_Mowang)
LR_Mowang wrote:
Tried all the sliders and options in the developement module and they are back to where I can use them... EXCEPT under the "Detail" section. Applying any of these sliders and I see a 3-5 sec second lag for the effect to implement.
Did you have the filmstrip open at the time?
4. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLee Jay Mar 29, 2012 2:24 PM (in response to LR_Mowang)
Try it with the filmstrip closed.
5. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLR_Mowang Mar 29, 2012 2:26 PM (in response to LR_Mowang)
I close the film strip and most of the lag went away ??? I'll ask it, why?
I am running System 7, with Dual Quad 975.
6. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLee Jay Mar 29, 2012 2:32 PM (in response to LR_Mowang)
Windows 7, you mean?
8. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLee Jay Mar 29, 2012 2:35 PM (in response to LR_Mowang)
Try this.
Make the film strip open, but make sure Clarity is set to zero before you try the detail panel again.
9. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLR_Mowang Mar 29, 2012 3:24 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
Setting clarity to zero had no effect on outcome.
The lag is not as bad now.. it still is not as smooth as the other sliders. I tried another test... I loaded another 900 photos. The sliders in this section performed slowly right after this import. I watched the cpu and disk drive after the import said it had completed. The CPU stayed pegged at 70-80 % for another 1-2 minutes... they were still writing previews, etc. I tried the sliders in the detail section after the CPU and disk calmed down and they performed better but still have a noticable lag but not the 3-5 sec I was getting after the larger import. Over all I would say this load is a big improvement over the initial release. I am not running dual montiors or have a cataloge that is huge.
I also noticed that lightroom 4.1 was accessing photos ( based on system monitor) which are not in the LR 4 catalog but were in the LR 3.6 . I had noticed this occuring in the LR 4.0 I have not activily brought those photos up for months. I did not convert the 3.6 catalogto 4.0... started fresh to test new program.
10. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upcdeverett Mar 29, 2012 3:25 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
Just spent the day updating dozens of pics to the new 2012 process, including a few that really needed to be processed from scratch to get the same end result - does anyone know if 4.1's "point curve" retention will mean better preservation of curve-adjusted data?
Rhetorical really, I'm downloading 4.1 and will try it in a few minutes, but if anyone has similar experiences this could start a useful dialogue for curve-loving users who might be looking into the 2010-2012 upgrade path...
11. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upZzzzt!Zzzzt! Mar 29, 2012 3:32 PM (in response to cdeverett)
Yes, interested in the whole point curve retention problem in LR 4, I have a bunch of inverted b&w negative original with tone adjustments. Just tried opening a few with LR 4.1 and so far they have reverted to negatives, rather than the positives I imported with a negative inversion preset. Anybody else doing this or solve these issues? Early days yet, but I'm not seeing it hold tone adjustments yet, for those type images at least.
12. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLee Jay Mar 29, 2012 3:50 PM (in response to Zzzzt!Zzzzt!)
4.1 did the upgrade during the first time you ran it, and created a collection set with collections that contained images that have recovered curves. You can look at the history of those to see what was recovered. That's all assuming you upgraded a 3.x catalog with 4.0, which contained the bug that caused the loss of those point curves in the first place.
13. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upsimonsaith Mar 29, 2012 4:25 PM (in response to LR_Mowang)
"I close the film strip and most of the lag went away ??? I'll ask it, why?"
It is just another bug that needs to be fixed. We're aware of the problem (it is a legacy issue but becomes acute with PV2012).
14. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upcdeverett Mar 29, 2012 4:53 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
(Edit: I did upgrade 3.6>4.0, but I don't have that new collection set despite a 30+ second progress bar for point curve checking. It could have just taken that long to look - and nothing is improved for my curve-adjusted images upon upgrading to 2012 Process.)
I haven't had a problem with images *not* manually updated to 2012, but the lost saturation and shadow depth seen on other posts about this issue are all too familiar once I update things.
The only pic I have reworded to the (not quite) desired look took about 4x as long as the original edit (still not long but disheartening when looking at the number of other pics that don't update gracefully), with many adjustments to curves, clarity, saturation, contrast and exposure. I had to work away from curves for a lot of this, because the light regions had already been deliberately maxed out (*very* low light pet portrait to get wide pupils in eyes: sorry if this seems like self promotion, but https://secure.flickr.com/photos/cdeverett/6810107623/ was my PV2010 output.
So, you ask, why bother? I mean LR3.6 was good, so why reprocess? Partly to see what else Process 2012 can do (one superficial first impression - detail in shadows is better in 2012-converted images where the conversion doesn't break them!), partly to just feel, you know... tidier...
Also, having clicked "show before and after" in the "do you want to upgrade" box, then chosen "do not show this again", I expected all of my 2010-12 upgrades would have the before/after view. But they don't, and I can't get that dialog back. Slight annoyance, but when it's part of dealing with a bug as a paying end user it gets more frustrating.
Now I'm getting worried that any "fix" to PV2012 will suddenly bump any current tweaks out of where I think I have put them. Oh well, we'll have to wait and see...
15. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upZzzzt!Zzzzt! Mar 29, 2012 5:00 PM (in response to Zzzzt!Zzzzt!)
Ok, so for me, it looks like it does hold my tonal adjustments and negative inversion on some of my images if I keep the images in 2010.... but not in 2012. I would like to have seen the improvements like noise suppression in 2012 applied, but at least I have my legacy files intact, so far.
16. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upcdeverett Mar 29, 2012 5:23 PM (in response to Zzzzt!Zzzzt!)
I honestly don't know why there isn't just a third upgrade option besides "do" or "don't" - something like "Bake current appearance as new DNG file and continue with PV2012 engine?"
It could even sit in the history as a Bake entry, and be basically transparent to the user.
There's not even a need to make it a selectable 3rd option - just let LR detect anything that will break (either by checking for tone curves, or comparing the before and after pixel data), then seamlessly baking the data and swapping out the images when navigating the History. if a user asks why it is so slow to upgrade, tell them that some upgraded images require extra processing (which sounds better than "it's fast, and it changed your picture for the worse").
I feel like I should point out that I am in general really happy with LR, this is just a hiccup that is frustrating and seems like it should have been both avoidable and avoided. Overall though it's still a tool I will be using a lot, and recommending to anyone who'll listen!
17. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upLee Jay Mar 29, 2012 6:33 PM (in response to Zzzzt!Zzzzt!)
Zzzzt!Zzzzt! wrote:
Ok, so for me, it looks like it does hold my tonal adjustments and negative inversion on some of my images if I keep the images in 2010.... but not in 2012. I would like to have seen the improvements like noise suppression in 2012 applied, but at least I have my legacy files intact, so far.
Noise suppression in 2012 is the same as 2010.
18. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upcdeverett Mar 29, 2012 7:17 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
I think the intended meaning was "I would like to have seen the improvements like [insert any new PV2012 feature here] applied, but at least I have my legacy files intact"
In other words - I wish I could use the new tools, but phew, at least my library wasn't ruined. It's a little frustrating which part of the sentence was seen as important.
Also, user might be interested in this part from the develop module video on http://tv.adobe.com/watch/whats-new-in-lightroom-4/lightroom-4-develop-module/
Julieanne Kost (VO):
Now, depending on how much processing you've done to your images in Lightroom 3 in, say, the panel, like the Basic panel, you can see much more dramatic changes then what we just saw right there.
Changes in, say, the basic panel...?
Not something I've relied on, but it's sad to think that LR4 is also breaking tweaks made by users who (perfect validly) bought a fancy camera and want to spend 20 seconds brightening their shots up, rather than obsessing over things both in-camera and in post.
I'll say it again - why not bake a new DNG and transition to it in History, placing new edits on top of that. If (as publicised - not guessing here) the algorithms are so different that there is no direct correlation between shadows & blacks, and each slider has a finer area of influence than before, this seems to be the best (only?) way to actually give users a new & improved set of tools and a new workflow, all of which builds upon and complements their existing work, whether they are professionals or holiday snappers. For people with huge libraries, is disk space even likely to be an issue?
19. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upxor42 Mar 29, 2012 9:07 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
It's good to see such an usually fast and unepxected coding response from Adobe.
Now, if they'd update VComm after 3 years of silence. No HD or W7 support!
LR4.1 Environment & Install:
Installed LR4.1RC over LR4.0 without error.
Re-converted a 3.6 catalog, replacing the 4.0 catalog created by LR4.
Thus, trying to re-create the same conversion we did from LR3.6 to LR4.0.
Catalog: 30,000 images. 97% JPG. 1% RAW. 2% Other.
System: i7 quadcore/8 threads, 8G RAM, 4TB DASD, ATI HD4600-1G.
1. LR4.1 Video functionality completely broken and inactive
Although LR4 was fatally injured with its terriblly speed and so many programming errors that it forced us back to 3.6, losing 1 week of work, it did, at least, have the rather great video functionality of being able to render and play videos thumbs, actively shuttle play the videos within the thumb area and allow you to play the video.
In this latest LR4.1RC, all video functionality is broken or inactive. You only see a small thumb of the video in the Browse view. I don't know if the thumb that I do see for videos is perhaps a remnant from previous version catalogs and LR4.1 can't do even that. It's hard to tell. So, for us, LR4.1RC will not: (1) render Standard or 1:1 video previews (if that even applies); (2) will not shuttle play the video within the thumb area and (3) will not allow you to play the video. Totally broken. It also gives places an exclamation poiont next to each video thumb that yields the obtuse and foreign sounding text of "There was an error with photo". They are video's, not photos and just what is the "error"?
This problem occurs with every video file in our library (only about 100) and includes the formats of MOV, MP4, MPG, and AVI. Again, all were fine in 4.0.
2. LR4.1 Browse Speed
Browsing seems a bit faster than 4.0 but I had to hide the bottom Slide Scroll View and the right Detail pane. LR has too much trouble updating those panes as you Browse about at professional spped. This is not acceptable because we need the detail pane at all timers. That is, after all, the info panel which we need 100% of the time. However, we'd be happy completely disabling the slider strip selector at the bottom. It's just too slow, complicated, and dangeorus in that things change if you click the wrong slide part. Perhaps get rid of the active areas of each slide entirely. One should NOT have to do these workarounds with proper asynchronous Windows programming. Those 2 panes need to be updated asynchronously so as not to slow down the all important Browse Thumb view.
3. Mouse Interrupt Routines Still Full of Holes
As I noted previously, the mouse interrupt service routines still seem to be incompletely programmed. They do not appear to queue the screen locus at the time of a mouse action invocation. That is, when you click the mouse, the mouse cursor location on the screen is not stored with the mouse action code. As a result, if you move the mouse faster than LR can process a mouse action request (like 80% of the time), the mouse action will be invoked for the location the mouse is at some time later. This causes all manner of devastion for a fast working professional. Like selecting the wrong images resulting in, amoung other things, inadvertant deletions. Or it generates the incorrect assumption by LR that you want to MOVE the image's sort position. Weird.
Perhaps we need an LR4.2 to fix what's now broken in LR4.1
20. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upPaolo Avezzano Mar 29, 2012 11:55 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
I use LR4 on my mid-2010 MBP with external display most of the time.
I can see a nice improvement on the lag after a slider is move.
The before/after preview, however, is still unusable. On a photo with mid level retouches, I should wait 5-6 to change from before to after or viceversa. I also get the beach ball during the wait.
This is the same even with 0% processor speed taken by others and with a last generation SSD under the hood.
21. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upZzzzt!Zzzzt! Mar 30, 2012 10:41 AM (in response to cdeverett)
Thank you, cdeverett! I had spoken to Julieanne Kost directly last weekend at Photoshop World about point curve problems, before 4.1 was released, and she mentioned Adobe was surprised that no one in house or testing beta caught it before the LR4 release, and that they were working on it feverishly. I see they have indeed fixed the basic bug for that now, (thanks too to Lee Jay for clarifying and helping me realize I should not update my inverted negs to 2012, and for letting me know the noise suppression was same in LR3 and LR4...Although I could have sworn several folks from Adobe claimed further improvements to NR in LR4.... but I don't see it either... what has changed of course is now you can apply it locally.) I like that "bake the LR3 changes into the DNG and bring it in for further enhancement in 2012 LR4" idea, that would be nice.
22. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upcdeverett Mar 30, 2012 3:20 PM (in response to Zzzzt!Zzzzt!)
Cheers Zzzzt! - one small point though, let's keep the wishlist as "bake into a *new* associate DNG", perhaps in the Pictures/Lightroom location, so we don't ever touch the originals
- it surely can't be the hardest thing to do
- approximately doubling the stored files size of a 25MB (approx) raw file is a small concession, considering the GBs dedicated to the library and Adobe RAW Cache
- the extra processing & storage requirements are only applicable to images where we want to continue editing previously-edited images with PV2012
- the develop history would not need to be purged
- it might even speed up some workflows (i.e. the first 200 tweaks could be baked, so that LR just needs to display the baked "interim" DNG rather than recalculate the whole thing after a cache purge, system crash, version upgrade etc.
There are probably more positives, I'd be genuinely keen to hear any negatives (not necessarily point by point, but I'm happy to get this post torn apart by those who know something I don't know!)
23. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upDavid MMMM Mar 30, 2012 3:36 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
Sliders in the detail panel are still experiencing lag for me with 4.1RC.
24. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upPEGLEG007 Mar 30, 2012 4:20 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
So much better. I can use if now without having to rebbot every 5 minutes. Using just over a gig of memory, down from 16. Cpu has relaxed from 100%, down to about 50% on each processor. I cant find any lag anywhere. Now I will see if I can get a couple of jobs done..........
25. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upxor42 Mar 31, 2012 9:38 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
In this issue:
A. Validated All Video Functionality Missing in LR4.1RC
B. Validated Mouse Routine's Queuing Logic Code Is Still Incomplete
C. Memory and Handle Consumption Improvements?
A. All Video Functionality Missing in LR4.1RC:
I validated my previous report of all video rendering, thumbnail-ing, thumbnail shuttle viewing and video-play functionality being completely non-functional in LR4.1RC. I performed this validation as follows:
- Ensured that LR4.1RC was not running.
- Deleted-by-rename, the entire LR4 catalog previews folder
- Opened LR4.1RC then selected all 38,000 images, including 50 videos.
- Invoked Library > Preview > Render Standard-Sized Previews
- After 6 hours, it was roughly 50%. done Let it run overnight to completion.
- Rending Error Report was popped showing all 50 odd vidoes were not rendered.
- Main GUI pane showed the Collection, "Photos that failed to render a preview".
- All video thumbnails had the (exclamation point) error flag at top-right (see below):
Activating the error flag exhibits the following error:
Note that this error is an improvement from the 1st invocation of LR4.1RC which then showed a more cryptic "error with photo" even though the items were videos. It seems that blowing away the entire preview cache and re-rendering the entire catalog improved the video error message but not anything else. Nb. LR 4.0 rendered, thumbnail-ed, shuttle-played, and full-played all the same videos w/o error.
Also note, before re-rendering the entire catalog, whilst in Loupe mode, all videos showed the expected play control bar at the bottom but it was non-functional as one might expect with video problems. After re-rendering, the play control bar is no longer shown. That could also make sense since the videos are not working anyway. I just wanted to report this variance between before & after re-rending.
Bottom line: Video support is broken, bleeding, and crying!
B. Validated Mouse Service Routine Logic Issues
I also validated that the code of the mouse interrupt service routine seems to still have design issues though it is less noticeable with the modest 4.1 performance improvements. To wit: When the user initiates a mouse action, LR does NOT seem to execute the desired action on the location where the mouse was at the time the action was requested but, rather, on the location where the mouse is when the action is finally executed.
The effects of this problem can sometimes be seen when selecting one or more thumbnails then quickly flying to a new position. One way to duplicate this problem is to display the most thumbs possible on the center pane in Browse mode with a modest catalog of at least 10,000 items. Then click the last thumb shown and, without any pause, quickly flick the mouse to the top left thumb shown. It is a bit hard to do but a few tries will pop the error:
LR obviously thinks you were holding the mouse key down while moving the mouse in order to change the thumb's sort position. This result could also be caused by other types of delays in the mouse interrupt routines such as a tardy Mouse-Up handler. The effect is the same - untrustworthy mouse behaviour. Another manifestation of the mouse service problem can be seen when quickly selecting a wide range of non-contiguous thumbnails - especially when the CPU is busy - with the result being that unwanted thumbs, desired thumbs are not selected, and/or existing selections may be deselected. The same symptom might also be seen whilst selecting a large non-contiguous set of keywords in the Detail pane at professional user speed. Some unwanted keywords may be selected (bad), desired keywords might not be selected (very bad), and previously selected keywords might be unselected (very bad).
C. Memory and Handle Consumption Improvements?
It seems that the memory footprint of LR4.1 RC has significantly been reduced. Our installation of LR4.0 was locking up about 2+GB of memory and consuming 600+ handles while LR4.1RC seems to have reduced memory to about 1.1 GB even after re-rendering all 38,000 of our catalog items and handles have been reduced to about 300+.
We also have been noticing a pesky lazy handle problem. After some runs of LR4.x, we found many handles left open pointing to the LR binaries and the catalog folders. However, this seems to be intermittent and not easily reproducible. E.g., we just searched for LR handles after having closed LR. We found none this time but did find 80 handles left open after a previous run of Photoshop. I think some code review of the handle processing in CS support routines might be beneficial.
Hope that helps.
26. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upmschlotz Apr 1, 2012 8:49 AM (in response to xor42)
Excellent detail regarding the issues a number of us have been experiencing xor42 !
LR4 people: how about some feedback? It's okay to indicate you are working to resolve and that it will be addressed in the next RC, but please do not ignore!
27. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upxor42 Apr 1, 2012 1:09 PM (in response to mschlotz)
Your feedback is appreciated (I am sure by all), M. Back to key banging ...
28. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upJACK LARSON Apr 1, 2012 10:25 PM (in response to Lee Jay)
LR4.0 worked much better for me than does LR4.1RC. The latter disabled my Wacom keys. Softproofing does not work half of the time; when I switch between Perceptual and Relative, there is no change in the histogram; if I keep at it, it will work. Big time lags. I tried trashing LR4.1 RC and re-installing LR4.0. When I did it, it didn't work nearly as well as when I originally installed it. Plus, when I re-installed LR4.0, I lost my ability to go to PS CS6 Beta. In the menu, it says that it is going there, but it always now goes to CS5.1. It is a big mess. And a mess for which many of my problems do not now seem correctable. I tried going back and forth a few times, but nothing has worked as well as my originally installed LR4.0. I actually blame myself. I know to never, never try Beta or RC versions; I just don't seem to learn. In the past, I have gotten away with it.
29. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upcdeverett Apr 2, 2012 4:04 AM (in response to JACK LARSON)
I feel your frustration.
From my perspective, I can't believe I bought LR3 (got 3.2, downloaded 3.6 upgrade), was impressed enough to upgrade to 4.0 shortly after its release, then one day later saw the 4.1RC was up.
"What could go wrong" I thought!! I hadn't even given myself enough time to try 4.0 properly.
We (users) should stop balming ourselves for some of this though. Sure, testing beta tools is a risk, but RC1 is not "beta", and a lot of our problems stem from 4.0, not 4.1RC1.
It seems the software industry really has got us convinced that it's OK to ship broken/incomplete products, and for some reason it's OK if an upgrade doesn't add improvements and features (relatively) seamlessly to our user experience.
It's not even like a refund would make it OK. A lot of people on here have lost a lot more than me, so much that their lost time=money equates to more than LR4's price tag. Come on Adobe - at least send us info about a 4.2 alpha that magically fixes everything so we have something to look forward to...
30. Re: Lightroom 4.1RC1 is upRoy Kaye Apr 2, 2012 5:39 AM (in response to cdeverett)
It seems Adobe are getting away with shoddy practises - this will seriously damage their reputation. I am not technical enough to get into beta testing, and just want something that works.
I have decided to stay away from this forum for two months - if LR isn't working properly by then I will just go out and buy Aperture without further ado. If more people did this it might make Adobe realise that their customers are actually important to their business


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In case I haven't totally convinced you yet, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is not a good game. It's sad that the last game to ever bear the Harry Potter name (well, until the inevitable MMO) is such a disappointment. The game series as a whole has had its ups and downs over the years, and it's sort of hard to look back on the series as a complete failure. Still, like facing Voldemort, it's something I've had to do.
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