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Grateful Dead
May 1977 Box (Digital)
Digital Download
What's Inside:
• Five Complete Shows
• 5/11/77 St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN
• 5/12/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
• 5/13/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
• 5/15/77 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO
• 5/17/77 University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
•14 Discs, 111 tracks
•Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman, Plangent Processes playback system for maximum sonic accuracy
•Artwork by Grammy Award-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike
•Period Photos by James R Anderson
•Historical Essay by Steve Silberman
•Individual show liner notes
If you're a Dead Head, chances are you've spent many an hour expounding upon the distinction of May 8, 1977, Cornell University, Barton Hall. Well, at the risk of preaching to the choir, we'd like to reintroduce you to a series of shows that matches said greatness from that same gloriously fertile season. While Barton Hall is well known, the astounding tour that surrounded it has occasionally flown under the radar due to the uneven quality of tapes in circulation. May 1977 is set to change all of that with a boxed set that zeroes in on this high-water mark in the Grateful Dead's long strange trip.
For a band resurrecting itself after a 20-month hiatus, there was a great frenzy of expectancy that surrounded the Spring of 1977. We anticipate a grand reoccurrence of this fervor with the release of May 1977, a 14-disc boxed set featuring five complete shows from consecutive stops on that magical tour. Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering, the "psychoacoustic phenomena" as Jerry once put it, of St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN (5/11) Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (5/12, 5/13), St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO (5/15) and Coliseum at the University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (5/17) can now finally be appreciated. Each of these shows finds the Dead delivering punchier, more focused sets, tightening up the framework; each night turning out first-ever renditions ("Passenger,""Iko Iko,""Jack-A-Roe"), unloading potent new pairings ("Scarlet Begonias">"Fire On The Mountain", "Estimated Prophet">"Eyes Of The World"), classic covers ("Dancing In The Street") and soon-to-be staples ("Estimated Prophet," "Samson and Delilah"), and ultimately rising up to paradise.
And now for the nitty-gritty...
Due June 11, May 1977 is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies. Presented in a psychedelic box that boasts an intricate die-cut design created by Grammy®-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike, the set also includes a book filled with stories about each show, as well as an in-depth essay by Dead historian Steve Silberman, who delves deep into the history behind the tour and the band's return from its extended hiatus.
Once these 15,000 boxes are gone, May 1977 and its shows will never be available again on CD. However, the 111 tracks will be made available on release date as FLAC and Apple lossless full-set-only downloads for $99.98.
Like its predecessors Europe '72: The Complete Recordings and Spring 1990, we expect May 1977 to sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here and on Facebook.com/GratefulDead and Youtube.com/gratefuldead.
May 1977 Show By Show
Take a closer look inside of our numbered, limited-edition boxed set May 1977 with listening parties, videos, artwork and more from each featured show.
5/11/77 St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN
5/12/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
5/13/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
5/15/77 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO
5/17/77 University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Listening Party
"Wharf Rat" 5/11/77
"Mississippi Half-Step" 5/12/77
"Jack-A-Roe" 5/13/77
"Dancing In The Street" 5/15/77
"Terrapin Station" 5/17/77
David Lemieux on What's Inside May 1977
Show #1
Show #4
Finally got the box in my hands ;). Never thought it would happen. 1st cd is now blasting through the speakers, great stuff !
The run on SBD (MTX 5/9)/Katie
5/5/77-5/9/77 are not in the vault.
4/30/77 was officially released in the Download Series.
The Spring 1977 tour begins and ends at Winterland.
25 shows played between the Winterland shows.
Tour begins 4/22 in Philly at the Spectrum, ends 5/28 in Hartford, Connecticut at the Hartford Civic Center.
5/8 dubbed 'best of' but unreleased due to what must be sound issues(?).
10 shows officially released, exclusive to the 2nd leg of the tour beginning 5/11 St. Paul.
1 of 2 Winterland runs sandwiching the tour released, from June 7-9 (3 shows).
Note: * 6/4 show in CA> I don't count as part of the tour, a 'transplant' show if you will, but count as a show.
32 total concerts from Winterland->Winterland + 2 shows before Winterland 3/18-20 on 2/26-27 in CA for
a grand total of 34 shows from Jan1-Sept 3 at Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey (Dick's Picks 15).
more notes; from 5/11 St. Paul to Winterland on June 7-9 only 2 concerts not released from 15 shows > Fox Theatre on 5/18. and 5/26 Baltimore Civic Center.
The last I read,all Dead archives are at Warner Brothers Music now, they own Rhino now, I think.
They were doing a lot of "Dancing in The Streets " in 76 shows, almost like these, Donna's vocals and the band make this just a fun jam, 77 is like a split year, as the year goes on, these songs keep evolving into new grooves, but this sure is a great part of the journey. For Sound quality, I have never heard music this rich from a live 2 track recording, no glitches,
As far as other shows in 77, I would sneak May 28 "To Terrapin" in this box, love those performances and good quality, not quite like here, this just an aural treat. As for one other show, DP15, "Englishtown ,NJ" 9/77,I was there in that peaceful 100,000 people show with the Marshall Tucker Band and it was the last show that I saw the Dead and I remember it so vividly, being out in the country and the Stars at night, They sounded so good, great "Truckin'" and a super version of "Terrapin Station". What a Year, and what a great Box sert of Music!!!
wissonoming Deadhead,
I agree with you on your list of favorite shows,that's what I like,
I personally hope this box set sells out for several reasons: (1)to show physical product has a sufficient market, (2) digital can also be offered as well for those who prefer it and (3) future box sets can be offered to this market with a reasonable expectation of adequate financial return. I wish to avoid the debate about limited editions as I can see arguments on both sides of the issue. I have been very satisfied with the preparation which goes into these archival releases and I am happy to own them now and I think I will be even happier to have them in the future to listen to at a time,perhaps, when the well has run dry for any number of reasons.
My faves from this box set in order;
It seems like every show in this box set is a little bit different as the music grows.
Still can't get over how good it sounds, lovin it. All from a 2 track reel to reel,
I'm still really enjoying this box set, the sound is just amazing. Guess it has not sold out due to being available to download. I'm glad to have a copy on CD. I'm delighted that Bluray format has finally arrived for us.
I also read Betty's letter to Rolling Stone magazine. It's odd that she says she has not been paid for any of her 2-track recordings. Wasn't she on the payroll when she was making them? Weren't they recorded for reference purposes and not for release? Don't they belong to the band, since presumably they paid for the tape and Betty's services? Does she expect some kind of residual? I don't know why she would. I'm not dissing Betty -- she made some great sounding tapes. And I agree she should not be mis-characterized as someone who "sold off" the tapes.
Betty Cantor wrote a letter to Rolling Stone magazine correcting them in the issue with Bruce Springsteen on the cover. In effect she says "I never sold any reels to anyone, and also no one ever paid for the re-release of the recordings I made." This was in regards to the may '77 article David Fricke had written where he says she sold off 5/8/77.
If you're still on it, you'd best get off before it's too late. Even with Veneta on deck, these shows are not to be missed.
great stuff, the lead into Fire from Scarlet on 0517 is masterful. I listened to Barton Hall too (what the hell, it's Jerry's birthday...) and the copy I have wasn't quite as happening, the details of the mutron disappeared or weren't there, maybe Jerry was playing around with it and refined his technique by the 17th? I dunno but the transition there blew me away and I hit it a couple of times, really brilliant stuff. It probably helped that it was sunny and warm out and all that but it's a great recording.
This, to me, is a must have release. Even better than the last 77 box release IMHO. I am working through my third listen to all of the shows and I can't find disappointment in any of them. This is a "Desert Island" box set. Hell, put it in space for those theoretical aliens to parse-a glimpse of human accomplishment next to the Mozart, Beethoven and Stravinsky( and Mile Davis). I'm glad I got my copy before it is too late.
Yeah, this box just keeps on giving. Each show contains magic, often in unexpected places. Some versions of songs that normally coast by are intense (Brown-Eyed Women, Ramble on Rose, Minglewood Blues, Ship of Fools) and others have an unexpected edge (Eyes of the World, Estimated Prophet, even Dancing in the Street). I love every show in this box. I don't think there's a weak one in the bunch. And although I disagree with pretty much everything Ace says, I'm glad others see it differently and find their own ways of appreciating it. Amazing. I'd ditch every other 1977 release before you could pry this one out of my hands.
Sometimes I know (better: feel) that I'll love a certain part of a show before having ever heard it. This time it was the "Mississippi - Dancing" bit of May 12. To combine two "dance songs" of such different styles somehow grabbed me. IMHO, these 25 minutes are pure fun. There's so much to discover in "May '77". Isn't Jerry's solo at the end of "Stella Blue" pure magic? It can't get much better than this...
Thanks DL2 for all of the effort you and your buds put in on these projects. Much appreciated!
Customer service came through and decided to send me a new copy. Very happy about that, hope this one actually arrives ;).
Preordered the box and was very much looking forward to it, but now almost 2 months later, still nothing. Why sent a $140,- package with no tracking info ? Customer service seems clueless and just says please wait for delivery for another 2 weeks ....
At this point I just want my money back.
I'm going through these today to figure out which discs to toss into the 6 disc changer in my car for a while, finally a bit burnt on DaP5&6 that have been out there for a bit. So far it seems likely that 15 & 17 are going to be the winners, I like the Dancing-> Estimated- Eyes string and also St. Stephen-> Iko-> NFA is pretty sharp to my tastes. And 051577 disc one's country jams also seem pretty tight for the most part. 051777 is an easy pick, for many of the same reasons, cool country warmups and groovy jamming.
After listening to them, I can sympathize a bit w/ the folks who are not as into these because they're not maybe as "raucous" (sorry, I'm not gonna scroll back for quotes...) but they're still a beautifully packaged, great sounding set to my ears that I'm very pleased to have picked up.
No, I did not tape 9/17/82 myself. I got it 2nd generation from a college friend. It's a good audience tape -- one of the best I had heard of any show at that point. But check out the archive.org Barry Glassberg aud tape of 3/14/81 that someone recently mentioned. That one demonstrates why audience tapes are sometimes better than soundboards. The excitement in the room comes shining through. Plus, the post-Drums Bertha is a scorcher, and it interrupts what would have been a painful Weir slide solo coming out of Miracle.
I'm still chipping away at the May '77 box. Today, I'll probably get through 5/15. I can't say which is my fave yet. I really like all of them so far -- all of them better than Dave's #1, IMO.
I agree, This Box set sounds epic, what was the bonus disc you found from? Thanks for taking your time in making the 3 best of Discs!!!
Hi One Man,
Did you happen to tape it yourself? Have you listened to any more of May 77? I am listening to May 12 again and enjoying it more. I'm liking more stuff in it this time around. You can hear the drums better in this show better than others. Don't know why I did not like it first time around. Seriously great First Set. Take care One Man.
Guit #30
This one is especially interesting, since Brent did not even have a microphone on stage. Bob & Jer handled all the vocals and it sounded surprisingly great. It is one of the only (of about 30) shows I attended that I care to hear now. I bet it is not in the vault. There are so many versions on archive.org that I don't know where to start. I transferred my crisp aud cassette to CD years ago and I listen to it regularly.
If it's going to be an 89 show, I sure hope it's either 10/20/89 (listen to that Other One, w/ Phil chomping at the bit long before it is actually played!) or 7/15/89 (w/ the Close Encounters space!).
Some other 1980s shows I would love to see chosen include:
7/10/81 (might not be in the vault)
4/15/82 (")
Nice to see Sunshine Daydream is getting a September release
Nice to see Sunshine Daydream is getting a September release
the May '77 Boxset did not include a Bonus Disc...
this was/is a bummer...
so, my feeling was that there was still some tunes to be included here...
& a compare/contrast (sound quality-wise, specifically) by adding
something from 5.8 AND 5.9 as i've got KILLER copies of both of these
shows (like most of you all surely) anyway...
Bonus Disc:
1. Help>Slipknot!>
2. Franklin's ~ 5.9
3. Estimated ~ 5.12
4. Loser ~ 5.11
5. Passenger ~ 5.17
6. Ramble On Rose! ~ 5.13
8. Morning Dew ~ 5.8
~the Boxset sounds EPIC... waaaay better than our 5.8s & 5.9s...
~love the pace of the 5.12 NFA... it needed to be included...
~we all agree that the lack of a H/S/F & Morning Dew is a toooootal
bummer, so they begged to be included from those amazing shows...
and, outta nowhere, while cleanin my apartment yesterday, BOOM!
1. Fire! ~ 5.13
2. Jack Straw ~ 5.17
3. Ramble On Rose ~ 5.11
4. Looks Like Rain ~ 5.17
5. Jack-A-Roe ~ 5.15
6. Bobby banter/Samson! ~ 5.13
7. Row Jimmie ~ 5.15
8. Terrapin ~ 5.17
9. Lazy Lightnin>
10. Supplication ~ 5.15
~~~~~thanx for reading, hope you all discover some gems... irie, ace...
I'm thinking about my own best-of playlist. LLR will not be on it. I love that some of us think that tune is what the GD were all about while others think the opposite. Agreeing to disagree is important. And I would not break up a segue by playing the 5/13 TOO without its successors. It won't be easy to boil it down, but I'll probably try.
DJ is truly the 'MVGDM' on quite a few nights in 1977, this has been my
feeling for quite sometime, so it's refreshing to hear your spot-on views
guit30... she really is in thee finest form in her time with The Boys in 77...
her 'duel' lead vocals on (to name a few) Passenger, NFA & ESPECIALLY
Looks Like Rain (examples: 6.29.76 & 5.19.77 & now 5.11.77!) MAKE those
tunes... feels like Bobby even backs-off a bit vocally & lets her shine...
it was laughable to me to read all the negativity dumped on
LL Rain as a 'skip-track'... the emotion evoked in those versions is the
ESSENCE of what the GD is all about... it is a Classic, Essential Dead tune... anyway, back to my OVER-analyzing of ze Boxset:
~5.12 has grown on me as is indicative in my choice's... it's the distortion of
the recording that gets to me (went to audio engineering school; trained ears
& as the former archivist for Joe Gallant & Illuminati, recording live bands is
something of a passion... anyone familiar with that bands interpretations
of the Dead or even heard of them???) sorry, sidetracked...
so my "period" about it being "worst in Box" in my Disc #1 post is retracted...
~here's my "Top 7 tunes of the Box" (staying with the theme of 7) considering
# of versions, strength of them ALL as a whole & lack of a cluncker... enjoy:
7. Lazy Lightnin/Supp. ~ 2 versions, both different & quite good.
6. Ramble On Rose ~ 2 versions, 5.13 is KILLER & 5.11 is great as well.
5. Sunrise ~ see my diatribe above about Donna Jean.
4. Samson ~ 5 to chose from, 5.15 is THEE finest of the lot for me...
5.12 is smokin too, just the distortion gets me (Betty
was awesome, but not perfect, which is a-okay)
5.13 is also smokin, with Garcia shredding as he sould.
3. Jack-A-Roe ~ we ALL love the shuffle vibe & all 3 versions are groovy.
2. Fire On The Mountain ~ all 3 versions are different, not drastically...
~just love the chill vibe of 5.11 & Jer's Mutron
sound is really warm & tasty here...
~5.13 is unique in that Lesh starts 'driven the bus'
before any transition jam is allowed to start...
Garcia's long solo before verse 1 is sweet...
5.17 is a beast, the band sounds like they're havin
a blast (no pun intended) AND confession:
~it is my favourite GD tune, so i'm biased in that respect...
1. ESTIMATED PROPHET ~ all 5 versions are fantastic, similar yet abit
different... 5.15 & 5.17 are powerhouse versions...
5.11 is chill/mellow, with Garcia laying back a bit...
5.12 both Weir & Garcia playing & sound is rite on...
okay, that's all for now, thank you all for your responses/opinions/kind words...
Bonus Disc with some surprises soon... & guit30 i'm from Jerz (although i&i live
in San Francicso now) so Englishtown having been your first show is VERY COOL!
thanx for readig, hope it wasn't "All Too Much..." irie time... ~ace.
Ace man, well done... really enjoyed your picks. I was (am) surprised they didn't release a three-disc compliation from these shows for the mainstream release. Maybe they're saving up for the big Veneta release they'll lay on us in August (fingers crossed)
Interesting to read how varied are the opinions of these shows. 5/17 is generally accepted as the best of them, but then there is no consensus I can see. I gravitate toward the mellow buttery smoothness of 5/11, which really surprised me, and I love 5/12. 5/13 is a snoozer for me, though of course I'll give it another shot. Andj I need more time with 5/15 but what's not to like...
Well, that was a great idea, your best of set was a great idea,Well 77 and 72 were my 2 favorite years. I attended a show in Sept of 77, the Englishtown 100,000 people outside show in New Jersey. They were excellent. This box set is excellent, I have heard it all the way through and it is a great set of shows, sound quality is just awesome. I have a pretty nice stereo, it has an Oppo multi disc player on it so it can decode the hdcd which really enhances the sound. For me, the 2nd show in Chicago is killer, it is a 2 disc show, but at 80 minutes a disc it is still a good long show. I'm listening to a song and it just hits me, this is a 2 track, it sounds like it was mixed. Betty Cantor was a genius,Loved her recording talents on a reel to reel. So, the show on May 13 in my opinion, was just the best sound quality and some great performances too. In 77, "Ramble On Rose" comes on and with "Estimated Prophet" turning into a real strong song, Garcia starting to used The "Envelope Filter" on Estimated which sounds like a dirty autowah. I got a broken case on this show, but it did not bother me, the sound quality much more important. Donna's vocals are just awesome on this set, overall the vocals are great, Jerry's voice never sounded better. Check out Jerry's expression on the big inside picture. Kinda Priceless. Well Ace, this is my take on the middle show of this great box set.
It's winter time here in South Australia and to have this 77 box plus the Dave's Picks and I've just realised I still haven't finished the spring 90 box yet. Keep the releases coming! I'd like to see 4-11-88 at some point. (My first). Great time to be a Deadhead!!
Ace – These shows are new to me, too, which sets us apart from the norm. What a joy it is to hear for the first time. Many of the posters here have become jaded from having too much access to too much of the music; unlike Dave L. who has that youthful exuberance even after all these years. Ace, and Dave, I enjoy your fresh perspective. Keep up the good work. And Ace, I look forward to being able to delve into this release to the degree you are now and will use your work as a reference. I have other releases on my to-do list as well, including the E72 box of which I have listened to only about half.
so, it appears all the fussing & fighting over Dave's latest Pick has sucked
all the energy out of THIS release... look, the thought of an entire Dead show
with repeated Stayin Alive teases nauseates me, personally... but people who
know 4/24/78 intimately SWEAR by it... if the Scarlet>Fire is as epic as has
been reported, bring it on... bickering about what should be released/Dave's
taste is an act of futility...
anyway, Disc #3:
1. Bertha ~ 5.12
2. Playin! ~ 5.17
3. Terrapin ~ 5.12
4. Space>
5. Wharf Rat! ~ 5.11
7. St. Stephen ~ 5.15
8. Saturday Night! ~ 5.13
9. Brokedown Palace ~ 5.11
~The Other One is dynamic, unique, awesome...
it is 'The Dark Star of Other Ones' insofar as the overall mellow vibe...
there is a passage of about 2 minutes where Garcia is just playing solo...
not "a" solo, just Jer playing as quietly as you have ever heard...
simply brilliant... & the fact that it's only one verse adds to the
Dark Star-ness... THIS IS THEE HIDDEN GEM OF THE BOXSET!!!
~after repeated listens, the 5.12 Terrapin nudged the 5.17 version, for me...
~really wanted to include the 5.12 NFA but it just would not fit...
~guit30, lookin forward to more of your analysis as you, like myself, delve
deeper into the box...
~thanx again for reading... irie vibes... ace.
okay, disc #2 has been completed...
i'm diggin the flow of this one bigtime:
1. Scarlet>
2. Fire!! ~ 5.17
3. Estimated! ~ 5.15
4. Sunrise ~ 5.17
5. Drumz>
6. Samson! ~ 5.15
7. High Time ~ 5.17
8. Lazy Lightnin>
9. Supplication ~ 5.11
10. Comes A Time! ~ 5.12
~5.13 has grown on me... it is well-represented on disc#3...
definitely a 'bobby show'... alot of my 2nd favourite
versions of tunes played multiple times in the box...
~5.15 is great, just not my 'cup o tea' insofar as setlist, although the Estimated
& Samson are the best versions of the box, for me... & yes i've left the
Eyes off, i'm not a fan of that version... it's a tune i'm picky about...
~disc#3 soon & maybe a bonus disc??
~agreed guit30 they do sound amazing, especially through headphones...
~thanx again for reading... continue to stay irie... ace.
I find myself ageing with you on most everything, Loved the 11th, but just could not get into the 12th which made me skip to the 17th which was different and then back to the 13th which I think is my favorite,but I have not heard the St Louis show yet.Love the quality of the recording, I do love 77, one of my favorite years.
so, upon studied listens to these 5 'completely new to me' shows
these are my choices to make a lil 3 (maybe 4, not sure yet) disc
mini-boxset... the criteria was (since i'm totally UNbiased, having
never heard any of these particular shows) superlative versions &
'best' version from thee entire box...
btw, me & my head friends are all 5.9.77 people, yes 5.8 IS great,
but 5.9 is where it's @ for us...
note: no idea if this will fit on a cdr if your using a computer & just
burning this as a playlist...
my set-up is old school...
no computer...
2 cd players like a true 'taper' should...
my preference is to add (some of) the tunings @ the
beginning of most tunes, which sounds more natural to me...
personally, my dislike for the system most folks & record labels
use to 'track' live cds is enormous (not that i&i use an mp3 player
or listen to cds on shuffle) it's just weird hearing the tuning of
a tune @ the end of the previous one... especially with these tunes,
just sayin... have @ it people, ace.
1. Music ~ 5.13
2. Half Step!>
3. El Paso ~ 5.17
4. Jack-A-Roe ~ 5.13
5. Big River!! ~ 5.11
7. Passenger!
8. Funiculi>
9. B. E. Women! ~ 5.15
10. Looks Like Rain!!! ~ 5.11
11. Sugaree!! ~ 5.11
final thoughts: 5.11 is killer & underrated...
5.12 is the worst show of the 5... period.
5.17 is great, but 5.9, 5.19, 5.21 & 5.22 are better.
stay tuned for discs 2 & 3 to find out which Estimated & Samson were chosen!
thanx for reading... stay irie... ace.
the past several days - man, what an awesome job
some real fine music - I will be spinning these again in the near future
Hey Jack Straw - try again - I had a defective 5/15 case, and didn't get a reply initially (well, I got an auto-reply that said they were looking into it and would get back to me within seven days). They didn't, so I emailed again, then the other day I got a nice note from Dr. Rhino, and they are sending the replacement case, he says.
Still no reply from dead.net.....regarding defective May '77 box set product.
**Shrugs Shoulders**
... I feel your pain, but take comfort in the fact that this particular '70s gig features quite a bit of mid-80's looseness/recklessness. ("Fun," as someone else put it.) At least it doesn't suffer from "too perfect" syndrome like some of that May '77 stuff. :o)
I have a strong suspicion DL will dip into the 80's for DP8 - a spicy '84 is L O N G overdue.
Normal 4/24/78 definitely deserves its status as a great show. It's tight, and a lot like a Fall '77 show, intensity level is just crazy. And a very Dick-like pick. THANKS DAVE.
Why Dave? Why????! As much as I love the Grateful Dead, have been a dedicated customer for nearly every release since "One From The Vault" and was really excited about the prospects for subscription surprises, especially after the first year when they were offered for the final year of the Road Trips series, with it's perfection of variety, the Dave's Picks series hasn't lived up to it's initial selling point.
Why did they list all of those different years when this series was first announced, when there hasn't been any offerings outside of the '70s?
This brother is losing the faith.
...do I win a prize? :o)
First correct guess ever (for DP, anyhow). What a fantastic pick, Dave!
love you dave!!
excellent choice


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Politics, in other words the government and the political parties comprising it, has been forced ever since to share its power with a whole series of authorities with only minimal democratic legitimacy: The National Security Council, in which no decision is made against the will of the generals, establishes the ba-sic political line and until 2003 was officially entitled to intervene in the actions of all government offices.
Interface between state and military
The military is a state within a state and governs its own budget and appoint-ments. The Supreme Council of Universities dictates the academic landscape and the Supreme Council of Justice presides over the fates of public prosecu-tors and judges. In charge of staffing all of these councils and appointing the head officials of the ministries is the Turkish President, a kind of interface be-tween the head of government and the military.
This pivotal position commanded by the head of state helps to explain why the election of Abdullah Gül caused such a stir last year. The military threatened a putsch, and the constitutional court annulled Gül's election by the parliament, so that new elections had to be held.
Not only that: In concert with a series of laws, the Turkish constitution of 1982 politically paralyzed major portions of Turkish society. Political parties were forbidden to set up associations for women and youth, clubs were not allowed to express political opinions, and the unions were limited in their right to call strikes. Speaking Kurdish was now against the law, and religious instruction in the schools became mandatory.
The educational and cultural policies pursued a "Turkish-Islamic synthesis," an effort to make everyone commit to the same Turkish-Islamic identity. Every other alternative orientation was quickly suspected of representing treason and separatism.
Cultural uniformity
Although the adjustments undertaken for Turkey's EU candidacy rid the coun-try of many of these restrictions or at least reduced their power, the govern-ment's latitude vis-à-vis the bureaucracy or Nomenklatura is still limited, and significant pressure is still exerted toward effecting cultural uniformity.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP (Justice and Development Party) has its problems with both. It is hoped that a new constitution would strengthen the power of parliament and the government to stand up to the Nomenklatura as well as protecting the rights of citizens vis-à-vis the State.
At the beginning of January, Erdogan also wanted to use the new constitution to give his loyal constituency, who are often devout Muslims, two religious pol-icy gifts that would be difficult to realize without a constitutional amendment.
Ideological gifts
The obligatory religious instruction would be changed into religious studies so that optional Islamic studies could be incorporated. Secondly, the headscarf prohibition at the universities that has been in place for twenty years would fi-nally be lifted. These would be, after more than five years of an AKP regime, the first ideological gifts the party gave to those who vote for it primarily out of religious conviction.
However, for the social nationalist parties in parliament, the CHP and DSP, these plans were more than enough reason to nip any discussion of a possible new constitution in the bud. The plans to suspend the headscarf ban in particu-lar made the Kemalist faction prefer to stick with the status quo – even though it was itself demanding a new constitution just a short time ago.
Now Erdogan is forging an alliance with the right-wing nationalist MHP, which has also been protesting the ban for several years now. Not a new constitu-tion, but a constitutional amendment is scheduled to overturn the prohibition against headscarves, perhaps as soon as the next few days or weeks. Politi-cally speaking, this is not a problem, because the AKP and MHP have more than two thirds of all votes, and 70 percent of the population is in favor of the reform.
Tightly knit constitution
Nevertheless, the project could still come up against an obstacle, because the old constitution is very tightly knit, legally speaking. The headscarf ban at the universities is based on a ruling of the Constitutional Court that is derived di-rectly from the principle of secularism. And the constitution itself specifies that tampering with this principle is unconstitutional, which is why the Supreme Court could overturn the parliament's resolution, at least in theory.
This brings Turkey right back to its old familiar dilemma. The protection of a 'Western lifestyle,' whatever that is taken to mean – i.e. no headscarf at the universities – goes against democratically legitimized conservative politics, and everything stays the same.
Whether the reform goes through or not, whether headscarves reappear at the universities or remain forbidden – no matter what happens, the end effect will be for the fronts within parliament and between government and military to become even further entrenched. What's lost here are the nascent democratic reforms, while the possibility of a new constitution recedes even further into the future.
Günter Seufert
© Qantara.de 2008
Translated from the German by Jennifer Taylor-Gaida
The Turkish Reformation
The Islam of Today Lacks a Philosophy
Turkish Islam has arrived in today's world, writes Zafer Senocak in his essay. But, he says, the Islam of today still lacks a philosophy, and it avoids the fundamental issues
Women's Rights in the New Turkish Constitution
In Favor of the Man
In Turkey, a growing number of women's rights advocates and feminists are critical of the draft constitution. The government's planned reform does not expand women's rights but substantially restricts them. Dilek Zaptcioglu reports from Istanbul
Turkey as a Laboratory of Islam?
Synthesis of Islamic Thought, Secularism, and Modernity
In June, the highest Islamic authority in Turkey caused surprise by announcing that it will define a new, modern Islam. At least as far as the subject of women is concerned, the Diyanet, the Directorate of Religious Affairs, wants to present a modern image. Volker S. Stahr reports


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I'm moving out of my house next weekend, so currently the place looks like a bomb has hit it as I'm packing like a great big packing machine. My other half is out tonight with the lads so that gives me ample girl time to do the following:
- Go through my entire wardrobe having a clear out - so far I've found quite a few things that I forgot I had previously purchased, it's like having a shopping trip for FREE!
- Order in pizza and shove it in my face in a manner most unfitting for a lady
- Play a bit of Batman, before I have to pack away the Xbox
- Paint my nails and slob around in my Iron Man pjs (oh yes, I really am that cool)
- Grab a massive bowl of Butterkist, turn off the lights and watch Monty Python under a blanket
I can't believe we're finally on the move, it seems like ages since I posted saying that we had found a house to move into. Unfortunately the build is behind schedule, so while I'm moving out of rented accomodation next weekend, I won't actually be moving into the new house until Jan... so that sucks, but on the flip-side, I get to spend a whole heap of time with my best friend as I'll be moving in with her for the next few weeks, and also, Christmas is on the way - double-fun! :D
Because of the move, I've really had to get my Xmas brain in gear as I am running out of time and pay days to sort out everyone I know before December looms up. With that in mind, my post this week is mainly based around pressie ideas... stocking fillers for the ladies, to be precise... enjoy:
A few cool gift ideas for filling up stockings with... I particularly love the wooden camera brooch, it's fun.
1. Paul's Boutique Slippers - £25
2. Lazy Oaf Card List Card - £2.75
3. Boygirlparty Owl Graph Memo Pad - £5
4. Polli Wooden Camera Brooch - $39.95
5. Paper Plane Coin Purse - £10.99
6. Tea & Ceremony Happy Badge Party Pack - £12
7. Suzanne Smith Mixed Bead Bangle - £7
8. Accessorize Bobble Hat - £12
9. 2x Cupcake Nail Files - £3.75
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The colder temperatures are setting in, so what better place to warm up than in front of the oven with flour and baking pans in hand?
Surprise! I have actually spent most of the last week in our kitchen, surrounded by flour, baking pans, cooling racks – and lots and lots of dirty dishes. At the Meredith House (one of the museums in the Dorchester County Historical complex), we served yet another tea for some of those who were exploring this area of the Chesapeake Bay via an American Cruise Line tour.
When I wasn't preoccupied with "tea recipes" I was also thinking about the sample products that I had agreed to bake for the upcoming Judges' Training Classes that our Delaware State Fair "comedy" Culinary team consisting of Mary Pyott, Nancy Roy and myself would be conducting at the annual meeting of the Maryland Association of Agricultural Fairs and Shows.
Because last week's American Cruise Line museum tour and tea was scheduled for morning, I decided that a menu that included muffins and a fruit bread "sandwich" (buttered bread and cream cheese) along with the always popular selection of cookies would be a better selection than offering up cucumber sandwiches or pimento cheese triangles. These also are perfect for lunch box or after-school treats.
This also provided me the opportunity to check out two new baking techniques that I had recently read when perusing recipes. I liked the results and I'll be trying the "high temperature muffin recipe" when I make other muffins. Just remember to lower the oven temperature BEFORE you put the unbaked muffins into the oven.
Another baking tip to keep in mind: When a recipe for a baked goods product calls for "softened" or room temperature butter this means just that – AND NOT MELTED BUTTER. Just let the butter sit at room temperature until you can touch the paper that surrounds it and barely leave fingerprints … do NOT be tempted to use the microwave.
The third recipe is the one that I made for our judges' training Cookie class. Our goal was to help our audience to understand that Sugar Cookies can be shaped by either rolling the dough and using cookie cutters or "dropping" the dough from a scoop or teaspoon. The class declared Fake Betty Crocker Sugar Cookies to be award winning and I think you will too.
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3 large, very ripe bananas, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
3/4 cup light or brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon orange or vanilla extract
2 eggs at room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned (not scooped) into measuring cup
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan and set aside. Place banana chunks in a large mixing bowl and mash with a fork. Using the whisk beater (if you have one; use regular beaters if you don't) of your electric mixer, whip the bananas until very light and fluffy; transfer whipped bananas to another bowl and set aside. Using the large mixer bowl in which you first mashed the bananas, cream the butter and sugar; beat in eggs, one at a time, and extract. Mix in flour and baking soda just until incorporated. Do not overmix. Fold in whipped bananas and the nuts and blend to mix well. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick tests clean. (Always check your baking one minute before the minimum recipe time that a recipe calls for is up. IF your oven temperature is correct, it will probably be done.) Don't have an oven thermometer? It is always wise to check on the accuracy of your oven's temperature at least once a year. Oven thermometers are not expensive. Allow bread to cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes before removing from pan onto wire rack to cool completely.
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned (not scooped) into measuring cup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup dark molasses
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Lightly grease 36 mini-muffin cups. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt to blend well; set aside. In a small bowl, mix together oil, molasses and applesauce. Form a small "well" in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the oil mixture. Mix well. LOWER oven temperature to 375 degrees. Fill prepared mini-muffin cups 2/3 full. Stir together remaining cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over batter. Bake for 12 minutes – or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove to wire rack to cool. Makes 36.
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned (not scooped) into measuring cup
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Colored sugar (for decoration)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl; whisk to blend. Beat in softened butter, egg and vanilla and mix well. Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Scoop out chilled dough by teaspoon or small cookie scoop onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with a fork, using a crisscross pattern. Sprinkle on colored sugar. Bake for 12 minutes or just until edges are lightly browned. Cool on wire rack. Makes about 36 cookies.


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After 11 years of meeting with the Philadelphia media at the NovaCare Complex and/or Veterans Stadium for his regularly scheduled Wednesday press conference, Donovan McNabb for the first time spoke to local reporters via conference call.
The Eagles are hosting the Washington Redskins on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field -- in case you hadn't heard -- and McNabb will be making his first appearance at the stadium in a different uniform.
"Hopefully, I walk out the right tunnel," McNabb said. "I may need some help with that."
There has been a lot made of what kind of reaction the quarterback will receive upon his return to the Linc. Most polls indicate that McNabb will be received warmly -- at least until game time.
McNabb said that he was hoping to hear some cheers.
"But in reality you got to remember that it's kind of a big rivalry and one that obviously we see each other twice a year," McNabb said. "So there will be some realization there as far as hopefully after the fact that they recognize that I'm back but just knowing that I'm with the Redskins. So I'm sure they won't be happy with that aspect."
McNabb maintained his stance that he's trying to approach the game as if it were "any game."
"I think people are probably looking at it a little deeper right now than anything," McNabb said. "You got to remember it's just Wednesday. That was me kind of expressing how my emotions may be. It's kind of hard for me to explain at this particular point. But it's probably something I can answer after the game."
McNabb, of course, will be facing an Eagles team that now has Michael Vick as its starting quarterback. McNabb had something to do with the team signing Vick last August. But when the Eagles traded McNabb in April not many expected Vick to be the Eagles starter when the team hosted the Redskins and McNabb. Kevin Kolb was supposed to be the guy, but now he's not.
"It's a tough situation when a guy gets hurt and you would expect him to have an opportunity to step back in ," McNabb said. "But in due time Kevin will be fine."
Last week, McNabb was asked about the quarterback switch during his Washington radio show. He said he wasn't necessarily surprised because "that's Philly." Asked to clarify his comments McNabb said: "I've only been in one place so I don't know anywhere else. Are you trying to reach for something that's not there."
Asked further what he meant, McNabb said, "What I meant is what I said."
McNabb said that he and Andy Reid remain "good friends," even though it was the coach that traded him to an NFC East Division rival.
" He stuck his neck out and drafted me in '99," McNabb said. "We had a lot of success together. Obviously we've been through some ups and downs tighter. Things happen. It's unfortunate. Was I upset at the time? Absolutely. I moved on. I've learned to move on and focus on the job at hand."
How long was it before he moved on?
"Well, I was here the next morning after the trade to work out with the guys and spent time with him," McNabb said. "So I've moved on from it."


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Every year on Halloween, our community host an event called the Halloween Treat Trail. This is to provide a safe environment for kids and families to go trick-or-treating in Downtown Davis. Businesses participate in the "Trail" and pass out treats. We always love seeing the little ones in their awesome costumes. They are just so cute! Also many families are very creative with their costumes too!
This year, our company Ipomoea Films decided to participate and give back to the community by having free photos for our trick-or-treaters. What a better a way to remember such a fun event than with a kick-ass photo of yourself dressed up from head to toe! This was our very first time creating a photo booth in a public event. Lots of planning went into it and we are so glad that it was such a great turn out! Many people gave us positive comments and that is very encouraging. Thank you! We are very happy with the outcome and hope to do it again next year!
Big thanks to Indigo Architects for letting us use their creative space.
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By Matthias Williams
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As the prosperous, coastal Indian state of Gujarat goes to the polls this week, few doubt Narendra Modi will win a fourth successive term as its chief minister.
What is not clear is whether the popular, but divisive 62-year-old will win a big enough mandate to secure the backing of his party to lead the charge against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition in a general election due by 2014.
Many believe that only Modi can reinvigorate the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has failed to capitalize on the troubles of a government hit by a sharp economic downturn to a string of corruption scandals.
Surely, they argue, voters across the country will elect a leader who has ably brought Gujarat its uninterrupted power supplies, smooth roads and flood of investment.
Ironically, however, if Modi is catapulted by this week's state election into poll position as the BJP's leader for 2014, it could ultimately scupper his party's chances of winning back power for the first time since 2004.
Critics speak of him as an authoritarian and vindictive leader. Worse, the toxic memory of religious riots that tore through his state a decade ago leaves suspicions that Modi remains a Hindu hardliner who will alienate more voters than his leadership and oratory skills could hope to gain.
"He's capable of wrecking the BJP's hopes at the national level," said James Manor, professor of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London. "He doesn't excite large numbers of voters outside Gujarat. He frightens many more than he excites."
Such an outcome may create more political risk in a country that has fallen out of favor with investors over the past two years thanks to policy drift and incompetence in New Delhi.
A weakened BJP incapable of taking on Singh's Congress party will probably lead to a highly fractured vote in the 2014 general election. That, in turn, will yield a coalition government packed with powerful regional parties that could thwart the reforms that businesses are clamouring for to revive economic growth, on track for its worst year in a decade.
Gujarat will vote in a staggered election on December 13 and December 17. A narrow victory for Modi, or a shock defeat, would probably scupper his chances of leading the BJP into 2014. But he is unlikely to lose.
A poll published by India Today magazine in November showed the BJP was set to increase its share of the state legislature's 182 seats to 128 from the 117 it won five years ago.
The poll also ranked Modi as a more popular leader than Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has ruled India for most of its post-independence era and the Congress party's presumed candidate to succeed Manmohan Singh.
Modi's rise could also revive the BJP. The party is adrift, its leadership plagued by internal squabbles and its Hindu-revivalist ideology lacking the appeal it had in the 1990s.
Modi's record in Gujarat - strong governance, job creation and promises of more affordable housing and healthcare - strike a chord with middle-class voters who form the BJP's traditional support base.
"I think he's a great asset," said Swapan Dasgupta, a political analyst with links to the BJP. "The projection of him will energize the BJP to a very, very large extent."
Dasgupta said other party leaders' wariness of Modi would wither away if he won convincingly in Gujarat, and he would likely emerge as the "de facto leader" of the BJP for 2014.
Still, Modi's ascent could prove a double-edged sword for the BJP. Many Indians have not forgiven Modi for the violence that killed between 1,000-2,000 people, mainly Muslims, in 2002.
Critics accuse him of not doing enough to stem the riots, or even of quietly encouraging them - allegations he has strenuously denied and which have never been proved in inquiries - and he is still viewed with suspicion outside India.
Britain renewed diplomatic ties with Modi in October but other nations, including the United States, have still not. Washington denied him a travel visa in 2005 for religious intolerance. In November, a group of U.S. lawmakers urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to continue this policy, citing the possibility of Modi running for higher office.
Since the riots, Modi has benefited from an image makeover, toning down his speeches and holding fasts to promote religious harmony. He has more than a million Twitter followers, has held a web cam chat with voters and regularly hosts Bollywood stars.
It may not be enough.
Critics say that it is the same Modi underneath, too mistrusted to muster the nationwide support that the BJP's last prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was able to command.
"The 2002 massacre will haunt him for as long as he lives," said political analyst Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Still vilified by many non-Hindus, having Modi as its prime ministerial candidate could throttle the BJP's efforts to recapture lost ground in northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which have substantial Muslim populations.
Worse, the BJP could lose key allies it needs to form a national government. Nitish Kumar, the powerful leader of Bihar, would probably shun a BJP-led coalition with Modi at the helm.
The most likely outcome for the 2014 election would be a three-way split between Congress, the BJP, and regional parties, according to Anjalika Bardalai, an analyst at the Eurasia Group.
"In such a scenario, the BJP's ability to form alliances with other parties would be a crucial determinant of its ability to govern," said Bardalai.
"And this is an important area where Modi might well end up being a liability for the party, because his divisiveness might rule out or - at the very least - compromise the possibility of alliances with some of the major regional parties whose support the BJP would seek."
The Congress party, which now runs a minority government, relies on such regional parties to push policies in the teeth of fierce opposition, as it did last week when seeking parliament's approval for controversial retail sector reform.
With the BJP in a "horrendous mess" and Congress also likely to lose seats, the 2014 elections could see the rise of a "third force clinging on to power tenuously", according to James Manor of the University of London.
"That government will probably not last more than a couple of years and then we'll have another parliamentary election."
(Additional reporting by Annie Banerji; Editing by John Chalmers and Neil Fullick)


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Chris Cole won the Street League Super Crown season finale today in Newark, New Jersey. 200,000 dollars, the championship Nixon watch and ring, and the title as 2013 tour champ. It was down to the wire with Nyjah Huston (second place) and Paul Rodriguez. Cole nailed a kickflip backside noseblunt-slide, fakie ollie frontside bluntslide, and a backside 270 to noseblunt-slide giving him extremely high scores (multiple 9 Clubs) in the Impact Section. After his last attempt, Nyjah was sitting in second, less than one point below Cole. It was up to Paul and his last try to best them both. P-Rod went for a switch kickflip backside tailslide down the hubba but bailed it. This was Chris' second win this year (first one was in Munich). Check out the video!
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Won't turn down the grunts without turning down the crowd
What's annoying is that you only get two sound sources to mix - the court and the commentary.
To get this useful, you really want to be able to still hear the crowd noise, and hear the ball striking the racquet, but just miss out the screeches (particularly of certain players, like Azarenka).
I guess that the only way to do that would be to mic the player directly (a headset or something) and then subtract that from the rest of the noise.


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Michael Phelps Makes History with 19th Olympic Medal!
Michael Phelps' teammates from the U.S. Men's Swimming Team – Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, and Ricky Berens – celebrate as he makes history during the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay final on Day 4 of the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Aquatics Centre on Tuesday (July 31) in London, England.
The 27-year-old swimmer became the most decorated Olympian of all time with a record 19 medals when his team picked up the gold medal for the relay.
Earlier in the day, Michael won the silver medal during the Men's 200m Butterfly final.
Also pictured inside: Allison Schmitt of Team USA winning the gold medal for the Women's 200m Freestyle final that same afternoon.
50+ pictures inside of Michael Phelps and the USA swimmers at the Olympics…


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For me, one of the most enjoyable parts of being 'into' amateur video is making short movies. I don't mean the 'doco' type or travel movies, but movies with a cast of characters and a plot. I know, I know, these will never see the light of a projector in a movie theatre or have me giving a speech at the Academy Awards, but for fun and a learning experience, I don't think they can be beaten.
As our club has learned more about this, naturally we began to use not only the primary sound from the camera but began adding a microphone on a boom or radio mics then synching the sound 'in post'. (I feel so knowledgeable when I use 'in' jargon!) Now if you have ever done this, especially for a movie where you have literally dozens of clips taken that will eventually make up a 30 second scene, by the end of a day's shoot, you have made yourself a pretty sizable task of synching this all together.
Yes, of course, a properly used clapper board with clearly enunciated identification of the scene and 'take' makes it a lot easier, but doing it a couple of hundred times eventually does take the gloss off the novelty.
Enter Singular Software's range of sound synching software that is nothing short of marvellous.
|The PluralEyes interface
Let's expand the scenario described above. You have been shooting your 'magnum opus' for two or three days on the way to a 10 minute drama. You have your master scene shoots, a range of POV, over the shoulder, jib, etc. shots that number about 250 and the same, similar or even greater number of audio clips recorded to - say - SD card device.
|In case you think I am overstating the case, I recently edited 654 video clips into a 25 minute movie - and there was a lot more sound left over!
Now you absolutely can go through the process of lining up each video clip with its corresponding audio clip, using the clapper spike on the waveforms to get the clip in synch and chose the best possible sound. If you can do this at a rate of more than one clip a minute, I 'takes me 'at orf to ya, guv'nor!' But if you travel at my speed, this is at least a four hour job and that is ONLY if both the sound and the video clips are all in the same order. In my case, unfortunately, they were not, plus there was a lot of stuff that was totally unrelated to the project in hand.
Then, recently at the FAMM conference in Canberra, one of my erudite colleagues told me about Singular Software and sent me on the hunt for a review copy to find out more.
|Ah! The travails I suffer for my faithful reader! Remind me to tell you about the trip to Norfolk Island. (No - maybe not!)
This is what I found out.
Singular Software has a range of sound synching software available.
PluralEyes is the flagship. It works specifically with particular nominated software so you must obtain the one that suits your software. PluralEyes will only play with Green Valley Edius, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, Apple's Final Cut Pro and Avid's Media composer. For each of these editing program, Singular Software provides a specific set in instructions which, at first to me at least, sounded a bit arcane, but in fact turned out to be easy to follow. The end result is an additional sequence inserted into to your project with the sounds all lined up.
|The timeline with the Sequence ready to be exported to the XML file. (Click to see larger image.)
Dual Eyes is more like the generic version of PluralEyes. It does the same thing but will deal with a whole lot of other programs. While I have not tried it, my assumption is that you will have to import the synced sound sequence into your editing software manually.
Finally Cloud Eyes is an online service mainly aimed at providing this synching type of service for eventual internet publication.
While Singular Software won't go into details as to how they actually achieve the synching of the video/audio with other audio sources, (I did actually ask!) it seems a reasonable guess that matching audio track wave forms could be part of the process. But really, I don't know how it works at the nitty gritty level.
|The Sequence now imported back after PluralEyes processing. (Click to see larger image)
On the assumption that PluralEyes for Adobe Premiere Pro is similar to that for the others, the work flow is as follows:
The video, along with its integrated audio files is imported into the timeline into what Premiere Pro calls a Sequence. Then the sound clips from the other audio source are imported to another audio track in the same sequence. Each additional sound source must have its own audio track.
This Sequence is then Exported to a Final Cut Pro XML file, which happens with surprising speed and is then imported into PluralEyes. There are some self-explanatory options that you may select - 'Clips are chronological', Use Clip Markers, Replace Audio, Level Audio Try Really Hard & Enable Multiprocessing - but the advice is generally to start first with nothing selected. It seems only sensible to enable Multiprocessing is you have that type of computer.
This IS a pretty intensive CPU operation that you are asking PluralEyes to do. I went to the Task Manager and watched the work of the CPU and I have never seen my machine work this hard. It simply consumes processing power and as much memory as you have to offer. However, it is all to a good cause in the end. When it's done its stuff, PluralEyes tells you where to find the resulting XML file.
That output file is then imported into Premiere Pro and results in a new folder called 'Whatever you called the project_synced' inside of which is a new Sequence called by default 'The Name of the Sequence_Synced". By double clicking this sequence it opens in the timeline and there you have it - the results of all that work by PluralEyes.
Along the top of the timeline, there is now a series of markers which when you hover over them individually identify the associated group of clips as either synched or not synched. In the normal course of events, you shouldn't have too many unsynched sound clips. If you do, then something ain't right and you might have to look at your work flow during recording. Note that the audio tracks will be split into the two component tracks during this process.
From this point on, it is all plain sailing and largely dependent on your work flow.
If movie making is your bag, then I strongly suggest you go to http://www.singularsoftware.com/index.html
and check out what they have in their bag of goodies. Pretty much anything readers of this magazine are going to want will cost $149USD and if you are 'into' movie making, then the 30 day trial will probably convince you of the worth of these programs.
Vendor: Singular Software
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Price: $149 US
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We liked: The 30 day trail, the fact that is worked without fuss, is only about 10MB as a download and would save a huge amount of time during post-production of a movie.
We didn't like: It takes a lot of computer time if the project is long or the clips are not arranged in parallel or chronologically - so do it overnight!
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Just got off the conference call with Ruben Amaro, Scott Sheridan, and Dr. Michael Ciccotti.
A few important points. . .
1) Amaro said that all the reports he has heard are that Utley has a very good chance at returning to the Phillies in time for Opening Day, which starts a week later next season thanks to the World Baseball Classic. The Phillies gave a rough timetable of four-to-six months for Utley's return, but it sounds like they are banking on him being more toward the four months.
"Our feeling is that he's going to be fairly close to ready if not ready by Opening Day," Amaro said. "A lot of it depends on how the rehab goes, how the surgery goes. It isn't an exactly science. . .We fully expect to have Chase Utley with us for the bulk of the season."
2) While the "Balky hip" Pat Gillick declared Utley to have over the summer was often blamed for the drop-off in Utley's production over the course of the season, Amaro said he doesn't think the injury had much to do with it. Amaro said he thought Utley's struggles were more "mechanical" than anything. Ciccotti said Utley's symptoms were relatively "minor." Though all acknowleged the injury probably affected him to some degree, particularly from a mental stand point, they also said there wasn't one specific baseball movement that caused the pain. So it doesn't sound like he was in agony every time he finished his swing.
3) This is more of a "condition" than an "injury," at least the way it sounds. Sheridan said there was no one specific occurence that caused it. He said Utley reported feeling some pinching in his right hip all the way back in the offseason. He said it wasn't a steady pain, that the "pinching" sensation would flare up now and again. There would be good days and bad days.
4) The Phillies don't plan on doing anything drastic to replace Utley. As Amaro said earlier, they expect him to be back sometime before or early in the season. The GM said he thinks the Phils are covered with veteran utility infielder Eric Bruntlett and rising prospect Jason Donald. So in spring training, while Utley is out, it sounds like Donald could get some significant playing time. That said, the Phils won't shut their eyes to available free agent infield options. But they don't feel the need - at least not publicly - to scramble to find a starting-quality second baseman.
Here is our coverage from earlier in the day:
As we await a 2 p.m. conference call with general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. and head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan, we'll try to take a look at the implications of Chase Utley's injury (complete details are down below).
First, it isn't clear what, exactly, the injury is. But it sounds like it could be similar to the one suffered by Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, who missed the ALCS due to a hip injury that would require surgery. In this article in the Boston Globe, Amalie Benjamin details Lowell's condition.
Lowell was ultimately operated on by New York-based doctor Brian Kelly, one of the doctors who examined Utley earlier this offseason while trying to determine the source of the pain he has experienced for the better part of the season.
Here's an excerpt from Benjamin's article:
The arthroscopic surgery, if all goes well, will repair Lowell's labrum. It will also include shaving down "a big bone spur on the top of my femur. I think that's what's been jamming that whole hip area," Lowell said.
Had the injury just been to the labrum, the recovery time would be far shorter. But as it stands, Lowell said it should be possible to be cleared to start baseball activities in three months.
He said the doctors are also looking at an area on his adductor for issues.
Throughout the second half of the season, Utley's hip was one of the most talked-about body parts in the city of Philadelphia. Despite his struggles at the plate and the admission of general manager Pat Gillick that Utley was dealing with a "Balky hip," the all-star second baseman was evasive whenever asked about the injury.
Apparently, it was pretty serious.
The Phillies announced today that Utley will undergo surgery next week that could sideline him for the beginning part of the 2009 season. Sheridan and Amaro will be available on a conference call at 2 p.m., so we should know more sometime after that.
It isn't clear when, exactly, Utley suffered the injury. But he has been on the Phillies' internal injury report since at least early May. Through May 5, Utley was hitting .362 with 13 home runs and 26 RBI in 33 games.
After that, he hit .273 with 20 home runs and 78 RBI in 126 games.
How much the drop-off had to do with the inevitable slow down from the blistering pace at which he started the season and how much it had to do with the injury is unclear.
According to the Phillies, Utley has undergone a series of diagnostic tests on his hip since the end of the season. Based on those tests, surgery was recommended.
According to the team, Utley will not be able to resume baseball activities until 3-4 months after surgery. Three months from Monday is Feb. 24, 10 days after the start of spring training. But the total recovery time could be four to six months.
Four months from Monday is March 24, nine days before the end of spring training.
Five months is April 24, which would cause him to miss 16 games.
Six months is May 24, which would cause him to miss 43 games.
What kind of options do the Phillies have?
The first name that comes to mind is infield prospect Jason Donald, who, it turns out, was awarded the Darrell Stenson Award today, which is given by the Arizona Fall League to a player who "best exemplifies unselfishness, hard work and leadership."
Donald ranked fourth in the AFL with a .407 batting average this year. He has quickly become one of the Phillies' top position prospects. He'll certainly get a chance to earn a roster spot in spring training.
Eric Bruntlett, who filled in when Jimmy Rollins was injured, is another option.
But if the Phillies believe that Utley might miss a significant amount of time next season, they will likely need to look for a free agent option. Tad Iguchi filled in the last time Utley was hurt.
The team also announced that third baseman Pedro Feliz will need back surgery and faces 8 to 12 weeks of rehab. Surgery will be performed by Dr. Robert Watkins, who recently operated on Eagles right guard Shawn Andrews.
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BOSTON (AP) — Details emerged Wednesday on another friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who may have been linked to events surrounding the deadly attack, this one a high school classmate tied to a gun used to kill a university policeman during a manhunt for Tsarnaev and his brother.
Stephen Silva, who also enrolled at the same university as Tsarnaev, was arrested this week on federal charges of heroin trafficking and possession of a handgun with an obliterated serial number. The gun was used to kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology police Officer Sean Collier while the Tsarnaevs were being sought, according to two people with knowledge of the case who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the investigation.
Silva told police he smoked marijuana every day because "my best friend was the bomber," according to court documents in a state case from last year.
Silva was a close friend of Tsarnaev, who's accused with his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, of setting off bombs at the April 2013 marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others, and then ambushing Collier days later and shooting him multiple times in his car. He's one of five men connected to the Tsarnaevs who have been charged in the bombing investigation.
On Monday, the day Silva was arrested, a federal jury found Azamat Tazhayakov guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for trying to protect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by agreeing with another friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, to get rid of a backpack and disable fireworks they took from his dorm room. Kadyrbayev is to be tried next month on the same charges.
Robel Phillipos, who is charged with lying to investigators about being in the dorm room with Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov the night the items were taken, is to have a separate trial in September. And Khairulluzon Matanov is to be tried next year on charges that he lied to investigators about the extent of his friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the contact he had with both brothers after the bombings.
Silva was arrested on marijuana charges at a train station in the Dorchester neighborhood in November. After transit police found two bags of marijuana and a wad of $555 in cash in his pockets, he repeatedly told them, "I smoke a lot of weed every day because my best friend was the bomber," court documents say.
George Hinson, who attended the Cambridge Rindge and Latin school with Silva, Silva's twin brother and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, said Silva's arrest came as a shock.
"He would not have given (Tsarnaev) the gun or hidden it if he knew he was a terrorist," Hinson said. "Tsarnaev probably gave him a different story. He probably just wanted to make sure his friend was protected."
Hinson said Silva and his twin brother, Steven Silva, initially enrolled at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, where Tsarnaev went, but the twins eventually transferred to the UMass campus in Boston.
"Steven was the pretty boy," Hinson said. "Stephen was sort of the laid-back one."
Cordelia van Heeckeren, who lives on the floor of the Cambridge high-rise apartment building where the Silva twins lived with their parents, said she was stunned when she saw FBI agents with hacksaws preparing to enter the Silvas' apartment Monday. She said the twins seemed to have a regular group of friends and were generally well-behaved.
Attorney Jonathan Shapiro, who represents Stephen (pronounced STEF'-an) Silva in the federal case, said Wednesday he couldn't elaborate on his earlier statement that he was still meeting with his client and reviewing the case.
"According to news reports, law enforcement officials say it is the same weapon that was used ... in the MIT officer Sean Collier shooting," Shapiro said Tuesday, after Silva made his initial court appearance. "However, this has not been charged in the indictment."
The state court documents didn't explain whether Silva believed his friend Tsarnaev was the bomber because of news reports identifying the Tsarnaevs as the suspects or through other means. They also didn't elaborate on why he said he smoked marijuana because of what he believed was his friend's role in the deadly bombing.
According to the federal indictment, Silva received the gun in or around February 2013. It said the gun "had the importer's and manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, and altered and had previously been shipped and transported in interstate and foreign commerce."
The gun was recovered in suburban Watertown, where authorities say the Tsarnaevs shot at police and threw pipe bombs at them during the manhunt. Watertown police have said Tamerlan Tsarnaev fired the gun at them and then threw it at them when it ran out of bullets.
The indictment also alleges Silva conspired to distribute heroin this summer in the Boston area.
Silva was ordered to remain in custody, and a bail hearing was scheduled for Aug. 6.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in the shootout with police. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev escaped but was soon found nearby, wounded and hiding in a boat dry-docked in a backyard.
He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial in November. He faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. His lawyer declined to comment on Silva's statement to police in the marijuana case.


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Joe Jonas: I First Smoked Weed with Miley Cyrus & Demi Lovato
Joe Jonas opens up about sex, drugs, and the Jonas Brothers breakup in this brand new piece he penned for Vulture.
Here's what the 24-year-old singer had to share with the site:
On losing his virginity: "We decided to take the rings off a few years ago. I lost my virginity when I was 20. I did other stuff before then, but I was sexually active at 20. I'm glad I waited for the right person, because you look back and you go, 'That girl was batshit crazy. I'm glad I didn't go there.'"
On experimenting with pot: "The first time I smoked weed was with Demi [Lovato] and Miley [Cyrus]. I must have been 17 or 18. They kept saying, 'Try it! Try it!' so I gave it a shot, and it was all right. I don't even smoke weed that often anymore. I was caught drinking when I was 16 or 17, and I thought the world was going to collapse. But I was in another country, and it was legal there. My 21st birthday, I fell down a flight of stairs. I was unconscious that time, and my whole team was scared to death that somebody was going to get a picture. Now I appreciate wine or a vodka-soda at the end of the day every once in a while."
On his relationships: "When I was 20, I started dating Ashley Greene, and she was my first serious relationship. We were together for almost a year. I was living out in L.A. by myself, and at the end of the day, long distance didn't work. It's incredibly difficult. I did a cover story with Details acknowledging the relationship, and the day after it was on newsstands, we announced our breakup. That was just coincidence, but it's funny how that always happens, right? After Ashley, I took two or three years to just be single. I was hooking up and having fun. Now I'm with someone I really care about. We get each other."
On hooking up with fans: "And, yes, I've dated fans. I can't say that I've never put a foot in that world; there were times when I definitely took advantage of the opportunities I had. I remember I invited a fan to a movie, and we just made out the entire time."
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Sitting over in the NovaCare Complex on Sunday when the Eagles traded two fifth-round picks for Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs, two questions immediately hit me:
1) What does this mean for disgruntled corner Sheldon Brown?
2) Why did it only take two fifth-rounders to acquire a starting corner?
We're going to take these in reverse order. Why fifth-rounders for a guy who has started for the better part of four years? You do have to wonder a little bit. You do have to wonder about why the Patriots have spent the off-season acquiring new secondary talent, making Hobbs expendable. The price was pretty reasonable, especially for a player at such an important position. So let's not go too crazy about what they got here. They got a professional player, and a guy who is young enough that he might still be getting better. Don't say much more than that, though, until we see more.
Then there is the Brown question. This isn't about him anymore -- it's about other people. Two of them are Andy Reid and Joe Banner, and they are not likely to acquiesce quickly to Brown's demand for a new contract and/or a trade -- because that's not what they do. Even more important than them, though, is the unspellable Jack Ikegwuonu (and, to a lesser degree, just-drafted Victor Harris). One of them has to be able to play or the Eagles cannot move Brown.
Remember: Lito Sheppard is gone now, and the Eagles play four cornerbacks a decent percentage of the time. And if the fourth guy can't play, opposing offenses will make the Eagles play four cornerbacks an even higher percentage of the time. And it's not even that: they play three corners a ton of the time, and if somebody sprains an ankle, the fourth has to play in place of one of the first three, and the other teams will find him on the field every damn time if he can't play.
When I listen to Reid talk about this stuff, I try to hear the truth beneath the words. And when Reid talked Sunday about Ikegwuonu, who missed his rookie season injured, he said, "Jack is coming off the major knee [surgery]. He has been doing the offseason program and it looks like he has a chance. He is a little bit rusty right now but he is working his tail off so we will add him into the mix."
That does not sound like a ringing endorsement. This is going to have to play out. Brown has no chance to be moved until the Eagles are convinced Ikegwuonu or Harris (or somebody) can get on the field.


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Office Depot, the second-largest office-supplies retailer, added 47 cents to $5.06 and OfficeMax rallied $2.23 to $12.98. The companies have discussed a stock swap that would create a single office-supply retailer to compete with Staples Inc., said the person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the talks remain private. Office Depot has explored options since September, when activist fund Starboard Value LP became its largest shareholder.
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General Mills Inc. added 1.8% to $45.39. The maker of Cheerios cereal said profit would rise at a high single-digit percentage rate in fiscal 2014 and reiterated its earnings forecast for this year. Analysts project an increase of 8% to $2.90 per share, according to the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Sealed Air Corp. jumped 11% to $21.44, the most since November 2008. The packaging manufacturer, based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, posted fourth-quarter revenue of $1.98 billion, topping the $1.94 billion average estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts.
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PulteGroup Inc. tumbled 1.7% to $19.96 and D.R. Horton Inc. lost 1.2% to $23.38.
Humana Inc. tumbled 6.2% to $73.17 for the biggest drop in the S&P 500. The second-biggest private Medicare insurer said the U.S. government's preliminary Medicare Advantage payment rates were less than the company anticipated. The proposed rates also sent other insurers' shares down. UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurance provider, fell 1.2% to $56.63. Cigna Corp. lost 0.9% to $60.52.
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On Thursday (Sept. 13), Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star K. Michelle played to not one, but two sold out crowds at NYC's SOBs. Lucky fans heard the soul-singer-turned-reality-TV-star pay tribute to Monica, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott, as well as debut the new song "I Just Wanna F*ck" of her forthcoming EP. Check out photos from the evening courtesy of lensman Kimneak.


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Tajikistan backs FAO reform and decentralization
Minister underlines importance of cooperation with FAO
18 June 2013, Rome - Tajik Minister for Agriculture Kosim Kosimov expressed strong support for FAO reform and decentralization at a meeting with Director-General José Graziano da Silva here today. The Minister also underlined Tajikistan excellent cooperation with FAO over the last15 years and expressed special appreciation of the Organization's current work in his country.
Kosimov and Graziano da Silva noted with satisfaction the progress made since the 28th FAO Regional Conference for Europe in Azerbaijan in April 2012, which speeded the Country Programme Framework (CPF) for Tajikistan and the signature of a Host Country Agreement that led to the opening of a fully-fledged FAO Representation.


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(CNN) -- An unprecedented response from younger I-Report contributors poured in after Monday night's CNN/YouTube debate. Many of the respondents were in their teens or early 20s, and they seized the chance and spoke their minds like never before.
Fifteen-year-old Marcus Harun of Hamden, Connecticut, sent in commentary video shot in his home studio.
Some of these political pundits won't even be old enough to vote in next year's presidential election.
Marcus Harun, 15, of Hamden, Connecticut, sent a commentary response in the style of a newscast.
The aspiring journalist writes his scripts and does his own editing. He says he even built a studio in his home. His 8-year-old brother does the camera work.
Harun gave thumbs-up and thumbs-down to a variety of points made in the debate, closing by saying that he hopes to be just like CNN's Anderson Cooper someday.
Watch I-Reporters offer their takes on the CNN/YouTube debate »
Another response came from 16-year-old James Brierton of Nesconset, New York, a frequent submitter to CNN I-Report. Brierton noted he was keeping an eye on the promises that the presidential candidates have been making throughout the campaign.
"It's going to be interesting to see if they make it to the White House and if they actually follow through on their promises," he noted.
Many of the young I-Reporters shared passionate opinions about the Democratic debate and its topics.
Conner Tipping, 18, of Urbandale, Iowa, said it was the best debate he's seen yet and appreciated that a broad spectrum of issues were brought up by a diverse selection of people asking questions.
"In all, it was a fun debate to watch, and it will be interesting to see what more spin comes out of it from the campaigns afterward," Tipping said.
Tipping said he plans to double major in music and political science at Iowa State University in the fall. E-mail to a friend