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Uses a smart antenna technology with intelligent position recognition to increase efficiency and safety.
Whether you're taking your first avalanche course or traveling into the backcountry after hours of practice, rely on the Ortovox 3 Plus Beacon. The 3 Plus answers your first three questions: which direction, how many people, and how far to them? This user-friendly, all-digital triple-antenna search tool allows for quick recoveries by switching between transmitting antennas to maximize signal strength even when you tumble in a slide and change directions.
In search mode, a simple circular real-time display tells you what direction to search and how far to the victim while a clear, circular pinpoint search shows you how close you are before you start moving away from the signal. Easy Mark technology shows the number of victims and lets you pin the signals once found (with a large button below the front display) so you can quickly move onto the next signal. After 120 seconds of no movement, the beacon switches from search to transmit in case you get buried in a follow-up slide. Should you be buried, the 3 Plus features Smart Antenna Technology which analyzes the position of the antennas and automatically switches to the best transmitting antenna, which boots range 43% more than other devices on the market (with the exception of Ortovix' S1+), no matter what search device your companion is using.
Ortovox gave the 3 Plus rubberized housing to protect it against moisture and impact while a small bag with elastic strap attaches the 3 Plus securely to your body. A backlight display allows for nighttime rescues while its updatable microprocessor keeps the 3 Plus at the forefront of avalanche beacon technology. The 3 Plus also has clear and optimized search acoustics for reliability and a Recco reflector that helps professional rescuers find victims buried in the snow.
- Smart Antenna technology (digital triple-antenna device)
- Parallel search for multiple victims
- Automatic switchover in case of secondary avalanche after 120 seconds of no movement
- Circular real-time display
- Easy mark technology shows number of victims
- Rubberized housing
- Comfort carrying system
- Marking function
- Display lighting
- Updatable microprocessor
- Recco receiver
- Item #ORT0155
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Easy to use
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I got this to replace a Backcountry Access DTS that I've had for years. I was looking for something a bit more advanced and this fits the bill.
I've tested in at the beacon park in drills and have found it to be exceptionally easy to use. The advantage over the DPS comes in multiple burial situations and it seems to have a bit more range.
Stay safe
This beacon is great! I used it during my avalanche 1 course and found it super easy to use. The arrows on the digital display a very convenient and its real time updating keeps them accurate even when moving quickly. Once I entered the ârefined searchâ it was quick to pinpoint a precise location of the buried beacon. Also, this beacon has a pretty good range compared to some of the other beacons people were using in my class, which is a great thing. Its ability to track multiple buried beacons at once is very helpful if you are dealing with the unfortunate situation of multiple burials. The design on the beacon is appealing and switching from transceiver to send mode is a breeze!
Easy to use.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Searching for victims is difficult enough, so Ortovox made the 3 Plus as convenient as can be. You can switch from search to send with gloves on, and the screen reads intuitively. The range is surprisingly precise.
Ortovox makes great Avi gear.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Simple and easy to use beacon for all skill levels.
Perfect for backcountry adventures
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I've used this beacon the 3 or 4 times I've been in the backcountry since I got it. I tested it just doing some beacon drills and found it exceptionally easy to use. The interface is so simple and straightforward- a definite plus if you're ever in a high stress avalanche scenario. That was truly the determining factor for me when choosing my beacon. Also, the battery life is great (it beeps at you after hours of stillness to let you know it's still on), switching from send to receive is easy, and is overall the most badass life-saving tool you can have in the backcountry. Know Before You Go!
Better than the S1+
We had S1+ beacons recalled the week before we were heading to Alaska for a hell trip and Ortovox were amazing and sent us the 3+ to borrow whilst our beacons were being upgraded. I can honestly say that we all wanted to keep the 3+ and not bother with the S1+, its a fantastic easy to use beacon and we couldn't recommend them enough. I must say that the customer service from Ortovox was absolutely amazing, and that gave us peace of mind that we chose the right company's product.
Ortovox Smart Antenna Demo
You can see in the video when he flips the beacon without a smart antenna the beeping stops. When he lays it flat it starts beeping again. When we switch to a beacon with a smart antenna it has a small break in the beeping when it gets flipped vertical but, it continues to transmit a strong signal.
The Ortovox devices have three antennas (x, y, and z).
All three antennas are used during Searches. The x and
y antennas are used to display the distance and the direction
of movement. The z antenna is solely used for the fine search.
The Ortovox devices are the only devices on the market that can analyze the position of the antennas using smart antenna technology and transmit via both the x and the y antenna.
This vastly increases (up to doubles) the victim's transmission
range, making him or her far easier to find (improved visibility).
When you are in the vertical position without Smart-antenna = poor visibility. A vertically positioned transmitter antenna (x antenna) only emits a signal vertically and results in poor visibility due to minimum area coverage (range) in the search area. A vertical tranSmitter without a Smart antenna is therefore more difficult to locate.
When you are in the vertical position with Smart-antenna = very Good visibility. The patented Smart-antenna-technoloGy resolves this problem of poor visibility in the vertical position. The position sensor analyzes the device's position in the avalanche and automatically switches to the y-antenna. As a result, the antenna once again transmits horizontally and expands the area coverage to almost the maximum range, making it easier to locate victims in less time.
Ortovox 3+ screen failure
Has anyone seen this before? Intermittent screen failure -- happened both in send and receive modes. This is shot in a car, but it happened in the same fashion in the backcountry far from EMI.
I returned this to Ortovox and they had a brand new unit to me in less than a week. Nice work on the customer service!
What is the difference between the Ortovox...
What is the difference between the Ortovox 3 Plus beacon and the Ortovox 3+ beacon?
Hi Sgobin,
looks like the only non cosmetic difference is that this one also has a recco reflector, where the 3+ does not

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The Center for Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology has been established at NYUCD with funding from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant. The center is led by Dr. Nicola Partridge, an authority on molecular endocrinology and bone and mineral research, who joined NYUCD in fall 2009.
According to Dr. Partridge, the mission of the center is to raise the tempo of research into diseases affecting craniofacial development and bone—including cleft palate and bone loss related to osteoporosis, kidney failure, cancer metastasis, and periodontal disease. The center's research is expected to lead to new knowledge about and new and improved treatments for these and other conditions, and to be a magnet attracting outside academics and postdoctoral fellows to undertake research using the center's resources.
The center's goals are to recruit new faculty in craniofacial bone biology, as well as collaborators from other NYU schools, to perform such research and synergize their activities, publish high-impact papers, submit NIH instrumentation grants for the center, oversee the use of core facilities, increase the funding of center members, submit NIH PPG (program project grants) and center applications, and engage members in clinical trials and obtain patents and patent income.
In 2010, when the NIH announced a new, more competitive review process for applications, the message to researchers across the country was that if you want an NIH grant, you must prove to us that your research will exert a sustained and powerful influence in your field.
"The NIH used to evaluate research proposals on the basis of how well a study was designed and whether previously published data supported the need for additional research," explained Dr. Partridge. "The changes that were announced in 2010 put the burden on scientists to show how likely it is that their research will have a major scientific impact. In addition, the NIH reduced the share of funding for basic science, allocated more money to clinical and translational studies, and put greater emphasis on funding multidisciplinary studies."
Maintaining funding levels for bone research—and eventually expanding them—has long been a priority for NYUCD, both in terms of research and discovery and grant income. Dr. Partridge, whose research has been continuously funded by the NIH for over 20 years, lost no time in preparing NYUCD for the coming changes in funding, launching monthly meetings that brought together researchers from half a dozen departments to present updates, share ideas for strengthening grant applications, and explore the kinds of multidisciplinary collaborations that would appeal to NIH reviewers.
Dr. Partridge also stepped up recruiting, hiring five new researchers for the basic science faculty—a move that brought the total number of NYUCD faculty involved in craniofacial and bone research at the start of the 2011–12 academic year to 16 in six departments, with over $16 million in combined grants. The addition of the new basic science faculty provided the foundation for expanded research activities and for the establishment of a Center for Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology.
Specific Objectives
Specific center objectives include:
Dr. Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet, formerly a professor of developmental biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, joined the center in January 2012 as a professor of basic science and craniofacial biology. Dr. Saint-Jeannet, who holds an MS degree in neuroscience and a PhD in developmental neurobiology from Université Paul Sabatier in France, brings to NYUCD a four-year, $2 million NIH grant to research proteins regulating embryonic development in frog oocytes, as well as mutations that may presage the development of craniofacial defects.
Dr. Saint-Jeannet's research on neural crest cells that develop into facial bone, spinal and autonomic ganglia, and connective tissue around the brain and spinal cord will complement the work of Dr. Juhee Jeong, an assistant professor of basic science and craniofacial biology, who studies proteins that regulate early-stage development in mouse models. The two researchers are expected to develop a partnership leading to collaborative studies that provide a broader picture of early-stage craniofacial development.
The Center for Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology also includes Dr. Racquel Z. LeGeros, Linkow Professor of Implant Dentistry and professor and associate chair of the Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics; Dr. Timothy Bromage, professor of biomaterials and biomimetics and of basic science and craniofacial biology; Dr. Cristina Teixeira, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Orthodontics; Dr. John Evans, professor of basic science and craniofacial biology; Dr. Amr M. Moursi, associate professor and chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry; Dr. Mani Alikhani, assistant professor of orthodontics; Dr. John Ricci, associate professor of biomaterials and biomimetics; Dr. Paulo Coelho, assistant professor of biomaterials and biomimetics; Dr. Zoya Kurago, assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology, radiology and medicine; Dr. Seiichi Yamano, assistant professor of prosthodontics; Dr. Shoshana Yakar, associate professor of basic science and craniofacial biology; Dr. Despina Sitara, assistant professor of basic science and craniofacial biology; Dr. Xin Li, assistant professor of basic science and craniofacial biology; and Dr. Rodrigo Viecilli, assistant professor of orthodontics.
The following NYU School of Medicine faculty are collaborating with the center: Dr. Bruce Cronstein, Esserman Professor of Medicine and professor of pathology and pharmacology; Dr. Thorsten Kirsch, professor of orthopaedic surgery, cell biology, and pharmacology, vice chair for research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and director of the Musculoskeletal Research Center at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases; Dr. Stephen Honig, clinical associate professor of medicine and director of the Osteoporosis Center at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases; and Dr. Ann Danoff, associate professor and director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU School of Medicine.
"The intellectual richness and scholarly diversity that these individuals bring to the center allow us to look forward to a period of remarkable research advances in the area of craniofacial bone biology," says Dr. Partridge.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by TheGodBen, Oct 16, 2011.
I think that dead Kang and Koloth would disagree.
Sorry, I meant no consequences for the primary characters. Given the look Sisko gave Dax at the end of the episode it was pretty disappointing how quickly the status quo returned.
A story filling in the blanks there would be nice.
Blood Oath was decent accept for one thing; that damned albino word! I dunno why but it made me cringe everytime someone said a***** in that episode! What a naff name! Another gripe with this episode is how implausible everything is, even the script explicitly shows the implausiblity, with quite a few 'I don't hows' and so forth.
Maybe I'm missing something by why did those three Klingons come to DS9? How did the a***** infect those Klingon babies? Why did the a***** even invite Kor and the two other Klingons for this death-party in the first place?
The only really good bit was Kira describing to Jadzia what it was like killing someone. The directing in that scene was superb, with both Kira and Jadzia sounding rather nervous (initially) when Jadzia broods about carrying through this blood oath.
This may be a little late but I've had some thoughts about Paradise and this proves how the plot just falls apart. Firstly:
At the start of the first scene, O'Brien detects a duonetic field and he must know about its properties, as that was indicated in the episode. Dig this! So Sisko and O'Brien beam INTO the duonetic field and then wonder why there technology ain't working!!! How stupid is that? They could have beamed somewhere just out of the duonetic field and investigated, but no they beamed inside it!
The next thing is the duonetic field itself, there does not seem to be an indication that it covers the whole planet. Indeed the device does not seem big enough to generate a field that size. So eventually those people from the crashed ship should have fanned out to find a spot where their technology WOULD work.
This would have happened but it didn't, they just stupidly stayed around one area and did not venture outwards??? Those two things cause the whole plot to fall apart. When the people had found a place where their technology worked, they would have sent out a distress call and eventually been rescued. This meant that revolting bitch Alixus would not have been able to implement her dumb low-tech philosophy, and we would have no episode.
Seriously plotholes like this should give Paradise a zero for dumb plot.
Now I'm off to watch the episode!
I love Blood Oath - it's great seeing those three Klingons again, and having them team up is a stroke of genius. Jadzia feeling the bloodlust is a good continuation of Curzon's relationship with the Klingons, and is similar to what we have seen of Worf so far in TNG. It just touched all the right places for me to make it really enjoyable.
And have we finally made it through the dreck? Are we at the good end of the season? Does everyone still have their limbs and eyesight? I can't believe we made it!
Yeah dah good stuff is coming! We're all like junkies waiting for our fix! Well the 'fix' is The Maquis, Part 1!
Actually, the dreck of season 2 wasn't so bad, once I got to Whispers things were okay, and this season was far easier to get through than season 1. The big thing I'm curious about is where season 3 will rate compared to season 2 because I've felt for a while that season 2 had a bit of an edge on season 3, which seems likely to be the case as season 2 is better than I remember.
I rewatched "Shadowplay" after the review and realized that it did quite a bit of the "is a hologram real life stuff" before the Doctor got involved. It reminded me of my episode idea for Voyager where a crewmember secrety replicates the holo-emitter and creates a hologram of his dead girlfriend who he tries to pass off as the real article to the rest of the crew.
I think that Kira and Jadzia work well together whenever the scene sets up a contrast between the two, their perceptions and their backgrounds. Another example is their holodeck time in Way of the Warrior. Jadzia's the "privileged" woman who grew up on a prosperous planet (and is in the minority elite of her culture, no less, by being Joined) and whose trials and personal demons stem from introspective self-doubt and failures to live up to her full potential. Kira, of course, is the woman from a war-torn world who struggled through hell to get where she is and whose demons are grounded in circumstance, external reality, and the trauma of action and experience. I really do wish the two characters had more screen time together, because these scenes where their backgrounds and the women they became because of them are thrown together are usually intriguing. It would have been nice if the writers took advantage of that set-up more often. But I suppose with Worf's arrival Jadzia-as-party-Klingon took over and "introspective Jadzia struggling with being the elite of a priviliged culture" was largely set aside.
The scene Ln X describes is a perfect example of how Jadzia could benefit from Kira's insight, just as the holodeck scene in Way of the Warrior shows how Jadzia can positively influence Kira. I'm surprised more wasn't made of the potential here.
I couldn't stand "Blood Oath"--I think from this point, the writers forgot to write Jadzia as a character in her own right and made her a Curzon clone instead.
Your season two reviews were delightful. Whenever my life outside of the BBS gets too real I go back and read some of them just to smile and laugh. So thank you for that.
Say what you will about the focus that season 7 spent on Ezri early on, but at least she was different.
Yeah, I do think Jadzia was underwritten
That's another major problem I have with the episode. I can't accept that nobody ever ventured out to see if they could use their technology elsewhere. Even if we accept that they think it's because of naturally occurring mineral deposits, the whole planet isn't covered by them. Gather some food and start moving. It isn't that hard.
The only explanation I can give it is that Alixus, being the power-hungry tyrant she is, immediately forced everyone to stay in the crash area.
That's something that always bothered me when Vic Fontaine showed up in the last seasons. Shadowplay goes out of it's why to show that holograms can be sentient just as organic beings can be, yet everyone either has to convinced that Vic is "alive" or never accept it. But then, I never got the whole "holograms can't be real" argument, either here or on VOY. This is a society that fully accepts an android as an equal. Accepting sentient holograms shouldn't be that big of a jump for them.
As for Blood Oath, I'm sort of with Nerys on this one. This is clearly a departure point for the character of Dax - she's not the same after this one and is indeed simply a Curzon clone. And it's her characterization after this that really turns me off to the character (not that I was a big fan of her before). However, I do enjoy this episode for other elements. Kang, Kor and Koloth are great and seeing them together is excellent as they really play off each other well.
And, to be nitpicky, what exactly was the Albino? Was he a Klingon? Because he doesn't look like any Klingon we've seen otherwise, and I don't just mean his skin color. If anything, I'd have to say he looks like a Tellarite/Klingon hybrid.
I think the Albino was intended to be a Klingon, but I agree that he doesn't look very Klingony. Maybe he was disfigured in addition to being an albino.
As for Jadzia, I found her dreadfully boring before "Blood Oath," so it never particularly bothered me that she turned into Curzon 2.0. I thought she was a lot more fun from that point on.
It's also that he seems to hate all Klingons - calling Kang, Kor and Koloth "that Klingon scum" for example. So, unless he's got a self-hating complex (which would make some sense if he's only half-Klingon) than it makes more sense for him to be another species.
I am not a fan of Jadzia but I probably liked the scenes between her and Kira the best, I enjoyed watching them pilot the runabouts and shuttles and just having a general respect each other.
Maybe he came from a subject race of the Klingon Empire.
Or maybe he was half-Tellarite.
That's a good point. I never thought of that.
Do any of the non-canon books explore his background?
The novel Forged In Fire, while mostly being about Sulu gaining command of Excelsior, focuses heavily on the origins of the Albino. It's been a while since I've read it, so my memory's a little sketchy, but from what I recall, he's Klingon, the albino-ness stemming from his mother attempting to cure the Augment virus if not for herself then for her son, because it would let him claim his family name and position.
I'll agree about the under-development of Jadzia as a separate character from Dax. I happen to love her, but I openly admit that it's pretty clear that there was a better understanding of who Curzon was than who Jadzia was, so they just made her Curzon-lite. It'd be interesting to have seen her question if she was still Jadzia or if Dax or Curzon had overwhelmed her. Don't we even see that to a small extent in Season 3's Facets? Would have been nice if it had led to a story for Jadzia. Ah well. Missed opportunities and all that.
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Here are some of the notable quotes from around Major League Baseball this week:
"We all think we have mad pop, we all think we can go yard and stuff like that, so there's a lot of trash talking."
-- Joe Saunders, Angels starter, on how the team's pitchers look forward to batting during Interleague Play. (Los Angeles Times)
"He threw some very good BP. It's not easy to go out there and keep throwing consistently in the same spot for almost a half an hour. It gets to be pretty tiring on the arm. So, you have to know what you're doing out there."
-- Milton Bradley on Seattle groundskeeper Kevin Dvorak, who threw batting practice to him while he was on the restricted list. (Tacoma Tribune)
"That was great. It was exciting for all the guys. All the guys were really excited to see them here and have been pulling for them the whole time. It's exciting for the city. The city deserves something like that, to see a team in the Stanley Cup finals. They're all first-class individuals and I hope they're hoisting the Cup above their head real soon."
-- Ryan Dempster, on having several members of the Stanley Cup Finals-bound Chicago Blackhawks in the stands on Tuesday night. The Blackhawks in attendence included Patrick Kane, Adam Burish, Jonathan Toews and Brian Campbell. (Chicago Sun-Times)
"I'll do it any time."
-- Shin-Soo Choo, on his willingness to trade an autographed ball to the fan who caught teammate Jason Donald's first career home run in exchange for the ball. (MLB.com)
"Not at all. I understand. Choo's the man. I'd want his autograph, too."
--Rookie Jason Donald, commenting on a fan preferring Shin-Soo Choo's autograph over his in exchange for Donald's first home run ball. (MLB.com)
"When you read his line, it doesn't show it for some reason, but I think he's had good starts. For a fifth starter in the big leagues, I don't know who would be better."
--Braves manager Bobby Cox on Kenshin Kawakami. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"I know I can play every day, but I know my role, too. I learned how to come from the bench. That's a dream for everybody, just to be able to catch every day and play every day in the big leagues. I definitely, in my mind, feel that I can do it. This is a big opportunity for me to show I can do it, or that if anything happens to their starter, they can count on me to fill in until they come back."
-- Wil Nieves, Nationals back-up catcher, on filling in for injured starter Ivan Rodriguez. (The Washington Post)
"I have a lot of holes. I was looking outside. He threw it out there, and I got a little duck fart over the first baseman's head."
--Giants pitcher Todd Wellemeyer on his RBI single that snapped the team's 24-inning scoreless streak. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"He had a song that no one else in the history of the world had ever heard of."
-- Adam Wainwright, explaining why he picked a new walk-up song for Cardinals teammate Skip Schumaker. Neither player disclosed what the former song was, but Schumaker now uses "Regulate" by Warren G. (St. Louis Globe-Democrat)
"It's very flattering. It's something that I think, more so when I'm done playing, I'll look back on."
-- Jason Kendall, who on Tuesday night moved into fifth place all-time on the career starts list for catchers. He has now started in 1,951 games, one more than Tony Peña and now behind only Gary Carter (2,056), Bob Boone (2,225), Carlton Fisk (2,226) and Ivan Rodriguez (2,320) on the all-time list. (MLB.com)
"I just try not to do too much. That's the key, especially with guys in scoring position. A hit's a hit. Whether it's off the wall or through the infield, you're going to get those guys in."
-- The Cardinals' David Freese on his approach to hitting with runners in scoring position. (Belleville News-Democrat)
"I want to manage, no doubt. I want to manage right away. I don't know if I can get that kind of job right away, but I think that I'm preparing myself to do that."
-- Omar Vizquel on his post-playing career plans. (MLB.com)
"I'm here to play everywhere. That's what I do."
--Recently-recalled Wilson Betemit on his role with the Royals. (Kansas City Star)
"They're going to try to get me as many at-bats as possible. That's important for me. I don't care if it's left field, I don't care if it's rover, I don't care if I have to catch one day. I just want to help this team win in whatever shape and form I can."
--Utility man Neil Walker, on his role with the Pirates. (MLB.com)
"Strikeouts are a nice stat, but at the end of day I want to pitch an even ball game. I want to help the team win. I'm just trying to get outs."
--Bud Norris, who struck out a career-high 10 batters in five innings against the Rays on Sunday for the Astros. (Houston Chronicle)
"The headache popped up about 20 to 30 minutes before we went out to stretch. It was there the whole game. I tried everything to get it to go away, but it got worse when the sun came out, although this is Seattle and it was mostly cloudy."
-- Mat Latos, Padres starter, who pitched through a migrained headache Sunday, allowed only one run on four hits and two walks. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"He was the ace you always look for him to be. In his last four games [since the Philadelphia loss] he's been going good. It's what we've come to expect. He's one of the very best in the game."
--David Wright commenting on Johan Santana, who improved to 4-2 with a 3.41 ERA after Sunday's win against the Yankees. (New York Daily News)
"They're pretty sweet. We've gotten pretty lucky over the years because the first year they were blue and last year they were red. Those pretty much match our team colors every year. I certainly like it a lot."
-- Michael Young talking about the white caps the Rangers, and the rest of Major League Baseball, will wear in honor of Memorial Day this year. This will be the third consecutive season teams will wear special caps for Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. The past two seasons, teams have worn red or blue caps with the United States flag running through the logo. The Rangers' cap will have a red bill this year. (Dallas Morning News)
"I'm an aggressive hitter. If there's a pitch around the plate, why not go get it. That's my take on it."
-- Troy Tulowitzki on his approach at the plate. (MLB.com)
"He's one of those No. 1 guys. When you have one of the guys of that quality -- like Roy Halladay was talked about last year, or Cliff Lee -- for certain that type of pitcher changes the way not only you look at yourself, but the way other clubs look at you."
--Dodgers manager Joe Torre on Astros ace Roy Oswalt, who recently asked for a trade. (Los Angeles Times)
"I miss the strikeouts. I miss them a lot. But if I can go eight or nine innings and save some of the bullpen's arms, why not?"
-- Gio Gonzalez , A's, on going from thrower to pitcher. (Oakland Tribune)
"In that situation, they are trying to win the ball game, and we are too, so I'm not just trying to go up there and get some work, I'm trying to help this team win. So it's good to have some at-bats that dictate the outcome of the game, and it's nice to be able to come through."
-- Curtis Granderson commenting on his 3-for-5 game while on a rehab assignment for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against Louisville. (New York Post)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Or so Bonnie Ford is telling us about Sloane Stephens over at ESPN. Easy, folks. Don't these pundits remember Melanie Oudin? Making it to the semis of a slam is a fabulous achievement but it's still only one tournament. I wouldn't crown someone the "future" until they win multiple tournaments or win a slam. I hope Sloane has much, much better people around her than Oudin and that they keep her feet planted firmly on the ground. Some people reading this post might be asking Melanie who? Exactly. Thankfully for Sloane this is happening down under as opposed to NYC. Hope she survives the fuss.


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There are two other things that matter:
- European municipalities (big business for BMW) usually prefer to buy smaller displacement bikes (remember the K75??)
- In order to go fast, you do not need large displacement. Horsepower can also be made from rpm (P = M x 2? n). If you look at the automotive industry, Europe always had smaller displacement engines, even in fast cars. And small
displacements translate into better efficiency and thus better fuel economy. Something desirable with higher fuel prices in Europe.


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Someone recently asked me about managing soundtracks in Final Cut Pro (FCP), and I realized this is a subject of great interest in my classes also. This month, I'll focus on the various ways to manage soundtracks and sound-mixing tools in FCP 6. From capture to mixing, this article will give you the basic tools for managing how you work with soundtracks efficiently and easily.
Set Audio Tracks to CaptureIn FCP, when you capture, you can set the audio tracks to capture. If you want only one channel, you can disable the other; the QuickTime (QT) clip that FCP makes will have only one mono audio track. In Log & Capture, select the Clip Settings tab and open the Audio section. Locate the symbol that looks like an infinity sign (two speaker cones side by side) on the left; it's between the audio channel controls, which is colored gray. Click it to link and unlink the two audio tracks (Figure 1, below).
When the tracks are linked, the link lines appear, and you can record a stereo pair. This is the default. The audio shows up in the Viewer as only one tab, and any filters, keyframes, or adjustments to pan/volume that you apply will affect both channels together at the same time. They are married to each other. When the tracks are unlinked, you can record a clip with two independent mono tracks, each with its own tab when it's opened in the Viewer.
You can put in filters and keyframes and adjust pan/volume independently on each. The next thing to address is the green buttons next to each track. When the tracks are linked, both of them are recorded, period. When they are unlinked, you can enable or disable each or both tracks to be captured. Let's say you recorded an interview on Ch1, and Ch2 is just ambient camera-mic noise. Unlink the audio channels and then click Ch2 to disable it. Then, when you capture, you'll have a video clip with Ch1 as a single mono track. Ch2 is totally ignored and is forfeited during capture.
Adjust Settings After CaptureAfter capture, you're not locked into the choices you made during the capture process. If you capture the clip as a stereo pair and open the clip in the Viewer, you'll see one audio tab that has two tracks, married to each other. If you drop that same clip into the Timeline and double-click it to open that Timeline copy back into the Viewer, you'll see the same thing. But if you highlight that clip in the Timeline while the Timeline window is the active window, go to the Modify menu to Stereo Pair and click it to uncheck that option. Then, open that clip into the Viewer, and presto! You'll have two mono tracks (Figure 2, below).
If you Unlink the clip in the Timeline (Modify > Link or Cmd+L), you can then select each audio track separately and delete the one you don't want. The trick is that the pan on that track will still be to one side or the other. You'll have to change the Pan to 0. If you captured the clips as two mono tracks, once you're working in the timeline and using the same menu command, you can make two mono tracks a stereo pair as well.
Use Waveform OverlaysAnother very useful tool for working with sound in the timeline involves the audio waveform overlays. This can be very handy for getting edit points lined up precisely with specific events in a sound track. With the Timeline window active, use the Cmd+Opt+w keyboard shortcut to toggle the audio waveform overlays on and off (Figure 3, below).
You will now see sound waveforms over the sound clips. If you zoom in close enough, you'll find plenty of detail to help you make the most precise sync-to-sound editing easier. You can also find it in the Timeline Layout Popup menu, located at the bottom left of the Timeline window.
Work in the Viewer Window Pan ControlNext, here's a note about the Pan control with a stereo pair (which applies only to clips with a stereo pair element to them). A Pan setting of -1 sends the right channel of the audio to the right channel of the playback. A Pan setting of 0 sends both channels to both outputs. Right goes both left and right, and Left goes both left and right in a mono playback scheme. A Pan setting of +1 sends the right channel of the audio to the left channel of playback and the left channel of audio to the right channel of playback. Moving the slider is basically pulling Ch1 and Ch2 from their native side to the center and then to the opposite side, if you follow me.
Here's how I explain it in my classes: Pretend you're holding a small audio speaker in each hand, with the right channel in your right hand and the left channel in your left hand, pointing the speakers in front of you while you're playing a stereo recording. You hold the speakers with your right hand out to your right and your left hand out to your left. This is a -1 pan. Why -1? Good question—let me know when you figure it out. I just accept that's how audio works. There's some engineering reason for it, but we won't go there right now.
If you pull your hands—while still holding the speakers—to right in front of your face, placing one hand above the other and just dead center in front of your face, this is a 0 Pan. In this scenario, the two speakers behave like two mono channels. You just pulled the slider in FCP from -1 to 0 by doing this.
Now, move your right hand and the speaker over past your left shoulder. And move your left hand and the speaker over past your right shoulder, crossing your arms. This is a +1 Pan. Each speaker is now on the opposite side it's supposed to be. You just moved the FCP slider from 0 to +1.
Now, move your hands back out to your sides, in your starting position. Move your right hand and the speaker to your right. Move your left hand and the speaker to your left. You just moved the FCP slider from +1 to -1 (Figure 4, below). That should make the FCP Pan controller very clear now.
The other thing about sound in the Viewer window is that you can zoom in and out of it, just as in the Canvas and Timeline windows. The command key used with the plus and minus sign keys (the ones at the top right of your keyboard to the left of the delete key) will zoom you in and out of the audio clip. This can be very useful when you are setting precise In and Out points.
Use the Sound Mixer ToolWhen you're ready to mix the overall sound in FCP, go to Window > Arrange > Audio Mixing. This menu will give you the audio mixing window layout that helps a great deal. You can mix sound in real time, either in practice mode or in keyframe mode. Notice the Audio Mixer in the Tool Bench window (Figure 5, below). This is where the magic happens. And it's pretty flexible. Here's how it works.
Across the top of the window, you'll see the "View:" buttons. These let you customize four different views of your audio tracks. For example, let's say I have voice-over work on audio tracks 1 and 2. I have sound effects for my cutaway shots on tracks 3 and 4. I have music on tracks 5 and 6. That's six tracks to keep up with during the mix! When I click on View button 1, I see all six tracks. If I click on View button 2, then on the left side of the Audio Mixer window I'll see a column of Tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6. Each has a button, or dot, to the left of it. I can click on those buttons to make each track appear or not inside that specific View. All the tracks will still play; I'm controlling only what I "see" in that View.
So if I click on View button 2, I'll only let tracks 1 and 2 (voice-over) appear. If I click on button 3, I get only tracks 3 and 4 (cutaway sounds). Button 4 gives me only tracks 5 and 6 (music). In this way I can concentrate on only one set of tracks at a time without being distracted by the other 4 tracks while I'm doing precise mixing.
What's more, in each track I can see in a given View, by clicking the headphone icon to solo (i.e., hear by itself) only a specific track, pan slider, volume slider, and level meter. I can also click one of the speaker buttons to mute a track. I also have a Master level and slider. All sliders have numerical fields for more detailed feedback. You can also click inside these fields to type in numerical values.Now, look up at the top right of the Audio Mixer window. You'll see a button that has the icon of a little audio speaker with a keyframe diamond next to it. When that diamond is gray, keyframing is turned off; when it's green, keyframing is turned on. As you might guess, I can adjust my sliders with keyframing turned off as a sort of practice mode. I'll play my Sequence several times, practicing and getting a good feel for how to mix it properly. And I can jump between my various views. I can solo my voice-over and get its level optimally set.
Then, with only my voice-over and cutaway sounds enabled, I can go to View 3 and concentrate on those sounds. Then, I can enable all my soundtracks and, in View 4, mix my sound, raising it slightly in between voice-over pieces, lowering it slightly during the narration. It's all pretty easy to figure out and use.
When I've practiced enough and I'm sure I know where to set various levels on various tracks, I'll click the Audio Keyframes button to make it green. Now, when I mix live during playback, audio keyframes will appear, applying my use of the Audio Mixer to the actual sound clips. All in all, it's pretty easy. But there are a couple more things you need to understand to use it most effectively.
Whatever clip the playhead is positioned over on a given track is the playhead the mixer is affecting at that moment. If your playhead is playing over a section of a track that has no audio clips, the level slider for that track will jump to the lowest setting (negative-infinity), and you will not be able to move them. As soon as the playhead hits another sound clip in that track, they become active again for that track.
Record Audio KeyframesThe other thing to note is the audio keyframe setting in the User Preferences. If you go to the Final Cut Pro menu > User Preferences and select the Editing tab, in the right column you'll see the Record Audio Keyframes option (Figure 6, below). Checking or unchecking the box next to it is the same as clicking the button to turn the function on and off in the mixer window. The pop-up menu here gives you three choices: All, Reduced, or Peaks Only. This controls how many keyframes are placed when you're recording your live mix.
"All" records a great number of keyframes and is normally only used for really precise, very detailed mixing. I recommend against using it because the more keyframes you have in your sequence, the more resources you're making FCP demand from your computer system. And it makes so many, it simply gets confusing. "Reduced" is what you'll normally use. It places fewer keyframes but still enough to let you have a good bit of smooth control over your live audio mix. "Peaks Only" are just what they sound like: A keyframe is marked where the level slider reaches the highest or lowest point (i.e., peaks) when you let go of it. This option leaves a bare minimum of keyframes, and, although I occasionally find it useful, I suspect it's not something you'll normally want to fool with.
The cool thing about these keyframes is that you can open each sound clip into the Viewer window to actually tweak the keyframes, moving them up, down, left, and right to get the mix more precise. You can tweak these keyframes inside the Timeline as well.
Opt+W turns on and off the Clip Overlays, showing you, in audio clips, a red line. This line is the sound level of your clips. If you zoom in to your timeline window enough, you can actually grab the keyframes right there, even with the waveform overlays turned on, to make more precise adjustments to your mix. Right-click on a keyframe and you can clear it. Press P to switch to the Pen tool in the Timeline window and click on that red line to create new keyframes. Press A to switch back to the normal arrow, or click the Selection tool to move the keyframes around.
So there it is; pretty much all you need to start working with sound in Final Cut Pro. Once you start to take a good look at these tools, I'm sure you'll figure out what each function does pretty easily. Until next time, happy editing!
Ben Balser (benb at bbalser.com) is an Apple Certified Trainer based in New Orleans. Along with training and consulting, he also produces documentaries and educational material, and he designs digital signage systems.


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"He's one of the oldest vampires on the planet, and who doesn't want to play a 3,000-year-old vampire?" Heyerdahl said. "The cast that I get to work with, like Michael Sheen. ... We had so much fun goofing off together. It was an absolute hoot. Director Chris Weitz's version for this piece is like a Renaissance painting. The images were absolutely beautiful, and the character is such a tragic old fellow."Wow, I can't wait for this movie!! Read the rest of the interview here.
Heyerdahl adds: "Here's how I approach him. When Marcus is brought in, he's there against his will. He and his love tried to leave an awfully long time ago. Through a series of tragic circumstances, the love of his life was killed, and he's now being forced to stay and use his powers for the betterment of the Volturi. He's not exactly there, waking up and looking forward to eternity.
When Edward and Bella come walking in, his ability to sense the power of their connection is something that wakes him up, brings him back from the boredom of that eternal life and sparks something in him that brings Marcus as close to excitement as he can get. That idea has to be contained and expressed as little as possible to his rather power-hungry captain-in-arms, Aro, which makes for a rather interesting conflict. You might not know it, but Marcus is pretty darn excited by this love that he witnesses. At the same time, it causes him great pain with the memory of what he had and lost. It was very complex to play, especially when you are doing it with so few lines. It will be interesting to see how it is cut together."
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Guess I'm glad I got it done early in my career. It's been 6 months since I took the CHP course and got my license. 2000 miles on a Suzuki SV before moving on to my R1200RT which I've since put 5000 miles on (mostly commuting).
One groggy morning at 06:00 when I rolled in to work I decided to not get the side stand all the way forward before making my graceful dismount that left my bike on its side and me in the parking lot. At the time, I had a lot of excuses (one was excessive front brake drag combined with my ESA being stuck in the two up with luggage setting which combined to make it impossible for me to back the bike up while on it - hence the putting the side stand down to climb off, back into into a parking spot and put it up on the center stand). I was also fairly groggy that morning, so I had to add a routine of always checking the side stand before starting to get off to my habits.
My bike was mostly fine, other than the left mirror housing popping off and having a little crack (very inexpensive part to replace thankfully).
Now I have it firmly ingrained to not only push the side stand out, but to double check it afterwards with a little forward push of my foot and usually a visual check before letting the bike lean over at all. Now that I can walk the bike back while on it and it sits a half inch lower (thanks to fixing the aforementioned problems), I feel much more comfortable with the daily routine.
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Discussion in 'Racing' started by yooperbikemike, Oct 29, 2012.
No idea how this new design will run, but they always build very pretty bikes!
Does that clutch look really far back? Further back than normal?
Sure does, I'm also keeping an eye on that carbon heat shield back by the rear exhaust header noodle.
Aprilia Team intro. I expect these boys will have some pressure on them to win.
I think they are both talented enough to win against anyone else on the grid.
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It's gunna take more than a flash paint job! Impressive, nonetheless . Nice dog!
By the way, I'll be waving flags at the P.I. Test, so will send pix. And stuff.
I haven't seen anything here but no WSBK on SpeedTV?
Can't find it on Speed's website schedule.
You always get the best shots!!
Found this about PI with 2 weeks to go:
"2/12 - No news yet as to if and when race will be televised" on TVRacer.com
Apparently they have dropped WSBK and F1 in a rush to be a Mainstream Sports channel.
I'd start looking for a new provider of WSBK if I lived over that side of the ditch.
It is possiible it might be available for live viewing via the WSBK website in the US since there are no rights holders.
If not
will both have live links to view online. Make sure your popup blocker and adblocker are working. You will have your choice of several live broadcasts from around the world in multiple languages.
It will be even better if the WSBK site allows on demand viewing so we can watch when we want like with the Moto GP no spoiler link.
WSBK allowed this a few seasons ago before SPEED got wise. I won't miss SPEED one bit.
are thes sites trustworthy? both say my media player is out of date and try to get you to download what looks like adobe, but it doesnt actually say adobe. seems like a great way to get malware.. anybody tried it yet?
I use them all the time.
Ignore all of that stuff about needing to download or update anything.
My popup blocker and adblocker work really well and I don't see most of that stuff. At worst, I see blank boxes with red X's.
At least we won't have to listen to those 2 boobs (Scott and Ralph) when WSBK comes here to Utah. Scott may be fast on a bike, but get him out of the booth. And Ralph needs to announce roller-derby or something like that.
Fortunately they only were the announcers for one round and due to poor audio mixing the sound of the bikes usually drowned them out.
BTW, thanks for the possible video links
Not only will your ears be spared Scott and Ralph, you won't even have to listen motorcycle engines this year in Utah.
Other than AMA... (8/2-4)
WSBK thread.
Plenty of other moto racing at Miller.
And the AMA is planning subscription only newsprint coverage for that series this season. They are forward thinkers.
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When a woman filed a lawsuit against a high-profile venture capital firm, it sparked a storm of discussion inside and outside the tech industry.
Industry website TechCrunch broke the news that Ellen Pao, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, had filed the lawsuit on May 10 after working at the firm for seven years. The suit alleges that the firm discriminates against women for promotions and compensation, and retaliated against Pao after she complained about sexual harassment.
Pao graduated with both a law degree and MBA from Harvard, as well as a degree in electrical engineering from Princeton. The suit alleges that a year after she started working at Kleiner Perkins in 2005, a peer with longer tenure pressured her for sex. She initially rebuffed him for eight months before engaging in a brief relationship. After she ended it, the suit claims, he cut her out of the loop on business projects. He left the firm in 2011 after it conducted an independent investigation into allegations made by other women, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint alleges that a senior partner made an inappropriate advance to Pao and later participated in her performance reviews to her detriment. After hearing of complaints from three administrative assistants about harassment and discrimination in 2007, she repeatedly approached upper management for help without success, according to the lawsuit. Instead Pao perceived a pattern of retaliation as she was passed over for promotion, networking events and raises, and given delayed or biased performance reviews.
The complaint details specific instances, including a men-only company ski trip in January2012, and quotes the host of an all-male business dinner as saying that inviting women would "kill the buzz." In March, three men who had been employed for less time at Kleiner Perkins than Pao were promoted while no women received similar advancement, according to the lawsuit.
Neither Pao nor her attorney, Alan Exelrod -- known for winning a landmark sexual harassment case in 1994 -- responded to requests for comment.
The venture capital firm intends to fight back and has hired Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a law firm with a track record of defending corporations against discrimination claims. Kleiner Perkins lists 12 women among its 49 investment partners and appears to carry a reputation in the media for being one of the more numerically gender-balanced firms in the venture capital world.
Kleiner Perkins spokesperson Christina Lee said in a written statement that following an independent investigation, the firm believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend the matter. "The firm regrets that the situation is being litigated publicly and had hoped the two parties could have reached resolution, particularly given (Ms.) Pao's 7-year history with the firm."
Discrimination law attorney Michelle Heverly, of San Francisco-based Littler Mendelson, said the filing looks pretty standard, albeit more detailed than most. She pointed out that although the lawsuit includes claims of sexual harassment, those complaints are not for adjudication, as the one-year statute of limitations has passed.
Drawing upon more than a decade of experience defending employers, the attorney said that a case like this almost never goes to trial. Heverly suggested that failing to reach a settlement might be due to the amount of money requested or the company's feeling exploited if it believes it hasn't done anything wrong.
She questioned why so much time elapsed before Pao filed a lawsuit. "The one thing I find really odd is that she alleges the sexual harassment happened six years ago and did nothing about it. She's obviously a very bright woman who chose to work in a man's field," Heverly said. "Unless she was beholden to a paycheck, it's hard to believe she would have suffered that silently for so many years. And to bring it up now when the claims are stale only looks suspicious to me."
Pao's husband, Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr., has some experience with sexual harassment allegations -- he reportedly settled claims filed against him by two employees in 2003 and 2006 while denying the accusations. The Harvard graduate and philanthropist currently faces a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of the investment company he founded, Fletcher Asset Management, according to the Wall Street Journal, as well as lawsuits filed by three Louisiana pension systems that had invested $100 million with him, but were unable to withdraw their money. The Wall Street Journal also reported that a judge petitioned by the pension systems declared a hedge fund run by Fletcher's company insolvent and ordered it liquidated in April.
Fletcher was unavailable for comment. His own situation has no relevance on his wife's discrimination lawsuit, according to Heverly, the discrimination law attorney.
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I was first introduced to high nutrition "green drinks" more than eleven years ago. They were heralded as the ultimate nutritional supplement, and based upon a quick glance of the listed ingredients, I was quick to agree. Needless to say, I became a daily user of "green drinks". My allegiance was further instilled upon completion of an Advanced Course in Natural Healing in Southern California in the spring of 1999.
But I was soon to discover a little-known truth about the "NON-Active Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nutritional Yeast" contained in many "green drink" products that would open my eyes.
In June of 1999 and again in 2000 I had the privilege of meeting one of the true heroes of our recent time—Dr. Russell Blaylock, M.D. Dr. Blaylock is a neuro-surgeon of great respect and a thorough researcher and author. Dr. Blaylock has explored in great depth the relationship of certain types of brain lesions and their cause, and has discovered a clear link to various food additives, which form or contain "free" glutamic acid. These additives, which are used as "flavor enhancers" or "sugar substitutes", include a host of aliases used by the food industry to disguise their true identity—MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) or free glutamic acid. Some of these aliases include "autolyzed yeast", "yeast extract", "yeast nutrient", "nutritional yeast", and "yeast food". Dr. Blaylock published his findings in 1997 in his best-selling book, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.
I was attending two natural healing seminars, in 1999 and also 2000, where more than 1,000 people were in attendance each time. Dr. Blaylock was one of the featured lecturers. Dr. Blaylock revealed his findings to a spell-bound audience, and it was here where I first learned that my beloved nutritional yeast, like its other yeast cousins, contained "free glutamic acid". It was after having lunch with Dr. Blaylock in June 2000, that it was further reinforced that the "NON-Active Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nutritional Yeast", as used by many vegetarians and found in generous supply in many "green drinks", also contains "free glutamic acid"—the same neurotoxic compound as monosodium glutamate (MSG). Nutritional Yeast is classified as an "excitotoxin"—a classification of neurotoxic compounds that over-stimulate the neurotransmitters of the brain to death. According to Dr. Blaylock, "Free Glutamic Acid (MSG) literally stimulates neurons to death, causing brain damage to varying degrees." I learned that this MSG is not added to Saccharomyces cerevisiae nutritional yeast, but it occurs as a direct result of its growth and processing. Please see the Truth In Labeling web site.
I really didn't want to believe what I had heard. Many other seminar attendees also felt the same way. I had enjoyed nutritional yeast on pop corn, in many vegetarian/vegan caseroles and menu items, and sprinkled on all manner of foods—and of course, in my "green drink". This stuff is absolutely wonderful and delicious! But now I had to come to terms with what we had learned. Would I put my head in the sand and cling to my beloved nutritional yeast, or would I be an honest health reformer? First, I would try to disprove Dr. Blaylock's findings, as best I could, so that I might, in good conscience, continue using this delicious taste enhancer that doubles as a nutrition supplement.
What is "free" glutamic acid?
Glutamate is one of the amino acids that make up the building blocks of protein. Glutamate occurs naturally in many plant and animal sources of food. It is also produced in low quantities in our small intestines. This naturally occuring glutamate is bound together by other amino acids that make up proteins. However, when proteins are isolated, texturized, autolyzed, or hydrolyzed, the amino acids are no longer bound together to each other as they are found in nature—they become "free", and become "free radicals", causing untold damage within our bodies. Amino acids, as they occur in nature—properly bound to other amino acids—are perfectly healthy and necessary. However, when they become "unbound", improperly linked or "free", by a man-made chemical process, they become damaging free radicals.
I was reading an informative little article by Rhonda Parkinson, entitled Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)—Pros and Cons, where she shares with us, that "the MSG we find on store shelves is usually made from fermented sugar beet or sugar cane molasses, in a process quite similar to the way soy sauce is made."
I began to ask myself, "what is the correlation between MSG (made from fermented sugar beet or sugar cane molasses), which is sometimes cleverly disguised under the alias of "yeast food", "yeast extract", "yeast nutrient", or "autolyzed yeast", and the "nutritional yeast" contained in many "green drinks", which is also "grown on fermented beets and cane molasses"?
I didn't want to believe what I was learning. Besides my daily dose of "green drink", I also loved the buttery flavor of "nutritional yeast" sprinkled all over popcorn, in vegetarian caserole dishes, vegetarian "cheese", and so on. I'm going to discover the truth for myself, before I'll abandon "nutritional yeast".
The trail that I would follow in hopes of discovering the truth about "nutritional yeast" would be like the unraveling plot of an intriguing political novel, with greed, a mix of strange bed-fellows, and a mysterious French connection.
Now, the first stop on the trail would be to Red Star Yeast, the company that manufactures the "nutritional yeast" for many of the major "green drink mixes" sold in the U.S. The Red Star "nutritional yeast" product that they utilize is called "Vegetarian Support Formula". It was confirmed by Red Star Yeast, that "the preferred source of carbohydrate for yeast is sugar from molasses. Molasses is the by-product of the refining of sugar beets and sugar cane." (See their web site: http://www.redstaryeast.com/science_of_yeast/manufacturing_yeast.php). What I also learned from Red Star is that the difference between "Nutritional Yeast" and other non-baking yeasts (that they also produce) is, they add vitamins to the Nutritional Yeast. From the Red Star web site: "RED STAR Nutritional Yeast is primary from pure strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown on mixtures of cane and beet molasses. After the fermentation process is completed, 'Cream yeast' is heated by means of a heat exchanger and held at pasteurization temperatures for a period long enough to inactivate the yeast. During this holding period, all necessary vitamins are added to meet the requirements of the specific type of nutritional yeast produced.
So, according to Red Star, the high vitamin content of Nutritional Yeast is actually a result of "vitamins added to meet the requirements of the specific type of nutritional yeast produced." I don't think any of us have ever given that bit of information any thought. I had always assumed that the high vitamin content of Nutritional Yeast and Vegetarian Support Nutritional Yeast was all naturally occuring. I had naively thought that Nutritional Yeast was so nutritious because it was a "special yeast". The truth is, it is grown, fermented, and processed pretty much the same as other non-baking yeasts, but with "added vitamins" tossed in to boost its vitamin content. I also wonder, what is the quality of these added "vitamins"?
What is a "Clean Label?" The industry is getting very slick. It's all about money. And people will spend their money on foods that taste good. MSG is a taste enhancer that brings out the "umami", or savory flavors from foods. However, MSG has fallen out of favor, because of the exposure presented by Dr. Blaylock and otheres. Many packaged food products, especially "snack foods", would taste flat without the use of taste enhancers. For instance, compare a plain old Dorito chip to one of their "Diablo Flavored Tortilla Chips". Anyway, the food industry has come up with a strategy to overcome this apparent problem—"CLEAN LABELS". The food industry calls labels for products that contain MSG, but don't give the consumer a clue to its presence because they cleverly hide it—"CLEAN LABELS." Please read this article by Food Product Design: Supply Side.
Let's look a little deeper. Until recently, the parent company of Red Star Yeast was a lesser known conglomerate, Sensient Technologies Corporation. Sensient Technologies is divided into several groups—the "Sensient Color Group" which "is the world's leading supplier of synthetic food colors, as well as a leading producer of natural, cosmetic and specialty-ink colors." A second group of Sensient is the "Sensient Flavors & Fragrances Group". "Sensient is a leading manufacturer of flavors, flavor systems, flavor enhancers and dehydrated vegetables for the food, beverage and dairy industries. Selling under: Sensient Flavors; Sensient Fragrances; Sensient Dehydrated Flavors Company." (See: http://www.sensient-tech.com/sensient_businesses.html).
So, the parent company of Red Star Yeast, Sensient Technologies, "is a leading manufacturer of flavors, flavor systems, and flavor enhancers…"
Let's add up a few things so far. 1) MSG, a well-known flavor enhancer, is manufactured by a fermentation process utilizing sugar beet or cane molasses. 2) Red Star Nutritional Yeast is manufactured by a fermentation process utilizing sugar beet or cane molasses. 3) The parent company of Red Star Yeast, Sensient Technologies, is a world leader in the manufacture of "flavor enhancers". Let's see where this takes us. (Please notice this page from Sensient Technologies.)
Strangely enough, Sensient Technologies recently "divested" Red Star Yeast, Inc., by selling it to LeSaffre, a French yeast manufacturing conglomerate. However, Sensient remained the parent to MinnDak Yeast Company, which is co-owned by Sensient and Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, based in Wahpeton, SD, a sugar beet growers cooperative that processes beets into sugar and molasses.
"LeSaffre is the worlds largest manufacturer of yeast and yeast extracts, used as nutritional supplements, flavor enhancers, dough conditioners, and fermentation catalysts." As noted, the new French parent to Red Star Yeast is also in the flavor enhancing business. (See: http://www.lesaffre.com/default_eng.asp). This statement from the Lesaffre web site, under "Natural flavour reinforcement": ". . .offers its food industry customers several lines of CLEAN LABEL yeast extract with specific flavour profiles (meat notes, milk and milk product notes, notes of cooked, grilled or roasted ingredients, etc…) and flavour- enhancing properties (UMAMI taste)." LeSaffre continues, "Yeast extracts are obtained by autolysis of primary grown Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts." Isn't that the same "special yeast" used in the most of the green drink mixes on the market? Is Red Star Yeast, as well as the green drink companies that continue to use it, to be found guilty by their associations?
Let's look at Red Star Nutritional Yeast one more time. On a list of "benefits" for using Vegetarian Support Formula (Nutritional Yeast), Red Star lists the following: "RED STAR Nutritional Yeast Vegetarian Support Formula™ is an ideal food product for anyone wanting to increase their intake of key nutrients, while improving the taste of their food!" (See: http://lesaffre-yeast.com/red-star/). So, Red Star Nutrtional Yeast doubles as a "flavor enhancer". Is it because it is a close cousin to MSG and is manufactured much in the same manner, utilizing the same sugar beet and cane molasses? Is it a coincidence that the companies that produce "nutritional yeast" are also leaders in the "flavor enhancer" business?
One more thing to think about. I came across this disturbing article on the web site of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast: "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast"
SUMMARY: This action finalizes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the nutritional yeast manufacturing source category. The EPA has identified the nutritional yeast manufacturing source category as a major source of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions of acetaldehyde. These standards implement section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by requiring all major sources to meet HAP emission standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology (MACT). These final standards will eliminate approximately 13 percent of nationwide acetaldehyde emissions from these sources. Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) inhalation exposure to acetaldehyde is associated with adverse health effects including irritation of the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract. Acetaldehyde is a potential developmental toxin and a probable human carcinogen.
More from the EPA on this topic: HERE.
You are free to draw your own conclusions.
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In addition to all of these findings about "nutritional yeast", I have learned from a very reputable herbalist that some of these "green drink" products contain up to 55-70% "nutritional yeast" as the base for the rest of ingredients! That is shocking! But if you examine those green drink products, you will discover they are not a rich green color, but rather yellowish from the yeast content. What's also shocking is that "nutritional yeast" is a very inexpensive ingredient, (about $3.59/lb. from your local health food store), and at $29.00 and up, the consumer deserves the best of ingredients—not fillers and taste enhancers!
Since discovering the truth about "super-food" products and "nutritional yeast" in 2000, I was determined to develop a true green drink supplement, with absolutely no fillers and ingredients that are not compromised in any way, and which would truly provide nutritional support, energy, and immune system boost. After a tremendous amount of research, nutritional analysis, experimentation, feedback from volunteers (guinea pigs!), DayStar Botanicals' LifeForce was born.
We have been able to produce a tremendous whole-food nutritional formula without using the yeast. LifeForce contains no yeast product, no MSG, no gluten, no dairy, no eggs. By eliminating the "nutritional yeast" usually found in other green drink mixes, giving us 40-50% volume or more to replace, we have significantly increased the percentages of Spirulina, Chlorella, Wheat Grass, Barley Grass and Rose Hips (as compared with other "super-food" green drink mixes—plus we have added Siberian Ginseng (eluthero root), Dandelion root and Parsley leaf. (For the complete ingredients list and physiological benefits, see: http://www.daystarbotanicals.com/products/lfingredients.html). By replacing the inexpensive yeast with other nutrient-rich roots, greens, and herbals, we have also increased our production costs for LifeForce tremendously, as compared with the competition. There have been absolutely no corners cut, no compromises made in the development or manufacture of LifeForce. Each and every ingredient was painstakenly selected for their nutritional value and support of vital force, so that when combined in a perfect ratio, together with all of the ingredients, they form a complete nutritional supplement, promoting a vital, active, healthy life. Needless to say, LifeForce contains no MSG or any of its derivatives of any kind—LifeForce is Excitotoxin Free!
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What you say is not in the least related to the fact that an arahath has eradicated suffering in the here and now. He has eradicated suffering by eliminating the mind's latent tendency to measure as "I be". While I do not dispute the "no future womb birth" possibility I am not blind to the elaborate psychological reference in the sutta.Ñāṇa wrote:That is a fallacious conclusion. An arahant has indeed eradicated suffering and is thereby not subject to another womb birth.
Like I said previously, this is just your opinion over and over again. Which is fine. Just don't think this is the only way there is. There are monastics who have renunciated domestic lay lives without holding your view on after-life rebirths. Actually I would do too if it wasn't for a severely disabled dependent.BlueLotus wrote: Like I said previously, if you're not concerned with continued birth and death in saṃsāra then there are more reasonable paths to follow than the path of renunciation.
My understanding of kamma is not that "all results of actions have corresponding consequences" nor have I seen such notions explicit in suttas.BlueLotus wrote:the denial of the next world also renders the Buddha's teachings on kamma untenable as well, because not all results of actions have corresponding consequences in this life.


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Fredericksburg Police Chief Oestreich dies
Updated 8:57 pm, Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Fredericksburg Police Chief Paul A. Oestreich died Tuesday at a San Antonio hospital after a lengthy illness that kept him from duty since last fall.
"Paul was a highly dedicated employee," City Manager Kent Myers said of Oestreich, who joined the police force in 1975 and rose through the ranks to become chief in 1999. "His professionalism, integrity, and total dedication to the City of Fredericksburg will be sorely missed."
Oestreich, 60, recently underwent a bone marrow transplant as treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome, a disorder affecting blood and bone marrow, officials said.
Although co-workers knew he was ill, they were hard hit by his death at 10:30 a.m. at the Life Care Hospital.
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"They were hoping it was going to work," city spokeswoman Juli Bahlinger said of the transplant. "At this point, I think everybody is kind of reeling."
Lt. Steve Wetz, who was named acting chief when Oestreich went on leave last October, said funeral arrangements are pending.
Oestreich was a Fredericksburg native. His father, Allen Oestreich, was the city's long-time public works director.
In police circles, Oestreich was seen as devoted to his hometown.
"Paul knew and understood the community of Fredericksburg, and he knew what the community expected," said former Boerne Police Chief Gary Miller, currently chief deputy in Kendall County. "His death is going to be a big loss there. He was definitely a good friend."


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King shows why he's 'Faithful' to Sox
Best-selling author in attendance to cheer on his beloved team
By Alex McPhillips / MLB.com
Cheering with everyone else in the ballpark was best-selling author Stephen King.
Maine's famous son and the author of dozens of works of fiction -- and at least one well-known work of non-fiction, "Faithful: Two Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season" -- wore a Boston hat and a salmon-colored T-shirt with a simple message on the back: "I support two teams. Boston and whoever beats New York."
So it went without saying before Friday's late start which team had King's early support.
"It's great," said King, while taking a break from his second-row field-box seat, which had a private TV monitor embedded in the barricade. "It's great, as long as the Indians, you know, win."
Before he had a chance to watch the Yankees-Indians game at Fenway, he watched Game 1 of that ALDS on Thursday night. The Indians pummeled Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang, going on to win, 12-3.
"Loved it," King said. "Loved it."
"How's Daisuke [Matsuzaka] going to be tonight?" he added, changing the subject to more pressing matters.
King was asked what he thought of the 2007 Red Sox.
"I think they're really strong," King said. "[They have] good pitching, good hitting, peaking at the right time."
As for the other team King was supporting on Friday? The live Yankees-Indians feed went dark during the national anthem at Fenway, and it never came back on. As of Matsuzaka's first pitch, King's personal monitor had switched to Red Sox-Angels.
The Indians beat the Yankees, 2-1, in 11 innings to take a 2-0 series advantage.
Alex McPhillips is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mahmood Al Zarooni, the disgraced trainer at the centre of the biggest doping scandal in the history of British horse racing, was last night banned for eight years by the sport's governing body.
The severity of the sanction, which signals an abrupt end to what had promised to be a decorated career for the 37-year-old within Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin empire, reflected the British Horseracing Authority's (BHA) zero tolerance policy to the use of anabolic steroids.
It could, though, trigger the beginning of the end of the sheikh's long love affair with British racing. "This is a terrible day for British racing and an awful situation that we have found ourselves in," Simon Crisford, racing manager to Godolphin, said. "Mr Al Zarooni has acted with awful…


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Chipper: U.S. will be better prepared
Jones, Rollins say Americans will be focused on Classic title
Chipper Jones says Team USA will be better prepared for next month's World Baseball Classic than the squad that was eliminated in the second round of the inaugural event three years ago.
"Some guys thought we were just going to throw the bats and gloves out there on the field and just crush everyone with the names and the bats that we had on that particular team," said the Atlanta Braves third baseman, one of the returnees on this year's squad.
"This time around, if guys come into the USA camp and are not ready to play, the same result will happen. We will get beat and beat pretty soundly."
Jones, who joined Phillies shortstop and Team USA teammate Jimmy Rollins on a media conference call Tuesday, said it will help that players will compete in more Spring Training games before the start of World Baseball Classic play than in 2006.
Team USA will face Canada in Pool C action on Mar. 7 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Unlike the 2006 All-Star squad managed by Buck Martinez, the team Davey Johnson will lead is built more to win an international tournament.
"Buck Martinez drove himself absolutely crazy trying to get everyone equal playing time," Jones said. "He wanted to keep everybody happy and wanted everyone to look back on that experience fondly, but trying to get everyone in the game wasn't conducive to winning a tournament."
Rollins, the N.L. Most Valuable Player in 2007, says players on this year's squad are ready to accept lesser roles than they play during the regular season. The Yankees Derek Jeter is expected to be the starting shortstop.
"I have no problem with Derek Jeter being named the starting shortstop," Rollins said. "He's a great representative for USA baseball ... It's a team. It's not about me or him. It's about Team USA going out there and trying to bring this WBC title home."
Rollins says other countries could have an advantage since many Latin American players compete in winter ball. Other squads have been training as a team.
"We tend to go our separate ways do our individual things to try to get ourselves ready for April, not necessarily for March," Rollins said. "When the time comes, we know what to expect and we'll find a way to get the job done."
Jones said he is searching for a bit of redemption after Team USA's disappointing performance in 2006.
"With the talent we had on the field, you expected a better result," he said. "But have you ever heard that saying, 'too many chiefs and not enough Indians?' That's what was taking place with that team. There were so many stud athletes and egos flying out the door, it was crazy. It was a tremendous amount of fun, don't get me wrong. But this team is better put together in that it's a little more well rounded."
Pete Williams is a freelancer based in Safety Harbor, Fla.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Because of the makeup of this Knicks team, J.R. Smith's capacity for prolific, implausible and occasionally frustrating shot creation has made him essential. This was all too apparent in the Knicks' offensive flub in a Game 4 loss to the Celtics, a contest that Smith missed after being suspended one game for elbowing Jason Terry during Game 3.
Without its second-leading regular-season scorer Sunday (Smith will return for Game 5 on Wednesday with his team leading 3-1), New York's offense folded itself into Carmelo Anthony's pocket. In 45 minutes, Anthony attempted an astonishing 35 shots from the field and 20 from the free-throw line -- totals that, when combined with his seven turnovers, made him the end point on 51.7 percent of the Knicks' possessions. Even the most ball-dominant players in the league typically cap out, usage-wise, around 35 percent, but Anthony has exceeded that standard in general this series (43 percent usage rate) and was in total control of New York's offense in Game 4.
That ball domination -- and the single-minded way in which Anthony went about it -- turned out to be New York's undoing, and the primary force behind an early and significant deficit that the Knicks couldn't overcome. Some strong complementary performances from Raymond Felton and Iman Shumpert eventually helped close the gap when Anthony was off the floor, and the cumulative weight of Anthony's 20 free-throw attempts made a big dent in Boston's lead as the game progressed. But overall, a Knicks team that managed to score at a rate of 99.8 points per 100 possessions in the first three games of this first-round series was held to a Celtics-like efficiency of 66.4 points per 100 possessions in the first half. That the Knicks were able to recover and force overtime is a hell of a feat, but they undoubtedly know now that it never should have come to that.
Smith's availability alone wouldn't have made shots fall (though the Sixth Man Award winner says the Knicks would have swept the Celtics had he played), but there is a greater offensive influence in play with New York's shoot-first super-sub. Smith has been given ample credit this season for reining in his playing style, mixing his gunslinger mentality with a more prudent and restrained role. Yet it's by Smith's very presence that Anthony, too, has seemingly evolved. Melo is still a fill-it-up scorer with immediate physical advantages, but New York's best stretches this season have come with a universal buy-in to a more stable offensive concept. Anthony was, is and should be a huge part of that revision, but it requires that he lean on teammates like Smith and Felton to help him create more varied offense, or at the very least create a bit of misdirection. There was no revolution of conscience or massive upgrade in skill set for Anthony over the course of this season, but even his slight change in approach had done a world of good in making New York a more dynamic offensive team.
With Smith absent from the rotation, the Knicks retreated into a tired, predictable setup almost immediately. New York had isolated Anthony plenty in the first three games of this series, but there seemed to be a tangible shift in the mindset of both Anthony and his teammates, one visible from the game's opening possessions and sustained through overtime. Setting up Anthony for a one-on-one sequence was no longer a mere contingency to a busted pick-and-roll, but an uncompromising default, as Melo would position himself on the same turf over and over again without even the slightest attempt to manufacture offense through different means*.
*To Anthony's credit, he was still able to create some decent looks against single coverage, but suffered from a poor shooting afternoon and some unfortunate rolls. Those kinds of factors will be in play regardless of Anthony's approach, though there's a particular disadvantage in going to work in isolation -- an inherently low-value possession type -- so consistently when the ball isn't taking favorable bounces.
It's not as if the Knicks suddenly pick up Princeton-style ball movement whenever Smith takes the court, as this team's best creators are still primarily catch-and-dribble types. But we've seen New York's offense go from merely good with Anthony on the floor sans Smith (112.2 points per 100 possessions) to slightly better (113.7) when the two play together, according to the website NBA Wowy. Yet more important than that increase in production is the sustainability gained by diversifying the offense. Anthony is talented enough to carry the Knicks by himself for stretches in a regular-season setting, but in a thoroughly scouted playoff series against a top-tier defensive team, flanking Anthony with another ball-handler gives the Knicks an important adaptability. Felton (who bumps New York's offensive efficiency up to 115.8 points per 100 possessions when playing with Anthony and Smith) only adds to that resilient quality, as all three creators can play off of the movement and placement of one another without oversimplifying the offense to the degree New York readily accepted in Game 4.
Smith is an essential part of that pitch -- to Anthony and coach Mike Woodson both -- for more viable, team-wide offense, and his suspension coincided with New York's strategic regression. There's no doubt that Anthony is New York's best shot creator, just as there was no doubt that Smith's absence would likely require Melo to create even more than usual. But jamming things up with telegraphed, solvable offense only exacerbated the problems caused by Smith's suspension and negated the potential for positive contributions from New York's other role players.
Under the iso-Melo framework, players such as Jason Kidd, Tyson Chandler, Steve Novak and Pablo Prigioni don't much contribute or even space the floor; they're made to be mere onlookers, marginalized to the point of providing negligible value in a floundering offense. Felton, who scored an invaluable 27 points in Game 4, went 5-for-5 from the field in the five minutes he played while Anthony sat (per NBA Wowy), but just 5-for-16 in the 43 minutes in which they shared the court. Some of that can be attributed to a classic Felton hot streak at an opportune time, but Anthony's vacated post on the right wing also opened up the floor and the Knicks' offensive flow, while the iso-centric bent complicated matters for New York's most pivotal dribble-driver.