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Paul Allen has lots of money. You already knew that about the co-founder of Microsoft, of course. But the Forbes 400 richest Americans list came out Wednesday and Mr. Allen has reached a new pedestal.
The 59-year-old is now worth an estimated $15 billion, which moves him from 23rd to 20th on the list. That makes the Seahawks and Trail Blazers owner the richest American in sports, pushing him well ahead of Nike founder Phil Knight, who ranks 23rd with a measly net worth of $13.1 billion.
Fellow Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates retained the top spot on the list for the incredible 19th consecutive year at $66 billion. Amazon's Jeff Bezos is up to 11th place, increasing his worth from $19.1 billion last year to $23.2 billion in 2012.
Outside of the states, Allen is second in the sports sphere to Mukesh Ambani, the owner of a Mumbai cricket team and the wealthiest man in sports at a net worth of $22.3 billion.
Things are going well right now for the always-busy Allen both on and off the field. His Seahawks have impressed so far this season with the pigskin — and smartphone apps — while the Sounders, in which he's a part-owner, look playoff-bound.
Off the field — er, "pitch" for you soccer football fans' Allen is looking to sell the Amazon campus he owns and is closer to fulfilling his dream of flying in space. He is also co-leading a $30 million investment in Silruia Technologies, a San Francisco company developing methods to convert natural gas into other materials like plastic and transportation fuels. Allen is even helping salvage parts from an old British battle cruiser with his massive 414-foot yacht.
And, perhaps best of all, it looks like Bill G. and Paul might be BFFs again.


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text: What's Your Yoga IQ?Over the last decade yoga has become a household item. It's not just a new age enigma anymore. Yoga classes are offered just about everywhere - from gyms to community centers. As the health benefits of yoga become more apparent, the number of people who've jumped on the meditation bandwagon continues to increase. Take this yoga quiz to test how much you know about this health-enhancing habit.


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Sorry about the double post, but since my last post was from 2 days ago, I feel like maybe its okay...
But did everyone hear!? They are announcing all the songs that will be on the soundtrack tomorrow! Squeeee!
But some bad news... none of our ideas are gunna make it to the soundtrack, Alex Patsavas, who is in charge of getting the music for the soundtrack, released a statement saying all the music featured on it is going to be brand new. Which I think is super exciting because it means most the bands will all be writing the songs especially for New Moon!
Just thought I'd share! Much love!


text: TaylorMade fairway woods combine innovation with authenticity and maintain ties to what many golfers consider a tried-and-true golf club. More tour players trust TaylorMade than any other golf manufacturer because of their close relationship with PGA TOUR staff and other golf industry professionals. Started in 1979 by Gary Adams, TaylorMade became famous for creating a new 12-degree loft metalwood with a unique steel construction. The metalwood performed better than other clubs of its time because of its increased forgiveness and low center of gravity. TaylorMade has staked its claim as the No. 1 Fairway Wood in Golf because of the company's development of the Speed Pocket. The Speed Pocket in all TaylorMade fairway woods offer golfers increased ball speed and ease of getting the ball into the air. Whether you're looking for a backup driver or a club that's going to take the place of a long iron or hybrid, you'll find the best TaylorMade fairway woods here.


text: I have just published an early version (beta) of a mobile website which the intent of is to try and make the USTA Tennislink site a bit more usable on mobile devices (outside of iPhone since they get an official app). The url is: http://ustamobileaccess.azurewebsites.net/ (when viewing in full browser keep in mind this was designed for a mobile device so it will not look very good on large screen). Please check it out and keep in mind that it is a very early beta and may have some bugs. Also this is my very first mobile web site ever (I primarily code internal business apps and never before on a mobile device) so I am still learning some of the design aspects. I have only been able to test this on an HTC EVO running Android 2.3 and a iPhone 4s but on those 2 devices things seem to be running pretty smoothly. I initially contacted the USTA about the possibilities of them producing an app for Android or Windows Phone but they responded that they had no time frame on producing one. I then contacted them expressing my desire to make one for them and tried to get them to work with me. They declined saying they could not share any information with me and I would have to wait until they produced something internally. So in my frustration I am slowly reverse engineering as much of their website as possible and trying to recreate it myself. Of course since they will not work with me there are quite a few things that I simply can not do such as: registering accounts, tournament entries, updating scores, or anything that involves saving data to their system. What I can do (and have begun doing) is simplifying and replicating some of their search functionality as well as creating a way to save searches. So this initial release contains the following: Tournament Searches - simple and advanced Player/Team searches Ratings Search Rankings Search Saved Searches - This way you can easily save a tournament search or player history search without having to remember all the criteria. This was very frustrating for me as I play tournaments and I hated having to bookmark every tournament search since the USTA site had no way of saving it. These functionalities are largely the exact same (except for saved as that is something I created new) as they would be on the main site except they are more friendly and lightweight for a mobile device. Once you actually execute the search your results will show in the full USTA website as if you had performed the search there. I will continue to reverse engineer as much of the USTA Tennislink site I can and try to keep adding functionality. I am also open to any suggestions or ideas you might have as well so please let me know. At the footer of every page on the website there is an email address I have setup that will be listening for any bugs/suggestions. Also, I fully intend on developing an Android and Windows Phone app after I have this mobile website completed. I decided to start with a website because I am a web developer (smaller learning curve) and it would be available to more people faster vs having to code separate apps for each platform (something I have never done before either). One final note, the service hosting my website is something new as well so it may not be super high performance. If I(or you) notice that the site is simply getting slow from too much traffic then I will move it over to a better hosting service.


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Astros sign Houston product Crain to bolster bullpen
Right-hander joins club on one-year deal after making '13 All-Star team with White Sox
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- After watching his team struggle to hold leads late in games last season, especially following the trade of closer Jose Veras to the Tigers, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow had no bigger assignment this offseason than improving the bullpen.
With that in mind, the Astros signed veterans Chad Qualls and Matt Albers -- both of whom were drafted by the team -- earlier this month, and on Tuesday put the wraps on 2013 by agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with right-hander Jesse Crain, who played at the University of Houston and lives in the area with his family. The deal is for $3.25 million, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
"It's exciting," Crain said. "I don't know what I'm getting myself into with family and friends and all that. We're real excited to spend time at home. Having three young kids definitely played a huge decision in signing here."
Crain was an All-Star in a 2013 season in which he posted a 0.74 ERA in 38 games with the White Sox, striking out 46 and walking only 11 batters in 36 2/3 innings, including a 29-innings scoreless streak. He didn't pitch after being traded to the Rays on July 29 because of biceps tendinitis that eventually required surgery, but he could be ready for Opening Day.
"I think there's a chance," he said. "But obviously that would be awesome if I could do that. Like I said, having this [signing] past us and getting a contract, I'm going to work on being healthy and moving on from there. It's better to take your time up front and make sure you're healthy instead of trying to rush through it."
Crain said he'll start throwing in the next two weeks.
"I feel good about the time table he's on, and he'll be able to contribute for a vast majority or all of the season," Luhnow said.
Crain, 32, will join Qualls, Albers, Anthony Bass, Darin Downs and Raul Valdes as newcomers to an Astros relief corps that has been revamped over the course of the last few weeks. In 2013, the Astros ranked last in the Majors with a 4.92 bullpen ERA, and their 29 blown saves tied for the most.
"When [Crain] is healthy, he's as good as it gets out of the bullpen," Luhnow said. "This definitely shores up one of our big weaknesses of the team last year, which was the bullpen. I like our young guys, but I feel adding experienced relievers will help with their development and help them mature and help us win some games."
The Astros got an extended look last season at several rookie relievers who will be competing for spots next spring -- a list that includes Josh Zeid, Kevin Chapman, Chia-Jen Lo and Josh Fields. Unlike last year, the Astros will have depth and experience in the bullpen, but it remains to be seen who will close games.
Crain was the closer at UH in 2002 and closed throughout the Minor Leagues, but he never got the chance at Minnesota with Joe Nathan entrenched in that role.
"That's something I always wanted to do," he said. "I did it all the way up until I came to the big leagues … Sometimes when you're good at a role, they don't want to kind of take you out of it, and that's where I was with the White Sox, and I never got a chance to do that. If you look at my career, I've thrown two or maybe three times in the ninth inning in save situations. It's something I would love to get an opportunity to try."
Fields and Lo briefly handled the closer's role last year, and none of the veterans the team has obtained have much experience as closers in the Major Leagues.
"I think it will take all spring to figure that out," Luhnow said. "We'll leave that up to [manager] Bo [Porter] and has staff. There's certainly plenty of innings to go around, and we have some good arms. There should be a good, healthy competition, and that includes the young guys from last year."
In 10 Major League seasons with the Twins (2004-10) and White Sox (2011-13), Crain has posted a 45-30 record with four saves in 532 appearances (all in relief) with a 3.05 ERA and a .229 opponents' average. His 45 wins in relief since his debut in 2004 are tied with Qualls for tops in the Majors in that span.
"As far as the last three or four years, I feel like I've gotten better every single year," Crain said. "Last year, I started throwing my curveball more and showed some good results. Before, I had my slider, and that's usually what I was known for. I was in the AL Central for 9 1/2 years, which is a long time, so you try to do new things and show something different. That's what I tried to do last year."
Crain played at both San Jacinto Junior College in Houston and UH, earning all-conference honors at both schools. He was taken in the second round of the 2002 Draft by the Twins and made his Major League debut two years later.
After revamping the bullpen, trading for center fielder Dexter Fowler and signing veteran starting pitcher Scott Feldman, the Astros' 40-man roster is full. They appear to be finished with their major moves, but Luhnow said some things could still happen.
"We're talking to some teams about trades and are still in touch with some free agents, but at this point, we feel good about what we've accomplished," Luhnow said. "We'll continue to be opportunistic, and if something developed we felt could improve our team, we're not going to be hesitant to do it."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Blocked Websites
How many of you have to deal with websites being blocked at work?
I work at a mid-size firm with about 40ish employees. This website blocking idea has been getting implemented over the past year and it drives me nuts! I instantly get mad when I can't get to something I want/need to look at.
Welp, guess I should get back to work ...2016 Moomba Mojo
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I work for a big bank, and we have a pretty severe filter. Usually anything I want to look at is open, but the ads and links on CNN and Yahoo ALWAYS set the thing off, giving me death threats and such.2013 Outback V
I used to block a lot of sites from the kids at home - found that homework time involved a whole lot of screwing around and it was starting to show in their grades.
They're crafty little shits though and started using proxy servers or proxy websites. These will allow you to surf blocked sites via a window from that site. A window in a window if you will. They said they used these at school all the time to view Myspace, Facebook, etc. that the school was blocking.
Now if they'd only put that sort of dedication and creativity into their school work!
My company is small, only about 12 people and nothing is blocked, tracked, anything. Our VP/boss is often founding screwing around playing Soduku on-line and looking at sailboats on CL for hours on end so if he's the guy setting the example then we're screwed.The years have been kind, it's the weekends that have done the damage.
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work at a retail distribution center with around 100 employees. regional retailer that employs around 10,000.
websense sucks. some sites I can understand, but others are frustrating..
I have a pc at my desk, but it's a virtual pc running off a server. slow as crap and I'm currently using internet explorer 6.0 with no plugins.
anyone have any idea how many websites use flash that I can't see and I can't upgrade as the admin options are gone.'06 Supra Launch 20SSV-gone but never forgotten
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My company uses Mcafee to screen. I have had to use a web site to get into a web site also. They finally made ok to get on Moomba Forums.Jack Beams
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I work for a large Agricultural Chemical company and I work in IT. We use websense to block access to certain websites and use a proxy server to restict access to the internet in general. Pretty much any video and audio streaming and social networking sites are blocked. Along with the typical p0rn, game, and gambling sites. Even some of the photos that get posted on here via links to other sites don't show up. We had a go around that left it open for us who know but it got abused and ended up getting closed. One moron ruins it for everyone! It's pretty much standard stuff over here but I have worked for places that restrict a lot more and a lot less. If its' blocked on the computer I'll usually use my i-Phone to view it.SOLD! 2011 Mobius LSV 325HP EFI
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I work for a fortune 500 company, so I can kinda see the need for it with so many employees, but it drives me nuts. It's really inconsistent. A lot of forums are blocked, but luckily this one isn't yet. The one that kills me is pandora. We used to be able to use it at work until they blocked it. Luckily it's not blocked on my work issued blackberry.'13 Mobius LSV
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My work gave me a laptop and it has no programmed restrictions. That being sad I was told not to visit certain websites. On the rig we are told to not go to you tube or any site that streams video due to the large amount of bandwidth is uses and offshore internet is already very very very very slowDavid
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This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.
State Party Organizations, 1960-1980: [United States] (ICPSR 8281)
Principal Investigator(s): Cotter, Cornelius P.
This two-part data collection examines the complex role of party organizational strength in electoral politics. Major areas of inquiry were the conceptualization, measurement, and identification of the determinants and consequences of party organizational strength at state and county levels. Responses were gathered from mailed questionnaires and personal interviews with various state party officials. Part 1 contains data collected from former Republican and Democratic state party chairs (1960-1978) in the 27 sample states of the data collection. In addition, questionnaires were sent to current state party chairs (1978-1980) in nonsample states. Topics covered include: the factors and motives leading the respondent to seek and accept the chairmanship, budgetary data for typical election and non-election years, an assessment of the state party organization's relationship with county party organizations, and the frequency of the state party's dealings with the National Committee on party matters such as fund-raising, gaining assistance for state candidates, and federal appointments and patronage. Part 2 contains results from personal interviews with both the current state party chairs (1978-1980) and the executive director for each party in the 27 sample states. As in Part 1, respondents were questioned on a variety of issues such as their party's relationship with the National Committee, an assessment of the most important aspects of their job as chairman, and the state party's role in recruiting and screening candidates for state and national positions. Additionally, the executive director for each party was asked a series of questions concerning the operation and strength of the party. Items in the series included a description of the party headquarters, services provided by the party such as public relations or issue research, and sources of funding.
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Cotter, Cornelius P. State Party Organizations, 1960-1980: [United States]. ICPSR08281-v1. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-01-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08281.v1
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Subject Terms: electoral systems, party leaders, party membership, political parties, states (USA)
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1960--1980
- 1978--1980
Universe: All state party chairs in the United States and executive directors in sample states.
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Grab a coffee, beer or whatever floats your boat and hang with the CrackBerry team ALL NIGHT LONG. We need to stay awake to help James and Richard run the BlackBerry Jam Europe Keynote live blog at 4:30am, and it's the even of the BlackBerry Z10 Launch in Canada - we need to hit the stores EARLY to pick up Z10! This won't be broadcast again later... so join in now. You can chat below!
Live from CrackBerry HQ, it's an ALL NIGHTER Webcast! On the eve of Canada's BlackBerry Z10 Launch and BBJam Europe Keynote!
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Live from CrackBerry HQ, it's an ALL NIGHTER Webcast! On the eve of Canada's BlackBerry Z10 Launch and BBJam Europe Keynote!
So I seen two dumy units today at my bell store.my rep said she didn't know forsure but off contract the z10 would be 650 does this sound about right?
how do you do the video conference live?
Stupid me enrolled in a virtual class for 5:30am.....good news is that I'll be awake for this!
Hi guys,
Can any Crackberry team member put a video about Iphone 5 galaxy s3 and z10 browser comparison.
Thank you in advance.
I do not know why I am even bothering to lie in bed here like this. I had a chance to explore a live Z10 at a store. I'll admit it took a litle bit to get used to. The UI comparison is like going from having to do all the work in a relationship to having a partner.
There are a lot of things we do to accomodate for the silo style of phones on the market.
I bought a 9860, a respectable phone last January just so I would not need to wait a year for the Touchscreen experience. Coulld have gone with an iPhone ( we even have an extra in the house) but it felt wrong.
I will be getting up (or at least out of bed ) at 5 am to get ready to get My Z10.
Oh yea- one more thing- MY CANADA INCLUDES BLACKBERRY!


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is there any way one can determine the current CPU frequency?
I was trying to figure out a way to do this but couldn't find a way that works. My approach was to use the TSC (Time Stamp Counter), but with the tickless feature in the kernel the TSC gets unstable and can't be used for frequency calculation anymore.
Here's a draft of this idea (though on my systems with tickless enabled the calculated frequency is absolutely wrong):
The idea is to read the TSC, wait a small amount of time and read the TSC again. TSCnow-TSCstart / waited_time will return the CPU frequency provided the TSC is stable.Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <sys/time.h> #include <string.h> #include <unistd.h> unsigned long long int rdtsc(void) { unsigned long long int x; __asm__ volatile (".byte 0x0f, 0x31" : "=A" (x)); return x; } int main() { struct timezone tz; struct timeval tvstart, tvstop; unsigned long long int cycles[2]; unsigned long microseconds; int mhz; memset(&tz, 0, sizeof(tz)); gettimeofday(&tvstart, &tz); cycles[0] = rdtsc(); gettimeofday(&tvstart, &tz); usleep(250000); gettimeofday(&tvstop, &tz); cycles[1] = rdtsc(); gettimeofday(&tvstop, &tz); microseconds = ((tvstop.tv_sec-tvstart.tv_sec)*1000000) + (tvstop.tv_usec-tvstart.tv_usec); mhz = (int) (cycles[1]-cycles[0]) / microseconds; printf("%i MHz\n",mhz); return 0; }
With tickless this gets all messed up and I can't come up with any other idea...


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Pesticides found in all 168 daycare centers tested
At least one pesticide was found in each of 168 daycare centers tested in a recent study by EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory. While noting that concentrations found were generally low, researcher Nicolle Tulve did stress that there no health advisories or national standards currently exist for such exposure levels. Researchers tested for 39 pesticides, and 63% of the centers reported applying up to 10 different insectides. In the past decade, some states have started regulating pesticides in daycare facilities. In 2000, Massachusetts passed a law requiring all schools to submit integrated pest-management plans to limit children's contact with pesticides. [Environmental Science & Technology]


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Coffee is a pick-me-up, let's meet up beverage in America.
We treat it as a tool for extra alertness or we pivot social events around it. All things in moderation is a great mantra but if you find yourself in a cycle of groggy waking, caffeination, afternoon slump, caffeination, and restless sleep, it may be time to give yourself a healing gift and quit coffee.
Giving yourself time away from the false energy of caffeine will allow you to come back to your own healthy rhythms; restoring your adrenal system and easing you back into deeper, restorative sleep.
Due in part to it's high levels of antioxidents, coffee does have some health benefits. However, it also raises our blood pressure and levels of the stress hormone, cortisol. Prolonged use of coffee may stress our adrenal system. Since the thyroid gland works in tandem with our adrenals, we need to keep our adrenals healthy for the thyroid to work properly. Women are more likely to experience adrenal fatigue and thyroid disruption so this may be something to consider if you're thinking about quitting.
Tolerance levels affect everyone differently. A recent article in the Chicago Tribune reported that The National Institute of Health found that caffeine "can leave you feeling wired 12 to 16 hours after the last cup, wreaking havoc on sleep" and "drinking just 100 milligrams per day — the amount of a small cup of brewed coffee — and then giving it up can lead to withdrawal symptoms ranging from headaches and depression to flulike nausea and muscle pain." Only you know if your sleep is suffering or if you are sleepy during the day. This could be because you are drinking six cups or because you are drinking one cup.
If you only drink one to three cups a day, you might be able to quit cold turkey. Withdrawl symptoms are reported to last one to three days so convince yourself to try to go without for three days in a row. By the third day it's likely you won't crave it and you can extend another few days and son on. If you drink six cups or more, you may want to taper off. You can do this by limiting yourself to three cups a day, then two, then one. Or you can mix half decaf, half regular coffee for your portions. Some people find it easiest to switch to decaf, which has a tiny amount of caffeine and drink that for a week or so.
In the Morning:
Make a morning music mix of whatever gets you going.
Music is used to rehabilitate stroke victims and patients with Parkinson's disease precisely because it increases mental focus. A Finnish study found that stroke patients who listened to a few hours of music a day experienced a 60% improvement in verbal memory and a 17% improvement in focused attention.
Eat a balanced breakfast.
A combination of protein, a little fat, and complex carbs will sustain your energy and feed your brain for hours.
Take an early morning walk.
Exercise increases oxygen and blood flow to the brain. That, in combination with the fresh air, will erase any morning mental fogginess. If you live in a city, try getting off the train a few stops early on your way to work in the morning. Or, you can start a walking group of parents at your children's school. You can leave for your walk directly after dropping off your kids.
To combat the afternoon slump:
Drink water!
Often when you feel fatigued, it is a sign your body needs water.
Try a peppy, healthy drink
Perk up with a zippy drink of 3/4 cup sparkling mineral water and 1/4 cup natural fruit juice. Keep a large bottle of mineral water and a single serving bottle of juice in the fridge at work and you'll have enough for four servings — almost the whole work week.
Eat a protein/fruit Snack
A handful of almonds with some dried apricots or a half of a banana will give you fuel to end your work day strong.
If you think you may struggle with cravings or withdrawl symptoms, give yourself some support. Traditional Chinese Medicine can help you overcome caffeine addiction, heal weakened adrenal glands and bring thyroid back into proper function. With your re-tuned body humming you'll find you won't crave caffeine. How will you use all that fresh energy?


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To start the season, I had the No. 50 in my mind when it came to how many bases I wanted to steal this year. I think it is an attainable goal. To get there, a lot of things have to go my way. I have to continue to get on base at a high rate, and I have to get on base when the situations are conducive to running.
a I feel if I get 50, it will be a successful year on the basepaths. If not, and I come up a little short, that will be fine also. As a competitor, you want to always try to get as many as you can, whether you are talking stolen bases or runs or hits. A lot of factors can lead you not to trying to, or wanting to, steal a base. But I try to go when I can.
Running has always been a big part of my game, even when I was a kid. I have always been fortunate to have good speed. One of the great things is that I can bring speed to the park every day. You aren't always going to get hits, you aren't always going to contribute at the plate, but playing solid defense and running well are some aspects that I can realistically bring each and every day. I pride myself on that. Getting on base and using that speed is a good way to help your team win games.
When it comes to stealing bases at any level, there is a lot more to it than just pure speed. It is about anticipating, picking the right guy and the right pitches to run on and getting good jumps from the bases. I have known a lot of guys who are extremely fast, but they weren't necessarily great basestealers. Again, I am fortunate to have the good speed, but I have put in a lot of effort to become a good base stealer.
Something else that is important when stealing bases is your success rate. When you run as much as I do, you know you are going to get thrown out some -- but that is part of the risk. They say the rule of thumb is to be safe 80 percent of the time. I try to stay above that rate.
I had some good stolen-base totals in the Minors. But I think the biggest difference between stealing a base at the big league level compared to stealing a base down there is that the pitchers are not as knowledgeable about holding runners on in the Minors. Here, they vary their times and they slide-step more compared to the Minors. There, pitchers are more concerned with throwing strikes and going after the hitter. That is important here, too, obviously, but the Major League pitchers are just more polished.
There are a lot of guys whom I like to watch steal bases. In the National League, you have guys like Jose Reyes, Michael Bourn and Ian Desmond. Those guys are all exciting to watch. They are fast. They all know what they are doing, and they get great jumps. When you see guys steal as many bases as they do, you know they have that bit of art mastered. As a basestealer myself, I appreciate what they can do.
Stealing bases is still something I am getting better at. The longer I am in this league, the more I will learn about it.
Reds outfielder Drew Stubbs leads the Reds in stolen bases with 21, which ranks tied for third in the NL. Last year, he stole 30 bases and he has stolen as many as 46 bases in a season in the Minor Leagues.
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BOSTON (AP) - A Republican lawmaker is pushing for a law allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using a weapon of mass destruction.
Gloucester state Sen. Bruce Tarr is offering the proposal as an amendment to the Senate version of the state budget.
It would allow the attorney general to recover "any and all money" from anyone convicted of the terrorist act "who has previously collected public assistance, financial assistance or received any other direct financial benefit from the state."
The money would go to benefit any victims of the attack.
State official have confirmed that Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife and toddler daughter received welfare benefits. Tsarnaev was killed in a police chase. His 19-year-old brother, Dzhohkar, was arrested.
The brothers also received welfare benefits as children through their parents.
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Ondra Krahul has decided to take a bath. In a room adorned with candles and with the bath covered in a white sheet it looks rather exotic. Removing his underwear Ondra steps into the batch and begins to wash his legs. Then he sits in the water, with his legs hanging out of the bath. He continues to wash himself as Dalibor Janek arrives. He is in just his underwear too. Squatting down he reaches into the water with a hand, taking a sponge, and begins to wash Ondra. He washes all over Ondra's chest and then he reaches forward to kiss him. As he kisses Dalibor reaches forward and takes hold of Ondra's cock and begins to wank it. As he wanks he nibbles as Ondra's neck. Ondra lifts himself up and rests his ass on the edge of the bath, his hard cock coming into view. Dalibor quickly goes down on that big cock and sucks on it. He also sucks the balls into his mouth, enjoying the nice clean taste. Dalibor is hard too and he stands and presents his cock to Ondra who eagerly begins to suck on it. As he sucks he wanks his own big cock, keeping it nice and hard. Dalibor then moves again, this time so that he can rim Ondra's hot ass hole. Having enjoyed the rimming Ondra is more turned on then ever and climbs out of the bath so that he can slide his dick into Dalibors hot, tight ass. That big cock slides effortlessly in and out of Dalibor's ass, working the hole real well. Dalibor turns over and rests on the edge of the bath with Ondra fucking him missionary style. Dalibor wanks on his throbbing cock as his ass take a good hard pounding. The guys move again, this time so that Dalibor can sits his ass down on that cock and ride it. He continues to ride the dick until Ondra is ready to blow. Dalibor gets into position so that Ondras load can shoot all over his face. Then he takes the spent cock into his mouth and cleans it off very nicely.
Goodlooking newcomer Samuel Herzog came in for a massage. He walks into the room and stands to let the camera get a good look at him. Then he removes his underwear before laying on the bed to wait for the masseur. As he lays there Samuel as one leg crooked slightly which give a wonderful shape to his ass. The masseur arrives and gets to work on Samuel's back. His oiled hands glide smoothly over the back and shoulders. Then they move down and work on that sexy ass. It looks so hot as Samuel's back is arched and the hands squeeze the bubbled cheeks. Next the masseur moves down to Samuel's legs and work up and down them, the oil glistening on the hairs. The hands move back up to that hot ass and pull the cheeks apart, showing Samuel's hot little hole. They reach down to his balls as well. They a vibrator comes into play as it teases Samuels hole, before sliding inside. Samuel is then moved up onto his knees and the vibrator fucks in an out of his ass. The masseur then reches under and takes hold of Samuel's cock and begins to wank it. It soon gets nice and hard as it is wanked, pushed back between his legs. Another toy is then brought into play, and is pushed into that hot ass, stretching the hole wider. Samuel feels it but take is well. Samuel turns over and lays on his back as his chest is oiled. Then the masseur starts wanking on Samuel's cock again, getting it rock hard. Speeding up the wanking it isn't long before Samuel shoots his cum over his body. That hot cock is milked dry and then he is left to relax. What a very sexy, goodlooking guy Samuel is and a great sport too.
Ivo Kouzelny is aged 22 and lives in Bochovice. He works as a personal trainer and enjoys sports and fitness. What a handsome guy Ivo is, with a very nice flush to his cheeks. After his interview he stands and begins to feel his body. Lifting his tee-shirt we see that Ivo has a very good chest, which looks even better when the shirt is completely off. A hand gropes his groin and then he opens his jeans. One hand slips inside as the other continues to feel his body. Sitting down and leaning back Ivo continues to run his hands over his body. A helping hand arrives and drips some oil on Ivo's massive chest. Then the hand help him off with his jeans, letting us see a big pair of balls with a gorgeous flaccid cock resting on them. The hands start to rub the oil all over Ivo's body. As they work down to his thighs and back up his body Ivo's cock responds and we watch as it gets fully hard. So hard, in fact, that the foreskin pulls back over the head as it stands proud. Then the hands drip some oil on Ivo's cock and take hold of it, wanking the oil in. Ivo has his eyes closed as he enjoys the feeling, his cock throbbing in the hand. Ivo's legs are lifted in the air to show his hot, tight hole. Some oil is rubbed over the hole as his cock continues to be wanked. Ivo drops his legs and the wanking continues until he shoots a massive load of cum everywhere, panting heavily as he unloads. Then it is off to the shower to clean up, but Ivo takes a piss before washing all that oil off his sexy body.
Vlado Dluhos is 25 and lives in Vestec. He works as a locksmith and in his spare time he enjoys fishing, hockey and football. What a handsome guy Vlado is and, as he slowly removes his clothes we see he has an awesome body too. With that massive chest he looks great. Vlado poses for the camera as he gets naked, showing his soft cock and big balls. Then he lets us see his ass, and what a beauty it is too. The cheeks get spread so we can see his tight littlle pucker hole. Then Vlado works on his dick, getting it rock hard for us to enjoy. All in all this is a great shoot and really sets things up for us to enjoy his erotic video when it comes online next week.


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There has been no major overhaul of anything, just a few little touches applied to most of the applications that can save you a ton of time during your postproduction process. This is in line with what Apple has been doing for the past 3 years with Final Cut Studio (FCS). Although none of the new features, taken by themselves, represent anything mind-blowing, together they make for a faster, easier workflow that will save you a lot of time.
Even though it succeeds FCS 2, it's not called Final Cut Studio "3" officially; Apple is calling it Final Cut Studio 2009, and this version is Intel-only. There was one last big software update to FCS 2 online in the form of a Pro Apps Support update just before the release of FCS 2009—that was the last upgrade made available to G4 and G5 owners. One thing being Intel-only leads me to believe is that FCS 2009 has some Snow Leopard technology sleeping under the hood, waiting to be unleashed. This technology most likely concerns performance issues, making it faster, using more RAM, VRAM, and GPU resources in all the pro apps across the board.
The other thing new in FCS 2009 is that it now reflects Apple's conservationist bent. The FCS 2009 box is tiny compared to the old packaging. There are no more libraries of printed technical manuals. The manuals are all still downloadable as PDFs from Apple's site. And Apple has instituted a new "Help" system that is universal across all of its apps. Accessible from the Help menu, it takes you to the universal Apple Help system, which is Spotlight-searchable, so you have access to the most important information. It's full of great info, and it's HTML-based, easy to use, and easy to update. This system is available for all the pro apps on the web via any browser at http://documentation.apple.com so you can access this information from virtually anywhere, any time.
Installation Shortly after I installed FCS 2009, I also installed Snow Leopard and edited a half-hour project for a full day, sending from Final Cut Pro (FCP) to Motion, Color, Soundtrack Pro (STP), and back. I even output several versions throughout the day via the Share menu option and Compressor, continuing to work while both ran in the background. In my experience so far, roundtripping in FCS 2009 has been flawless and bug-free.
Apple has always said that when you're upgrading, doing a fresh install of the OS and then FCS is the safest approach. In the past, there have been some minor bugs in certain FCS applications when it was run as straight updates rather than as fresh installs. Those warranted a fresh install for those not willing to work through the bugs; even so, Apple always fixed those glitches pretty quickly. It's also important not to upgrade in the middle of projects; nor right away if you don't want the initial glitches.
So far with this latest release I've done more than a dozen upgrades, have worked with FCS 2009 extensively on Snow Leopard, and have been getting a lot of feedback from my clients and students running 10.5. Of all the straight upgrades I've run, none have shown problems, and I've had no problems with my fresh installs either. I consider this the cleanest, safest, most bug-free upgrade FCS has ever had. And it installs faster too. The installs I've done take only about an hour and a half rather than the 4 hours it used to take. Snow Leopard takes just 45 minutes.
If you have to install FCS 2009 in large-volume environments like I do, use Disk Utility to make a disc image (uncompressed) of each of the seven installation DVDs. Put these in a folder called Final Cut Studio 2009 on a FW800 portable drive or on a public location on a network. Start the installer from the first image, and it'll run much faster, without requiring you to change discs eight times. Making the disc images takes time, so this is not going to help unless you're doing upgrades on multiple systems.
The one and only problem I encountered in all of these updates was on my own MacBook Pro. I opened a specific Final Cut Pro 7 project file and had a strange screen redraw issue. This issue seemed to disappear after doing a Save Project As and reopening the new project copy. For the cleanest possible install, there is a free software app called "Final Cut Remover" you can run to remove all or part of your older FCS version, as well as Final Cut Server (FCSvr). Then run the FCS 2009 installation. This method requires you to have both serial numbers from your previous version of FCS or FCSvr and the new version of your software. The serial number for the new FCS 2009 is on the back of the installation manual that comes with it.
In this new, tiny box are the seven installation DVDs, a slip of paper about Apple support options, an installation manual, and a booklet called "Exploring Final Cut Pro." This "Exploring" booklet is great. It's tiny, with tiny print, but all the info in it is more easily accessible via FCP 7's Help menu. It's a realistic way for a first-time user to pick up the basics quickly and start doing some simple work. Snow Leopard's box is also super tiny, just thin enough for the DVD and a fourfold color brochure. All the docs are now online. The installation manual has some important information in it. The one major issue to be aware of is installing the "content" (audio, Motion, DVD Studio Pro) during an update. If you put your content in a custom location during a previous installation, you simply need to specify where the new content needs to go. Otherwise, it will go to a default location and assume you have no other content installed. This update adds content, so this is an important issue to be aware of.
Another notable upgrade issue is that LiveType is gone! If you loved LiveType as much as I did, you'll want to run a straight upgrade. If you remove all the apps and do a fresh install, you will flat-out lose LiveType. LiveFonts and the text behaviors have been ported to Motion. But what gets me is that the wonderful and extensive library of animated backgrounds and templates in LiveType were not moved to Motion—this was simply dropped. This was a really bad move on Apple's part. I could do some very nice tricks in LiveType, and make use of the awesome backgrounds and templates it had for quick, quality work. I guess learning Motion isn't a bad thing, though. Let's just mourn the passing of our old friend and move on.
QuickTime X QuickTime 10 (aka Quick Time X) is a really nice component of the new OS. It has a very iMovie-like Trim function and will export from Share in the File menu to iTunes, YouTube, and MobileMe accounts. Even with Pro, the Export options are gone, as of this writing. When installing Snow Leopard, tell the installer to keep QuickTime 7 (it will install QT X and move QT 7 to your Utilities folder) and continue to use it if you're dependent on its Export options, like I am.
You'll also want to specify SL to install Rosetta for older apps such as Studio Artist, which are still PowerPC-based (i.e., pre-Intel) code. If you don't install Rosetta and try to launch a PPC app, it'll tell you and offer to help you install Rosetta.
These concerns aside, the interface of QuickTime Player is nicer in QuickTime X. And the QuickTime preference window inside of System Preferences is gone. This scaled- back version of QuickTime Pro is a bad move in my opinion since the older version enabled me to do some customized transcodes more quickly and easily than I could in Compressor. And there's not even a "Pro" version of QuickTime for sale on Apple's site; there's not even a QuickTime page, as of this writing.
We'll see what happens, but this was one super-valuable tool that got shortchanged in Snow Leopard. So far, it's the one and only major downer of my upgrade experience.
Final Cut Pro 7 There are a lot of tiny new features and changes in Final Cut Pro 7. I'll cover only the major ones here, beginning with organization and colored tabs and markers (Figure 1, below). I've already found that assigning colors to my Sequences and Markers helps me a great deal. I can see so much information about my projects at a glance with this simple feature alone. I can right-click on a Sequence in the Browser and assign it a Label color.
Recently, during the 48 Hour Film Project competition, I assigned colors for indoor scenes, outdoor scenes, opening and closing credit clips, and my output Master Sequence. Since all the indoor scenes were in the same room and the outdoor scenes were in the same garden, it really helped having 10 different Sequences open in my Timeline window, and I was able to pick out which was which much faster than before. It may not sound like much, but it helped us make our deadline. And now that my age is forcing me to wear glasses more often at the computer screen, it really helps. Saving a second here, two seconds there, all adds up to saving major time at the end of the project.
The new Colored Markers are great too! You can color-code your Clip and Timeline Markers with eight colors, which helps you identify where specific events are in your Timeline at a glance. By default, Markers are now red and stand out much more in the Timeline window. Chapter Markers default to purple, Compression Markers to blue, and Scoring Markers to orange. You can change those default colors too. You can also go into the Project Properties window under the Edit menu and decide which marker colors are visible (and what they're called) and which ones are not visible in the Timeline ruler. So if I'm working with Scoring Markers, I can set the application to show only those markers. If I'm working with Chapter Markers, I can set it to only show those. Markers are more powerful and uncluttered, and they can help save time throughout the edit.
The other great thing about Markers is that if you hold the Control key down and grab one (the playhead snaps to it), you can drag it left and right across the Timeline window ruler. The playhead snapping to it means you can see the timecode in the upper left of the window tell you exactly what frame you're on while moving a Marker. If you grab a Marker in this manner and pull it down off the ruler, FCP will delete it.
The other major timesaver is the newly revamped "Speed Change" system (Figure 2, below), which has evolved far beyond the old "Time Remap" system. Right-click a clip (or highlight and use Cmd+J) and choose "Change Speed" to open a new tool window. To begin with, we now have an option to Ripple or not Ripple the rest of the Sequence when we change the speed of a clip. The Ease In and Ease Out (ramping up and down speed at the start and end of a clips) is very easy with icons you can select in the Speed Change window. In the Viewer's Motion tab, the Speed section is much simpler than in FCP 6. When you toggle on the Clip Keyframes in the Timeline and right-click between speed keyframes (a "segment"), you can make some sophisticated speed changes very easily.
Digital Media Publishing The other really great, timesaving feature of FCS 2009 is that Compressor doesn't tie up FCP any longer. Most of the time, you won't even launch Compressor. Apple has a new paradigm for working based on the idea of publishing digital media rather than encoding it. In the File menu, there is a new Share option (Cmd+Shift+E). The Share function (Figure 3, below) gives you access to presets (you can make your own presets too) that would be your most commonly used output formats. But it does more than just encode QuickTime files and leave them on your hard drive. The default presets FCP 7 comes with are Apple TV, Blu-ray, DVD, iPhone, iPod, YouTube, and MobileMe. Each is preset to give you the best encoding for that form of digital media publishing. The really cool part of this is the "publishing" part. Let's say I choose YouTube and check the "Publish to YouTube" box.
A side drawer opens where I can enter the account name, password, title, description, tags, category, and an option to make the movie private or public. With all of this information filled out, I click the Export button and two things happen: The normal encoding of a file optimized for YouTube is created on my hard drive. But then, FCP automatically logs into my specified YouTube account, uploads the file, fills in all the information, and uploads the video—all in the background while I continue working in FCP 7. See the "publishing" idea in play here?
Another really nice new feature is Blu-ray "publishing." I select the Blu-ray preset and check the "Create Blu-ray disc" box; the side drawer offers options to choose my output device (SuperDrive for AVCHD on DVD-5, Blu-ray burner if I have one connected, or my hard drive for staging the encoded files), a menu template, disc title, first play option when the disc is loaded, and options to use Markers as subtitles, add a background, logo graphic, and title graphic to the menu template for the main menu and the chapter menu. Granted, it's pretty limited, as FCP 7 comes with only five menu choices, and it's not a full-featured Blu-ray authoring application. It's designed for quick publishing, not full-fledged authoring, and in my tests, it did the job very well, very fast, and very easily.
Why was this Blu-ray capability not put into DVD Studio Pro? Because that would be opening a can of software coding worms I'm sure no one wants to deal with. This is a nice feature, and we'll see if Apple eventually revamps DVD Studio Pro enough to be a full-featured Blu-ray authoring tool. It would be nice, one day, to see Apple come out with a Blu-ray authoring option that is more feature-rich. But those who do need to produce Blu-ray Discs will find this new option in FCP 7 useful for many, if not all, situations. For the rest of the time, there's Adobe Encore, which integrates with FCP very nicely for those who do need a more feature-rich solution.
Online Collaboration and Approval The iChat Theater support in FCS 2009 is nothing short of amazing. I've tested it over the internet, but the really amazing test was done by an IT engineer friend of mine. He had to fly off on a business trip, and happened to have a flight with the new in-flight Wi-Fi service. He and his wife are working on a video project for the deaf. During the flight, he pulled out his MacBook Pro to work on the project. He got online, fired up iChat, connected with his wife who was online at home with iChat at the same time, and they collaborated on edits with very smooth, responsive playback on both ends. Let me explain how it works.
The host computer must be running FCP 7 and have a webcam. The client computer must simply have iChat; the cam on that system is optional. Once an iChat exchange is established between the host and client, with the host sending a video iChat session to the client, an iChat Theater Preview option appears in FCP 7 at the bottom of the View menu. Choose "Start Sharing" and the image from your webcam is changed to the image of your Canvas, if it is the active window. Play, pause, reverse, edit—the full Canvas window is shown on the client's iChat window that would normally be your webcam. If you click on the Viewer window to make it active, the iChat Theater Preview switches to show the client side the Viewer window. It quickly and easily switches back and forth, and playback of audio and video are smooth and very responsive.
So now, distance is no obstacle to the collaboration and preview process inside FCP 7. As of this writing, some users are reporting on forums that this feature has trouble working properly on some Mac Pros, although mine with my ancient iSight camera works fine. Let's hope Apple has fixed the issue before this review is printed.
Other features include closed-captioning support, global transitions (applying transitions to multiple edit points at once in a variety of powerful ways), native AVC-Intra support, faster renders (and fewer re-renders by far), SD title safe display in the HD Canvas window, floating and resizable timecode windows, and much more. All these features combine to make your postproduction experience more pleasant, efficient, and faster.
Motion 4 There are several features of Motion 4 that I'm using a lot already, including the 3D realistic shadow, reflections, camera depth of field control, and credit roll. Shadows and reflections can be controlled in terms of which surfaces create them and which surfaces show them, with a nice set of parameters. It's amazing to watch the shadows and surface reflections move around realistically as you move your lighting and active camera around (Figure 4, below). The credit roll is amazingly simple and useful. No more guessing at the scroll rate to avoid screen flicker. You can scroll horizontally or vertically and set the speed automatically to adjust to your codec specs. You have a great deal of control over speed and other aspects, with a very simple and easy-to-use interface. Create a text box, apply the Scroll Text behavior, and you're good to go. The other text behaviors are extensive. It's almost everything you had in LiveType.
I do a lot of keyframing of my cameras to move them around the 3D space of my sets in Motion. I've gotten fairly good at it, but it's still tricky to do it precisely. Motion 4 introduces a wonderful Framing behavior that has made my life much easier. I add it to a camera and it allows me to target a specific object on my 3D set. Once targeted, the camera automatically sets up to look directly at that object. I then adjust the very flexible parameters in the Framing behavior, set a keyframe, move down the Timeline, target a new object, and repeat. It really helps to set up your camera target areas much, much faster and easier.
I've worked only a little bit with Optical Flow (slow motion/speed change) so far in Motion 4. Apple claims it is very improved—from what I've seen, it is. It now works only on the section of your Master clip that you've specified with In and Out points, which saves a ton of time. When you've applied it to more than one clip at a time, you can set the order in which they analyze so that the clips you want to work with first are analyzed first—very handy. Again, there are numerous new features in Motion 4; other highlights include new text behaviors, a bad film filter, text generators, a glyph tool (from LiveType), and parameter linking.
Motion also has the same Share menu option that FCP has. So now FCP, Motion, and Compressor can do the same things along the Publishing paradigm Apple is trying to establish, which is really nice to have inside an application such as Motion.
Soundtrack Pro 3 In Soundtrack Pro (STP), the three tools I've used the most so far are the Voice Matching function, improved Normalization, and Quick Look. Voice Matching is really handy for getting dialogue recorded with two different microphones to match in volume level quickly (Figure 5, below). You can set Normalization levels to RMS or Peak levels, which gives you flexibility in how you adjust a clip. Quick Look—which works only with STAP (Soundtrack Audio Project) files, not STMP (Soundtrack Multitrack Project) files—lets you highlight an STAP file in a Finder window, hit the spacebar, and be able to play the file back right there, without launching an application.
I'm also beginning to explore the new Time Stretch tool. It's very easy and very powerful, and it has potential to grow. Basically, if I have an FCP Sequence I've sent to STP, I can double-click the audio clip that is too fast, or slow, to open it in a waveform editing window. Choose the Time Stretch tool, highlight the area to be retimed, and then use one of two methods to retime it. The first option is to grab one edge of the highlighted area and simply drag it to shorten or lengthen as needed.
The second method is to choose the Time Stretch window from the Process menu (Figure 6, below). In this window, you can specify to change the timing by seconds, samples, one of three timecode specifications, or as a percentage. Then, you can specify a numeric value for that parameter and choose the algorithm used to perform the stretch. STP 3 comes with three Apple Time Stretch algorithms: Universal, Complex, or Percussive. This is a plug-in architecture, so we should see third-party plug-ins for the Time Stretch algorithms soon. I've worked with this tool quite a bit, and I find it much more flexible and powerful than in its previous workflow.
The best thing about the new Soundtrack Pro is that Apple finally fixed something that was a bit unstable before. When I send a Sequence from FCP to STP, sweeten it, save it, and export the .AIFF file, I can specify to send it back to FCP, and it actually works now. In my testing of it, it works pretty flawlessly.
Color 1.5 The changes in Color are very worthwhile. The most important for most of us is that we can now send FCP Sequences that contain stills, speed changes, and Multicam clips to Color, which was not possible in FCS 2.
This way, once you do a Multicam edit, you can get the angles to match quickly and easily with the existing Color grading and matching tools. To me personally, this is huge! I can see clips (not text clips, though, but who cares about text clips?) on tracks above the V1 track now! This means no more PITA preparing before I color grade my Sequences. And the fit-to-window shortcut of Shift+Z works in Color now too! When I hit Ctrl+G to bypass my grades, text shows up along the bottom of the timeline that tells me I'm bypassing, so I don't have to remember or guess anymore. These changes alone will save tons of time during postproduction.
The other improvement I've already come to appreciate is the improved rendering. Once I do a render pass, go back and make changes, only the changes re-render. I can also specify to render only my Beauty Grades (the grades I flag as my final work). Apple also lets you download a collection of 90-plus looks you can install and use in Color. Some of them are interesting, most are good places to start to really stylize your footage. But you'll want to tweak most of them for your own use, which means being comfortable with the Color FX room.
Of course, there's now 4K support and support for XDCAM HD 422, AVC-Intra, and the whole line of Pro Res flavors, including Pro Res 444 (pronounced "Pro Res Four By Four"). There's also much better integration with Cinema Tools databases, improved DPX support, and integration with lower-priced control surfaces.
Compressor 3.5 There aren't a ton of changes to Compressor, but what has changed is very important. As stated before, taking your FCP Sequence to Compressor is now a Send To command and not an Export command, meaning that Compressor works independently of FCP, leaving you free to continue editing while Compressor works on your other projects. When you do submit a job, you can watch the progress without going to the Batch Monitor. You can watch the progress in the History window, which is a very nice touch.
Batch Templates use job actions and are pretty neat. They let you create a preset as usual and add a job action. Job actions are part of Apple's move from an Encoding workflow to a Publishing workflow. A job action simply allows you to tell FCS 2009 to do something proactive with the file it encodes, such as publish it to a YouTube account automatically, load it into iTunes, run an Apple Script on it, and so forth. And Droplets have a nicer interface when you open them, more like the Share menu interface in FCP and Motion.
Another new feature worth mentioning is the ability to create Auto-detect presets. Let's say I've tweaked a QT file to upload to my Ning.com network just perfectly. I can drag and drop that QT file onto the Settings window in Compressor; it will be analyzed, and Compressor will give me a preset that matches the QT file. I can then save that new preset as a Droplet if I wanted to.
Compressor now supports Image Sequences. These are folders of images, labeled in sequence, that make up a high-resolution video clip. Compressor will recognize them, import them, and allow you to add an audio clip with them. And finally, there is Blu-ray burning (Figure 7, below). It's the same as you'll find in FCP's Share menu: simple, basic, but very useful for most users. You can also burn an AVCHD disc to DVD-5 media, or just save the Blu-ray files to a hard drive for burning a Blu-ray Disc via third-party software.
Conclusion I have to conclude that FCS 2009 has enough new tools and workflow enhancements in it to make it very worthwhile. It will help the majority of postproduction pros get through their jobs faster and easier. Installed as an upgrade, it seems to run fine; I haven't found any real bugs. There's been no major reworking of anything, but again, Apple has added enough small enhancements to make life easier, faster, more efficient, and fun for the postproduction professional. The lower prices are nothing to sneeze at either.
But it won't be enough of an improvement for everyone. If you're strapped for cash, don't sweat not upgrading at this moment. If you want to dive in and start using the new tools, go for it; there's nothing to fear with this very clean upgrade. Final Cut Studio 2009, Final Cut Server 1.5, and Snow Leopard are proving to be very nice upgrades for me, my clients, and my students. They're far from earth-shattering, but they're enough to make our workflows faster, easier, and more fun.
Sidebar: Final Cut Server 1.5Final Cut Server 1.5, like everything else coming out of Apple this time around, is not a major overhaul. But it has some neat new features that altogether make it nicer to work with, easier to administer, and more stable with certain network services. The one major issue to be aware of is that FCSvr 1.5 requires FCP 7. As you check out your older FCP project files, you'll have to upgrade them to FCP 7 files to check them back in properly.
The most significant new feature is the ability to put Projects inside of Projects (Figure 8, below). This has helped my clients a great deal with organizing their workflow. So inside of one Project, you can call it "ABC Training"; you can have other Projects called "Video Projects," "Training Manuals," and "Stock Photos." You can even put more nested Projects inside of those.
Another great feature my clients love is the Global Search feature. When you create a custom search, it's not shared with all users globally. Performing searches is also noticeably faster too. FCSvr also collects much more metadata about AIFF, WAV, CAF, M4A, SDII, and AAC audio files. This also helps with faster, easier searches of your assets.
Image Sequences are now supported very nicely in a manner similar to Compressor. I can import a folder containing my Image Sequence, and FCSvr will offer me three options: import as individual assets, import as a Bundle asset, or import as an Image Sequence. This final option brings the Image Sequence in as a virtual single asset and creates a Pro Res proxy. I can use this Pro Res proxy to edit within FCP 7, or I can export the Image Sequence as its individual files, using an EDL in FCP 7 to reconform them to a full-rez clip online in FCP 7.
The new Pro Res (Proxy) format is fully utilized in FCSvr 1.5, and it offers faster editing options for those users on laptops and slower, non-Fibre networks. You can configure FCSvr 1.5 to use any of the new Pro Res formats, but the (Proxy) format is the default now.
With the addition of Active Directory support and the open Developer Extensions architecture, FCSvr 1.5 promises to grow even faster than before. It's an amazing, very nice system for larger production facilities, as long as you have the system admin resources to manage it properly.
Ben Balser (benb at bbalser.com) is an Apple Certified Trainer and Support Professional based in New Orleans. Along with training and consulting, he also produces documentaries and educational material, and designs digital signage systems.


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I'm new here, signed up to ask some questions about our new bunny friend but found all the answers just reading through some of the great info here! I live in Australia, just south of Sydney, with my husband and our 2 kids, 2 guinea pigs, numerous fish, 3 yabbies (fresh water crayfish) and our new bunny pal.
Our rabbit has been with us only about a week, his name is Beefa Bunny and he's an adorable little mini lop eared in what my 6 yr old calls a "caramel colour" but I think is technically fawn? whatever it's called he's very pretty. He's a sweet little guy, 4 months old and very friendly. He's pretty much litter trained but is keen to claim the whole laundry (where his cage is) and kitchen (where he knows the food is!) so we're still finding some presents left about, not bad for a week though so we're quite pleased with him, hoping neutering will fix up the last few behaviours and improve the smell of the little guy cause right now he's a little on the whiffy side!
We're off to meet the vet tomorrow and get him vaccinated and we'll talk about neutering him and when we should do it while we're there.
edited to add a photo, terrible iphone photo, but a photo just the same
What a cutie!
(I know it's gross, but if it's the cause of the smell it will get rid of it).
I've had a favourite scented candle burning a lot lol good thing he's cute!


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It's an opportunity that only comes around once every decade: the chance to host the Midwest Conference Track and Field Championships.
Beloit College will step up to the plate Friday (May 10) and Saturday (May 11) to do just that, but your help is needed—the meet still needs volunteers.
Are you able to lend a hand? Click here to see available shifts (everything from set-up and tear-down to hospitality) and to sign up online.


text: On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Lux, James P wrote: > On the other hand, at home, maybe this is just an example of "dual > function".. Supercomputer by day, room heating woodstove by night. No, no, no. If it is a supercomputer by day, you just turn off the air conditioning at night to stay warm. Well, turn it down some. Unless you like to be REALLY warm. rgb > > Jim > -- Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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It was f'd.
It was not f'd.
It was close enough between him and D12. Whatever.
I can smell virgins from great distances.
Matador Tyson.
almost as bad as David Lee back in his Knick days.
sad to see him go from elite to crap in such a fast time frame.
to be fair to tyson, woodson has to start playing some other bigs consistently. i know guys haven't been healthy, but camby's use has been way too sporadic. too many times tyson has to go for a shot block leaving him out of position. that also leaves our guards trying to outrebound big guys.
He's been improving, much better than he played in the first month of the season. Chandler is basically our 2nd best player, so we're going to need him to keep giving us 12-14 ppg and 11-13 rebs with great defense if we want this championship.
Davis still flies with the team.
Chandler has caught a virus and is questionable for tomorrow. Which makes me wonder cant the Knicks medical staff get Chandler some f*ckin vitamins already? Damn this muhf*cker must have aids or some ****. Either that or he doesnt have the normal amount of white blood cells. Im not sure which is weaker, his frame or his immune system


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A clean office is important to attract and keep clients as well as quality employees. Paper towels and dispensers can be placed in your bathrooms and break room to aid in maintaining a clean and healthy environment. We carry a wide variety of pull and touchless towel dispensers, as well as fold-and-pull paper towel products for your convenience.
Touchless dispensers can help minimize the spreading of germs. Choose from a variety of styles and designs to fit your office needs.
Clean and tidy offices contribute to office safety. Keep your office neat and clutter free with paper towels, dispensers, and other cleaning supplies.
Impress your clients with a neat office. Place dispensers and paper towels in your restrooms for cleanliness.


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Yet communicators must find ways to pull off what almost nobody else can do: communicate.
Hurricane Sandy, which slammed into the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, forced organizations to find ways to check in on employees and let them know changes in work schedules.
"The trick in emergency comms is that most of the tools are electronic," says Sean Williams, owner of Communication Ammo. "So, you can't do email, cell phones run out of juice, and the media is distracted."
Hyatt, the Chicago-based hotel company, was forced to relocate guests and staff from its Andaz Wall Street site when New York City imposed a mandatory evacuation of parts of lower Manhattan, says Katie Rackoff, director of corporate communications. It has seen intermittent power outages elsewhere and is continuing to monitor the storm.
Hotel comms
Hyatt uses several means of communicating with staff and guests, depending on the impact to the hotel. For guests, Hyatt also has an 800 line and an email address, and they can tweet @HyattConcierge.
"For impacted hotels that have large numbers of associates, such as Andaz Wall Street … we are able to activate our employee assistance hotline," Rackoff says. "Associates in potentially impacted areas are given the number as a part of the hotel's emergency preparedness procedures, and there are hotel-specific messages they can receive by calling in."
Individual hotels also maintain phone lists so they can call or text updates to staff about changes to work schedules and other matters, she says.
Booz Allen Hamilton—a McLean, Va.-based defense and intelligence contractor—keeps in touch with 25,000 employees through a tool called Send Word Now, which enables organizations to hit everyone with voice, email, and text messages, says Ray Thomas, a senior associate who oversees the business assurance office. (Some 3,000 employees work on the coast in the path of the hurricane, and another 13,000 work in the D.C. area.)
The tool also enables Booz Allen to receive information from employees. This helps the company figure out who has power and can work, and who probably cannot.
The company has teams of leaders who, in addition to their normal duties, coordinate responses for the affected offices, Thomas says.
"They were really pushing out most of the communications to their staff," he says. Staffers were given the option of working from home if offices were closed—or if they didn't feel safe coming in.
The company stressed this in its messaging: "Your safety is the most important thing, so whatever decision you make, make it in the context of absolutely making sure that you're safe," adds Booz Allen spokesman James Fisher.
Heavy use of Yammer
Employees also made heavy use of the company's internal Yammer platform, posting when their VPN connections weren't working, as well as reporting other issues. The company then offered other channels for connecting.
"Just blindly pushing information out is really only half the battle in an emergency," Thomas says. "It's really critical to be able to gather that information coming back and understand if there really are people in critical need so we can prioritize our efforts accordingly."
In a sign how serious the communications crisis was in the Northeast, Ragan.com could not reach perhaps a dozen corporations and government agencies on Tuesday. Offices were closed, cell phones had run out of power, and many communicators were as isolated as their staff.
"I forwarded [your message] to the team if they can help," one corporate spokeswoman emailed in response to an email seeking an interview. "People don't have power."
Hospitals were especially vulnerable. At one, flashlight-carrying staffers had to evacuate patients, carrying sick babies down nine flights of stairs. Four newborns were on respirators that were breathing for them, and when the power went out, nurses manually squeezed bags to deliver air to the babies' lungs, CNN reported.
The threat of a hurricane led officials at Greater Baltimore Medical Center to warn staff last Friday in preparation for the worst, says Michael Schwartzberg, media relations manager (he had just finished a 24-hour shift when he spoke to Ragan.com on Tuesday). Hospital officials reminded staffers to make arrangements for pets and children and told them to be prepared to stay overnight Monday.
Hospital supervisors urged staffers to sign up for its Code Messaging notification system. With the storm looming, there were more than 200 new signups.
Hospital staffers also used Twitter, Facebook, and its website to communicate with patients that elective and diagnostic procedures were canceled. They posted a photo of the Critical Incident Team, and they voiced sympathy with and prayers for the hospitals in New York that were evacuated. The messaging worked.
"It really showed that people now—employees, patients—are really paying attention to social media," Schwartzberg says.
If there's one company that needs to be ready to go, it's ServiceMaster, which offers pre- and post-disaster services following fires, floods, tornados, and other emergencies. ServiceMaster boards up windows before hurricanes, cleans out single-home basements after salt-water floods, and offers construction services, says Gina Kamler, director of franchise communications.
The company has 21,000 associates across seven brands, and when a disaster approaches, it activates a dark website that lets them know the areas that may be affected and what state regulations they might face, Kamler says.
ServiceMaster reached out to branch managers in affected areas, communicating safety messages and offering help to those who might be affected. It also uses internal Yammer networks-one for employees and another for its franchise group, which employs an additional 31,000 people.
Tips for the public
ServiceMaster provides tips to the general public through Facebook and Twitter. The social tools have helped extend its reach both internally and externally.
"The ability to use the social tools—the Yammer, the Facebook, the Twitter this year—is something we added for the past two storms, and especially ramped up for this storm," Gina Kamler says.
Williams, who was still waiting to hear back from a sister in New Jersey on Tuesday afternoon, says the media play an important role in communications. At Goodyear, where he previously worked, the media was a major part of messaging, and the company told employees to check with radio and TV stations for closures or delays.
Phone trees, though low-tech, can also an effective means of reaching employees, he says.
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Setup Wireless Encryption
Using encrypted wireless requires more configuration and setup than using the unencrypted (web login) method of connecting to the New Mexico Tech Campus Wireless network, but it does have a few benefits:
- It allows for seamless roaming between buildings without re-authenticating.
- It allows for automatic re-authentication when you session times out.
- Slightly more secure sessions, assuming a hacker isn't very determined.
- You should NEVER assume your wireless (even if it is encrypted) is any more secure than the rest of the Internet.
- Always use encrypted websites or the encrypted interfaces whenever possible when utilizing wireless networks. Even email services (Gmail, Yahoo!, etc.) provide a secure (https:// type) connections to help protect your sessions.
To configure your machine to use the NMT-ENCRYPTED-... wireless networks, choose from the following machine types.
- Microsoft Windows
- Vista
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- Linux
- Macintosh
If your type of computer is not represented here, you can contact the Information Services Department Networking section and request that a page be created for your type of machine. We may request you to bring in your machine so we can verify the process works on your machine and create the images and documentation so others may benefit from the knowledge.


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Heart of the Order: Dustin Pedroia
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
"I'm proud of the whole organization for drafting that kid and developing him and I'm also proud of him for all the hard work and defying the odds and not listening to his critics along the way," said Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein. "Every time he gets criticized for being too small or too something, it makes him try harder."
With the World Series approaching, MLB.com explores the people behind the numbers on the AL champion Red Sox.
• C: J. Varitek
Pedroia is, well, cocky, but as Curt Schilling recently said, it's cockiness in "a good way." As much as the Red Sox ride Pedroia -- he's a dartboard of clubhouse quips -- any teammate would be the first to rush to his defense if the occasion called for it.
Ever the competitor, Pedroia will engage a teammate in any competition he can find. In the visitors clubhouse in Cleveland this year, Pedroia beat someone in a game of ping pong and triumphantly announced to anyone in earshot that "There's a new champ today, boys."
Pedroia plays cribbage with Francona and third baseman Mike Lowell on a near daily basis and there are constant bragging rights at stake from all corners. Growing up in the Bay Area, Pedroia roots for the Sacramento Kings and San Francisco 49ers. He lists movies, reality shows and PlayStation 2 among his hobbies.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cam'ron Giles is a lot of things to a lot of people. Obviously, he's a rapper. He's a basketball player. He's a leader. He's also an actor. Businessman fits the description as well. Renegade pedophile hunter does too – he was in the process of filming his own To Catch A Predator series a couple years back which would have been nothing short of awesome had it been released, by the way.
That being said, another one of Cam's many talents is that of "ladies man." Male celebrities meet their fair share of women on a daily basis to a point where most guys' fantasies are their realities. Cam'ron is no exception; except in the fact he has no problem taking the listener into his world with the opposite sex through various recorded conversations. They all revolve around him being an asshole, but that's what make those momentary breaks from music so great.
To reminisce on Killa's standout conversations, let us all take a trip, sit back in amazement and learn a few life lessons from this Harlem Diplomat.
Found: Purple Haze, "I'm A Chicken Head"
Scenario: Anyone who utilizes public transportation can vouch for how important bus passes are. Cam didn't return this young lady's passes and all hell proceeded to break loose. Or she could have been mad upon learning about other women in Killa's life. It's a toss up.
Female Quotable: "I'm a chicken, so I'm going to act like a chicken. Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, or whatever f*ckin' sound they make."
Cam Quotable: "That's a duck! Get your sounds right. You wanna be a duck or a chicken?"
What We Learned: Never date a woman not in tune with the basic sounds of the animal kingdom. Who knows what she is capable of when she's angry.
Found: Public Enemy #1, "Sh*tty Skit"
Scenario: Cam's lady friend relieves herself in the bathroom then has the audacity to lay in Killa's bed like she didn't just take the Browns to the Super Bowl.
Female Quotable: "F*ck outta here. Bloodclot bwoy! Who the f*ck are you really?"
Cam Quotable: "No, there's a bloodclot in your p*ssy! It's that time of the f*ckin' month!"
What We Learned: Only the person you plan on spending your life with is allowed to take a dump in your crib. And even then they should take a shower afterwards. Skid marks or worse (in this case) on your bed sheets are grounds for physical harm of mythical proportions.
Found: Crime Pays, "Grease"
Scenario: Cam and Grease – that's her name – are not exactly seeing eye to eye. Grease is fed up with her feelings not being taken into consideration in their relationship, or whatever it is they have/had. Killa, on the other hand, wants to defecate on her doorstep. And go to the studio, of course.
Female Quotable: "If you cannot respect me enough to treat me normal like you treat everybody else, fuckin' leave me the f*ck alone. Forever, ever, ever."
Cam Quotable: "I'ma take that option. The ever, ever, ever joint."
What We Learned: Telling a female you will sh*t in her car is nothing compared to not giving her the address of the studio you're recording in when she's hellbent on seeing you.
Found: Boss Of All Bosses 2
Scenario: Cam's tired and doesn't feel like talking. The female is tired, but wants to talk. A classic case of the Irresistible Force meeting the Immovable Object.
Female Quotable: "I know you probably got like 10, 12, 15 different sex partners. You got all them different b*tches suckin' your d*ck. You just real f*ckin' nasty. I don't ride like that. That's how you get down."
Cam Quotable: "You right."
What We Learned: Tell a female you're right and you're actually wrong. Tell a female's she's right and you're still wrong because you really don't believe she's right. Confusing? Of course it is.
Found: Boss Of All Bosses 2.5, "New Head"
Scenario: I'm almost sure this is the same female from BOAB 2. Regardless, this young lady is vying for Killa's attention, but she won't get it because of, well, her inability to "adapt with the times."
Female Quotable: "I'm an easy learner. Believe that."
Cam Quotable: "You suck it like you from the '90s. It's new head out. You got old school head."
What We Learned: Proof that nothing in the world stays the same forever. Not even oral sex techniques.
Found: Come Home With Me, "On Fire Tonight"
Scenario: Freekey Zekey goes to take a leak and something goes terribly, terribly wrong.
Female Quotable: "Go to the doctor! Get some pills! Get over it, I burnt you! (laughs) You a clown!"
Cam Freekey Zekey Quotable: "You need to wash your face. Get your mind right. Girls out here is burnin'. The bitch burnt the braids off my nigga the other week."
What We Learned: The only time a rapper wants to be burned is when they're getting radio spins. Wrap it up, folks.


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Town Square
No paper in mailbox
Original post made by Barbara Mahan, Danville, on May 12, 2008
Comments (2)
a resident of another community
on May 12, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Dear Danville,
The name of the paper is The DANVILLE Weekly. Should you not find it at the City Offices?
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of Danville
on May 13, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Hi Barbara,
I'm sorry that we missed you over the weekend. Our office hours are 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. In the future, here is a list of places that our paper is distributed:
YMCA Kids Connection, 100 Wilson Rd., Alamo
YMCA Mt. Diablo, 180 Hemme Ave., Alamo
Alamo Post Office, 160 Alamo Plaza, Alamo
Longs Drugs, 3158 Danville Blvd., Alamo
Pinnacle Fitness, 3464 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville
YMCA Diablo Valley, 1029 La Gonda Way, Danville
Danville Library, 400 Front St., Danville
Danville Town Hall, 510 La Gonda Way, Danville
Danville Police Department, 510 La Gonda Way, Danville
Danville Community Center, 420 Front St., Danville
Danville Post Offices: 2605 Camino Tassajara and 43 Railroad Ave.
Longs Drugs in Danville: 650 San Ramon Valley Blvd. and 3420 Camino Tassajara
Rakestraw Books, 409 Railroad Ave., Danville
Walgreens, 611 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Danville
Lunardi's, 345 Railroad Ave., Danville
Blackhawk Veterinary Hospital, 9000 Crow Canyon Rd., Danville
Tassajara Veterinary Hospital, 3436 Camino Tassjara, Danville
Danville Veterinary Hospital, 812 Camino Ramon, Danville
Oak Tree Animal Hospital, 579 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Danville
Trader Joe's, 85 Railroad Ave., Danville
Beverages & More, 155 Diablo Rd., Danville
Danville Area Chamber of Commerce, 117-E Town & Country Dr., Danville
Pinnacle Fitness, 101-A Town & Country Dr., Danville
Diablo Post Office, 1701 El Nido, Diablo
San Ramon Valley School District, 3280 Crow Canyon Rd., San Ramon
Thanks for reading!
Amory, Danville Weekly
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Steffen used the Tape Echo in Flashback X4 Delay as the starting point for his delay TonePrint. But he wanted something a little darker and without modulation for his basic go-to delay. So he removed a bit of top end and add some more lows to the repeats. There is a slight hint of tape saturation added but only a smidgen to warm up the sound.
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TC: Who inspired you over the years when you were creating your own personal guitar tone? Steffen Schackinger: With regards to tone there are many inspirational musicians that comes to mind. From Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Clapton and David Gilmour to Eric Johnson and Satch. They each have their own tonal, as well as musical expression, and all in some ways contributed to the creation of my own tone.
TC: What are the main ingredients in your tone in terms of effects (e.g. chorus, flanger, delay, etc)? Steffen Schackinger: Live I use a very clean tone and add pedals when needed. Besides a slight amount of reverb I primarily use at least 2 overdrives/distortions, alone and in combination, experimenting with the order of them etc. For cleans I like a slight amount of Chorus, sometimes with delay added. When I use delay on leads, I go for a subtle delay, not really something you would notice, but you could definately hear something was missing if it wasn't there! When playing very melodic stuff I sometimes use a delay with the mix level set higher. I DID grow up in the 80s you know..
TC: Have you ever been so inspired by a tone you created that you ended up writing a tune based on ideas triggered by that specific tone? Steffen Schackinger: Yeah, one of the songs on ElectriGuitartistry (Perfect Waves), was actually "born" out of the inspiration of a clean sound with reverb and a loud delay. The repetetitive nature of this delay inspired me when writing this song.
TC: Do you work on developing your tone continuously, or do you feel that you have found a fundamental tone that will last throughout your career? Steffen Schackinger: I've reached the point where I "repair" when something doesn't sound or feel "right". Like so many other musicians, I've been searching for ages, realizing that it's ultimately songwriting skills that matters. I wouldn't say "It's ALL in the fingers", but most of it definitely is. Good sounding tone/gear is essentiel in the sense that it can make you feel good, relaxed when playing, and very importantly inspire you to create good music. Those are, in my opinion, some of the important reasons for searching for the "right" gear. Man, if I wanted everything to sound exactly like I wanted and perfect all the time I would never have the time to compose and play! For me it's a combination of ears and fingers - it has to sound good and feel right. That's it.
TC: What inspired you when you created your TonePrint(s)? Steffen Schackinger: I liked the "feel"/response from the delay pedal, which kind of gave the possibility of shaping the tones similar to an old tape echo but with a modern twist. I do like a lot of old pedals and the "karma" that comes along with these, but at the same time I'm very aware that I do not live and play in the 70s, but 40 years later. I am able to get a classic sound combined with the features of modern day.
TC: You had access to a lot of different parameters that you could tweak. Did any new ideas for future tones pop up in the process? Steffen Schackinger: Yeah, I would definately experiment a lot and fine-tune the different parameters to achieve new sounds. The ability to "overdo" the effects mix-parameter is one of many things that would make sense when experimenting on my new album.
TC: Normally, do you prefer having access to many parameters, or do you like simple pedals with just a few knobs better? Steffen Schackinger: Of course, when on stage, I like it to be simple. I prefer not having to twist anything at all once I start playing, that takes away my focus!
TC: How come you signed up for creating your own personal TonePrint(s)? Steffen Schackinger: Like other players, I have a personal taste in sound. Now this does not mean I dislike all other stuff/tones out there! There are so many great sounding musicians, but the sound of, lets say a pedal, has to "fit" with your own musical expression and feel right - it means a lot to me, to be able to share my thoughts and opinions on this by making TonePrints that, hopefully, can inspire a new generation of musicians.
TC: In your opinion, what is the single coolest thing about TonePrints? Steffen Schackinger: Definitely the ability to shape and fine-tune the products in a very detailed way and the fact that people can gain insights on the musical taste of top-level players via a pedal.Read more about Steffen Schackinger


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I'm having an issue where when resuming from sleep, folders and files located on a Windows 2008R2 share are greyed out with an x... I seem to recall a fix for this (flushing network cache?) but my google-fu fails me.
Workstation is Windows 8 Pro (64bit), Offline files disabled, gigabit wired connection to small 8 port Dlink switch (same switch as server).
I don't see this behaviour on my Win7 laptop or Win7 kids desktop.