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Interviews with PJ's National Director, Alípio Ribeiro II
Alipio Ribeiro on Maddie's Case
Question: Do you consider or not that there was a precipitation in establishing Kate and Gary (the journalist doesn't say Gerry) as arguidos (suspects) in this process?
Alípio Ribeiro: In this moment, at this point in time, with the experience that I have of the magistracy from the Public Ministry… even, as you may know the constitution of arguidos in the processes are not… the director of the Judiciary, doesn't give orders, constitute or not constitute, and he cannot. …maybe, there should have been another assessment. For that I have no doubts.
Question: There was some precipitation then?
Alípio Ribeiro: There was some precipitation. (asserting)
Público - an excerpt from Alípio Ribeiro's interview:
03.02.2008, Paula Torres de Carvalho (PÚBLICO) e Celso Paiva (RR)
"There was a certain precipitation" in making Kate and Gerry McCann arguidos.
To what point did the Maddie case and the criticism that has been wrapped around it, shake the PJ?
It is, without a doubt, a high profile case that has gained an extraordinary media dimension. I have not felt any internal criticism. We have dedicated all our knowledge to this case, we have incorporated our best [people] into the investigation, and there is a multidisciplinary team of officers still working on it, but the whole process is a work of patience.
There has clearly been an unequal treatment when compared to other cases of missing people in Portugal. Why? Was there pressure from the English?
There have been no cases of unequal treatment.
How many people go missing and they do not benefit from all the investment that was made into this specific case of Maddie...
We have no other missing persons cases with this dimension. You have to understand that this case is difficult, to start with.
Was all of this investment due to pressure from the English?
Obviously not.
What did you discuss with the English ambassador, when you met him?
I have spoken to the ambassador several times. The first one was on the morning after the disappearance, when he told me about his concern over the child's disappearance and informed me about the English police's availability to cooperate.
It is well known that the PJ was confronted with a scenario of great difficulty when they arrived on location. But there were some procedures that were considered by some observers as mistakes within the criminal investigation. For example, the fact that the location of the disappearance was not immediately sealed. How do you face the criticism, that came mainly from England?
I don't think we ever had that type of criticism from the English policemen. We have always talked with them, we have told them what we were doing and we never received any criticism from them. That is what is important to us.
Wasn't the removal of inspector Gonçalo Amaral from the directory in Portimao due, in part, to the recognition of those failures in the investigation?
The gentleman left for obvious reasons. He made statements that should not be made within that context.
Do you consider that there was precipitation in constituting Kate and Gerry McCann as arguidos, or not?
At this moment, at this distance, with the experience that I have as a magistrate (* see note) of the Public Ministry, I think that maybe there should have been another evaluation. I don't have any doubts about that.
There was some precipitation?
There was some precipitation.
* Alípio Ribeiro exact words on the interview are "with the experience that I have of the magistracy from the Public Ministry" not "with the experience that I have as a magistrate of the Public Ministry". The Público journalists are wrong in their transcript.

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Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average remains more than 1,900 points below its all-time high set on Jan. 26.
- Facebook Inc. (FB - Get Report) shares turned slightly higher Wednesday after falling sharply over the past two sessions.
- Tesla (TSLA - Get Report) shares jumped nearly 2% on Wednesday after the company approved CEO Elon Musk's pay package.
Wall Street Overview
Stocks lost steam on Wednesday, March 21, after the Federal Reserve announced it would be raising interest rates.
The Fed increased borrowing costs for the sixth time since late 2015 in a bid to keep inflation from rising too fast as the economy accelerates.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 45 points, or 0.18%. The S&P 500 also slipped 18% and the Nasdaq was down 0.26%.
Stocks rebounded on Tuesday, March 20, despite sharp losses for Facebook and Oracle Corp. (ORCL - Get Report) . The Dow rose 116 points, or 0.47%, to 24,727. The S&P 500 gained 0.15% and the Nasdaq was up 0.27%.
Facebook was being watched again Wednesday as investors continue to assess the fallout from the data scandal that has lopped more than 9% from Facebook's share price over the past two sessions and reduced the social media giant's market value by $60 billion. The stock rose for the first time in three days on Wednesday, gaining less than 1%.
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Salesforce agreed to pay $44.89 a share in cash and stock for MuleSoft, which went public at $17 a share.
MuleSoft, which specializes in application programming interfaces, rose 5.5% on Wednesday.
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There is one very profound distinction that makes this generation different given the period they were born in (between 1980s and 2000s). It's the first group of people that grew up with video games as a part of their day-to-day lives. Peer recognition and competitive culture, as well as placing a higher worth on acquiring experiences than material things among the factors that motivate millennials to perform and achieve. It comes as no surprise that traditional workplace motivation strategies fail to resonate with millennials. This challenge causes management to struggle with understanding what motivates them and keeps them engaged in order to help them achieve their objectives.
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20 minute piece as the final drawing of a life drawing session. This was the only one I was happy with, life drawing can be pretty hit and miss in terms of likeness but I think this worked well, even despite the foreshortening.
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You asked and now I'm delivering! This week will be a series of the Triangle's hottest DJs so you can get a behind the scenes view of the men and women of your favorite radio shows! To kick-start the week I had to show so much love to St. Augustine University's radio show "Most Wanted Radio" on WAUG: Power 750AM! Not only are they very talented with insightful perspectives on hip hop and the cultural movement but they invited me to be there "Woman Crush Wednesday" night ! I had a great time getting to chat with them and be live on air answering their questions about the state of hip hop today. So here's how it went down....
I was greeted with lots of love from the "Most Wanted Radio" Crew. The crew consists of Issa, Quan Vuitton, and KyngJulio plus they had their fab photographer Kina make sure you follow her on IG @flawless_kina for her upcoming hostings. Every Wednesday they feature a new woman crush to come thru which I thought was pretty dope that they thought of me. Mind you I haven't been an undergrad student in many years lol but it was creatively refreshing to discuss the nature of Hip Hop today vs. years past.
I even discussed my Top 3 Hip Hop Favorites which coming in at #3 was Mr. Ovo himself Drake. I know your probably shocked but you gotta remember I'm 34 so I can sometimes have a jaded perspective b/c I'm smack in the middle of the Biggie/Tupac generation and the Drake movement. "A Night Off" is still one of my favorite Drake songs and if you're a true Drake fan I don't even have to tell you which album that was on ....or was it a mixtape? Exactly. Fact is Drake is on top right now whether he has a ghostwriter or not. I'm just saying. So #2 I was on my women's empowerment movement for Ms. Nicki Minaj. I've danced and reminisced to many of her songs plus I love her perfume. So she gets my #2 spot because I admire her brand and she has taken her rap career to a new level by becoming a branding goddess in major retail. Now my number one spot was tough because they wanted an old school and a current rapper. You know I had to give it to my rapper crush bae Maino (love KOB3 mixtape) and Future! I think Future has a place in Hip Hop and he brings a new sound that's so unique he's just like his name futuristic. I was asked about my opinion of why some traditional hip hop fans have an issue with the trap music generation? Personally, I feel hip hop like it always has been is just evolving. Fans of Sugar Hill Gang did not understand the Biggie, Tupac, Jay-z, NWA, Dre. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Bad Boy, Murder Inc. , No Limit, or Cash Money waves of music. But evolution will occur in life as well as music. I enjoy some trap music like, Trap Soul by Bryson Tiller, just like I enjoy other genres of music. The beauty of this music genre is there is room for everyone to make great music and even those not so great. Either way there is plenty of space on the stage for the next record breaker!
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Issa is a co-host and sports writer for The Falcon Forum holding the title as the First Mr. Falcon Forum. Make sure you follow him @only_1_eiche on IG for all types of commentary that goes on at "Most Wanted Radio".
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As you can see we are kicking off this week in a great way taking to the universities. I'm so proud of the "Most Wanted Radio" show because they are setting a tone for their university as the only show of this nature.
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Inverrary Country Club pro Bill Whaley dominated the Pines Course at Pompano Beach Country Club, shooting a 7-under-par 65 to win the most recent South Florida PGA Southern Section tournament.
Whaley, who earned 20 points in the Player of the Year standings and now has 108, edged Pompano Beach Country Club head professional Roger Kennedy by two strokes.
"Bill's 65 was an unusually low score, especially on our Pines course," said Pompano Beach assistant pro Bob Macmillan. "Most of the time a 67 like Roger shot would have won. Nine times out of 10, a 65 is not going to be shot during a pro-am tournament round."
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-- Oct. 5 -- Davie's Rolling Hills Country Club, 36-hole Pro-Assistant.
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-- Oct. 22 -- Miami's Westview Country Club, Pro-Am.
-- Oct. 31-Nov. 1 -- Fort Lauderdale Country Club, Pro-Am.
-- Nov. 6 -- Inverrary Country Club, SFPGA Championships, (pros only).
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Flexible Sensor for Measurement of Skin Pressure and Temperature for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
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With the prolonged lifespan of the average person, the number of hospital stays have increased. Currently, pressure ulcers are one of the most severe complications associated with prolonged hospital stay. The protocol in today€™s hospital is to rotate bedridden patients once every two hours to prevent pressure ulcers. This puts a strain on attending nurses as the risk of a pressure ulcer for a patient is not universal and therefore, a universal preventative protocol is not the most effective solution.
This thesis describes the circuit design and physical implementation of a device to address the issue of pressure ulcers. The device has the form factor of a patch to be placed on specific, at risk areas of the human body. The device was designed and prototyped first on a rigid structure and then on a flexible printed circuit board substrate. A calibration procedure was developed to reduce part to part variability inherent to the pressure sensor. The resistance measurement was achieved through a novel approach including the use of a timer removing the need for an analog-to-digital converter. A seven hour experiment was conducted with live, animal subjects to measure the pressure and temperature of at risk areas of the body. The results of the experiment successfully prove the fundamental approach outlined in this thesis and justify continued research and refinement into the product design.
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Lisa has her Favorite cashiers she scheduled them for more hours in the ones she doesn't likeschedules less hrs also Lisa m dunihue has certain cashiers bag and clean bath rooms and certain cashier only Tammy k never bags only when cashiering and never takes customers orders out never cleans Betty s the only full time cashier only cashier only publix does not promote pt cashier to full time Lisa dunihue and David Scott jones jr does not care also Lisa has 6 cashiers that come to work every time each day when some work different times every day and if you change your Availability you may get more or less hrs be fair I never see a cashier that opens never close Tammy K never closed always 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Lisa M Dunihue Publix 1547 Lake Placid Fla no hrs but hires more pt more baggers and still uses cashiers to bag not fair if certain cashiers have to do a baggers joball cashiers should have to bag also be fair and cashier clean bath rooms and baggers cashier also also Lisa has more hrs for the front end due to grocery keeps on taking cashiers to block the store grocery is useing their hrs for cashier to block the store
Product or Service Mentioned: Publix Manager.
Good that was painful to read, sorry.
Maybe william should get off his throne and stop looking down on other people.
This website is for pissed consumers.
There is certainly another for disgruntled and former employees.
Return to school and concentrate on remedial English.
Then you won't have to work at Publix anymore and the problem is solved.
Lots of very nice, intelligent people work there but you're not one of them.
I am a consumer. I work and shop at publix.


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CSSC 2018 - Canadian Statistics Student Conference
The sixth annual Canadian Statistics Student Conference (CSSC) will take place on Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 at McGill University, Montreal, QC, the day before the Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting opens. Organized by co-chairs Janie Coulombe and Katherine Daignault, this conference is all about bringing students and recent graduates together, engaging them through research presentations, skills development sessions, workshops, talks on various statistical topics, and networking opportunities.
For the sixth edition of the CSSC, we are very proud to present an invited keynote speech by Professor James Hanley, winner of the 2016 SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work. This year's conference will also feature poster and oral presentations from students, a computational R workshop on reproducible research by Sahir Bhatnagar, PhD student in biostatistics at McGill University, an informative career session where invited statisticians will be representing several different domains and a session on mental health and skills for surviving graduate studies.
The conference will offer various networking opportunities. During the lunch students will have the chance to visit sponsor booths and discuss studies or job opportunities. At the end of the conference a wine and cheese event will be held where students can interact and enjoy a relaxing time together. A night out in Montreal is planned at the very end of the day, to enjoy the beauties of the city.
Several prizes will be awarded during the conference, including the CMS-SMC Undergraduate Poster Competition Awards, a prize that encourages undergraduate students to present a project of their own, with the help of a supervisor. This year, as the conference is held in Montreal, we want to provide the opportunity for participants to present their talk in either French or English. A prize will be drawn among the participants who submitted abstracts in both official languages. As in other years, awards will be offered for the Best Posters and the Best Oral Presentations of the CSSC. Finally, every participant who submits an abstract for the CSSC is eligible to win a travel supplement of up to $750.
For more information, we encourage students, recent graduates and mentors to visit the CSSC website: https://ssc.ca/en/meeting/sixth-annual-canadian-statistics-student-conference or to contact the organizing committee of the CSSC 2018 at email@example.com.
To submit an abstract for the CSSC, we invite students and recent graduates to go to the website link above where they can find more information. The deadline for submission is March 1st, 2018. All presenters are required to register for the CSSC prior to submitting an abstract. Registration for the CSSC is done through the main registration site for the SSC Annual Meeting, although participants do not need to register for the SSC Annual Meeting to attend the Canadian Statistics Student Conference. To participate in the travel awards competition, students and recent graduate can check the intended box on the abstract submission form.
We are looking forward to see you there!
Janie Coulombe, Co-présidente CCÉS 2018
Katherine Daignault, Co-présidente CCÉS 2018


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Bondy, Luc, 1948-2015
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- (edtf) 2015-11-28
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- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 2, 2015
- Organization: Odéon (Theater : Paris, France)
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- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 2, 2015
- Organization: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
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- found: Kässens, W. Theatermacher, c1987:t.p. (Luc Bondy) p. 203 (b. 1948, Zürich)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 2, 2015(in obituary published Dec. 1: Luc Bondy; b. July 1948, Zurich; d. Saturday [Nov. 28, 2015], aged 67; unconfirmed news reports said that he died in Zurich; stage director whose productions, known for their shrewd probing of human behavior and attention to acting subtlety, were featured in Europe's most prestigious theaters and opera houses)
- found: German Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 2, 2015(Luc Bondy; b. July 17, 1948, Zürich; d. there Nov. 28, 2015)
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Confirmed Television (airing the ads and asking Albertan Environment Minister, Rob Renner, for comment in Cancun):
GlobalTV Calgary GlobalTV Edmonton CBC Calgary CBC Edmonton CityTV Calgary CityTV Edmonton
Confirmed Print/Online (look for print editions tomorrow):
American Petroleum Institute plots pro-oilsands campaign in United States Lauren Krugel The Canadian Press December 8, 2010 http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b5355245&page=1
Pipeline a 'hazard' U.S. letter warns Sheldon Aberts National Post December 8, 2010 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Pipeline+hazard+letter+warns/3942970/story.html
Pressure in U.S. mounts against oil sands pipeline: New ad campaign targets TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline Dina O'Meara Calgary Herald & Edmonton Journal December 8, 2010 http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Pressure+mounts+against+sands+pipeline/3942156/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Congressmen push Obama to review Keystone XL pipeline Sheldon Alberts, Postmedia News National Post, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Global TV Toronto, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, BC, Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Canada.com December 7, 2010 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Congressmen+push+Obama+review+Alberta+pipeline/3940984/story.html
Pipeline opponents urge Clinton to order new study CBC.ca Edmonton December 7, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/12/07/edmonton-keystone-pipeline-clinton-letter.html
Opponents to Keystone XL pipeline urge Clinton to order new environmental study The Canadian Press (larger piece, preceded by shorter hit earlier in day) Winnipeg Free Press, Oilweek.com, Canadianbusiness.com, Brandon Sun, Canada East, The Western Star, The Telegram, PA Herald). December 7, 2010 http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b5348266
Oilsands monitoring falling short: environment commissioner (major mention at close of article). Hanneke Brooymans Vancouver Sun & Edmonton Journal December 8, 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Oilsands+monitoring+falling+short+environment+commissioner/3940593/story.html
Anti-oilsands campaign could fuel support for Enbridge plan Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun December 8, 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Anti+oilsands+campaign+could+fuel+support+Enbridge+plan/3943416/story.html
Alberta oil exports facing political hurdles on several fronts Bill Mann MarketWatch December 8, 2010 http://blogs.marketwatch.com/canada/2010/12/08/alberta-oil-exports-facing-political-hurdles-on-several-fronts/
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"I'm a miniature man. When I entered high school I was five feet, 91 pounds. I was basically a fetus with shoes."
- Dana Carvey
Dana Carvey: Oh good, you're up.
Guy MacPherson: Yes, I am. Are you a morning person?
DC: I take the kids to school so I'm up by 6:30. It's hard for a nightclub entertainer. I did a gig in San Francisco last night. That's the tough part: switching to dad mode from comedy mode.
GM: When I see you on TV you're this outgoing irrepressible guy. Obviously that's your entertainer/nightclub persona, but do people expect that from you all the time?
DC: Not around the school and stuff or around town. You just kinda stay low key. Everybody does it. Even Robin Williams is just shy when he's around town. You just stay low key. But yeah, sometimes people are sort of mystified. They'll see you on The Tonight Show or something and then expect you to be that on when you're just dropping your kid off at school. That would be pretty obnoxious (laughs).
GM: At seven in the morning.
DC: Yeah. So it's a schizophrenic life. Two different things going on here. My kids don't like it when I do voices and stuff. They're like, "Dad, just be normal. Okay, dad?"
GM: How old are they?
DC: Fourteen and 16.
GM: Are they a chip off the old block?
DC: It seems like one of them is pretty funny. He's won the speech competition in middle school, giving impromptu speeches, which I guess are very funny. He's kind of shy about it around me but he might have gotten the bug.
GM: And the other one not so much?
DC: Can't tell. Don't know. He just wants to go upside down on his bike. That's his goal. He wants to go up jumps and do loops upside down. And the other one's a breakdancer. They're outside-the-box kids. I wanted them to play football but the 4-10, 88 pounds kinda nixed that.
GM: So he has your build.
DC: (laughs) Well, I'm trying to keep the weight down. It's hard, man. Hard to stay under 150. But I'm a miniature man. When I entered high school I was five feet, 91 pounds. I was basically a fetus with shoes.
GM: So your kids, or one of them at least, is like that.
DC: Yeah. But he'll grow later. If he gets to my height, which is just a shade under 5-9, he'll be happy the rest of his life. He has friends that have beards that are six feet tall in junior high. So it is pretty funny, the dichotomy.
GM: What have you been up to lately?
DC: Oh, just, you know, basically doing a lot of standup in Vegas and theatres and stuff. I'm probably going to shoot a standup special. I've been offered a lot of game shows. I'll do whatever you say, Guy. Standup is so great that it's hard to kind of turn to stuff that can be difficult because you never know with movies or television if it's going to work out. I think now that my kids are older I might try to do a special. And I have a movie in development. And, you know, I don't know. Really, the best thing for my lifestyle would be a game show. I've been offered a bunch of them but some of them work, some of them don't. Those prime-time shows. Don't you guys have Deal or No Deal? That would be great for a hands-on dad.
GM: That seems to be the thing: get a comedian to host a game show.
DC: Who would have thunk it? It was considered kind of geeky and weird; now it's the coolest thing. All my friends are trying to get prime-time game shows. Everybody wants in. Because, you know, you only work like ten days a year (laughs).
GM: Yeah, they shoot them all on the same day, basically.
DC: Kind of. They may shoot as many as five in one day. It's unbelievable. But I don't really know. This year I'll probably do something more active in the public eye. But the standup's been awesome because I can make my own schedule.
GM: With the current political goings-on in Washington and Sacramento, do you miss being on TV every week to make fun of it all?
DC: Well, if I choose to, I have a deal with MySpace. But you're right, I do miss it, because certain stuff has a very short shelf life and you want to be immediately on. I think with the web, it's like a level playing field, because even SNL goes on about twenty weeks a year. So I think this revolution of television on the computer is still evolving. But I think this next year I'll be putting little things on the web. Political things.
GM: I've seen a couple of them.
DC: Yeah, I've just been experimenting. But as an actual overall deal where they'll publicize it and things like that, that's just starting. But yeah, I have late-night telephone conversations between George W. Bush and his father: (Doing the voices) George Sr: How ya doin', son? W: Pretty good, daddy. Job's kinda tough, though. George Sr: Well, you gotta rest 'er up. Just those two guys talking is funny to me. So that's pretty cool. The web is a pretty interesting new development in show business.
GM: We never got a sense of what your politics were when you were on SNL. Was that a conscious decision on your part or more of a network regulation kinda thing?
DC: Well, generally I'd say Saturday Night Live makes fun of both sides. They probably would lean left overall. You know, comedians want to be anarchists. I mean, if you espouse anything that's moderate where I live, you're considered an anarchist because this is the number one leftist place in America, Marin County. Anything moderate, if you have an American flag or anything like that, you're definitely ostracized. I think comedians tend to push the other way. But the tradition I grew up with, like Johnny Carson, if there was a Republican in office you made fun of him, and if there was a Democrat in office you made fun of him. They're all funny. I'm more of a libertarian radical moderate, I would suppose. A centrist radical moderate with libertarian strains. So I don't want to cut off half of what I can make fun of. Lately people like my friends Dennis Miller and Bill Maher, they've kinda said, "Okay, this is my point of view." And that's the other way to go, which is fine but you cut off half of what you can make fun of.
"We always remember every era better than it was. I was on about 140 shows but I'll bet half of them sucked."
– Dana Carvey
GM: And in Miller's case, he used to make fun of both and now he's just picked a side.
DC: Um, I don't know. He was making fun of Fred Thompson. But comedians are generally paranoid, wounded people with a bit of anger in us. Dennis is more about (as Miller) "I wanna vote for whoever will kill the most bad guys." Comedians are neither far right or really groovy. Most comedians are not groovy. You know, like, "Let's all just get together, man. Can't we all just learn to get along?" We're a little angrier. Remember the kids with the towel who'd snap us in the locker room? We were usually beat up and picked on and ostracized. If the country moves to the far right, I would push naturally to the left, and if people move to the far left I naturally push the other way. I had someone yesterday say Bush didn't even attend college; his dad literally went in, wrote a cheque and got him an MBA from Harvard. I said, "Really? Wow. Not at all?" "No, he didn't even go." Like, okay. So as a comedian, you go, "Well, maybe he went to a few classes." And they go, "What are you? You're worshipping Hitler!" And you're like, okay. (laughs) But yeah, I think they're all hilarious. I do a lot of Republican and a lot of Democrat. I look for the hypocrisy in all of them.
GM: You're a contrarian. Whoever people like, you'll go the other way.
DC: In a sense, yeah. I'm working on a Rudolph Giuliani. How much do you guys follow this presidential campaign?
GM: Oh, we follow it all. We know all the guys.
DC: You do? Okay, good. So I'll dissect that for Vancouver.
GM: The national sport seems to be saying how bad Saturday Night Live is and how good it used to be. Every single year!
DC: That's how it was when I was on.
GM: Really? Because I look back on your years as some of the best. But did you get the criticism, too?
DC: Oh, yeah, because when I came on in '86 it was the first year the show didn't have a full-season pickup. The ratings had died so we just thought we'd do eight shows and that would be it. And the critics were pretty tough on us the first two seasons. And then it started to turn. And then by '89-'90, it really started to cook for about two, three years and we had a lot of lucky things happen. But yeah, they always say that. When I was on Saturday Night Live, cable wasn't even everywhere. And a lot of people still just had primary channels. And now obviously with the web added to cable and satellite, it's just fantastic. I mean, my kids are growing up really watching television on their computers. They'll download The Office, or whatever. And they know anything that really cooks on SNL will be on YouTube or somewhere on the web. So I think it's just a tough environment for them to get big numbers, that's all. Because all our habits are changing because of web television. But I think they're probably just as good as we were.
GM: You think so?
DC: Sure. Yeah. I think that the web is just such a powerful tool. It just ebbs and flows. But we always remember every era better than it was. I was on about 140 shows but I'll bet half of them sucked.
GM: I don't think so.
DC: But the ones that really cooked are the ones that are really remembered. So I think we always remember it better than it was. I certainly was very, very lucky to get on that show.
GM: But you'll put your cast up with any other cast, won't you?
DC: I think from '89 or '90 to '92 or '93, between the writers that we had and the cast and the junior varsity cast... We had Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz and Dennis Miller and Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks and so forth. And in our junior varsity we had Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, David Spade, Tim Meadows. There was a given point for two or three years there that we just had so many weapons. And we had Mike Myers. We had so many weapons that we'd sometimes have five hits in one show. So I think that was a unique period of time, right in there from '90 to '93.
GM: Are you having a feud with Mike Myers?
DC: (laughs) Not at all! Not at all. I hope not. Not from my side.
GM: This is the dangers of the internet. It's great, but then you read stuff you have no idea if it's true or not. So I can ask the source now.
DC: It's funny how the human mind, we all kinda go toward the tabloid and toward negativity and Britney Spears and all the stuff. It's amazing how rumours get started and exaggerated and half-truths. It's kind of scary, isn't it? Have you ever Googled 'Guy MacPherson'?
GM: Oh yeah. There's nothing up there.
DC: I don't Google myself, I don't look at web rumours about anything. It's just too much. But no, we keep in touch.
GM: It said it was because you had done the Lorne Michaels voice before he did it with Dr. Evil.
DC: Oh, yeah, well, some people thought that. I was doing that a lot but Mike was, too. We all did it. When I first saw Lorne, at first no one was really doing it. Then after about six months - this was in '86 - all of a sudden this rhythm kind of hit me. (As Michaels) It was sort of like this. I used to do him at the board when we were picking the show:Anyone for Whitney's piece? The goat and the frog? I thought it was breathtaking. And so it became kind of this cause celebre that you just make fun of your boss. And finally one time I was on an airplane with Lorne and he asked me to do it for him out of the blue because he'd heard I did it, and I just panicked. I go, "Oh, it's nothing Lorne. It doesn't sound like you at all." But he has a great rhythm. It's a natural thing for someone to do an impression of that. And what Mike did with it was brilliant, making it Dr. Evil. So no hard feelings there. I mean, Mike picking me to be part of Wayne's World was an incredibly generous thing and that turned out to be a wonderful thing, a great thing.
GM: Were you constantly imitating your teachers at school and things like that?
DC: Yeah. Teachers, classmates. A real big moment for me was when I was a junior in high school and we were having the cross country runners banquet. And the coach spontaneously asked me to get up and talk about the sophomore cross country team and I was really nervous but I got up and there was like 300 people in a gymnasium, and I realized kind of spontaneously right there that I had little takes, little impressions, little attitudes from these different runners. So I was kind of doing standup before I knew what I was doing. And I thought, "Wow, maybe I should do this." So that was kind of a big moment for me, anyway.
GM: And when did you actually hit the stage and go, "Yeah, this is something I want to try"?
DC: When I was about 21 I went to Berkeley, California, a little hippie dive. These comedians came up. There were about 20 people. One of them was Robin Williams. I go, "Man, this guy's good." And they had open mic at 11 o'clock. So I went up and I got a few laughs. And the guy said, "Hey, you wanna come back in two weeks and MC the show?" So it started from there. But I had horrible stage fright for years. Just terrible. It took me years to get past my stage fright.
GM: Even on SNL?
DC: Well, I'd say SNL had a different kind of curve. When I came out on SNL, we were all terrified. Because a lot of us, it was our first show. And with the weight and expectations that we would get cancelled. I could show you a tape of the Church Lady when she holds up her hand and it's wet with sweat just from being that nervous. I think for most cast members, it takes three or four seasons just to get to the point where you can relax in an environment where you shouldn't be able to relax because you're going by the cuff of your pants and cue cards are changing and it's this giant free-for-all. It's not ready to go on, you're not sure where the camera is, you're not even sure what the lines are. And then to relax and to actually remember to have a good time and be funny, it took me probably at least 60 shows to settle down into that.
GM: You started in standup but you're primarily known as a sketch comic. Was it a tough transition going from standup to sketch or is funny funny?
DC: Well, it was a little bit. I remember I had to stop myself from turning to the audience in some sketches because you get a laugh and you want to turn toward them. I sort of do one-man sketch a lot in my standup where I'll take a character or an idea and just keep going directly to the audience. Or I'll even play both sides of a conversation. But I'd say for what I like to do, which is rhythmic stuff, I was always doing catch phrases, like, "Isn't that special" and all that. I like something that keeps returning and has a different meaning each time. And I'm really into the rhythm of stuff, the musicality of it, when there's no reason for it to be funny, is my favourite stuff. It just is. I mean, the first time I said, (in character) "Well, isn't that special!", it got a laugh. I was like, "Wow!" Because the Church Lady barely made it on the first show. In the practice show, it was the last sketch right before we say goodnight, and it killed so much it moved up to the first sketch, which scared the hell out of me. But fortunately it worked out.
GM: Thus the flop sweat.
DC: Yes, but it was not bad for that character because that character was uptight and kinda cutting and biting and I could play her fairly well nervous. But when I first started doing George Bush Sr. in one to the camera, that was very nerve-wracking because I didn't really have the impression down. And you've got the cue cards and you can get kind of stuck. And I remember a breakthrough for me was right before they pointed at me and said there's 20 million people, I just said, "The cue cards are just a suggestion." And I started kind of playing with the lines going off a little bit, and that kind of changed it all for me. Giving yourself a little bit of room. Lorne in the old days didn't want us to break. (As Michaels) "That's very Carol Burnett." He didn't want you to laugh at yourself in a sketch. He was very clear about it. (As Michaels) "I just think it's too self-congratulatory." At some point people started doing it. Then it became kind of okay with Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon.
GM: I used to videotape back in the early '80s every standup comic I saw on TV. Recently I found a young pre-SNL Dana Carvey on Almost Live! in Seattle.
DC: Good lord, really? Wow.
GM: And I remember really liking it. I'm wondering how has your act changed from before Saturday Night Live to after doing standup?
DC: Well, that's a good question because it is very different in that you come out with some expectation. I've sort of got some greatest hits like the Rolling Stones, you know? You try to evolve them. Ironically, of the people I was doing in the early '90s, take Arnold Schwarzenegger, basically, George Bush Sr. is back with Jr., Bill Clinton is now back because of Hillary, Regis is still on. So I'm able to update and satisfy those expectations in a way that's fun for me because I like riffing. And once I satisfy that and relax the audience, I do some more point of view stuff; stuff about my life and aging and children and things like that. I'm always loving doing a political impression and taking it way, way too far into some sort of abstraction. I'm not a real one-liner kind of ba-dum-bum type guy so I like to get into a riff and a rhythm. Because when I started being a comic, hanging out with my friends in college, that's what I would do. If your friends are sitting around stoned and you're 19, you don't just do one-liners. You just start to do these long riffs to them and see where it goes. So that's a lot of fun. I have a lot more confidence and a lot more credibility when I come out so I'm a lot more just free. I would say that I'm hopefully better at it because the audience is familiar. And if I'm relaxed, they're relaxed. If you're unknown and you're playing a honky-tonk bar, you can spend an hour trying to get the audience to trust you and like you and understand you. Totally different sport doing standup as a known television person.
GM: Does fame ever interfere with the jokes?
DC: Robin Williams always said (as Williams) "Oh, it gives you about two minutes, then you've got to be funny." I think the audience forgets, I forget, and then it's just, "Am I laughing?" No, I don't think so. I don't think so. It only helps to be famous and do standup, I think. Overall it's helpful. You can kind of think, "Well, what are their expectations?" But when you're on stage doing standup, which is just its own unique form, you're able to call an audible switch, add voices, keep going further. There's no constraints so each show can be different. It's free-for-all. My friend Jon Lovitz, who I finally convinced to do it, he just loves it. It's a completely separate concept from the rest of show business. And most people don't want to do it because it's so scary.
GM: You're lucky that these politicians and other voices that you do are still around. I mean, Rich Little is still doing Richard Nixon.
DC: (laughs) Well, I wouldn't go back that far. And I do drop people. I do Rudolph Giuliani and I do McCain and I've got a Fred Thompson and I have a take on Hillary and some stuff on Barack Obama. And I've got stuff on O.J. now and Senator Craig, the guy in the bathroom. I try to keep it really current. I don't want to be an oldies act but I think it's okay to do riffs on some of the older stuff but with new material as long as you're doing new stuff. Because I would just get completely bored. But it's fantastic for being a dad, standup, where you can just make your schedule. It's just fantastic. And Lovitz, I don't know if I told you this, because I did some radio interviews, but Lovitz just loved this theatre and told me all about it: (As Lovitz) "You've gotta play it. It's called the River Rock in Vancouver." He just loved the audience and the theatre. He had a really good time. And I guess because you guys get American television, I'll be in good shape.
GM: No problem. We get it all. We know all those references. We don't watch Canadian television, for God's sakes!
DC: (laughs) Well, my wife is Canadian.
GM: Oh is she?
DC: Yes, she's from Peace River. My brother-in-law lives in Vancouver and teaches at the university there. And I'm from Montana – Missoula – so I'm almost from Canada. I kind of know the Canadian personality.
GM: Have you played here before in your career?
DC: Oh yeah. I played Vancouver before. I can't remember where. Well, I did it last year for MicroSoft, which was fun. I did a corporate date there. I've played a theatre in Toronto. But yeah, I've been to Vancouver a few times. Just not for a while. I love it. It is a stunning city. I don't know if you guys are used to it. Especially if the weather's nice, you've got the park, the mountains. Right on the water is pretty spectacular to run in.
GM: Are you still running?
DC: Oh yeah. Still running.
GM: How's your health?
DC: Health is perfect. I'm like a 747: I'm either perfect or I'd be in the hangar, there's no middle ground.
GM: You've had too much experience with the medical system. I'm wondering if you've seen Michael Moore's Sicko? Do you have an opinion on that?
DC: I would ask you that. Because I'm one of the lucky ones that has health insurance here and I have no complaints over my personal health care. But is it that great in Canada? Because that was really what Michael Moore... Is it just fantastic? Because I'll go with the Canadian system. How is it for you?
GM: Well, knock on wood, I haven't had anything major. But the complaints are about the waiting. There are always long waits.
DC: He didn't say there's any wait. You just go right in, no wait.
GM: If it's an emergency, you'll go right in. But if you have... I don't know. I don't know enough about it to even talk about it.
DC: Me, neither. We're trying to fix it. Everyone knows that ours is too much bureaucracy and too much wasted money so even the Republicans want to overhaul it. It's just going to be a matter of how fast it changes. We definitely need to improve it. But in my particular case, we have 250 million people who love their health care basically but it's shameful that we still have 47 million that still don't have it. I do know people who have it on government assistance. But we're a big wild west kind of country. We're just like the wild west down here. We've got 300 million people and everyone's trying to move to America basically, legally or illegally, so it's a big messy country. Who would want to be president of this place? Good lord, what a job.
GM: I did go, actually, once to the hospital with a knee injury and I didn't have insurance and said, "How much is it going to cost me?" And they basically said, "Don't worry about it." So I got looked after.
DC: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think ideally if we can move to that kind of system where we have universal health care, I think that's the goal. But there's a huge segment of Americans that just resist anything run by the government. We're kind of anarchists, in a sense, and suspicious. Personal responsibility and all that kind of stuff. And the other side is always, "Yeah, but we can't have 47 million people not have health insurance. It's ridiculous." But there's a very big free market, wild west capitalism kind of thing going on down here. Then there's the other side. I think those two left-brain, right-brain, yin-yang, those two ideas, the leftist-type ideology and the conservative ideology, they're just always going to fighting each other down here apparently.
GM: Apparently. That's why we need comedians.
DC: (As George W.) Well, we're gonna do the best we can. And I want absolute health care for every American. I'm gonna do it with Texas. That's the way he would do it. (As Clinton) We tried to do it. Hil had her own thing and we were doing some good stuff. And we thought we'd go for it but the insurance companies got in there and took it all out. Can you believe Bill Clinton's back? I mean, good Lord. He is back. She will win probably.
GM: You think so?
DC: Right now she'd be the favourite.
GM: And on the other side?
DC: Uh, well, right now Giuliani.
GM: And who would win out of those two?
DC: (As Giuliani) I understand what it's like. I've been in a city that's been attacked. I know how to kill a person with my bare hands. I'm the only candidate that knows how to strangle a human being with my bare hands. I know how to asphyxiate somebody with my bare hand. So who would win between those two? I think we're going right down to the wire. I think it's going to be a 49.2 to a 48.9 or something. The country is very much the way they designed it so there's a lot of gridlock and it'll move very slowly.
GM: I'm writing that prediction down.
DC: Which one?
GM: The percentage.
DC: But yeah, it's interesting. You're our big trading partner, we get a lot of oil from you. If anyone tried to attack you, we'd kick their ass.
GM: Unless it was you trying to attack us.
DC: I don't know. We just spread our movies and our fast food. No two countries with a McDonald's have ever attacked each other. That's absolutely true.
GM: That's good to know that we're safe.
DC: Any kind of fairly healthy middle class that can afford to pay for fast food, it's not in their interest to have a topsy-turvy government. So usually there's some stability there and some form of democracy. But yeah, I'll move to Canada. My sons can get Canadian citizenship and Irish citizenship.
GM: Do it. Get as many as you can.
DC: Yeah, they're going to have three.
GM: I have two. I have a French one. I've never used it but I have it and it's good to know in case something goes down here and I need to move to France without speaking the language, I can do it.
DC: It's fantastic. Canada's an awesome place. You guys have it all together. A little cold, though.
GM: It's not! It's a gorgeous day today. It's Vancouver, you know.
DC: How is it today?
GM: It's beautiful. It's 18 degrees.
DC: Mmm... That's about 60? I don't know the celsius-fahrenheit thing.
GM: Sixty-six, maybe?
DC: Okay. Nice. Yeah, it's a gorgeous city. It's awesome. I look forward to it.
GM: I look forward to seeing you. Thanks for calling.
DC: Yeah, check it out. I'll try to rock the house.
GM: You rock the River Rock.
DC: I'm gonna rock the River Rock. The goal is always to make history. I'll try to make history.


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Michael L. Dworkin presents on FAA Enforcement Issues before the Regional Air Cargo Carrier Association's Conference
Michael L. Dworkin gave a presentation on FAA Enforcement Issues at the Regional Air Cargo Carrier Association's Spring Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The event was attended by hundreds of industry professionals. RACCA continues to serve as an effective leadership organization for regional cargo airlines and a key advocate throughout North America.


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Bloody Hell. What a busy week!
I wasn't sure if I would love Jack as much without his anxious looking sidekick Meg, but I was pretty happy with the show the Jack put on. It was almost impossible to predict just what may happen, the previous night his show in Brixton consisted of an all male band and a completely different setlist but on MY night Jack sang along with a gang of ladies and a lot more of the 'classics' he failed to deliver to the unlucky punters the night before.
It was my first time down stairs at the Hammersmith Apollo (I had previously been upstairs for the ghastly B.G.T auditions). The floor was slightly sloped so no matter where you were standing you had a rather good view. I think he opened with 'Dead leaves and the dirty ground,' which got everyone in the mood for some White Stripe-ing goodness. He followed through with 'Hotel Yorba' 'We're going to be Friends' 'Doorbell' and the track with one of the most famous rifts ever 'Seven Nation Army.'
He also through in a touch of Dead Weather, Raconteurs and of course material from his new album 'Blunderbuss.'
I felt like one of the luckiest people in the world to be hearing this music live from the artist who wrote the songs years after the band announced they were over. Needless to say The White Stripes live on!


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Do you enjoy watching movies? How often do you watch films?
I really keen on watching movies, special science-fiction film, I also usually go to movie theater when having any marvel blockbuster movie. Actually, I watch film everyday whenever I have free time. There are many film have meaningful content and it really help me relax so much after hard working day.
What's your favorite film? Who are your favorite actors?
I really keen on science-fiction action film and series film named agents of shield is one of my most favorite films. Since, one of my favorite actors is one of 5 main actors in series agents of shield, that is character Fitz Leo, he is an engineer and technician and profession to make weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D of phil Coulson team-Coulson is director of shields organization. Fitz is my favorite character because of his intelligence, loyalty, faithfulness, humorousness, kindness and handsomeness. Especially his endless love for Emma Simons – biochem profession of Shield organization.
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|Workbench Beta 3.2 v40.42, v42.x (Kickstart v43.1B)/4.0, v43.1
|Beta phase: unknown
|A modified, mostly 3.1-based 512KB Kickstart ROM was used
|Hidden messages: unknown
WBN: Did Commodore ever have a Workbench 4.0 in beta?
DH: Not even close.
WBN: ...or was it basically 3.1?
DH: That was it. At Amiga Technologies, there was interest in doing a "3.5" release, but this was really just a clean up of some of the 3.1 stuff, maybe with a few contracted pieces like the 64-bit file system and drivers. Nothing ground breaking.
WBN: I ask, since there's an [old] magazine article that mentions it briefly.
DH: It's nonsense, far as I can tell. Certainly, Amiga, Inc. can release any AmigaOS they like and call it 4.0 or 15.7690 or "Theodore" if they want to. But there was nothing approaching what a real 4.0 would have been; no work even started on it (it would have been the OS released for AAA support, but AAA was cancelled before this started, and most of the critical people left within six months of that as well).


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Keep warm and cosy this winter without burning money!
Winter is almost here and most of us are likely to have the central heating cranked up and the hot water bottles out already.
Keeping warm doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune on heating bills. Here are some practical tips that can help you reduce your heating bills this winter.
Wrap up warm
Ever heard the saying "dress for the weather"? It's getting colder so when you are in the house make sure you wear the right clothing. Your silk top maybe your favourite but will it keep you warm without turning the heating up? I know it's temping but hold off and layer up with socks, slippers and jumpers. To be extra snug, cosy up on the sofa under a blanket or throw when you are watching the telly.
Close the curtains and doors
It sounds easy and it is! The nights are drawing in earlier and by keeping your curtains closed you stop heat escaping through your windows. For extra benefit, close blinds, keep your doors closed and use draught-excluders too.
Turn your heating thermostat down by a couple of degrees
By turning your heating thermostat down by 1 or 2 degrees could save you up to 10% on your annual heating bills. To save a little more, programme your thermostat to be even lower through the night. Use a duvet with the right Tog rating for the season, a Tog rating of between 13.5 & 15 is perfect for winter nights. Add a hot water bottle and you probably won't even feel the difference of the reduced thermostat temperature.
Use energy-efficient products
When buying new products for the home don't make your purchase decision on price alone, check the energy efficient rating of the product, the more efficient it is the more economical it will be and it will save you money in the long run.
Installing a new A+ combi boiler in your home could save you up to £490 on your annual gas bills (depending on the size of your home, current boiler and age). Worcester Bosch, Vaillant and Ideal are all good choices that are energy efficient, have economical thermostats programmes to heat your home in the most cost effective way.


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Western Innovations and Monarchist Ideologies in Political Culture of Imperial Russia
Monarchism is typically thought of as an element of tradition, which was to be replaced by the European innovations like constitutionalism, liberalism or republicanism. However, while studying the sources in Russian political thought of 18th - early 20th centuries, we might find out that monarchist ideologies were able to react in a flexible way and to appropriate the results of the intellectual transfer from the West. We can speak of 3 main modes (fields) or ideologies of monarchism that were historically deployed in Imperial Russia. First, it is the providential ideology, which was an amalgam of Russian Orthodox providentialism and new European baroque strategies of comparing the Czar to God. Second, it is the historical approach, which emerged in the middle of 18th century. Its centerpiece was the political glossary of Aristotelian philosophy, the language of the forms of government. History and political science within this ideology could demonstrate that monarchy was the best form of government for Russia (such was the mainline for Russian historicans from Tatishchev to Karamzin and later on). On this basis, the 19th century nationalist were able to fuse the historical monarcist ideology with the nationalistic vision of Russia's uniqueness in history. Third, it is the concept of monarchy as an agency of modernization. This ideology was emphasizing the under-developed state of Russia (and, not least, the backwardness of the majority of population, namely peasants); to overcome it, a benevolent rule of the monarch is required.
A combination of these three ideologies provided Russian monarchism with a sustainability; monarchism proved great historcal endurance. That also meant that serious alternatives to monarchist ideology were forced to employ radical ideas to be able to penetrate into the monarchical stronghold of political thought.


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Tesoro to acquire Virent for commercialization of BioForming tech
Virent and Tesoro announced Sept. 6 that they have reached an agreement for Tesoro to become Virent's new strategic owner. The acquisition will support the scale-up and commercialization of Virent's BioForming technology for the production of low carbon biobased fuels and chemicals. As a result of the acquisition, Virent will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Tesoro and remain in Madison, Wisconsin.
The companies initiated a strategic relationship in January, and have worked together to establish a forward plan to scale-up the technology and reduce deployment risks to meet the increasing demands for high-quality, renewable fuels and chemicals.
"The Tesoro announcement is a critical milestone for Virent to establish a pathway to commercialization with a recognized leader in refining, marketing and logistics," said Lee Edwards, CEO of Virent. "While we will maintain our entrepreneurial spirit and culture, Virent will also benefit from the strategic support and capability of Tesoro, capturing the best of both companies. We are excited to start the next phase of work with Tesoro, along with our other strategic partners."


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Elevate is the most advanced mastering plug-in ever created. This unique multi-band limiter, human-ear EQ and powerful audio maximizer will increase the loudness of your mix while maintaining or improving its dynamic perception. It uses intelligent, adaptive technology that responds in real time to your music; creating not only the loudest, but the best sounding master.
Developed by Newfangled Audio, Elevate maintains subtle dynamics and improves the tonal balance of your mix. The adaptive limiter analyzes 26 frequency bands and alters the gain, speed and transients for each band in real time. The result is a transparent, natural sound, no matter how hard you push it.
Elevate utilizes 26 critical filter bands modeled from the human ear. Each of the bands are spaced to give maximum control over how the sound hits your eardrum. Draw curves, solo bands and manipulate the transient attack for each individual band to bring out particular instruments such as kick or snare drums.
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Elevate uses artificial intelligence algorithms to make it easy for you to get the best sounds, but you can still get under the hood for as much precise control as you desire. This includes giving you control over the tonal balance and transients inside the final limiting stage. The adaptive algorithms reduce audible artifacts and the additional controls give you maximum flexibility with professional results.
New in Version 1.5
Bundle includes two new plug-ins, Saturate and Punctuate:
Saturate is a spectral clipper plug-in, useful for mixing or mastering. As such, it adds up to 24dB of drive with a variable CLIPPER SHAPE parameter that moves from a pleasant soft curve to full hard clipping. Unique spectral processing maintains the tonal balance of the distorted signal, no matter how hard it is pushed. Saturate automatically compensates output level based on the DRIVE control or, alternatively, allows this to be controlled manually.
Punctuate is a transient emphasis plug-in also useful for mixing or mastering. It offers up to 26 auditory bands of TRANSIENT EMPHASIS or suppression while its unique ADAPTIVE TRANSIENT and ADAPTIVE LENGTH controls allow algorithms to tailor each band's transient shaper to what the listener's ear wants to hear. Customizable parameters for each band also allow users to tweak the result, if needed.
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You can either "soft" activate on your computer without addditional hardware or transfer the license to an iLok USB dongle which has to be purchased separately. The iLok dongle can be used to run the protected software on different computers. Your licenses can be easily manged using the iLok Licence Manager. To protect your investment against theft or loss we recommend the iLok Zero Downtime protection with TLC.
An internet connection on any computer and a free user-accout at www.ilok.com is required to authorize the product.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- American Airlines, operated by AMR Corp. AMR, -1.60%, may furlough about 900 most junior flight attendants by the end of August, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday on its Web site, citing company sources. In May, AMR said it would cut capacity by 11% to 12% and has announced cuts to several major routes since then.
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Industrial Photography/
In the next fortnight I will be returning to a factory that I photographed last year for a further shoot - which will be mainly video. Its a company that specialises in making heavy equipment such as anchor chains for royal naval ships and chains for holding helicopters securely on aircraft carriers.
The factory has unique equipment and workers skilled in the processes to make these products.
Photographing the place and the people was a delight, though I have no desire to work there! The environment is hot, noisy and dangerous.
The images were photographed using a Nikon D3 fitted with 24-120mm & 70-200 F/2.8 zooms. The low light capabilities of the Nikon came into their own here as I needed to move fast & shoot everything hand held.
When I return with my partner we will be using Canon 5DM2 and Panasonic GH1 cmeras for the video.


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Gully loves the internet and it took some heavy negotiating to have him give up his phone long enough to chat with me, but after some pensive glares he submitted and settled into his regular character; a quirky individual who ironically uses YOLO more than a drunk high school girl. The ensuing banter covered everything from his preference of giraffes over goats to his childhood spelling bee trauma that has lead to his refusal to spell the word pterodactyl.
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text: Here is another suggestion for your spare time. This is not something I tried for you, but a friend of mine told me I shouldn't miss this experience. First of all we have to go on the Pisan Hills, in a place called Montefoscoli where Minerva's Temple is completely plunged into nature. The word "temple" reminds ancient legends in lost places, on the contrary this temple was built in 1822 by the luminary doctor Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri in order to celebrate his father and the profession they joined. This Building is covered with medical symbols, you can rent it for a private party or make it your destination for a very soft trekking, but during full moon nights there is the possibility to follow an enchanting guided visit with a group of friends. First there is a light dinner then, provided with torches, hearing the forest rustle, you will be leaded through the ilex groove to the temple where new fascinating truths on his use will be told. Next full moon will be soon… are we going together?? 😉


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University of Alabama
Crucial game features Greg McElroy of Alabama and Jordan Jefferson of LSU
Greg McElroy was putting up big numbers as the quarterback for a national championship contender.
It's no surprise that No. 3 Alabama's first-year starter crept into the Heisman Trophy conversation a few games into the season. That was Lesson No. 1 for McElroy: Don't buy the hype.
Lesson No. 2: Praise quickly can turn into criticism when things stop going so well.
"Obviously, you can read into those things and it can get to you," McElroy said of the Heisman talk. "It might have a little bit with me. Right now, we've gotten back to what we do best, and that's taking care of the football and moving methodically up and down the field.
"That's what's going to win us games. That's what has won us games."
McElroy and No. 9 LSU's first-year starter, Jordan Jefferson — whose teams meet Saturday — have the luxury of talented supporting casts. They also share the scrutiny of quarterbacks leading teams in the hunt for national and Southeastern Conference titles.
"People build you up to break you down," McElroy said. "I've experienced that a little bit this year. It's unfortunate."
McElroy has still guided Alabama to an 8-0 start, even though he hasn't reached 150 yards passing in any of the last four games. The Tigers (7-1, 4-1) have only lost once, and Jefferson has completed two-thirds of his passes with four touchdowns against one interception in the two games since getting shut down by top-ranked Florida.
McElroy and Jefferson have put up solid numbers, but more importantly, they have avoided doing the things that could get their teams beaten. Jefferson has been picked off four times, McElroy three.
Both already have big-game experience. McElroy opened the season against a Virginia Tech team while Jefferson and the Tigers have only fallen once, 13-3 to the Gators.
"You have to manage the game," Jefferson said. "It's in your hands. Against Florida, we didn't have the ball too much. We have to get the momentum early in the game. We have to stay on the field more. There are not going to be many possessions for the offense."
They also have to take advantage of their weapons. McElroy has tailback Mark Ingram, receivers Julio Jones and Marquis Maze, and tight end Colin Peek.
Jefferson counters with receivers Brandon LaFell and Terrance Toliver, and his own physical but so far inconsistent runner, Charles Scott.
LSU coach Les Miles makes it clear his quarterbacks are judged by more than passing numbers.
"The role within our program is one where he takes it to the field with the opportunity to make plays that allow our football team to win," Miles said. "He gets the ball to the playmakers, those guys being receivers, running backs and tight ends, and to do so without error, without mistake and facilitate our offense.
"(Jefferson) is getting better at it every week, and we enjoy what he's brought to the table thus far this year."
McElroy and Jefferson both get some help taking snaps, too. Ingram fills the Wildcat role for the Tide, though he hasn't thrown a pass, while LSU changes pace with freshman quarterback Russell Shephard.
He's run for 225 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown two weeks ago against Auburn that essentially put the game away, and has caught two passes. He hasn't thrown one yet, though.
"You've got to get him in a hole that he can run through, and I just think it's a comfort that's coming to him," Miles said, "knowing that his number is going to be called, and he's going to be in the game."
And about Jefferson?
"He has to do the things that we've asked him to do," Miles said. "He's got to make quality decisions with the ball. He has to make the checks and get the ball to the receivers, tight ends and running backs as directed, and he just has to play within the scheme of the offense. If he does that, he'll do fine. He's a very talented man."
McElroy had a solid game against Tennessee throwing mostly short passes. His longest throw over the last four games was 27 yards, and he has just two touchdown passes during that span.
"A lot of people try to say, 'OK, why is the passing game messing up? Is it because of drops, is it because of an inaccurate quarterback, why is it?'" McElroy said. "There's not always a reason for it. Sometimes you just have off days.
"Sometimes you play a great defense, too."
Tide coach Nick Saban said it starts with pass protection and noted that McElroy hasn't had as much time to throw the past few games.


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Are We There Yet?, a family comedy with Ice Cube. It starts at sundown and starting at 8:30 there will be some activities.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Outdoor movie on
Tuesday Wednesday: Are We There Yet?
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- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Headline might be wrong - June 22 appears to be a Wednesday.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Yep, these movies are all on Wednesdays.ReplyDelete
Thanks, fixed.ReplyDelete
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Can a Survivor of Domestic Violence have it all?
I am a survivor of Domestic Violence. For the longest time, it was hard to even admit that I was a victim. Now that I'm a survivor, I want to tell the world. I may not have everything a mom could want, but I have my son, the means to support him, and my life.
I married my teenage summer romance. We were married almost 5 years, together almost 11 and have known each other for almost 20 years, having met when I was 15 and he was 16. I missed all the red flags and warning signs I should have seen since I was blinded by the very idea of summer love (Grease is still one of my favorite movies). There were so many good times, but the bad times outweighed them.
I was raised as a strong independent woman by a self-proclaimed feminist. I went to my first women's march on Washington, DC around the age of 12. I don't remember the exact cause, but my mother thinks it might have been for the National Organization of Women. I remember getting up early in the morning and taking a bus from New Jersey to Washington, DC — the crowds of women, the energy, the time with my mom. I am a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts. I went to an all-girls private school that prides itself on helping women become leaders. I joined the only local sorority at my college, a 100+ year old group of female engineers, nurses, businesswomen and more. These women are not just my friends but my family. I'm in sales and make enough money to live a nice life. I had everything I could possibly need to become a strong independent woman — yet I still became a victim.
My ex-mother-in-law told me that having a child was no way to save a marriage about three weeks after my son was born. She told me that her son and I were toxic for each other two days after my emergency Domestic Violence Injunction was granted.
I ask myself, what did I do to deserve the life I had? I know now that I did absolutely nothing wrong. I did what so many other women did and hid from embarrassment and shame. I covered the bruises and went about my life as if there was nothing wrong. A friend told me that my life looked so perfect on Facebook, she would never have guessed I was a victim. It turns out she was, and still is, a victim too.
I don't have it all because I don't have the perfect relationship...job...son...life. But I have an amazing support system for myself and my son. I have a son who loves pink and purple, trucks and dolls, nail polish and flowers. I live in a county that has services to help survivors, and in turn we can help others become survivors. My friends rally around me, and as one often says, it takes a village, so if I need help, all I need to do is ask and people will be there. My family has been beyond supportive. It hurts that my ex's family has essentially disappeared from my son's life beyond what they have to do and that he has no contact with his grandfather and aunts and uncles on that side, but I know my family and friends, my network, will help fill those missing pieces.
I may not have it all — or at least what the world typically defines as "having it all," but I have all I need to be an amazing mom and a strong woman.
I am a SURVIVOR!