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Cueto solid after shaky second in victory over Nats
CINCINNATI -- Even if Sunday's marquee matchup against Stephen Strasburg did not live up to the hype, as both aces labored Sunday, Johnny Cueto was not lacking for moxie. Cueto demanded that his Reds lineup pick him up against the Nationals.
Following his sixth and final inning of work, Cueto saw some teammates in the dugout.
"I said, 'Hey listen, I want three runs here,'" Cueto said via translator Tomas Vera. "And they did it for me. They did it like that, thank God."
A three-run bottom of the sixth came right on cue as the Reds handed the Nationals a 6-3 loss while winning two of three games in the series.
Third baseman Todd Frazier was one of the teammates Cueto was talking to.
"I was screaming there with him," said Frazier, who was 1-for-3 with an RBI groundout in the first inning. "It was pretty funny. He was saying it in Spanish, but I understood what he was saying, and I just kept on laughing."
For Reds fans clamoring for Billy Hamilton to be called up, their need for speed might be satisfied by Derrick Robinson. Called on to pinch-hit for Cueto in the sixth, Robinson slashed a single on the ground past drawn-in third baseman Ryan Zimmerman for his first big league hit to set up the winning rally.
Robinson's speed helped create the go-ahead run, as he was trying to steal second base before seemingly flying to third on a Shin-Soo Choo single to center field. With the infield in, Xavier Paul followed with a grounder to second. Danny Espinosa fired a good throw to the plate, but the sliding Robinson's foot touched the plate ahead of catcher Kurt Suzuki's tag.
"I was going on the ground, anywhere in the infield," Robinson said. "Instinct kicked in as soon as I saw it. My type of game, I've got to use [speed] as much as possible."
"Speed kills," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Usually, speed doesn't go into a slump. It seems like there's not as much speed as there has been in this game. I love speed."
With two outs, Brandon Phillips sent a RBI single into left field that scored Choo, and Strasburg was finished. Against Ryan Mattheus, Jay Bruce bounced an infield single to shortstop and reached without a throw as Paul scored to give Cincinnati some breathing room. Nine batters came to the plate during the rally.
Working 5 1/3 innings, Strasburg had one of his worst starts as his six earned runs allowed were one short of his career high, and his nine hits tied a career high. He also walked four, one intentionally, and struck out five while throwing 114 pitches. Last season, the hard-throwing Strasburg was 15-6 with a 3.16 ERA in 28 starts before he reached his innings limit and was shut down a month early.
The Reds had not faced Strasburg since his much-ballyhooed 2010 rookie season.
"He was just a pitcher. He's good, don't get me wrong. We're good too," Frazier said. "We put pride in ourselves and understand it's another pitcher out there."
Cueto, who is 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA after two starts, allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings, with three walks and six strikeouts while throwing 108 pitches.
Staked to a 3-0 first inning lead, highlighted by Bruce's nice two-strike hitting for a two-run double to left field off of Strasburg, Cueto let the advantage evaporate quickly as he labored during a 30-pitch top of the second. Suzuki's three-run homer on a 1-1 slider with one out evened the game just like that.
"I don't want to give excuses. The second inning, I wasn't feeling as well," Cueto said, describing his shoulder. "I wasn't really 100 percent."
The Reds bullpen was taxed from lots of work lately, so Cueto knew he had to soldier on for better or worse. His pitch count was up to 39 through two innings and 51 through three.
"I really saw that and said, 'I want to at least finish five or six innings, maybe more,'" Cueto said. "Then I started working on that."
Cueto gave up only a walk and two doubles in his final four innings. In the fourth with runners on first and third with two outs, he struck out Jayson Werth to escape.
"Both guys didn't have their best stuff," Baker said. "That's the sign of a good pitcher. You're not always going to have your best stuff. If you do, the game would be easy. You would be Sandy Koufax if you always had your best stuff. You have to find a way."
After the schedule-makers did Cincinnati few favors with April's slate, the Reds are off to a 4-2 start of the season with series wins over the Angels and Nationals.
"We're a tough team too," Bruce said. "They came in here thinking the exact same thing. It's about execution. It's not taking anything away from those guys. I feel like both of those teams will be there in the end. We expect to be as well."


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Three Board Games You Really Should Playon March 22nd, 2014 at 12:29 pm
If you think boardgames are all about family squabbles over an interminable game of Monopoly, long waits for your dad to lay down "BUM" for six points in Scrabble, or watching three friends finish a game of Risk that you were knocked out of two hours ago, then there's a whole new world waiting for you.
Ever since the late nineties, board gaming has become more about games that take under an hour, are easy to learn, and, most importantly, are fun for everyone involved. Here are three games that are great first steps into this new world.
Often known as "the game that started it all", The Settlers of Catan was revolutionary in the way it kept players involved in the game and mixed luck, skill and negotiation without anyone ever feeling like winning the game was beyond them.
For your first game the rules may look daunting, but they're actually quite simple and, once you get going, the game is easy to play and a lot of fun.
Settlers of Catan can be bought for around £24.
Alongside Catan, Carcassone has been the first introduction for many into the board gaming world, and what's more it has stood the test of time and is still very popular today. The game has even simpler rules than Catan and has the players placing tiles to build a landscape and adding little wooden figures known as Meeples as knights, thieves, monks and farmers to score points.
Carcassonne takes around 45 minutes to play, is fun with between 2 and 5 players and is available for around £22.
If Catan and Carcassonne all look a bit too medieval, then Ticket to Ride could be more to your liking. In the game the players are collecting cards to build railway routes across America, which they do by adding trains of their colour onto the board's track layout. You can also try Ticket to Ride Europe if you'd prefer building railways closer to home. It plays well with anything from 2 to 5 players and is all done in under an hour.
If you want a game with simple rules that you can pick up and play in next to no time then you couldn't do much better than Ticket to Ride. It costs around £32 for the original game or a bit less for Ticket to Ride: Europe.


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This sidewalk and street have nearly no visible plants. Yet anonymously gifted bus stop chairs are very Tokyo and very much in the spirit of Tokyo green space. Reacting to a lack of infrastructure– no shelter and no seating– neighbors simply recycle and re-use stuff from their homes and share it with neighbors in a public space.
Few designers could have coordinated this unlikely mix of colors, fabrics, and shapes. Its aesthetic arises from its spontaneous appearances. Is this the most beautiful, practical, or ideal solution to the lack of infrastructure? Probably not, although it reflects generosity and concern for others in shared spaces.
I have been writing about Tokyo green space for a while, ever since moving here three years ago. Tokyo is surprisingly green and livable despite the complete absence of planning for public open space, from its rise as Japan's Edo capitol in the 1600s through the 20th century's natural and man-made calamities that twice obliterated the city.
Tokyo has such forward-looking urban features like walkable small streets dominated by pedestrians and bicyclists. But these vital paths exist not because of contemporary Tokyo's good planning, but because the bureaucracy still in the thrall of automobile infrastructure and mega-developments hasn't had the chance to alter them.
Documenting Tokyo green space has been a way for me to understand the life of this city. The grass-roots reclaiming of public space certainly increases the city's appeal. But, post 3.11, I also now wonder if the residents haven't demanded enough of the city leaders. We now know more clearly the dangers of leaving vital decisions to reckless and outdated politicians and bureaucrats.
As this difficult year ends, I wonder what all of us can do to create a more alive city.


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9/24 Last homestand
It wasn't the year we wanted to have or the year that I was expecting. This team is built to win. It didn't happen. We didn't play the way we wanted to, didn't play up to our capability as a team. Everyone knows that, everyone sees that. At the same time, we never gave up all year long and played hard. We had some changes at the end of the season. Lou had to go home, Quade came in and we still played hard. You can see it in our record against teams that are still in it that we do have a good team. We just showed it a little bit too late. At the same time, we're missing Ted Lilly, we're missing Derrek Lee, Ryan Theriot, and Mike Fontenot. We wish them well. They have a chance to play for something. I wish we could've done it over here. Through everything, the fans have been out every single game. It showed last night and the past three nights. The fan base here hasn't changed. Everyone loves the Cubs. Next year, we're going to have to figure out a way to give them something to cheer about all year long and through October. When the end of the season comes, you start thinking a little about next year, and that's what I'm doing now.
— Marlon
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The Cubs deserve alot of credit. It's been a rough season and the team could have easily given up a long time ago. Cubs' fans appreciate the strong finish. The kind of never-say-die attitude that the Cubs have demonstrated shows a great amount of heart which is something to build on for next season. It has been a pleasure watching this team since Mike Quade has taken over. There is definitely hope here. We (Cubs' fans) appreciate the hard work and effort by the team as a whole. Nice turnaround! Keep up the hard work. I have a feeling next year will be a different story, one with a happy ending.
THANK YOU MARLON!! Hope to see you at the Cubs Convention in January.
Thanks for a great season, this Cubs fan appreciates all that you gave this season.
Marlon: From a Cub fan of 56 years — I think you play baseball the way it was meant to be played. I can pay no higher compliment than that. Thank you for this season. You do Cubbie blue proud.
Marlon… You are one of the best! I had a sign at the last homegame that said, "It was a Great Byrd Watching Season." It sure was! There are some teammates that could learn a lot from you when it comes to hussle!
I wanted to thank you for the great season, the ball you threw into the bleachers and for making everyone so happy by standing out there signing after the game. You're a class act!
See you in January at the Convention!
Hi Marlon!
Well, Marlon, this is truly amazing. This last post you put up here on your blug…that's what they call these is blug right?…was on my wife Taela's birthday! Yay! Yay! Yay!
So let me tell you about last night. Well, you now know my wife Taela's birthday. Well, my sister-in-law Tara's birthday is only 6 days before that. We didn't really get together and do much as a family for their birthdays so my sister-in-law Tasia set up a surprise birthday party at BJ's at 6:00 last night before our softball game for both of them. Well, I very specifically texted my sister-in-law Tasia to see if we should be a bit late to BJ's since I was bringing one of the birthday girls. She said no, she would be there early with my mother-in-law Patti and it would be fine to get there at 6. I told her that traffic would be really bad that time of day (foreshadowing).
Well, Marlon, I had to lie to my wife. I told her that my client had given me a gift card to BJ's and we should go eat there tonight. She bought it hook, line and stinker (stinker, ha ha). So we drive out there and we get to use the carpool lane and we're making good time. All of a sudden I see out of the corner of my eye and blurt out "hey, a Cubs sticker". Whoops. Then my son (name withheld) says "that looked like Grandma's car." Well, that's because it was grandma's car and my wife Taela was a bit confused by that.
Then we go up ahead, using the magic of the diamond lane, and get close to our exit. I merge over and BAM, there's my father-in-law John in his big ole' pickup and its huge Cubs sticker. "That's so weird" sayeth my wife Taela. And we proceed.
Well, my wife Taela didn't see that her dad had followed us all the way to the BJ's parking lot. We get into the restaurant and we're the first ones there (right on time I might add) and I don't want to say that the reservation is under the name "Tasia" in front of my wife Taela because that would blow the surprise. So she says "table for 4" and then my father-in-law John comes in and my wife Taela says "oh, you just followed us right in, great!" and we got a table for 5. Well I can clearly see the table we have reserved but I don't want to blow the surprise so I get up and pretend to go to the bathroom…I'm standing there at an empty table pretending to pee when…no really I went to the hostess and let her know what was going on. Then my mother-in-law Patti comes in and my wife Taela is like "wow, look, mom's here too!" It was classic, Marlon.
Pretty soon my sister-in-law Tara and my brother-in-law Andy show up with their two kids (names withheld) and then we just have to let the cat out of the bag. Well, we let the calico kitty out and it runs out the door and then I tell Taela we are there to celebrate their birthdays. Oh, my sister-in-law Tasia? She showed up last with a bunch of balloons. We had a good time and a good meal and then it was off to softball.
Marlon, we played really well. You would have been proud of us. My sister-in-law Tara made an outstanding catch in left field. The only blemish on the whole game was that I couldn't make an accurate throw from left center, but I'm coming back off a shoulder injury so I have that excuse. Anyway, Marlon, my brother-in-law Andy hit one to dead center that is probably still rising as I'm typing this. It was a moon shot. It broke the back of the other team. We had a bet about who would hit the first one over the fence and now I owe that scamp a burrito. It's all in good fun though, Marlon, it's not like I put in the time on P90X this season. I'm a lazing guy who likes to eat chips. Plus my brother-in-law Andy is a pastor so I figure I'm buying my way to heaven.
Marlon, I'm gonna miss our talks. We still have room for you the next two Mondays. It would be good to buy you a bottomless root beer at BJ's (I'm not kidding, Marlon, their draught root beer is bottomless!). There's a CJ's right across the parking lot. No DJ's though. So you know, I'm now something like 10 for 12 in fall ball (it helps when the score keeper doesn't believe in errors). Sometimes I fart when I'm playing, do you?


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Public schools here are run by the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth-largest school district in the nation. It has exemplary schools. Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High offers a wealth of Advanced Placement courses. It also has a champion athletics team and an award-winning theater group. Private and magnet schools are also worth considering. Miami Lakes Educational Center is producing Gates Millennium Scholars and SkillsUSA winners almost every year.
Miami's diversified economy has scopes for finance, commerce andtourism sectors. In search of a dream career, you can approach corporate houses like Microsoft, Bacardi and Telefónica USA.Film production is another prominent industry in the region employing thousands of workers, both permanent and temporary.
People of all ages stay happy and active in the town. For outstanding theater experience, be there at the Main Street Playhouse. Does Bayside Marketplace attract only shopaholics? No, foodies also gather there to make exciting culinary discoveries. Next to the mall is the Port of Miami where you can easily rent a boat to explore the bay.C.B. Smith Park, Amelia Earhart Park are the places where you go to refresh your mood. There is also the Trump National Doral Golf Courseoffering you a challenging golf tournament or a relaxing spa treatment. A race fan? How can you stay away from the Miami GP Raceway?
Surprisingly, new homes for sale in Miami Lakes are not that pricey. The costs of new constructions mostly vary in the range of upper 300s to upper 700s. Small families fit well in the 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 1800 sq. ft. houses priced in low 400s. Ever dreamt of a waterfront estate house? Such properties with a sheer acreage are selling in the town in upper 700s.
This is only a glimpse. The full list of town's enviable new constructions you'll find on NewHomeSource's property page. Still, can't decide? Take help from our home shopping guides.


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Poisson publishes Traité de mécanique (Treatise on Mechanics). It includes Poisson's work on the applications of mathematics to topics such as electricity, magnetism and mechanics.
Laplace publishes the two volumes of Théorie Analytique des probabilités (Analytical Theory of Probabilities). The first book studies generating functions and also approximations to various expressions occurring in probability theory. The second book contains Laplace's definition of probability, Bayes's rule, and mathematical expectation.
Argand gives a beautiful proof (with some gaps) of the fundamental theorem of algebra. (See this History Topic.)
Barlow produces Barlow's Tables which give factors, squares, cubes, square roots, reciprocals and hyperbolic logs of all numbers from 1 to 10000.
Peter Roget (the author of Roget's Thesaurus) invents the "log-log" slide rule.
Pfaff publishes important work on what are now called "Pfaffian forms".
Peacock, Herschel and Babbage are the leaders of the Analytical Society at Cambridge which publishes an English translation of Lacroix's textbook Traité de Calcul differéntiel et intégral.
Bessel discovers a class of integral functions, now called "Bessel functions", in his study of a problem of Kepler to determine the motion of three bodies moving under mutual gravitation.
Bolzano publishes Rein analytischer Beweis (Pure Analytical Proof) which contain an attempt to free calculus from the concept of the infinitesimal. He defines continuous functions without the use of infinitesimals. The work contains the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem.
Inspired by the work of Laplace, Adrain publishes Investigation of the figure of the Earth and of the gravity in different latitudes.
Horner submits a paper giving "Horner's method" for solving algebraic equations to the Royal Society and was published in the same year in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Brianchon publishes Recherches sur la determination d'une hyperbole equilatère, au moyen de quatres conditions données which contains a statement and proof of the nine point circle theorem.
List of mathematicians alive in 1820.
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JaquelineC wrote:If you don't believe in something - Fine! Don't! But don't force your beliefs onto me or decide I'm a 'bad person' because I don't feel the same way you do!
I personally like the natural look, but damn I've seen some striking dogs with beautiful crop jobs! RedCrown's Tyranny comes to mind. Both my dogs were rescues at an age too late to even consider it. Actually, no, Chico was young enough (14 weeks), but it was part of our rescue contract that we wouldn't.
But I don't think anyone here is advocating making cropping/docking illegal... are they? That would certainly change the conversation.
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C100 HD PLUSC100 HD PLUS Digital Broadcast Console
Smart software options to optimize and automate your workflow.
A range of unique software systems designed to streamline production workflow are a standard feature of C100 HD PLUS and C10 HD PLUS consoles. Each offers an innovative solution to a specific modern broadcast production challenge. They are all integrated into the console surface, placing hands on control at the heart of your workflow. Most automate key production tasks leaving experienced engineers free to concentrate on other aspects of the production or enable non specialist operators achieve professional results.
Dialogue Automix
Automated mixing of fast paced multi mic talk shows
One of the most physically challenging tasks facing a broadcast engineer is riding the faders to maintain a smooth, balanced mix in the fast paced environment of a multi microphone talk show. SSL's unique Dialogue Automix is a standard feature of C100 HD PLUS and C10 HD PLUS consoles which provides software driven automation of this process. The Dialogue Automix system assists skilled and unskilled audio mixers in managing multiple live mics without having to continually ride their individual faders to eliminate spill and room colouration.
Once a relative level has been set for each microphone, the system detects which mics are receiving an input and makes fast, transparent crossfades between them, freeing the mix engineer to focus on balance and sound quality rather than be chained to the faders. These voice-controlled crossfades closely track unpredictable dialogue, eliminating cue mistakes and late fade-ups, while avoiding the choppy and distracting effects common to noise gates. The overall gain of multiple active channels is automatically adjusted to keep the overall output equivalent to a single channel, thus eliminating obtrusive fluctuations in background noise when more that one channel is contributing to the mix.
Dialogue Automix is freely assigned on a per channel basis up to a maximum of 16 channels. The system can be used with a mixture of local and remote sources, so not all the contributors have to be in the same location. The algorithm will work perfectly happily with someone on the end of a telephone line or at the end of a remote. The system provides a 'Weight' control on each channel which lets the operator establish relative 'priority' for individuals when multiple channels are open at once. The primary use of the weight control is to enable to host to 'talk down' other show participants. Lowering the weight control on a channel decreases the channel gain during ambience and lowers the relative gain if the channel is active with other channels. Raising the weight, increases the gain during ambience and increases the relative gain if that channel is active with other channels. It is also possible to globally adjust the automatic fade-in and fade-out times used by the Automix algorithm: The Attack time constant controls the fade-in rate and should normally be set at to a fast rate (around 1ms) to avoid an audible fade in on the start of a word. The Release time constant sets the rate of return to the ambient gain setting to avoid pumping effects between words. Automix activity is shown in the Channel displays with clear indication of which channels are assigned to Automix and level meter indication of individual channel gain reduction.
Key Features
- Automated mixing for fast paced multi mic talk shows
- Automatically cross fades between mics
- Maintains consistent ambient noise levels
- Up to 16 channel control simultaneously
- Works with audio sources at multiple locations
- Weight control sets priority for individual speakers
- Globally adjustable Attack and Release times
- Activity indication in channel Displays
5.1 Upmix
Convincing and adjustable Stereo to 5.1 Upmixing and Downmixing
Ensuring a smooth transition between 5.1 and stereo audio material is a common broadcast challenge.
Our '5.1 Upmix' option for C10 HD and C100 HDS consoles automatically creates a 5.1 surround mix from a stereo audio source and makes it available for manipulation. Upmixed 5.1 can easily be downmixed back to stereo or mono without any artefacts such as phase cancellation or comb filtering being generated in the downmixed audio.
5.1 Upmix can be applied to any stereo console channel. The system extracts spatial data from the components of the stereo signal to create a convincing 5.1 version of the signal. While a 'Centre' signal provides a soundfield anchor, the spatial elements can be positioned around the Centre to mould a convincing 5.1 effect for the stereo signal.
When 5.1 Upmix is assigned to a specific channel a range of parameters are available for adjustment via assignable hardware controls within the channel strip. The ranges through which each pan parameter can be adjusted has been limited through careful listening tests to allow a diverse range of stereo sources to be upmixed without developing extreme or unconvincing spatial effects. Paramters available for adjustment include;
- Centre signal level trim (C-DB) affects the stereo width of the front image. Nominally set to 0dB, increasing the level will narrow the image and decreasing the level will widen the image
- Centre divergence (C-DV) controls the spread of the front image. Normally set to 50%, a setting of 100% removes all signal from the Centre Channel giving a 4.1 Upmix often required when up mixing stereo ambience with dialogue in the centre channel
- Bias (BIAS) alters the front/rear perspective. Increasing the bias towards the rear gives the perception of signals emanating from behind the listening position and is useful for increasing the effect of surround channels in ambience processing
- Spatial signal front/rear panning (DPTH) controls the surround channels' contribution and the distribution of the 5.1 soundfield. The default setting is half-way back, giving a diffuse 5.1 spread; increasing the depth moves the signal to the back and increases the spatial width
- LFE gain (LFDB) affects the Low Frequency Effect level._ Turn the Lower Quik-Knob to adjust the L-R pan
Key Features
- Convincing Upmixing from Stereo to 5.1
- Downmixing from 5.1 down to stereo without unwanted artefacts
- Can be applied to any console stereo channel
- Front image stereo width adjustment
- Front image Centre divergence adjustment
- Front/Rear perspective control
- Spatial Front/Rear panning control
- LFE gain control
- Available for C10 HD & C100 HDS consoles
Integrated spot and music Playout system.
The C-Play system embeds a fully functional spot and music Playout system into the C100 HD PLUS and C10 HD PLUS broadcast consoles. Audio file Playout systems for spots and music are an essential part of everyday broadcast operations. Until now, broadcasters have been faced with sourcing dedicated Playout systems and preparing console Project and Playout systems individually. C-Play offers the broadcaster sophisticated fully featured Playout functionality with the significant ergonomic and workflow advantages of an embedded system, with console hardware control and where all Playout settings are recalled as part of a console Project.
C-Play is a dual player system with one 5.1 player and one stereo player which can be independently assigned to any console channel. Once assigned the Channel Info screens show currently selected Cut, duration and playback status, including time remaining and end warning flash. Audio files are stored in a shared network location with bulk import capability streamlining import from a craft editor or library. A comprehensive Cut Creation interface facilitates non destructive editing where a single source file can be used to create multiple Cuts with trimming of Start/End points, Fade In/Out and a sophisticated Loop Play system. A dedicated Playlist creation interface streamlines the assembly of cuts into Playlists. Playlists have comprehensive one shot, sequential or automated playback and advanced playback controls including crossfades and playlist looping.
Each Player has three different playback control options; 'C-Play' mode provides a list view enabling fast intuitive location and start/stop/retrigger of individual Cuts via a combination of touchscreen and hardware encoder, 'FreePlay' mode provides a 16 button touchscreen interface where multiple Cuts can be triggered simultaneously (the 16 touch triggers can be assigned to a single player or split in to two sets of 8 buttons), 'PlayList' mode uses the list view interface for location, selection and start/stop/retrigger of Playlists. In addition to the touchscreen control, playback can be controlled using Fader Start for hands on operator control or assigned to GPI control for triggering via a wide range of external devices or Automation systems.
All Cut, Playlist and Assignment options are project based so when your console Project is recalled your entire Playout system is also recalled, dramatically streamlining turnaround between shows.
Options Include;
- Embeds Spot & Music Playout system into console surface
- Project based settings aid fast show turnaround
- Two independent 'Players' :: one 5.1 and one stereo
- Channel Info display of selected Cut, duration and playback status
- Files are stored on networked storage drive with bulk import support
- Fast intuitive combination of touch screen and hardware encoder operation
- Playback control from touch screen, hardware encoder, fader start or GPI
- Three player modes:
- 'C-Play' mode; fast intuitive individual Cut selection and triggering via touchscreen and hardware encoder
- 'FreePlay'; 16 touch screen buttons for random access to 16 files simultaneously
- 'PlayList'; fast intuitive playlist selection and triggering via touchscreen and hardware encoder
- Cut Creation interface enables non destructive Start, Stop, Fade and Loop settings independent of source file
Production Automation Integration
Integration with Ross, Sony & Mosart Production/Newscast Automation systems
Recognizing that live Production Automation is a growing part of broadcast production,C100 and C10 consoles can be integrated with Grass Valley Ignite Ross Overdrive, Sony ELC and Mosart Medialab systems. Fundamentally the SSL Broadcast Automation interface provides the Ross, Sony or Mosart Medialab automation system with a remote controlled mixer. This mixer follows commands issued from the Automation System (or the vision mixer/switcher) and thus controls the audio mix of the production.
The Automation System works in parallel with the console's physical controls, so if the audio operator adjusts the level of a channel under automation control, the audio will change level. The fact that the level has changed will also be flagged to the automation system. The limited abilities of the Automation System (fader level, on/off etc.) mean that the console is likely to be pre-configured for a specific show, to set mic gains, EQ's, master bus settings etc. This can all be simplified by the creation of projects to work with specific automated productions. Automation can be applied to anything from a single channel to all channels of the console but typically a small number of channels are controlled. Using custom layers, the Channel faders under control can be hidden from the operator's view of the surface, so that the console can be used simultaneously by an operator and the automation system without distraction. Automation can globally be switched on/off from a single console surface switch.
Key Features
- Support for Grass Valley Ignite, Ross, Sony and Mosart Medialab
- A standard feature of C100 HD PLUS and C10 HD PLUS
- Automation can be applied to anything form a single channel to all channels of the console
- Channel faders under control can be hidden from the operator's view
- Automation can globally be switched on/off from the console surface
DAW Control
Maximise studio productivity with console DAW control for post production
The C100 and C10 consoles can provide an ergonomic control surface for a wide range of popular DAW packages, allowing broadcast post-production to be carried out in existing audio control suites whenever they are not being used on-air. The ability to control the transport, dynamic automation and audio parameters within the DAW permits complex mixes to be created, and these projects can be moved from one room to another without having to separate audio and automation data, simplifying workflow.
When the console is assigned to DAW control, it acts a control surface for the 'virtual' console inside the DAW. With the DAW tracks presented on the C100 control surface, the Fader Strip faders, pans, and ON/OFF functions control DAW channels, and additional channel strip keys provide automation status control and track record functions. Sends and I/O functions can also be modified. Cue and automation data is generated by the DAW, not the console. DAW transport controls can be assigned to console centre section buttons.
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Academic science does not have a reputation for being family friendly. The competition for jobs and grants and the clash of biological and tenure clocks seem to be fueling a pervasive fear that a career in science and a satisfying family life are mutually exclusive.
This has consequences for science. A study published last year found that nearly half of female faculty and a quarter of male faculty felt their careers in science had prevented them from having as many children as they would like (1). Having fewer children than desired was even more common among postdoctoral fellows, and such feelings were the only significant predictor of whether they were planning to seek careers outside of science.
Whatever the causes and consequences of this fear, I think we need to hear more from those at the center of the issue: early-career scientists with young children. So on behalf of all those friends who are standing at the brink of parenthood and professional success, I asked 25 postdocs and untenured faculty, both men and women, to share their perspectives and advice on being scientist-parents. What are the challenges? What strategies do they use to cope? And most importantly, what advice do they have for all those fearful would-be parents?
ChallengesThere were many different kinds of challenges that the respondents described, but recurring themes were sleep deprivation, unpredictable schedules, guilt and negative judgment from colleagues. Some were worried about the instability of academic jobs. Some struggled with finances, and one had relied on food stamps.
But overwhelmingly, the biggest challenge was a shortage of time.
Welkin Pope, a research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh with one child and one on the way, likened becoming a parent to getting a second, time-consuming job on top of an existing, equally time-consuming job.
Josh Anzinger, a lecturer at the University of the West Indies, became a parent during postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health. He pointed out that even though all his time is spent either working or being a parent, there is still no way to get everything done, saying, "Unfortunately, this puts you at a disadvantage if you're pursuing an academic career. Academics is not a family-friendly job."
In addition to time management, many respondents were concerned about inequitable access to benefits, such as leave and day care, for postdocs and graduate students, especially for those who lacked employee status at their institutions (2). In such cases, legislation that is designed to protect employees may not apply, consistent benefits policies may not exist, and access to employee resources like on-site day care, employee parking and dependent health-care coverage may be limited.
Even when the rules are clear, they are often inadequate. Only 23 percent of institutions in the Association of American Universities provide postdocs with a policy of six weeks of paid maternity leave (3). Graduate students, who often don't have the financial resources to go without pay, fare even worse. Only 13 percent of institutions provide six weeks of paid maternity leave, and 3 percent provide one week of paid parental leave to fathers.
These kinds of problems are typically handled by negotiation between the student or fellow and his or her mentor. Like most of the respondents, Pope was grateful for her mentor's generous support. "But not everyone is so lucky," she warned. "We need institution-level support."
StrategiesStrategies for dealing with the challenges of parenthood were incredibly diverse. Some of the respondents arranged for family day care, shared a nanny, used on-site day care, or relied on nonworking or flexible spouses. They created their own support networks by seeking out other parents on campus. They negotiated help at work from lab mates and passed projects along to collaborators. They managed their time with the help of meticulous planning and task prioritization. They never worked at home or often worked at home; they kept very strict working hours or very flexible ones; they went to work very early or late.
The only strategy that was universally popular was taking advantage of the flexibility of academia.
Faculty members have more control over their work tasks and hours than many other professionals. Flexibility is also the positive flipside to the informal work status of postdocs and graduate students. For example, many respondents mentioned negotiating flexible working arrangements with their mentors. Pope gradually transitioned her focus toward bioinformatic work, which improved the predictability of her schedule and allowed her to work from home one day a week. Even though she still worked full time, she said, it made a big difference just to have one morning when she didn't have to get her family ready or have to "lug the breast pump around."
Access to this kind of flexibility is not just a luxury. A large body of research across many kinds of workplaces consistently indicates the importance of workplace flexibility, and workers with access to flexible work practices have both greater job satisfaction and fewer mental-health issues (4).
AdviceFinally, I asked the scientist-parents what advice they would give to early-stage scientists thinking about becoming parents. Despite the inevitable differences of opinion and idiosyncrasies of personal advice, three pieces of advice were offered repeatedly.
The first was that parents should have realistic expectations. Bridgette Hagerty, an assistant professor at York College of Pennsylvania, cautioned that "you need to recognize that everything will take longer than it used to, and you may need to make small sacrifices in terms of how much you accomplish."
The benefit of realistic expectations is also supported by the results of a study presented last year that found that working mothers who held the attitude that they would be able to balance their work and family lives with ease were at more risk for depression than those who anticipated difficulties (5).
Accepting that the balance of work and family commitments is different every day and is different for different people is also a crucial step in letting go of the idea that there is some perfect balance that every parent must strive for. Bridgette Hagerty had to train herself not to feel guilty about making time for her daughter. "Recognizing the fact I can still be a good professor despite choosing to not work during every free moment of my day has been the best strategy to maintain sanity," she said.
Another common recommendation for postdocs and graduate students was to choose potential mentors very carefully. One respondent, who chose to remain anonymous, recounted her approach to interviewing for postdoctoral positions. "I looked for good science, of course, but I also looked for PIs with kids and for labs where other postdocs and students had kids. I figured if several people in the lab had children, then it was a family-friendly lab."
However, Michael O'Donnell, a postdoc at the University of Washington, pointed out that, even though his three mentors during his time as a parent-researcher have each had very different family lives, they were all incredibly supportive of his own. "The important point is to never assume that someone will behave in a certain way just because of who you think they are," he said.
The final piece of advice was strikingly popular, with almost the same words used by each person who gave it: There is never a "good" time to start a family.
Emily Holt, an assistant professor at Utah Valley University, explained what this means. "I know many academicians that waited to have kids until after they got their faculty position or even after earning tenure. Clearly risk of complications with pregnancy, and even conception, increases with age, so this can be a risky proposition. Alternatively, if you have your children early, you can feel tugged at all ends with no end in sight."
"Just go for it," is what Anzinger would tell those thinking of starting a family. "It's going to be very rough, but it is well worth it."
Compared with the practical challenges, the rewards of parenthood are much harder to describe in a brief survey, but all the respondents emphasized that they had made the right decision.
Hagerty wrote to me, "I would make the same choices if given the chance to go back in time. Being a mother and a biologist are both essential parts of who I am, and I am so very fortunate to have the chance to fulfill both those roles."
Here is a sampling of the respondents' perspectives, edited for style and clarity.
My oldest daughter was born while I was working on my Ph.D. Since my wife was also a graduate student, neither of us qualified for maternity or paternity leave, and we only were allowed 10 sick days. We had to be creative with our schedules. I took the morning work shift, and my wife the afternoon. Many times I would be getting into the lab at 4 a.m. This brought about challenges when I needed to meet with others, coordinate schedules with other people, or appear at work without spit-up all over my shirt. It also brought about extreme tiredness and disorientation. My second daughter was born while I was writing my dissertation. Again, my wife and I did not qualify for leave since we were graduate students, so again we would take shifts. However, this time I would take my daughter with me to work. I would strap her to my chest in one of those baby carriers, write while she slept, feed and change her, and repeat. It worked out pretty well.I think the best advice I could give to someone thinking of starting a family is: It is never a good time. Life never stops, and if you are one of those people who want to wait for a good time before you have kids, you are going to be waiting a long time, because a good time won't happen; or, if it does, I wouldn't bet on your reproductive parts still functioning at their optimum.
– Philip Morton is a postdoc at the University of OklahomaBiological Station and the father of two daughters.
The most difficult thing was finding good affordable day care, which is true no matter what profession you are in. In Seattle, there is a shortage of day-care facilities with wait lists as long as a few years. This is not hyperbole. We couldn't find a day care with openings, so we decided to team up with another family and start a nanny share, where one nanny watches the two kids at the same time. But nannies are expensive, so we invented an arrangement. The nanny watched the kids three days per week. I watched them one day per week, and the other mom watched them one day per week. That way we could afford the nanny, and I got to spend an extra day with my son. It worked because I have a very understanding adviser who didn't mind if I didn't come into lab on Thursdays for 1.5 years. His attitude is, "You are on a salary. Just get your work done." My lab mates were also pretty great with starting cultures for me so that I could be ready to go the next day.Talk to your adviser ahead of time to see what his or her attitude is toward flexibility. When I interviewed for my postdoc, I didn't come out and ask him, but I did talk to members of the lab with kids and ask them how they worked out their work-life balance. Also, work out the details of maternity or paternity leave and subsequent child-care flexibility early in your pregnancy, so if there are any issues they can get worked out ahead of time. If your adviser isn't being reasonable in your eyes, perhaps there is someone else you can talk to – the head of the department or another professor.
– Catherine Konopka is a postdoc at the University of Washington,has one son and is expecting a second child.
I first become pregnant during my last year of grad school, and many of my student peers wondered if I was sabotaging all that I had worked for. This line of thinking is grossly unfortunate in that it perpetuates the stereotype that you cannot have children and be a scientific researcher. Also, most grad and postdoc programs are not fully prepared to support women who decide to start a family while in training, and I would like to see that change!
The hardest part for me was realizing and accepting that work-life balance is highly fickle and quite often unpredictable (you can't do anything about a puking kid on the morning of your big meeting or experiment) and to let go of the guilt involved with doing one over the other. But once someone told me that I need not apologize for doing what I had to do – that goes for work and family – I felt better about my decisions. My advice would be never to let anyone else dictate what is and what is not best for you. If you do let someone tell you how you should live your life, you are basically being bullied. And no one likes a bully.
– Jeanne Garbarino is a postdoc at the Rockefeller Universityand the mother of two daughters.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I would like to thank all the scientists who took time out of their busy lives to respond to my questions. I would particularly like to acknowledge my fellow scholars in the Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching IV program.
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Over the past couple years, a trend emerged in startups: startup investors began agreeing to buy stock from founders and CEOs – providing them with a rich pay day before their companies actually sold or IPO'd.Maybe this has been a mistake.
Three examples:
- In the fall of 2008, when Digg raised $29 million at a $164 million valuation, cofounder and eventual CEO Kevin Rose sold part of his stake for millions of dollars. Last week, New York holding company Betaworks bought Digg for $500,000.
- In 2010, when Foursquare raised $20 million from Andreessen Horowitz at a $100 million valuation, cofounders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai took home $4.64 million. Today, Foursquare user growth is flat, Selvadurai is gone, and the service looks like it will remain a niche product – not become the next Twitter or Facebook.
- When Groupon filed for its 2011 IPO, it revealed that during its time as a private company, Groupon's founders sold $870 million worth of their stock to investors. Today, Groupon's market cap is $5 billion; far less than the $30 billion bankers whispered about when the company first filed.
To be fair: in the case of Digg and Groupon, the investors were offering the CEOs liquidity because the CEOs had, at the urging of their boards, recently turned down acquisitions that would have made them rich.
Digg turned down a $60 million offer from News Corp; Groupon said no to $5 billion+ from Google.
The CEOs and founders were allowed to take something off the table as an inducement to go for a larger goal.
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When they set out to open a restaurant at the Le Meridien Chambers in downtown Minneapolis — the hotel's third in seven years — Mill Valley Kitchen owner Craig Bentdahl and chef Mike Rakun wisely skipped over the name of their popular St. Louis Park enterprise.
Given the demise of its predecessors — Chambers Kitchen and D'Amico Kitchen — even the least superstitious among us would probably drop the word "kitchen" from any 9th-and-Hennepin signage. Clean slates, and all.
For naming inspiration, they turned to another iconic Northern California locale. Marin Restaurant & Bar bears a familial resemblance to its suburban sibling — chiefly, a shared focus on health-conscious fare — but the two are by no means identical twins.
While catering to his built-in hotel audience, Rakun is also handing locals — and Mill Valley Kitchen fans — plenty of reasons to place the restaurant on their dining-out itineraries. Starting with scallops. Yeah, scallops, so prevalent that it's a shocker when they're absent from a Twin Cities restaurant menu.
But Rakun makes them shine anew, searing the tops of juicy, cream-colored diver scallops into a deep caramel and then placing them at the heart of a three-part sweet corn festival: a corn sauce so velvety that it's a surprise to learn that there isn't so much as a molecule of butter in it, a lively corn-lobster-pickled onion hash and lime-accented popcorn. It turns out that money — in this case, $29 — really can buy happiness.
Or how about chicken? The goodness starts with a lovingly raised bird, one requiring nothing beyond a hot skillet and an even hotter oven to coax its thyme-crusted skin into tantalizing crispiness while preserving the meat's deeply juicy character.
Then there's pork, marinated in a lively harissa. It slices like a dream, and it was born to be served with its tangy sumac-scented yogurt sauce. For those craving beef, Rakun offers a sizzling filet, a lean, mineral-tasting and expertly prepared grass-fed cut that would be the pride of any top-rated steakhouse.
One of the few menu crossovers between the two restaurants is the flatbread dough recipe. At Marin, Rakun forms the flavorful, whole-grains formula into long, narrow ovals — such a sane example in the art of portion size — baking it into an ideal thin-crispy balance.
Toppings are applied with great discipline, whether it's skim-milk mozzarella, a rich-tasting house-made chicken sausage, a thin swipe of crushed tomatoes, a bit of tantalizingly smoky chicken or a smattering of garden-fresh herbs and vegetables. Finally, guilt-free pizza that actually tastes like something.
Salads are first-rate. The one to order beautifully combines dense, slightly smoky grilled peaches with juicy watermelon, peppery radishes and curly, gently crunchy sunflower shoots. Make it part of a meal by pairing it with the fantastic hummus, where the usual chickpea-tahini-lemon-garlic base is lightened by a fluffy cauliflower purée and served with pieces of charmoula-marinated roasted cauliflower.
For my favorite new bar snack, Rakun treats unshelled chickpeas like edamame, roasting them with a bit of olive oil and salt and then sending them out with traces of lemon juice, the vivid green pods easily broken to reveal the chewy legume within. Other side dishes also stand out: wonderfully sweet roasted carrots with a gentle cumin bite, zesty lentils laced with ginger and nutty, citrus-kissed quinoa.
Some misfires
Yes, several years of spa-inspired cooking at Mill Valley Kitchen have sharpened Rakun's ability to avoid fats while enhancing flavors. But practice doesn't always make perfect.
A pair of artfully composed seafood options — black cod and salmon — are served in disappointingly lifeless broths. At the height of farmers market season, it's not out of bounds to expect more from a selection of roasted vegetables than the rote assortment a chain restaurant might serve in the dead of winter.
Another downer is the menu's sole pasta dish, gummy ravioli filled with colorful but Gerber-like vegetable purées. The menu suffers from a bit of salmon overload; there are plenty of other fish in the sea. Soups were blandly forgettable.
Keeping in complaint mode, three cheers for the nutrition content printed on the menu, a helpful device Bentdahl first implemented at Mill Valley Kitchen. But does it have to appear in type so small that even a 25-year-old will feel the impulse to reach for reading glasses?
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There's no nutritional info on the dessert menu. That's probably a good thing, because pastry chef Matt Figueroa gleefully lures his customers over the caloric equivalent of Niagara Falls, particularly with his standout effort, a restraint-free exercise in contrasting textures, premium-quality chocolate and over-the-top embellishment. A cookie plate amusingly mimics supermarket standards: delightful Mint Milanos and Fig Newtons, a back-to-the-drawing-board Oreo. Lighter appetites will appreciate the well-crafted sorbets and fruit tarts.
The setting is a home run for Shea Inc. Seven years after tackling the space's initial gallery-like iteration, the Minneapolis design firm has returned, replacing those cool, remote whites with inviting autumnal tones in slate, copper, leather, stained glass and other luxuriously tactile materials.
The problematic lower level, now dubbed the Library, seems to have found its rightful purpose as a clubby refuge. Meanwhile, the hotel's courtyard has been buffed up into what is easily downtown's most appealing outdoor dining venue; well, at least one that isn't perched on a rooftop.
Bartender Mike Rasmussen has made the patio his warm-weather habitat, and the venue has inspired him to devise a summery, highly drinkable mix-and-match roster of gins, house-made tonics and syrups formulated from aromatics cultivated in the bar's herb garden. There's also an impressive array of flavor-saturated juices and smoothies; don't miss the alcohol-free Bloody Mary, which wields a feisty wallop.
That wake-up call in a glass is one of many reasons why mornings are so pleasant at Marin. Naturally, the menu emphasizes health-conscious options: bulgur porridge, quinoa waffles, a protein-packed oatmeal with house-made peanut butter.
But Rakun also cleverly repurposes ingredients used later in the day. That terrific chicken sausage becomes a breakfast sandwich foundation. A paint-by-numbers a.m. burrito is transformed by that zesty hummus. Best of all is a Benedict, with the silky corn sauce from the dinner menu's superb scallops masquerading — quite nicely — as hollandaise.
Among Marin's many appealing traits, that flexibility may be its most endearing. Business breakfast? Absolutely. A pre- or post-"Wicked" nosh? Yep. This week's date-night destination? Sure. Another reason to head downtown? Totally.
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This weekend, students from 75 countries have been competing at the Imagine Cup worldwide finals – each team aiming to win in the finals tomorrow. It's a massive event – hundreds of students showcasing their technology innovations and ideas for making the world a better place.
Sadly, the Australian Team StethoCloud didn't make it into the six finalists for the Software Design competition, but the six teams that go through are now pitching their ideas to the judges aiming to take the cup back to their country on Tuesday night. Some of the problems the finalists are trying to solve are:
- using a mobile phone to help blind people 'see' more of their environment (New Zealand)
- a smart lighting power saving system (Japan)
- fighting obesity (Taiwan)
- enabling deaf people to talk through using motion sensitive gloves to translate sign language to speech (Ukraine).
I spent Friday at the Sydney Convention Centre, volunteering to greet the teams as they arrived. (Fortunately, I didn't get the Sydney Airport volunteering stint, where my colleagues got to greet the arriving teams in Koala costume from 6AM!). It was a great experience, meeting all of the different students, and helping them to get started in the conference centre with their bag of goodies. I was really surprised by how international universities have become, with students from one country studying in another on the other side of the world. And I certainly got to test my world geography – by the end of my shift, I'd spoken with student teams from 46 different countries. And all the teams are getting a flavour of Sydney right now – with teams heading over to Taronga Zoo (eg), or climbing to the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge (pic).
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BAKER � An upset-minded Baker School volleyball team got off to a quick start against Pensacola Catholic on Monday. But the Class 1A Gators didn�t have enough to hold off the Class 4A Crusaders as Catholic rolled to a 3-0 win by scores of 25-20, 25-21, 25-17.
BAKER � An upset-minded Baker School volleyball team got off to a quick start against Pensacola Catholic on Monday. But the Class 1A Gators didn�t have enough to hold off the Class 4A Crusaders as Catholic rolled to a 3-0 win by scores of 25-20, 25-21, 25-17.
�I was proud of the way the girls came out and played,� Gator coach Tomikko Parks said. �Catholic has a very good team. They do all the little things in volleyball.
�They have good hitters, they have good passers, they have good setters, so they do all the small things. Us just coming out and playing them tough and doing the small things we need to work on is very beneficial to our team.�
The early part of the first set was all Baker as the Gators methodically built a 12-2 lead. Hana Wadsworth had a block for a score and Lena Daoud and Hartley Moate had kills in the opening run as the home fans started to anticipate an upset.
The Crusaders went to work scoring a couple of quick points before Baker�s Jordan Linzy sent home a kill to push the Gator lead to 13-4.
Catholic (6-0) then shook off the early rust and exploded outscoring the Gators 21-7 down the stretch. Sina Paulk inflicted much of the damage on the Gators (3-2) as she had four kills and a block during the Catholic run.
The Crusaders jumped to a quick 41 lead in the second set before a Wadsworth kill cut the lead in half. Linzy and Wadsworth teamed up to block a Crusader kill attempt to pull the Gators to within a point.
Back-to-back aces by Wadsworth put Baker in front 8-7. The Crusaders tied the score with a quick point, but then Ashley Black scored two quick points for the Gators to make the score 10-8,
Six straight Catholic points put the Crusaders up 14-10. Baker did tie the set at 18-18 before Catholic pulled away to take the set.
The Crusaders jumped to a 9-1 lead in the third set and never looked back as they pulled away for the win.
Parks found plenty of positives in the loss on the defensive side of the ball.
�Our defensive intensity stepped up,� she said. �There were a lot of balls that probably would have been down on a normal night. But we were scrappy tonight and defensively we got after it so I�m very proud of that.�
Linzy led the Gators with seven kills. Wadsworth added five kills. Lena Daoud had 13 assists and 10 digs.
Alex Roy had 11 digs and Wadsworth had seven digs.
Baker won the junior varsity match 2-1.
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