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To celebrate the release of GtkRadiant source code under the GPL, here's the latest beta build of GtkRadiant 1.5.0, a stand-alone level editor for games using id Software's game engines. There have been many improvements made since the last build more than a year ago, making this build a worthy replacement for 1.4.x. If all goes well with this build, 1.5.0 will be declared stable. Many thanks to all the contributors over the last year.
User Docs: http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/files/radiant/docs/1.5/ Bug Report Form: http://www.qeradiant.com/?data=bugreport
What's new:
- Fixed 'inconstent vertex count' errors for certain brush-face configurations. - Fixed keys/values for brush entities not being editable unless parent is selected. - Fixed brush-entities not being deleted when the last child brush is deleted. - Fixed scenarios where worldspawn is not the first entity in the map. - Moved information in synapse.config into .game files. - Added api version-checks to avoid loading incompatible plugins/modules. - Fixed crash when accessing links from help menu. - Fixed broken links in help menu. - Added game-specific help-menu docs to win32 installer. - Changed q3 connect-entities to preserve existing targetname key. - Changed q3 connect-entities to generate targetname key based on target classname. - Fixed crash on startup with texture-subsets enabled. - Added support for doom3 lights combined with brushes and patches. - Added support for doom3 light_origin on lights. - Added support for doom3 light_rotation and rotation key on lights. - Added support for rotating lights using the rotation tool. - Added support for setting fixed S/T tesselation on doom3 patches. - Changed patch inspector to be completely non-modal. - Added rendering of fixed S/T tesselation on doom3 patches. - Changed creation of doom3 func_static entities to prompt for a model. - Fixed zero-sized primitives being rendered for culled entity-connection-lines. - Fixed title of floating entities/console/textures window. - Fixed destruction of floating windows on shutdown. - Added shortcut handling when entity-inspector/texture-browser are active. - Changed mod shader-list and entity-definition searching to also search base-dir. - Fixed undo of brush-make-detail and brush-make-structural. - Added full support for Quake II and Heretic II surface-flags in surface-inspector. - Added support for international (non-ascii) characters in paths and entity keys. - Added rendering of entity names for non-group entities. - Fixed context-dependent opengl calls before opengl context is created. - Added support for multi-byte UTF-8 characters in xml content (not markup). - Fixed misaligned objects causing bus error on OSX. - Fixed selecting a texture not resetting the current selected texture-projection. - Added handling of OpenGL drivers that don't implement all reported extensions (OSX). - Fixed q3map2 feedback xml streams containing non-UTF-8 text. - Changed display of angled box-entities to show un-rotated bounding boxes. - Changed entity-connect-selected to use the parent entity of a selected brush. - Fixed crash in 'Misc > Find Brush' when searching for a non-existent brush. - Added q2map and bspc to installation packages. - Fixed failure to load shaders containing '.' such as Heretic II model skins. - Added support for fractional repeat values to brush-fit-texture. - Optimised type-casts for scene-graph type system. - Disabled substitution of 'unspecified' for entity key values that match the default. - Refactored module-system api - added globalModuleServer(). - Added auto-completion for surface-inspector texture-name entry. - Fixed missing prefix attribute in quake game configuration file. - Added auto-completion for find/replace-textures texture-name entries. - Removed redundant buttons and options in find/replace-textures window. - Added auto-complete for shader attributes in entity inspector. - Added support for doom3-material heightmap to normalmap conversion. - Added camera move up/down one floor. - Added support for 'unspecified' contents/flags/value for Quake2 brush faces. - Added support for doom3 model-entity 'skin' key. - Added noshadows/nospecular/nodiffuse/falloff doom3 light keys to entity-inspector. - Added GUI updates during map load and engine-path/game-dir changes. - Fixed main window being hidden behind another application on closing a floating window. - Specialised filters list for doom3 entity/material types. - Added ASE-loader support for shader names specified as a bitmap absolute-path. - Fixed monitored-q3map2-compile debug-feedback display. - Added TGA-loader support for vertical and horizontal flipping. - Enabled auto-generation of smooth normals for all LWO models. - Fixed model files not being closed after being read. - Fixed build menu dialog not saving changes to build commands. - Changed build menu to save xml only if changed by user. - Fixed CSG-merge. - Reduced CSG-merge tolerance for misaligned brushes. - Added 'File > Refresh models' - reloads models that have changed outside Radiant. - Added option to enable or disable snapping brush planes to integer on map load/save. - Added 0.125 grid. - Changed grid rendering to always show major/minor grid colours whatever the zoom level. - Increased maximum zoom level for XY views. - Fixed region-set-selected for model entities. - Fixed entity-inspector window position changing while hidden. - Added entity-inspector GUI support for func_button/func_door direction attribute. - Added angle/model/sound GUI to entity-inspector for old-style entity-definitions. - Added clipper-plane rendering using stippled back-face-culled polygon. - Fixed entity-inspector failing to handle non-ascii characters in entity keys. - Changed clipper mode and component-editing modes to be mutually exclusive. - Changed camera A/Z/D/C keys to obey "discrete movement" checkbox. - Added support for up/down movement in freelook mode. - Fixed clipper-tool-uses-caulk option. - Added prompt for engine path at startup if not found. - Fixed QE-tool component-drag selecting components of unselected brushes. - Added saving of camera render mode preference. - Changed default camera render mode to Textured for Doom3. - Changed default texture render mode to Trilinear. - Changed clipper-point selection/rendering to behave the same at all zoom levels. - Changed clipper-point selection to always pick the closest point to the cursor. - Fixed clipper colour not being updated until after restarting. - Fixed QE tool not deselecting edges when left-clicking on a vertex without shift. - Changed home-path prefix to be optional on linux/osx for q1/q2. - Changed OpenGL module to work correctly with GL_VERSION 2.0.0. - Fixed spawnflags in Enemy Territory entity definitions. - Added missing Enemy Territory entity types. - Fixed double-maps-directory when using non-native file open dialog on win32. - Changed find/replace-textures window to update when selecting textures with MMB. - Changed Help menu to display only the help menu relevant to the current game. - Changed Help menu to display only the help menu relevant to the current game. - Refactored shortcut handling to make focussed widgets override global shortcuts. Allows using ctrl+c to copy console text, undo/redo without main-window focus. - Changed doom3 light_radius box to draw flat-shaded translucent in camera view. - Fixed progress window not being shown when loading maps. - Fixed snap-planes-to-integer preference not being saved. - Fixed build menu becoming empty if editing of default menu is cancelled. - Fixed q3 entity definition for item_health_small. - Optimised light-dragging. - Changed connect-entities to not break existing connections where possible. - Fixed clipper removing brushes on incorrect side of clip-plane when flipped. - Fixed crash when importing a file after deleting the world entity. - Changed copy/paste/import to select world brushes instead of world entity. - Added stack-trace output to all debug popup messages (win32). - Fixed vertex/edge selection behaviour on undoing brush edits. - Changed doom3 light centre rendering to use a point instead of a box. - Changed map and shader parsers to gracefully handle bad data. - Added entity angle-editing using rotate-tool or rotation toolbar buttons. - Fixed start-on-primary-monitor (win32). - Fixed camera-view freelook when window is on secondary monitor (win32). - Added functional free-scale tool. - Improved precision preservation for free-rotation and free-scale tools. - Fixed misc_model rotation using free-rotation tool. - Added entity angle-editing for entities that display a model. - Stopped size-info being drawn if selection has zero size. - Added support for 'angle' key on doom3 entities. - Added support for loading and saving Quake4 map format. - Added support for built-in shader images such as _noFalloff. - Added support for loading quake4 entity definitions. - Fixed picomodel bug loading .lwo files with texture names >64 in length. - Added support for quake4 .guide material templates. - Added light_radius and light_center GUI to doom3 entity inspector. - Added support for editor_int/editor_string keys in doom3 entity definitions. - Changed doom3/quake4 .mtr and .guide searching to look in subfolders. - Added experimental support for doom3/quake4 projected lights. - Fixed shortcut for toggle-far-clip. - Added default-texture-scale option to preferences. - Added default-grid-spacing option to preferences. - Changed far-clip-plane setting to increase exponentially with distance. - Fixed selected entities moving when drag-resizing brushes. - Changed patches to be selectable from the back in wireframe views. - Changed create-group-entity to re-select brushes after creation. - Added expand-selection-to-entities with default shortcut ctrl+alt+e. - Fixed crash in gtk file-chooser with some versions of GTK+. - Added Radiant Manual shortcut to win32 installation. - Added 'use alternative texture projection' option to prefs (aka Brush Primitives). - Fixed caching bug causing import-map to not reload modified maps. - Added blended-decal rendering for doom3 and quake4. - Fixed hint/caulk filtering for Jedi Academy shaders. - Fixed crash when loading invalid ASE models. - Fixed gtk wimp theme not working after using gtkthemeselector (win32). - Fixed objects sometimes dissappearing when at high zoom level in Ortho views. - Fixed crash while auto-saving snapshots. - Fixed typo in Quake entity-definitions. - Fixed episode flag names on Quake item_sigil and func_episodegate entities. - Added detailed description of Quake item_sigil and func_episodegate entities. - Fixed path to q2map in quake2 build-menu. - Added support for qer_trans keyword in doom3 materials. - Fixed endianness for .lwo loading on linux. - Added drag-resizing for doom3/quake4 light_radius boxes. - Added command to toggle lighting/textured modes, shortcut F3. - Added texture-lock toolbar button. - Fixed editing of doom3/quake4 faces with negative texture scale factors.
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Last weekend, I went to the 12th annual "Bats Day in the Fun Park." Though you would never guess it from the name, it's a day where hundreds of goths head to Disneyland California for a day of image-subverting fun. (Seriously, who the fuck decided to call it that? What does that mean?)
The main event of the day is a group photo taken outside Cinderella's castle. This is everyone hustling into position for it. The guy in the purple didn't look like he was giving up his spot for anybody.
And this is the photo being taken. Say an edgy alternative to "cheeeeese!"—like "bloooooody!", or maybe "I always identified with Ursula more than Arieeeeeel!"
I couldn't get far back enough to get a shot of everyone, but this should give you an idea of how many people were there. I'd estimate the number of goths present to be: a shitload.
These aren't sold on-site, you have to order them online, so here's a thing I've learned: Goths are very organized.
This girl can have no idea what is going on. Do you think she looks at Donald and Micky and thinks they've just dressed up for Disneyland as well?
Unless you're an 85-year-old woman who doesn't own a TV, I'm pretty sure you know by now that goth is as homogenized as any other subculture. They're just totally regular people, except their clothes are silly in a different way than how normal clothes are silly, and they pretend to be into dark stuff. Or maybe some of them really are into dark stuff, IDK. I'm pretty sure those kinds of goths are all off in Sweden sacrificing things, not celebrating "Bats Day in the Fun Park."
Aside from the amount of black being worn and the amount of Nightmare Before Christmas merchandise being purchased, the only real difference between the goths and the "normies" I noticed, was that, when a normal-type approached a goth for a photo, the goth would get really, really excited, then look pleased with themselves for a few minutes after.
Like this woman, who I photographed. After I took it, she handed me her business card:
Which was a very odd thing to hand to someone at Disneyland.
Other than that, it seemed like the goths weren't there to storm Sleeping Beauty's Castle, and instead were content to just have their standard Disney fun. Like riding the teacups…
Or surprising nobody by going on the Haunted Mansion five times in a row…
Or, like a shocking amount of other people, being willing to spend 90 minutes lining up to go on Splash Mountain…
Or riding in tiny boats…
Or wearing shirts that are probably a little inappropriate to be wearing right next to a carousel full of tweens, man…
Or wearing way, way, way too many layers for a sunny Californian Sunday in May…
Or shopping for Toy Story merch…
Or listening to music on your headphones while you walk around with your daughter. (You can't tell that's what she's doing when the photo is this size, but I assure you, she is. WTF, goth mom?)
A little later in the day, there was a second photo opp for the kids, presumably so they'll be able to look back on this in ten years and swear they'll never speak to their parents ever again.
Hey there, kids! I'm sorry your parents dressed you like that. Unless you're into it. Then that's OK!
Oh. There was an eclipse, too. Which I suppose is probably why they organized the meet-up for that day.
I'm not an expert on photographing eclipses (you can probably tell that from the last image), but I'm pretty sure those aren't gonna come out looking like anything, guys.
There was yet another photo opp for everyone on the steps of the Haunted Mansion at the end of the day. But this was the line, and I was all goth'd out for the day, so I decided to head home.
I did walk past this awesome-lookin' woman on the way out, though. I saw a lady literally shield her children's eyes from her as they walked past. Which was pretty amazing.
Long story short: Goth + Disney = A fun day out!
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The best place to start tricking out your new truck is the exhaust; it's easily the best bang for the buck. A new exhaust gets you more performance, a deeper growl, and better fuel efficiency (as long as you're not pounding on the gas to hear the new growl). The only problem with a new exhaust is that no one can see it while you're blasting by them on the road. That's why you need a Gibson Elite black exhaust tip on your ride. Make sure everyone knows your truck is for real. Constructed of T-304 stainless steel, and finished in a matte-black ceramic, these tips truly do look amazing, and stainless steel will stand the test of time. There are lots of style options available, including intercooled tips for the diesel trucks on the road. Installation is a snap, using a bolt-on method instead of welding or clamps. Each tip is backed by a limited lifetime warranty, so you can feel confident that your exhaust tips will always be back there, scaring children and dogs. So, what are you waiting for? Get your ride some serious style with a Gibson Elite black exhaust tip from RealTruck. Order today!
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Natural gas. Biodiesel. Dimethyl ether. Hybrid. Electric. Algae-based diesel. Hydrogen fuel cells. There's a virtual smorgasbord of available and potential fuel sources to power medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
The critical question becomes which one, or which combination of fuel sources, represent the best path for fleets, manufacturers and the industry.
"It's a very interesting time in engine technologies," says Mark Lampert, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Daimler Trucks North America.
"Without a doubt the most discussed topic in the last 12 to 18 months in North America has been the emergence of natural gas. How big is it, what's the technology path we're going to use and where is it most applicable?"
Yet Lampert points out that natural gas still represents less than 1% of the total Class 8 marketplace in North America right now.
"To put it in perspective, if [natural gas] increases five or six fold, we're still talking about a single-digit market share player. We don't see significantly aggressive adoption of natural gas, but we see steady increases with it."
Other alternatives, such as electrics and hybrids, are even a smaller fraction of the market than natural gas, but they still make a lot of sense for certain fleets.
And some companies are looking into other options for the future. Volvo and Mack, for instance, while offering natural gas engines, believe dimethyl ether holds vast potential because it can be made from natural gas or a variety of other sources.
Deciding what alternative fuel or powertrain option(s) might be best for your operation is "a process [fleets] need to go through in a very careful way," says Tom Patterson, director of commercial vehicle business development for Ricardo, which consults with OEMs on advanced powertrains and alternative fuels.
"You look at things like duty cycle. Short haul versus long haul, for instance, can drive you to a decision of CNG versus LNG. It's all about total cost of ownership. [Fleets] need to look at what's the most suitable technology for their application, and then they need to make sure they know where they can get fuel, and how much the fuel costs. Then they can make decisions about the configuration of the vehicle."
Joe McManus, Ricardo's chief engineer on engines, adds that another key point fleets can overlook is where you will get that alternative-fueled-vehicle serviced.
"They need to know they have that location that has that capability to support their needs and they're not taking hits on their uptime because they chose an alternative fuel."
Alternative fuels are not for everyone. In fact, the best "green" option for some fleets may be today's "clean diesel" technology.
Ken Gillies, manager of truck ordering and engineering for GE Capital Fleet Services, says he's seen fleets ready to jump into alternative fuels with both feet without doing their homework or giving thought to their overall "green" strategy as a whole.
"There's so much talk about alternative fuels, it has turned almost into the total focal point – and there's so many other things that should be done that can help without adding that kind of cost and infrastructure," he says.
For instance, fleets can get green benefits and fuel efficiencies simply by upgrading to a new-model diesel. For a fleet with 8- to 10-year-old trucks, the newest Class 8s are far cleaner-burning and more fuel-efficient. Although there will be sticker shock involved, it's not as much as that for alternative-fueled vehicles.
Then there are things like driver training and incentives for fuel efficiency, optimized routing and other tactics.
"It's really easy to get caught up in, 'Wow, look at the price difference with CNG,'" Gillies says. "It's about kind of backing up the bus a little bit and asking the right questions."
For this special cover package on alternative fuels, we've spoken with fleets in a variety of operations about their experiences with natural gas, electric vehicles and hybrids.
The Alternative Fuel Issue articles:
Test Drive: Natural Gas Freightliner Cascadia 113
Test Drive: KW T800, ISX12 G Paired
Diesel/Natural Gas Conversions
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Sleep deprivation is a quick and efficient way to treat depression. It works 60 to 70 percent of the time—far better than existing drugs—but the mood boost usually lasts only until the patient falls asleep. As an ongoing treatment, sleep deprivation is impractical, but researchers have been studying the phenomenon in an effort to uncover the cellular mechanisms behind depression and remission. Now a team at Tufts University has pinpointed glia as the key players.
The researchers previously found that astrocytes, a star-shaped type of glial cell, regulate the brain chemicals involved in sleepiness. During our waking hours, astrocytes continuously release the neurotransmitter adenosine, which builds up in the brain and causes "sleep pressure," the feeling of sleepiness and its related memory and attention impairments. The neurotransmitter causes this pressure by binding to adenosine receptors on the outside of neurons like a key fitting into a lock. As more adenosine builds up, more receptors are triggered, and the urge to sleep gets stronger.
In the new study, published online January 15 in the journal Translational Psychiatry, the scientists investigated whether this process is responsible for the antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation. Mice with depressivelike symptoms were administered three doses of a compound that triggers adenosine receptors, thus mimicking sleep deprivation. Although the mice continued to sleep normally, after 12 hours they showed a rapid improvement in mood and behavior, which lasted for 48 hours.
The results confirm that the adenosine buildup is responsible for the antidepressant effects of a lack of sleep. This finding points to a promising target for new drug development because it suggests that mimicking sleep deprivation chemically may offer the antidepressant benefits without the unwanted side effects of actually skipping sleep. Such an intervention could offer immediate relief from depression, in stark contrast with traditional antidepressants, which take six to eight weeks to kick in.
The study may also have implications beyond depression and sleep regulation, according to Dustin Hines, lead author and a postdoctoral fellow at Tufts. "For many years neuroscientists focused almost exclusively on neurons, whereas the role of glia was neglected," Hines says. "We now know that glia play an important role in the control of brain function and have the potential to aid in the development of new treatments for many illnesses, including depression and sleep disorders."


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Our very own Alex Cora tipped me off to this San Francisco Comical article, which laments Ichiro's reported impending contract with the Mariners.
It's funny that the Giants actually believed that they were in the running for Ichiro, having already blown their wad on Barry Zito (6-9 record so far). Check out the reporter's dubious claim:
The Giants had been considered a logical suitor, given Ichiro's preference to stay on the West Coast, the large Asian American population in the Bay Area and the potential departure of Barry Bonds.
Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot about the long and storied history of the Giants tapping into Asian communities, with players like Hideo Nomo, Kazuhisa Ishii, Chan Ho Park (okay, you can take that one), Chin-Lung Hu, Chin-Hui Tsao, and Hong-Chih Kuo, not to mention an Asian Assistant General Manager, or being the first team to reach out to China to spread the gospel of baseball. Wait a second, that isn't the Giants--it's the Dodgers! My mistake.
(And yes, I know that Masanori Murakami was the first Japanese player ever in the major leagues, in 1964, with the San Francisco Giants. But I can't recall any other Asians on any recent Giants roster--unless you're counting Sun-Woo Kim, who hasn't appeared in a game for the Giants yet. Correct me if I'm missing someone.)
Oh yeah, and that "huge Asian American population in San Francisco"? Only 7 MM people, according to the US Census, for the SF Bay Area. Relative to 16 MM people for the Los Angeles area.
But wait, the comedy continues. Check out this quote buried in the Ichiro piece:
Asked how many home runs he could hit if he concentrated on power, Ichiro said, "If I'm allowed to bat .220, I could probably hit 40 homers. But nobody wants that."
Ichiro hasn't hit more than 15 home runs in any of his six-plus major-league seasons (he has five so far this year). But he also hasn't hit lower than .303 -- he's at .359 this season -- and that's obviously more of a priority as Seattle's leadoff hitter.
Asked how many home runs he could hit if he concentrated on power, Ichiro said, "If I'm allowed to bat .220, I could probably hit 40 homers. But nobody wants that."
Hey, man, we've got a leadoff hitter who was hitting .220 not too long ago. Except, we didn't have the 40 HR part, either.
P.S. AC, you've gotta post your own stuff! If you leave it to me, I just get all riled up. I need another Red Bull.


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One Year Later, Financial Reform Questions Remain
A year ago Thursday, jubilant Democratic lawmakers — including then-Sen. Christopher Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank — joined President Obama on stage as the president signed a new financial reform law.
"The American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes. There will be no more tax-funded bailouts — period," Obama said.
The so-called Dodd-Frank Act will mean no firms are too big to fail, the president said.
But financial firms have consolidated since the crisis, and some experts are still debating whether the law really eliminates the possibility of a future government-funded bailout.
So the question remains, is "too big to fail" really dead?
The administration's categorical answer is "yes." Officials say that under the new law, the government can oversee the dismantling of a failing firm. But it has no legal authority to do bailouts.
But some experts believe the truth is actually a little murkier.
"To the question of whether 'too big to fail' is gone or not, the jury's still out," says Sarah Rosen Wartell, the executive vice president of the Center for American Progress and a former Clinton administration official. She says it's unclear because regulatory agencies are still hammering out details of how to implement the law.
Wartell cites the so-called "living wills" provision as an example.
Regulators will require some large financial firms to file living wills, or details about how their businesses operate. The theory is that, in the event of another crisis, this would help the government wind down a failing business without disrupting the financial system.
"And the real question is whether the regulators will have enough strength to look at some of those plans, and where they see that there's too much systemic risk there — that it's too hard to unwind some of these institutions — will they force restructurings and divestitures of some of these institutions?" she says. "[It's] not clear yet. That's one of these places where there's a great deal of discretion left to the regulators."
Will The New System Work?
Wartell says whether the living will works, and whether "too big to fail" ends, depends largely on how muscular regulators are. She says opponents are trying to weaken the rules by delaying implementation or by threatening to cut funding.
"But I think we are better off than we were before the legislation — absolutely no doubt — and we have the promise of a more effective system," she says.
However, Peter Wallison disagrees. A senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who was a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that looked into the causes of the crisis, Wallison has, from the beginning, criticized the financial reform law.
"We have, in the Dodd-Frank Act, institutionalized 'too big to fail,'" he says.
Wallison says by identifying large firms that need to file living wills, regulators are essentially saying, "These are the companies that are too big to fail." He says investors will once again take that as a kind of implicit government guarantee.
"And those companies will have major advantages over their smaller competitors," he says. "This is a serious, serious, problem in my view."
Wallison says the large firms may benefit from their unofficial status as being too big to fail, but they will also have to comply with greater regulatory oversight. And he says the effect will be that U.S. financial firms lose ground to foreign competitors.
Wallison isn't saying this will lead to another taxpayer-financed bailout, but he doesn't see how it will prevent one, either.
The Dodd-Frank Act's intent is to give regulators a broader array of tools to monitor the financial system. When the next big shock comes, the government wants to be able to minimize the fallout.
The problem is, it might take another crisis to see if the new system works.
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ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient Form Joint Venture To Deliver Next-Generation Security For Services Running On Connected Devices
Industry leaders invest to accelerate adoption of a common security standard, creating a vibrant ecosystem that simplifies, improves and extends our digital lives
CAMBRIDGE, UK; AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS; & MUNICH, GERMANY - 3rd APRIL 2012- ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient today announced the creation of a joint venture dedicated to delivering a secure, accessible environment for advanced services running on the growing range of connected devices. This includes tablets, smart-TVs, games consoles and smartphones. All three companies are investing to accelerate adoption of a common security standard and create a vibrant ecosystem that will enable a new generation of innovative services. Security is critical for companies that wish to do business over these types of connected devices and provide the rich, seamless services that consumers expect. With improved security, delivered in a way that is easy to use, consumers will engage with a greater level of trust in the devices and services available.
The joint venture, which is subject to regulatory approval, will provide a secure environment for a new wave of advanced services to flourish, based on easy to use, accessible and consistent device security. Technology developed by the joint venture will be based on established solutions from the founding companies. It will provide a practical solution for manufacturers to deliver devices that enable services with a new level of trust. This trust will mean that consumers are able to simplify, improve and extend their digital lives. Faster, more secure and richer access to the services they want will then be possible, wherever and whenever they want it.
Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient are both leading companies and long-standing ARM partners that offer security solutions to governments and for the financial and mobile industries. Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient have agreed to contribute their respective software expertise to the joint venture. This will accelerate standardization and interoperability, based on industry standards, to ensure that existing customer investments are future-proofed. All three companies will contribute assets to the new venture, including patents, software, people, cash and capital equipment. ARM will own 40% of the joint venture, with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient each owning 30%.
Secure, Accessible Environmentfor Smart Connected Devices
The new venture will focus on improving security for smart connected devices by developing a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) based on the established ARM® TrustZone® security technology. This common, secure environment for software execution will utilize advanced hardware security coupled with industry standard software interfaces, such as those from the GlobalPlatform industry association. By providing this secure environment for multiple silicon, software and device manufacturing partners, the joint venture will enable greater operational efficiency across the ecosystem and the industry as a whole.
Devices with a TEE will provide consumers with more secure, user-friendly experiences that simplify and speed up how they interact with their digital world. This will enable them to use their smart, connected devices more frequently to access an increasing range of applications and services in a secure way. This includes mobile payment, enterprise productivity and mobile banking applications, as well as online commerce and premium content services.
"The integration of the hardware, software and services necessary for system-wide security has been slow," said Warren East, CEO, ARM. "I am confident that this new joint venture will accelerate the adoption of a common security standard, enabling a vibrant ecosystem of secure service providers to emerge. This will be of significant step in terms of improved consumer trust in secure transactions on connected devices."
"Gemalto has been an early mover in developing its software and servicing capabilities to remotely manage sensitive data for different security implementations on connected devices, and we are excited to be part of this new venture that will pave the way for accelerating the adoption of a Trusted Execution Environment utilizing ARM TrustZone technology," said Olivier Piou, CEO of Gemalto. "Our combined efforts will result in the ecosystem as a whole being able to capitalize on the built-in security architectures, especially for transient data such as encryption keys for digital movie rentals, and reduce uncertainties for service providers wanting to launch and manage new services."
"Giesecke & Devrient were the first to establish, with Mobicore, a Trusted Execution Environment that can be securely managed over the air. It allows mass market development of an open, trusted application environment and is complementary to the existing secure elements offered on the basis of smart card technology. Through our mobile security OS software Mobicore we became trusted partners to some of the biggest semiconductor companies and device manufacturers," said Karsten Ottenberg, CEO of Giesecke & Devrient. "The new venture unites the leading players in Trusted Execution Environments and will accelerate the market for secured services."
"ARM integrates its TrustZone architecture into every ARM Cortex™-A family processor to help our silicon partners deliver the deepest level of security in their hardware," said Ben Cade, CEO of the new venture. "The new venture will combine the security operations from three leading organizations. This will provide a trusted software environment capable of utilizing security from the hardware level up, in a consistent, open and accessible manner. This will pave the way for service providers to innovate advanced, trusted services that will enhance user experiences whilst also reducing risks and improving privacy."
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The new company will take on the responsibilities to existing customers of MobiCore and Trusted Logic Mobility's Trusted Foundations software. Trusted Logic Mobility is a Gemalto company.
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. Find out more about ARM by following these links:
- ARM website:http://www.arm.com/
- ARM Connected Community:http://www.arm.com/community/
- ARM Blogs:http://blogs.arm.com/
- ARMFlix on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/user/ARMflix
- ARM on Twitter:
- http://twitter.com/ARMMobile
- http://twitter.com/ARMCommunity
- http://twitter.com/ARMEmbedded
- http://twitter.com/ARMLowPwr
- http://twitter.com/KeilTools
- http://twitter.com/ARMMali
About ARM TrustZone Technology
ARM TrustZone technology - a system-wide approach to security - is a central component of the ARM architecture and is integrated into the ARM Cortex-A processor series. Launched in 2004 in recognition of the need for hardware-assisted security, TrustZone has traditionally been used to protect critical device integrity with applications such as Trusted Boot. As users have moved more of their digital lives to a new breed of increasingly smart connected devices a new approach is needed that can protect a growing range of trusted applications and services. The Trusted Execution Environment that builds on TrustZone technology enables industry alignment and scalability that can reliably deliver billions of protected devices that meet the system security and privacy needs of consumers, service providers, enterprises and device manufacturers.
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2011 annual revenues of €2 billion and more than 10,000 employees operating out of 74 offices and 14 Research & Development centers in 43 countries.
We are at the heart of our evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, anywhere – in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for personal mobile services, identity protection, payment security, authenticated online services, cloud computing access, modern transportation, M2M communication, eHealthcare and eGovernment services.
Gemalto develops secure software that runs on trusted devices which we develop, design and personalize. We manage these devices, the confidential data they contain and the services they enable, throughout their life cycle. We innovate so that our clients can offer more ways of enhancing the convenience and security of their end-users' digital lives.
Gemalto is thriving with the growing number of people using its software and secure devices to interact in the digital and wireless world.
For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter
About Giesecke & Devrient
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading international technology provider headquartered inMunich, Germany. Founded in 1852, the Group now has a workforce of over 10,000 employees andgenerated sales of EUR 1.7 billion in fiscal 2010. 61 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 32 countriesensure customer proximity worldwide.
In all its markets, G&D is a global leader and pioneering innovator in the production and processingof banknotes and banknote paper, security documents, identification systems and smartcard-basedsolutions. As an end-to-end provider of mobile security applications, G&D develops and sellshardware, software, and services for banks, mobile network operators, public transportationcompanies, business enterprises, and OEM. For more information, please visit:www.gi-de.com
About Trusted Logic Mobility
Trusted Logic Mobility, a Gemalto company, is the leading provider of security solutions for mobile and connected devices. These devices are requiring stronger security to enable a growing number of digital services. Semiconductor vendors, device manufacturers and service providers rely on the device security solutions of Trusted Logic Mobility to deliver innovative and feature-rich products and services. As a result, millions of people around the world use smartphones and tablets to watch high-definition videos, perform mobile financial services and access corporate resources on-the-go. Trusted Logic Mobility serves its worldwide customer base through operations in Europe, Asia and the USA.
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David Olère is well-known as an artist whose work testifies to the enormity of the Holocaust. A survivor of Auschwitz, his drawings, paintings, and sculpture have helped considerably to reveal the truth about the atrocities suffered by Jews and other Nazi victims at this notorious death camp.
David Olère was born in Warsaw, Poland, on January 19, 1902. At a young age, he was accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts, and remained in Poland until he was sixteen. During his teenage years he exhibited woodcuts at museums and art houses in Danzig and Berlin. He was later hired by the Europäische Film Allianz as a painter, sculptor, and architect. So began his short career as a set designer in the film industry. Olère even worked briefly for Paramount Pictures in Europe, and befriended the company's president. In 1930 Olère was married to Juliette Ventura, and the couple moved to a French suburb. They had a son, Alexandre. Once war was declared in Europe, Olère was drafted into the infantry regiment at Lons-le-Saunier. On February 20, 1943, he was arrested by French police during a round up of Jews at Seine-et-Oise. Olère was detained at Drancy, then deported to Auschwitz.
From March 2, 1943, to January 19, 1945, David Olère was interned at Auschwitz. There he worked as a Sonderkommando, part of a special labor unit responsible for emptying the remains from the ovens of the crematory and for removing the bodies from the gas chambers. The horrors he witnessed there are incomprehensible to anyone who did not personally experience the Holocaust. He saw the victims of the gas chamber undress in the cloakroom, paralyzed with fear and the knowledge of certain death. He saw the incineration of countless bodies. He saw the so-called medical experiments performed on the weak and the sick and the old. He saw the SS rape and torture young Jewish girls. He saw prisoners suffer terrible cruelties while living under the most deplorable of conditions. And on a regular basis, he saw disease, despair, and death. David Olère was one of the few laborers to penetrate the dark interiors of the crematoria and the gas chambers of Auschwitz and to emerge alive. He took part in the evacuation death march of Auschwitz in January of 1945 and was finally liberated by the Americans at Ebensee in May of that year.
The work of David Olère has exceptional documentary value. No photographs were taken at Auschwitz of what went on in the gas chambers and crematoria. Only the memories of Olère, reproduced as art in his drawings and paintings, give an account of the horrible reality. He was the first to draw the plans and cross-sections of the crematories in order to explain exactly how the Nazis ran their death factory. He did not sketch for pleasure while at Auschwitz; there he was forced to work as an illustrator and to write and decorate letters for the SS. One of his paintings shows Olère painting designs on a lampshade. The works of art he produced after his release were created out of an obligation he felt to those who did not survive. He believed he had to tell the true story of their fate, and he did so in the best way he could, through his art. In his paintings he himself is sometimes present as a ghostly face, floating in the background, a silent, pained witness observing the inhuman scenes that could not ever be erased from his memory.
In 1962, David Olère retired from his work as an artist. In 1985, he died. His widow and son have continued his twofold quest of informing the world of the truth about Auschwitz and honoring the victims by remembering their pain. Olère's paintings and drawings have been exhibited at several museums, but spreading his message presents a challenge. The paintings are frequently graphic and repulsive--the gruesome scenes seem to repel the audience rather than attract it. Yet his work only represents the truth, a goal the best of artists aspire to achieve.
SOURCE: Serge Klarsfeld, David Olère: L'Oeil du Témoin/The Eyes of a Witness. New York: The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1989.
For additional Olère artworks along with commentary by his son, see:
David Olère and Alexandre Oler, Witness: Images of Auschwitz. N. Richard Hills, TX: West Wind Press, 1998.
The Bronx High School Web site offers a few additional Olère works not represented in A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust.
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
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Category: Hard Rock Videos
0 New Video – Tesla – So Divine
SIMPLICITY is the band's seventh studio full length LP and fifteenth release overall. The new effort is the followup to FOREVER MORE, which was released in October 2008 and featured the single "I Wanna Live."
0 New Video – Crucified Barbara – To Kill A Man
Scandinavia's leading all-lady hard rock/heavy metal outfit, Crucified Barbara, has launched a music video for the new track, "To Kill a Man," on YouTube.Check it out below!
"To Kill a Man" is the first single from the band's upcoming fourth studio album, In the Red, to be released on August 20 via Despotz Records.
"One fifth of all the world's women have been raped or assaulted in their lifetime," commented the band. "The dark statistics became the basis for the song 'To Kill a Man' and our most important message of the video. The production company 11Frames has captured our vision perfectly, and we are proud that we take the opportunity lifting heavy topics such as violence and sexism with a really heavy hard rock video."
"To Kill a Man" can be purchased on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/to-kill-a-man-single/id860702559 and streamed on Spotify at: http://open.spotify.com/track/2ajQRO5ArXqfBSFCKFufvG.
Crucified Barbara is currently putting the finishing touches on its Despotz debut, which was recorded at Studio Music A Matic, Gothenburg with producer, Chips Kiesby, and engineer, Henryk Lip, and follows 2012's acclaimed, The Midnight Chase.
"The signing of Crucified Barbara fits perfectly in line with our strategy and goal to be a choice for Sweden's biggest rock bands, where they can work closely with a local Stockholm-based music company on a global basis with an international PR and distribution network," said Ömer Akay, Despotz Records co-founder and partner. "We are incredibly proud that these wonderfully gifted musicians chose to sign with Despotz."
Crucified Barbara formed in 1998 in Stockholm, Sweden with punk as a first inspiration, which can still be found as a presence today. However, throughout the years the quartet has evolved towards a harder, heavier and more contrast-filled rock sound, mixing elements of thrash, sleaze and hard rock.
Over the course of its 15-plus year existence, Crucified Barbara has toured alongside and supported such acclaimed acts as In Flames, Sepultura, Motorhead, Backyard Babies, Doro and more, while touring extensively across Europe. The band has also visited Russia, Australia and both South and North America.
Stay tuned for more information on Crucified Barbara and In the Red, out this summer on Despotz.
Crucified Barbara is…
Mia Coldheart – Vocals, guitar
Ida Evileye – Bass
Klara Force – Guitar, backing vocals
Nicki Wicked – Drums, backing vocals
Crucified Barbara online…
Despotz Records online…
0 Two For Tuesday Videos – Screaming Eagles
UK rockers Screaming Eagles have released a new video "All The Way" in support of their debut album, From The Flames. Check out the clips "All The Way" and "Rock N Roll Soul" below.
All The Way
Rock N Roll Soul
For more information on Screaming Eagles, check out the band's facebook page!
You can get get a copy of From the Flames at the Amazon UK website here.
0 New Video – The Mighty Swine – Last Man Standing
THE MIGHTY SWINE features Cincinnati legend, Mike Skimmerhorn (CHASTAIN/CJSS) on Vocals / Bass, Stacey Donahue and Jeff Tong on Guitar, and Rory Faciane on Drums.
THE MIGHTY SWINE released their full length debut release in 2009 featuring the single Layin Down the Law which made HARD ROCK NIGHTS Best of 2009 Playlist along with favorable reviews including Blabbermouth.net Metal Observer.com & City Beat & can be found on +40,000 jukeboxes Nationwide (Touchtunes/AMI)
THE MIGHTY SWINE have opened for Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Dokken, Skid Row, LA Guns, Adler's Appetite, more
- THE MIGHTY SWINE released their single LUST / Pagan Holiday May 29, 2012 with its first professional video shot by Dave Morgan
- The video for LUST racked up over 24,000 views on Youtube and was the Artist Pro Spotlight Artist for June 2012
- It debuted at #1 on Roxwel.com where it stayed for 13wks on BOTH the Rock AND Metal Charts and continues to chart in the Top 10
- THE MIGHTY SWINE was nominated for a C.E.A. (Cincinnati Entertainment Award) for Best Hard Rock act in 2012 and is recognized worldwide by industry and fans alike
0 New Video – Night Ranger – High Road
Night Ranger fans can check out the band's brand new video "High Road" below.
The rocking, feel-good new track/video is the first single from the forthcoming album of the same name. HIGH ROAD is due out on June 10th in North America via label home Frontiers Records. Produced by the band itself, HIGH ROAD will be available in two formats – a standard CD version and a deluxe version which includes one bonus track and a DVD featuring a background look at the making of the album along with video clips. HIGH ROAD can be pre-ordered now at Amazon as the standard version here, and as the deluxe version here. "High Road" is also available as an instant grat track for fans who pre-oder the album now via iTunes here.
Night Ranger's legendary hits "Sister Christian," "(You Can Still) Rock in America," and "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" are songs that have each significantly impacted popular culture and expanded their ever-growing fanbase since the band's inception thirty years ago. Over the years, the band's music has made notable contributions to and been featured in many different areas of media and popular culture. Night Ranger's songs can be heard in the Rock Band and Guitar Hero video games; Rock of Ages hit Broadway musical and film; the Oscar-nominated film Boogie Nights; FOX's hit TV Show American Dad; JBL's "Hear The Truth" campaign; and many more! To date, Night Ranger has sold 17 million units worldwide and boasts several platinum- and gold-certified albums. Night Ranger is Jack Blades (bass guitar, vocals), Kelly Keagy (drums, vocals), Brad Gillis (lead & rhythm guitars), Joel Hoekstra (lead & rhythm guitars) and Eric Levy (keyboards).
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0 M3 Week – Five For Friday Videos – Tesla
Tesla is the headliner Saturday night at the M3 Rock Festival, and it is almost a given that you will get to hear one of their new songs at the show. While I am anxious to hear the new material from Sacramento's finest, nothing beats some classic Tesla rock & roll. Check out the clips "Modern Day Cowboy", "Edison's Medicine", "What You Give", "Fallin' Apart" and "I Wanna Live".
Tesla – Modern Day Cowboy
Tesla – Edison's Medicine
Tesla – What You Give
Tesla – Fallin' Apart
Tesla – I Wanna Live
Tickets are STILL available for the M3 Rock Festival. Get your tickets here!!
0 M3 Week – Three For Thursday Videos – Night Ranger
Night Ranger's second appearance at the M3 Rock Festival will take place this Saturday Night. Night Ranger often doesn't get the credit they deserve for their live shows. Far too many fans only know this band for their biggest hit "Sister Christian". While this is a great song, and a staple in the Night Ranger set, this song pales in comparison to the hard rockin' numbers that Night Ranger plays live. Night Ranger is a tremendous live band, and one that should not be missed!
Check out the Night Ranger clips "Touch of Madness" (Unofficiatl video),
Night Ranger – Touch of Madness
Night Ranger – Growin' Up In California
Night Ranger – Sing Me Away
Tickets are STILL available for the M3 rock festival. Please visit this link for tickets!
1 M3 Week – KIX
2014 is a very exciting year for KIX! Not only is the band returning as the Friday night headliner this coming Friday night (4/25) at the M3 Rock Festival, they are also releasing their first new album since 1995's Show Business!
KIX always steals the show at M3, and will without question be one of the weekend highlights. If you have never seen KIX perform live, you have to come to the M3 Rock festival to perform.
Check out the clips below, live from M3 in 2009!
KIX – Blow My Fuse (Live)
KIX – Cold Blood (Live)
Tickets for M3 are STILL available. You can purchase tickets at this link!
0 M3 Week – Winger
Winger's new CD, Better Days Comin' gets released in the United States today (April 22nd!) This Friday night, at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, MD, you will have an excellent opportunity to hear Winger perform some of their new songs live.
Check out Winger's latest clips for Better Days Comin' below and buy the CD at this link! Get your tix for the M3 Rock Festival here!
Winger – Midnight Driver of a Love Machine
Winger – Rat Race
Winger – Tin Soldier
0 M3 Week – Queensryche
Yes, there are two versions of Queensryche performing live today. Geoff Tate has his version of the band, and Todd La Torre fronts another one. Some Queensryche fans are die hard Tate fans, and I understand that. Those of you that haven't given Todd La Torre a chance need to check out the clips below. This version of the band will be at the M3 Rock Festival next Saturday night, and are a force to be reckoned with. I am looking forward to hearing Mr. La Torre sing, and hearing Queensryche dust off some of their harder tunes like "Queen of the Reich" that they haven't played in far too long.
Queensryche – Queen of the Reich (Live)
Queensryche – Fallout
Queensryche – Redemption
Queensryche –
1 M3 Week – Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel
Jake E. Lee's triumphant return to the hard rock world has been a blessing to many hard rock fans' ears. Jake E. Lee's new band Red Dragon Cartel, has been playing a bunch of club shows across the U.S. and recently performed on the Monsters of Rock cruise. Next Saturday night, Red Dragon Cartel will be taking the stage at the M3 Rock Festival.
This hard rock fan couldn't be more excited to hear Jake E. Lee perform, and his appearance at M3 may be my most anticipated moment of this awesome two day festival in Columbia, MD.
Check out the clips "Deceived" and "Shout It Out" below.
Tickets for the M3 Rock Festival are STILL available. Get your tickets at this link!
2 The Sixth Annual M3 Rock Festival Begins Next Friday Night
The Sixth Annual M3 Rock Festival starts next Friday, and the 2014 lineup is stronger than ever. Each year, the fine folks at the Merriweather Post Pavillion bring in some of the finest classic rock acts in the U.S This year's festival includes some first time acts at M3 including Autograph, Heaven's Edge, Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel, Femme Fatale, and John Corabi. (Corabi has been at M3 before with RATT, but never as a solo artist).
Friday Night's headliner is Kix, and Saturday Night's is Tesla. If you haven't had a chance to check out Queensryche with Todd La Torre, or Jack Russell's Great White, look no further. If you haven't seen Extreme, Night Ranger or Stryper live, don't miss this excellent opportunity to see them perform.
Overall, it is seventeen bands for a reasonable price, and tickets are STILL available. Don't miss your chance to check out one of the coolest music festivals of the year.
You can buy tickets at this link!
Check out clips from Heaven's Edge, Femme Fatale and Autograph below.
Heaven's Edge – Skin to Skin
Femme Fatale – Falling In And Out of Love
Autograph – Turn up the Radio
0 New Video – Black Stone Cherry – Me And Mary Jane
0 New Video – Neal Schon – What You Want
Neal Schön fans can check out the new video for "What You Want" below. The smoking new track/video is taken from the forthcoming jazz and blues-inspired hard rock studio album, SO U, and includes vocals by bassist Marco Mendoza and Schön, as well as drummer Deen Castronovo. SO U features Schön along with Mendoza (Black Star Riders, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy) and Castronovo (Journey, Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, Hardline) splitting vocal and writing duties, with many of the tracks also co-written by Night Ranger/Damn Yankee's songwriter, singer and bassist Jack Blades.
Of the new album, Ultimate Classic Rock raved, ""SO U stands tall as one of the finest albums that Neal Schön has released to date. The combination of Schön with Deen Castronovo and Marco Mendoza is a potent triple threat which delivers on every level. With nine tracks spread over 51 minutes, SO U never overstays its welcome and the typically diverse blend of material will strongly resonate with fans of Schön's previous work, most notably Santana and Journey. I'll be standing by and waiting for a sequel." SO U will be available on May 19th in North America via Frontiers Records. The album can be pre-ordered now via iTunes, Amazon and via the Journey online store; those who purchase SO U now via iTunes will receive "Exotica" as an instant gratification track.
Best known as the founding member and lead guitarist of Journey, Neal Schön has enjoyed a remarkable career as one of rock n' roll's top virtuosos, with a hand in creating some of the most popular songs of all time. Beginning his career 45 years ago in the San Francisco Bay area, the 15-year-old guitar prodigy left home to join Santana. Schön moved on in 1973 to form Journey. With Journey and other projects, he has earned 19 Top 40 singles and 25 platinum and gold albums, was awarded the prestigious "Legend Of Live Award" at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 and was individually inducted into his native state's Oklahoma Music Hall Of Fame in 2013. Along with Journey band members Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain, Schön is responsible for co-writing "Don't Stop Believin'," the 20th century's most downloaded song. As the only member to record on all of Journey's albums, Schön continues with the band today in its latest incarnation.
In addition to 6 solo albums and 14 studio albums with Journey, Neal Schön has also performed with Joe Cocker, Sammy Hagar, Paul Rodgers, Larry Graham, Betty Davis, Michael Bolton, fusion legend Jan Hammer, Hardline and supergroup Bad English, as well as a variety of side projects. His latest instrumental solo album, THE CALLING, released in 2012 via Frontiers Records, won rave reviews from fans and the media alike, with Vintage Guitar declaring "THE CALLING is a fine piece of work demonstrating that Schön still has it going on – and then some…The songs are strong and his guitar tones are absolutely luxurious." In demand as one of the leading guitarists of his generation, Schönalso worked with Gibson to manufacture his own limited edition "Neal Schön Signature Model Custom Les Paul" guitar, but now uses custom PRS Neal Schon LTD Private Stock guitars, made especially for Neal by Paul Reed Smith.
0 Three For Thursday Videos – Winger
One of the most misunderstood Hard Rock bands to come out of the 80's is returning with their first new album in 5 years. Winger is releasing Better Days Comin' on April 18th in Europe and April 22nd in North America via Frontiers Records. The notorious band comprised of members Kip Winger on vocals/bass, Reb Beach on guitar, John Roth on guitar and Rod Morgenstein on drums, are back with their latest album. The album is available for pre-order on Amazon.com in a standard (http://smarturl.it/WNGR_AmzCD) and deluxe configuration (http://smarturl.it/WNGR_AmzDLX). The deluxe edition comes in a glossy digipak and includes the bonus track "Another Beautiful Day" and a DVD including a Making of the Album documentary as well as videos for the first single "Rat Race" and title track "Better Days Comin'." An iTunes pre-order will be available soon. The band has always been known for their incredible musicianship and the trend continues on Better Days Comin'.
"On Better Days Comin' we drew from our past to elaborate on our future. The band is stronger than ever and very excited about the music on this record," explains front man Kip Winger. "We feel this album exemplifies the true sound of the band in every way."
From the opening riff of album opener "Midnight Driver of a Love Machine" to the final outro lick of "Out Of This World," it is clear Winger is back and better than ever. Hard rocking songs like "Queen Babylon," progressive rock movements like "Tin Soldier," and touching ballads like "Ever Wonder" show the band's diversity while always centering on great songs. The debut single from Better Days Comin' is the adrenaline fueled rocker "Rat Race" that showcases some of the band's best work of their 25 year career.
The track listing for Better Days Comin' is:
1) Midnight Driver of a Love Machine
2) Queen Babylon
3) Rat Race
4) Better Days Comin'
5) Tin Soldier
6) Ever Wonder
7) So Long China
8) Storm In Me
9) Be Who You Are, Now
10) Another Beautiful Day (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
11) Out Of This World
Winger formed in the late 1980's and soared to immediate success with their 1988 self-titled release. The album spawned the hit singles "Seventeen" and "Headed For A Heartbreak" and achieved platinum sales status. Winger also stayed on the Billboard Top 200 chart for over 60 weeks where it peaked at #21. Their next album, In The Heart Of The Young, also achieved platinum status behind the singles "Can't Get Enuff" and "Miles Away." The change in musical climate of the mid-90's, compounded with unprovoked ridicule on MTV's popular Beavis and Butthead, led the band to go on hiatus in 1994. In 2001, the band reunited and have not looked back since. Winger has made a name for themselves with relentless touring, while winning back fans and critics alike because of their exceptional musicianship, Kip Winger's powerful vocals and the band's incredible songwriting.
Kip Winger – bass guitar, vocals
Reb Beach – guitars
Rod Morgenstein – drums
John Roth – guitars
Check out the latest clips "Midnight Driver of a Love Machine", "Rat Race" and the classic clip "Down Incognito" below.
1 New Video – Sebastian Bach – Temptation
Sebastian Bach fans can check out the brand new video for "Temptation" below!
The sinful, hard-hitting video, directed by Patrick Fogarty (Black Veil Brides, Picture Me Broken, The Burning Of Rome), is the first from Bach's forthcoming studio album, GIVE 'EM HELL, and features quintessential rock bassist Duff McKagan on bass. GIVE 'EM HELL is due out in North America on April 22nd via Frontiers Records. Fans who pre-order the album now from iTunes will receive instant gratification tracks of "Temptation" as well as "Hell Inside My Head." The album may also be pre-ordered at Amazon here.
Produced, mixed and recorded by Bob Marlette (Black Sabbath, Shinedown, Alice Cooper) and mastered by Tom Baker (Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie, Seether), GIVE 'EM HELL features writing and playing by very special friends and guest stars: Duff McKagan (Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses), John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie) and Steve Stevens (Billy Idol). Rounding up the lineup on the album are Devin Bronson on guitars and Bobby Jarzombek on drums.
Sebastian Bach has sold in excess of 20 million records worldwide as lead singer with his former band, Skid Row and as a solo artist. Far from just being a multi-platinum recording artist, the singer/songwriter/actor/entertainer has expanded his career over the past decade to include episodic television with a 5-season recurring role on the CW's hit series "Gilmore Girls", starring roles on Broadway ("Jekyll & Hyde", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") and national touring companies ("Jesus Christ Superstar"), and has appeared regularly on MTV and VH1.
Bach on the web:
0 New Video – Black Label Society – My Dying Time
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1 Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014) – CD Review
Admittedly, I was nervous when I heard that the new Against Me! record was a concept album about a transgender prostitute with themes of gender dysphoria. Being a fan of the band, I felt that this was their first album I would not relate to. I don't know anything about the transgender community and I couldn't see how I would understand someone going through these types of changes in life. Add to that a new producer, a new bass player, and a new drummer, and I felt that it was a recipe for disaster. Yet, after hearing "Fuckmylife666" and "Talking Transgender Dysphoria Blues" on the internet, I knew that this was an album I had to own. Buying Transgender Dysphoria Blues was one of the best decisions I've made this year.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues opens with the fantastic "Talking Transgender Dysphoria Blues," a hard rocking song that immediately opens the eyes of people, like myself, who know little or nothing of what it is like to go through a change of life at that magnitude. The opening drum beats immediately suck the listener in, the blitzing guitar chords hook them, and once Laura Jane Grace starts singing, it is clear that this could be the best Against Me! song ever recorded. Grace sings about the pain of coming out transgender, the desire to just be accepted for who you are, and the pain of being judged everywhere you turn. I immediately realized that my ignorant thoughts of not being able to relate to this album were wrong. While I don't know the pain of coming out transgender, I do know the pain of not being accepted for who you are and the pain of desire related to wanting to belong. Needless to say, "Talking Transgender Dysphoria Blues" received several plays before I even made it to track number two.
The record takes off from there delivering fine music from start to finish. New drummer Atom Willard makes his presence known immediately, and Laura Jane Grace's voice is in fine form throughout the album. And even though the band changed the entire rhythm section (drummer Jay Weinberg and bassist Andrew Seward left between albums), both new drummer Atom Willard and new bass guitarist Inge Johansson are able to keep exceptional time and create tight pockets for Grace and guitarist James Bowman to perform over. While these four bandmates have only been together a short time, the results sound as if they have performed with one another for their entire career.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues contains a lot of fast, powerful, hard rocking, punk songs that deliver just the right amount of emotion at exactly the right time. Songs like "Unconditional Love" and "Black Me Out" are bound to go down as Against Me! classics and will be fan favorites in no time. On this album, the band never strays from what they do best, which is making short, blitzkrieg, hard rock songs.
If you like your hard rock mixed with punk and thrash, in addition to an us against the world mentality, you will love Transgender Dysphoria Blues. While not the best Against Me! album ever recorded, it comes very close. If you've never listened to Against Me! before, this is a great album to discover the band.
Track Listing:
- Talking Transgender Dysphoria Blues
- True Trans Soul Rebel
- Unconditional Love
- Drinking With The Jocks
- Osama Bin Laden As The Crucified Christ
- FuckMyLife666
- Dead Friend
- Two Coffins
- Paralytic States
- Black Me Out
Against Me! Is:
Laura Jane Grace – Vocals, Guitar
James Bowman – Guitar
Atom Willard – Drums
Inge Johansson – Bass
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1 Emperors and Elephants – Devil In The Lake (2014) – CD Review
The Windy City has unleashed a massive new modern hard rock juggernaut onto the scene with the band, Emperors and Elephants.
Emperors and Elephants sound is influenced by 90's hard rock scene. The band wears their influences on their sleeves, on their new album Devil In The Lake. On the first listen, I immediately noticed the Alice in Chains influence but found their music to be completely refreshing. If you are expecting another album full of down tuned guitars, think again. There are a lot of infectious riffs to be found on this album. Emperors and Elephants recently added Randy "The Arsonist" Cooper from Texas Hippie Coalition to their ranks, and his playing mixed with Jeph Stiph's gives E+E, a pretty fantastic guitar tandem. If the opening track "Bring It Down" doesn't make you a quick believer, "Who Are You" will certainly drive the point home.
Devil In The Lake has a bunch of radio ready tracks. Some songs are pretty heavy, some tone it down to allow Jesse Andrews' voice to shine. When Andrews' voice is the focal point in the music, you will find that he has a pretty awesome voice, and he can hold his own with some of the best modern rock singers out there today.
My Favorite songs on Devil In the Lake include "Bring It Down", "Who Are You", "Hit of Red", "You and I" and the band's hard rockin' cover of the Chris Isaac classic "Wicked Game".
Emperors and Elephants is easily one of the best new modern hard rock bands I have listened to in 2014. If you are a fan of bands like Alice in Chains, Shinedown and Pop Evil, do yourself a favor, and check out Devil In The Lake. I think you are going to like Emperors and Elephants a lot. I sure do!
Track Listing:
01. Bring It Down
02. Who Are You
03. Your Will
04. Man of God
05. Locust
06. Hit of Red
07. Deep Sleep
08. Change
09. Wicked Game
10. Ghost In The Mirror
11. You And I
12. M.oG. – Dupermang Re-Mix
Emperors and Elephants are:
Jesse Andrews – Vocals
Jason Meudt – drums
Jeph Stiph – Guitars
Randy "The Arsonist" Cooper – Guitars
Ron "Stoppable" Vanders – Bass
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0 Five For Friday Videos Featuring Whitesnake
Is there any hard rock band that has written more songs about love than Whitesnake? Check the song titles from their vast catalog, and I think you will see that Whitesnake has a lot to pass around. For this Valentine's Day, check out the Whitesnake clips below, and give your significant other a whole lotta love.
Love Will Set You Free
Love Ain't No Stranger
Give Me All Your Love
Guilty of Love
Is This Love
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0 Three For Thursday Videos – Steel Panther
Steel Panther's new album, All You Can Eat will be released April 1st. You can pre-order the new album here!
Check out Steel Panther's latest clips
"Party Like The End of The World", (NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!)
The Burden of Being Wonderful
and the Steel Panther classic "Death To All But Metal"
0 New Video – Skillet – Not Gonna Die
"Not Gonna Die" is the latest video from Atlantic/Word rock band, Skillet. The video, directed by Joey Papa and produced by Benjamin Kasica shows the Grammy-nominated group performing against a white background while a woman fights for her life in various scenes throughout the video. John Cooper, the lead singer of Skillet sings, "This is how it feels when you take your life back, this is how it feels when you fight back."
"Not Gonna Die" follows previous singles "Rise," "Sick of It," and "American Noise" off the album "Rise," that debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart and at No. 1 on Billboard's Rock Chart, Hard Rock Chart, and iTunes Rock Album Chart in June.
Since the album's explosive debut, Skillet has toured non-stop on The Carnival of Madness Tour, an international tour with Nickelback, and has most recently been traveling on The Roadshow Tour that continues through February 16th.
Skillet was also nominated for "Rock Album of the Year" in Loudwire's 3rd Annual Music Awards!
To vote, visit: http://loudwire.com/3rd-annual-loudwire-music-awards-vote-now/
About Skillet
Over the course of the past few years, GRAMMY nominated and platinum selling rock band Skillet has sold more than two million units in the U.S. alone, racked up more than 150 million YouTube views and amassed a diehard following (dubbed Panheads) whose members number over four million on Facebook alone. Their 2013 release RISE debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, which led to a No. 1 radio hit for "American Noise" and "Sick Of It." RISE also gave Skillet their late night television debut on CONAN. RISE follows the band's 2009 blockbuster, Awake, which was recently certified platinum for sales in excess of one million copies in the U.S and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. In addition, the record hit No. 1 on the iTunes Top Albums Chart, garnered three Billboard Music Awards and spawned four hit singles including the No. 1 Active Rock smash and gold-certified "Awake & Alive," the gold-certified "Hero," "It's Not Me It's You" and the platinum-certified "Monster." "Monster" lived up to its name, selling more than a million copies and hitting Top 5 at Active Rock radio (the first in a string of multiple Top 5 active rock hits), while its companion video has generated over 47 million YouTube views. Skillet was the only active rock band to achieve RIAA Platinum Certification in 2012, and was one of only three rock bands (the other two being Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys) to strike platinum in 2012. Skillet is made up of John Cooper, Korey Cooper, Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison.
Skillet 2014 Tour Dates:
2/6 — Springfield, Mo. — JQH Arena
2/7 — Mobile, Ala. — Mitchell Center
2/8 — Bossier City, La. — CenturyLink Arena
2/9 — Lubbock, Texas — United Spirit Arena
2/14 — Fresno, Calif. — Save Mart Center
2/15 — Las Vegas, Nev. — Thomas & Mack Center
2/16 — Salt Lake City, Utah — Maverick Center
2/27 — Toledo, Ohio — Huntington Center
2/28 — Indianapolis, Ind. — Bankers Life Fieldhouse
3/1 — Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Coliseum
3/2 — Cape Girardeau, Mo. — Show Me Center
3/6 — Grand Rapids, Mich. — Van Andel Arena
3/7 — Columbus, Ohio –Veterans Memorial Auditorium
3/8 — Chicago, Ill. — The Chicago Theatre
3/9 — Moline, Ill. — iWireless Center
3/13 — Wichita Falls, Texas — Kay Yeager Coliseum
3/14 — Tyler, Texas — Tyler Oil Palace
3/15 — Tulsa, Okla. — BOK Center
3/16 — Kansas City, Mo. — Sprint Center
3/20 — Johnstown, Pa. — Cambria County War Memorial
3/21 — Hampton, Va. — Hampton Coliseum
3/22 — Reading, Pa. — The Santander Arena
3/23 — Cleveland, Ohio — Cleveland State University Wolstein Center
3/27 — Greenville, S.C. — Bon Secours Wellness Arena
3/28 — Pensacola, Fla. — Pensacola Bay Center
3/29 — Baton Rouge, La. — Baton Rouge River Center Arena
4/5 — Orlando, Fla. — Universal Studios
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0 Red Dragon Cartel – S/T – (2014) – CD Review
When Eddie Trunk brought Jake E. Lee on That Metal Show in 2013, I couldn't have been more excited. Mr. Lee has been noticeably absent from the hard rock world for a few years, and I greatly missed him. When Jake mentioned his new band Red Dragon Cartel, I was ecstatic that Jake was returning to make new music. I have longed to hear him play in a band since the last Badlands CD Dusk from '98.
Well Red Dragon Cartel is finally here, and I couldn't be happier. The new music is great, and has me super excited to see the band live later in 2014.
The opening track "Deceiver" is an awesome stadium anthem that easily states that JAKE E. LEE IS BACK! The riffs on this song sound like they could have easily been off of the Ozzy Osbourne Ultimate Sin album. I can't get enough of this song.
The song "Shout It Out" has more of a modern flair to it, but it a good song, and one of my favorites on the album.
"Feeder" features Cheap Trick's Robin Zander on vocals, and as always Zander does a terrific job. This guy could sing names out of the phone book and make it sound good. Jake E. Lee's riffs are pretty awesome too. Something about the intro on this song reminds me of the opening music on the animated series Batman Beyond, but it is very cool.
"Fall From The Sky (Seagull)" is a slower tune that has a cool alternative vibe too it. I really dig this track. It sounds great loud too!
If there is one weak track on the Red Dragon Cartel album, It is "Wasted". While I like Paul Di'Anno, I don't think his voice has aged well, and this song to me would have been better with Darren Smith on vocals. I like the music, but the vocals kill it for me.
"Slave" is another cool rocker with some killer riffs from Jake E. Lee. This hard driving tune really gets your blood pumping.
I am sure some folks were shocked when they heard "Big Mouth" with Maria Brink on vocals. This is unlike anything Jake E. Lee has ever done. It is a modern hard rocker, which isn't too far off from what In This Moment plays. I like In This Moment and Maria Brink so I have really been enjoying this tune. I am hoping In This Moment will play this live at some point.
The song "War Machine" is doom-laden Black Sabbath like metal opus that gets better every time I listen to it. What a cool tune!
I was surprised to find that Jake E. Lee locked in Sass Jordan to sing a song on the album. I love Sass Jordan, especially on her recent release S.U.N. – Something Unto Nothing. She is a powerful bluesy singer. She does a killer job on "Redeem Me".
"Exquisite Tenderness" is the first song that Jake E. Lee ever wrote. This is a piano based instrumental that shows that Mr. Lee has a great musical talent beyond his guitar (but please don't give up that six string Jake!).
If you buy the special Best Buy Edition of the Red Dragon Cartel CD, you will get a bonus track "American Dream". Is it worth it? I think so. This is a cool rocker that should not be missed.
Overall, I have been enjoying Red Dragon Cartel. It has easily been my favorite hard rock CD of 2014 so far. Some of my peers have not been so kind to Red Dragon Cartel singer Darren Smith, but I will go on record that I like his voice a lot. He reminds of a cross between John Corabi and Rod Jackson. I like both of those singers and I like Darren too. I can't wait to hear him sing these songs live.
Red Dragon Cartel's debut is a solid album all the way through, and most importantly it brings Jake E. Lee back to the limelight, and live stages all across the world. Welcome back Jake! I am glad you and Red Dragon Cartel are here!
Track Listing:
01. Deceived
02. Shout It Out
03. Feeder (Robin Zander)
04. Fall From The Sky (Seagull)
05. Wasted (Paul Di'Anno)
06. Slave
07. Big Mouth (Maria Brink)
08. War Machine
09. Redeem Me
10. Exquisite Tenderness
11. American Dream (Bonus Track)
Red Dragon Cartel is:
Jake E. Lee – Guitars
Ronnie Mancuso – Bass
D.J Smith – Vocals
Jonas Fairley – Drums
0 Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel announce June 2014 UK tour dates
Former Ozzy Osbourne and Badlands guitarist, Jake E. Lee is pleased to announce June 2014 UK tour dates for his new band Red Dragon Cartel. The UK tour follows Red Dragon Cartel's critically acclaimed, eponymous debut album, released by Frontiers Records on January 27th.
The UK tour includes London's O2 Academy Islington (June 6), Nottingham Rescue Rooms (June 7), Wolverhampton Slade Rooms (June 8), Glasgow Classic Grand (June 10) and Newcastle O2 Academy 2 (June 11). Special guests on all UK dates include Syron Vanes and Jupiter Falls.
As previously announced, Red Dragon Cartel will also play Download Festival on Sunday June 15th.
A special 24 hour ticket pre-sale for the Red Dragon Cartel UK tour dates will kick off on Planet Rock from 9am on Thursday January 30th. Tickets will then go on sale to the general public on Friday January 31st via www.seetickets.com or directly from the venues.
The band's new single "Deceived" will be released in the UK on Monday February 10th.
0 New Lyric Video – Emperors and Elephants – Who You Are
Emperors and Elephants released their debut album titled "Devil in the Lake" today via Pavement Entertainment.
Chicago's own Emperors and Elephants is a hard driving, modern, heavy rock band in the vein of Alice in Chains, Shinedown, and Seether. Formed in 2010, they have been gathering great momentum in Chicago and its surrounding area. Their song"Your Will" has been featured on Chicago area active rock stations 105.5 The KAT and 95.1 WIIL Rock. The track gained so much attention from WIIL rock listeners that they were invited to play an on air acoustic performance.
EMPERORS AND ELEPHANTS released their lyric video for the single – WHO YOU ARE from the debut album "Devil in the Lake".


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Art Beat: Gallery Walk in Greenport Aug. 20, 6-9 p.m.
• 'Ebb & Flow,' featuring work by Cynthia Back and Shelley Haven, opens Saturday, Aug. 20, at The Sirens' Song Gallery in Greenport. In the show of water images, according to a press release, "both artists use observation in interpreting the watery landscape, and their memory of good times spent there."
Ms. Back's work includes linocut prints and collage, while Ms. Haven works in monotypes and etchings. An opening reception is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 20; the show runs through Sept. 20.
• The New Suffolk Waterfront Fund's North Fork by North Fork art show continues Saturday, Aug. 20, with 'Art, Strings & Wine' and Saturday, Aug. 27, with 'Art, Oysters & Champagne.'
On Aug. 20, local musicians will perform during a sampling of local wines; admission is free. The Aug. 27 fundraiser will celebrate "the bounty of our land and seas"; admission is $50.
Both events take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Galley Ho building on the waterfront. Call 631-603-8456.
• The August Greenport Gallery Walk is set for Saturday, Aug. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening features gallery talks and refreshments in the following venues: deCordova Studio & Gallery, Gallery M, Greenport Art & Design, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, John Jude Glass Gallery, The South Street Gallery & Framers, Springsteel Gallery, Studio East Gallery, Terrence Joyce's Dockside Gallery and Winter Harbor Gallery.
• Fifteen photographs by James Slezak are on view this month in the tasting room at Jason's Vineyard in Jamesport.
• The newly renamed East End Arts (formerly East End Arts Council) will hold a design competition for artwork to be used at the 25th anniversary Harvest Gospel Concerts, planned for November.
Designs in all mediums, including computer-generated, that "reflect the joy and soul of gospel music" are sought. The artwork will be used on the concert program books, posters and commemorative hand fans. The winning designer will receive two tickets to a Saturday, Sept. 24, celebration that includes a dinner party at Dark Horse Restaurant in Riverhead and screening of the documentary "Rejoice & Shout" at Vail-Leavitt Music Hall. Some of the submitted images will be showcased that evening.
Work must be original, unframed, full-color and a maximum of eight by eight inches. Submissions can be dropped off by Friday, Sept. 9, at the EEA gallery, 133 East Main St., Riverhead. Entry fees are $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Contact Jean Caiola at 727-0900 or [email protected].
• Nella Khanis of Mattituck is the only North Fork artist featured in Parrish Art Museum's "Artists Choose Artists" juried exhibition that opens Saturday, Aug. 20, with a reception at 6 p.m. The show runs through Oct. 9.
Seven East End artists served as jurors, each selecting two artists from 200 submissions. Ms. Khanis, who a press release says "paints with exuberant colors," was chosen by juror Agathe Snow.
• 'Steampunk,' an exhibit of work by Art Donovan, opens Saturday, Aug. 20, at Gallery 429 in Greenport. Mr. Donovan will sign copies of his book "The Art of Steampunk" between 5 and 7 p.m. The show continues through Sept. 10.
Mr. Donovan, a curator, artist and designer, writes online about the Steampunk genre: "It must feature genuine technical elements and also reference the 19th century concept of the 'machine fantastique' but conceived through the eyes of contemporary artists and designers." He curated a major exhibition of Steampunk art objects at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, England.
• Call for artists: Artists are invited to paint during the Greenport Maritime Festival and have their completed work included in a plein air art auction, with proceeds split between the artists, East End Seaport Maritime Museum and Greenport Gallery Walk. The festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25; the auction will take place in Mitchell Park on Sunday between 4 and 6 p.m. Contact Diane Carpentieri at 516-729-4007 or dl[email protected], or sign up at South Street Gallery in Greenport.
• Artists of Shelter Island will hold their annual ARTSI Open Studios between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21. Sixteen members of ARTSI will open their studios to the public for free; artwork will be available for sale. Participating artists include Jackie Black, Hap Bowditch, Janet Culbertson, Roz Dimon, Marianna Fox, Victor Friedman, Jerry Glassberg, Katherine Hammond, Karen Kiaer, Diana Malcolmson, Bob Markell, John Pagliaro, Kia Pederson, Olive Reich, Peter Waldner and Mike Zisser. Visit artsi.info for a map and information.
To send arts news, e-mail [email protected], fax to 298-3287, or mail to Times/Review Newspapers, P.O. Box 1500, Mattituck, NY 11952. Copy deadline: Wednesday at 5 p.m. to appear the following week.


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MANILA, Philippines—The mortician famous for putting dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos into a glass display case offered his services Friday to the deceased Hugo Chavez, whom Venezuela wants embalmed "like Lenin".
Manila-based embalmer to the stars Frank Malabed stressed experts must act quickly if they wanted to successfully preserve the Venezuelan president, who died on Tuesday from cancer.
"I have not been contacted for it but I am always expecting a call. I will process anyone, anywhere," Malabed, 62, told AFP.
He said the methods employed would depend on the condition of the corpse of Chavez, who his successor said on Thursday would be preserved "for eternity".
"What is important is they must not delay (choosing an embalmer). The longer they delay it, the more difficult it would be," Malabed said.
While Venezuelan authorities said they wanted Chavez embalmed "like Lenin", Malabed said he would not use the same techniques as those employed for the Soviet revolutionary leader.
"I was told they preserved Lenin using resin. It's like making a block of ice. You have a box, you pour water on it and freeze it. If I were asked to do it (embalm Chavez), I would do it differently," he said.
Malabed detailed some chemicals that would need to be used.
"You need to inject fluid into the arteries after draining blood from the veins. You use a hypodermic needle for that. Then you replenish it regularly. It has to be checked regularly to arrest any sign of decomposition," he said.
Malabed honed his skills as a young man helping his father embalm thousands of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam War, working at a converted hangar at a US air base north of Manila in the 1960s.
He built his reputation working on his own embalming practice in Manila from the early 1970s, then became so well respected in the business that he was tasked to embalm the body of Marcos after he died in exile in 1989.
"In the case of president Marcos, it was difficult work. He was a vegetable. The body was full of oedema (fluid)," he said.
Marco's body remains on display at the family's ancestral home in the northern Philippines.
Malabed continues a successful business in Manila, where he is often called to work on celebrities, politicians and other high-profile figures.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help located more than 200 girls kidnapped in Nigeria.
Obama has sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and to the Senate notifying lawmakers about the steps underway to assist in the return of the abducted girls.
Obama says the service members will help with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria. He says the force will stay in Chad until its support is no longer necessary. Chad shares a portion of its western border with northeastern Nigeria.
The girls were kidnapped last month by an Islamic extremist group known as Boko Haram.
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Longtime .TV friend Steve Garfield talks about SteveGarfield.tv, a show on social media and online video, broadcast live every Thursday at 2 PM EST on the Pulse Network.
The afternoon was easily filled by almost literally bumping into web creators in the street. Robert Scoble was being mobbed by fans when I drew him away to ask how he manages such a high rate of social data all the time. Steve Garfield was between panel sessions when I managed to grab a few minutes with him to talk about user generated content, news and what was in his bag.Thanks Jamilla.
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CNN iReport teams up with Vimeo at South by SouthwestI am so excited to have been part of this project with CNN. For such a long time I've been trying to get news organizations to see the value in working with, as Jay Rosen says, "The people formerly known as the audience."
CNN iReport, CNN's participatory news community, and online video sharing site Vimeo®, an operating business of IAC [NASDAQ: IACI], have tapped into their extensive online communities to produce creative, personalized reporting of the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences and Festivals.
During the first four days of SXSW, March 11th – 14th, 2011, hand-selected iReporters and Vimeo filmmakers, and CNN and Vimeo staff covered the SXSW Conferences and Festivals from their own unique perspectives, and shared their daily video footage with the iReport editorial team. CNN condensed the collective footage into a compelling visual diary of SXSW to share with global audiences.
"This project demonstrates what news can look like when it is opened up to communities that include some of the most creative, visionary filmmakers in the world, all collaborating to cover an event that is known globally for celebrating tomorrow's ideas," said Lila King, participation director for CNN.com.
The collaborative visual diary, available at http://on.cnn.com/gEOkSR, was revealed for the first time at a press event held at the CNN Grill on Monday, March 14, at SXSW. The diary also will air on CNN International during iReport for CNN on Thursday, March 17, at 11:30 p.m. ET, and during the show's replays this weekend.
Vimeo will also present the filmmakers' unique visions of SXSW through their own self-produced work on Vimeo.com and Vimeo's official SXSW Groups Page (www.vimeo.com/sxsw).
"Vimeo is so excited to partner with world news leader CNN on this new initiative designed to present news seen through a wide variety of creative lenses and individual points of view," said Blake Whitman, Vice President of Creative Development at Vimeo.


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