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80. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowj. scriba Mar 9, 2012 1:05 AM (in response to A C G)
Ok, to sum up my experience:
User of LR3, never installed a beta, installed LR4 as trial.
High-end MacPro (8-core 3GHz, 24GB RAM, OS 10.7.3) 3 displays
LR4 is sluggish and unresponsive to slider movements in develop module, activity monitor shows maximum CPU load on all cores.
Fix: Create new catalogue, re-import same pictures. This brings down CPU load to comfortable levels, UI-snappiness similar to LR3.
As others have pointed out, it will be difficult to compare user experiences such as sluggishness.
LR seems to be somewhat resource-hungry anyway, so users with less powerful machines may be used to a certain lag in response and not notice too much of a difference (which is in no way meant to blame them for having a "bad" computer!).
I suggest observing the activity monitor (on the Mac) as a gauge for system load caused by the program.
I use the "clarity"-slider as a reference point and find that LR3 and a "well-behaved" LR4 leaves some headroom on the CPUs while a a sluggish LR4 drives all cores to the max for 2-3 seconds making the interaction jumpy to the point where it is hardly usable.
If you look at the last three messages you will see the first (of the three) removed all traces of the beta and now has a useable LR4.
The next two messagers do not tell us whether they have upgraded from the beta or from LR3.
I am sorry to labour this point but, to me anyway, it seems important.
81. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowVit-none Mar 9, 2012 1:12 AM (in response to BCormier)
Macbook pro, LR3, LR4 Beta (beta was super slow). For what its worth, I had a slow experience with LR4. Used a new catalog, tried some of the suggestions here, did an archive install of Lion. No success. Adobe customer support said I may have had an issue with a corrupt user profile (i was missing the adobe plist files). Created a new profile, and wow, just like that, night and day difference. Makes the program usable, even downright snappy. YMMV.
82. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowRodrigo Gomez Mar 9, 2012 1:15 AM (in response to Vit-none)
And how do you check if the user profile is corrupt, and how to fix it? For me the thing that makes the most difference is enabling the second monitor, but I want to certainly see if this can be fixed or improved by some other means.
83. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowVit-none Mar 9, 2012 1:29 AM (in response to Rodrigo Gomez)
Not sure how to check, honestly. I created a new user profile, and ran lr4
under that instead, and it works great (so far).
84. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 9, 2012 1:41 AM (in response to Vit-none)
Is the User Profile a Windows feature or something within Lightroom?
85. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowVit-none Mar 9, 2012 1:47 AM (in response to A C G)
Worked on my mac. No clue for windows, slightly more of a clue with osx.
Sorry, I don't have the silver bullet.
86. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowgbdid Mar 9, 2012 1:57 AM (in response to A C G)
Probably windows. Control panel /user accounts.Create a new user.
87. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowhamish niven Mar 9, 2012 2:00 AM (in response to BCormier)
My feelings based on a Lapbook pro 15inch 2.2 Ghz Intel Core i7 with 8Gb 1333 MHz DDR3 750 ( 40 Gb free from 750 Gb internal hard drive) running OSX 10.7.3 with the high definition screen 1680 by1050.
Working on an 8 bit TIF from a Canon 5D11 (5340 by 3560)
I've just had a selection of images provided from a client for me to edit.
- I've saved the meta data to the photos
- exported the 18 images as a LR3.5 catalog, leaving the 18 images on my firewire drive
- zipped up my LR4 beta app so I could use both
- installed the LR4 final
- right clicked the catalog in a folder on my desktop - Open with LR4.0
- it wanted to convert so I let it do so
- and LR4.0 started with the new catalog
- I had to update the film strip of images to PV2012.
- The controls are fast, way faster than LR3.5 which I currently use
- I'm currently updating iTunes to 10.6
- I have 1.31 Gb of memory available - from Activity monitor - LR4.0 using 1.66 Gb
I've already used the transform tool to adjust
- vertical
- rotation
I've got several dust spots already removed
I've not got any profile adjustments applied as I'm using a tiff made from combining 3 DNG files that had the profiles applied.
- zooming to 100% - under 1 second dragging at 100% around the screen - instantaneous
- painting adjustment marks - instantaneous - at 100% and fit
- adjustment of the verticals and horizontal using the manual corrections
- whether by using the ALT(±1( / CTRL(±5) / SHIFT(±20) keys at fit - instantaneous
- whether by using the ALT(±1( / CTRL(±5) / SHIFT(±20) keys at 100% - instantaneous, zooming back out to fit after a +20 change is just short of instantaneous.
- From Grid mode, opening a new photo fit and
- Module change to Develop - 1 second
- loading image ± 2 seconds
- zoom to 100% ± 1 sec
- Q - spot in healing mode cleaning mark and select area and time to update ±1 second
- Dragging the spot marker to align a vertical edge, ie I've got a spot over an edge, so I need to move the "From" spot so that the "To" spot perfectly lines up, refresh as I drag the spot suffers from a lag of under 0.25 sec, faster than LR3.5 - Remember I have manual lens corrections AND adjustment masks on this image, but the adsjustment mask is not over this Q spot.
This conflicts with many peoples experiences, I'm finding it very snappy, and the only reason I downloaded the LR4Beta2 er LR4.0 was because I wanted to import a catalog of a few images into LR4 and reference them from my main drive, rather than export the images and use LR4 Beta to read the images from a new location as I've been doing with other finishing edits.
I will comment on DNG edits below
- Auto applied Canon profile
- loading a dng at 100% from the film strip ±4 seconds
- flicking around an image @ 100% - is jerky and sticky
- Zoom in and out of 100% ±1 second
- manual transformations - slower than for above, but still under 0.2 sec, ie click (quick sniff) done - not very scientific, but I can't operate a timer at the same time
- Turning on and off the detail really slows things up until I've zoomed around the image at 100%, also the CPU started burning 400% for a while, and then dropped again.
- Q healing is a little slower, the updating the spots when you need to accurately align vertical is significantly slower, maybe 1 second, but this is with the auto profile on and manual transforms. With the auto profile turned off, its almost as fast as with the TIF above.
I am finding that the DNG is a little slower, but its definitely no slower than LR3.5 was for me
I've tried to be as accurate as possible, but based on a catalog imported from LR3.5, with 3.5 installed, and develop settings from LR3.5 newly updated develop setting specific to LR4 beta, I'm very pleased with the speeds on my laptop.
hamish NIVEN Photography
88. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 9, 2012 2:26 AM (in response to gbdid)
creating a new user is a pretty serious change to make to use Lightroom.
I cannot believe anyone would want to do that.
89. Re: Lightroom 4 is slownitram27 Mar 9, 2012 4:44 AM (in response to BCormier)
Maybe the people who experience a slow Lightroom have the lens correction feature active for all of their pictures.
I really wondered about the slow speed in LR3 already. Yes, in LR3! The reason is, I use LR for my complete workflow, even retouching and the more you add spots and gradients to a picture, the slower it gets on my computer, but... ONLY if the lens correction is active.
I experienced, that the lens correction feature is slowing LR3 massively. You get a response time of some seconds for your clicks if lens correction is active. If you deselect it, everything works smooth.
In LR4 everything maybe a little bit slower, but I don't see the difference to LR3. Other bugs are more obvious (tone curves) and critical. But I really think (or hope) Adobe is on it.
I would appreciate it if Adobe would be more present even in this user forum to inform people about coming changes, hotfixes and bugfixes, because it seems to me, that everyone is complaining, but there are no solutions or hints that could help.
90. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowsparksdjs Mar 9, 2012 5:18 AM (in response to nitram27)
I experimented with different actions to see if doing/not doing some of them made a performance difference but found that any difference was not detectable - performance remained poor.
91. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowEaglerapids Mar 9, 2012 5:28 AM (in response to BCormier)
I'm running a quad-core AMD 965BE at 3.4ghz with 8gigs of memory with a GTX 560TI video card and Win 7 Pro 64-bit. LR 3.6 ran flawlessly but I'm having the same problems as everyone else. I uninstalled LR Beta before installing LR 4. Aross4242 has described my problems perfectly in post 46.
The only thing that has helped me after trying most of the suggestions so far (I'm not going to create a new user) is by not using both of my monitors, when I disable the second monitor LR4 is much improved but I didn't upgrade to LR4 just to downgrade to a single monitor.
It does disappoint me that we haven't heard anything from Adobe concerning these issues, maybe they are to hard at work correcting them to reply?
Why would they release this without releasing camera raw 7 so we could edit LR4 edited dng files in Photoshop?
92. Re: Lightroom 4 is firstname.lastname@example.com Mar 9, 2012 5:52 AM (in response to BCormier)
I am not interested in creating a new user account either so have not tried this 'fix'. Removing the second monitor certainly improves performance a lot but, this too, is not an option. I do find that once I develop a photo in Lr4, move to another photo and develop it, then return to the first photo, Lr4 is much more responsive even with second display turned on. This must be related to cache.
One other observation. If I develop a photo then immediately go to close Lr4, it always gives me an error: "Adobe Lightroom is not finished writing metadata changes into XMP..." If I wait 5 seconds or so before attempting to close Lr4, I dont get the error. This error is 100% reproducible in every situation I have tried including in a brand new Lr4 made catalog with just one image in it! I cant get this error to occur on Lr3 even with my catalogue of over 30,000 pictures.
It really seems like Lr4 is working very hard at doing something, but what the heck it is working at I cant say.
Add my voice to the group of people that think it is time for Adobe to jump into this thread even if for no other reason than to let us know they have heard our complaints/concerns and are looking into the issues.
93. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndreas_2 Mar 9, 2012 8:40 AM (in response to email@example.com)
Kirk Kelln wrote:
Add my voice to the group of people that think it is time for Adobe to jump into this thread even if for no other reason than to let us know they have heard our complaints/concerns and are looking into the issues.
I think people who have the same problem should post to the problem corner in adobe community to get attention:
It's frustrating that you have no other chance to give a bug report to adobe and we don't know if they already know about it...
94. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowaross4242 Mar 9, 2012 9:13 AM (in response to Eaglerapids)
After a bit more playing I have noticed that performance is usable in develop with two displays as long as the second display isn't in Loupe view. In Loupe, there is a full screen preview to render on the fly with slider adjustments. Still, in LR3 there was no sluggishness at all. Eaglerapids seems to have the same problems as I do - do you notice an improvement when the second display is set, for instance, on Grid?
95. Re: Lightroom 4 is email@example.com Mar 9, 2012 9:46 AM (in response to aross4242)
If I develop a photo then immediately go to close Lr4, it always gives me an error: "Adobe Lightroom is not finished writing metadata changes into XMP..." If I wait 5 seconds or so before attempting to close Lr4, I dont get the error. This error is 100% reproducible in every situation I have tried including in a brand new Lr4 made catalog with just one image in it.
I can not get this error to occur on Lr3 even with my catalogue of over 30,000 pictures.
Can you generate this error? If so, I suspect this error is related to the performance problem of Lr4. It suggests that Lr4 is indeed occupied doing something that Lr3 was not busy doing.
96. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowCHDA80 Mar 9, 2012 1:42 PM (in response to BCormier)
The redraw rate needs to get fixed. Hopefully soon.
97. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowEaglerapids Mar 9, 2012 3:35 PM (in response to BCormier)
Yes I do aross, there is an improvement when set to Grid.
Kirk, I can reproduce your error. Automatically writing changes into XMP is always going to use some cycles, but I never noticed it in LR 3.6, I'll turn it off in LR4 and see if it makes any difference.
98. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowfrankc1978 Mar 10, 2012 12:25 AM (in response to BCormier)
So after 2 days of testing now here are my final conclusions:
I did the workaround told here. i uninstalled and deleted everything, reboot and deleted the rest of lr3 and 4. reboot again. i even cleaned the whole registry in windows, in mac os i did that not. i reinstalled lr4.0 and made a new catalogue and imported some pictures and BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM wohoooooowww. lr4 is now as fast as hell. even faster than lr 3.6 unbelievable!
but WATCH OUT! i have a XMP workflow, which means that all my raw files do have XMP files and in dng files, the xmp metadata are written IN the dng file. i have this workflow, cause i have checked in lightroom catalogue preferences (under metadata): "automatically save changes into xmp files (or however this is written in the english lr4 surface). so if you have this kind of workflow it is absolutely no problem when you make the catalogue completele new. i made my whole catalogue new and made all 1:1 previews and lightroom is now still as fast as hell even with my 45000 picture´s catalogue. IF YOU HAVE A DATABASE WORKFLOW, which means that you do not write all your adjustemnts in a picture into a xmp file or inside of the dng file.........all your adjustments will be gone when you remove the catalogue!!! E V E R Y T H I N G!
As far as i can see there is the following problem. People like me, who have a xmp workflow have performance problems, cause there is some behaviour of the import from the old catalogue. it looks like that the file searches where to write, searches, searches...and HEY here it is, lets write something! i do know some people that have a database workflow and all of them have no performance issues. even the XMP error, which a guy described some posts above are now gone for me so i really think lightoom might have here some xmp issues. i am no expert - but at the moment everything points on a xmp bug!
The workaround does nothing else to completely renew everything and now lr knows where the files are and does a really good job.
So my sliders and my adjusments are pretty fast at the monent, even with turned on lens correction and turned an sharpness. when i zoom in the sliders become lagy und sluggish again. when i zoom out everything is fine again - please adobe fix this!
My last realy big problem is the second monitor. when i turn it on, lr becomes very slow again. when i turn the second monitor off, lightroom becomes faster again BUT not so fast as it was in the beginning. i have to shut down lr4 and restart it (without 2nd monitor) and BAM it is fast like hell again!
So for now i hope i could help some guys with my testings!
King regards Frank!
99. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 10, 2012 2:14 AM (in response to frankc1978)
"i even cleaned the whole registry in windows"
I'm one of the guys who, two days ago, suggested that loading LR4 without removing the beta may be a cause of the problems.
I did not clean my registry and when I removed the beta and re-installed the paid version I was not asked for my LR4 serial number. Clearly Adobe are storing information in (presumably) the registry and maybe this also contributes to the lethargy the program sometimes shows.
Like the previous poster I have probably around 45,000 images on disk. However, my experience is that software like LR is moving on so much that an adjustment I might have made three or four years ago can be much improved now, especially things like shadow noise and detail. I'm tempted to go back on what I did on Thursday and remove LR3 as well as LR4 and also do that registry clean if CCleaner can spot the LR entries.
I think we are making progress. Hello Adobe! Is anyone out there listening.
100. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowRobbie2006 Mar 10, 2012 3:07 AM (in response to A C G)
I don't see why we need to do a registry clean etc., etc.,Adobe are supplying a product that doesn't work properly, it runs slow on a Mac and a PC and it looks like the problem lies in the software that Adobe supplies.
I did manage to try out the new features like selective noise reduction but each adjustment took about 4 seconds, the results were good but the time delay is unworkable.
Does anyone out there know if Adobe are working on a fix and if so when will we know if it is fixed, will we get notification of LR4.1 or something so we can download something that works this time.
101. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowfrankc1978 Mar 10, 2012 3:31 AM (in response to Robbie2006)
Well Robbie - LR is a very powerfull tool. very complex algorythm take place here and they get more and more and each one must interact with each other. It must fit to all computers out there and it shall work properly. also i am sure adobe has certain release dates and must hold them. software TODAY and being one of the first persons, working on it meens ALWAYS being a kind of a beta tester - always the same and belive me rhino and CAD world is much much much worse than this product. i am happy that there IS a workaround that worked for me, cause most of the time we do not even have this oportunity! i am sure adobe listens and is working hard on these fixtures like it happened on lr3. be patient and wait and they´ll do their job, i am sure. till then everybode can work on lr 3.6 and have some fun doing testing lr4.
102. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 10, 2012 3:57 AM (in response to Robbie2006)
"I don't see why we need to do a registry clean etc., etc."
Neither do I Robbie......
But the value of a forum like this is sharing ideas about work arounds to enable us to use the product whilst Adobe is fixing it.
I don't believe Adobe are not aware of the problem. It would be grown up PR to have a token presence on this thread to admit it - but I don't run Adobe.
In the meantime lets concentrate on helping each other reach the goal of a useable LR4.
103. Re: Lightroom 4 is firstname.lastname@example.com Mar 10, 2012 4:24 AM (in response to BCormier)
If I develop a photo then immediately close Lr4, it always gives me an error: "Adobe Lightroom is not finished writing metadata changes into XMP..."
If I wait 5 seconds or so before attempting to close Lr4, I dont get the error. This error is 100% reproducible in every situation I have tried including in a brand new Lr4 made catalog with just one image in it.
I can not get this error to occur on Lr3 even with my catalogue of over 30,000 pictures.
Can you generate this error?
If so, I suspect this error is related to the performance problem of Lr4. It suggests that Lr4 is indeed occupied doing something that Lr3 was not busy doing.
104. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKaur_100 Mar 10, 2012 7:46 AM (in response to BCormier)
I run email@example.com, 8GB ram, W7sp1. Initial impressions with LR4 beta were also general sluggishness in navigating around and when switching between 100% pictures to build the 1:1 previews. For me it improved when I deleted the folder "Previews.lrdata" (but kept the catalogue file!) and had LR4 rebuild the previews/100% views from scratch not relying on old database import from LR3.5 (appx 25000 pics). Also, the thing which I noticed is that in Library mode initially zooming into 100% view to build full view takes a bit more time than in Develop mode. But as it is currently only about 1.5 seconds for LR to build full 100% view, then it is not too bad compared with LR3.5 (roughly 1 sec). Sliders move around very smoothly and adjustments appear instantly as well.
Just in case, CrapCleaned the registry and installed fresh set of video card drivers as well. Did not make much difference but made me feel a bit better
Probably the reasonable thing to do is first unistall 4 beta before going for 4 full (I did not do that) but when looking at the installation of LR4 full, seems it unistalls beta anyway.
105. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJao vdL Mar 10, 2012 8:32 AM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
If I develop a photo then immediately close Lr4, it always gives me an error: "Adobe Lightroom is not finished writing metadata changes into XMP..."
If I wait 5 seconds or so before attempting to close Lr4, I dont get the error. This error is 100% reproducible in every situation I have tried including in a brand new Lr4 made catalog with just one image in it.
Do you have "Automatically write changes into xmp" checked in catalog settings->metadata ? If so, that is a well-known performance hog. Most people do not need to have this setting checked as it is only useful if you want to load the images in Photoshop without simply telling Lightroom to open the image but by using Bridge or by opening the image directly in Photoshop. My guess is that you somehow have this setting checked in your LR 4 catalog and not in your LR 3 catalog.
106. Re: Lightroom 4 is email@example.com Mar 10, 2012 8:48 AM (in response to Jao vdL)
I have WRITE CHANGES checked. However, this is not my point. I have it checked for BOTH Lr3.6 and 4. When I open 3.6 using any catalog - from a brand new one with ojnly 1 photo to my 30k catalog, if pic an image, go into DEVLOP and change just about anything, then immediately click the CLOSE button, Lightroom closes without issue. However, in Lr4, regardless of which catalog I use (when I have WRITE CHANGES turned on), if I perform the exact same experiment, I get the error 100%^ of the time. If I wait a few seconds then attempt to close Lr4, I do not get the error. This strongly suggests that Lr3.6 and Lr4 are behaving very differently behjjind the scenes. Lr3 deals with my changes and writes them into the XMP faster than I can move my mouse up and click the close button. Lr4 takes about 3 seconds to write exactyl the same data. On my machine, which is a rocket ship, that is very telling.
Can you try this experiment and see if you have the same finding.
107. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJao vdL Mar 10, 2012 8:55 AM (in response to email@example.com)
It probably realizes it needs to rewrite the xmp for every single image in
your catalog when you do your change. Try explicitly saving metadata for
all files in your catalog (command-S with all selected) and wait until
that's finished and then do your test.
108. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowsparksdjs Mar 10, 2012 11:09 AM (in response to Kaur_100)
Tried the rebuild previews at 100% workaround - no improvement for me. I've been trying every workaround posted and haven't had any improvements.
109. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowjason almeida Mar 10, 2012 11:43 AM (in response to BCormier)
Same here ... I face the same sluggishness issue with LR4.... I expected the final release would fix the problem but it takes so much time rendering compared to LR3.6 ... I hope Adobe fixes this soon ... was actually planning of upgrading to LR4 but will hold for now
110. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowmrboyd Mar 10, 2012 2:15 PM (in response to BCormier)
I too am experiencing slowness on even an SSD drive with 16 g of ram, i7 2600k 3.4 ghz, i built this machine to be a lighroom dominator. I will wait another month or two before i upgrade. Maybe they will work it out. I only have burning software, lightroom 4 and CS5 on this machine.
111. Re: Lightroom 4 is email@example.com Mar 10, 2012 3:18 PM (in response to Jao vdL)
I will try that. But can you please try your rig. Just open lr4, go into develop, make a change, then immediately exit lr4 by clicking the X in the corner. Do you get the error?
112. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJamesS1981 Mar 10, 2012 3:19 PM (in response to BCormier)
I'm running Windows Vista 32bit on a Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC'd to 2.7Ghz) with 4 gigs of ram (Vista 32 only recognizes 3.2 gig of memory) and LR2 and 3 always ran fine but as with most in this thread I'm experiencing the same slow, laggy, slugish behavior. As others have stated I assumed that it was the beta and the LR4 gold would correct the problems but it hasn't other than being a little more polished.
Something that I've been trying with what seems like a positive effect has been going into LR4 Library Module and selecting a few images or even an entire directory that has already been converted to the 2012 Process and going to Library, Convert Photo to DNG. Even though all of my images are already in DNG format (from as far back as LR2) it appears to do something to the DNG existing images. In previous Lightroom versions when you ran the converter on existing DNG files it said it was done immediately but now it takes a little bit to complete. After the the Convert process is done the Develop module seems to run much more smoothly. Any Mask options like the Brush or Healing tool work fine also untill I get over a dozen history states then they start to slow some. The develop slider (for me at least) respond almost instantly as opposed to directories where I have't run the Convert to DNG option on. I have the Convert options set to default as far as Only Convert Raw Files, Delete originals, and Embed Fast Load Data are the only boxes checked and my JPEG Preview is set to None. I don't know if the Embed Fast Load Data is really being generated after the fact since the files are already DNG but something seems to be helping as compared to the files and directories that I have not 'Converted'. I've also played with the Update DNG Preview & Metadata but that didn't seem to have much effect.
If anyone else cares to give this a shot, let us know if it has any effect for you.
113. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowabischnell01 Mar 10, 2012 3:23 PM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
114. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowDdeGannes Mar 10, 2012 3:40 PM (in response to abischnell01)
If you need to adjust e-mails you get on threads you may have posted in, you need to make the changes to your "preferences" in your account.
115. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowhamish niven Mar 10, 2012 9:52 PM (in response to BCormier)
Have any of you tried converting some or all of your raw files to the latest DNG to see if there is any speed improvement?
I convert all my photos to DNG - a personal preference, but I'm in the process of converting the DNG's to the latest dng - not the lossy format.
My conversion from LR3.5 / LR4 beta has been
- back up catalog
- delete the previews file
- convert / upgrade the catalog
- Edit>Convert Photos to DNG, turning off the only convert RAW files and making sure the lossy conversion was off.
As I'm converting 500 images, it's going to take a while, so until then, the question stands
Does converting to the latest verstion of DNG help with speed improvements?
116. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowgeoFHP Mar 10, 2012 9:59 PM (in response to JamesS1981)
Like so many on this thread, I too found Lightroom 4 unusably slow. Picking up on what Jeff 2011 said, I went into one of my folders and selected a single Canon cr2 raw file and converted the image to DNG...that's right, just the one image. Somehow this seems to have flipped a switch in Lightroom 4, because now (so far) everything is running much, much faster-more like Lightroom 3 behaved. This is true for all of my Canon raw files, Fuji raw files and iPhone jpegs, including images using either the 2012 process version or the 2010 version . I'm running on a 2011 MacBook Pro with 8 gigs of RAM, under Mac OS X 10.7.3.
I still have to run it through some more paces, but Lightroom 4 is now very responsive for me, even with all of the modules active. I'll post a follow-up if I find anything changes. It's really very bizarre to me that converting a file could change the behavior of the program, but it does feel like somehow it fliped a switch or changed a mode that the sofware was running in when first installed. This really is something Adobe needs to address right away.
117. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 11, 2012 5:30 AM (in response to geoFHP)
"converted the image to DNG"
Sorry to be dim George. I never use DNG so don't know where to find the 'convert' command.
118. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowPWPhoto Mar 11, 2012 6:01 AM (in response to mrboyd)
I built a PC in Dec 2011 - 16GB ram, i7-3930k (3.2GHz)., etc.
The other day I was doing an import using Lightroom 4, and somehow it used 100% of my memory. Yeah, Lightroom 4 chewed up 16gb of ram. I never saw anything like that with Lightroom 3.
Adobe, please, please refine the engine in Lightroom 4 to make it perform better. Right now, it's slow, sluggish and resource hungry, even for basic tasks.
119. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowdennishh Mar 11, 2012 6:46 AM (in response to BCormier)
So disapointed in LR4 I just uninstalled it, will wait for fixes or version 5. So slow.


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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Ocean Care Solutions, Offering Of The Year Nominee
It is only a matter of time as the current marine environment has developed the perfect cauldron for the venomous invertebrates.
Ocean Care Solutions knows of the onslaught and has developed products that are among the nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year .
The new award is meant to identify products and services that (1) best support and assist open water swimmers achieve their goals, (2) are innovative, unique and beneficial to open water swimmers, race directors, coaches or administrators, and (3) have made the most positive impact on the world of open water swimming during the calendar year.
The nominations are meant to recognize some of the best and innovative commercial and free offerings that open water swimmers can enjoy.
Extreme swimmers, disabled swimmers, ice swimmers, marathon swimmers, professional swimmers, administrators, coaches, pilots, and swimmers from all walks of life have used, purchased and benefited from an increasingly number of products and services introduced over the few years.
The nomination of Ocean Care Solutions reads,
"Care is its middle name. Ocean Care Solutions is working hard to help stem the tide of the pain and discomfort caused by stinging organisms. Its products enable comforting relief from a number of jellyfish, Portuguese man o war, sea urchins, fire coral and stingrays. And Ocean Care Solutions goes beyond supplying a wide range of first aid kits that are widely acclaimed the world over. It provides information, a constant source of education about the global proliferation of jellyfish in the world's oceans. For its desire to relief pain by working directly with the stakeholders in the open water swimming world, for its wide range of soothing solutions, for its sharing of information about the sea stingers that are a growing menace in the aquatic world, the Ocean Care Solutions line-up is a worthy nominee for the 2012 WOWSA Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year."
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While it appears to be a certainty that Brothers will be a first rounder, just where he will be selected is still unknown. Based on the numerous mock drafts on the Internet the St. Louis Cardinals, who have the 19th pick, appear to be the favorite.
Other teams also on draft projections are the Arizona Diamondbacks who could choose Brothers with the 16th or 17th pick; the Cleveland Indians with the 15th pick, the Texas Rangers with the 14th selection, the New York Yankees with the No. 29 pick or the Detroit Tigers who select in the ninth spot.
Lipscomb baseball coach Jeff Forehand is thinking that the Tigers might be the ultimate destination for Brothers, a resident of Chapel Hill, Tenn., who finished his junior season with the second highest strikeout total in NCAA Division I with 132 in 94 innings.
"For some reason I feel like the Tigers pick at No. 9 might be his," said Forehand. "The team that picks him doesn't matter. I think he is going to be picked between nine and 15. I am just excited he is going to get the chance."
Not only has he increased his strikeout totals each season with the Bisons, but he has also increased the velocity of his pitches.
"He has not only increased his velocity, but he is also throwing strikes," said Forehand. "He is throwing hard fastballs on both sides of the plate."
Few players have climbed up the draft list faster than Brothers. When the season opened he was projected to be a fifth-to-seventh round selection. But this season his stock has soared as he increased the velocity of his pitches and showed a new level of maturity.
"He has been a pretty grounded kid from the beginning here based on how he has been raised," said Forehand. "As far as his maturity on the mound he has had the opportunity to get out there so many times. Off the field he has always had stability.
"He got here as a freshman and he was one of the best guys we had. He had to learn on the fly. He went out and took some lumps and figured it out on his own. That really, really helped him."
One of the few criticisms of Brothers is that he lacks a third pitch to go along with his 95 miles per hour fastball and his 87-miles per hour slider. Forehand, however, says that Brothers threw a changeup from time-to-time this season.
"In college baseball a 95 miles per hour fastball is not something everybody has," said Forehand. "Then he developed a very tough second pitch and is well on his way to developing a third pitch, a changeup."
Forehand credits Lipscomb pitching coach Lantz Wheeler for helping develop Brothers as a pitcher.
"Rex threw a changeup seven or eight times a game," said Forehand. "A lot of time he was throwing a fastball 95 miles per hour and he was throwing his changeup a little hard at 88 miles per hour.
"He needs to be able to get that changeup at 83 or 85 it is going to be an effective pitch. And even though he was throwing his changeup a little hard he was able to locate it."
Forehand thinks that Brothers ability to throw strikes consistently is the biggest reason his stock rose this season.
"A lot of guys can throw the ball hard, but if they can't locate it, then it doesn't do them any good," said Forehand. "He has learned how to locate his pitches. He and coach Wheeler have spent a lot of time on that.
"I think that is where the experience and maturity come in. He was a hard thrower when he got here. Now he is at a level where he knows that even if he doesn't have his good stuff, he is still pretty good."
Brothers has often spoken of coming to grips with the reality of becoming not only a professional baseball player, but a first round pick. Forehand commended Brothers for the way in which he handled the attention from scouts during the season.
"Handling Rex is easy," said Forehand. "He knew coming in this season it was going to be a hectic pace. He saw that when he played in the Cape Cod League in the summer.
"He has always kept the Lipscomb team in his first slot. He has been respectful of everything that we have done. He has been raised to do things that way."
Forehand stressed that he, his staff and Brothers' teammates have downplayed the draft until after the season was completed.
"Rex didn't talk about it until the season ended," said Forehand. "The anxiety may have gotten to him a little bit but he never showed it. He never put it above what we were doing as a team. I think as the season has ended it is becoming more real to him that he is going to get the chance to go in the first round.
"I think he is getting excited about it. I told him to enjoy it as much as he could. He told me the other day he is ready to find out where he is going to go."
Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. fans of the Bisons athletic department are invited to attend a lunch that is expected to feature Brothers. The price of the lunch is $10.


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Total Combat 51 Fight Results
Nov 20th, 2012 by PETER
TOTAL COMBAT 51 RESULTS NOV 17th 2012
Cage Boxing
1. SAM WILKINSON Beat SHANE BOWMER Via Ref Stoppage 2 min Rd 1
Hull MDMA / Ferryhill Mansforth Boxing Gym.
Semi Pro
2. SCOTT BRADY Beat JOHN SYMONS Via Triangle Choke 2 Min 30 Sec Rd 2
Shinney Row The Fight Pit & Unity Gym Durham / Ferryhill MMA Club.
3. RONNIE OAKLEY Beat MICHAEL BESTFORD Via Unanimous Decision
B/Auckland The Northeast Top Team / Willington MMA.
4. JASON SMITH Beat JAY CADWALLENDER Via K.o 17 Sec Rd 1
Shinney Row The Fight Pit & Unity Gym Durham / Hull MDMA.
5. MARTIN EMERSON Beat CARL LOFTHOUSE Via Barchoke 4 Min 40 Sec Rd 1
Willington MMA / Cumbria Whitehaven Team Titan.
6. WOJCIECH GRANOSZEWSKI Draw TERRY YOUNG
Hull MDMA / Willington MMA.
7. DAVE CUNILIFFES Beat BRANDON SIM Via Triangle 47 Sec Rd 1
Darlington The Lab / Cumbria Whitehaven Team Titan.
8. MICHAEL DAVIES Beat GRANT SUMMERS Via Triangle 2 Min 4 Sec Rd 1
Hull MDMA / Shinney Row The Fight Pit & Unity Gym Durham.
9. SAM LAWTON Beat KEV O'FEE Via Guillotine 1Min 6 Sec Rd 1
Cleveland Je-MMA / Cumbria Whitehaven Team Titan.
10 PAUL EDMUNDSON Beat MARK REGAN Via T.K.O. 1 Min 3 Sec Rd 1
Shinney Row The Fight Pit & Unity Gym Durham / Felling Martial Art Club.
11. STUART GRAHAM Beat CHRIS McGEEVOR Via Triangle 2 Min 3 Sec Rd 1
Hull Aos MMA / B/Auckland The Northeast Top Team.
Total Combat would like to thank everybody from all the fighters and teams without you we wouldn't have a show. We would also like to thank our officials MC Steffen Peddie, referee Trevor Mitchell, Judges Mark Platts, Adil Malik & Ali Malik, Timekeeper Chris Jackson. Commentators Nathan Court & Ash Griffiths, our 2 guests of Honour Robert "Buzz" Berry & Colin "The Freakshow" Fletcher and finally our sponsor buytiles.com. I would also like to thank all the people behind the scenes who constantly work hard and don't get the credit they deserve. Thank you all for making this another fantastic event.
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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (US - DVD R1)
Our Gabe knows that 1 is the loneliest number, but is 3 is the loneliest since...
The trials and tribulations of Mike and Reggie the ice cream man continue as they're still hunting down the evil Tall Man (that last murder didn't take). The pair is separated when the Tall Man kidnaps Mike, but Reggie is not alone. This time he has Rocky the Amazon, Tim the Kid, and Jody, Mike's dead brother, his soul trapped in one of the Tall Man's sinister silver balls. But what does the Tall Man want with Mike? And how can our heroes fend off an entire army of his brain-sucking little monsters?
The general consensus, a consensus I subscribe to, is that Phantasm II is the best of the Phantasm series. Phantasm III has always paled in the shadow of what is arguably director Don Coscarelli's finest moment. Because part two had such a comparably larger budget, and a longer time to stew in Coscarelli's mind, comparing the two flicks is a little unfair. Phantasm III is most likely the weakest film in the series, but it isn't all bad.
Phantasm III is an in-between film, and suffers for not having a beginning or end. It cannot be watched alone, and unfortunately for the folks stuck in region one without multi-region DVD players, it cannot be watched without seeing part two. It actually all works pretty well when you watch the three sequels back to back to back.
The new story elements added in the film, most of which revolve around the brothers from the first film, Michael and Jody, are very cool. I like the bizarre, answerless questions that arise with Jody's return from the netherworld, the little brains found in the flying balls, and the Tall Man's new obsession with Michael. These, coupled with an ending cliff-hanger so tasty it hurts, all but require an immediate viewing of the forth film Phantasm: Oblivion.
The film's major problems all come with fan favourite Reggie Banister's side story. The characters introduced on Reggie's leg of the journey, a street tough Amazon and a street smart kid, are so broadly drawn, from character to dialogue, that they stick out in the otherwise compacting and intriguing universe. These scenes aren't poorly directed—to the contrary some of the action is great—but awkwardly written, and try way too hard to be funny. The humour falls flat the majority of the time.
Enough of the bad now. The performances are uniformly good, even the annoying kid and tough-girl characters are played by real professionals. Only Bill Thornbury as Jody is particularly weak, which is weird considering his solid performance in the original film. Coscarelli's energetic scenes are a joy, his ball attacks more kinetic than ever, and his abstract images do a nice job of hiding the film's small budget (though I'd argue he did an even better job in the forth film, which had an even lower budget). This is a lesser entree, but if you dig the original you'll probably have a good time.
Again, I'm comparing this release (the first ever R1 DVD release) to the R2 release found in the awesome 'ball' collection. The differences are very similar to those of the two releases of the first film. First up is the framing, and again I've left the mat in my screen caps to illustrate this. The R1 transfer is cropped a little wider, but unlike the original film releases it appears that the R2 disc has more information on the tops and bottoms. We end up with a choice of more up top or more on the sides.
The R1 transfer, like that of the original film, is warmer than the R2 transfer. The colours are also all around brighter. Noise is omni-present on both transfers, but much less staggering on this new one. Black levels are a toss up, but I'm actually leaning a bit more to the R2 release, mostly because it seems to have a hair less low level noise. The deal breaker here is the sharpness, and this R1 disc definitely wins the contest. Though still somewhat pixellated (check out the jagged edges of the opening titles if you get the chance), details are easily differentiated on this transfer.
Though the video award goes to the new R1 edition, with honours, the older R2 edition wins the audio contest. I'm not the type of person that automatically assumes that a DTS track is going to be better than a Dolby Digital one, but here there isn't much of a comparison. The R2's DTS is far louder, punchier, and has much more in the way of spatial representation than this new edition's Dolby Digital track.
The track isn't that bad, but it really lacks overall volume, and when it comes to surround effects is pretty weak. This is basically a slightly upscaled version of the original Surround track, also included, except that the surround track actually has more bass.
I understand Anchor Bay's decision to not include the entire Phantasmagoria documentary on their Phantasm part one release. The Phantasm II rights are caught in enough of a quagmire to more than forgive them. What I don't understand is why they didn't edit together the scenes pertaining to part three for inclusion here. Phantasmagoria is a really fun documentary, and between the simultaneous R1 releases of Phantasm and Phantasm III fans without multi-region players could've had at least half the story. Instead we get a brief mash up of home video footage. We're talking really dry behind the scenes stuff that only the most eager fan will really enjoy. It's like watching someone else's vacation video.
The only really worthwhile extra, a holdover from the R2 release, is the audio commentary. Unfortunately this commentary is bereft of both writer/director Don Coscarelli (who's pretty deadpan, but at least informative) and actor Reggie Bannister. We only get actors A. Michael Baldwin and Angus Scrimm. There isn't anything wrong with these two, but I found it hard to get too excited about them as my sole commentators. Bladwin is a little whiney about the whole 'not being in Phantasm II' thing, but entertaining enough. Scrimm is better, and remembers pretty much everything about the production, which is impressive considering he was about 68 when they filmed it (and about 81 now).
The rest of the disc is made up of trailers for other Anchor Bay releases of Coscarelli films. I should have my Survival Quest review up shortly.
Phantasm III is for fans only. It's very unfortunate that Anchor Bay couldn't secure the rights to part two, because there is an MGM release of part four available in R1. These films work best when watched in one sitting, but unless you've got yourself a region free player that just isn't going to happen. This is the weakest entree in the franchise, but still a damn site better than most early '90s horror output.
Review by Gabriel Powers
RalphFiennes Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 741
Interesting review, I've often seen these films in HMV and just wondered what they were about. Very informative review.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
You're in the UK so you can actually see number 2!
RalphFiennes Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 741
I remember seeing a collector's edition sphere-shaped case of these a while back which looked really cool. Yeah, might have a look at them at some point. They should be available at cheap prices by now.
Wolverinfan Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: United States Posts: 121
The Sphere went OOP this past winter in the UK. It was being clearenced out for roughly 20 pounds. Same with the Hellraiser box.
That ebing said Phantasm has a new boxset out over there that isn't the sweet sphere. Not sure how much that one is. I enjoyed the series but I hate the endings in all of them.
That ebing said Phantasm has a new boxset out over there that isn't the sweet sphere. Not sure how much that one is. I enjoyed the series but I hate the endings in all of them.
pitdeadite Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 662
We need more films with 4-barrel shotguns.
Bob "the film man" Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 258
Gabe, I enjoyed the review. This is actually the only one out of the whole series that I have not seen. I own the old MGM releases of 1&4, and I watched II on SCI-FI a few years back. I may have to pick this one up.
Mark Carter Member Join Date: February 2005 Location: United States Posts: 155
Is there any way you could label which image is taken from which source?
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krycek Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 19
the Sphere is out of print?!? I just ordered mine a couple of weeks ago and it came in pretty quick, good thing I ordered it when I did.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
I wish they made Roger Avary's script for a Phantasm film into one for the series.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 10th April 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Actor Commentary, Behind the Scenes, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Don Coscarelli
Cast: Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Angus Scrimm
Genre: Horror
Length: 91 minutes
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News Release: State Attorney General Agrees That Michigan Film Office Violated State Law by Failing to Disclose Required Film Spending Information
AG's letter is released during Michigan Senate hearing this afternoon; Film Office finally produces data legally required in earlier report
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Contact: Patrick J. Wright
Senior Legal Analyst
MIDLAND — The office of the Michigan attorney general has issued a letter finding that the Michigan Film Office violated state law by failing to disclose in an annual report last month the Michigan expenditures made by each movie production company that received refundable tax credits in 2008 under the state's aggressive Michigan Film Incentive program. The letter became public today during a Michigan Senate Finance Committee hearing, and it confirmed the conclusion reached last month by Mackinac Center Senior Legal Analyst Patrick J. Wright, who, in a March 19 news release, was the first to draw public attention to the Film Office's violation of state law. The Senate hearing also witnessed disclosure of the required movie-by-movie spending data by Film Office Director Janet Lockwood.
"With the question of the Film Office's reporting responsibilities now settled, important concerns remain," observed Wright, who attended the hearing and testified before the committee. "This statute is perfectly clear on the office's reporting duties, but if Film Office officials felt that confidentiality concerns might prevent them from meeting their responsibilities under the law, they should have sought clarifying legal advice much sooner. The fact that they didn't is a deeply troubling statement about their administration of this program. The Film Office was aware that there was great concern about the wisdom of the film incentive, which consumes large sums of taxpayers' dollars, and they should have recognized the importance of this information in helping to weigh that."


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution returns to road this week to take on the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Kickoff for Saturday's match is set for 10:30 p.m. ET.
Comcast SportsNet will televise the game live, while 98.5 The Sports Hub will have the call of the game on the radio.
The Revolution (0-2-1, 1 pts.) earned its first point of the 2014 season with a draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC last Saturday in the club's home opener at Gillette Stadium. Following Saturday's game in San Jose, the Revs head to RFK Stadium for the first of two meetings this season against D.C. United (0-2-0, 0 pts.).
San Jose (0-1-1, 1 pt.) lost a 1-0 decision at Sporting Kansas City last Saturday after dropping out of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals with a mid-week loss at Mexico's Toluca, 5-4, in penalties.
On the road again
After opening their 2014 home slate against Vancouver Whitecaps FC last Saturday at Gillette Stadium, the Revs head back out on the road for back-to-back road games at San Jose and D.C. … after the game in D.C., the Revs will have played four of their first five games of 2014 away from home … the Revs are winless on the road in 2014 but posted a 6-6-5 road record in 2013, good for second-best in MLS.
No luck at the "Buck"
Buck Shaw Stadium hasn't been the kindest of away venues to the Revs in recent years … in the team's five matches at Buck Shaw Stadium, the Revs are 1-4-0 … the Revs' only victory at Buck Shaw Stadium came on March 21, 2009 – a 1-0 win … since that match, the Revs are 0-3-0 in their last three games in Santa Clara.
First shutout for defensive unit
Bobby Shuttleworth and the Revs' defense posted their first shutout of the season in the home opener at Gillette Stadium last Saturday with a 0-0 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC … Shuttleworth made two saves to earn his first clean on the season and the 14th of his career … last year, the Revs posted a club-record 14 shutouts, which was the second-best mark in MLS.
Steady progression from back four
After surrendering four goals in the season opener against the Houston Dynamo on March 8, the Revs have rebounded with back-to-back defensive efforts … the Revs have allowed just one goal combined in their last two games … the team surrendered one goal at Philadelphia in a 1-0 loss at PPL Park on March 15, and earned their first shutout against Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a 0-0 draw at Gillette Stadium last Saturday.
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Offense knocking on the door
The Revs are still searching for their first goal in 2014, but that doesn't mean there haven't been chances … the Revs took 17 shots – their second-highest total this season – against Vancouver last Saturday, a figure that's one shy of the team's high (18 at Houston on March 8) … despite still remaining goalless, the Revs are tied for fourth in MLS in shots (41), four shots shy of second place Kansas City (45), and two shy of third-place Portland (43).
Creating opportunities through corners
In addition to the team's 41 total shots, the Revolution is also ranked third in MLS in corner kicks with 23, three behind league leader Kansas City (27) … Chris Tierney has taken a team-high 10 corners, while Kelyn Rowe (6), Daigo Kobayashi (4), Diego Fagundez (2) and Lee Nguyen (1) have also stepped to the flag.
Three games, three different lineups
Through the first three games of the 2014 season, injuries have forced the Revs to put out three different lineups … only five players have started all three games this season: Teal Bunbury, Diego Fagundez, Bobby Shuttleworth, A.J. Soares and Chris Tierney … the team has started nine different midfielders and six different defenders through three matches.
Another start, another 90 for Goncalves
Jose Goncalves returned to the starting lineup for the team's home opener against Vancouver Whitecaps FC last Saturday at Gillette Stadium … in true ironman fashion, Goncalves played another full 90 at the center back position … Goncalves has now made 36 career appearances with the Revs – all starts – and has played every minute of every game in which he's appeared.
Imbongo makes season debut
Dimitry Imbongo saw his first game action of 2014 last Saturday against Vancouver … Imbongo came on in the 81st minute, making his first appearance since the team's 3-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City in second leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinals … Imbongo made a career-best 21 appearances (including 11 starts) in 2013, while scoring three goals and adding four assists.
Farrell's versatility shining through
Andrew Farrell has made two starts in 2014, both at different defensive positions … his first start of the season came at center back on March 15 at Philadelphia … last weekend, Farrell returned to his more familiar right back spot against Vancouver … in a late-match stretch, however, Farrell showcased his speed and footwork with a 40-yard run with the ball at his feet, shaking off two Vancouver players – including speedster Darren Mattocks, and finding Kelyn Rowe coming up through the midfield.
Revs add Pickens through Waiver Draft
The Revolution claimed goalkeeper Matt Pickens through the Waiver Draft last Friday, and has been added to the team's roster … Pickens spent the last five years in Colorado, where he started all 116 matches he appeared in since 2009 … for his career, which also has a stop in Chicago, Pickens has 156 appearances, including 154 starts … Pickens has a career goals against average of 1.25 and has posted 40 shutouts, while leading his teams to a 57-56-42 combined record.
Sanchez loaned to Rochester
The Revolution loaned defender Jossimar Sanchez to the Rochester Rhinos, the club's USL PRO affiliate, last Friday … Sanchez is the third of four players the Revolution will loan to Rochester for the 2014 season per the team's affiliate agreement … the Revolution can re-call any of its loaned players, which includes goalkeeper Luis Soffner and midfielder Alec Sundly, at any time.
Portugal and Mexico set to meet at Gillette
Before the Mexican and Portuguese national teams make their way to Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, they'll face off in an international friendly at Gillette Stadium … on June 6, Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Portugal against Javier Hernandez and Mexico in a final tune up before the World Cup … kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m., and tickets are on sale and start at $40.


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Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Console Comparison Video
In this video, we get to see split screen comparisons of how Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes will look on various consoles.
As previously reported, the PlayStation 4 version of Metal Gear Solid 5 will run at a native 1080p and 60 fps. The Xbox One version will run at 720p and 60 fps while the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of MGS 5 will run at 720p and 30 fps.
This video puts together a split screen mash-up of each version of MGS 5, and it could be hard for the untrained eye to notice the differences between platforms. If you were to set the quality of the YouTube clip to its highest setting and watch the video in full screen, the differences become substantially more noticeable. There's a marked difference between the next-gen iterations and their current gen counterparts, though the distinction between PS4/Xbox One and PS3/Xbox 360 is much less defined.
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, the prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, will be out on March 18 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.


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WORCESTER- Detectives continue to investigate the stabbing of multiple people during a fight outside the Bar FX club at 90 Commercial St. Saturday morning.
Police headed to the street outside the club around 1 a.m. Saturday and found a large fight under way. Three men, ages 27, 21 and 22, were arrested in relation to the disturbance.
A short time later, police were notified that four people arrived at St. Vincent Hospital was various wounds, according to police.
One victim, an 18-year-old man, told investigators he had been at the club and was dancing with a woman when he was struck from behind. The man received stitches to close the wound.
Police said a a 27-year-old man at the hospital had stab wounds to the chest and arm. Another 27-year-old man had a laceration to the back. Police also found a 30-year-old man had been cut on the hand. Police described all wounds as non life-threatening.
Detectives are continuing to investigate.
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Sporting Kansas City made four selections in the 2013 Supplemental Draft on Tuesday, adding Christian Duke, Mitchell Cardenas, Brian Fekete and Mike Reidy to the team's pre-season roster. Duke is currently in camp with the club, while the remaining three selections are expected to join the team during their pre-season stay in Tucson, Ariz.
"We've selected four players that have all shown qualities and characteristics that we like and that we think that can fit into our system," Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. "Now it's up to each of them to come in and display those qualities this preseason."
Sporting Kansas City selected Duke in the first round, drafting the University of San Diego defender with the 14th overall pick. The 21-year-old is an Overland Park, Kan. native and played for the Sporting KC Academy beginning in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School. He appeared in 60 games for the Toreros in his four-year career, earning six assists. Duke played in all 23 games as a senior in 2012, earning All-West Coast Conference Second Team honors and leading the team to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
"It's a great feeling coming into an organization that is well known for their blue-collar, hard-nosed tactics," Duke said. "Peter Vermes is a great coach and I look forward to playing for the organization. Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to be playing professionally in Kansas City. Now I have my opportunity. I just have to go get it now."
Cardenas was chosen with the 33rd overall pick in the second round of the Supplemental Draft following a career as a four-time All-Conference selection at Campbell University in which he compiled 22 goals and 34 assists in 76 matches. The Mexico City native led all NCAA Division I players in assists as senior with 14 assists in 2012 and was named to the All-South Atlantic Region team by the NSCAA.
"I am beyond excited. I can't even put it into words really," Cardenas said. "I know being selected doesn't mean you earn your contract right away. Now it's about showing what you can do and hopefully, by the end of preseason if not earlier, I can earn a contract and stick with the team."
Sporting Kansas City's 52nd overall pick produced Fekete, a three-time All-American at the University of Tampa. The four-year starter recorded seven goals and 15 assists in 69 games for the Spartans and was invited to attend the 2013 MLS Player Combine last week alongside Sporting Kansas City's SuperDraft selection Mikey Lopez.
"I'm looking forward to the biggest opportunity of my life thus far," Fekete said. "I am really excited to join the team and take the next step in my soccer career."
Reidy, the reigning Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, was a four-year contributor at Colgate University, where he broke onto the scene as the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2009 with seven goals. He notched 19 goals and nine assists in 77 matches for the Raiders, including a conference best seven goals as a senior in 2012.
"It's an honor. I'm so thankful for Sporting KC for this opportunity," Reidy said. "It's a dream come true. I'm so excited to get out there and start training with the team."
Sporting Kansas City is currently in Tucson, Ariz. for the team's pre-season and will scrimmage against the New England Revolution on Friday in Casa Grande, Ariz. before playing a pair of matches in The Desert Friendlies presented by FC Tucson next week. The club will then travel to Orlando, Fla. next month to participate in the 2013 Disney Pro Soccer Classic prior to the MLS season opener on March 2 at the Philadelphia Union.
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Norwich make move for Sierra Leone international Kei Kamara
Sky Sports sources understand Norwich City have made an offer for Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara.
Kamara is one of three players to score nine or more goals in each of the last three seasons and is believed to be in the last year of his contract with the Major League Soccer outfit.
Now the Canaries have firmed up their interest in Kamara and have lodged a bid with MLS - as it is the league who own the rights for the players.
Kamara, named Sierra Leone Player of the Year, was recently on trial with Stoke City in December.
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Pretty big day for US Soccer. MLS has announced a partnership with the USL Pro League which will integrate with the MLS Reserve league and create more competitive games and opportunities for non first team players. Some teams have official affiliations but its not required.
SKC has announced and affiliation with Orlando City SC.
This is sort of like SKC getting a AAA club to be able to foster young talent.
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Sporting fans need to brace for the possibility that Kei won't be in Kansas City next year. To add some info to this article that happened after it was published Robb on Twitter in response to people asking about the situation had this to say...
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hard to say. we're working on a number of things with kei right now. we want to do what's best for both of us long term
Norwich City manager Chris Hughton confirms Kei Kamara interest
Add Kei Kamara to the list of Sporting Kansas City players either already moved to, or having been strongly linked with a move to, English Premier clubs this offseason. Norwich City manager Chris Hughton confirmed on Thursday that official inquiries have been made pertaining to the availability and/or asking price for the Sporting KC winger.
This coming from The Guardian - the one UK newspaper known to shoot straight on the regular. Also, including a direct quote from Hughton himself was a nice high school newspaper level journalistic touch.
Former Sporting midfielder Roger Espinoza completed a free transfer to Wigan Athletic in early January, and defender Matt Besler was rumored to be considering something from multiple European clubs. Midfielder Graham Zusi underwent a week-long official trial with West Ham United prior to joining United States national team training camp last week. Kamara also trained with Premier League side Stoke City for a week in December. Neither he nor Zusi were offered contracts following their stints abroad.
That looks to change now, though, for Kamara. In a Thursday press conference, Hughton was asked whether an official offer had been made, which was reported by Sky Sports on Wednesday. If true, signing a player in the final year of their contract often comes at a discount for clubs looking to sign players on the cheap. Here's what Hughton had to say:
"Kei Kamara is a player we have made inquiries about, but any progress remains behind closed doors,"
Simple and straightforward enough. So, where would losing Kamara just a month before the 2013 season leave Sporting KC? To put it simply, in serious trouble.
Only four players - Chris Wondolowski, Alvaro Saborio and Fredy Montero - have scored nine or more goals in each of the last three MLS seasons. Kamara (10 goals, 9 and 11 beginning in 2010, respectively) is the other one. Beyond that, the entire style and philosophy of the way Sporting KC play is epitomized by Kamara and every single one of his physical abilities and talents.
He's big, strong, fast, incredibly direct in his actions going forward, and can jump out of the building. He works his butt off the win the ball back, covers every blade of grass over 90 minutes, and is completely bought into the 'team first' mantra of head coach Peter Vermes. Losing not only its leading goal-scorer for three years running, but also a player who for every two goals he scores himself he creates another with an assist, would be a crippling blow for Sporting.
Kei Kamara is, inarguably, one of the biggest game-changers MLS has to offer.
There were ready-made replacements in most all other positions of the field should Zusi or Besler have gone, even Espinoza who already has, but filling the shoes of Kei Kamara on this kind of short notice would be near impossible for Vermes. I suppose this is truly the problem with having a successful team; it's usually full of talented players. Players that could be earning more money than MLS can offer, and lots of clubs abroad willing to do so.
All of that said, I firmly believe Kamara stays with Sporting KC for the 2013 season. Vermes and Sporting Club CEO Robb Heineman already did what they had to to retain Zusi and Besler; I imagine they do the same for Kamara. The interesting part, though, is the bit about 2013 being the final year of Kamara's contract. 2013-14 will be a completely different story.
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A few other interesting tidbits from Robb's Twitter Q&A.
- Sporting Park has the potential to expend to 28k seats.
- The MLS All Start Game opponent most likely will be from Spain or Germany.
- There is a coin flip odds chance of SKC pulling the trigger on another DP midseason.
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Having said that he is the most athletic player in MLS. Its not surprising EPL is calling for yet another one of our players. His only bad mark is his finishing ability.
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Well, this is somewhat better news... Kei loaned to Norwich City through May 6:
Sporting Kansas City announced on Wednesday that the club has loaned forward Kei Kamara to Norwich City F.C. (English Premier League) through May 6, pending Kamara receiving authorization for a work permit. Sporting Kansas City will receive two-thirds of the substantial loan fee to use as allocation money^ per MLS rules. If Norwich City elects not to acquire the player on a full transfer by May 6, then Kamara will rejoin Sporting Kansas City, where he will be available to play immediately for the club. As part of the agreement, Kamara's contract with MLS has been extended.
"Our club continues to get a lot of attention throughout Europe," Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. "As we do with all of our decisions, we always think about the long-term impact on our organization, as well as the short-term. Ultimately, this opportunity allows us to re-invest back into the club and solidify our core group of players.
"We understand that players are going to be sought after and that players aspire to fulfill personal and professional ambitions. We want to continue to help them achieve those goals and this helps us accomplish that objective, along with extending his contract. We have a very strong roster and this enables another player to step up."
In seven MLS seasons, Kamara has 45 goals and 21 assists in 178 appearances. He has led Sporting KC in scoring each of the last three seasons, including a career-high 11 goals and eight assists last year.
A 2012 MLS All-Star, Kamara has also been a finalist for MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year the past two seasons for his community efforts in Kansas City and his native Sierra Leone.
"It is a very bittersweet day as I am excited to achieve one of my goals, which was to play in the EPL," Kamara said. "Being such a positive person, I trust in this decision and am thankful for the opportunity to play at Norwich City through the end of their season. I am grateful for the coaching staff at Sporting KC and especially Peter (Vermes) for believing in me and helping me through this process."
Kamara is set to become the second player acquired by an English Premier League club from Sporting Kansas City during the January transfer window. Midfielder Roger Espinoza joined Wigan Athletic earlier this month after five years in Kansas City.
Sporting Kansas City, first place finishers in the Eastern Conference each of the last two years, will begin the 2013 season on March 2. Manager Peter Vermes' roster returns captain and MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Jimmy Nielsen, MLS MVP finalist Graham Zusi, MLS Defender of the Year Matt Besler and MLS Best XI selection Aurelien Collin, alongside new attacking additions that include Designated Player Claudio Bieler and U.S. Men's National Team midfielder Benny Feilhaber.
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