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Yes, most insurance policies cover CPAP. CPAP is considered to be durable medical equipment, and you can call your insurer to find out the specifics of your coverage. Deductibles and copayments for medical equipment may be different than what you pay for office visits or prescriptions. Medicaid does cover CPAP equipment, but it will need authorization. Supplies are covered separately, and the amount of coverage varies by state. Deductibles and copayments may apply depending on whether or not you have a secondary insurance.
Nasal pillow systems, nasal masks and full face masks are available in all sizes, shapes and styles from a variety of vendors. They are all effective. The delivery system selection is very personal. On the night of a CPAP titration study (similar to the sleep study), we encourage patients to try on a variety of different types, guided by our experienced technologists. We ask patients to choose a first and second choice and to let us know if they are uncomfortable during the night so they can make a change. We find that even with maximal attention to mask/pillow fit prior to the first night, about 10-15% of the time patients may have an issue with irritation, air leaks or discomfort and may need to make a change over the first few weeks to optimize adaptation.
Humidification of the air in your CPAP system can be extremely helpful in managing both dry mouth as well as a runny nose. Most current CPAP setups include humidification chambers. Studies have shown improved comfort and compliance when the humidity is used. The humidity setting may need to be adjusted, with a higher setting required in cold climates during the heating season. A persistently runny nose can be a problem and sometimes this


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Portuguese teachers protest budget cut they say will slash $1.3 billion from education budget
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LISBON, Portugal – Thousands of teachers from around Portugal are marching in downtown Lisbon to protest proposed spending cuts they say will slash €1 billion ($1.3 billion) from the education budget.
Unions say the government plans to privatize many public schools and cut around 50,000 sector jobs.
Union spokesman Mario Nogueira says the plans revealed in a recent document from the International Monetary Fund would "mean the end of a free and inclusive public school system."
Portugal, which is headed for a third straight year of recession, needed a €78 billion lifeline in May 2011 to avert bankruptcy and has a jobless rate of 16.3 percent. Austerity measures have triggered many strikes and protests.
It was the third country that uses the euro to require an international bailout to deal with its debts.

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After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River," a thin curving line of darker rock cutting through flatter rocks and jutting above sand. Curiosity's science team plans to get a closer look at it before proceeding to other nearby rocks.
"It's one piece of the puzzle," said the mission's project scientist, John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "It has a crosscutting relationship to the surrounding rock and appears to have formed after the deposition of the layer that it transects."
The drive during the mission's 147th Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet took Curiosity about 10 feet (3 meters) northwestward and brought the mission's total driving distance to 2,303 feet (702 meters). The rover is within a shallow depression called "Yellowknife Bay," which is a flatter and lighter-toned type of terrain from what the mission crossed during its first four months inside Gale Crater.
During a holiday break for the rover team, Curiosity stayed at a location within Yellowknife Bay from which the rover took images of its surroundings. The team is evaluating possible first targets for use of Curiosity's hammering drill in coming weeks. The drill will collect powdered samples from the interior of rocks for analysis by instruments inside the rover.
"We had no surprises over the holidays," said the mission's project manager, Richard Cook of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena. "Now, Curiosity is back on the move. The area the rover is in looks good for our first drilling target."
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project is using Curiosity to assess whether areas inside Gale Crater ever offered a habitable environment for microbes. JPL, a division of Caltech, manages the project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
Near the center of Gale Crater (about the size of Connecticut), hundreds of exposed rock layers form a tower as tall as the Rockies and reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago.
Gale crater, like the Gusev crater, sits near the boundary between Mars' southern highlands and northern lowlands. Its interior is filled with layer upon layer of rocks standing 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) higher than the northern crater floor, but it is unknown whether these are sediments came in with ancient floods, or lava flows, or windblown ash deposits.
Gale crater, like the Gusev crater, sits near the boundary between Mars' southern highlands and northern lowlands. Its interior is filled with layer upon layer of rocks standing 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) higher than the northern crater floor, but it is unknown whether these are sediments came in with ancient floods, or lava flows, or windblown ash deposits.
The geological history told by the rock layers matches what has been proposed in recent years as the dominant planet-wide pattern for early Mars, according to a new report by geologists using instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
"Looking at the layers from the bottom to the top, from the oldest to the youngest, you see a sequence of changing rocks that resulted from changes in environmental conditions through time," said Ralph Milliken of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "This thick sequence of rocks appears to be showing different steps in the drying-out of Mars."
Using geological layers to understand stages in the evolution of a planet's climate has a precedent on Earth. A change about 1.8 billion years ago in the types of rock layers formed on Earth became a key to understanding a dramatic change in Earth's ancient atmosphere.
Milliken and his colleagues found that clay minerals, which form under very wet conditions, are concentrated in layers near the bottom of the Gale stack. Above that, sulfate minerals are intermixed with the clays. Sulfates form in wet conditions and can be deposited when the water in which they are dissolved evaporates. Higher still are sulfate-containing layers without detectable clays. And at the top is a thick formation of regularly spaced layers bearing no detectable water-related minerals.
Rock exposures with compositions like various layers of the Gale stack have been mapped elsewhere on Mars, and researchers, including Jean-Pierre Bibring of the University of Paris, have proposed a Martian planetary chronology of clay-producing conditions followed by sulfate-producing conditions followed by dry conditions. However, Gale is the first location where a single series of layers has been found to contain these clues in a clearly defined sequence from older rocks to younger rocks.
"If you could stand there, you would see this beautiful formation of Martian sediments laid down in the past, a stratigraphic section that's more than twice the height of the Grand Canyon, though not as steep," said Bradley Thomson of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
NASA selected Gale Crater in 2008 as one of four finalist sites for the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, which has a planned launch in 2011. The finalist sites all have exposures of water-related minerals, and each has attributes that distinguish it from the others.
Casey Kazan via NASA
Source: The Daily Galaxy via http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/


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This word is usually aimed at "Dan Thomas" AKA "Squirrel" This child is a very aggresive individual which will take no crap off of no one but could easily get his ass kicked by Matt and Daffydd. His famous phrase is "Calm Down" and this is the phrase that strikes fear in the heart of any man.
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Your doctor and/or nurse will probably:
1. Check your toddler's weight, length, and head circumference and plot the measurements on the growth charts.
2. Ask questions, address concerns, and offer advice about how your child is:
Eating. By 12 months, toddlers are ready to switch from formula to cow's milk. Children may be breastfed beyond 1 year of age, if desired. Your child might move away from baby foods and be more interested in table foods. Offer a variety of soft table foods and avoid choking hazards.
Pooping. As you introduce more foods and whole milk, the appearance and frequency of your child's poopy diapers may change. Let your doctor know if your child has diarrhea, is constipated, or has poop that's hard to pass.
Sleeping. One-year-olds need about 11 to 14 hours of sleep a day, including one or two daytime naps.
Developing. By 1 year, it's common for many children to:
3. Do a physical exam with your child undressed while you are present.
4. Update immunizations. Immunizations can protect kids from serious childhood illnesses, so it's important that your child receive them on time. Immunization schedules can vary from office to office, so talk to your doctor about what to expect.
5. Order tests. Your doctor may check for lead exposure, anemia, or tuberculosis if your child is at risk.
Here are some things to keep in mind until your child's next checkup at 15 months:
These checkup sheets are consistent with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)/Bright Futures guidelines.
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Autographed Sgt. Pepper album up for auction
DALLAS (AP) — Advance bids for a copy of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album autographed by all four band members are even higher than the auction house anticipated.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said Friday that bidding for the 1967 album has reached $110,500 and could surpass $150,000 by the March 30 auction. Heritage originally estimated the album would go for around $30,000.
The Beatles signed the album on the gatefold above pictures of their heads.
The auction company's consignment director, Garry Shrum, says there's no telling when an autograph of such quality will show up again and "people are responding to that."
Shrum says the bidding seems to have "taken on a life of its own."
Bids started at $15,000 and include the buyer's premium.


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Regents Medal honors irrigation pioneer Robert B. DaughertyThe University of Nebraska's most prestigious award, the Regents Medal, was presented July 15 in honor of the late Robert B. Daugherty of Omaha, the legendary irrigation pioneer and founder of Valmont Industries Inc. whose charitable foundation provided a $50 million gift last year to establish the university's global Water for Food Institute.
NU President James B. Milliken presents the Regents Medal to Robert Daugherty's son Tim and other members of the Daugherty family View larger
In presenting the medal, Regent Jim McClurg noted that Daugherty clearly fit the criteria of the Regents Medal, which the Board created in 2006 to honor individuals whose service to the university has significantly furthered the goals and mission of the institution.
"The gift that Bob Daugherty made last year to the University of Nebraska is a wonderful platform from which the university and the state can foster historic change in water resources and food production everywhere in the world," McClurg said. "Bob and his family, his colleagues at Valmont, and the Daugherty Foundation have my deepest respect and gratitude for setting the course for this initiative."
McClurg added, "I have the highest expectations that we will look back at this time as a significant inflection point in the global impact of the University of Nebraska. The work of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute will benefit billions of people. We are so fortunate to be at one of those special times when the right issue, right people, right resources and opportunity have converged."
In addition to founding Valmont, the world's most successful irrigation company where he served for more than five decades, Daugherty was a leading figure in the Omaha and Nebraska communities throughout his career. He became a mentor to many civic and business leaders in Omaha and contributed generously to educational and other causes in which he believed. He served as director for a number of Omaha corporations and, through the creation of his namesake charitable foundation, became well-known as a philanthropist as well as an innovator and entrepreneur.
The gift from the Robert B. Daugherty Charitable Foundation to establish the Water for Food Institute, announced in April 2010, is one of the largest in NU's history. It is one of the hallmark gifts of the Campaign for Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Foundation's ongoing comprehensive fundraising campaign for which water for food is one of six priority academic areas. The Board of Regents voted earlier this year to name the Water for Food Institute in Daugherty's honor. The institute is a university-wide, interdisciplinary research, education and policy analysis center dedicated to the efficient use of the world's freshwater resources to feed a growing global population.
Among the successes of the Daugherty Institute during its first year:
- The institute, together with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, hosted the third annual Water for Food Conference this May. The conference drew 450 participants from more than 20 countries, including international leaders in fields related to the use of water for agriculture.
- Through the institute, the university continues to build its international stature and is forging new collaborations with key partners across the globe, including leading universities and ministries in China, India and elsewhere. For example, in May, the institute signed an education partnership agreement with the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, The Netherlands – the world's largest international postgraduate water education facility – focused on water and food security. The agreement will allow Nebraska students to study abroad and will bring students from developing nations to NU. The partners also will develop joint Master of Science degree programs in water for food as well as related courses and collaborative research projects.
- In March, NU President James B. Milliken co-hosted with M.S. Swaminathan – known as the father of the Indian "green revolution" – a water conference in Chennai, India, sponsored by the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum.
- A search for the institute's inaugural director drew outstanding candidates from around the world and an announcement is expected soon.
Milliken added, "Bob Daugherty was a true pioneer and visionary who saw that the University of Nebraska was in the right place at the right time to become a global leader in the use of water for agriculture. We will do all we can to fulfill his vision of creating an institute where the world's best minds come together to find solutions that will improve the quality of life for people around the world."
The first Regents Medal recipient was the late Charles W. Durham. In 2009, the medal was awarded to Omaha philanthropists Ruth and Bill Scott.


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#1 Me and the PC11-10-2012, 01:07 AM
I ran into some ancient history today that I can really relate to. In my first visit with my HS counselor and after all of the testing her evaluation suggested I would be most happy "running a computer in the woods" as a career. That was in 1958 and neither of us could come up with that career.
Now one must remember that the first desktop computer (8 square feet) arrived in 1962. 50 years ago this month. The LINC was put to work by MIT in biomedical research. It had 1 kb of memory and cost about $44K.
The LINC was a one-off. Three years later the first successful minicomputer manufactured, the PDP 8, sold for $18K. Following that the public experienced the ARPAnet, Atari's Pong, the Altair 8000 (256 bytes of memory), the Apple I, the Apple II, the Pet and the TRS 80.
In 1981 IBM anointed it's entrant into the industry as the "PC" and the nomenclature has stuck.
A year later the first laptop (GRID, >$8K) arrived followed by Compaq (83) and the first Mac (84).
So everybody gets into the act, the I devices start up with an iMac, Moore's law proves itself and the industry rolls to the release of the iPhone 5. 5x2x1/4 inch, with 16 Gb of memory and priced at $200. Substitute your favorite here.
My first interaction with a mini was a PDP 11 in 1976. In 77 I realized that prediction of 1958. (Substitute the oil patch for the woods) Today I own a desktop, a laptop and a smartphone. My wife has two laptops, an iPad, an iTouch and the twin to my smartphone.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
. If you ain't havin' fun, it's your own damn fault
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DeRico Tilley is in his first season as the assistant track and field coach at Lees-McRae College.
Tilley brings a tremendous amount of experience scouting, training, and developing student-athletes, serving as the sprint and relays coach at Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Ala. since 2007, and assisting with several other track programs throughout the Birmingham area.
He is also a successful entrepreneur, founding Fitness by Tilley in May of 2005 and serving as the chief fitness specialist with the company since its inception. A native of Mobile, Ala., Tilley also founded U.S. Elite Jr. in May of 2010, coaching men and women in the development of physical skills while building unique fitness plans for each member.
Tilley began his track and field career at the University of South Alabama, earning 12 all-Sun Belt Conference selections, while being named to the NJCAA All-American team eight times. The eight-time Sun Belt Athlete of the Week graduated from South Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication, and also holds an Associate of Arts from Bishop State Community College.
Following his career at South Alabama, Tilley was selected to the United States' Track and Field team, participating in the 100- and 200-meter dash events at various venues around the world from May 2002 to August 2009. Perhaps his top moment came in 2000 while still at South Alabama, when his performances in both events landed him among the top 10 in the world as well as a spot in the US Olympic trials.
What they're saying about Coach Tilley
James Moore, head track & field coach at Oak Mountain High School: "Rico matches his personal experience with his own brand of "tough love served with compassion" that our athletes [at Oak Mountain] respond to so well. He knows that method works because he learned them himself the hard way. Rico is beloved by "his" sprinters and they willingly push past comfort to find the greatness within themselves that he already sees in them."
Michael Mims, Director of Grants at Family Promise of Coastal Alabama, Inc.: "As a coach, DeRico has lovingly worked with athletes of varying abilities at every level of competition. His athletes respect not only his credentials and knowledge base, but also his coaching style. Rico coaches each athlete as an individual. He has a knack for identifying what motivates each person as well as identifying their strengths and weaknesses as athletes. These skills have served him well in crafting the appropriate training regiments and competition routines to ensure the success of teams under his charge."
Chris Baptista, assistant track coach at California State University, Fresno: "DeRico has a strong desire to take the next step in his coaching career and to make a difference in peoples' lives. Teaching life skills, adapting to ever changing social environments, living a structured lifestyle and being a role model are all key characteristics of DeRico. Place on top of that a self-motivated challenge to enhance at least one individual's life every day and to be successful is what defines DeRico."


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Susan's Dry Rubbed Steak & Shrimp with Watermelon Salad Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009
Recipe: Dry Rubbed Steak & Shrimp with Watermelon Goat Cheese Salad
How long does it take? 30 minutes
Category: Omnivore
Name: Susan
Why is it a favorite meal? It is quick, flavorful and satisfying, but also so refreshing due to the watermelon salad. Although it's simple it would still be a nice meal to have guests over for.
Dry Rubbed Steak & Shrimp with Watermelon Goat Cheese Salad
2 New York strip steaks
1/2 pound peeled and deveined shrimp
2 tbsp dry rub (your favorite recipe or bottle)
fleur de sel & freshly ground pepper
1lb watermelon
2 handfuls arugula
half lemon
good quality extra virgin olive oil
3 tbsp goat cheese
1/4 cup toasted chopped hazelnuts
Season steaks and shrimp with salt and pepper. Add dry rub evenly and rub in. Put shrimps in the fridge but leave steaks out to take the chill off.
Chop watermelon into 3/4 inch cubes. Scatter arugula in a large salad bowl and put watermelon cubes on top loosening up some of the arugula leaves so they are not all squished. Crumble goat cheese into the bowl and scatter hazelnuts. Place in fridge.
Heat a large stainless steel pan to medium high with a generous drizzle of olive oil. Blot the steaks to remove extra moisture and place in hot pan to sear. After a few minutes flip the steaks over and continue cooking it. The numbers of minutes you will need to cook the steak will depend on its size and thickness.
Use an instant read thermometer to cook the steaks for 130 to 135 degrees for medium rare. Place the steaks on a plate to rest and heat another pan for the shrimp. Once the pan is hot saute the shrimps. Slice up the steak on a bias and plate with the shrimp.
To dress the salad squeeze over the lemon juice and lightly drizzle in extra virgin olive oil. Add fleur de sel and freshly cracked pepper.
Dinner is ready!
Thanks Susan, and good luck! Readers, give Susan a thumbs up if you like this recipe!
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Alfresco and Intecna: Partners Providing Innovative Solutions to the Junta de Andalucía
The largest open source software project in Spain worth 1.7 million euro, including services and support
London, UK, April 21, 2008 - Alfresco Software together with Intecna Soluciones - its Andalusian partner, have signed a strategic open source software agreement with the Junta de Andalucía. It is the largest project of its kind in Spain to date.
Alfresco will implement the software project over a period of three years. The decision by the Junta de Andalucía (government of Andalusia) to select Alfresco's records management solution consolidates its leading position in the use of these tools. "Under the supervision of the Department of IT Coordination of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Trade, the project will allow us optimize investment in this type of application", said Francisco Lineros, Head of Services of the Ministries.
Sabas Casas, General Manager of Intecna Soluciones, also praised the work of the Junta de Andalucía, and its ongoing commitment to business efforts through innovation based on open standards, as in the case of Alfresco Records Management: "INTECNA has always been committed to Alfresco and thanks to a unique Platinum level of collaboration and integration in Spain, we have reached the highest level of national specialization, without which we wouldn't have been able to satisfy the requirements of the Junta de Andalucía."
In the context of this project the Junta de Andalucía has invested in the most modern vanguard technologies in the area of TIC.
During the "Alfresco European Community Conference" on 22 April in IDEC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (from 9:30 to 19.00), the Junta de Andalucía will present its successful case on the use of Alfresco software. The Association of Open Computing in Catalonia will also present a case study on their adoption of Alfresco.


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Texas Stadium Turf Plaque
Hey Cowboy nation!
I received an email from Steiner Sports today who is selling Texas Stadium turf plaques.
I know everyone could not get to the Fan Fest to get a piece of history. I was lucky enough to get a turnstile from the stadium.
So below is the link to Steiner Sports so you can get your piece of Texas Stadium history!


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Microsoft Open House: Steve Ballmer InterviewWednesday, October 13th, 2010
"Hi guys," Steve Ballmer said as he walked into the meeting room where Emily, Amanda, and I were already sitting down with Frank Shaw, VP of communications. That morning, Steve had given a press conference about the release of the new Windows Phone 7 (WP7), a very smart smartphone, I dare say. After Steve shook hands and sat down, Frank proposed that we go around in a circle and ask questions one at a time.


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NA Juniors Game Night: 10-20-12
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 2 @ Chicoutimi Sagueneens 1
C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 0-0-0, E, 4 PIM (slashing, roughing), 3 SOG, 3 Hits
Season totals: 13 GP, 6-8-14, +10, 32 PIM
The Armada spotted the Sags the first goal, then scored twice late in the third period to steal a road win. Paquette only took eight faceoffs in the game, winning six. He led the team in hits with three.
Ontario Hockey League
Oshawa Generals 2 @ Owen Sound Attack 1
D Jake Dotchin, OS: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 11 GP, 1-2-3, E, 10 PIM
Daniel Altshuller (Hurricanes) stopped 26 of 27 shots and Flyers first rounder Scott Laughton scored the game winner to lead Oshawa to a win in Owen Sound.
Guelph Storm 8 @ Saginaw Spirit 5
C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: 1-1-2, -1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 9 GP, 2-12-14, +2, 19 PIM
Richard (pictured) returned from a 2-game suspension for instigating a fight in the last five minutes of a game. He scored his second goal of the year and added an assist. His goal gave Guelph a 3-1 lead early in the second period. The Storm went on to put a snowman up on the scoreboard in Michigan.
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This fifth edition of this text considers the four basic tissue types, organs and organ systems with each chapter presenting objectives, MAX Yield study questions, synopses and multiple-choice questions.Paulsen, Douglas F. is the author of 'Histology and Cell Biology Examination and Board Review E05', published 2008 under ISBN 9780071476652 and ISBN 0071476652.[read more]
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Kalimbo (also called Kosomot) was the son of the Vala Melko and the ogress Ulbandi, as conceived in the earliest versions of the legendarium. Kalimbo is described as a "savage, uncivilized man, barbarian; giant, monster, troll".[1][2] Tolkien later changed his name to Gothmog,[3] but eventually the idea that the Valar had children was discarded altogether.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 12
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), entry for Kalimbo
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin": "Notes and Commentary", p. 216


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One must give credit to Tony Abate of The Bike Rack Cycling Team of DC. He sent the yougotdropped headquarters an email bringing attention to his own self pity. Not only did Tony get the big drop, he found the camera lens and gave his best Derick Zoolander for Amy Jones.
For that, we raise a glass of the good stuff, Tony. That's the way it's done.


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Jan. 23, 2006
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Engineers took part in the annual Williams Quad on Saturday at the Herbert S. Towne Field House and came away with victories in five events. MIT took an early 37 point lead, but the Williams College Ephs battled back to win by 15 points. Behind Williams (207) and MIT (192) followed RPI (109) and Westfield State (90). Seniors Uzoma Orji and Nate Ball provided MIT's highlights with Field House records in the weight throw and the shot put.
The meet, won last year by the Ephs by seven points over MIT, was a close fought battle until the end. Early on, sophomore Omari Stephens won the 55-meter hurdles for the Engineers. MIT senior Eric Khatchadourian was victorious in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9:00.07.
The best competition of the day featured MIT's Uzoma Orji up against the Williams' Dan Austin, the outdoor national discuss champion. Orji, ranked number one nationally in both the shot put and the weight throw, significantly outdid Austin in both events. Orji claimed a 17.29 meter throw in the shot put, well further than Austin's 15.75 meter toss. Then in the weight throw, Orji established a new Field House record with an 18.99 meter throw.
Also posting a new Field House record on Saturday was MIT's Nate Ball, who won the pole vault with a 4.80 meter mark. Unfortunately for the Engineers, they found themselves slightly behind Williams before the relay events. The Ephs then took home both the 4x440 and 4x880 relays to put MIT away.
The Engineers will look to build off of several strong individual performances when they travel to Brunswick, Maine on Saturday, January 28 for another Quad meet. The meet against Springfield, Tufts and Bowdoin will begin at 12:30 p.m.


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Duskwalker needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
We need a logo for our site metaRL.com The site gives free InGame money for various virtual worlds such as "SecondLife" and "Entropia". Our members earn the money by doing various tasks, competing in contests, etc.
The logo will be going up on our site (which is still being worked on) where it says "metaRL LOGO". http://www.metarl.com
Desired Color Scheme:
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png)
For the logo we just want it to match our colorscheme and be usable on the site as well as other mediums like print, digital goods, etc.
If you want to add some kind of currency to your logo you can do one or all of these that we pay out in. Eventually we will pay out in more virtual world currencys so feel free to add in gold coins, or other generic looking game currency.
SecondLife Currency doesnt have a set image but it is usually represented on a coin or a bill with "$L" like,
Entropia Currency is on a virtual card in the game. So something looking like a credit card with this on it.
So you can include your own version of the virtual world currencys in your logo design but its NOT required.
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Kimchi Chronicles "The Seafood Chronicles" Diving into one of the most amazing Korean traditions, Jean-Georges visits with the Haenyos of Jeju Island, who free-dive for seafood off the rocky coast. Jean-Georges feasts on fresh sea urchin, a dream breakfast for a world-renowned chef. Then, he enjoys a fortifying seafood stew at Baekrok Haegwon restaurant, a Korean-style bouillabaisse filled with clams and crab. D
7:30 pm
Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Pan Searing" In this episode, Martha demonstrates how to pan sear, a technique that produces consistently satisfying - and quick - meats and fish. Pan searing involves browning food quickly over high heat so it develops a nice crust and locks in the flavor and juiciness. Martha shares her technique for pan-seared scallops with lemon-caper sauce and offers recipes for crisp-skinned salmon filet, pan-seared steak with mustard-cream sauce and Muscovy duck breasts with port-wine reduction. D
8:00 pm
Hometime "Kitchen and Mud Room Remodel 6" It's time for finishing touches as Dean and Miriam trim out the kitchen, mud room and powder room. D
8:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Galicia and the Camino De Santiago" Rick follows a centuries-old pilgrim trail, from the French border to Santiago de Compostela in Spain's northwest corner. He stops in Pamplona for the running of the bulls and dives into the unique Celtic culture of Galicia where Riverdance meets flamenco.G
9:00 pm
Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions "Cologne, Germany" Built by the ancient Romans, Cologne is a mixture of old and new - 60, 000 university students keep it young, a thousand-year-old cathedral gives it maturity. In this program, Burt visits the cathedral which is Germany's most visited tourist attraction and finds out how it can reconnect travelers with their spiritual feelings. He also stops into the city's best restaurants and presents Cologne's traditional foods and drinks. D
9:30 pm
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way "Pop Over Anytime" Jacques begins with a pre-made pizza shell for chorizo, mushroom and cheese pizza. A box of pasta and can of tuna becomes orecchiete with fennel and tuna. A couple of eggs combined with flour and sugar make sweet popovers with apricot jam.G
10:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Southeast Asian Favorites" Man on the Street Doc Willoughby ventures to New York City to learn the secrets of Thai cooking. Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Thai Grilled Beef Salad. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for smoker boxes in the Equipment Corner. D
10:30 pm
Coastal Cooking with John Shields "Pacific Northwest" Penn Cove Mussels on the Pacific Northwest's Whidbey Island open up about their famous Marinated Mussels recipe. Other recipes include Wildwood Planked Salmon from Tillicum Village, Salmon Jerky, BBQ Oysters and oysters on the half shell. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Guilty Pleasures" Joanne confesses to her student Kyle that her favorite food is potato chips, but gives him a healthier oven "fried" version. They are so good, it's hard to save a few to go with their bruschetta blue cheese burgers and blueberry nectarine sangria. Recipes: Oven Fried Potato Chips with Marjoram Salt, Bruschetta Burger with Caramelized Onions and Blue Cheese, and Rose Sangria with Blueberry and Nectarines. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Galicia and the Camino De Santiago" Rick follows a centuries-old pilgrim trail, from the French border to Santiago de Compostela in Spain's northwest corner. He stops in Pamplona for the running of the bulls and dives into the unique Celtic culture of Galicia where Riverdance meets flamenco.G


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Pets, Pets, Pets
Eulogy for "Best In Shelter" Quinn: He never met you yet he loved you. This remarkable dog embodied unconditional love and gratitude. Our English Setter profiled last week ("Pets" Post, 1/20/10) did travel to a welcoming home in Pennsylvania. Less
than two days later he
suddenly arrived at the "Rainbow Bridge" embraced by these loving guardians.
To say Quinn was an exceptional dog is an understatement. To say Eileen and Tom, his new owners, are exceptional people-an understatement also. We believe Quinn held on until he found them. Each of us who had the privilege to meet Quinn will never view a rescue dog the same again.
This magnificent Setter, turned into a bag of bones, surfaced in the Bronx the day after Christmas. Despite his weakened state, Quinn's quiet, canine charisma-his Cupid arrows- struck all who met him. It took a Village of rescuers to bring him from a city shelter to safety in a LI kennel. Soon after we learned he wasn't starving, but instead emaciated because his kidneys were failing due to chronic Lyme disease. Still he was a happy, tailwagging machine. Maybe Quinn understood better than us that we found him too late.
We pumped Quinn up with mega drugs and a special diet, and were fortunate to find an idyllic hospice home with the help of Above & Beyond English Setter Rescue (www.esrescue.org). The morning of his journey Quinn dragged me after a squirrel and wolfed down a hardboiled egg, shell and all, part of his health regimen.
He was a perfect passenger on his PA transport. Tuesday night, Eileen took him to her vet who was surprised to see the dog acting much better than he expected from the original lab reports. The next day, Quinn met a holistic vet. He trotted in his new yard overlooking the mountains. Perhaps he could defy the odds. We knew his days were still numbered, but since he was so content and animated, who would think he'd be gone so soon?
That said, here are excerpts from Eileen's Thursday email: "God Has Another Angel Tonight-Quinn"
"Tom and I helped Quinn to the bridge today. Last night, we hand fed him ...his tail was wagging at warp speed. He had salmon, chicken, sweet potato, a bit of broccoli and a bit of rice. He had a little snack of ground meat at 9:30...I slept with him in my arms the first night here and Tom slept with him last night (we agreed to take turns). Tom checked him several times and each time Quinn was awake and looking back at him. Quinn selected the couch for his bed last night so Tom got the floor. Thismorning he did not want to walk so Tom carried him out and he did walk a little but when he came back inside he fell and cried a bit. He did not want salmon or chicken in the morning but did eat some of his little meatballs.
We went to our vet and the blood work was even worse than the already horrible blood work from the ninth. While we waited he was a bit thirsty but did not have the strength to roll up and drink....I did get him to drink a cup of water by dropping water in his mouth via a syringe. All the while he wagged his tail. The only thing that could have helped him was a transfusion which we were prepared to do. Dr. Steve wanted to take a chest x-ray to make sure his lungs were clear.
In order to try to save him, or buy him some more time, the transfusion had to work, his phosphorous come down, epogen or procrit take effect, and his appetite kept up so he would continue to eat. All big "what if 's" and big risks. We would have had to take Quinn to a specialty hospital and they would have had to admit him. We did not want Quinn left anywhere but with us. Steve also shared, as a friend, that if Quinn was his, he would say good-bye. Quinn had little energy....and Tom and I agreed it was the only loving thing we had left to offer him. No sooner did I say that ...Quinn looked at us with bright eyes and puffed ears as if to say "thank you." It is almost like he waited until he finally got a family and a forever home. Then I thought...are we doing the right thing? We carried Quinn outside to our SUV. Steve's practice is surrounded by cornfields and mountain views. We backed the SUV over to the edge of the field... There were big roosters strutting in the cut corn rows and the warm sunshine was shining on him. Quinn was watching the roosters and Tom chased them closer for Quinn. We called Bonnie and Joanne (his NY angels) and let them say their good-byes via cell. He heard their voices and perked up a bit. We then said our good-byes and helped him to the bridge.
Quinn is a very special dog who touched so many people's lives in the short time he was with us. It was truly something you had to experience to understand. Loving, kind, gentle, and so appreciative of everything anyone did for him, even if it was just coming into a room. "Our hearts are breaking..... We had Quinn with us for 47 hours and he was family," Eileen said.
To add to Quinn's mystique, the x-ray taken that last day found a second microchip from a European registry that migrated to Quinn's chest. Answers? His age; his breeder; imported as a show, pet or field dog? Was he lost, stolen, dumped, or a combo of scenarios? So far we haven't traced the chip, but as I type this, we have guidance from a vet in Sweden and an amazing Australian woman who continues searching for her English Setter Beau (www.findingbeau.com) stolen six years ago. The chip confirms Quinn isn't Beau. Their incomplete stories confirm they were both extraordinary Setters, dearly missed.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: "Alice" #93081 an older teacup Yorkie found in Copiague, smothered us with kisses as her mats were cut off. "Ralphie" in Cage 9 is a young, athletic Shepherd/Lab mix.
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Faced with the suffering caused by World War 60 years ago the Catholic bishops of the United States founded the War Relief Services. That organization evolved into Catholic Relief Services, which can now look back on a proud heritage of supporting disaster relief efforts throughout the world during six decades.
In its early years, the agency helped nearly 100,000 displaced persons settle in the United States. It distributed surplus food to those left homeless by the partition of India and Pakistan and began outreach programs in Albania, South Korea and in the Philippines. Tragedy also marked that early period. In 1945 a twin-engine military plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City and killed 11 C.R.S. employees.
In 1950 Catholic Relief Services began one of its most visible and successful undertakings, the Thanksgiving Clothing Appeal, which collected millions of pounds of clothing for emergencies. During the Korean War the agency helped hundreds of thousands of refugees by providing food, clothing and medicine. Following the 1954 partition of Vietnam, relief aid was provided to the nearly one million refugees who fled the north.
Operation Rice Bowl, another significant and highly visible initiative, was started and adopted by the bishops in 1977 as the official Lenten program of C.R.S. In 1972 American dioceses collected more than $3 million for relief aid following an earthquake in Nicaragua to provide material assistance and help rebuild and rehabilitate damaged structures. In 1998, following the destructive Hurricane Mitch, reconstruction efforts were undertaken throughout Central America.
C.R.S. is especially concerned to work with partner organizations to maximize relief efforts. In Lebanon it worked with the United States Agency for International Development, initiating a $5-million project for the reconstruction of social welfare institutions affected by the hostilities. In Uganda it works with church partners in its first H.I.V. and AIDS initiative. Current H.I.V. and AIDS projects serve two million people in 30 countries, representing a commitment of $17 million.
Because of its far-flung activities, which require fast action on the ground, it is not surprising that the service has had management problems that require careful monitoring by its board of directors and the infusion of expert advice to ensure that its personnel are properly trained and supervised. The agency has also recently conducted an internal re-examination of its role in the world. What was developed was a way of looking at programming, called "justice lens," to ensure that it not only meets immediate needs but also challenges traditional structures of oppression and impoverishment.
A recent example of the application of the "justice lens" is the report by C.R.S. on the use of oil revenues in Africa. This report conservatively estimates that governments in sub-Saharan Africa will receive more than $200 billion in oil revenues in the next 10 years. This money should be used to improve the lives of the citizens. But when governments are not accountable to their people, hopes for improvement wane. While the primary responsibility for structural improvement rests with the oil-producing countries themselves, the United States and other Western nations have a responsibility to use diplomatic and financial means to encourage fair distribution of this new oil wealth in Africa. This insistence that Africa's oil must be of benefit to Africans is as integral to the C.R.S. mission as is the distribution of relief aid.
The 1997 statement of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Called to Global Solidarity, has prompted C.R.S. to encourage the American Catholic community to live in solidarity with people everywhere. C.R.S. has created a Global Solidarity Partnership, which matches U.S. dioceses with dioceses overseas for a better understanding of one another's lives.
The remarkable accomplishments of C.R.S. were made possible only through the generosity of the American Catholic community and the heroism of staff workers throughout the world. The needs are and will continue to be enormous. But even as C.R.S. observes its 60th anniversary, it continues to work tirelessly. In the West Bank this summer it ran a camp in El Khader to teach children coping and survival skills. In Liberia it works with its partner organization Caritas Internationalis to distribute emergency medical kits. In just two days in mid-June it distributed 90 metric tons of food aid to thousands of displaced Liberians. In Iraq it is distributing food and medical aid and has organized vocational training sites. Even in Afghanistan, it has participated in educational and teacher-training programs that are sensitive to the culture of the country. Wherever the need is greatest, C.R.S. has been and is present. We wish it many more decades of devoted service.
Our mission to help those in need around the world, and to further connect American Catholics to their brothers and sisters overseas, compels us forward each new day. Your kind recognition offered us a moment to reflect upon and appreciate what we have achieved, and it inspires us to do more and to do it better.


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Children should have as little exposure to pesticides as possible, the American Academy of Pediatrics urged.
A policy statement and technical report from the organization outlined steps for pediatricians to identify pesticide poisoning, evaluate for pesticide-related illness, provide appropriate treatment, and help prevent unnecessary exposure and poisoning.
"Children encounter pesticides daily and have unique susceptibilities to their potential toxicity," James Roberts, MD, MPH, and colleagues wrote in the December issue of Pediatrics.
Household insecticides, pet flea and tick chemicals, and agricultural pesticide residues are all hazards but may not constitute the biggest impact.
"For many children, diet may be the most influential source," the statement noted.
It pointed to an organic food intervention study that cut pesticides out of the diet, which showed "drastic and immediate decrease in urinary excretion of pesticide metabolites."
While there's no good data on exactly how common acute pesticide poisoning is among children, pediatricians have a "poor track record" when it comes to recognizing it, the authors pointed out.
The statement recommended having an index of suspicion based on familiarity with toxic mechanisms -- outlined in the document for individual classes of pesticides -- and taking an environmental history.
For example, rodenticides are long-acting anticoagulants. Poisoning with them causes bleeding through the gums, nose, and other mucous membranes as well as bruising. Vitamin K would be the treatment.
"Organophosphate and carbamate poisoning are perhaps the most widely known acute poisoning syndromes, can be diagnosed by depressed red blood cell cholinesterase levels, and have available antidotal therapy," the technical report noted.
Atropine is the primary antidote. Pralidoxime also works to reverse organophosphate toxicity and reactivate cholinesterase, but isn't indicated for carbamate poisoning, which is usually reversible.
However, using atropine can be disastrous in the case of pyrethroid poisoning, so discernment is important.
The local or regional poison control center can be a a key resource; so can the label on the pesticide.
Labels usually provide basic first aid advice. Some also have relevant medical information in a "note for physicians."
The labels don't talk about toxicity of inert ingredients or chronic toxicity, though.
Chronic effects range from adverse birth outcomes to cognitive deficits, asthma, and cancer.
Avoiding exposure may take broader efforts, as suggested by the policy statement.
It also suggested integrated pest managment to minimize or replace chemical pesticides, posting warning signs, and restricting spray zone as a buffer around schools.
Mainly the pediatrics group made recommendations to government in this regard, such as better regulation of labeling, ensuring pesticide marketing doesn't look attractive to children, and optimizing national surveillance of pesticide-related poisoning.
The statements didn't include consideration of the insect repellents DEET (N,N-diethylmeta- toluamide) or picaridin, which the organization reviewed previously in a separate statement.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) declared that any conflicts of interest were resolved through a process approved by its board of directors.
All AAP policy statements expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Behind a season-high 16 team blocks, the No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team (11-2, 3-1) beat the Michigan Wolverines 3-1 (21-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-21) in front of 4,084 fans at the NU Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.
Two Huskers notched double-doubles on the day, as Lauren Cook paced the Husker offense with 48 assists and tallied 16 digs. Gina Mancuso posted 12 kills and also notched 16 digs. Morgan Broekhuis led Nebraska offensively with 16 kills on 38 swings for a .395 hitting percentage. Hayley Thramer notched 12 kills on 20 swings for a .450 hitting percentage. Hannah Werth also recorded 16 digs for NU, while Lara Dykstra had 15.
Broekhuis led the Nebraska block with a season-high eight total blocks. Thramer notched seven blocks, while Mancuso had four. Nebraska's 16 team blocks were the most since the team totaled 18 against Michigan on Nov. 4, 2011. Nebraska hit .291 in the match, while Michigan was held to a .162 hitting percentage. The Wolverines notched 12 team blocks, but were out-dug 72-65 by the Huskers.
AUDIO John Cook press conference (5:00)
Michigan came out to a 4-0 lead to open the match. The Wolverines stretched their lead to 10-4 before Meghan Haggerty notched a kill for the Huskers. A kill by Mancuso made it 11-6, Michigan, before a kill by Thramer and a solo block from Broekhuis made it 14-10, Wolverines. Nebraska would use a double-stuff block by Broekhuis and Thramer and a kill from Mancuso to make it 22-17, Michigan, before forcing U-M to call a timeout. The Nebraska rally continued as the Huskers posted three-straight points, punctuated on a block by Werth to cut Michigan's lead to 23-21. The Wolverines would go on to close out the Huskers, taking the first set 25-21.
Thramer led Nebraska in the first set with four kills, while Mancuso and Werth both tabbed three kills. Cook paced the Huskers with 12 assists, while Nebraska totaled six team blocks. The Huskers hit just .133 in the set.
Nebraska jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second set, following a kill by Broekhuis. A double-stuff block by Broekhuis and Haggerty made it 8-3, Huskers, before a 3-0 run made it 12-5, Nebraska. A kill by Mancuso put NU up 16-8, as the Huskers went on to open up the set at 22-10. Nebraska then closed out Michigan 25-13, taking the second and tying the match at one set apiece.
Broekhuis posted six kills for the Huskers in the set, while Mancuso had five of her own. Cook tabbed 15 assists for Nebraska, guiding NU to a .548 hitting percentage. Nebraska tabbed four team blocks to Michigan's one block. The Huskers held Michigan to a .067 hitting percentage.
Cook kicked off the third set with a service ace for the Huskers, while Nebraska went up 6-3 on a kill by Thramer. Another ace by Cook made it 13-7, Nebraska, while Broekhuis notched back-to-back kills as NU took a 15-8 lead. Michigan went on a 4-0 run to make it 20-14, Huskers, as NU would go on to win the third set 25-17.
Both Broekhuis and Thramer had four kills in the third set, while Cook notched 10 assists. Nebraska hit .353, as Michigan hit .189.
The Huskers went up 6-2 in the fourth set following a kill by Thramer. Just when the Wolverines cut it as close as 9-8, Haggerty came through with a kill to give Nebraska a two-point lead. Michigan would not back down, but Mancuso notched back-to-back aces to give Nebraska a 15-10 advantage. The Wolverines cut the Husker lead to 20-19, before Nebraska had to use a timeout. Michigan again came within two at 22-20, but a kill by Thramer followed by a kill from Broekhuis clinched the fourth-set 25-21 win and 3-1 match win for the Huskers.
Broekhuis and Thramer both tallied four kills in the fourth set. Cook notched 11 assists, while the Huskers hit .220 as a team. Michigan notched a .178 hitting percentage in the fourth set.
Nebraska will hit the road next weekend as the Huskers travel to face Purdue on Friday, Oct. 5 and Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 6.
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April 22, 2003
If your entire day is consumed with thoughts of food, calories or weight, your problem may have nothing to do with your waistline.
A Fear of New Foods
Erica says that if she tries a new food, she gets nervous and gags. She has been eating instant mashed potatoes for lunch every day and now wants to add new, healthier items to her diet for her own well-being " and for the sake of her infant daughter.


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AMD Catalyst Drivers Vista 9.4 Vista
AMD's award-winning Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with AMD Radeon graphics processors. AMD Catalyst drivers deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation with advanced user-oriented features.
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- AMD Catalyst updates are focused on improving graphics performance, including enhancements for popular Direct3D and OpenGL game titles.
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- AMD Catalyst includes the AMD Catalyst Control Center, delivering innovative features and unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with AMD Radeon graphics.
Robust stability
- Catalyst drivers for Windows Vista and Windows XP are Microsoft WHQL-certified to deliver the industry's most stable and reliable graphics performance.
This version is for the 32-bit version of Vista.
ATI Catalyst™ 9.4 - New ATI OverDrive™ auto-tuning application (AMD's product warranty does not cover damages caused by over clocking, even when enabled via AMD OverDrive software):
# ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdriveâ"¢ auto-tune application to accurately determine the best over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive supported ATI Radeonâ"¢ Graphics accelerators
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Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ"¢ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
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This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ"¢ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
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# Overlay Theatre Mode display no longer corrupt after enabling 3D screen saver
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Amazon Has A Long Way To Go In Europe For Streaming
from the not-there-yet dept
In the case of Amazon, the service is initially only offered in three countries: the UK, France and Germany. iTunes, similarly, had a very slow start in 2003 and dealt with 8 years of negotiations to overcome the insane hurdles the European copyright system poses. After 6 years of very gradual expansion, Spotify is nearly half way to getting there.
The snail's pace roll out of online media services to other countries in the supposed "biggest single market in the world" is mainly due to the fragmented markets for copyright licenses. In the European Union, there are 27 different national copyright systems, one for each Member State. Each system has their own set of collecting societies, which represent the world repertoire of music exclusively for their territory.
For a music service such as Amazon's cloud player to roll out into Europe, this means it has to negotiate licenses for each country. No pan-European licenses exist at this moment. To make matters worse, it's not just one license per country, but typically between three to seven licenses, each requiring a separate negotiation, in each territory. Terms need to be agreed with 1) several collecting societies, 2) publishers, 3) record companies and since 2005 – after an interesting EU initiative, which backfired hard – 4) with the big record companies setting up their own collective licensing companies for their publishing divisions. Multiply times 27. And try not to cry.
There is a proposal on the table, which aims to solve this chaos with multi-territorial licenses. However, as we have discussed before, there are many problems with collective rights management and the proposed legislation. It will probably take longer to officially adopt the legislation enabling multi-territorial licenses to be agreed upon than for Amazon to complete the arduous European negotiations.
Companies like Apple, Amazon and Spotify are able to pay lawyers and negotiators for these lengthy negotiations. But could a bunch of guys in a garage who have developed the (potentially) next big thing in digital content distribution accomplish the same? It is highly unlikely, and therefore a huge opportunity cost for innovation due to short sightedness.


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360. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowmartin-s Mar 22, 2012 6:52 PM (in response to Scooby007)
B r e t t wrote:
I guess I over-paraphrased it, but I take "especially important" to mean the impact of multiple monitors can be significant
Thanks, I had been thinking there was something wrong with my system.
361. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowxor42 Mar 22, 2012 10:10 PM (in response to Jeff Van de Walker)
I'm happy to hear from a live team member. LR4 is broken!
LR4 runs snappy for the first few actions in the first few minutes. It then rapidly slows until it is extremely slower than even sluggish 3.6. After a few more minutes, it is so slow you cannot use it in production - taking up to 1-3 seconds for a selection to be highlighted after clicking it.
Every subsequent mouse action then takes as long until it is like a computer out of memory. It acts the code instance is thrashing, there is a memory leak, the cache routines go brain dead, or some combination thereof.
It still works but v..e….r…...y s….....l……....o……......w!
Another manifestation is that after selecting some images (say 1-30) and waiting for the selection to complete (it take 0.5-3 seconds), the thumb slide highlighting seems to flash a bit, the info panel's vertical cursor jumps up and down a few times, and then all settles down 0.5-3 seconds later.
Everything else being equal, after 5 minutes of browsing and tagging, v3.6 was extremely faster.
We tried to open the v4 catalog with 3.6 but didn't expect to work and it didn't. We were just hoping for a miracle.
We tried only 1 monitor and disabled add-ins. No noticeable change.
We had LR2, 3, and now LR4.
LR2 and LR3 ran a bit slow but it was consistently less than 1/2 sec per mouse action.
LR4 runs so slow we cannot use it.
CPU: I7-930, 2.7-3.2 Ghz
RAM: 8GB (2GB cached, 4GB Used, 2 GB free)
GPU: Radeon HD4670 PCIx
Video: 2 digital HD screens. 24" Dell and 22" Samsung.
DASD: 6TB of SATA/eSATA drives with 20-200 GB free.
DASD usage before starting: 6 drives, 8 TB total. All drives with at least 20 GB free.
DASD Fragmentation: System C = 0-1% and Optimized, Catalog E = 0-4%.
OS: Windows Ultimate 7x64 (fully patched)
Apps (usual full pantry):
All major Adobe apps (Master Collection + others)
Office Pro 2010, Financials, Utilities, Socials, etc.
Far too many to list.
Current LR Version: 4.0
Comparison Version: 3.6
Add In's (only Cole's RC METADATA) DISABLED in Add-In manager.
30 yrs coding (ASM to C and all between), photography (analog+digital), AV imaging services (recording, capturing, scanning, retouching, printing, etc), software authoring, Q/A, etc.
Advanced user of PS (not guru). Moderate user of LR (cataloged/tagged 37,000 image. No advanced developing). Advanced user of Office suites, most, and countless utilities.
Proudest achievement. A 29 year old accounting system using MDBS database written in Basic, C, and Assembler with over 100,000 lines of code is still running and hasn't crashed in 20 years.
Ran installer on purchased 4.0 ESD. Did not install beta. Was using 3.6.
Converted 3.6 catalog to v4. Then deleted 3.6 cat for space not knowing LR4's problem.
37,000 images (mostly 90% JPG, 5% NEFs, 4% PNGs, 1% videos/other).
So far, only browse catalog, 4-6 thumbs wide. Use 2nd monitor for full screen image viewing. We browse images, mark 1 or more than add EXIF/IPTC tags to each image. We usage 100's of tags but assign only 0-20 to each image. Ex, we add tags to define style, location, subjects, etc.
We browse through ALL IMAGES (37k), selecting 1-many then adding the tags.
GUI set as follows:
Source/ Folder Tree on left
Thumbs catalog in center.
Info panel on right.
Operating in Library Mode.
Thumb selection ribbon at bottom (sometimes off).
Hope that helps.
We are really desperate here.
Our cataloging work flow is dead.
362. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowraincitydigitalarts Mar 22, 2012 10:20 PM (in response to xor42)
I think you beat the nail over the head! Is Adobe listening…
363. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowraincitydigitalarts Mar 22, 2012 10:28 PM (in response to martin-s)
Two monitors might be a reason if it were not for the fact that I have a video card with 2x processors and 2Gb of RAM. I am just saying XOR42 is right about there being absolutely no excuse for releasing this product in such a form! There is a lot of disk thrashing, processor use and other UES going on here.
364. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowrosalynsam Mar 22, 2012 10:46 PM (in response to xor42)
This is very similar to the problems I am experiencing....only my problem happens within seconds, not minutes and external plug ins crash. I am on a serious time crunch and want to just revert back to LR 3.6 -but I don't know how to proceed without risk. Do I just uninstall LR 4? I'm extremely gun shy at this point. I don't want to loose what I have imported in LR4 or cause other problems. It tooks hours to import, and nearly locks up on export on ONE image.
365. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowSistersCountry Mar 22, 2012 11:45 PM (in response to rosalynsam)
@Rosalynsam - Did you uninstall your 3.6? Hopefully you still have a copy of the 3.6 catalog intact in a separate folder from the converted version? I never uninstalled my original 3.6, just the beta version of 4. I just did a test for you and my original 3.6 runs just fine with 4 being installed alongside it. I did get a warning about needing to re-register my Smugmug plug-in but that had been upgraded this month anyway.
Probably a good idea to do a little backup first, especially the presets and Lightroom settings folders. I do see a mix of the newer and older presets in my panel but the new ones I have created in 4 don't seem to throw any errors. They just don't give the intended results. Old ones seem to work fine.
I'm not sure if there would be a problem if you need to do a fresh install of 3.6 with 4 on board but I haven't heard of any.
Something sure seems curious on your system it sounds like as most folks aren't having that level of problems. I would be tempted to do a maintenance scan on the hard drive in case there may have been some file corruption. Have you tried turning your anti-virus off to see if there is any impact from that?
366. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowkwdaves Mar 23, 2012 5:11 AM (in response to xor42)
Please be the guinea pig here and delete your previews and then recreate them. It may help if you also scroll throught your catalog and let it recreate the thumbnails. It will probable take a while.
367. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowrosalynsam Mar 23, 2012 7:48 AM (in response to SistersCountry)
Thanks so much for your help - I still have 3.6 installed....I guess I don't even understand for sure if I can determine if I have a separate folder - I didn't do anything to set up a different folder, other than the normal install of 4.0. I know I am ignorant of some of the basics here and I hate that-and I get lost easily in the how to do simple things - I can function well within LR and Photoshop if all systems are go. Yes, I thought the same thing about my level of problem. I did try disk defrag, cleanup, catalog optimize, catalog optimize, and turned off antivirus. I need my own personal assistant computer assistance to keep me from messing something up. My husband thought I might have a "memory leak" through LR after view the CPU usage, but if so, I have no idea about how to fix it...thanks again for your kind assistance.
368. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKennedda Mar 23, 2012 8:06 AM (in response to rosalynsam)
I want to add to this thread. I find the time to import photos has slowed down, the time to export photos has slowed down. But, most importantly, as many have described the sliders in develop model are slow and, thus, not natural to use. When a program is updated, it should be more effective and efficient as well as more fully featured. I use a Mac Book Pro, core 2 duo, with 6 Gb of ram, an external monitor. To complicate matters, I have recently just updated to Lion. I do not believe that would add to the problems here. I will follow the advice above to "delete writing changes to xmp". Besides getting a new and faster computer, what other suggestions are there. Or, do we live with this until Adobe brings out Lightroom 4.1?
369. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowLou Dina Mar 23, 2012 8:51 AM (in response to Kennedda)
I have done a lot of playing with settings, caches, catalogs, folder locations, turning features on and off, turning off a second monitor, etc., on my Mac Pro. Some help a little (at least for awhile), some degrade performance, and others seem to have no effect. I've got more HP in my Mac than you do, but LR4 is still dog slow, no matter what I do. When it does speed up, it only seems to be faster for awhile. I'm still on Snow Leopard (10.6.8) since I didn't want to lose functionality of some programs that won't work under Lion. Lion is not the problem, Macs aren't the problem, PCs aren't the problem...it's clearly the program. In spite of the fact that the beta was out there for quite awhile, they released it anyway. There is absolutely no way they couldn't have known about these problems before the official release, given all the beta testers out there.
Customers shouldn't have to jump through hoops to make a program work acceptably. Yes, to maximize speed and performance will always involve some tweaks, but the program should perform properly out of the box, as long as customers meet or exceed the system requirements as specified by Adobe. My computer isn't a total screamer, but it isn't a dog either, especially using a 256 GB SSD and 16 GB RAM. All my other apps run fast, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc (even with they are all open at the same time).
I've gone back to LR3. The new features, while nice, aren't worth the performance hit, at least not to me. I suspect you'll have to wait for Adobe to release 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 for decent performance. Buying a faster computer than I have is a non-starter. Very disappointing, to say the least.
Mac Pro Tower, dual 2.26 GHz processors, 8-cores, 16 GB RAM, 64-bit, 256 GB Solid State Drive, (3) 1TB, 7200 RPM HDDs, OSX 10.6.8
I run regular maintenance to keep it running fast and clean.
370. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowScooby007 Mar 23, 2012 10:02 AM (in response to Lou Dina)
@Lou - Buying a faster computer than I have is a non-starter. Very disappointing, to say the least.
The problem isn't your computer hardware or the new features in the software causing bloat. Plenty of users with specs the same as or weaker than yours report LR4 running normally or faster than LR3. Something - a bug in the software that likes your environment (likely), or a problem with your system (unlikely) or your settings (possible), as they relate to LR specifically - is preventing the software as a whole from running properly for you.
371. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKennedda Mar 23, 2012 10:05 AM (in response to Scooby007)
Any suggestions as to what settings in my system may be related to this problem? I do repair preferences in disk utility as needed. Thanks.
372. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowraincitydigitalarts Mar 23, 2012 11:05 AM (in response to BCormier)
I just removed LR4 from my machine (to keep using LR3 until LR4 is fixed.) The preview folder created by LR3 for my LR3 catalog had a size of ~500Mb. However, the size of the converted LR3 catalog preview folder (as preformed by LR4) was 17.5Gb! I am wondering if the catalog conversion process may be part of the problem.
373. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowgoogull Mar 23, 2012 11:18 AM (in response to raincitydigitalarts)
I experienced the same. I renamed the catalog and let LR4 reconstruct the preview.cache. The size fell to normal levels and performance went from unusable to tolerable.
374. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowsteinflaten Mar 23, 2012 11:38 AM (in response to BCormier)
FAST ! As fast as LR 3 for me ??
Modellnavn: MacBook Pro
Modellidentifikator: MacBookPro6,2
Prosessornavn: Intel Core i7
Prosessorhastighet: 2,66 GHz
Antall prosessorer: 1
Antall kjerner totalt: 2
Nivå 2-buffer (per kjerne): 256 kB
Nivå 3-buffer: 4 MB
Hukommelse: 8 GB
Koblingshastighet for prosessor: 4.8 GT/s
375. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowRenfe2012 Mar 23, 2012 11:39 AM (in response to googull)
I didn't find out about that matter until right now. It's just the same for me. The LR4 previews consume 300 times the space of LR 3 folder.
Another fact that supports my opinion to cancel LR4 usage.
376. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJim Wilde Mar 23, 2012 12:12 PM (in response to Renfe2012)
I think there's a certain amount of misunderstanding about what happens to the preview cache when you upgrade a catalog from LR3 to LR4. The basic process is that the existing LR3 catalog is left alone, and a new updated catalog is created (usually the same name but with the "-2" suffix"). Unless you specified differently, the LR4 catalog will be created in the same folder as the LR3 catalog. However, as part of the upgrade process, LR4 'steals' the preview cache that belonged to the LR3 catalog and renames it to reflect the new LR4 catalog name (there may be an update of some description, but this is minimal).
So the end result of a "normal" LR3 catalog upgrade to LR4 is two catalogs and ONE preview folder, which was the original LR3 cache re-assigned to LR4. So just to make this crystal clear, the 'huge' preview caches that many are associating with some LR4 problem are in fact the preview caches that were built up over time in LR3.
The 'small' LR3 preview cache that some are seeing is almost certainly the result of opening the old LR3 catalog in LR3....this will immediately cause a new LR3 preview cache to be created, and initially the only previews are likely to be those created automatically as and when images are brought into the grid or filmstrip. Thus the cache will seem 'very small' in relation to the LR4 preview cache.....but I suspect if you actually did a full rebuild of the LR3 cache you'd probably end up with a very similar size to the LR4 cache.
377. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowshamus1585 Mar 23, 2012 12:17 PM (in response to Scooby007)
I agree with Brett. My install of LR4 works fine for the most part with a few exceptions. The slowdown occurs when I use a second monitor, fine otherwise.
I also noticed (another issue OT). That while burning to a DVD is fine, burning a couple of files to a CD is problematic.
Hoping 4.1 comes soon with support of ACR 6.7 as converting to DNG for my new 5DMkIII is an extra step and HD space.
378. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowxor42 Mar 23, 2012 12:30 PM (in response to xor42)
Addendum to my previous LR4 bug report:
Title: Unsynchronized Mouse Actions; Import Failure; Suspected Tag Issue
Problem Summaries:
Another devastating LR4 problem is that the code that processes user actions (mouse clicks, keyboard presses) is not queuing (buffering) the pointer location along with the user action requested at that location.
This is one of the most basic programming necessities in modern asynchronous GUI's. Instead, unbelievably, when a requested LR4 user action is finally executed (sometimes 2-3 seconds later), it is not performed on the location where the action was requested but wherever the pointer happened to be at the (later) time of execution. This concept is so basic and obvious, we are dumbstruck as to how Adobe did not catch it in Q/A, let alone have allowed it in its design.
I colored this fault as devastating because it can easily and inconspicuously cause any number of unwanted selections of catalog entries, tags, and so on. That problem then causes: unwanted modification of images; tagging of wrong images; applying wrong tags to images; tagging of wrong selections with wrong tags; deletion of the wrongly selected items; ad infinitum.
Of course, one obviously needs to verify one's actions, but having to verify something as basic and ubiquitous as each and every mouse click in a high-end GUI program designed to perform actions on 10's of 1000's of images is neither feasible nor acceptable. This behavior is akin to having to diligently monitor and verify each and every breath one takes. Yes, it can be done, but you couldn't count pocket change let alone do an inventory count of a warehouse at the same time.
Example Problem Exercise:
Start LR4 on a library of 10-30k+ images (ours is 37k) converted from LR 3.6.
Set GUI to the OOB default of Sources/Folders in left pane, Thumbs browser in center pain, Histogram/Tags/Metadata info in right pain, and Thumbs selector row in bottom pane. This is the exact same set up as we had in 2.x through 3.x with few problems and at least sluggish performance.
Ensure you have enough tags defined on right panel that they fill the screen (about 30-40). We have about 200-300 but haven't really counted.
In thumbnail browser, go to end, then page back to beginning (several minutes).
Randomly and quickly try to select 20 or so noncontiguous images using the Control-Click method. Note how long a selection can take (0.5-1 sec). Also note how some selections get deselected while non-selections get selected because of wild unsynchronized mouse actions on the wrong GUI hit zones.
Note above action can be snappy upon first program invocation. Repeat several times over several minutes to stress memory and caches.
With above selection active, now try to select a contiguous range of 20+ images elsewhere. Now note how long selection takes to complete which, for us, is the worst case of 1-3+ seconds.
With above selections, next try to quickly select a number of tags in normally rapid succession as in a normal production workflow. Note how some selections don't seem to take because of mouse action queuing issues. This is more insidious because one normally selects several and if the last few look ok, one assumes the rest are.
Now exercise combinations of all above actions over, say. 20 minutes. If your LR4 behaves as several others noted here, LR4 will slow to an unusable crawl as you are then required to click, freeze mouse, wait, then click again, wait for completion, ad nauseam.
Another Problem: Import Failure
We haven't had time to replicate this but when we added 4k images to our image folder tree of 33,000 images, we those 4k images were correctly noted in the import summary and showed in the Last Import collection.
However, after discovering that the faulty mouse queuing and image selection erroneously deleted some images, we went to Explorer and restored then last 20 or so images to ensure we got them back. We then did another sync of the entire tree to re-enter them in the catalog.
Horrors! The import summary showed it was about to import 37,000 images – literally our entire catalog. We cancelled it. We subsequently tried to synchronize just the folders where we estimated the restored files were in. That worked but was not conclusive because we were not sure if all the images in the folders were restored or not.
Suspected (but unconfirmed) Tag Issue:
Our last task was to update our 4k new images with location tags showing where they were shot. After import, we sorted by Date Taken, went to the end, and then started moving back in time, adding location tags to the new imports.
We got suspicious of a possible tag loss issue when it appeared that the location tags were missing from not just the expected 4k new imports, but also from the next previous 7k. We were quite confident (but could be wrong) that we had updated most of our 34k images prior to the last import yet none of the latest 11k images (4k of last import plus next latest 7k) were location tagged.
We suspect we are drinking the wrong Kool-Aid, some tags got erased in the 3.6-4 catalog upgrade, or 4 LR is not seeing some tags that are there. Sorry we can't confirm more at this point.
We will attempt to reload our v3.6 catalogs from backups and comapratively review these same issues in our still installed v3.6.
Hope that helps.
379. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowandreas603 Mar 23, 2012 2:46 PM (in response to Jim Wilde)
I asked a few days ago but I dont think anyone answered...how does one know if any individual photo has a preview associated with it or not? Aside from rebuilding my entire library, is there a way I can see if I have a preview already of a certain RAW file?
380. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowbob frost Mar 23, 2012 3:04 PM (in response to andreas603)
From: "andreas603
Aside from rebuilding my entire library, is there a way I can see if I have
a preview already of a certain RAW file?
If you select the file(s) in library grid, and then go to the menu bar -
Library/Previews/RenderStandardPreviews and select 'build one' in the popup
dialog, it will scan for a preview and make one if none is present. If there
is one already, it will just do nothing. If you select 'build all' in the
dialog, it will scan the whole folder and make any that are missing.
Bob Frost
381. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJao vdL Mar 23, 2012 5:57 PM (in response to andreas603)
If you can see it in library view, it has a preview
382. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKamalakanto Mar 23, 2012 7:17 PM (in response to xor42)
Use this punblished article to Fix Lightroom 4 Slow Issues
https://help-internal.adobe.com/content/help/en/lightroom/kb/optimize- performance-lightroom.html
Optimize your hardware and OS
383. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowSistersCountry Mar 23, 2012 9:27 PM (in response to Kamalakanto)
Use this punblished article to Fix Lightroom 4 Slow Issues
https://help-internal.adobe.com/content/help/en/lightroom/kb/optimize- performance-lightroom.html
That link is not working for me. Is this the same article maybe?
385. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowDave Eagle Mar 24, 2012 1:00 AM (in response to Dave Eagle)
Further update, increased my cache size from 1GB to 10GB seems to have cured the 'reloading' issue on tif files.
Thanks for all the positive help received.
386. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 24, 2012 2:44 AM (in response to Kamalakanto)
That link says this "The minimum system requirements to run Lightroom are just that: the minimum you need for Lightroom to operate. Additional RAM and a faster processor, in particular, can yield significant performance benefits."
The problem that this thread is addressing is that Lightroom does not operate in the minimum spec for quite a number of posters. They are not deprived of performance benefits as they have a piece of software where the sliders are too laggy to use for the reason people buy it.
Add to that there are a number of posters with hugely enhanced specs having a Lightroom 4 that is not operating well enough in a way that makes it useable for their photography.
387. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKennedda Mar 24, 2012 3:26 AM (in response to A C G)
I agree as I have a fully optimized Lightroom setup on a Mac Book Pro. I read through the article and checked off all the recommended actions for Lightroom and the performance remains low. There is a severe performance difference between version 4 and 3. I advise others on the use of Lightroom and I would recommend not upgrading now.
388. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowgarretbaquet Mar 24, 2012 4:22 AM (in response to BCormier)
Unless eliminated... the following always seem to be the problem. XD
1. Uninstall ALL Virus / Spyware / Firewall software, reboot and compare retest. 'protection' programs auto update and are often overly agressive. Keep kids off of work machines. buying them their own computer always saves money in the long run.
2. Are heatsinks and fans in good shape? (Even if they are spinning... make sure they are moving air adequately and don't stop too easily) Computers on Hardwood floors, around pets, smoke and computers in workshops and near kitchens need to be watched more closely.)
3. Notebooks suck in more crud than desktops... the fans are small and fail more frequently... not to mention the vents get blocked VERY easily (CPU / GPU throttle themselves to prevent thermal failure which helps keep the magic smoke from being released.)
--- Initially, my slow LR4 issue was handled with a few cf card cases to lift notebook off the table a bit... LR4 was simply heating up my GPU more than LR3. A 5v fan powered from usb port keeps everything humming along now...
The preview render times are definately slower... Does anyone know if previews pre render or if they run in the background automatically ofter imports? I sense a post import lag...
Note: SSD should be mandatory for any production machine.
389. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowlancerogers Mar 24, 2012 7:43 AM (in response to garretbaquet)
Again, the performance issues being described are not related to Virus protection, heatsinks and fans or notebook issues. I have an SSD, 16gb of memory, 1000watt power supply, i7-2600 running at 3.4ghz. Lightroom 3 screams on my computer as does processing/rendering of RAW files. I have a very good graphics card and a gaming rig set up for optimum airflow.
LR4 has issues. Moving sliders has a 1 second lag that gets worse the more you edit, I can only imagine how bad it must be for most folks that do not have a top of the line computer. I have cache set at 50gb on the SSD and I still have an additional 50gb on the SSD for spare. The catalog and previews are all on the SSD. I have plenty of hard disk space in reserve and I'm using WD Caviar blacks at 7500rpms.
Those that keep posting to this thread that the issues are computer and software related are not adding value to the thread and this is not a reasonable answer from Adobe nor is the link above for optimizing. It is a great link for general users and folks that have issues running LR of any version. For those of us that are used to high performance and responsiveness of LR3 to now suddenly be struggling with LR4, we're trying to say there is a problem that needs to be fixed.
390. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKennedda Mar 24, 2012 8:15 AM (in response to lancerogers)
I agree. And, we need a response from Adobe and a quick fix soon. When you create such an essential piece of software, you need to be very careful how you update it and test it thoroughly on real world image libraries.
391. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowEaglerapids Mar 24, 2012 8:34 AM (in response to BCormier)
Well, Jeff Van de Walker's reply back on March 14, post 229 page 5 of this thread stated that Adobe was looking into the problem and "that development may go dark on the forums while trying to research this problem". That was 10 days ago now, must be a pretty big problem.
392. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJasonized Mar 24, 2012 9:14 AM (in response to Kennedda)
You don't seem to understand how Adobe tends to work on these sort of things..
They don't do "quick fixes". They do "dot releases". And they do them on a schedule, I think at least 3 or 4 months apart. Not exactly sure of that, I'd have to go back and look at previous release dates. But don't expect a fix before the next dot release. Maybe then. Took them at least 3 dot releases with LR3 before it was useable for me...
393. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowKennedda Mar 24, 2012 9:42 AM (in response to Jasonized)
I fully understand the past history of releases. There have, though,been some .01 releases. This calls for quicker action than normal. Besides going back to 3.6, we do not have any choices.
Sent from my iPhone
394. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowJasonized Mar 24, 2012 9:51 AM (in response to Kennedda)
Yes, well, we had exactly the same problem going from 2.7 to 3.0. Completely unuseable for some of us (I was one). Going back was the only choice, and wasn't a good one. I've gone back to 3.6 now, and will wait for 4.1, or even 4.3...
They might have done a .01 release, but I can't seem to remember any in the 3.x family... hmm.. maybe one, where the jpg's were getting corrupted? Maybe.
Anyway, Unlike when I tried 3.x, and was unable to revert to 2.x, I learned. I was able to rever to 3.6 with only one afternoons work, and it has saved me massive amounts of time just so far. Ah well, mabye they'll fix it soon, maybe the won't.
395. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowclvrmnky Mar 24, 2012 10:16 AM (in response to Dave Eagle)
For issues with slider performance in develop: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lr4_0_reacts_extremely_slow
396. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowLee Jay Mar 24, 2012 10:22 AM (in response to Kennedda)
Kennedda wrote:
I agree. And, we need a response from Adobe and a quick fix soon.
Since it was in the feedback forum, many may have missed it, but here's the official response:
" To everyone on this forum who has been providing system information and specifics about where you see performance slowdowns, I want to say thank you. Using this information, we've been able to reproduce these two specific performance issues:
1. Using a dual-monitor system slows down Lightroom 4 performance.
2. In some circumstances, Develop sliders are showing lags.
The team is working on fixes for these. We are going to escalate a release candidate of 4.1 to make a build available with these fixes as soon as possible. Actual timing will depend on when the fixes are completed and tested." - Becky Sowada (Lightroom Team Member)
397. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowhamish niven Mar 24, 2012 11:10 AM (in response to Lee Jay)
Where was this posted Lee Jay?
Lee Jay wrote:
Since it was in the feedback forum, many may have missed it, but here's the official response:
" To everyone on this forum who has been providing system information and specifics about where you see performance slowdowns, I want to say thank you. Using this information, we've been able to reproduce these two specific performance issues:
1. Using a dual-monitor system slows down Lightroom 4 performance.
2. In some circumstances, Develop sliders are showing lags.
The team is working on fixes for these. We are going to escalate a release candidate of 4.1 to make a build available with these fixes as soon as possible. Actual timing will depend on when the fixes are completed and tested." - Becky Sowada (Lightroom Team Member)
I've been on these forums tracking this thread and many others, but I've not seen any comment from LR Team members on any of these threads where you'd hope for a reply.
Can you please share a link for everyone.
This info is kinda really helpful but where did you find it?
398. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 24, 2012 11:47 AM (in response to hamish niven)
Pending a reply from L J.
It could have been somewhere here:-
399. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowhamish niven Mar 24, 2012 11:56 AM (in response to A C G)
Thanks Tony
so it went to the right place, to where bugs were posted and not to the user to user forums, where people were talking about it, where people where asking about it and where the Adobe feedback would have been really appreciated.
Oh well.
shame that it was not shared here.
Lets hope the proper LR4.0 comes out soon, not the unofficial beta 2 that most people have paid for.