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Three Races Kick Off Audi Melges 20 Bacardi Miami Sailing Week 2014
6 March 2014
Miami, FL - The first day of racing at Bacardi Miami Sailing Week 2014 (BMSW) hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club and strongly supported by Melges USA, saw the completion of the first three races in an eight part series. John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti faired best striking a 3-3-4 scoreline to take the overall lead. In second place, 11 points further back is Drew Friedes on Pacific Yankee, with James Wilson seated third on Oleander.
From fourth onward through eighth place, a mere 4 points separate the competition. Wilson, along with Russ Lucas on Shimmer and Marc Hollerbach on Fu (the only other competitor to cash in a single-digit scoreline other than Kilroy) are all tied in points. Representing Brazil, corinthian competitor Cesar Gomez Neto on Portobello is right behind in sixth.
Three races meant three very different race winners under building breeze conditions and heavy chop due to a large storm system moving in from the west.
Japan's Naofumi Kamei on Mamma Auito! assumed an early lead in Race One, eventually going on to win right at the line just ahead of Wilson. Richard Davies on Section 16 got into the groove to take first place in Race Two just ahead of Gomez Neto in second.
The last and final race was by far the most intense of them all as the breeze built to well over 15 knots with Rob Wilber's Cinghiale blasting off the starting line, guarding the pin for position and best pressure. Wilber found the fast lane extending a little more with each leg, taking a big win over Friedes in second, while Lucas finished third. Kilroy and John Taylor's Ninkasi finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
The Corinthian division is heated with only four teams qualifying for all-amatuer honors. Gomez Neto holds a significant lead over John Brown's Blind Squirrel in second, and Tate Russack's Diesel in third.
At the very end of the day, owners gathered at Coconut Grove Sailing Club to further discuss a building 2014-2016 schedule. Amongst those in attendance was overnight leader John Kilroy. As an incentive to attract more attendance at the North American Championship being held in early October in San Francisco, he vowed that if 40 boats attend, he will donate $100,000 to the winner's charity of choice — now how is that for amazing!
Racing continues on Friday, and early forecast predictions indicate weather conditions will be around 18-20 knots, seriously premium for downwind planing.
As with other Audi Melges 20 events in North America and around the world, racing updates will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will be available online each day post racing at melges20.com.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After three races)
1.) John Kilroy/Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti; 3-3-4 = 10
2.) Drew Friedes/Charlie Smythe, Pacific Yankee; 15-4-2 = 21
3.) James Wilson/Sam Rogers, Oleander; 2-14-6 = 22
4.) Russ Lucas/Harry Melges, Shimmer; 4-15-3 = 22
5.) Marc Hollerbach/Jonathan McKee, Fu; 8-7-7 = 22
6.) Cesar Gomez Neto/Paulo Ribiero, Portobello; 11-2-10 = 23
7.) Richard Davies/Charlie McKee, Section 16; 10-1-15 = 26
8.) Robert Hughes/Morgan Reeser, Heartbreaker; 5-9-12 = 26
9.) John Taylor/Bill Hardesy, Ninkasi; 9-13-5 = 27
10.) Bruce Ayres/Mike Buckley, Monsoon; 6-8-16 = 30
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I remember your catch against Australia in this game off the bowling of Oram to get out Hayden), is the best catch you have ever taken? And when you pointed to the crowd was that giving some banter back?
I remember your catch against Australia in this game off the bowling of Oram to get out Hayden), is the best catch you have ever taken? And when you pointed to the crowd was that giving some banter back?
Any chance of a nz team playing in the aussie domestic big bash and aussie future comps?
hi Matt,
its great to see you back here.
Why do you think The Blackcaps have been performing so badly lately? I personally think its about time for some heads to roll
Do NZ FC cricketers earn enough in the summer to support them and their family through the rest of the year comfortably? I ask this to understand the professionalism with which they approach cricket
Hey, Matt.
Who's the best batsman you've player with and for. And what did the crowd say to you before you took that amazing catch in Melbourne a couple of years back?
Who is New Zealand's best young up and coming bowler.
Would Trent Boult be high up on you're list
Thanks for the response Matt
Matt would like a kiwi and canberra side in the big bash.
BYW 4 nz played for canberra comets whats the deal there,is their a connection between new zealand and canberra?
Thank for your reply.
I'd also like to ask you about two Central batsmen - Greg Hay and Brad Patton.
Hay has an excellent record as a young batsman in all forms of the game, particularly given the typically bowler-friendly nature of New Zealand domestic cricket, but he had limited opportunities last season. Is there a feeling within the Stags camp that he has something particular to work on before he's ready for regular First Class cricket, or was it a simple matter of him being slightly down on form and confidence? There have been murmours around that he struggles in tough batting conditions and has his record slightly inflated by the flatter Napier wicket - is there any truth to this?
Patton's a really interesting one. Unless I'm much mistaken, he was more known as a medium pacer in his youth, but his batting has really come on later in his cricketing life.. as he showed last season. I'm yet to really get this confirmed though and there's precious little information available about him anywhere, so anything you could tell us about him at all would be absolutely fantastic. I'm always fascinated by the late bloomer.
Dan is the only man for spin attack? Jeetan just shows his head in a few games and disappear again.
As NZ pitch doesn't suit much for Spinners, Why doesn't Jeetan form a permenant playing XI member in the overseas squad?
Is the NZ board not encouraging spinners as their pitches doesn't suit the spinners?
We have seen many medium pacers from NZ but, not the spinners.
Will there be any future improvement in the Spinning attack?
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Remember that the law for ObamaCare was not written when it was passed. In otherwords, Congress passed an unwritten law – there was only a skeleton outline, no insides, no guts. The guts and skin are being added by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius daily. She has the full and complete authority to write the organs of the law – the important part, and neither Congress, you or I can do a thing about it. In this case, the children's skeleton was written sloppily, unclearly…there is no mandate that your child be covered, or that your employer cover dependents. Bwwwwahahahahaha!
…the law doesn't specifically mandate family coverage — and now the administration says that won't be required.
You can see why: If the lowest-cost family plan (again, two adults and three kids) is to run a whopping $20,000, and if the employee's contribution is limited to $3,800, the employer's tab would be $16,200 — adding about $7.40 an hour to the cost of that employee. Wisely, the IRS announced on Jan. 30 that employers won't have to pay for dependents.
But the Congressional Budget Office's much-cited prediction that ObamaCare would leave only 30 million people uninsured by 2016 was based on the assumption that kids would be covered by employers. At the very least, employers insuring their workers for the first time to avoid the penalty are unlikely to do that.
So how will the kids be covered? They won't. The IRS shocked the law's advocates by announcing that the insurance exchanges won't provide subsidies for a child whose parent is covered at work.
Nor will these parents be penalized for not insuring their children — the IRS will kindly consider the kids exempt from the mandate.
Also exempt are millions of people who'll stay uninsured because their state is wisely choosing not to loosen Medicaid eligibility. Source: Fox Nation
The Congressional Budget Office announced last week that 8 million or more will be without coverage:
Yet the biggest setback is that most states are refusing to set up insurance exchanges. The exchanges are supposed to sell the government-mandated plans and hand out taxpayer-funded subsidies to most enrollees.
Here's the glitch. The law says that in states that refuse, the federal government can set up an exchange. But the law empowers only state exchanges, not federal ones, to hand out subsidies. The Obama administration says it will disregard the law and offer subsidies in all 50 states anyway, but the case will likely go to the Supreme Court.
Responsible parents did not want ObamaCare. They knew it was a scam. They didn't vote for Barack Obama. They still don't want it, but all those takers out there, who wanted everything for little, and wanted their adult children to be covered, will suffer along with the rest of us but for different reasons – they brought this mess on themselves and their country. We did not.
Betsey McCaughey has followed ObamaCare from the beginning. She knows every page of the monster and she attempted to tell Congress what they were doing, and then later, what they havd done, now what they have done. Congress knew nothing. To reiterate:
The administration also estimated that the cheapest family plan will cost $20,000 by 2016. This new information indicates that the Affordable Care Act is failing in both goals: making insurance affordable and covering the uninsured.
Children are the biggest victims. The hastily drafted law, passed before it was read, overlooked them…
What about the kids? The average family plan is expected to cost at least a whopping $20,000, according to a newly released IRS analysis.
Ed Morrisey – Hot Air February 8, 2013:
Here's where it gets interesting. Some of these children could be covered under the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but some states cut off eligibility at 200% of the federal poverty level. Also, CHIP's funding runs out in 2015, as ObamaCare was supposed to address the issue of uninsured children. If CHIP doesn't get funding extended, then Obama will have pushed families out of the private health insurance they otherwise would have had, while leaving children with no public assistance options — and that will be true immediately for children of households that make 200% or more of the federal poverty level.
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The good news for the takers is that perhaps Sebelius will ride to the rescue with her pen, and like magic, kids are covered…but really, the goal is single payer. Whatever it takes to achieve single payer insurance is what is going on behind the scene. Trust me. Cartoon courtesy of Cagle Post


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Blame the Reader
I am a failed reader of David Marusek's first novel, Counting Heads. I loved the first 50 or so pages, which seem to be the excellent story "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy", if I remember correctly, but I don't have a copy of the story handy. In its second section, the book switches from first-person to third-person, and the viewpoint shifts from one character to another every few pages. As I read along, everything I liked, everything that had held my attention, everything that had been most fascinating to me about the book seemed to be disappearing. I went with it for a while, because this was a book I very much wanted to enjoy, but I began to resent having to read any more, and when that happens, I stop.
I could blame David Marusek for writing a book that didn't end up appealing to me, and I could blame David Hartwell for editing a book that didn't appeal to me, and on another day I might, but today I feel like blaming myself. David Moles liked the book, and Kelly Link recommended it to him. This is further evidence against me -- both are discerning, passionate readers, and I have benefitted from Kelly's recommendations a few times in the past.
In some ways, I don't think I'm a very good reader of pure science fiction anymore. This doesn't have anything to do with the old canard about "reading protocols", which tend to get trotted out by people who want to enforce their membership in a clan that has secret passwords and handshakes. If such protocols exist, I know them well, having learned to read by reading SF. No, this is about certain techniques of writing that I am not sympathetic to -- I can understand them, I can analyze them, I can decode better than your ordinary owner of a decoder ring. But such techniques make me indifferent and occasionally even hostile as a reader, while for other readers they are the stuff of wonder and addiction. I don't think either of us is better than the other, but the difference is interesting.
For instance, I didn't mind the neologisms in the first section of Counting Heads, and enjoyed the fun Marusek has imagining a deeply technologized future. The pacing of it all worked for me, and the first-person narrator was engaging enough to keep me interested in his fate. I couldn't get through the second section, though, because the shift to third-person and to multiple viewpoint characters eliminated the thread I had been interested in.
Contrast this to the sort of reader who is more interested in the speculation, the technology, and the twists and turns of a plot that for me became bogged down in discussions of political machinations that I was indifferent to. For a reader who had not attached to the first section's narrator as a character, but who had instead seen the character as a convenient vehicle for getting to the good stuff, the second section must be vastly more engaging than the first. I, meanwhile, was left trying to care about any of it, trying to find even one character whose actions interested me, trying to find concepts that seemed to benefit from being expressed as a narrative rather than a technical manual.
This reminds me of something a friend of mine -- a magnificent writer and very smart reader -- once said about Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, a book I adore and find more pleasurable with each read. She got halfway through and stopped. "The games were fun for a while, but then I just thought, 'It's all games, isn't it?' And I don't care about games." That wasn't Calvino's fault, that was hers. He'd written a book she couldn't possibly be sympathetic to, because very little of what he was trying to do was anything she wanted to pay attention to.
Attention is an important quality in a reader: What do we as readers want to pay attention to? So often the books that we fail are ones where the writer's attention is gazing in a different direction than we want to join.
This could lead to a slippery slope of gushy relativism, and I don't want to slide all the way down it. There are various levels of failed attention (see Nick Mamatas on "What is Bad Writing?"). David Marusek is a remarkably talented writer, one who pays careful attention to detail and nuance, to language, to -- well, you name it. It's an extraordinary book of its own sort, but it's unfortunately not the sort of book I get much pleasure from, and in this case, I think that's more my fault than anyone else's.


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Ethan's Bright Birch Tree Nursery
Name: Ethan (2)
Location: Alexandria, VA
I was quite attached to Ethan's birch tree nursery in our old house. It was where I 'nested' during my pregnancy, where I saw my mood board visualization come together, and where Ethan rested his tiny head for his first six months. I painstakingly painted beautiful birch trees on the walls over a rich robin's egg blue - it was perfect. But then we moved.
We moved to Old Town Alexandria in Virginia and into a rental house with all-white walls. I thought it would be so hard to recreate our beloved "Birch Tree Nursery". I thought at first the white would bother me. But there is something about the old wooden floors, exposed beams, and details of the new place that make the white walls seem okay.
Therefore I was challenged to add the robin's egg blue and rich orange colors to Ethan's nursery without paint. Using fabric-covered cornices, handmade bunting, decals, and artwork I was able to drum up a space that would keep my Peanut cozy.
The birch tree and bird decals were a set I bought from NouWall after days of scouring Etsy, looking for the perfect birch trees. I really wanted to paint the trees right on the wall, but decals seemed like a better option since we are renting. They arrived quickly and just as pictured, all at a cost of around $100. The trees are a dark gray color, the leaves orange, and birds turquoise. I actually painted the birds with a robin's egg blue acrylic paint so they would match. I didn't think it would work, but it did!
The cornices were a snap to put together and cost about $20-25, making them an inexpensive addition to the room. The chair was my absolute favorite purchase out of all the nursery gear...how often do you get to buy an orange chair?? Okay, yes, it was pricey. BUT, we've used it every day for two years and it's super comfy. I feel like our snazzy chair is really showcased in the new room, front and center. I love that it's a glider/rocker so pinched fingers or toes are not a concern. A foam cube covered in a fun, soft flannel material made a perfect ottoman. Ethan likes pounding his hands on it and I like putting up my feet during story time every night.
My other favorite part of this room is the shelving 'collage' above the chair. I wanted to feature the beautiful books my parents kept safe for us since my childhood--through about seven out-of-state moves. Just glancing at a book brings a flood of memories. I LOVE reading them to Ethan. Throw in a few photos, stuffed owls, and a big letter 'E' painted robin's egg blue, you have a very eye catching display that adds a lot of color and interest to the room.
I made a lovely mobile out of card stock. Ethan loves it, and I love that it is modern and artsy while still serving its purpose. Crazy what some fishing line, wooden dowels, and card stock will get you! I'd say this came together for less then $10.
For more "art" I updated a needle point piece (done by my mom before I was born -- we reframed it), framed some pretty orange and blue fabric in quilting circles, and added some sweet puppy tail hooks.
Our Old Town abode is really feeling like 'home'. I decided before we moved here that even though we were renting, I was going to treat the house like it was ours. Especially with Ethan's room! The Peanut has to have a fun nursery. So while we act with discretion when it comes to permanent changes like paint (even though we were given the okay by our landlords) we're going to need a big bucket of spackle to fix all the holes in these walls.
Source List:
- Crib: Babies R Us
- Mobile: DIY
- Chair: GoodWorks
- Bunting: DIY
- Dresser/Changing Table: IKEA
- Side Table: Target
- Bedskirt: DIY with fabric from Fabricworm.com
- Lamp: IKEA
- Tree Decals: NouWall
- Owl Decals: Tweet Heart Custom Vinyl
- Window Cornices: DIY with fabric from Fabricworm.com
- Wall Shelves: The Container Store
- Name Box: DIY with wood pieces from Michael's
- Alphabet Wall Hanging:DIY by my mom
- Diaper Pail: Bed Bath & Beyond
- Puppy Tail Wall Hooks: IKEA via Ebay
- Ottoman: DIY using a foam block from Hancock Fabric
- Owls in Windows: DIY by my friend Maddie
- Rug: IKEA
Thanks, Becky! Readers, you can visit Becky at Preparing for Peanut.
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When You Were in the Hospital
You had surgery to remove all or part of your large bowel. You may also have had a colostomy.
What to Expect at Home
You may have these problems after you return home from the hospital after having large bowel surgery:
- Pain when you cough, sneeze, and make sudden movements. This may last 1 to 5 days.
- Hard stools, or you may not be able to have a bowel movement at all.
- You may have problems with diarrhea.
- You may have problems with your colostomy.
- Do not lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk (about 10 pounds) for the first 6 weeks.
- Short walks and going up and down stairs are okay.
- Dont push yourself too hard. Increase your exercise slowly.
Your doctor will give you pain medicines to take at home.
- If you are taking pain pills 3 or 4 times a day, take them at the same time each day for 3 to 4 days. They may control pain better this way.
- Do not drive or use other heavy machines if you are taking narcotic pain medicines. These medicines may slow your reaction time.
- Try getting up and moving around if you are having some pain in your belly.
Press a pillow over your incision when you need to cough or sneeze. This may lessen the pain. Ask your doctor when you shouldstart taking the medicines you stopped before surgery.
Wound Care
If your staples have been removed, you will probably have Steri-Strips (small pieces of tape) placed across your incision. These pieces of tape will fall off on their own.
Take sponge baths for the first 2 days after your staples are removed. You may shower after that. Ask your doctor or nurse when you can soak in a bathtub.
- It is okay if the Steri-Strips get wet. But, do not soak or scrub them or let the shower beat directly on them.
- Keep your wound dry at all other times.
- The Steri-Strips will fall off on their own after a week.
Your doctor will tell you how often to
- Your doctor will tell you when to start cleaning your wound daily with soap and water. Look carefully for any changes to the wound as you do this.
- Pat your wound dry. Do not rub it dry.
- Ask your doctor before puttingany lotion, cream, or herbal remedy on your wound.
Do not wear tight clothing that rubs against your wound while it is healing. Use a thin gauze pad over it to protect it if needed.
If you have a colostomy, follow care instructions from your doctor or nurse. Sitting on a pillow may make youmore comfortable if the surgery was in your rectum.
Eat small amounts of food 5 to 8 times a day. Do not eat 3 big meals.
- Space out your small meals. Wait the same amount of time between each one.
- Add new foods back into your diet slowly--one or two at a time.
- Try to eat plenty of protein.
Some foods may cause gas, loose stools, or constipationas you recover. Avoidfoods that cause problems.
If you become sick to your stomach or have diarrhea, avoid solid foods and drink onlyclear fluidsfor a little while. Call your doctor.
If you have hard stools:
- Try to get up and walk around more. Being more active can help.
- If you can, take less of the pain medicines your doctor gave you. They can make you constipated.
- You may use stool softeners if your doctor tells you it is okay.
- Ask your doctor if you can take milk of magnesia or magnesium citrate. Do not take other laxatives without asking your doctor first.
- Ask the doctor if it is okay to eat foods that contain a lot of fiber or take psyllium (Metamucil).
Returning to Work
Return to work only when you feel ready to. These tips may help:
- You may be ready when you can be active around the house for 8 hours and still feel okay when you wake up the next morning.
- You may want to start back part-time and on light duty at first.
- Your doctor can write a letter to limit your work activities if you do heavy labor.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if:
- You have a fever over 101 F or a fever that does not go away with acetaminophen (Tylenol).
- Your belly is swollen.
- You feel sick to your stomach or you are throwing up a lot. Or, you cannot keep food down.
- You have not had a bowel movement 4 days after leaving the hospital.
- You have been having bowel movements and they suddenly stop.
- You have black or tarry stools, or there is blood in your stools.
- You are having belly pain that is getting worse, and pain medicines are not helping to ease your pain.
- You are short of breath or are having chest pain.
- Your legs are swelling.
- There are changes in your wound from the surgery:
- The edges are pulling apart.
- Green or yellow drainage is coming from it.
- It is redder, warm, swelling, or more painful.
- Your bandage is soaked with blood.
Fry RD, Mahmoud N, Maron DJ, Ross HM, Rombeau J. Coln and rectum. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 50.
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Quote from: Boingo on October 24, 2007, 02:23:48 AMThe Duomo of Florence and the happy Buddha I thought I already guessed.....
The Duomo of Florence and the happy Buddha
Boingo's right. It's the Duomo. Unless somebody's made a scale model or something.
I think this is the statue (source page). It's somewhere in Osaka. (for bonus points, search the album for "relaxation of dog's gallery." )
And Boingo those Victorian little buildings are often seen in the UK and are usually called Garden Follies--makes me think Ireland somewhere...
Season 9: Palermo (Italy) - Castellammare del Golfo (Italy) - Segesta (Italy) Segesta (Italy) - Catania (Italy) - Siracusa (Italy) Siracusa (Italy) - Rome (Italy) Season 1 -Bologna (Italy) - Castelfranco Emilia (Italy) - Sant'Agata (Italy) Sant'Agata (Italy) - Ferrara (Italy) - Season 4:Milan (Italy) - Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) - Cinque Torri (Italy) - Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) - Venice (Italy) Venice (Italy) -That's all I can find! Maybe Florence for real???
Oh this looks like fun!
Yep, that's it. Very strange, if they're driving from the big bunny to LAX.
I have lost the screencaps--Can't find that one or the Statue or the Duamo--is the complete set somewhere I have missed? Help please?
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Nine arrested in Orange prescription drug ring
Nine people were arrested Friday, Aug. 16, 2012, and one suspect remains at large after officers of the Orange Police Department Narcotics Division and DEA agents broke up what they say was a fraudulent prescription drug ring in Orange, Texas.
According to a news release from OPD, 10 suspects were indicted on 23 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud after a year-long investigation initiated by Sgt. Jason Laughlin revealed an employee of an unnamed doctor's office was forging prescriptions. The prescriptions were allegedly taken to local pharmacies by participants in the ring who would have them filled and bring them back to the ring leader in exchange for cash or drugs. Police say the local doctor was not involved.
Debra Godfrey (seven counts), Glen Dorrell (two counts), Peggy Gisclair (one count), Kacey Larkin (two counts), Candy Rash (four counts), Brittany Manning (one count), Derrik Tregre (two counts), Olivia Wilson (two counts) and Brian Larkin (one count) were arrested and charged with involvement in the ring. Gary Miller (one count) is still at large.


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Malone Meets Challenges Head On at Helm of Carter Malone Group Memphis Daily News//Sarah Baker//Feb. 23, 2013
Deidre Malone describes the day she resigned from her 10-year tenure as a marketing executive with ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the day she "walked out on faith."
With a husband recovering from a major surgery in a household concerned about health care, it wasn't exactly the perfect timing for Malone to become an entrepreneur. But after turning 40, she knew that if she ever wanted to realize her dream, she'd have to take the risk.
"I remember walking into the CEO's office at ALSAC and he tried to talk me out of it," Malone said. "He said, 'Deidre, if you don't want to run this division, come work for me.' I said, 'No, that's not it. This was the best opportunity because it taught me how to really deal with some adversity in terms of what it would really be like in my own business.'"
That same day, Malone's pastor invited her to lunch, unaware of her professional circumstances. He informed her that The National Baptist Convention was coming to town and its ministers wanted to hire Malone.
"He said, 'I know you have a full-time job, but we really need your assistance with sponsorship and PR,'" Malone said. "He had no idea I had just resigned. That was kind of my sign that it was the right thing to do."
Malone founded The Carter Malone Group LLC in 2003, a full-service public relations, marketing and advertising firm. It was a year after she was elected to the Shelby County Commission, where she served two four-year terms.
The National Baptist Convention still uses The Carter Malone Group when it stops in Memphis. Other longtime clients The Carter Malone Group has retained in its 10 years in business include Saint Francis Hospital and The Church of God in Christ (COGIC).
"From a business standpoint, I'm very proud of the clients that we've been able to keep," Malone said. "I'm proud that we are sought out to partner with organizations that are outside of our industry for work and that we get a lot of referral business, which speaks to the quality of work that the associates here at the firm provide."
Many of those clients have taught Malone valuable life lessons. Solidifying COGIC, for instance, taught her that as a small-business owner, she had to know the value that she brought to the table and ask for it.
Malone scored that account after starting The Carter Malone Group as a sole proprietor out of her Midtown home and then transitioning into EmergeMemphis, the city's new business incubator. Working with Cynthia Norwood of alt.Consulting, Malone learned that reducing rates in order to get clients in the door was the wrong methodology for a fledgling agency.
"She said, 'If you start out that way, then you're not really getting the revenue that your firm should receive because they're not paying for what you're worth,'" Malone said. "(Meanwhile), the Church of God in Christ had asked for a proposal. I gave them a proposal and I thought, 'they're never going to agree to this.' Bishop G.E. Patterson didn't blink. He said, 'Absolutely. Send me a contract.' From that point on, I've never reduced my rates or my associate's rates. We're pretty competitive with the larger agencies and I think you should be."
Malone said oftentimes women know that they're capable of doing the job and offering a quality service, but seldom do they convey the self-confidence they should.
"Sometimes we're just so grateful to get the opportunity, whereas our male counterparts are very confident when they're obtaining that opportunity," Malone said. "More women have to realize that you have the same education, the same experience, the same organizational and thought process as your male counterparts and you deserve to be there and to ask for what you're worth."
Malone also stresses to women, especially those looking to open their own business, to be prepared. That's why earlier this year, The Carter Malone Group held a series of three free symposiums called, "Controlling How the Cookie Crumbles: Educating and Empowering Entrepreneurs."
"I want people to have a clear understanding that starting your own business is not going to be the easiest thing at all in the world to do, but it can be the most rewarding thing that you could ever do," Malone said.
The Carter Malone Group, which employs 10, recently moved from The Cotton Exchange Building Downtown to a 103-year-old house at 1509 Madison Ave. The firm occupies the first level and is looking to lease out the second floor to attorneys, architects or any other interested lessees.
Newer clients to The Carter Malone Group's portfolio are Rural Metro/Corp., Chicago-based Harris & Harris, Los Angeles-based RTKL Associates Inc., Achievement School District and Aspire Public Schools.
And always looking for more opportunities, Malone may also run as the Democratic candidate for Shelby County mayor. She ran in the 2010 Democratic Primary and has been approached by several supporters since that time asking her to consider campaigning again.
"With my small-business background, my corporate background and with the level of public service that I've been able to offer the community for the last 25 years, I would be doing a disservice to myself if I didn't even consider it," Malone said. "But right now I'm really torn because I've been focusing on my business and I'm really loving that. So I'm just going to be prayerful and we'll see what happens."


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Spectacular Opening Day At 2012 Melges 32 World Championship Places Schwartz's 'Pisces' In Overall Lead
25 September 2012
Newport, RI - USA - Opening day at the 2012 Melges 32 World Championship, hosted by the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) was nothing short of spectacular with NYYC member Benjamin Schwartz on Pisces securing the lead after two races. Schwartz, with tactician Chris Rast currently leads the championship by one point. Chasing hard in second place is defending champ William Douglass on Goombay Smash with Chris Larson on tactics, and in third is Andrea Pozzi with Gabriele Benussi as tactician aboard Bombarda.
With big seas and a steady 18-20 knots blowing throughout the day, Pozzi creamed the competition in the first race of the day leading from start to finish. "Leading the first race of the World Championship from start to finish is thrilling as I only started sailing just one year ago. The conditions were quite challenging - the hard choppy sea and strong wind, but my crew was more than perfect." commented Pozzi. "We were very fast and with a sixth place finish in the second heat of the day, we have started this event in the very best way possible. I hope that the weather forecast will give us more days like this! Racing the Melges 32 is an absolute adrenaline rush."
Steve Howe, with tactician Morgan Larson on Warpath came second and Douglass was third.
Race two proved to be equally exciting with Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino and Nathan Wilmot as tactician punched the second start hard. Onorato took the lead at the top mark with Schwartz in second and Douglass in third. The breeze built ever so slightly and the wave action increased for the final downwind run. Onorato poured on the speed, while Schwartz chased him down to take the win right at the finish line. "The European teams are super aggressive and these boats are so fast downwind," said a simply elated Schwartz post racing. "We caught a couple of really great waves, the surfing was so incredible and once the boat lifted up and out of the water it was so much fun. This is such a great ride. Today proved that the passing lanes are really, really wide. It was just great."
"The first time I sailed with Ben was in Ft. Lauderdale at the Gold Cup last December, and immediately I felt very comfortable and confident on the boat." commented Rast. "Ben is a great helm, George 'Bear' Peet does an awesome job trimming and Marty (Kullman) pulls all the remaining pieces together. Everyone really knows what needs to be done in order to win and that there is no time to ever feel we are not in control. Which for me, as a tactician, it really sets me up in a nice spot. I can ask for things and it's usually delivered. So, like on the last run today, we needed to go lower and slightly faster than the guys in front of us, which set us up perfectly to gybe on top of them and win. This team is delivering right now."
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TOP TEN RESULTS (After two races)
1.) Benjamin Schwartz/Chris Rast, Pisces; 4-1 = 5
2.) William Douglass/Chris Larson, Goombay Smash; 3-3 = 6
3.) Andre Pozzi/Gabriele Benussi, Bombarda; 1-6 = 7
4.) Edoardo Lupi/Branko Brcin, Torpyone; 8-4 = 12
5.) Alec Cutler/Richard Clarke, Hedgehog; 5-7 = 12
6.) Vincenzo Onorato/Nathan Wilmot, Mascalzone Latino; 12-2 = 14
7.) Steve Howe/Morgan Larson, Warpath; 2-15 = 17
8.) Andy Lovell/Steve Benjamin, Rougarou; 14-5 = 19
9.) Ryan DeVos/Ed Baird, Volpe; 13-9 = 22
10.) Pieter Taselaar/Nick Thompson, Bliksem; 7-16 = 23
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Forget "sell in May and go away"—investment strategist Carmine Grigoli told CNBC Friday that he expects the market to "explode to the upside" over the next couple of months.
"Interest rates are falling, profit growth is accelerating … and M&A activity is soaring," he told CNBC's "Power Lunch."
Grigoli, chief investment strategist at Mizuho Securities, thinks that adds up to a 10 percent to 12 percent rally by year's end.
Historically, May through September tend to be the weakest months for the market.
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Although Jim McDonald, chief investment strategist at Northern Trust, sees "acceptable value" in the market, he isn't as bullish as Grigoli.
"There has got to be better evidence the U.S. can break out of this 2 to 2.5 percent growth pace," he said. "We're seeing some positive signs on credit creation but the housing market is going nowhere fast, so we're not that excited about the upside potential."


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40. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowGo'Noles Mar 7, 2012 8:55 AM (in response to BCormier)
I have a relatively new Dell XPS 8300 and I find LR4 to be as quick as LR3. The only sluggishness I've noted is the initial switch to the Develop module in a new folder. Subsequent uses of Develop in that folder are less than a second.
I'd like to post more details on my computer, but I don't have access to them at the moment.
41. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndyYau Mar 7, 2012 9:58 AM (in response to BCormier)
I used LR4 Beta since it was released and found it sluggish like hell when processing G10 & 450D raw files.
And after installing LR4 release version, I found the same problem. Using sliders was always in slow motion and
it took 1-3 secs to response.
After reading this forum, I tried the so-called solution by deleting cache and preview files serveral times and nothing was chagned.
And finally I tried changing a profile of a photo from 2012 to 2010 and then back and forth. The strange thing is that when switching from 2012 to 2010,
all adjustments to the photo was lost. The result was the same as a reset. Is this normal?
Besides this, I also tried import raw files using Copy As DNG to see if DNG will work better.
After these operations, my LR4 works as fast as LR3. I do not know what was happened. I tried to touch serveral ten photos and LR4 is still fast.
And slider operation is almost instant. And all other operations is at lest 2-3 times faster than it was before.
My computer is always the same unit: Mac Pro 3GHz, 8-core, 16G Ram, System Disk: SSD, Data Disk:Raid0 x 3, OS X 10.7.3.
It seems I am dreaming but it is true. I even tried to check the screen if I am using LR3.
I do not know if LR4 will slow down again....
42. Re: Lightroom 4 is sloweswrite Mar 7, 2012 10:39 AM (in response to eswrite)
OK, I just installed and tried it out on my i7-quad 8GB laptop, a fairly new machine. Same result. Just as fast as 3.6, I don't notice any hicups. I wonder if I got lucky because I have new machines (no more than 1 month old)
43. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowjeret44 Mar 7, 2012 11:29 AM (in response to AndyYau)
AndyYau wrote:
I used LR4 Beta since it was released and found it sluggish like hell when processing G10 & 450D raw files.
And after installing LR4 release version, I found the same problem. Using sliders was always in slow motion and
it took 1-3 secs to response.
After reading this forum, I tried the so-called solution by deleting cache and preview files serveral times and nothing was chagned.
And finally I tried changing a profile of a photo from 2012 to 2010 and then back and forth. The strange thing is that when switching from 2012 to 2010,
all adjustments to the photo was lost. The result was the same as a reset. Is this normal?
Besides this, I also tried import raw files using Copy As DNG to see if DNG will work better.
After these operations, my LR4 works as fast as LR3. I do not know what was happened. I tried to touch serveral ten photos and LR4 is still fast.
And slider operation is almost instant. And all other operations is at lest 2-3 times faster than it was before.
My computer is always the same unit: Mac Pro 3GHz, 8-core, 16G Ram, System Disk: SSD, Data Disk:Raid0 x 3, OS X 10.7.3.
It seems I am dreaming but it is true. I even tried to check the screen if I am using LR3.
I do not know if LR4 will slow down again....
Thank you Andy,
Tried the import Copy As DNG and the loading, sliders and adjustment brush are all quicker. Like you said, don't know if it will last, but it's good for now.
44. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowshamus1585 Mar 7, 2012 12:38 PM (in response to j. scriba)
I have two monitors connected. I turned off the second and the speed increase was noticable. I hope Adobe fixes this as I like the two (Hope the new CS6 dosen't have the same issue as I REALLY use both in PS). For now, only one monitor . I have an NVidia card with 2 gig (rare as mose desktops are 1 gig) and the latest driver. (just checked)
45. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndyYau Mar 7, 2012 12:57 PM (in response to jeret44)
If so, I think I have to apply a LR4 patent for this!
Adobe may want to remind us there is something call DNG.
Actually there is no need to edit raw files using DNG format. After of Copy As DNG, LR4 become very responsive for all my CR2 files.
I also notice the CPU activity is much lower as shown by Activity Monitor.
46. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowaross4242 Mar 7, 2012 9:41 PM (in response to BCormier)
SPECS: Core i7 950 not overclocked, Asus Sabertooth mobo, 12 GB RAM, Radeon 5700 video with 1GB, Win7 Ultimate 64bit on SSD with programs (including LR), images on separate 2TB HDD, Dual displays. In other words, quite capable hardware that runs anything I have ever thrown at it with aplomb.
I'm going to chronicle my experiences thus far:
1. Installed LR4 beta when it came out and made a test catalog of about 2000 images.
2. Noticed sluggishness immediately, especially in develop when moving sliders. Chalked it up to being beta and went back to LR3, waiting for LR4 final.
3. Yesterday, excitedly installed LR4 final, which updated my LR4 beta test catalog
4. Experienced the same sluggish performance. Thought it was maybe because the catalog was made with the beta.
5. Created a new LR4 catalog, and imported about 60 "fresh" raws (Nikon NEFs) to test it out.
6. Experienced the same sluggish performance.
Sliders are slow to react to mouse dragging, and the image preview is slow to update to the adjusted values once the slider has finally moved. The slider handle doesn't follow the mouse pointer unless dragging really slowly, and it is difficult to make fine adjustments - e.g. the exposure slider sort of jumps along in 0.2-0.4EV increments. The second display lags behind the first by as much as 4 seconds. There is a less severe but still noticeable sluggishness to the overall navigation, such as switching between modules or scrolling and clicking in the filmstrip. LR4 is virtually unusable in this state. CPU activity monitor spikes on all 8 threads everytime a slider is moved.
Frustrated, I started experimenting further and found some suggestions on this thread to try:
1. Performace increases to the point of usability with the second display disabled, but this isn't a solution. I need my dual displays! And even with a single display, it isn't as smooth and responsive as LR 3.6
2. PV2010 vs. PV2012 doesn't seem to matter in terms of performance. Both are unusably slow. But again, PV2012 is where it's at, so it needs to work!
3. Building fresh previews doesn't seem to help, since performance was poor with the beta test catalog and with the newly created one with newly rendered previews.
4. I imported a batch of 180 images into the LR4 catalog using "Copy as DNG" to see if that helped matters. I have never used DNG before. The conversion and preview rendering took about 4-5 min total for all 180 images (12mp NEFs). Seems reasonable.
5. Again performance seems a bit jerky but usable with only one display in use, but slows to a crawl with both enabled. The second display lags significantly behind the main display. So DNG doesn't seem any better than just the regular NEFs for me. And again, using DNG isn't a solution anyways, just a workaround.
Soooo, I'm in a rut. Nothing I do really seems to fix the problem. Looks like Adobe has some investigation to do, so lets hope these posts help shed some light on the source of the problem.
47. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowStefanKlein Mar 8, 2012 1:14 AM (in response to aross4242)
Across 4242,
I have another system than yours (WIN7 64, Q6600/2,8GHZ, GTX 470, 8GB RAM) , but this is exactly my experience. You seem to have a very fast system and LR4 is still slow. I`d like to hear something from Adobe on this.
48. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowmimot15 Mar 8, 2012 1:28 AM (in response to AndyYau)
Thanks, it seem to be a solution to get a workaround.. yes switching from profil 2012 to 2010 reset all my previous adjustments but then, even with NEF files, LR4 is now working fine as fast as LR3. After installing beta LR4 I've found that from this precise installation time, even LR3 is becoming more sluggish than before. I've also noticed a very long time to wait when switching from Library to Development module, back and forth (LR4, not LR3). This too seem to be right now with LR4, but I don't understand why ?
Config is : iMac27 i5, 16 Gb, Radeon 4850, some external FW800 HDs. OS X 10.7.3.
49. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowterry275 Mar 8, 2012 4:52 AM (in response to BCormier)
I have had a call back from Adobe support and there would seem to be issues with settings imported from beta and previous versions. There advice and it worked for me to to remove the LR4 beta version with windows software then reboot your machine. Then in windows 7 go to c:users/pc/appdata/roaming/adobe and then drag the lightroom folder to the desktop. Then start LR4 and create a new catalog. DO NOT IMPORT OLD ONE. This will create a virgin set up. LR4 on my machine now performs as well as LR3 did. Have not yet loaded a old catalog from LR3 so hoping that will be OK
50. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndyYau Mar 8, 2012 4:56 AM (in response to BCormier)
After playing LR4 with speed improvement for the whole night. I find it is still smooth.
All of you can check with the video in order to compare with yours.
See description in the video for more information.
51. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowEtnier Mar 8, 2012 5:11 AM (in response to terry275)
Of course we cannot delete our existing catalogs and start new ones. That is not a fix.
terry275's fixes are Windows-specific, fwiw: I use a Mac.
This is a major drag, literally. Fortunately I still have LR3 installed, and only one or two catalogs 'upgraded' to LR4 slowness.
52. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowStefanKlein Mar 8, 2012 5:22 AM (in response to Etnier)
I`ve watched your video, especially between 0:46 and 1:03, where you adjust the exposure slider. Would you call that smooth? Screen redraw looks very jerky. Or is it just your video recording? Is what you see in that video what you see on screen in this situation?
If yes, it`s as jerky as on my PC. The means, you pull the slider, but what you see on screen is an update maybe two or three times a second.
53. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndyYau Mar 8, 2012 5:42 AM (in response to StefanKlein)
I have just verified with LR4 and also LR3.
It is my hand, not LR4. I did not keep my mouse constantly moving.
I think you do not encounter the slow issue of LR4. When this problem happens,
your mouse is almost sticked to the slider. And every movement take 2-3 seconds.
54. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowStefanKlein Mar 8, 2012 5:44 AM (in response to AndyYau)
Andy, so it is smoother than what the video shows? I`m wondering, because the slider movement in the video seems much more constant than the screen update.
55. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndyYau Mar 8, 2012 5:52 AM (in response to StefanKlein)
You are right. Just compared with LR3 again and again. LR3 slider is faster and smoother. LR4 is slightly jerky if compared with LR3.
But LR4 is now several times faster than when I just installed it. I almost cannot work with it as any adjustment takes 1-3 seconds for screen to update!!
56. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowcorrespondanc Mar 8, 2012 6:01 AM (in response to AndyYau)
AndyYau : good video. Development time (from 1 picture to the other) seems to be 4 / 5 secondes. Same with me (I had the same with LR3).
BUT : Some users mentioned that they had about 0.1 s for that action !
57. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowterry275 Mar 8, 2012 6:06 AM (in response to Etnier)
You dont delete yuor catalogs as they are saved in a different folder
58. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowEtnier Mar 8, 2012 6:09 AM (in response to terry275)
Of course you're right, Terry275; I didn't phrase it correctly. What I meant is that not having access to the older catalogs is the problem. All that work!!! Hundreds of hours.
59. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowfrankc1978 Mar 8, 2012 6:33 AM (in response to AndyYau)
Thank you very much for the work, that you uploaded that video. I had a look at it in several quality settings. I can see clearly how your mouse mooves and how the picture updates. This is laggy as hell....sorry. Yes, maybe it is in your case as fast als LR3.6, but in my case lr3.6 works completely fluid....and my lr4 works exactly like i saw it in your video.
So this is not fast......this is slow as it can be. not useable!
King regards Frank!
60. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowcorrespondanc Mar 8, 2012 6:43 AM (in response to frankc1978)
Frankc1978 : What I don't understand is that some people like AndyYau or me find the same results with both LR3 and LR4. Indeed, this is much slower that what you describe on your high end machine but there is no difference between the 2 versions. I would think that LR 4 would worse on LR 3 on all machines (not just on the high end ones). So , there might be an other reason.
61. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowterry275 Mar 8, 2012 6:51 AM (in response to Etnier)
Now confirmed you can load old catalogs in LR4 after virgin start up and they do convert but run sluggish which is what adobe have identified and presumably are working a fix. When you revert to the virgin catalog in LR4 and work on new imports via LR4 the software performs to LR3 speeds.
62. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowAndyYau Mar 8, 2012 7:00 AM (in response to frankc1978)
Hi Frank,
Fast and slow is relative and this is why I upload a video for us to compare.
I think we have to seperate two cases:a
1. When LR4 is normal (now on my Mac), it may be not as smooth as LR3. But the different is small. And I agree LR3 is a little bit faster.
2. When LR4 is abnormal, it is serveral times slower than the speed shown in the video. (For example, when I move a slider, my computer CPU load is almost 100% for all 8-cores, and I need to wait 2-3 second for the screen to refresh for just ONE mouse action). The speed different is huge.
It is pity that I do have have a video to show case 2. After Copy AS DNG, it seems problem of case 2
is solved. But the inherent probelm of LR4 in case 1 is still there.
So I think we are talking two different issues of LR4.
63. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowfrankc1978 Mar 8, 2012 7:13 AM (in response to AndyYau)
@correspondanc & @ andyyau!
You both are completely right. in your 2 cases maybe you are used to a slower speed even out of lr3. maybe lr3 always was a little bit slower, but as i said, in lr3 were people capable of investing money in good hardwere on so they got a really, really realtime and fluid workflow, like i have in lr 3.6. in this case you guys got a slower pc and a slower lr 3.6 and do/can not see a difference between lr 3.6 and 4.0. thats completely ok. but you must understand guys like me who are used to work on a realtime lr 3.6 and now work with this, that is just like got my 5 year older computer back. not even high end machines are able to make a fluid and real time workflow and that is my real problem. yesterday a saw lr4 on the most powerfull mac pro you can get for money. doing most profesional videocutting on it and very high complex renderings using the most expensive quadro fx card. lr4 was not slower or faster than on my machines. it is like tehre is a door in lr4 that is closed for fast machines. as i allready said on my 12 core (24 threads) machine i do not have more than 8% cpu usage so lr4 (x64) does not take the whole power a computer can deliver! working in lr 3,6 my cpu usage rises to about 36%. i will try the trick terry275 wrote above and see if it will bring any difference!
king regards frank!
64. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowcorrespondanc Mar 8, 2012 7:44 AM (in response to frankc1978)
Frankc1978 : I think we do not understand each other.
I totally agree with you. When used to fluid workflow on your machine, going slower is not acceptable.
What I don't understand is why on your machine you go slower (a lot from you say), and , on smaller machines, there is no difference (I calculated as I stll run with both). It does not make sense ! LR4 just also run at a slower speed on my machine too.
My conclusion is that there is something different : graphic card, the way LR4 uses dfiferently some CPUs from some others. I don't know what it is but it is a combination of LR4 and the hardware.
65. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 8, 2012 8:16 AM (in response to correspondanc)
After two days struggling I have an LR4 running as fast as my LR3 (or if there is a difference I can't notice it).
Struggling because I did not know you could not load the paid copy over the beta test copy. It was unuseable in that mode.
If you have LR4 beta you need to uninstall it with Windows. You need to reboot. You need to remove all relevant .ldata and .lcat files and any LR4 catalogue folder. I also removed all the entries in the ...roaming/adobe/lightroom folder.
If you re-install you need to build a new catalogue of course.
If anyone around here from Adobe wants to claim my method is overkill then maybe the next person with problems will not to take such desparate measures - lucky them!
I should have spotted the clue. I loaded my paid for version of LR4 on two machines yesterday. One worked a treat. One worked like treacle. The first had not been used for the beta test and the second had...
All in the cause of progress. But at least my LR4 is fun to use again.
Happy days.
66. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowj. scriba Mar 8, 2012 8:24 AM (in response to terry275)
Yes, thanks,
I see the same thing here.
Starting a new catalogue (no re-install) and doing a new import of the same pictures makes LR4 much more responsive.
Activity monitor shows a much better balanced and overall lower load on the CPU cores when manipulating sliders in the develop module.
While before the load on all CPUs would brickwall to the max when doing adjustments resulting in jerky slider movements, now all the cores have some headroom and slider movement is reasonably smooth. Pretty close to old LR3 behavior even with the new process.
It seems like Adobe has to look at how to "upgrade" old catalogues without the speed penalty. Recreating the catalogues from scratch is obviously not an option for people with thousands of pics organized through LR.
Now confirmed you can load old catalogs in LR4 after virgin start up and they do convert but run sluggish which is what adobe have identified and presumably are working a fix. When you revert to the virgin catalog in LR4 and work on new imports via LR4 the software performs to LR3 speeds.
67. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowRodrigo Gomez Mar 8, 2012 8:53 AM (in response to BCormier)
I haven't done any scientific test regarding this, but I have a dual screen setup and disabling the second monitor makes a very big difference. With both screens being used by LR4 any change to the RAW settings gives me a beachball. I turned off the second one and it feels much more responsive. I'm working on a Mac Pro, Mac OS X 10.7. Of course, disabling the second screen is not the solution. I still want to use both
I have a medium-big catalog (about 60,000 photos) and it's impossible for me to reimport it: I use constantly virtual copies, and those will be lost (as far as I know) if I just reimport the original DNG/RAW. So that is not an option for me (and I'm sure for lot's of people)
68. Re: Lightroom 4 is firstname.lastname@example.com Mar 8, 2012 8:56 PM (in response to BCormier)
Hi All. Count me as grumpy for how slow LR4 is. I have spent about 10 hours fiddling including doing a complete system restore. I will report fidnings but here are system specs:
i7 950 Quad core OC'd to 3.9Ghz - rock solid.
24Gb RAM using Mushkin Black OCd to 1800Mhz - rock solid
C: is RAID 0 on Intel Sata2 Controller, running two OCZ Vertex3 120Gb SSD
Scratch drive is mushkin Max Iops 240Gb SATA3 SSD on SATA3 controller
Photo directory is on 4Tb partition (two WD Caviar Black drives in RAID 0 on intel SATA2)
Three displays but LR running on two - powered by two MSI GTX 570 cards OCd by about 20% - rock solid - have SLI disabled
Both Lr3 and Lr4 repond much quicker when second display is turned off. Lr3 us easily usable with second display running - Lr4 is very sluggish.
I have uninstalled. Reinstalled. Backup recovery. Lr3 only. Lr4 only. Side by side. Sharing catalog. Seperate catalog. Virgin import to LR4 to make brand new catalog. Does not matter - almost identical performance problem with LR4 (compared to LR3) under all conditions. Here is where I left it:
I now have LR3.6 and LR4 in side-by-side installs with completely seperate libraries and referencing duplicate data on the same partition. Without a doubt, LR4 is much, much more slugish than Lr3. Here is the kicker: I created a 12Gb ram disk and copied one of my folders with RAW images in it. When reading these images, LR4 does move more quickly than when reading identical files off the RAID 0 photos drive. However, the improvement is nominal and remails, very obvioudly slugish. In comparision, LR3 reading the same files from the Ram disk is much faster - tiny bit of lag.
The problems cannot have anything to do with hardware limitations or file sizes. There is something about LR4 that is grinding down its responsiveness.
How could they not have noticed this?
PS. Once an image is cached, LR4 much more responsive - still slower than Lr3, but usable.
69. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowaross4242 Mar 8, 2012 11:00 AM (in response to aross4242)
As an update to my previous post (#46), I tried terry275's suggestion of removing the lightroom folder and allowing LR4 to regenerate a virgin setup. I then created a new catalog with freshly imported images. Performance was the same - usable but not perfect with one display but very jerky with the second display enabled. The second display is lagging far behind the main display - they don't change simultaneously like in LR3. CPU spikes to 100% when the second display is trying to refresh. With 2 displays enabled, LR4 is practically unusable.
And, as someone else mentioned, recreating catalogs from scratch isn't a realistic solution for those of us who have spent hours editing, sorting, rating, and keywording images in our LR3 catalogs. They need to convert properly.
Out of curiosity, I installed L4 on a computer at work: Core i5, 4GB, Radeon 5450, Win7 Pro 64bit. This machine is lesser spec'd than my home machine (i7, 12gb, Radeon 5750, Win7 Ult). I created a new catalog and imported some raws. LR4 is much more responsive on this lesser machine than on my home machine, for some reason. It is smooth and snappy, like LR3. With a second display enabled (as a window on the main display because this comp doesn't have two physical monitors), performance slows a tiny bit and the second display image lags about 1-2s, but this is much better than it is at home on my better computer. On my less capable work computer, LR4 would be totally usable even with two displays.
Differences: At work, LR4, Win, and the source images are all on the same drive wheras at home, the images are on a separate internal sata drive. Work has a slower CPU and less RAM. Work never had LR4 beta installed (did have LR3), home did.
Similarities: Same OS, both 64bit, both ATI video, both LR4 final, both new catalogs, same RAW files.
Message was edited by: aross4242
70. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowGrotegut Mar 8, 2012 11:19 AM (in response to aross4242)
Same slowness and spinning wheel with LR4. I just turned off my secondary monitor and closed all the panels in develope modular except the 'basic' and the speed seemed much improved. But of course I want my secondary large screen display. Hopefully there's a fix for dual screen users.
71. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowRobbie2006 Mar 8, 2012 12:13 PM (in response to BCormier)
I ended up uninstalling LR4, I was unable to work with it it was so slow, tryed zooming and it toke about 4 seconds to update..............was so looking forward to upgrading.
72. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowBCormier Mar 8, 2012 12:34 PM (in response to BCormier)
After using it a bit I have noticed that the initial switch from the library to develop is slow, but consequence switches are actually fairly normal. The develop module is still not as snappy as Lightroom 3.6 though. The brushes and sliders seem to work fairly fast for me. Would still like to see a speed improvement.
73. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowsparksdjs Mar 8, 2012 6:55 PM (in response to BCormier)
I tried the route of virgin install after uninstalling the original LR4-over-Beta install, deleting all files and cache and I restarted with a new, empty library. I imported a few Canon RAW files and gave it a go - I see very little, if any, performance change. I processed one of the same RAW files in 3.6 and it was very responsive with low latency. Using similar edits, the export of the finished JPEG took about 16 secs in LR4, 8 in 3.6.
I'm going back to 3.6 until Adobe comes up with a solution. I do this as a hobby for fun and LR4 is so irritating right now that it ain't fun at all.
74. Re: Lightroom 4 is email@example.com Mar 8, 2012 8:45 PM (in response to BCormier)
I just did fresh install of LR4 and LR3.6. I created two entirely new catalogs for each but importing the same 300 RAW images. LR4 is a little faster than before, but it is still much more slugish than LR3.6 in side-by-side comparison.
75. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowRgscharman Mar 8, 2012 9:16 PM (in response to AndyYau)
LR4 seems to be a downgrade from 3.6. Definitely not what I expected from Adobe and from what I'm reading I'm not unique in my impression.
76. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowgbdid Mar 8, 2012 9:50 PM (in response to Rgscharman)
I don't know if this is useful or not, but I thought that the 4Beta was a real dog, and I had uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times.
Today I decided to try the Lightroom 4, so I unistalled the Beta again, downloaded and installed the full trial version and again it opened the few photos I had in the catalogue, and again it was really slow, and used 100% of the cpu for most of the time it was trying to do any adjustment.Quite disappointing really.
So I uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled the trial version, found the Beta catalogue which was in Pictures as Lightroom 4 Beta.Ink, and all related files,Beta Ink2 and data, and I don't know which of the two things I did, rebooting after uninstalling, or removing the catalogue but now I have a Lightroom 4 which responds very well.
Like I thought it should in fact.
77. Re: Lightroom 4 is slownaestyoh Mar 8, 2012 10:09 PM (in response to BCormier)
I'm also experiencing a sluggish interface. I'm using a 2010 6-core 3.33GHz Mac Pro with 24GB of ram and a 240GB SSD. LR4 is currently using about 3GB RAM. Slider movements take 1-2 seconds to show up on the 12MP Nikon D3s RAW preview in the Develope module. Even more curious, moving files within LR is extremely slow even when I'm not in the folder sending/receiving the files which would require a screen redraw for each move... but it acts that way... About one file per second moves between source and destination.
78. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowfreemind42 Mar 9, 2012 12:34 AM (in response to BCormier)
I have a Mac Pro eight-core and find it way to slow also.
79. Re: Lightroom 4 is slowA C G Mar 9, 2012 12:40 AM (in response to BCormier)
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.
It really would help if future posters not only tell us about their slow LR4 but also about whether they migrated from the beta and/or LR3.


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|2008-08-23, 11:55
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Macross Fan Fiction Thread
NBSG/Reimagined Battlestar Galactica x Macross crossover The Colonial Refugee Fleet encounters the 37th Long Range Emigration Fleet Macross 7. Frak! Deculture!
Chapter 1: That Weird Chick is an Alien.
Chapter 2: Macross
Chapter 3: All That VF
Chapter 4: Fleet of the Strongest Women
|2008-08-29, 20:48
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You have to be surprised to the parallels of Battlestar Galactica to Macross.
From technological to social evolution.
Just that Macross is way better.
Your planet got wiped out? Go spread all over the galaxy your culture and your species.
Enemies? Culture Shock them and assimilate them.
Why build a dinky cramp ship when you can build an entire city or country in space.
Servile robots? Never let them evolve beyond juice machines and sweepers.
Evil cyborgs? We have Frakkking Grace O'Connor.
For fic writers you can post your Macross fan fiction here. Also reccomendations for Macross fanfiction.
I'm surprised the mod moved it here from the Fan Creations section.
I didn't even request a thread.
But given how popular Macross is lets have fun shall we?
|2008-08-30, 00:19
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Pegasus didn't blow up at New Caprica.
As you can see I managed to put characters from Macross anime, manga and eventually I'll add some drama album characters from Macross Generation.
Admittedly it is a quite a big timeskip from 2047 to 2059 where Macross Frontier happens.
While Macross Frontier deals with the Vajra and Macross Galaxy in my fic Macross 7 deals with the Colonials and Cylons obviously.
Not to mention "She" is back. Probably the greatest mistake the people of Earth ever made. Worse than Cylons will ever be.
|2008-08-30, 10:48
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Read your prologue, and I figured it's a waste leaving the thread in the Fans Creation section. Macross related fan-fic will have more exposure among its fan and the forum dedicated to them. I'm also hoping more fans who are sitting on their own fan-fic on Macross will be inspired to submit their work here.
Good job with the detail by the way! Reading the prologue made me realize how little I know about Macross and the premises it's based on.
|2008-08-31, 01:09
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Is there any fanfic for the fate of the Megaroad-1? It's been 25 years, there has to be one!
As for me I have no plans for a fanfic instead I have one for a blatant Macross homage/parody with me and my friends as characters I've thought about it since I first saw SDFM (as Robotech) more than 10 years ago but haven't really worked on it yet. What I have so far are basic designs for four ships (one transforms into a robot, one is sleek and fast and two have BFGs), a working title (AWSM, Alliance of the World Space Military ) and a premise (hostile aliens detected while observing nearby exoplanets with a new space telescope). Just putting these out here for documentation
|2008-08-31, 02:49
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It's probably a bit late for this, but this is my first fanfic for Macross F. I was super heart-broken with episode 12 (Fastest Delivery), especially when Sheryl was alone up on that deck in Gallia-4 staring at the sky--which this fanfic is based on.
With that, I give you Showpiece.
|2008-08-31, 06:26
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~ I Do ~
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Age: 32
Though on another note, the Macross Frontier is headed towards the same area as the doomed Megaroad-1. Maybe we'll have that mystery solved for us?
|2008-09-01, 02:58
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New Macross soon
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|2008-09-03, 00:42
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Age: 32
I'm currently working on something called "The Few and The Proud", which is an AU reimagining of SDF Macross... with the addition of the UN Marine Corps 44th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) & 2 UN Marine Valk squadrons, as well as a custom Marines-only Valk, the VF-1M (which is basically a J with stronger armor and less thrust, and a Ka-bar).
Tough I'm thinking of setting it amidst Frontier instead... how do you make VF-171s more badass? By making them MARINES, that's how. *nods* They'll still die, but they'll die being badass.
I was also going to do an NBSG/SDF Macross cross, where the Cylons eyes would bug out at the sight of Max and Millia, at max Will, with Love, Accel, Focus, dancing through their fire and blowing up everyone.
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|2008-09-03, 12:09
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Age: 32
"Bravo Six, we have a Tomahawk dead in the water, callsign 'War Pig.' Lieutenant Vasquez, your unit is shotgun, over."
...or not so subtle afterall.
The VF-1M is a bit different from the VF/A-3 Strike Eagle that this fella's written. For one thing, it's still a Valkyrie, and it's not written in italics like everything this guy writes (you can tell he's a Battletech player. They italicise everything. Even nicknames). Secondly, unlike this mech, it's basically a modified VF-1J; thrust is sacrified for stronger armor, basically, and it's gotten strengthened joints so that punching Zents is more viable... and also has a modified left forearm that stores a valk-sized Ka-bar. As for parts, it's something like 80-85% compatible with the VF-1J and most valks. Basically I wanted to make a valk variant for the Marines that would be somewhat unique and yet still be part of the VF-1 family, sort of how we have the different F-4 Phantom variants for the USN, USMC and USAF, but all are Phantoms.
|2008-09-03, 12:40
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Frak Deculture
NBSG/Reimagined Battlestar Galactica x Macross crossover The Colonial Refugee Fleet encounters the 37th Long Range Emigration Fleet Macross 7. Frak! Deculture!
Chapter 6: Speaker Pod
|2008-09-11, 17:18
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Join Date: Sep 2008
I'm also planing to write a fanfic on Macross F Btw Red wolf nice fic ^^
I planing to make OC that also work for private military company like the sms. But the thing is My OC will be wacky to say the at least. He an anime otaku (Likes anime that was made before the space war I) His call sign is Otacon XD He uses a heavily customize VF 4 Lighting which named ( Viper Zero is up to par to most VF in that Macross frontiers era. His emblem is Haruhi's SOS dan emblem ^^;;
|2008-09-11, 23:32
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Good for you!
More and more authors are writing crossovers.
Stars on Fire by Inquisitor
A Macross Frontier/Halo crossover
I'll probably finish the new chapter of my fic later today.
|2008-09-11, 23:52
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Join Date: Sep 2008
I have always said Macross and Battlestar Galactica would go well together... Similar Styles of Warfare... (Craploads of Fighters :P)
Oh and
Oh Crap... That almost makes me want to torment the Cylons by having them show up in SRW OG....
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