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Markets for Carbon and Power Pricing in Europe
Theoretical Issues and Empirical Analyses
Edited by Francesco Gullì
Chapter 9: The Joint Impact of Carbon Emissions Trading and Tradable Green Certificates on the Evolution of Liberalized Electricity Markets: The Spanish Case
Pedro Linares and Francisco J. Santos
9. The joint impact of carbon emissions trading and tradable green certificates on the evolution of liberalized electricity markets: the Spanish case Pedro Linares and Francisco J. Santos1 INTRODUCTION 9.1 Climate change policies have clearly been escalating in the political agenda in recent years. The growing concern for the impacts of climate change, as recently updated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) is driving many governments to take action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Among the many policies available for achieving reductions, the most popular up to now have been setting up emissions trading markets, carbon taxes, and also the promotion of renewable energies. Emissions trading was contemplated under the Kyoto Protocol as one of the mechanisms available to reduce the cost of complying with reduction targets. However, it was not until the European Union implemented its Emissions Trading Scheme or ETS (EU Directive 2003/87/EC) that these markets really took flight. The relatively successful European experience has also prompted other countries to consider this mechanism: the US Senate, for instance, is currently considering several bills for the introduction of such a scheme, and other countries are doing the same. The implementation of these markets is also making carbon taxes redundant, and so the countries which featured them are abandoning this instrument. Renewable energy (RE) promotion policies, on the other hand, have a longer history. In fact, they were devised as a way to reduce energy dependency, and consideration was first given to them around 1973. However,...
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We're all aware that human hair is dead
Yet we spend thousands taking care of it.
It's like an endless funeral.
The moment your hair hits air, it's toast.
It only lives inside the follicle.
That we twist and burn and fry it,
Straighten it and dye it, does not surprise.
What's it gonna do, spit out your cheap...
Icicle Glasses
Day thirty-nine
The thing that death gave you —
your face leaks
your face overflows
Your face is the grave of your nose
your face is the grave of your ears
your face is the grave of your face
once again your face overflows uncontrollably
The subzero temperature grows on your face then...
I never thought Michiko would come back
after she died. But if she did, I knew
it would be as a lady in a long white dress.
It is strange that she has returned
as somebody's dalmatian. I meet
the man walking her on a leash
almost every week. He says good morning
and I stoop down to calm her. He said
once that she was...
January 1, Dawn
After the celebrations,
people, TV channels, telephones,
the year's recently-corrected digit
finally falls asleep.
Between the final night and the first dawn
a jagged piece of sky
as if viewed from the open mouth of a whale.
Inside her belly and inside the belly of time,
there's no point worrying.
That feeling of my soul getting yanked
That feeling of my soul getting yanked
I wonder where my soul hides when I'm sick
My heart feels as if it's getting beat up
Is it because the restless ocean is clumping up?
My heart beats regardless of the pain
It beats spewing out red thread like a red spider
A sinkful of red thread gets submerged in water
My heart beats like a...
We Lived Happily during the War
And when they bombed other people's houses, we
but not enough, we opposed them but not
enough. I was
in my bed, around my bed America
was falling: invisible house by invisible house by invisible house —
I took a chair outside and watched the sun.
In the sixth month...
You knock on the door
You knock on the door but nobody answers. Cupping your hands around your face you peer through the side-panel of frosted glass. A kettle is whistling, a woman singing as she sets the table. This is a familiar house. You knock again. Inside, the sounds are festive. Glasses clink and a band starts up. Pressing your ear to the door, you hear the sound of your own laughter. This is the house you...
Oliver Sacks in going to die,
He tells us blithely in the New York Times.
He's 81. His liver's shot.
He's blind in one eye
Though when both worked fine
He could still get lost in a parking lot.
He's extremely famous and terribly shy.
He's lost his leg but it's still attached.
He's been...
My Brother at 3 A.M.
He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps
when Mom unlocked and opened the front door.
O God, he said. O God.
He wants to kill me, Mom.
When Mom unlocked and opened the front door
at 3 a.m., she was in her nightgown, Dad was asleep.
He wants to kill me, he...
River of Milk
bear with me it wasn't long ago I was brainless
lazily pulling fireflies into my teeth chewing them
into pure light so much of me then was nothing
I could have fit into a sugar cube my body burned
like a barnful of feathers nothing was on fire
but fire was on everything the wild mustard
Trust Fund Witches
Tape hiss, Value Village, vibraphones. On fixed-gears scrubbed with salt and lemon, like the secret at the centre of a Magic Eye the witches, genderless as light, breathe green and lavender, appear and disappear, chanting your passwords in a round. Voices like dimes dropped in a bowl, blush ultraviolet, glittering auras. Skin so soft they move through walls they press against your window,...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of...
Under the Answering Sky
I can manage being alone,
can pace out convivial hope
across my managing ground.
Someone might call, later.
What do the dead make of us
that we'd flay ourselves trying
to hear them though they may
sigh at such close loneliness.
I would catch, not my echo,
but their guarantee that this...
Two Hours on the Train
During two hours on the train
I rerun the film of my life
Two minutes per year on average
Half an hour for childhood
Another half-hour for prison
Love, books, wandering
take up the rest
the hand of my companion
gradually melts into mine
and her head on my shoulder
is as light as a dove
When we...
K was supposed to come with the key, I was
K was supposed to come with the key, I was
to wait outside the gate. I arrived on time,
the time we had agreed on and waited, as agreed,
outside the gate. I waited a long time, waited
and waited, waited a very long time. I stood
next to the security guard from Securitas, who also
stood outside the gate. I waited, the security guard...
Francesca Woodman
At the heart there is a hollow sun
by which we are constructed and undone
Behind the mirror. Favourite place to hide.
I didn't breathe. They looked so long I died.
The Novel As Manuscript
An ars poetica
I remember the death, in Russia,
of postage stamps
like immense museum masterpieces
wrapped in linen, tea stained,
with hemp for strapping...
these colored stamps designed for foreign places
were even printed during famine—
so when they vanished...
Good Day Villanelle
You ran naked out the door.
The neighbours laughed; I chased you down.
I hardly see you anymore.
I know you're busy.
Did I tell you when you were little how
you ran naked out the door?
You got halfway down the street
before I caught you in my arms.
I hardly see you anymore.
mixed tape
side a:
1. 18 and Life
her friend takes her to
the guidance counselor
she doesn't see the point
but her friend won't go
without her
2. Patience...
11. Headwinds
When I began to write, I didn't know
each of my words would bit by bit remove
things from the world and in return leave blank
spaces. That poems would begin to take
the place of my own homeland, mother, father,
first love, and second youth, and what I write
would fade from this world, trade its solid being
for unstable...
Cocteau Twins
I've heard the phrase between you
and me too many times to believe
it to be true, but between me and you
there was Cocteau, wagging his testimonial
finger, as usual, while flat out on the floor
with my arms in receipt of the flower
of thought, palms upwards, I envisaged
Equinox Ritual with Ravens & Pines
— so we said to the somewhat: Be born —
& the shadow kept arriving in segments,
cold currents pushed minerals
up from the sea floor, up through
coral & labels of Diet Coke blame shame
bottles down there —
it is so much work to appear!
unreadable zeroes drop lamps...
The Cold Green Element
At the end of the garden walk
the wind and its satellite wait for me;
their meaning I will not know
until I go there,
but the black-hatted undertaker
Dear Updike
I dreaded those future aeons when I would not be present —
an endless succession of days I would miss, with their own
news and songs and styles of machine.
— John Updike, "On Being a Self Forever"
No, nothing much has changed.
A year later, the world is still one you'd recognize...
Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof
It is 2005, just before landfall.
Here I am, a labyrinth, and I am a mess.
I am located at the corner of Waterway
and Bluff. I need your help. You will find me
to the left of the graveyard, where the...
Wolf Lake
It was down that road he brought me, still
in the trunk of his car. I won't say it felt right,
but it did feel expected. The way you know
your blood can spring like a hydrant.
That September, the horseflies were...
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading — treading — till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through —
And when they all were seated,...
The Second Coming
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate...
The Cremation of Sam McGee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were — I have not seen
As others saw — I could not bring
My passions from a common spring —
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow — I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone —
And all I lov'd — I lov'd alone —
Then — in my childhood —...
The Wife
Living, I had no might
To make you hear,
Now, in the inmost night,
I am so near
No whisper, falling light,
Divides us, dear.
Living, I had no claim
On your great hours.
Now the thin candle-flame,
The closing flowers,
Wed summer with my name, —
And these are...
The House on the Hill
They are all gone away,
The House is shut and still,
There is nothing more to say.
Through broken walls and gray
The winds blow bleak and shrill;
They are all gone away.
Nor is there one today
To speak them good or ill:...
A thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim,
And meets with sun-lost lip the marsh's brim.
The pools low lying, dank with moss and mould,
Glint through their mildews like large cups of gold.
Among the wild rice in the still lagoon,
In monotone the lizard shrills his tune.
The wild goose,...
I think I should have loved you presently
I think I should have loved you presently,
And given in earnest words I flung in jest;
And lifted honest eyes for you to see,
And caught your hand against my cheek and breast;
And all my pretty follies flung aside
That won you to me, and beneath your gaze,
Naked of reticence and shorn of pride,
Spread like a chart my little...
The Dead
How great unto the living seem the dead!
How sacred, solemn; how heroic grown;
How vast and vague, as they obscurely tread
The shadowy confines of the dim unknown! —
For they have met the monster that we dread,
Have learned the secret not to mortal shown.
E'en as gigantic shadows on the wall
The spirit of the daunted child amaze...
Sonnet XXIII: Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint
Methought I saw my late espoused saint
Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave,
Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave,
Rescu'd from death by force, though pale and faint.
Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of child-bed taint
Purification in the old Law did save...
La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
So haggard and so woe-begone?
The squirrel's granary is full,...
To Autumn
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;...
The Listeners
'Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grasses
Of the forest's ferny floor:
And a bird flew up out of the turret,
Above the Traveller's head:
And he smote upon the door again a second time;...
How One Winter Came in the Lake Region
For weeks and weeks the autumn world stood still,
Clothed in the shadow of a smoky haze;
The fields were dead, the wind had lost its will,
And all the lands were hushed by wood and hill,
In those grey, withered days.
Behind a mist the blear sun rose and set,
At night the...
Kubla Khan
Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round;

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He darts from table to table fishing for funny bones and tickling taste buds!!
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rip oscar grant
01/01/2011 § Leave a comment
a dance tribute to grant – yakfilms.com
i wrote a piece on the grant case a while back that i dont have much more to add to. ill just repeat this meme ive heard in the hood as of recent: how is it that michael vick got more time for the dog fighting BS than mehserle did for killing grant in cold blood? and yea that ish is cold, blud.
oscar grant
07/08/2010 § 3 Comments
earlier today, johannes mehserle, former BART police, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of oscar grant. the 12 person jury – 8 women, 4 men; 7 white, 4 poc, 1 n/a, 0 black – decided between involuntary manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter or second degree murder.
involuntary manslaughter carries a sentence of 2-4 years whereas second degree sentences would be from 15 years-life.
oscar was killed on new years eve at a transit stop where police were harassing grant and his friends on some routine racism. as onlookers protested the excessive force against the young black men, mehserle pulled out his gun while grant was held face down, and shot a bullet into his back.


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Illustrations are great expressions of the moments and can be seen almost everywhere. None takes the cake like the approach that Volvo has made after reaching 100,000 likes on Facebook. In celebrating, that collaborated with Matt Johnstone, and illustrator with Jelly London to come up with some amazing work. As much as it is cool to watch, its a reflection of the consumers who adore the Volvo product. Personally, I haven't had an encounter with Volvo – but after this; things may change for the better.
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One name dominates Hunter's library catalogue in the 'G' section of William Hunter's library: Galen.
Claudius Galen (AD 129-216) was a Greek physician who served the Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, and Severus. His more than 500 medical treatises shaped medical training and practice for centuries. His most important discovery was that the arteries carry blood, not air. Galen's name appears as author in the 'G' section of Hunter's library in 76 of the 410 entries. His works and commentaries on them are also found throughout the whole of MR 3.
Hunter offered his assessment of Galen in the survey of the history of anatomy in the first lecture he gave to his students:
For those times his writings must be allowed to be excellent. What he principally wanted, to be truly respectable with regard to the more obvious parts of Anatomy, was, opportunities of dissecting human bodies: for his subject was most commonly some quadrupede [sic] whose structure was supposed to come nearest to the human. (Two Introductory Lectures, delivered by Dr. William Hunter, to his last course of anatomical lectures, at his Theatre in Windmill-Street: As they were left corrected for the press by himself (London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1784), Lecture I, p. 25.)
Galen's influence proved to be problematic, however. Galen represented a moment when 'Anatomy, for a long series of years, had been advancing to that degree of perfection…and from that time, it declined again'. And, Hunter noted, Galen was to blame:
We may observe, that when any man arrives at the reputation of having carried his art beyond all others, it seems to throw the rest of the world into a kind of despair. Hopeless of being able to improve their art still further, they do nothing. The great man, who was at first only respectable, grows every day into higher credit; till at length he is deified, and every page of his writings become sacred and infallible. This was actually the fortune of Aristotle in philosophy, and of Galen in Anatomy for may ages, and such respect shewn to any man, in any age, must always be a mark of declining science. (ibid.)
Galen's dominance over anatomical studies remained until sixteenth century. Hunter identifies a revival of anatomy in Italy by Achillinus, Benedictus, Berengarius, and Massa but noted that 'These first improvers…followed Galen almost blindly, when his authority had so long been established, and when the enthusiasm for Greek authors was rising to such a pitch'. (ibid., p. 40)
Galen's influence gradually waned in the early modern period. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) challenged Galen's observations if not his medical system. As Hunter explains, Vesalius was a genius in anatomical study who read widely and had excellent artistic skills.
He was equally laborious in reading the ancients, and in dissecting bodies. And in making the comparison, he could not but see, that there was great room for improvement, and that many of Galen's descriptions were erroneous. …. he found so many occasions of correcting Galen, that his contemporaries, partial to antiquity, and jealous of his reputation, complained that he carried his turn for improvement and criticisms to licentiousness. The spirit of opposition and emulation was presently rouzed; and Sylvius in France, Columbus, Fallopius, and Eustachius in Italy, who were all in high anatomical reputation about the middle of this sixteenth century, endeavoured to defend Galen, at the expense of Vesalius. In their disputes they made their appeals to the human body; and thus in a few years our art was greatly improved. (ibid., 40-41)
Hunter's library included works by all of the authors he mentioned in his 'Introductory Lecture'. We will revisit it in future posts to discover Hunter's views on anatomical discoveries and is opinions on how best to teach anatomy.
Works inspired by or connected with Vesalius appear in the 'G' section of Hunter's library. Jacques Grévin (1538?-1570) produced the first adaptation of Vesalius in French (Sp Coll Hunterian Aa.2.23) and Thomas Geminus (-1562) the first edition in English in 1553 with copperplate engravings – an improvement on Vesalius's woodcuts (Sp Coll Hunterian Ab.1.9). Hunter also had an edition in Dutch by Jacob van der Gracht published in 1613 (now lost due to damage sustained in the Second World War). There are also four works by Vesalius's anatomy teacher at Paris, Johann Geunther (1505-1574). Geunther closely followed Galen in his teaching.
For Hunter, the study and teaching of anatomy was a narrative of progress. He saw his own time as the pinnacle of centuries of achievement. His collections – including his books – were part of the story.
Project update
We have now completed an initial transcription of all but one letter ('T') and checking is well underway. All of the team are now interacting more with the actual books in the Hunterian Collection now that the bulk of the transcription work is complete. We hope to find out more about how Hunter used his books and why he had them. (See the 'D' update for an example of the sort of thing we hope to find.)
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An organization dedicated to interfaith activity called The Elijah Interfaith Institute has produced videos featuring 22 leaders of various religions. The goal is to combat "negativity and divisions in society". However, its real effect is to promote a diabolical religious indifferentism. An example of the demonic spirit of religious indifferentism that characterizes this organization is found in the statement at 1.40 of the video below: "Honor other religions like you do your own." Antipope Francis is featured in the videos. He has allied himself with this organization and its condemned message of heresy, apostasy, and indifferentism. His role in these videos is a further expression of his total apostasy. He is a demonic apostate antipope who professes a false faith.
This first video is a short summary video featuring Antipope Francis and the leaders of numerous false religions.
This second video is Antipope Francis' featured video with his 'friend', the Jewish Rabbi Abraham Skorka. At 3.30 Francis mentions that he and Skorka are "always maintaining our respective identities". Francis wants to emphasize that he makes no attempt to bring Skorka out of Judaism. And then, at 6.19, Francis makes sure to throw in, near the end of the video, the following comment: "And neither of us attempted to convert the other. Thank you." What a demonic apostate!
The positions and program put forward by this organization (whose work Antipope Francis has joined) represents a false religion condemned by the Catholic Church. It puts the one true faith on the same level as false religions, and it repudiates the necessity to accept Jesus Christ and become Catholic for salvation.


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NASA's Juno spacecraft continues to orbit Jupiter, thus, bringing us beautiful views of the gas giant. Recently NASA has released an image of a rose-storm on planet Jupiter.
Juno space probe has entered Jupiter's orbit on July 4, 2016.
NASA's Juno spacecraft snapped the original picture on Feb. 7, during its 11th close flyby of the gas giant. At the time, Juno was 7,578 miles (12,195 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops, at a latitude of 49.2 degrees north, NASA officials said.
The image shows a close-up of a bright storm swirling around in the planet's northern hemisphere. NASA employees adjusted the colors to make it easier to see, giving the whole picture a rose-colored quality.
"Citizen scientist Matt Brealey processed the image using data from the JunoCam imager," NASA officials wrote in a photo description Friday (March 16). "Citizen scientist Gustavo B C then adjusted colors and embossed Matt Brealey's processing of this storm."
NASA's Juno spacecraft has a built-in camera called the JunoCam. Thus, acquiring the best pictures of the polar regions of Jupiter. Usually, NASA posts raw images from Juno and invites the public to download and process the images, as well as to share the processed images. To learn more or try your own hand, go to the JunoCam site.
"The types of image processing we'd love to see range from simply cropping an image to highlighting a particular atmospheric feature, as well as adding your own color enhancements, creating collages and adding advanced color reconstruction," NASA said.
Juno rotates around the solar system's largest planet in a highly elliptical orbit. Thus, zooming close once every 53 Earth days. It's during these close approaches — such as the Feb. 7 encounter — that the probe collects most of its science data.
Juno's observations should help scientists better understand how Jupiter — and, by extension, the solar system — formed and evolved, mission team members have said.
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Where There's Smoke...
Fighting fires shouldn't result in money going up in flames: Firefighters have gone from last decade's heroes to this decade's thieves — and the spokesman, Mr. [Tom] O'Connor, seems to pride himself on being a pathological liar ["Your Money for Nothing," Peter Jamison, Feature, 1/26]. There is a reason the city is going bankrupt. And we all love the often-quoted story that public-sector workers make about the same as private-sector workers, but public-sector workers just get better benefits — as if said benefits don't cost a fortune.
Kudos to SF Weekly for caring and digging deep and exposing the widespread corruption in city employee compensation, including the "Let It Bleed," piece [Joe Eskenazi and Benjamin Wachs, Feature, 10/20].
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Maybe firefighters save S.F. money: I applaud Peter Jamison's effort in this story. Sadly, it is so poorly researched that I had to write this to help him out.
S.F. firefighters do get 6 percent premium pay for driving the engines; that is true. Do you know what the average pay increase for other firefighters is in other cities for driving an engine? 23 percent. They call them "engineers" because it is a promotion in every other city fire department in the entire country — and world, for that matter. Why? Because it carries more responsibility. The lowest percentage increase I can find is 11 percent. These are the small towns that run 35 calls in a year. S.F. firefighters run sometimes that many in a day and more.
So are the firefighters saving the city $3.4 million now? No! Jamison won't say that, because everyone wants to point at somebody else for the financial debacle we are in. Not to mention that by not having another rank above firefighter, the city is saving money by not having a promotional civil service exam. How much is that in savings? Yes, they get paid well. But let's be realistic.
Oh, and by the way, in the private sector it's called a bonus, and I don't see anyone running to give that up. My friend's bonuses in the private sector are surely more than 6 percent. And yes, it is for doing the job they signed up for in the first place. Are they [firefighters] really costing the city money, or saving them money? I believe if everyone picked five random cities to see the percentage difference between firefighters and engineers, we might all see that they are not costing the city money. If anything, the city is costing them money.
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Peter Jamison responds: The issue of potential cost savings for a city department by paying a premium in lieu of establishing a more advanced rank is raised in the story by firefighters' union president Tom O'Connor. He was discussing the EMT premium, but the observation could also apply to the engine drivers' premium — the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for example, pays engine drivers a maximum wage that is 14 percent greater than the maximum paid to entry-level firefighters. But drawing such comparisons can be risky. What are the differences — in wages, benefits, and work conditions — between working as a firefighter for the state and working in San Francisco? Or in San Francisco and the "small towns" you mention? Our focus was the evolution of and logic behind premium payments within this city.
Don't Forget the Wine!
Pairings get overlooked in restaurant review: The funny part about this [Seven Hills] review is that the wine list never got mentioned ["In Classic Form," Jonathan Kauffman, Eat, 1/26]. One would think that a professional food and wine critic would at least acknowledge the wine list that was created by two legendary and well-respected master sommeliers. The wine list and how the wines pair with the food are normally an important part of a food review, at least that's my experience, and to leave it out doesn't say much. Good notes on the service. To me, this review felt a bit rushed.
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Our Veteran peaches (freestone) will be starting on August 8th at 8am and running for 10-15 days.
Hours are 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, noon-4pm Sun.
We have a normal full crop this year and the price is $1.50/lb upick.
Call 503-362-7153 or check Facebook or this website right before coming out for any last minute updates.
Please bring your own containers.
We are following Oregon's COVID mask rules. This has recently expanded to wearing masks outdoors when unable to socially distance. We are a family farm and we will be wearing masks, and expect our visitors to wear theirs too, for our mutual safety.
We will see you at the Orchard!
This farm has been in the family since 1925, through 4 generations. We have been raising peaches since 1978 and currently have 2 varieties; Red Haven and Veteran. Our peaches are primarily u-pick. We do offer pre-picked peaches in bags (approximately 5 pounds) when we have time to pick and sort them.
Because of insurance restrictions, u-pick peach customers can no longer use any ladders in the orchard. We now provide picking pole devices which work very well reaching the peaches in the tree. The u-pick device then gently holds the peach while it is removed from the tree and placed in the container.
During peach harvest, usually the end of July through the middle of August, we are typically open Monday through Saturday 8am until 6pm & Sundays noon until 4pm. Please call 503-362-7153 for updates before visiting us as our days and hours can change based on crop availability.
The orchard is located at 5495 Center St. NE, Salem, Oregon, 97317. That is 2 miles east of Lancaster at the end of Center St. Look for our sign on Center Street at the orchard.
Red Haven – These are fantastic for using fresh in recipes and just plain eating straight off the tree. While they do work for canning and freezing, the veteran is superior for that. Our Red havens are ready for picking in late July and are available for 1 or 2 days. This is a classic peach with very high name recognition and a great reputation.
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October 5, 2018
So, continuing my search for a lead glaze that I could fire at higher temperature I reduced the lead content but also ran a test on different temperatures from 1220°c to 1260°c. But the results on my test tiles were not really reliable nor conclusive except that too mu...
September 25, 2018
So, after looking at different styles of oribe ceramics I've decided to go for the 'Ao' oribe style which combines white with patches of green glazes and decorations in either black or oxide reds.
My very first step is to decide on the kind of clay I use. As my intenti...
September 12, 2018
So, recently, while decorating a ceramic piece using patterns "borrowed" from Iznik pottery made during the Ottoman empire, I had a moment of doubt and asked myself whether I was guilty of crossing ethical boundaries through acts of "cultural appropriation"? I didn't s...
July 15, 2018
This time I'm looking at traditional Oribe ware in view of how I can fuse/incorporate my surface designs with this traditional ceramic tradition from Japan and give it my own personal interpretation.
Historically Oribe ware was first made in Mino area in central Japan i...
June 25, 2018
So, today is the day after Earth & Fire International Ceramics Fair in Welbeck. What are my impressions, memories, etc. after having spent one day setting up and three days on the stand showing my ceramics along with my seven other MA ceramics pals?
Mixed feelings reall...
June 19, 2018
So, my first attempt at using terra sig on my first decorated platter left me with two issues: the terra sig was shelling off around the edges of the rim and the colours were very harsh and graphic - not what I was looking for.
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I have a pretty great idea for a website that could benefit many charities. I don't want to make a single cent on this project, I just want to make some sort of difference and I think I have an idea that can do that. Problem is that I am pretty poor and pretty clueless as to how to go about doing something like this.
Is there any site that help pair up people for a project like this? (That's a website idea in it's own right.) For what it's worth, I would need someone who knows how to utilize the Twitter API. That is the sort of help I need.


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Rating: 4.8/5
In this episode, we really see what type of relationship Michael and Gob have and to some extent, the relationship Lucille and Buster have. We begin with Lindsay and Michael once again arguing over the way Lindsay handles money as she has neglected to give back the rental car. This then forces Michael to return the can and instead give her the Bluth stair car which was once used in conjunction with the Bluth private jet which had to be sold. Michael points out that if Lindsay isn't as materialistic as she says she is, then she should happily drive the car.
Gob once again visits the mini mansion after a dispute with his girlfriend Marta over how he feels he is just a piece of meat that sits through interviews with her and appears at award shows. Lucille and Buster then arrive at the mini mansion in an effort to find Michael so that he can tie Buster's tie. This is in preparation to attend a Mexican novela award ceremony for Marta. It is during this moment that Michael asks if it's date night for Lucille and Buster while Lucille point s out girls don't appreciate him because of " his glasses, they make him look like a lizard."
In an effort to make money, Michael has decided to cut down trees in the space surrounding the mini mansion to make space for more mini mansions. This attracts nature activist, Johnny Bark who decides to live in the tree to protest the expansion of "high cost low quality mini mansions" such as the model house. This prompts a reporter to knock on the window to the house which then, falls down (the window not the house.)
In an attempt to make himself recognized for reasons other than being Marta's boyfriend, Gob announces on a Mexican talk show that he will join his father at jail and break out within 24 hours.This causes Martha to be dateless for the daytime Desi award show in which case, Michael fills in for Gob. Several funny things occur at this award show one of them being Martha and Michael showing up to the red carpet in the Bluth Stair Car.
Another, kind of offensive thing, is the fact that the Mexican actors being nominated, all look the same.
Marta unfortunately, loses in her category which causes her to leave the auditorium rather upset. When Michael finds her, he is surprised to find out that Marta did not care that she didn't win but rather that Gob chose to do his little publicity stunt instead of being with her and her kids. She tells Michael that at the end of the day, family and values are all that really matter and it is at this moment, Michael realizes she is the most beautiful person in the world.
At the after party, Lucille runs into her frenemy, Lucille Ostero who is her Hispanic counterpart. Lucille Ostero honestly values her friendship with Lucille Bluth while Lucille Bluth only talks to Lucille Ostero to rub in her face the fact that her husband is dead. Meanwhile, Buster is off attempting to socialize but upon his mother's request, does not wear his glasses.
This causes him several moments of talking to himself and neglecting to see that the woman flirting with him from across the room is actually Lucille Ostero.
Meanwhile, Gob is in prison with George and uses this time to vent about the fact that his father never played ball with him like he is doing in prison now. Although Gob truly feels this way, he remembers that he has to pass the key which he had so much trouble swallowing and realizes he can only use the bathroom with everyone watching him therefore leaving him no way out.
He then calls Michael to bring the stair car to help him escape but unfortunately, fails. The next day, a fellow inmate decides to stab Gob while he plays ball with his father after their first encounter in which Gob made a quarter appear out of his dirty ears therefore earning him the nickname, "Dirty-ears."
Michael decides to visit Marta to profess his love to her only to be interrupted by a phone call from jail stating that "Gob has been stabbed in the back" which is both literal and figurative as Michael was about to steal his brother's girl. As they arrive to the hospital, both Michael and Marta bump into Lucille who states Gob will be fine and instead of staying near her son's bed, goes in search of the hospital bar. Buster, of course, accompanied Lucille to the hospital and runs into Lucille Ostero but was not aware that she is his "secret admirer." After learning that she is in fact the "brownish area with points", Buster faints which causes Lucille Ostero to panic and fall due to her severe vertigo.
Meanwhile, Gob tells Michael how his accident has caused to see how much he hasn't appreciated Marta and how inspired he is to make their relationship work. Michael chooses not to interfere as he realizes Martha truly loves Gob and he cannot come between family. However, as Marta leaves, Gob states that he's made a huge mistake which I'm not sure what he's referring to but I hope that he realized he was not the right person for Marta and the she did in fact deserve someone like Michael.
While these events took place, Lindsay was trapped in the tree with Johnny Bark. At first, she was trying to convince him to come down which caused Maebe and George Michael to decide they had to save the tree. However, after realizing how materialistic she is and how she doesn't believe in anything, Lindsay decides to stay in the tree (ultimately she had no choice as she got up the tree with the stair car and Michael had taken the stair car with him to the award show.) However, deep down, Lindsay realized she needed to sleep in a real bed and therefore, left the tree.
This causes Johnny Bark to also leave the tree and resulted in the tree being cut down.
Ultimately, I couldn't help but to feel sorry for Michael. He puts so much hard work in keeping the family together and saving them that he often neglects his own needs as a man. I could not help but feel angry at Martha for not realizing that Michael was the type of man that she wanted and had been looking for. Also, I find Buster's attempt at escaping his mother hilarious as he tried escaping Lucille Bluth and instead ran into the arms of Lucille Ostero who again, is just as materialistic as Lucille Bluth but a bit more compassionate. I loved the fact that Liza Minelli played Lucille Ostero although I secretly hoped they would have chosen a legit Mexican woman. This is because I am an avid viewer of Mexican novellas and I know that there are Mexican actresses capable of playing this role way better than Liza Minelli does. Overall, I loved this episode because of the funny (but kind of offensive) quotable moments such as:
"It's his glasses, they make him look like a lizard"-Lucille Bluth
"A sea of waiters and no one will take my order"-Lucille Bluth, assuming all Mexicans are waiters
"I know she's a brownish area, with points"-Buster, talking about his mysterious admirer
"Oh my god, Gob has been stabbed in the back!"-Marta
"You gotta put family first, that's the stupid thing I believe"-Michael


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Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Best Actor 2013: Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup who is an educated man living in New York with his family at the beginning of the film, he makes his living through his skills as a violinist which leads him into contact with two strange man who claim to work for a circus. There is not technically anything special about Solomon in this setting as he is just a pretty average guy who loves his family and rather seems to enjoy his life. Ejiofor does well in just making Solomon a pretty average family man without any unnecessary pretense. Solomon should just be a normal man and Ejiofor portrays him as such, he also does not put on his happiness too much to make it overblown, rather he establishes the right type of contentment one would expect from a man with his life.
His good life is put on a definite hold when the meeting with two mysterious men takes an odd turn and in the morning he finds himself in chains. From this point on Ejiofor work has a similar trajectory to Adrien Brody's performance in the Pianist or the second of Haing S. Ngor performance in The Killing Fields. His performance is a bit different as Solomon's time as a slave did allow him to speak where Dith Pran and Wladyslaw Szpilman could not speak a word at times lest it cost them their lives. What is similar though is the portrayal of the physical and psychological torture that he must go through his time as a slave, which all starts when his new hosts whip him until he will go by the name they have given him which is Platt, to hide his true identity.
Ejiofor is extremely effective in bringing the emotions to life as Solomon has undergo such hardships. In his earliest scenes his hardships are pretty much very direct pain both because of the gashes to his back, but as well in his realization that he won't be able to see his family ever again. Ejiofor makes it very easy to feel for Solomon's plight and he does not hold back on the emotional intensity of the moment of these early scenes. Solomon is going through hell and Ejiofor reflects this with his performance. Solomon has been beaten down and we see this through Ejiofor's eyes that shows a man who has been beaten down and absolutely is in fear of someone taking his life. That is not all there is to Ejiofor's portrayal of Solomon though.
Just like Brody in The Pianist and Ngor in The Killing Fields, the most important underlying factor to Ejiofor's portrayal of Solomon is the strong resilience in the man. Solomon of course suffers one hardship after another, but never does Ejiofor show it to be outright despair. Ejiofor shows the will in the man to do more than drown in his sorrows as Solomon never does give on the chance of once again seeing his family again, even if it seems very unlikely considering his current circumstances. Ejiofor brings the power of the man's spirit fervently to life. It is always evident in some way whether it be in a quiet moment where the hope always seems to be in him, or a somewhat louder moment where Ejiofor gives a great passion to Solomon's refusal to give up.
Ejiofor gives a very interesting performance in regards to the way he shows Solomon's particular place on the plantation. For better and for worse Solomon does stand out and Ejiofor is effective in creating this distance that Solomon sets himself from the other slaves, but as well makes him to be considered exceptional by the slavers which is both a good and a bad thing for him. Ejiofor intelligently plays these scenes because he does not show Solomon to be some sort of show off, but rather he properly shows that really Solomon can't fit in with the rest for two reasons. One reason being his background which Ejiofor makes something very innate in his performance and secondly because Ejiofor always reinforces the idea that Solomon won't become any other slave as they would be him giving up.
This is of course mostly a reactionary performance by Ejiofor but he brings such power in these reactions that he never is overshadowed by the direction by Steve McQueen or the more flamboyant performances around him. Ejiofor stands his ground by making the emotional impact of every scene all the greater because of his entirely genuine performance. There are many harrowing and frankly disturbing scenes throughout 12 Years a Slave such as when Solomon witnesses the brutal hanging of two runaway slaves. These are not just merely images to be horrified by because of Ejiofor's work at the center of it all. He does not let a single scene go by without making his own mark through his honest depiction of Solomon's reactions to these cruelties that he must witness.
Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a great performance here and carries this film on his shoulders from beginning to end. Solomon Northup is actually not an excessively complex character, but in Ejiofor's hands he never seems simple either. Ejiofor realizes the difficulty of Solomon's journey without ever devolving into a repetitive performance. Ejiofor only ever bring truth to his performance and finds that within a man such as Solomon. When Solomon apologizes to the family for his appearance, it does not seem strange in the least and is incredibly heartfelt because Ejiofor has made this the nature of Solomon as a man. Ejiofor performance absolutely works in perfect tandem with film by only ever giving an earnest and very sympathetic depiction of the trial of Solomon Northup, making his story a powerful and poignant depiction of survival.
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Its always nice to see an underated British actor hit the big time, he is gonna be big in years to come =D.
- 22 January 2014 at 23:39
- Matt Mustin said...
He's amazing. I never once saw him acting throughout the entire film, it's one of the most genuine and honest performances I've seen in some time.
- 22 January 2014 at 23:51
- Matt Mustin said...
That said, comparing the reviews it seems like you greatly preferred McConaughey.
- 23 January 2014 at 00:02
- Robert MacFarlane said...
The way his face changes in the "Roll Jordan Roll" scene was heartbreaking.
- 23 January 2014 at 07:40
- Luke Higham said...
Louis: who're you reviewing next.
- 23 January 2014 at 07:43
- dinasztie said...
I'm not much of a fan of the film, but I found Ejiofor outstanding here. Maybe not a 5, but definitely a 4.5 at least. His last scene was heartbreaking.
- 23 January 2014 at 08:04
- Luke Higham said...
Louis: what were your thoughts on the hanging scene.
- 23 January 2014 at 08:10
- Matt Mustin said...
koook: Yes, Oh my God, that was amazing!
luke: That scene was so brilliantly directed I wanted to give McQueen the Oscar right that second.
- 23 January 2014 at 09:44
Matt: I thought the whipping scene was the best-directed scene of 2013, right alongside the opening long shot of Gravity.
- 23 January 2014 at 10:25
- Matt Mustin said...
Well, I can't argue with either of those choices.
- 23 January 2014 at 10:28
- Louis Morgan said...
Luke: Bale will be next.
The hanging scene was masterfully done by McQueen and that is probably the best scene in the film in terms of direction.
- 23 January 2014 at 10:34
- Luke Higham said...
Louis: in your opinion, who gave the best performance in the film.
- 23 January 2014 at 11:12
- Louis Morgan said...
Ejiofor and Fassbender are about on the same level.
- 23 January 2014 at 11:24
- Luke Higham said...
Louis: Are you still yet to see Nebraska.
- 23 January 2014 at 11:33
- Michael Patison said...
Agreed on the hanging scene. I also love how McQueen just let the actors do their think during the lashing scene.
- 23 January 2014 at 11:51
- Louis Morgan said...
Luke: I still need to watch it.
- 23 January 2014 at 12:51
- Matt Mustin said...
I read somewhere that the scene where Epps whips Patsey was a single four minute take. If that's true, that's damn impressive because I didn't even notice that.
- 23 January 2014 at 15:06
- Michael McCarthy said...
I read that Fassbender passed out after they filmed the scene where Epps rapes Patsey because of how intense it was.
- 23 January 2014 at 15:18
- Matt Mustin said...
I read that too. It doesn't surpise me.
- 23 January 2014 at 15:22
He was wonderful, and certainly deserving of any accolades that come his way. Still, there's one scene of his that drastically yanks me out of the film. His big blow-up ("I shall not FALL into despair!") just feels so stagey, and it feels a complete clash with the rest of his performance because he really doesn't overplay it at all throughout the rest of the film. It's a great bit of work, but he's not even in my Top 5 anymore, and it's a shame, because he was good.
- 23 January 2014 at 15:50
- Luke Higham said...
Psifonian: what is your top 5.
- 23 January 2014 at 16:28
- Michael McCarthy said...
Psifonian; I actually thought the exact same thing about that bit, it felt like a generic audition monologue. But the film and the rest of his performance were so powerful that I was able to brush that off pretty easily.
- 23 January 2014 at 16:29
- Robert MacFarlane said...
@Psifonian: I can see that. That's when Ejiofor's history as a renowned stage actor peeks its head.
- 23 January 2014 at 16:40
- Robert MacFarlane said...
On a completely unrelated note, does anyone watch Law and Order: SVU? And do you hate-watch it like I do to see if can possibly get worse?
- 23 January 2014 at 17:05
Ive heard bad things about it, what is truly painful about it lol.
- 23 January 2014 at 18:11
- Michael Patison said...
Robert: I don't have enough time to hate-watch anything.
- 23 January 2014 at 18:30
McConaughey, Phoenix, Hanks, Dern, Isaac.
- 23 January 2014 at 18:33
- Robert MacFarlane said...
Here's the thing about SVU; I used to be a fan. I loved the original Law and Order and liked Criminal Intent well enough. Then they were canceled. So now I watch it to see if it get worse. It can be funny bad (the Sharon Stone episodes), boring bad (anything Benson-centered), or flat-out offensive bad (the Rhianna episode that turned Chris Brown into a serial killer).
- 23 January 2014 at 20:33
- Matt Mustin said...
What rating would you give Benedict Cumberbatch, Louis? I personally liked him a lot despite his limited screen time.
- 23 January 2014 at 23:49
- Louis Morgan said...
I would probably give him either a 3 or a 3.5.
- 23 January 2014 at 23:52
- dinasztie said...
BTW, what do you think of Lupita Nyong'o? Personally, I loved all the performances in this film (Ejiofor, Fassbender, Paulson and Adepero Oduye all deserved nominations in my opinion), but I was disappointed by Lupita. She had like 10 lines and she did well within those limits, but I don't see what's so complex or even difficult about her performance. The situation the character was in was horrible and I think that's what effects not her performance. IMO, it's a really overrated performance that maybe should have earned her only breakthrough awards. Jennifer Lawrence is an easy pick for me in supporting, very much like Sally Field last year (I guess you probably don't like her, either as you're not a Hustle fan).
- 24 January 2014 at 03:36
- Louis Morgan said...
I agree with you about Nyong'o, although Lawrence definitely would not be my choice as American Hustle is the first time I've disliked a performance from her. I thought Nyong'o really only played the role two ways she either had like this childlike distance about her or she was having a complete emotional breakdown. I thought she played those two sides well enough, but I did want more from her.
- 24 January 2014 at 09:14
- Matt Mustin said...
I was left almost completely cold by Lupita and the emotion came almost entirely from the situation and, oddly enough, Ejifor's performance.
- 24 January 2014 at 09:44
- Robert MacFarlane said...
- 24 January 2014 at 09:46
Lupita Nyong'o did well with what she had, but in reality, she was a living prop with two settings: cry and stare. Even in her big scene (the whipping), Ejiofor and Fassbender and even Paulson were better.
Adepero Oduye was better as well and made much more of an impact. Sure, she was more hysterical, but I bought her as someone going through that grief. How else was she supposed to act? In contrast, Nyong'o made so little impact to me.
- 24 January 2014 at 12:11
- Robert MacFarlane said...
... Hype backlash much? Seriously, I have no clue which performance you guys watched. Nyongo'o was freaking perfect. Not every performance has to be based around dialogue. She's so far ahead on my Supporting Actress ballot it's not even funny. NO ONE comes close this year.
- 24 January 2014 at 12:51
- Matt Mustin said...
Well since everyone's talking here about Adepero Oduye, what did you think of her Louis?
- 24 January 2014 at 15:44
- moviefilm said...
Robert, could you please explain us, what was so perfect about her performance? Beacuse I've seen the film twice yet (the second time was because of my review of her) and I just still don't understand why she's receiving all the awards. I don't even understand how did anybody notice her in the film...
- 24 January 2014 at 15:51
- Michael McCarthy said...
I'd be inclined to take Robert's side, but to a lesser degree. I walked in expecting amazing things from her because of what I heard, but I felt he fell slightly short of that. But I felt that was mostly just because Nyong'o's character was not written to be very complex. Having said that, I thought Nyong'o brought a very strong and very real emotional intensity to the role which from where I was standing was little more than a plot device. I also think she's the best of the nominees (with Squibb actually as my second choice).
- 24 January 2014 at 16:00
- Louis Morgan said...
Matt: I have admit I was not really impressed by Adepero Oduye, but it has nothing to do with her playing the part as hysterical as that is the way the part had to be played. One thing is she was oddly not teary eyed for all her wailing. Also I never felt she really grasped the language the film used correctly. She sounded like a non-Shakespearean actor doing Shakespeare.
- 24 January 2014 at 16:01
- Matt Mustin said...
Louis: I kind of agree, actually.
- 24 January 2014 at 16:02
And, really, Robert, I don't know what you saw in Nyong'o. I've only seen the film once, so perhaps a rewatch is necessary, but I really get the vibe that people are rewarding the role rather than the performance here. But Nyong'o, part and parcel, is why "12 Years a Slave" isn't a flawless film. Its script doesn't allow for character development beyond Solomon. Everyone else is an archetype. Some work. Some don't. Nyong'o isn't awful, not by any means, but leaving everyone else in the dust in the category? Not a chance.
- 24 January 2014 at 16:04
- Robert MacFarlane said...
Compared to Squibb's snarling and mugging? Or Lawrence's histrionics? Yes, I would qualify her as a winner in a landslide.
- 24 January 2014 at 17:19
- joe burns said...
I agree with Matt Mustin's comment: It's an incredibly genuine and honest portrayal which is refreshing to see nowadays. Not the performances these days are bad, but they just don't come from such an honest place.
McConaughey is still going to win this one though. I have yet to see the film, but it's next on my list.
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AURORA, N.Y. – The Keuka College Men's Soccer team played to a 0-0 tie with Wells College on Sunday afternoon in their North Eastern Athletic Conference opener.
Keuka College (2-1-1, 0-0-1 NEAC) will take on SUNY Poly and SUNY Cobleskill next weekend. They will face the Wildcats on the road, but host the Tigers on Sunday at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex.
Rohel Duncan and Christian Cupello led Keuka College with a pair of shots on goal each. Willie Romero made four saves for the Wolves in goal.
The first half was played very evenly between the Wolves and the Express. Keuka College had three corner kicks in the opening frame but were unable to convert. The Wolves had a slight 8-7 advantage in shots. The best chance of the half came in the closing seconds off of a Wells free kick. The ball was sent in and headed towards goal, but Christian Cupello headed it off the line to keep the game scoreless at the half.
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July 17, 2017 at 10:30 am #2590111
Hello Digital DJ's,
Can you please help me to improve my sound quality while using pitch in Traktor.
I use "Keylock On" all the time with either MP3 (320), FLAC or WAV files, and notice music/sound quality deformation everytime I change the speed of a track. What I hear is that the sound, especially voices and bass, become 'thinner' and thus become more in the background somewhat.
However, when the track is not speed up (+0), it sounds much better and normal.
What can I do to improve this, so my sound quality doesn't go bad every time I use the Pitch-sliders?
My gear:
1. PC with specifications:
– Asrock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen3 Motherboard
– Intel Core i5-3550 CPU (3,3 GHz), CPU load is never above 60%, usually more like 25% while playing Traktor, and in the Bios settings: I turned off all the C-states, Thermal Throttling, Speed Stepping and Turbo Boost.
– 16 GB Memory
– Several SSD's (OS Windows 7 – a 'fresh' clean install, and the other ones for my music files)
– passive nVidia Videocard 2GB DDR3 (needs only 300 Watt Power Supply)
– 350 Watt Be Quiet 80Plus Power Supply
– No Internet access (offline)
2. Reloop Terminal Mix 4 – fully updated with the latest firmware of Reloop – with the built-in soundcard at 48000 Hz, because at 44100 Hz the deformation in sound quality is even worse).
Latency currently is 144 and 3 ms overall (3 ms Processing and 0 ms output)
3. Ableton Push 1 (as an extra Midi Controller with the Trash Mapping – http://www.flosaic.com/trash/ )
As a test I changed my Reloop soundcard with a Focusrite Saffire (legacy) external Firewire Soundcard at 48000 Hz (and also at 96000 Hz) to compare with using my built-in Terminal Mix soundcard, but the same sound deformation occurred.
Do I need to optimize my software better or is it a hardware problem?
I followed Native instruments tutorial, except for the Latency Monitor program:
Can you please help me to improve a stable sound quality?
I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!July 18, 2017 at 5:05 am #2590811Frederick MastersParticipant
If Keylock is on, you're changing Tempo using Time Stretching.
I have a completely different setup from you. Laptop/Software/Controller/Soundcard, all different, and I can hear the same thing on my rig. When critically listening with good headphones, anything more than a 5% change doesn't sound as good. I'm not sure if it would be as noticeable DJing live, but like you, I don't like it.
So, I try stay within that 5% change limit. Songs that I know I will have to change more than that, I've created custom edits in my song editing software, changing the Tempo in the entire song. You can do this in Audacity (free) but there are better sounding software programs for this.
Serato Audio Research began with a software program for DAW's that does this. The same (or similar) algorithm is in the optional Pitch'N Time plugin that can be used in Serato DJ in a live situation. I have no personal experience with it. I've "heard" it's good, and it uses a lot of CPU.July 18, 2017 at 8:41 am #2591021
Thank you for your response. It is good to know I'm not the only one experiencing this and that my problem with Traktor 2.11 has a name: Time Stretching. It is true that when I change the tempo more, the sound becomes worse.
I experience this even within the 2% range, but maybe my ears have become sensitive to this after I noticed it.
I believe the degradation is noticeable DJing live, since I experienced this during the end of my last performance, but nonetheless how do other DJ's deal with this? I don't think they change the Tempo of each entire song by using other software like Audacity so they can use it in Traktor, but I'm sure you don't believe this either. It is a good workaround though for emergencies and small pieces. I own Ableton Live 9 Suite, which also has the ability to change the master tempo after warping so probably no need to use Audacity, but thanks for the tip.
Interesting to know that Serato has the Pitch'N Time plugin, but I think Traktor should also be able to reach the same quality of sound while changing tempo, because many professional DJ's use Traktor. I wonder how they acheive this. Your response concerning Serato´s Pitch'N Time and it using a lot of the CPU, makes me wonder whether my CPU, which should be good enough, is actually working at full speed all the time. I'll have to find out how to check this and improve this if needed, but I'm not completely sure whether that will fix the problem. Maybe it does.
I'm interested to know whether this problem occurs with Apple laptops? Can anyone tell me?
-> Thanks again for your help. I'll keep you and everyone interested posted.July 18, 2017 at 5:55 pm #2591551Chuck Van EekelenModerator
Pitch'N Time is good. As is the built-in time stretching in the new Denon Prime SC5000 players.
I agree with Hanginon that up to about 5% it shouldn't be noticeable to a degree that the floor notices. After that it can become an issue and probably WILL become an issue at higher %.
Expensive DAW's have better time stretching options. You could, theoretically time-stretch in a good DAW (we are talking ProTools level, not Audacity!) and then bounce it to a new track, i.e. save it at the new speed. Lot of work though and it will still only give you ONE new speed.July 18, 2017 at 6:26 pm #2591591
@DJ Vintage:
Thank you for giving feedback about Pitch'N Time. It sounds good in Serato I understand, but I don't own Serato (yet) and changing software isn't my first choice at the moment, even though my Reloop Terminal Mix 4 is originally designed for Serato.
So what to do about Traktor? There should be a way to use the Time Stretching procedure in Traktor without a problem.
For now I will stay within the 5% range. Thanks for confirming!July 27, 2017 at 10:46 pm #2596271Phill RenyardParticipant
If your CPU is powerful enough maybe the time stretching option is on ECO rather than HiQ in the preferences- that might potentially make a difference to the sound if you haven't checked that, just a thought in case you haven't checked it yetJuly 28, 2017 at 8:11 am #2596291
In Traktor in "Preferences" the option Keylock HiQ is chosen (standard 'out of the box'), I didn't change that.
Is that okay and what you mean?
I tried some other things in the BIOS and installed Windows all new (from the installation disc), and will let you guys know in the coming days what I found out.July 28, 2017 at 9:54 pm #2596691Chuck Van EekelenModerator
Thanks for the update and good luck!
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