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Dozens of new local TV stations could be the first broadcasters in the UK to have sponsored news bulletins, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
"News programmes at the moment can't be sponsored and I would like to find a way of getting around that if I can," he told a summit on plans for local TV.
Mr Hunt wants around 50 new local TV stations to open by 2015.
But there must be a mechanism to make sure that the news remains independent and impartial, he added.
Speaking in Birmingham, he said the sponsorship of bulletins could provide crucial funds for the fledgling stations.
He said he would "look at the law in this respect", but added that regulations meant it would be difficult to achieve.
"We are looking to find ways to enable them to get revenue in any way they can, and if we can find a way that allows them to get sponsorship of certain programmes in a way that doesn't breach the current broadcasting code, then that's what we'd like to do."
However, allowing companies to sponsor news programmes is currently prohibited by media regulator Ofcom's code and by EU regulations.
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"The law prohibits the sponsorship of news but, as we are drawing up the licences for the new TV stations, we are looking at what we may be able to do within the existing rules.
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Coming To A Rainbow Near You….
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Simply Joyful
When I sat down Saturday afternoon to collect my thoughts and start writing, I realized after having been away all week, I hadn't given the content of this week's post much thought. Oddly enough, I wasn't panicked either. It also occurred to me that even though there is still so much going on around me and so much to do, there is nothing pressing, nothing special, nothing terrible and nothing wrong, to write about.
It's kind of nice when that happens. It doesn't happen often but when it does, it really is kind of nice. Fishing for something would be foolish. I truly appreciate being able to step off of life's roller coaster every once in a while, for a while. Recharge. Regroup. Rejoice!
In searching my heart for what was tugging, I kept falling back to thoughts of this past week and smiling to myself.
Nothing brings more joy to my heart than seeing children happy.
And having a rather playful heart myself, I'm keen to the sound of mischievous giggles. When the laughter has an 11-year span in childhood and includes kids ages 2 to 13, conspiring in harmony, even better! Catching the moment on camera? Well, priceless!
This week was simple. It was joyful. It was Simply Joyful.
What brings joy to your heart?
Photo Credit #1 The Gift of Joy
Photo Credit #2 & #3 ©2012 Karen Szczuka Teich & Takingtheworldonwithasmile.com
It Smells Like Updog!
It smells like updog in here!
Yes. Updog.
Oh, not much!
Come on, you know you're laughing. Let's face it, that's funny!
That's also the kind of humor you get
subjected treated to when you spend a long weekend with two teenage boys, a 10-year old girl and her 9-year old comrade. Oh, and there's the girlfriend of the thirteen-year-old (yes, I said, girlfriend) who makes her presence known with the constant text-ing that is revealed through his ringtone which loudly and annoyingly announces:
"Excuse me boss, you have a text message."
Every 5 to 10 minutes.
I truly feel like she came with us.
It started with a simple statement. Me, telling my kids I was taking them up to our place in the woods for this President's Day long weekend. Before I could be consulted, a cousin was quickly added to the mix and then a friend.
It became the perfect blend of a very unlikely pairing of people.
It takes two-hours by car to go through the Catskills to get to our destination, a place I usually go to for serenity. The car-load spent their time partly singing Katy Perry's Fireworks (over and over again) and partly playing Truth or Dare.
I love kids. They're so honest, especially when they're playing a game like Truth or Dare. They feel completely obligated to tell the truth.
It was basketball on the driveway. Tacos for dinner. A game of Striker on the ancient but still functional game-cube. Ice-cream at the Penguin. Man-hunt in the dark with flashlights, in the middle of winter, while it was snowing. Hot cocoa with whipped cream. Playing monopoly while watching Jeremy Lin magically maneuver the ball on the court against the Hornets and tea and cookies before bed.
These are the things kids' dreams are made of.
It's good to take a break from life, if you can. I'm extremely fortunate to have the place to escape to and these fabulous children to escape away with. I've been laughing-out-loud now for nearly three days straight. It's a privilege to be the fly-on-the-wall, allowed to listen in to the lively conversations that span the wit and humor of the seven-year-age-difference between the youngest and oldest in this motley but most-loveable crew, thrown together by chance and circumstance. They're truly making the best of it.
Sometimes, the best times are had with the least amount of planning.
It's been an incredibly difficult time for my kids, in particular these past two years. There's been lots of upheaval and turmoil and change and it has been a very long time since they've been in a relaxed enough environment where they can just have fun. It's a joy to witness.
But it's the never-ending laughter that I am so grateful to hear.
Seeing your kids laughing and happy is what parents' dreams are made of.
It's the middle of a strangely warm winter but nothing warms a mother's heart more than to hear the echoing of her child's laughter.
Photo Credit #1: What's Up Dog Hat
Photo Credit #3, 4 & 5: Karen Szczuka Teich & http://www.takingtheworldonwithasmile.com
Drinking Hot Chocolate Takes Skill
Everybody has their limits.
After all the build up and anticipation, it's hard to believe that another year of fancy-feasts and holiday-hoopla with friends and family, attending parties and opening presents have come and gone inside the span of just about two weeks. Throw moving from one house to another into the mix of merriment-making and you may find yourself like me, teetering on the fringe of insanity because even though I am truly 100% exhausted, like that crazy "Energizer Bunny" I seem to push myself to just keep "going and going" until my body refuses to go any further, rendering me motionless, forced to stop and (gasp!) relax. That's exactly what put me in my PJs and drove me to my bed just shy of 6pm a few nights ago. I couldn't go on for one-more-minute. With my daughter in tow, we set ourselves up to catch up on all of the Once Upon A Time TV-episodes from the new ABC series that we missed, by being away and being busy.
Just after the first episode, Hannah asked me for "hot chocolate". Rarely do I indulge in drinking hot chocolate myself, let alone drinking it in my bed but since I had no intention or strength left for making dinner, I figured, it was the least I could do and did what any good mother in my weary position would have and said, "sure". I put the TV on pause, dragged myself out of the comfort I had just settled into and made us each a cup, the only way I know how; piping hot and piled high with whipped cream.
Toward the end of the 2nd of 4 episodes, I began to feel a lot better, in a jittery-caffeinated sort of way and realized we had both sipped through the white mound of sweetness that lead to the pure-chocolate-heaven that filled our mugs.
"Pause it!" I said unexpectedly, and she did.
With a burst of sugar-ized spontaneity and false energy, I jumped off the bed and ran out of the room to retrieve the red-topped can of Reddi Wip from the fridge in the kitchen.
"Mom, what are you doing?" she called from the bedroom.
Ignoring her, I made a mad-dash from the fridge, back to the bedroom and apparently, in my crazy, creamy, sugar-filled stupor, I forgot just how exhausted I really was. With can in hand, just as I rounded the corner from the kitchen to the hallway, my slippery, sock-covered feet hit the hardwood flooring at a speeding angle that sent me crashing into the wall and smashing my whole-self down, breaking the skin of my elbow and jamming my ankle awkwardly into the point where plaster meets wood. It was a ridiculous effort to break my fall without letting go of the chemical-laden can containing "REAL Cream" that I couldn't seem to live without.
Success! The can was saved but my body ached as I lay there moaning for a minute, hoping there was no blood and that nothing was broken. Hannah poked her head out of the bedroom, barely holding back her laughter at the sight of me sprawled out on the floor holding the can up in the air.
"Mom, are you okay? What the heck are you doing?" she asked before bursting into uncontrollable laughter; the kind that makes you snort and sends liquid squirting out of each of your nostrils if you've just taken a sip of something, which she had.
In the throes of pain and hysterics, I feebly got myself back up, limped my way back into the bedroom and wordlessly poured clouds of dairy whipped topping back into our mugs until they were over-filled and the can sputtered, forcing out its last drop of "REAL Cream". I resumed my position on the left side of the bed and with a great sigh, started licking my Reddi Wip. I was the power of example as Hannah proceeded to do the same and we sat, pleasantly making our way through another mountain of sweet, white fluff, once again, warming our bellies with chocolate goodness.
Silence ensued.
Three-quarters of the way into the third episode of Once Upon A Time, Hannah looked over at me with a huge smile on her face and said with confidence,
"Drinking hot chocolate takes a lot of skill, mom."
Yes, it does, my dear. Yes-it-does.
I always try to be cognizant of moments like this, ones that end up meaning so much. Had I not been so exhausted that my body forced myself to stop, I'm not so sure we would have found that precious time to spend together. I wouldn't have shared that hilarious laughter with my girl and I could tell it meant as much to her as it did to me.
It was the true magic of the season showing itself. I got it. I'm grateful.
And it was very simple.
This past year has been chock-full of complicated, unexpected occurrences and while many of the events of the days behind me are a bit of a blur now, the future, even with all it's imperfection and uncertainty really does look a little brighter, a little clearer and feels a little calmer.
I don't think I'll be making any elaborate New Year's resolutions this year. I think I might drink a little more hot chocolate than I usually do and run a little less in my socks on hardwood floors but mostly, I think I'll just try my best to simply, keep it simple.
How about you?
May your year be filled with lots of peace, love and joy!
Photo Credit #1 Energizer Bunny
Photo Credit #2: Hot Chocolate
Photo Credit #3 & #4: Reddi Wip Google Images
Kids Really Do Say The Darndest Things!
This week I'm taking a cue from a blog I follow where the genius mom actually documents her kids' quotes! Brilliant, cause kids really do say the darndest things!
If you follow my blog, you probably know I have two kids (that I love and adore) but I will only be quoting one today, my 10-year old daughter. Besides, if I were lucky enough to even overhear a conversation, let alone have one, with my 13-year old son, the entire quote would most likely consist of these three words:
Um, Yeah and Nah.
I'm a good mom and have just documented my boy's quotes for the past six months.
My girl on the other hand, is a non-stop chatterbox. (I think it's a gender thing.) Ever see the Volvo commercial where the Dad puts his 5-year old daughter in her car seat, closes the door, gets into the driver's seat and takes her to school, all the while, she is non-stop chatter, going on and on about who knows what?
That's my Hannah and at age ten, not only do I get the non-stop chatter about who knows what, I get the added bonus of her opinion!
Here are a few recent ones….
My daughter goes to a progressive school and we do not practice any formal religion. I of course went to Catholic school and was a practicing catholic until I went to college, receiving many of the sacraments up until that age, including confession of my sins.
Not too long ago, my girl came home from school and asked,
Me, in freak-out mode responded, "A sin? Why? Why do you want to know what a sin is?"
I heard it was bad. My teacher doesn't teach us about sins or war or anything. She pretty much teaches us that the world is perfect but I know it's not perfect.
You're a super sleuth, Hannah and you're right, the world is not perfect.
On Getting A New Car
At the onset of having to get new wheels, I admit, I had a brief moment of panic at the thought of having to bring the car I loved so dearly back to the dealership it was leased from, knowing, now, there would be no way I could afford to lease the same car again. Myself and my girl were driving around town when it hit me and without really thinking about it or looking for a response, I tugged at the steering wheel and said,
"Hannah, how am I going to keep this car?"
Not a full minute passed before my girls' wheels started turning and she sprung into solution mode……
Mom, I got it! From tomorrow to the end of the summer, I say, we go out in the middle of the median and sell like there's no tomorrow!
Sell? Sell what, Hannah? Lemonade?
Lemonade AND ice-pops mom, lemonade AND ice-pops!
Turns out, I LOVE my new car but Thank you, Hannah!!
On Edward
A year and a half ago, I brought Edward home. My Edward is a creepy but important part of me being able to live life on life's terms and while we sometimes bring him out to participate in various family activities, his primary function is to keep a watchful eye on my 22-year old punk neighbor.
Edward does an excellent job!
In a few weeks we will begin the process of moving from the only home my daughter has ever known.
Mom I think we have to leave Edward here.
At least until we get to meet our new neighbors.
Why, Hannah?
Well, if we put him in the window before we meet them, they're going to think we're freaks and they won't bring us cookies or cupcakes (cause we're the new neighbors) and I want the cookies and cupcakes.
Point well taken, Hannah. I want the cookies and cupcakes too but Edward comes with us.
Besides, we both know you love him just as much as I do!
Aside from the funny stuff, there are also great pearls of wisdom and insight, as well as profound statements that often come from this blessing of a child, leaving me stunned but mostly, extremely grateful for the gift of her life in mine.
Those I'll save for another day.
Meanwhile, for more adept quotes from other skilled and clever kids, visit the Young American Wisdom blog — the inspiration for this post!
For happy thoughts from a happy kid, visit Hannah's blog, I'm Thinking Happy!
If you have an endearing or humorous kid quote, feel free to leave it with me!
Photo Credit #1: Sin
Photo Credit #2: Super Sleuth
Photo Credit# 3-5: Karen Szczuka Teich & http://www.takingtheworldonwithasmile.com
The Devil Made Him Do It!
Either that, or it was his funny bone!
Some people are just naturally funny. They don't have to try hard. The joke just kind of flows out of them, or their PowerPoint presentation.
I ask you, what's life without a little humor?
Seriously. I know this 15-year old sophomore who happens to be a funny guy and who happens to go to a Catholic school. I went to Catholic school from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Anyone who has ever gone to Catholic school knows, funny and religion do-not-mix-well. Do one "funny" thing and you're immediately slapped with the "class clown" label for as long as you go to that school. Being the class clown in Catholic school can mean countless hours of detention, clapping the erasers (cause they still have erasers) or worse; points taken off grades. It can mean being called out of class and calls made home, to parents; not to mention purposeful, public scoldings designed to put you in the position of becoming the "example" for any other student who might be thinking humor belongs in school. Thus, the funny guy becomes the fall guy.
In short, Catholic School is 99.9% serious business. Recently, my funny little sophomore friend, fell.
Here's what happened:
The Religious Assignment
Make a PowerPoint presentation talking about the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The Back Story
According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a young, simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City. The lady told him to build a church exactly on the spot where they were standing. He told the local bishop, who asked for some proof. He went back and had the vision again. He told the lady that the bishop wanted proof, and she said "Bring the roses behind you." Turning to look, he found a rose bush growing behind him.He cut the roses, placed them in his poncho and returned to the bishop, saying he had brought proof. When he opened his poncho, instead of roses, there was an image of the young lady in the vision. (Manga Hero)
St. Juan Diego is proof that God uses those who are most humble to do His work. By all accounts, Juan Diego, was a humble and young man.
Serious stuff.
My young, sophomore friend, who also happens to be an honor student, put all of this serious information into his Power Point presentation, only when it came time to reveal Juan Diego's likeness, my funny friend flashed this image to his class instead of the one above:
Come on, now THAT is funny!
Needless to say, this startling, daring, depiction of the young, blessed Saint Juan Diego in my friend's Power Point presentation brought the class to well, pandemonium to put it mildly; uncontrollable laughter burst onto the scene, requiring the teacher to admonish the class several times before order was restored. And if you've ever gone to Catholic school, you know, order MUST be restored.
The Consequence
Being called out of the next class. The "call" home to the parents. 18 points taken off the final grade, giving this slacker an 82 out of 100% on the report and a mandatory apology letter to the teacher (at the teacher's request, of course).
Inside information from the mom: apology letter number one, had to be scratched when the boy, after saying he was sorry to the teacher, said he only did it to try to keep the rest of the students from falling asleep in class. "Kudos", I say for at least being truthful.
Was it worth the laugh? I asked him.
Yes. It was totally worth the laugh. I thought these Power Points could use some funny moments.
There you have it and again, there's got to be something said for the honesty here, not to mention, you are witnessing a comedian in the making. I sent the boy $10 in the mail along with a note telling him not to be disrespectful but never to lose his sense of humor.
The world needs more levity if you will; more laughter.
The Result
Not only will every student in that religion class remember the story of Our Lady of Guadeloupe, always and forever, they will remember it, with a smile on their face.
The Disclaimer
While the views expressed by this student do in fact reflect those of this author, ABSOLUTELY NO DISRESPECT is meant toward the Catholic church, its teachers or teachings.
I'm Catholic. I went to Catholic school and I only WISH some kid had the moxie to do something–anything to cause the type of uproar and uncontrollable laughter in class that this boy did.
It would have made the whole experience so much more human,
with a little more humor.
Photo Credit #1 ©2007 Noah Henry Teich
(All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced.)
Photo Credit #2 Saint Juan Diego
Photo Credit #3 Forwarded From The Nameless Catholic Boy
Billboard Baby
"Yard sale! Yard sale! Come check out the yard sale!"
Forget the PennySaver. Who needs the classifieds in the newspaper?
Why even bother to advertise on Craig's List when you can have this??
That's right, for the price of a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on a croissant, this willing and able 10-year old will happily take your idea, event or function on the road! She comes complete with borrowed wings, a friend's home-made shield, soccer shoes, red knee-high soccer socks, a Tinkerbell birthday hat and her very own pink-wheeled scooter!
Let this Billboard Baby loose in your neighborhood and customers will be clambering at your door, yard sale or lemonade stand. Satisfaction guaranteed!
But wait! Don't just let these pictures alone convince you…. here is an actual client testimonial:
"No one came to our yard sale for HOURS. Finally, we agreed to give Hannah's approach a try. It was amazing! A miracle! She literally stopped traffic! As soon as Hannah hit the pavement, customers started coming out of the woodwork (or at least their homes, to see what all the commotion was) and over to our yard sale. I'll never have another yard sale — without her!" ~ Karen Szczuka Teich
Okay, so while everything at my Everything Must Go yard sale eventually went, unfortunately, most of it went to the Goodwill. Not exactly the money-maker I had hoped it would be, despite the literally months of planning and preparation. Who knew the biggest flea market venue in the county was holding their annual "public" yard sale the same day I was having my little "private" one? Apparently everyone. Except me of course.
Oh well, I guess we never would have discovered Hannah's new knack for advertising if our sale was such a success in the first place, right? It's all in the way you choose to look at things and honestly, watching Hannah scooter through the neighborhood while hollering her heart out about our "sale" was worth every idle hour!
I've said it before and I'll say it again (mostly to remind myself),
It's not what happens but what you do– how you deal with — what happens, that really matters.
It may not have been a profitable day but it was a great day, nonetheless.
Photo credits: © Karen Szczuka Teich.


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Pop culture icon Mickey Mouse is celebrating his 90th year since first appearing on screen in 1928, and to celebrate Disney has chosen a select number of designers, asking them to showcase their talents with a collection honouring the famous character.
Among those chosen is luxury Italian fashion house Gucci, American designer Marc Jacobs - and New Zealand's very own Karen Walker.
As the only Australasian designer to be asked, Karen Walker told 1 NEWS "it was an immediate an unequivocal yes".
"Mickey is a true icon and it's a great honour for me to have an opportunity to interpret his personality, which I've always loved, through my own lens."
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Welcome to my score collection - Music for Voices.
In the collection you will find music for choirs and singers with lyrics primarily in Danish.
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Family Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Least Concern
Diademed Tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus)
French: Tangara à diadème German: Diademtangare Spanish: Tangara diademada
Tanagra diademata
Temminck, 1823,
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
SE Brazil (Paraná and São Paulo E to S Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, S to Rio Grande do Sul), adjacent E Paraguay, Uruguay and NE Argentina (E from extreme E Santa Fe, S to N Buenos Aires).
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19 cm; two males 35 g and 41·5 g. Rather robust tanager, colourful in good light but most often appearing blackish, with pale crown patch, feathers of forecrown short... read more
Dawn song, from high tree limb or treetop, a short, warbled "tio turri, weri tweee",... read more
Variety of wooded to semi-open habitats, including Araucaria forest, dense low forest (... read more
Food and feeding
Much fruit, also flowers, buds and some insects; consumes sweet secretions of plant lice. In Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) reported as eating... read more
Breeding reported in Oct in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Builds a shallow nest 3–4 m up in tree or shrubs. Clutch 4 eggs, white or... read more
Reported as rather sedentary. Possibly migratory in S Uruguay and Argentina.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Fairly common in SE Brazil (from Itatiaia National Park S to Rio Grande do Sul); fairly common in Uruguay; decidedly local within most of its... read more
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That's never seemed like a remarkable concept to me. Then again, I'm an Asian guy from Indiana, and so I was brought up romanticizing a particular brand of Midwestern humility. The dignity of just putting your head down and doing your work, and if you want something done then the most honorable thing is to hunker down and do it yourself.
Maybe it does help with rejection too. Of course there's a lot of rejection in this line of work, and this might sound... I don't know, disingenuous or delusional, but I honestly don't worry about rejection that much anymore. It doesn't have the same sting it used to. Maybe this is about getting older, but I think it's more about being in a place where I'm way more into the journey than the product.
This is where my job at The Lark has been useful, in fact. Because it's a process-based organization, where every level of the mission is about creating space away from thinking about commercial pressures, critics, ticket sales, and that kind of thing, to put writers in a position to hopefully do their most raw and vulnerable, adventurous and untested work. It places the value of what we do on how useful it is, rather than how "good" it is from the various arbitrary indicators of what success is in our field. We get to define success based on how it feeds into what we do next, and next, and next. It's not about putting on a show, it's about building on your entire artistic journey.
I was working on a show many many years ago, I won't say which one, but it wasn't going well. We were nearing the end of previews, and I was at The Lark, feeling very anxious and distraught. My boss, John Eisner, said "hey how's it going," and I said, "Not good, John!" and he said, "Well, it's all process." I got very frustrated and said, "No, John, it's not process anymore, there are paying audiences coming, critics on their way, expensive sets and costumes, and all these fine people who memorized all these terrible lines I wrote and none of it works," and he said in an infuriatingly calm way, "Well, unless it's the last thing you ever do, it's still process."
That comment didn't help me at all at the time, but I've thought about it a lot since, and I think I've internalized the idea for real at this point in my life. I can do something that doesn't work, and feel okay about it. Because if I'm not trying things that might not work, then what the hell am I doing? So I always come back to process, and zooming out long-range helps with navigating the short-term rejections and missteps.
Okay, I see where you're going with this. Because yeah, even though I say nobody owes me anything, I suppose I do kinda feel that I owe something to others. Throughout my life I've taken on a fair amount of responsibility, and I've worked really hard in what you might call advocacy and support positions, in service to other writers. From my work with Second Generation back in the day, producing works by lots of other playwrights, co-directing the Ma-Yi Writers' Lab, serving on the Dramatists Guild Council, and, of course, The Lark and those sorts of things. But to be honest, that kind of work is basically selfish. It's part of what supports me.
Because here's the thing: in this industry, it's very easy for freelance playwrights to get into a big emotional trap. It's set up this way. We're set up to hustle to get our work out there, to get it produced, to build relationships with producers, directors, literary agents, in service of building a sustainable career. And that can feel very lonely and isolating. To be in a position where your plays, and your plays alone, are how you express yourself in the world.
I'm very lucky to be in a position where I can see how my work exists in an ecology. In my job at The Lark, and in my relationships with these other organizations, especially Ma-Yi, I get to be in conversation with so many extraordinary writers who I respect and admire, and I get to contribute in some way to what they put out into the world. As someone who believes that cultural expression and social change are absolutely a function of the arts, and that diversity of perspective and a multiplicity of voices are essential to a functioning society, then how lucky am I to make my life's work the amplifying of voices of writers I admire, while using my own work in conversation with it? As part of a really robust community of writing, including Rajiv Joseph, Dominique Morisseau, Kimber Lee, Mona Mansour, Donja Love, Martyna Majok, Rey Pamatmat, Diana Oh, Keith Josef Adkins, Mike Lew, and so many more. Writers who also represent what I want to put out into the world.
Mentorship is a tricky thing that I haven't quite figured out. I don't know if I believe in the concept fully. Either I've had dozens of mentors or I've had none, I'm not sure. Certainly not just one, and I have distrust around mentorship as a singular, centralized force. It seems necessary to me that an artist draw from as many complex and varied sets of influences as possible, so that their voice can become an amalgam of their total, complex identity. That being said, there are definitely a lot of people who have been really instrumental in my life and my career; starting with my family – I write about family a lot, and I draw very heavily on my parents, my wife, my children. Both in terms of tangible support, but also in their bearing. I touched on this earlier, but I think there's a particular aesthetic to being the child of immigrants. It expresses itself in a particular way, with a consciousness towards the convergence of cultures, the creation of something new within something old, a heightened importance on ancestral memory and displaced history. And, as I mentioned before when talking about parenting, there's something even more powerful about the future tense part of family and the imagining of how young people might move through the world.
On a professional level, I've also been lucky in having some critical relationships with people who have helped me beyond any ability to quantify. You were one of the first people to produce my work, and your support and advocacy have been more critical to my career and my sanity than anyone else in the industry. Not just as a director, and a producer, but as a colleague and a confidant. I mean, let's think about this: I would never have gone to Kenya without you, or had my work done in Manila. You commissioned The Chinese Lady and The Wong Kids, both of which you directed. So you've had a tremendous influence on me, and not just in those very direct ways.
I don't think I've ever said this to you, but I've talked to others before about it. I look at you, and Mia Katigbak, who are artists first and foremost but have also dedicated so much of your energy and time to fostering a community of other artists. Whenever I talk to young theater makers (and I do this a lot), especially young Asian American writers and actors who want advice on how to build a career, I tell them about how you and Mia started your own companies basically out of necessity. It was the only way to get work at the time. You did it your damn self. And the history of Asian American theater is filled with these stories. Young Jean Lee started her own company. Qui Nguyen started Vampire Cowboys. Tisa Chang started Pan Asian Rep, Mako started East West, Frank Chin started the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco. I definitely don't think that every single Asian American theater maker should start a company, but I do think that they need to know what people like you had to do to get to where you are, and what you still do every day.
Understanding and accessing that history is really powerful. In fact, I guess it's the theme of this whole interview. When I talk about Hoosiers and basement rock shows, I'm also talking about immigration and building a new life in a new country, starting your own theater company, advocating, not just for yourself but being part of a community of artists that are as integral to your life's work as your own individual work. The way I process all of these stimuli is to say: "hey, I'm part of a tradition." My parents sacrificed a lot, they worked really hard to put me in a position to succeed, and that comes with enormous expectations that are deeply motivating to try and live up to. You and Mia and other pioneers of Asian American theater, you busted your ass for unpredictable and maybe even unexpected glory, and my generation of theater makers better not take that for granted. We have to put our heads down and get to work, to be worthy of what you've done to establish and sustain these critical cultural touchstones. We have to be like underdog punk rock basketball teams going up against the monolith of dominant American culture to say, "hey, we built this country, too, and let's talk about the future, because, dammit, we're gonna build that part as well."
Is that a reach? Maybe. But I don't think it is, honestly.
Ralph B. Peña has been Ma-Yi Theater Company's Artistic Director since 1996, helping to establish Ma-Yi as the country's leading incubator of new works by Asian American playwrights. Recent directing credits include Lloyd Suh's The Chinese Lady, Hansol Jung's Among The Dead, and A. Rey Pamatmat's House/Rules. His work has been seen on the stages of Ensemble Studio Theater, the Public Theater, Long Wharf Theater, Victory Gardens, Laguna Playhouse, Children's Theater Company, La Mama ETC, and the Public Theater, to name a few.


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Ongoing conference, book and journal projects:
1. Prof. Ivanov is General Chair of IFAC MIM 2019 Conference; submission closed – www.mim2019.com
2. Prof. Ivanov is Editor in International Journal of Integrated Supply Management (Inderscience)
3. Prof. Ivanov is Associate Editor in International Journal of Production Research (Taylor & Francis) and International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor & Francis)
4. Special Issue "Supply Chain Resilience and its Interplay with Digital Technologies" in International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, submission open till April 30, 2020 Call for Papers
5. Special Issue "Machine Learning in Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 applications" in International Journal of Production Research (submission deadline: May 15, 2020), Call for papers
Book "Scheduling in Cloud Manufacturing and Industry 4.0" [submission closed] (Call for Chapters)
Special Issue "Ripple Effect and Supply Chain Disruption Management" in Interational Journal of Production Research associated with MIM 2019 conference: submission of selected papers presented at MIM 2019 is open till December 31st, 2019 [submission closed] Call for Papers
Special Issue "OR and analytics for digital, resilient, and sustainable manufacturing 4.0" in Annals of Operations Research associated with MIM 2019 conference: submission of selected papers presented at MIM 2019 is open till December 31st, 2019, [submission closed] Call for Papers
Special Issue "Digital Technologies and Initiatives Impacting Supply Chain Integration and Performance" in Interational Journal of Integrated Supply Management associated with MIM 2019 conference: submission of selected papers presented at MIM 2019 is open till December 31st, 2019, [submission closed] Call for Papers
Special Issue "Exploring supply chain structural dynamics: new disruptive technologies and disruption risks" in Interational Journal of Production Economics [submission closed] Call for Papers
Special Section @ International Journal of Information Management: "Intelligent Methods and Systems supporting Decision Making: Towards Digital Supply Chain Twins", associated with MIM 2019 conference: submission of selected papers presented at MIM 2019 is open till December 31st, 2019, [submission closed] Call for Papers
Special Issue "Supply Chain Finance" in IFORS Journal "Interational Transactions on Operational Research" [submission closed]; Call for Papers
Special Issue "Managing supply chain operations in industrial symbiosis networks" in Resources, Conservation and Recycling [submission closed] Call for papers
Research interests:
Supply chain resilience, structural dynamics and risk management: supply chain resilience and design with disruption risk considerations, ripple effect in the supply chain, complexity, network theory, simulation, digital twins
Scheduling in cyper-physical systems, Industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing: supply chain scheduling, scheduling in cloud manufacturing, schedule robustness analysis, flexible flow/job shop scheduling, real-time scheduling,ata-driven optimization and simulation, Blockchain applications to supply chain and operations management
Most important research results:
- Co-author of the supply chain structural dynamics control approach
- For the first time, ripple effect has been defined in scientific literature with the application to supply chain disruption risk management
- For the first time, LCN (low-certainty-need) supply chain framework has been developed
- Formulation and solution of new scheduling problem for Industry 4.0 systems: CF/DFJS (continuous flows / dynamic job shop scheduling)
- For the first time, optimal program control-based supply chain scheduling model and algorithm have been developed
- For the first time, attainable (reachable) sets have been applied to operations schedule robustness and supply chain resilience analysis
His research projects have been supported by funding from European Commission (Horizon 2020), DFG (German Research Foundation), DAAD, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation as well industrial companies. In total, funding over one million euro has been obtained. The project experiences comprise such sectors as automotive, petrochemistry, textile and fashion, aerospace, and retail.
Our understanding of research in supply chain management and operations is based upon a combination of digitalization, resilience, sustainability and efficiency.
Prof. Ivanov's research is based upon integrated consideration of processes, quantitative methods and technology for investigation of value-adding system dynamics.
His research explores supply chain structural dynamics and control, with an emphasis on global supply chain design with disruption risks, optimal control and data-driven scheduling in Industry 4.0 systems, data-driven supply chain simulation and optimization, and risk analytics in the digital era. He is co-author of structural dynamics control methods for supply chain management. He applies mathematical programming, simulation, control and fuzzy theoretic methods. Based upon triangle "process-model-technology", he investigates the dynamics of complex networks in production, logistics, and supply chains. Most of his courses and research focuses on the interface of supply chain management, operations research, industrial engineering, and digital technology.
Research methods comprise mathematical optimization, discrete-event simulation, agent-based simulation, optimal program control theory, fuzzy theory and bio-inspired heuristics. Tools may include CPLEX, AnyLogic, anyLogistix as well as own software.


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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Whatever you do, don't go to sleep!
My husband's warning came into my head as I started to doze off in the hotel room. Just five more minutes I thought to myself. It was 10AM London time, 5AM back home. I had barely slept on the flight. No wonder I was tired. At least I had survived the underground. Mainly thanks to the kindness of strangers, something I would rely on many times through this trip.
But I hadn't come to London to sleep. I sat up, grabbed my cell phone and camera and headed out the door. My hotel was near enough to Buckingham Palace, about a 15 minute walk. I didn't need a map to find it. I only needed to look down the road to see the royal standard flapping in the wind.
As I walked along the sidewalk, multiple souvenir shops caught my eye. William and Kate on every conceivable item imaginable. There were knockoffs of Kate's ring, knockoff commemorative coins, hats, magnets, and condoms. Yes, condoms - holy buzz killer!
Heading further along I found a tea shop selling William and Kate tea bags, then the Buckingham Palace shop. Utopia for those searching for the tasteful items. The store was small and crowded and I hugged my purse close to my body lest I knock over something tastefully expensive. I made a mental note to come back when it was less crowded.
A few blocks down the road I finally arrived at Buckingham Palace. The Queen's Royal Standard on the flagpole. Beyond the imposing black gates an immaculate gravel forecourt. And there was the famous balcony. By this time the next day, the newly married William and Kate would share a kiss for the world to see.
By the looks of it, I wasn't the only one imagining the same thing.
© Marilyn Braun 2011
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2 comments:
- denise said...
Glad you decided to attend the Royal Wedding. Facing Buckingham Palace I ended up on the right side of it, and was able to witness "The Kiss."I flew in from the United States with a friend and ended up connecting with other Americans who were also there. I met people who had traveled rom as far as Outh Africa just to attend the wedding. What an experience. I bet you are now glad you were there to witness history in the making! I retruned home to everyone wanting photos and some now wishing they had went along as well. Hope you had a blast!
- Marilyn Braun said...
Hi Denise,
Yes, I'm very happy that I went. Wish I'd had more time to sight see more!
I did not make it to Buckingham Palace to see the kiss - unfortunately. It was an amazing event and there was nothing like being there to soak in the atmosphere and watch history in the making. Other than the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, we won't see an event of this scale for a long long time.
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Urban infill may be a viable solution for cities seeking to build tighter communities by utilizing space to its fullest potential. Conscious implementation of developments on underutilized land may be an effective sustainable agent that reduces daily vehicular travel time and the resulting environmental byproducts. Continue reading
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Innovative Public Transportation Infrastructure
Developing innovative solutions within an existing city layout may be one of the challenges faced by some cities when accommodating for growing populations. It can be time consuming and expensive for a city to rework its pre-existing urban infrastructure. Rather than retrofitting the city's public transportation infrastructure, it seems to be more feasible for a city to create an innovative solution in collaboration with pre-existing developments. Continue reading
The Architecture of Affordable Housing
As affordable housing developers build in inclusionary zoning areas, cities and residents demand high quality architecture and construction comparable to market-rate housing
One of the challenges that frequently confront market-rate housing developers building in cities with inclusionary zoning ordinances is the requirement that a certain number of affordable units be built alongside market-rate housing to promote a more diverse community. The juxtaposition of affordable with market-rate housing also demands that the affordable housing features a higher level of architectural style to compete aesthetically with the market-rate housing. Continue reading
Why is the Washington Monument Not On-Center?
My wife and I were fortunate to pass through Washington D.C. during last summer. That being my first visit, as an architect naturally I could not help but admire the Beaux Arts vistas, symbolism, and majesty of the Washington Mall. But something bothered me – the centerline of the White House doesn't line up with the Washington Monument.
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What is Mixed-Use Development?
Traditional zoning was developed during a time when factories and many commercial uses were noisy, smelly, and/or hazardous to the public. To protect public health and residential property values, early zoning focused on separating different uses and buffering them from each other to minimize nuisances.
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The Qualities of Public Spaces: Four Case Studies
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The Project for Public Spaces has identified four qualities generally shared by successful public spaces around the world: 1). they are accessible – the have good connectivity; 2). people are engaged in activities there; 3). the space is comfortable and has a good image; and finally, 4). it's a sociable place, one where people meet each other and take people when they come to visit. Continue reading


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Comfort™ Standard Flannel Flat Sheet for Massage Tables
Comfort™ Flannel oversized flat sheet making sure your client is covered 100% of the time. These light weight flannel sheets making them perfect to use year round. massage sheets are light weight and perfect for your table year round, providing a perfect balance between comfy and cozy. Body Linen™ flannel sheets are double brushed for extra softness and is made with 100% cotton making it easier to get lotion, creams, and oil stains out. These sheets will not only take the chill off and making it easier to provide a deep relaxing experience for your clients but they will last you a very long time.
- 4.5 ounce flannel
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- Manufacture: Body Linen
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- Flat: 61" X 100"
Prepping your new sheets
Wash your sheets in cold water on the gentle cycle. Washing them on gentle is extremely important because this cycle uses less motion causing less friction. Add one cup of white vinegar to the rinse cycle (no detergent). Adding vinegar will allow the fiber to expand that makes them soft, helps to preserve the color keeping them from fading and looking dingy over time
*If using a front loading machine, use the extra water setting.
Tumble dry on warm or medium heat on a gentle setting or remove sheets from dryer when sheets are slightly damp. Don't use dryer sheets, this can cause undue friction that causes the flannel to pill over time. Click the link below for long term care instructions.
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The flannel flat sheets I have purchased for 4 years from Massage Naturals are the BEST ever! I have NEVER had to throw any of them away. They just keep on going despite all the constant washing and usage. We do a ton of couples massages so we go through linens a lot and my clients love the softness and warmth of the flannel linens. Plus they just look great and if you fold them right away, you don't have to worry about so many wrinkles. A great product!
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These sheets are great, just be sure to wash on gental and dry on delicate.
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This is an updated review. We are about to enter into our 4th year in business at my massage therapy practice and these flannel flat sheets are by far my favorite of ANY sheets I have purchased. I am STILL using the ones I purchased 4 years ago! They are so soft and really stand up to constant washing. We do a lot of couples massages so sometimes these sheets are getting washed several times per week. They are STILL going strong. They have retained their color and softness and they do not shrink. And as long as you remove them from the dryer promptly and fold them they stay nice and neat looking for use on the table. I use them with a nice cream massage oil and I no longer have oil stains. Anyway, I LOVE LOVE LOVE these sheets and will continue to buy them!


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LISTENING LENGTH: 13 min
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When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write "poetry that talked", and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time when Frost had to struggle to get his poetry published.
Told from the point of view of Lesley, Robert Frost's oldest daughter, this is the story of how a lover of language found his voice.
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I found the site where I got the cloth shoes pattern. In case you are interested, it's
I notice that they revised the pattern a tiny bit since I downloaded it. The newer version recommends 2 - 4" pieces of 1/8" elastic. I was close, so maybe they'll fit.
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Well, I got three pairs out of the deal. They turned out pretty sweet. My only concern is whether the ankle is big enough. The pattern didn't say how long to cut the elastic, so I just guestimated by the picture in the pattern.
Ok, now I really do need to go clean, plant stuff, go grocery shopping!
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2016 Tour de France; Stage 12- you can't make this shit up …
I really don't know that there's anything I can add to the very loud chorus of "WTF" that rang out across the Tour de France viewing world today. A shortened version of the iconic Ventoux stage, which was supposed to be shortened for "rider safety", turned into the most dramatic day in recent Tour memory … more memorable than Lance's run through a field, Lance's musette mishap, LeMond's '89 :08 win, or either of Froome's previous two "surprise" attacks this year. To say it was a batshit crazy day would be a negligent interpretation of the term.
Let's cut to the chase here; a solid break with Thomas De Gendt (Lott-Soudal), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), and Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) was several minutes up the road fighting for the eventual stage win, while the GC field was beginning to trade blows for GC dominance. Movistar made a series of semi-placid attacks, first by Valverde, then Quintana, which were each neutralized by dominant SKY. Then the wheels began to come off, as Froome countered, and then Mollema re-countered, Porte clung on, Quintana faded …
… and then disaster struck.
It's all very murky, but from the reports coming from various angles, it appears that a spectator was hit by or blocked one of the France 2/France 3 tv motos, forcing the moto to abruptly slam on the brakes while in front of Richie Porte, as he was charging up the climb with Froome and Mollema on his ass. Porte slammed into the moto, Froome flew into Porte, and Mollema on top of the two. A second, following moto then ran over Froome's bike, breaking the seat stay. Mollema was first up and riding. Porte followed after. Froome, unable to ride, first ran with his bike, before dropping it on a moto and taking off running up the climb. He was eventually persuaded to take a Mavic neutral service bike, since his team car was too far behind, stuck in the chaos. The bike was too small, and had incompatible pedals … but was slightly faster than running. Eventually, very close to the finish, as the road widened due to the barriers holding the crowd at bay, the SKY team car got Froome a new bike … and he rolled across the line at a deficit and shaking his head in total disbelief … like millions watching the race.
In the ensuing carnage and chaos, the provisional GC leader was Adam Yates, but after lengthy deliberations, the race jury ultimately awarded Froome and Porte the same finishing time as Bauke Mollema, keeping Froome in yellow by :47 over Yates and :56 over Mollema.
Sadly, one of the biggest victims of the day was stage winner de Gendt, whose fantastic victory will forever be overshadowed by "the crash that took Froome down on Ventoux." Hats off to de Gendt- he's a classy rider, and he won the stage beautifully, his first ever at the Tour. He deserves a day in the spotlight, and having retaken the KOM jersey from Pinot, he will get to be pretty tomorrow in the maillot pois.
Opinions run the gamut on the outcome today, as well as who is to be blamed. "Shit happens" was a common refrain; Froome should have the time penalty because that's the reality of the race. The entire finish should be neutralized, since it's "unfair" to punish any rider for something outside of their control (such as Yates and the 1K banned incident earlier this Tour). The ASO is at fault for not having adequate crowd control. The gendarme failed for not exerting more security tactics. The tv motos are to blame. UCI is to blame for not forcing more adequate changes and security measures/ crowd control (yes). The fans are to blame. It's a potpourri of finger pointing and blame throwing. And, frankly, rightfully so.
Here's the horrible, ugly truth; no one party is to blame 100% for today. Each party involved, minus the riders in this case, shares in the fault. UCI has got to finally put rules in place that put rider safety first. Period. ASO needs to get their shit together and stop thinking of profits and power ahead of the riders and the race. They hold ALL the power here, and they use it solely to their advantage. SPEND THE FUCKING MONEY TO PUT IN MORE AND BETTER BARRIERS. There are too many tv/ camera motos. Period. We can still get great coverage with fewer, especially if it means fewer incidents like today, and fewer dead riders, or riders in vegetative comas. Fans need to respect the fucking race and racers. We all love the sport, we all want to have access to it … but with more idiots on the sides of the road looking for TV time, or just wound up tighter than a gerbil on crack, shit's gonna happen and then we'll ALL lose access when we're no longer allowed anywhere near the actual race.
It's a complicated issue. We've been collectively wringing our hands about this for far too long. Those of us who love the sport must be willing to sacrifice a little, or we risk losing all of it. The time has come for changes to be made … changes that should've been made years ago, before the ugliness of this year. Antoine Demoitié and Stig Broeckx have paid for the changes with their blood.
Tomorrow's TT is going to be an interesting one. With Quintana on the ropes after today, running out of chances to take time from Froome, he needs a stellar effort to keep from losing even more time. Froome, totally amped up from today's chaos, will likely be overly motivated to drive some more nails into the coffin lids of his rivals. Guys like Porte, Tejay, Mollema, and Yates, will need to assert themselves BIG TIME, if they have any desire to reach or stay on the podium. Pinot has proven to be a handy TT rider this year, it could be a chance for him to salvage a little pride after augering like a lawn dart. Bardet can only hope for a miracle to salvage his hopes as well. Aru? Likely dead and buried after tomorrow. Fabz would love to go out with a win as well. It's a technical course though, so it is perfect for huge time losses from crashes. If nothing else, it'll be interesting.
Today, though beautiful for Thomas de Gendt, is another huge embarrassment for the sport of professional road cycling. The UCI and ASO need to be held accountable, and should be ashamed of themselves. Worse than doping, these incidents show the world the very worst of what cycling is … utterly mismanaged by the "powers that be."


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The reason I need to upscale is because I concatenate my videos, my current strategy (I'm just a newbie) is to encode and re encode then concat the videos using "Mediacoder", "HandBrake" and finally "Avidemux" :
[SourceVideo720p]-->[Mediacoder] (to upscale the video to 1080p while encoding it to hevc using 100% bit ratio 2-pass and slow preset to try to preserve the quality)-->[HandBrake] (re-encoding the video to hevc 10-bit with crf 23/24 and slow preset to reduce the size)-->[Avidemux] (to cut and merge the videos into one).
This process is very time consuming and I believe hurts the quality so I'm looking for an alternative if there is one.
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If you're serious about your video hobby, it'll be in your best interest to learn AviSynth. It has one of the best upscalers - freeware or commercial - in nnedi_rpow2. You can also resize, add videos together and cut out parts you don't want. All in a single script. Once done and tested you send it off to the encoder of choice for x265 encoding. RipBot264 will do the job, as well as a number of other encoders.
Others might have other suggestions.
I'm a newbie myself in relation with avisynth, I can do very basic stuff but enough to do what I need. The best tool to resize a video by far is @hello_hello CropResize script, there you can find some samples and script examples.
From my experiences, quality wise H.264 and H.265 are the same, use H.265 if you are encoding 4k and up otherwise stay with H.264. Two-pass-encoding comes from the old days of divx and xvid when you are targeting a specific output file size, don't use it if your target it's quality, if you want to keep visual quality you use CRF instead. The drawback of H.265 is that it requires more hardware power to decode and not every equipment are compatible with it.
For preset configuration use 'veryfast' instead of 'slow/veryslow' you get basically the same quality, a smaller size and half the encoding time (or better).
As for tutorials for avisynth (how to use, install, etc) there is tons of tutorials on YouTube and in this forum as well.
if you really must concat & resize (can't quite see why myself), wouldn't it make a lot more sense to DOWNSAMPLE the res on the 1080p videos?
There are a number of reasons I can see for wanting to do such a thing and upscale. For example, there's a TV show called Sharpe which has episodes released on Blu-Ray in movie format. However those episodes were originally two-parters and have had some scenes removed from them. Therefore, if you want to reinstate those particular scenes and at the same time have the best quality overall, you would upscale those scenes and hopefully they would match?
Cuting and merging 20 small video into one is certainly helpful for me.
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The usual programs noted for upscaling is becoming obsolete because they can't create new detail in areas that you expect. They only estimate based on what's there.
Movie companies are moving to AI upscaling.
https://bigjpg.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/demo.png This is for an anime specific ai upscaler, but you get the idea.
There are AI tools available for video already been used by professionals in the area, but they are not free yet. Behind the scenes some of this tools has been available like 2 or 3 years prior public releases.
I work with Blackmagic tools like Davinci Resolve and they have this already since version 15 (current version is 16), they call it "neural engine", their tool can do a lot more than upscale videos like removing scene objects and other fancy things in their "studio" version, some examples:
I used Stax to upsample Rick and Morty from 1080p to 2160p with pretty good results. The key is to use the best resizer and also apply a good sharpen, or else you just get blurry blown up results.
I also upsampled (for my personal collection) Zombieland, before Sony released the UHD, my work came out better than the studios 4K. Done the same for Princess Bride and Farris Buellers Day Off. Much better results from clean sources than grainy ones. Need to have details to grab in the first place.
Screens of Rick & Morty 1080p Blu-ray vs Joys Encoded 2160p
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Which Keyless Entry System is Right for You?
You've made the decision to go with a keyless entry system for your secured area. But which kind of keyless entry is the best? Do you need a card system? Or are keypads the answer for you? Here is a comparison of some of the pros and cons of each system.
Keypads are a type of combination lock, and simply require that users remember a sequence of numbers or characters to gain access. Most systems allow for multiple codes to be generated, and some have the capability of restricting access by certain codes or groups of codes to particular times.
Keypad Pros
Keypads don't require any kind of physical object to open. Nobody has to remember to carry their card with them, or make sure that it is accessible when they are ready to open a door. It is also possible to easily regenerate new or replacement codes, since there are no physical objects involved.
Keypad Cons
Unauthorized sharing
The simplicity of the keypad, with no physical object necessary, is also its weakness. Codes can easily be shared, so it can be difficult to keep tabs on who has access to the building or secured area. This can be mitigated with some keypad systems by creating multiple codes for different people or groups of people, changing codes regularly, or even setting certain times when a code works.
Memory failure
People forget! It's a fact of life. Unfortunately, forgetting the combination for a keypad can leave a person stranded outside a secured area to which they have legitimate access. Combinations are the kind of complex information that it is easy to lose track of in emergencies or other high stress situations.
Card Reader
Card readers require the user to carry a physical object that is either swiped or placed close to a proximity reader. Magnetic stripe readers require contact with the reader, while RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification key) cards or fobs simply need to be carried or held close to a reader. Proximity readers come in a variety of ranges.
Card reader pros
Card readers don't require anyone to remember a combination of numbers or characters. People with authorized access simply need to remember to carry their card or fob with them to gain access to secured areas. In addition, cards are generally a simple one-step process, without the potential for tangled fingers on a keypad.
Card reader cons
Physical objects such as cards or fobs are prone to being lost, stolen, or damaged. Cards used for magnetic stripe readers wear out after a while, and someone may be locked out of a secured area before they realize that their card needs to be replaced. Depending on the technology involved, cards can be expensive or difficult to replace on a regular basis.
Making the decision
Since keypads are easy to use, and many of them make it easy to generate a large number of codes for use by different people or groups, they make sense in light or medium security areas used by large groups of people. Depending on the particular keypad chosen, security can be enhanced by changing codes often, or restricting access by some codes to certain times.
Since card readers require an additional physical object that is difficult or impossible to duplicate, they are ideal for higher security areas. Authorized personnel should be instructed in security standards for their personal keycards or fobs to minimize the risk of loss or theft. In addition, the decision about which card reader to use should be made in light of the particular security needs of your location.
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"This is not your Mom's book club," declared Diana Gettinger. "We drink. It's noisy."
Gettinger, an actress and writer, is also the director of the Spare Room Book Club, which takes place at the Spare Room bar in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The drinks are created specifically for the event by mixologist Naomi Schimek and inspired by the book of choice. The noise is the loud clanging of the swanky bar's Monday night bowling league. What's a bar without twin bowling lanes, after all?