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Adobe Releases Premiere Pro CC 7.1 with Easier SpeedGrade Workflow & Native CinemaDNG Support
Although many people still aren't thrilled with the subscription model of Adobe's Creative Cloud, it's difficult not to be happy with the regularity with which they are now able to roll out major updates to the software. Last month, Adobe released a comprehensive list of new features that would be added in the 7.1 update of Premiere Pro CC, new features like native support for CinemaDNG and RED DRAGON footage, and a legitimate roundtrip process between Premiere and SpeedGrade. This evening, Adobe released the update, and it is available and ready for download. Before you start playing with the upgraded software, however, check out reTooled.net's awesome video overview of these new features:
Here's the comprehensive list of new features in Premiere Pro CC from reTooled.net:
There are some tremendous new features in this updated version of Premiere. Perhaps the biggest and most timely of these features is the native support for CinemaDNG files. With a slew of cameras from the likes of Blackmagic and Digital Bolex, and with Magic Lantern RAW (plus Ikonoskop is still alive), CinemaDNG has become a fairly prolific production format. That's a trend that doesn't look to slow down anytime soon, so it will be important for software developers to continue to find ways to support CinemaDNG natively.
Of course, editing natively with CinemaDNG files might not be the easiest option for your computer, so it still might be beneficial to adopt an offline/online workflow when dealing with these RAW files. Still, in situations where the full offline/online workflow might not be practical, it's extremely nice to know that you can pull your CinemaDNG's directly into Premiere and start editing.
The other massive feature that is now available in Premiere is one that we have been asking for since the day that CS6 was released: a legitimate dynamic link workflow between Premiere and SpeedGrade. In past versions, the "Send to SpeedGrade" option in Premiere would generate a beastly DPX image sequence from your timeline and send it to SpeedGrade, at which point you would have to export that media from SpeedGrade and re-import it back into Premiere to complete the roundtrip. That workflow literally had no benefits over exporting and EDL and then grading in Resolve, which many people did.
With the 7.1 update, however, Adobe has finally introduced a legitimate "Direct Link" between Premiere and SpeedGrade, much in the same way that Premiere is able to link back and forth with After Effects and Audition. With this link in place, Adobe is incentivizing that people actually use SpeedGrade over Resolve or Baselight for their high-end color work, since the direct linking can potentially shave time off of the existing processes. Whether or not more people begin incorporating SpeedGrade into their workflows, however, remains to be seen.
Beyond these major features, Adobe has also added native support for RED DRAGON footage, as well as a multitude of minor improvements that should serve to make the editing process quicker and more intuitive. The 7.1 update to Premiere Pro CC is now available for download through the Creative Cloud application.
What do you guys think of these new features, and what features would you like to see in future updates? Do Adobe's semi-frequent major updates leave you more impressed with the Creative Cloud? Let us know in the comments!
Link: New Features in the Premiere Pro 7.1 Update -- reTooled
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Love it all.
Also, I realize that the CC model gets a lot of negative comments on here, but as both a personal and business user it really works for me.
October 31, 2013 at 6:50PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I'm still on CS6, I will be upgrading in the new year to CC - But I have had many issues with the round trip from Premiere to Resolve and back - After much trial and error and delving through forums, I have found it best to use FCP7 as an intermediary, which works without issue... The problem is, it's a very clunky workflow - I was wondering if Adobe have made any improvement with their XML's? I love using resolve, but it is a headache worrying about so many workarounds...
October 31, 2013 at 9:47PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Premiere CC helps in a few areas. First, you can export XML of a single sequence instead of the whole project. Second, you are able to flatten nested sequences so that they appear as normal clips. With those two features, and minimizing the number of video tracks, roundtripping to Resolve has been much smoother.
November 1, 2013 at 3:46AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I've been using this all day on a music video project I'm finishing up, and I absolutely fn' love it!!!! This is the way Speedgrade should have worked from the start. There are a few tiny hangups here and there (for instance, I've had issues with keyframed masks and secondary keys), but overall, it's been really great to use and a huge improvement over the initial CC release.
With direct link working, it seems like the next logical step would be full dynamic link integration. It's not a huge hassle to have to save and open the file when switching from Speedgrade to Premiere and back, but it would be a welcome improvement.
I'm still a big fan of DaVinci Resolve, but getting it to play nice with XMLs from Premiere is next to impossible. As long as Speedgrade keeps getting regular updates and improvements, I'll consider myself a fan.
October 31, 2013 at 7:04PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
The update doesn't work as advertised. Yes Premiere imports DNG files but it seems to dumb the file to 8 bit. So you do not get any of the benefits of shooting in RAW when color grading. Yes you can direct link to Speedgrade from Premiere but most of the Speedgrade tools are greyed out. That the only reason I was excited for the update.
October 31, 2013 at 7:05PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Premiere has been 32 bit floating since CS6 at least. The majority of tools are greyed out in PPro because you are supposed to go back into your dedicated color grading application, make your further adjustments, and back into Premiere with instant feedback from changes in SpeedGrade. If you want to keep coloring in PPro, it's still completely a valid option as that was not what this feature was intended for. Direct Link was intended to make professional level color grading quicker and more responsive w/o additional renders to get back to the NLE for finishing.
October 31, 2013 at 10:19PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I've tried color grading the CinemaDNG in Speedgrade same problem...also did I mention that the CinemaDNG is pink within Premiere...
October 31, 2013 at 10:21PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
The color of a clip is irrelevant, that's a purely cosmetic thing that you can choose. What makes you say that the CinemaDNG clips are being treated as 8-bit?
November 1, 2013 at 4:12AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Same problem here with DNG coming from Canon 50D raw video and convert with RawMagic, if anybody has a solution ... ?
November 1, 2013 at 5:21AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I was talking about the pink pictures problem
November 1, 2013 at 5:22AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I managed to fix that with 3 effects (chromatic RVG, fast color correction and contrast), I'm looking to do so with only 1 or 2 effects now
November 1, 2013 at 8:26AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Hi guys,
Only Cinema DNG files from the BlackMagic Cinema Cameras are supported. To request access to Source Settings, please file a feature request: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
November 11, 2013 at 1:54PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
only idiots give credit card numbers to Adobe.
October 31, 2013 at 7:26PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I'm sure Adobe intentionally got hacked... to make you mad.
October 31, 2013 at 9:55PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Very true - same idiots who gave credit card numbers to Sony.
Companies get hacked - this is a reality of doing business now. Check your CC info every month, it's not a big deal.
November 1, 2013 at 6:27AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
November 12, 2013 at 2:32PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
This article uses the Adobe term "Dynamic Linking" incorrectly at the end. It's actually "Direct Linking" and quite different from Dynamic Linking, the latter of which is only a file-update, cross-application trigger rather than the fully integrated Direct Linking that was just launched today.
October 31, 2013 at 7:44PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
It's too bad DNG couldn't have made it into the last upgrade to CS6 before they went all cloudy...I'll never purchase from Adobe ever again on general principle, but that would have been a really cool way to cap off the old product.
October 31, 2013 at 10:47PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Hi Joe.
There release was scheduled for Oct end but doesn't show up on creative App updates on my computer.
Does anyone actually downloaded and working with the update?
October 31, 2013 at 11:18PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
It seems like it wasn't showing up right away for everyone, so that could be it.
October 31, 2013 at 11:25PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
The CinemaDNG support is pretty weak. If you keep the BMCC folder structure, you have to import each clip individually. Pretty useless. I'll be sticking with Resolve for the time being.
November 1, 2013 at 1:14AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Adobe is really listening to their costumers. That´s a big deal for me. The applications improve so much, I really feel I´m on the right way with them. Not like apple who don´t really give a shit. I also think that CC is a good idea. It´s not nice to collect new features for two years to make a new product which is worth the money if you can have them right now. Friends of mine have CC and they now write bills with software rent applied to it, so it´s no problem for them.
November 1, 2013 at 2:58AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
November 1, 2013 at 3:35AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
What specific problems are you having?
November 1, 2013 at 4:14AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
He's using a mac - or he is a mac user...either way, that's your problem right there!
November 1, 2013 at 4:42AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I´m editing on mac only and to have to use windows to be able to use premiere pro would be the only reason to not use it. cc is totally stable, like cs6. fcp is a slow and old piece of software and i really can´t understand how people still use it. the hardest thing i was doing with premiere cs6 was to export 42 timeline 60 minutes each with multi camera edit inside and mice footage from avchd 1080p 25 and 1080p 50. color correction on each timeline without any pre rendering. when i came back 2 days later everything was finished without any error. show me how u do that with fcp.
November 1, 2013 at 9:43AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Wow - what was this you were working on, if you don't mind me asking?
November 1, 2013 at 11:46AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I was filming all lectures of documenta13, the larges art exhibition in the world. it was 100 days of filming. on many days there were 8 hours a day shooting with 2 cameras. so 16 hours of material a day which had to be edited and uploaded to a sever within 2 days. i was alone filming and had a cutter who was editing and converting and uploading. that day i had to go to another city and i knew that 2 days later this 42 video had to be on the sever. so i even put the output path on the sever and everything was fine when i came back. since then i´m total in love with premiere. also our workflow would not have been possible with fcp. if we had to convert anything of the material we would´t have had enough time. imagine 8 hours of filming then going back to office. at least 2 hours of coping cards, then sync all clips to the external sound in multi camera sequenz, edit it, do a fast color matching, export and upload to server. there was no time for converting to prores. this is only possible with premiere pro i think. btw the workstation we used was a i7 hackintosh. this thing never let me down since then...
November 1, 2013 at 12:25PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Replying to Ben above — you can work with native footage (no transcoding) and auto-sync multicam or dual-system audio with FCP X, so it's not just Premiere that would have done the job. Sounds like a monster task, though!
November 1, 2013 at 7:27PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
i only tried final cut x when it came out and for me it was a joke, far from what i expected. i heard it´s better now but as i do a lot with after effects and photoshop it does´t make much sense to think about fcpx. i´m used to the dynamic link to ae and ps. fcpx is a good thing for people who do only straight forward editing, i guess. is there support for raw video in the meanwhile? that´s also essential for me. i did different stuf with the red epic in 5k and lately with the f5 and the raw module from sony.
November 4, 2013 at 4:42AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I find that comment to be unbelievable or its a hardware issue.
We edit long-form in CC all the time. Mainly on Macs too.
Re FilmConvert, if you're applying it to every clip prior to/during edit you'll need a ton of RAM and very fast drives.
November 1, 2013 at 8:51AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
But can you sort footage by time taken yet!? Im still having to use CS6 because they stripped the ability to sort by time taken in CC, which is just plain ridiculous. When i have a full wedding daysworth of footage shot on 4+ cameras, i need to be able to sort it!
Surely this is not just a documentary style issue?
November 1, 2013 at 4:03AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Adobe got hacked the other day and it took me probably 3 hours or work to change passwords for accounts plus they handed my long time private email address to hackers. Thus adding insult and further injury to the injury of Creative Cloud. I have to pay adobe for their stuff who pays me for three wasted hours and continuing concern over the email address being in the hands of goodness knows how many hackers.
Having spent years learning the adobe workflow as an avid mostly amateur filmmaker I cannot justify the expense of a subscription preferring to find the money for an occasional upgrade which at least I then owned. At some point now I will have to switch to another programme and learn the new workflow.
Surely Adobe could offer an upgrade purchase as an alternative to subscription. The upgrade would include improvements retrospectively whereas subscribers would benefit immediately which would be attractive to professionals and probably not affect their sales that much. Having allowed us all to be hacked they owe us that !!
November 1, 2013 at 4:18AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Say what you will about the subscription model—but it has been undeniably cool receiving this and the previous updates NOW instead of having to wait until Spring/Summer of 2014 for an upgrade :)
November 1, 2013 at 4:41AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Why not use a one time e-card for the payment, then they can steal it all day long, its still useless to them. If your bank doesnt provide such a service, switch bank.
November 1, 2013 at 1:07PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Though they put out regular updates... They still seem to neglect the fundamental building blocks that make the application. I have had countless number of crashes on projects ranging from 30 mins to 1 hour and 30 mins. Including and not limited to Export problems. I know it is not the system because I can flawlessly run any other editing system or software. I am running 32 gigs of ram and several high end Nvidia GPUs. I think that Adobe has become just like every marketing happy software company pushing out "features" as apposed to fixing what is not functioning properly. -A buzz word machine- I am not going to lie... It is great having those features added, however, If the projects can't get done because of crashing or freezing issues... what's the point of features? I think it is an interesting time with Final Cut (classic) out of the picture soon... Avid being too expensive when bundled with their proprietary hardware... and Final Cut X is a joke... What to do... What to do...
November 1, 2013 at 1:34PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Update the drivers in your gpu's, if you have a raid controller card up date that to the latest firmware as well. A while back I was having interface issues (not as bad as yours) but when I updated everything the last update with PP as well as this one seem to be working fine (fingers crossed).
November 1, 2013 at 9:04PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
If that was all it is. Adobe's software is buggy period!
November 2, 2013 at 7:49AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
All drivers are up to date. External raid is working perfectly. Sold State drives have latest firmware. =P Everything works perfect outside of premiere and always has.
November 2, 2013 at 4:35PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Just talking through my own experiences, the biggest trouble I've ever had with PP recently was with Avchd files. Sometimes they just didnt want to play nice with premiere or vice versa?? Eric Bowen from ADK (in Kentucky) who monitors and keeps my system in check may be able to help you. He's remarkable when it comes to issues like you're experiencing and they're very reasonable, worth their weight in Gold. If its that bad for you I would reach out to him, he's helped me with my system (now 1 years old) and please, I'm not saying premiere isn't buggy I'm suggesting something that seems to have worked for me. I rely on my equiptment, I'm sure you do too. All the best to you.
November 2, 2013 at 7:11PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Sorry to hear you're having trouble. If you bring questions and issues to the Premiere Pro forum, we can help you there: http://adobe.ly/4LhNPW
November 11, 2013 at 2:01PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
I'm in Australia and its not in my list of available updates. Anyone else not in America have the update yet???
November 1, 2013 at 5:59PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
WOOHOO!! Just Premiere to Speedgrade here I come :) Screw you DPX!! :D
November 1, 2013 at 9:13PM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
If the update is not shown up automatically, you can get it from here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=5680&fileID=5680
November 2, 2013 at 3:14AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
If you intend to edit Magic Lantern Raw files in PP, you will get weird looking image. Might be supported sometimes in the futur. Here is the answer from Adobe on the creative cow forum: http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/947926#947967
November 2, 2013 at 3:36AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
My hope to edit Canon 1DC 4K native files are also on hold as my fairly strong macbook pro retina can't play the files smooth or even kind of smoothly....
Back to transcoding to ProRes first...
November 2, 2013 at 4:10AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
hi all ... open question. i haven't plunged into the ML raw hack yet, sort of waiting for the geniuses to get a stable release out. that's probably not imminent, so i'm going with what's at hand for now.
could anyone steer me to the most up to date workflow, one that may incorporate Ppro's new adoption of DNG files ?
thanks ...
November 2, 2013 at 11:13AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
As a very satisfied Adobe user, I'm thrilled to finally start using SpeedGrade directly from PPro, much the same way as I use Red Giant's Magic Bullet Looks to grade-as-i-go. The shot-by-shot matching feature is awesome and I'm sure that Sg allows me to take my grading skills up a notch.
However, Adobe really needs to revamp the integration between Audition and PPro. There's neither a direct linking feature that really works, nor can you import multitrack session files (.ses). As I typically edit to the music, having the ability to change sound tracks inside Au which then update in PPro (like between PPro and Ae), is my most-wanted feature.
That, and a rework of the Project Manager, which currently omits to include any dynamically linked Ae comps.
November 3, 2013 at 3:03AM, Edited September 4, 8:21AM
Hi Robert, great post. I just had one question --
I'm using 5D RAW footage, and have converted it to DNG. Now, how do I get Premiere to recognize it as an image sequence?
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I don't get that I never sort anything in any other way than in a "master" timeline visually, sometimes slower but it takes no time to put all footage there and you are working with it immediately. You can group it label it use tracks to further sub divide, don't see the point of hardly ever using the programs browsers, I ususally drag and drop from files straight to timeline unless it's like avchd or p2 where the program (or the os?) saves a couple of levels of delving. Again the finder window will sort by date or size as per.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Fabric Flower Tutorial by Being Creative To Keep My Sanity
Monday, May 30, 2011
Ric Rac Dahlias by Knick Knacks & Ric Rac
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Scrunch Fabric Flower Pom Pom Headband by Little Miss Momma
Zipper Embellished Headbands by Vicki Howell
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Victorian Lace and Pearl Headband by Little Miss Momma
Scrappy Fabric Headband by Sugar & Spice Mommy
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Inexpensive Ribbon Headbands by It's My Story And I'm Sticking To It
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Link Party No.6 "Will See It Wednesday"
Hairband Bandanna Tutorial by Shannon Makes Stuff
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
What I made this Weekend #11
My daughter wanted this dress so bad when we were in Prescott, AZ about a month ago so I bought it for her under one condition is that we could find something to wear under it or a little jacket or something to wear over it for church. The weekend before Easter we searched the whole mall for something for this dress and nothing. I finally found a brown short sleeve top online to go under it so my daughter got to keep the dress. Here is what I ended up making. The second picture is the headband on top of part of the dress. My daughter has gorgeous hair down to her butt so we usually curl it for church.
I made four rolled flowers at different sizes and glued them to a piece of dark brown felt (arranged them how I wanted). I covered a cheap headband with the fabric I used on one of the rolled flowers. The centers of these are scrapbook brad.
Ruffly Headband by Heart of Light
Monday, May 23, 2011
DIY Vintage Lace Headband by Ruffled
Headband Week
I decided this week I will feature headbands. My daughter wears headbands almost everyday but does not like the ones that have elastic or tie behind her head. I purchased a really cute headband from Naartjie a few months back for my daughter but she did not like it since it had elastic behind her head, I finally got her to try it again and she was okay with it while we were out shopping for the afternoon.
If you know of any cute headband tutorials please send me the link I may post it.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Small Scalloped Fabric Bows – My Tutorial
In this tutorial I am making two small scalloped fabric bows. These are the perfect size for a small child (only using one bow) or a larger child who wears pig tails or some other style that you would need two bows. If you only need to make one of these then you will only need the materials to make one.
Here is what they look like when they are complete.
- Big Shot (do not need this you can cut the circles by hand.)
- Circle Die (do not need this if you cut the circles by hand).
- Pinking Shears
- Glue Gun
- Brad, button or some kind of embellishment.
- Fabric Circles
- Felt Circle for the back
- Covered Hair Clips
This is how many circles you need to make two bows.
- 8 – 2" circles
- 8 – 1 1/2" circles
This picture only shows 4 of the 8 circles in both sizes since I had already used my pinking shears on the other circles.
Here are the other 4 of the 8 each circles. I barely went around the edges of the circle with the pinking shears to give it this look.
Here is the 8 circles of each size. Note: If you only want to make one of these bows you only need 4 larger circles and 4 smaller circles.
I do this for each circle. I turn it on its back side and pit a dab of hot glue in the center.
Then I fold the circle in half.
So they are all like this.
- Then I take my first large piece #1 and put glue on it in a "L" shape (see picture #4 and #7 you can see the glue better on those pictures).
- After I put the glue on I take another large piece and place it on top of the first piece.
- Make sure you put glue down on the second piece before you put the third piece down.
- After you glue the 4th piece (only put the glue in the "L" shape as seen in pic #4) see picture #5 you will take the bottom of the first piece (orange) and will pull it on top of the 4th piece (see pictures #6 and #7) and glue it like it shows in picture #7.
Note: I usually try to take my two darker pieces and put them on opposite sides and the lighter colors on opposite sides to me it looks better but you can arrange them how ever you want.
You will do this with the other larger set then the two smaller sets. You should have two 2" sets and two 1 1/2" sets. You can make them any size you want.
I then take the smaller sets and place them on top of the larger set how you want them. If you are using a button them glue the top part to the bottom part if you are using brads then no glue is needed the brads will hold them in place.
Then I figure out what I want to use to decorate the top of them with. I added another sample set so you can see there is so many color possibilities with these bows. I decided to use scrapbook brads for the centers of these bows.
The way these bows are made it really makes it easy to get the brads through the center (since there is already a little hole there). Take the brad and pull out the sides so it is flat on the back.
Then I take my 1 1/2" felt circles and cover them with hot glue and cover the back side of my bows.
Then I take my ribbon covered hair clips and glue them on the back.
Here is the final results:
I would love to see what you come up with feel free to email me pictures of what you have made using this tutorial if I get several pictures I will post them for everyone to see.
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Argonaut posted a topic in General Samsung DiscussionIs there no S7 forum ? I have 2 S7 phones ... and recently find although my contacts are there - the phone numbers are not. I have not deleted the numbers - but for many of the contacts, the numbers are no longer there? Running Android 7.0
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Argonaut posted a topic in General Samsung DiscussionI have found an issue with camera on my S7… maybe its settings, but could be a bug, and the issues may be related. SM-G930F running 6.0.1 Firstly … if I set it to save as RAW file (my preference) … I can do this OK, via camera>mode/Pro>settings However, if you exit camera … when you next go into camera it has defaulted to standard mode & jpeg Can I set it to 'lock to RAW mode' Secondly .. in camera>settings I have Storage Location set as SD card. However any pictures taken in RAW mode are saved in device storage ….. this is a particular issue as RAW files are larger and I need the SD card space for this.
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Argonaut posted a topic in General Samsung DiscussionI have a Galaxy S6 ... FB does not come pre-loaded. GT-I9505 running 5.0.1 For no apparent reason during the day (i.e not been a reboot) my Facebook widget (4x3) disappeared. Assume FB updated itself ... seems to do this more than any other app. And no FB widgets show in widget list. Checked that FB not installed on SD card. Removed FB, reboot, installed FB ... no difference. FB - the app is working OK, just no widgets.
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Argonaut posted a topic in General Samsung DiscussionS5 model SM-G900F running 5.0 While it charges OK from AC adapter … when I connect it via a USB lead to a PC I have issues. The phone status shows: Status: Charging Plugged; True Yet continues to discharge … for example watching phone now… its plugged into PC at this point at it has dropped form 51% to 49% since plugging into the PC. Putting phone into flight mode while slowing down discharge rate, still does not allow it to charge. The PC port & cable are known to be good as they charge my S4 with no problem.
simple Q ... how do you get it out ? .... previoulsy a push and it would click out ...
Anybody out there using an S5 .... just need an answer to this simple Q ..... can't see how to get SIM out which might mean phone is faulty
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Argonaut posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy S 4I have a GS4 running 4.4.2 This week took delivery of a GS5 also running 4.4.2 The look & feel is totally different ... I appreciate the GS5 will have superior processor better camera, fingerprint reader etc, ... However can I get the GS4 UI to look and behave like the GS5 ? .... the new phone has so many things that works differently ... I would like to have same way of working on both phones.
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Argonaut posted a topic in General Samsung DiscussionToday Galaxy S5 arrived ... On my previous S, S2 & S4 the SIM would slide into place and then a little push to 'click' it into located position. To remove ... press again and it would click back out .. and you could then grip the protruding SIM and remove. On the S5 it slid into place but without any click ... and to remove it was very difficult to slide out ... Is this correct ?
S4 and Video adpater not charging
Argonaut posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy S 4Occasionally I want to watch streamed from phone onto TV. Advised not to just use HDMI lead as HDMI output & charging socket are same and you need to keep power to phone during playback. On advice I bought genuine Samsung Video adapter EPL-3FHUBEGSTD this has a socket for charger ... The video/Audio plays fine to TV so that side of things great, but the whole purpose of adapter is not working ... it does not charge phone (or even power from adapter) during use ..... Is there any firmware code or similar needed to allow this ? Charger is genuine Samsung one and works fine Phone is S4 GT I950S running 4.4.2 no hacking or rooting carried out - standard phone.
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Argonaut posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy S 4Had S1 & S2, now got myself an S4. Think I have messed up Calendar, previously used Touchdown, but not using it on this phone. I installed 'S planner' and it gives views & functionality needed. The problem is it has syncd with all my Facebook contacts, so have hundreds of birthdays imported. How can I clear these ... they wont delete. I thought a workaround would be to use another Calendar app .. tried Goggle Calendar ....but it has copied all the entries. Under device general settings > accounts it did have "Sync Apps with Facebook" enabled which I assume is the cause ... I have set to to 'sync disabled' Still won't allow me to delete any of the Facebook 'birthday' reminders it has filled my calendar with. Is there a way to reset (empty) the calendar ?
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Argonaut replied to Argonaut's topic in Samsung Galaxy S 4It does not appear in Dev Mngr (W7) Where is "USB debugging" in settings, I can't find it .. used to know where it was on previous releases. I have since found a fix .... but still need to check USB Debugging as you advise. I removed & reinstalled KIES, manually installed Driver (form Samsung website) it connected to phone, loaded driver .. and worked, up to point when I tried to load some audio then usual "driver failed to install" message. However KIES also threw up a message this time .... that it does not support device and I need KIES 3 ... Installed that and all works fine.
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Argonaut posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy S 4Previously used KIES with S2 and always connected OK .... now bought S4. Plug in Galaxy S4 ... not detected by Windows ... but phone does 'bing' that it is charging. Start KIES .. plug in S4 ... same ... nothing appears in 'my computer' Try from KIES - "Troubleshoot connection error" remove cable then press 'start' States "reinstalling KIES device driver" .... after a while see the sys tray - "installing Device Driver Software" then that changes to "Device driver software was not successfully installed "no driver found" Reinstalled KIES - same results Then tried manual approach downloaded driver from Samsung .. v1.5.33 It commences install, then the same as above ... starts installing .... then error that its not successful. That is even just on driver install, no phone attached
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Argonaut posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy S 4OK .. been on an S2 until 2 days ago, bought a new S4 I950S (UK on Vodafone) Impressed that initially on boot up, once I gave it my android account name it loaded all my apps ... big improvement to previous upgrade experience. It has been downloading and installing upgrade packs over past few days ... last night it went to 4.2.2 After reboot it seemed to hang for ages (>20mins) .... eventually it did boot up had error messages that file did not complete .. and found most of my home page icons missing. Plus kept complaining that DRIVE was not synchronized. Rebooted again ...... then had another msg it was upgrading Android system. I manually Recreated most of my home page icons ..... but can't find the 'blue' teardrop one that is used for GPS directions ? (part of Google nav) It does not appear in apps or widgets ........ should it still be there ? ... if not where do I now get GPS directions from ? As something went wrong with KitKat upgrade, can I force a 're-upgrade' or roll back and do again ?
Only happened recently ... on my Samsung SG2 mobile phone. GT-I9100 running 4.1.2 no customization When I go to Playstore I can't get any updates or new Apps it tells me my Google account is not logged in. I go to accounts ... and my Google accounts says sync error against my @Googlemail account but the @gmail account is sync'ing fine. (Neither are used for email) When I go the Google App it has 'Sign in' button at top right ... when I click on it, the Login window showing gmail account opens but as soon as I click on password field it closes widow and goes back to main Google screen. Same is I slect Sign in from left hand menu Error seemed to coincide with the time I changed pwd on my youtube account. Where do I need to go to update password?


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Jeff Pagati sampling the "Coro marl" (the white layer) at Murray Springs, Arizona. This highly distinct layer was deposited during the last ice age (from 40,000 to 15,000 years ago) when local conditions were wetter than today. The thin black mat overlaying it was laid down during the Younger Dryas 13,000 to 11,500 years ago. Fossils within the sediment can help date local changes and climate impacts.
The Athabasca Glacier in Canada in 1919 and rephotographed by Gary Braasch in 2005.
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"So Mr. Flores what's wrong"
"For the last two weeks I feel like I can't breath. I've been having fevers like crazy doc"
"How about chills?"
"I'm freezing"
"Do you know your CD4 count?"
"No, But it's low doc"
It was low and quite concerning. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) attacks the immune system of its host, eventually rendering it incapacitated. It does this through multiple mechanisms. The most significant of these is its attack of a specific type of immunity cell called a CD4. This particular cell is so important because it coordinates the response of the entire immune system by first recognizing the intruder and then recruiting the appropriate components of the immune system to destroy it. Thus the attack of the HIV virus would be analogous to a football team tackling the defensive coordinator, unfair but highly effective.
The amount of CD4 cells left in one's serum can give an indication of the viability of the patient's immune system. CD4 counts of less than 200 are worrisome and signify a progression from having HIV to the Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This is an important distinction clinically because the patient is now at risk for infection by other less common pathogens.
Mr. Flores had one CD4 cell. ONE CELL.
This information became available after I drew a whole bunch of test tubes, including two sets of culture bottles, from his arm. As I headed back to our conference room my intern informed me of the meager count.
I imagined this last CD4, fighting for survival, fending off intruders, the last standing Mohican. How valiant he triumphed as he traveled up the Vena Cava annihilating a Staph Aureus Bacterium. Upon entering the right ventricle on his way to the left side of the heart it destroyed a strep colony with a sting of its mighty sword, narrowly saving Mr. Flores from life threatening endocarditis. As it was thrust out to the Aorta it opted to survey the left arm. Making his way down the Axillary artery ready to destroy whatever cellulitis may be brewing. On its way back the heart it stopped at the cubital fossa, just above the elbow, to survey that all was harmonious and to rest, exhausted from his constant struggle. He was tired but gratified at his work, recognizing that he was the only thing standing between life and overwhelming sepsis, fighting to death to save Mr. Flores.
I like to draw my bloods from the cubital fossa.
On my way back to the conference room I heard my intern scream out at me. "Mr. Flores has a CD4 of 1". Curiously, I raised the serum filled test tubes to my eyes, closely inspecting their inner contents. Could I? Did I?
I could swear that somewhere from deep within my chemistry tube I heard a faint whisper. It was noisy in the hallway and so I'm unsure if what I heard was correct. It was quite low pitched and its tone was that of a defeated exasperated warrior, but it sounded like it said
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CONTEST: Win a pair of tickets to Bounce Boat NYC on 7/25 featuring Capital Cities!
Attention NYC! Have you got any plans for this Friday, July 25? Lucky for you, the good people at Bounce Boat have kindly offered us a pair of FREE tickets to their latest event featuring DJ sets from Brenmar, Solidisco and Capital Cities. Capital Cities, of course, are responsible for their massive hit "Safe and Sound," and have been touring with Katy Perry, playing at arenas for the last couple months.
So if a cool EDM party on a boat sounds like your kind of fun, here's your chance to spend a summer night on the Hornblower Infinity boat, cruising across Hudson River while living it up to good music! A couple notes below:
- This giveaway is open to those living in or close to New York who can physically make it to the event (obviously).
- You can enter once every day. Earn up to 7 entries per day! Deadline is 3AM EST on 7/25.
- Keep in mind it's a 21+ show. Boarding time is 7PM, departure is at 9PM.
You want in? Click here to go the entry page and WIN.
Best of luck! In the meantime, here are some tunes to get you pumped up.
STREAM: Capital Cities – Safe And Sound (RAC Mix)
STREAM: Chromeo – Jealous (Solidisco Remix)
STREAM: Route 94 – My Love Feat. Jess Glynne (Brenmar & J Heat Remix)
Lana Del Rey's "West Coast" Remixed By Four Tet & More
Whoever has been commissioning remixes for Lana Del Rey deserves accolades. They always take risks and reach out to less obvious acts. The results don't always pay off but when they do, they do! The latest coup is to get the holy Four Tet to remix her brand new single "West Coast". Something about the drums on this one reminds me of Björk's "Human Behaviour". Très cool.
STREAM: Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Four Tet Remix)
Ten Ven has their eyes on the disco ball, William Carl Jr uses new vocals not in the original mix, and Camo & Krooked dreams up a more leftfield spectral soundscape. Definitely an interesting batch of remixes so far (you just know there will be more).
STREAM: Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Ten Ven Remix)
STREAM: Lana Del Rey – West Coast (William Carl Jr Remix)
STREAM: Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Camo & Krooked Remix)
Watch the music video.
Buy 'West Coast' on iTunes.
More on Lana Del Rey.
Coldplay's "Midnight" Remixed by Disco Legend Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder is the latest to join disco greats like Nile Rodgers and Cerrone to resurface after the renewed interest thanks to Daft Punk & Pharrell. The Italian legend lent his magic touch to Coldplay's recent single "Midnight" and turned it into a 9-minute intergalactic trip, complete with French-singing robot vocoders, violin strings and delicious synth sequencers. Leave it to the master to bring on good times.
STREAM: Coldplay – Midnight (Giorgio Moroder Remix)
You can check out the original, co-produced by Paul Epworth and Jon Hopkins, via its unintentionally hilarious video here.
Coldplay's 6th album "Ghost Stories" drops on May 16.
REMIXED: Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart (Cahill Radio Edit)
Professional soundtrack botherer Ellie Goulding just premiered the video for her latest young adult blockbuster theme song "Beating Heart". For those of you who prefer EDM Ellie, the Divergent tune also got a fresh club-friendly remix by the ever-reliable Cahill. If you're up for some generic good fun, check out the dance radio edit below.
STREAM: Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart (Cahill Radio Edit)
You can watch Ellie having a nice walk in the woods below.
Buy "Beating Heart" on iTunes.
More on Ellie.
More on Cahill.
Popforward: Rebeka
Here are SIX facts you need to know about our latest Popforward act Rebeka.
1. Rebeka are Iwona Skwarek and Bartosz Szczęsny. Those happen to be Polish names. You can see why they settled for Rebeka instead.
2. Their current single is "Melancholia". You can't go wrong with a song called "Melancholia".
3. If you quite like Goldfrapp, Ladytron, The Knife and other bands from Europe that make modern/spooksome synth-pop, you will like this.
4. The music video features some very nice plants.
5. You can grab a FREE mp3 of the track right here!
Actually, you can download a free Moullinex remix too.
MP3: Rebeka – Melancholia (Moullinex Remix)
6. Their debut album "Hallada" is available to buy in all the usual places. If you're more of a streaming type, find it on Spotify.
REMIXED: Little Boots – Motorway (Little Boots Discotheque Edit)
Not complacent about "Motorway" being one of her finest tracks to date, British disco siren/DJ Little Boots has expanded the atmospheric Nocturnes opening track to a swirling 7-minute epic joy ride. Billed as the "Little Boots Discotheque Edit", the eargasmic extended version should please any fan of disco beats, bongo drums and vintage synths. To sweeten the deal, Victoria is kind enough to offer it up as a free mp3 download, so you can sync it to your iPod, add it to your getaway playlist, blast it in your car and driiiive away.
Seriously loving this.
MP3: Little Boots – Motorway (Little Boots Discotheque Edit)
And just in case you haven't heard the original, it's still available as a free download too!
NEW VIDEO: Mayer Hawthorne – Her Favorite Song (Feat. Jessie Ware)
For some reasons, I used to mistake Mayer Hawthorne for a punk/emo band, and for that false impression, I steered clear of their music. Not until I found out Jessie Ware did some vocals on the new single "Her Favorite Song" did I finally have a listen and to my surprise, Mayer Hawthorne is actually a white American guy singing blue-eyed soul!
"Her Favorite Song" is a throwback to the heyday of adult contemporary soft rock à la Sting. Mayer Hawthorne proudly wore his influences on his sleeves, as he tapped into this uncool '80s genre and shook it up with a bit of Prince. It's an ultra-smooth, cosmopolitan jam, but it's Jessie Ware's (uncredited) sultry vocals during the chorus that add an extra touch of class and elevate this track beyond Bruno Mars/Robin Thicke MOR territory. And if the music alone is not enough to win you over, there is now a glossy music video featuring models and dogs that dress like humans. Dogs that dress like humans! Good move, not-an-emo-band Mayer Hawthorne.
Check out the Large Professor remix after the jump.
REMIXED: Fiona Apple – Every Single Night (MeLo-X APT Basement God Mix)
Here's one for the hot summer nights. Fiona Apple's music was never the kind that would necessarily call out for remixes, but Brooklyn-based producer MeLo-X manages to give "Every Single Night" a refreshing workout, mixing African drum rhythms, dreamy guitar riffs and a bonus rap verse with her impassioned chants. It's a sweat-inducing jungle fever dream, but the fiery tension of the original remains. A fantastic Soundcloud find.
MP3: Fiona Apple – Every Single Night (MeLo-X APT Basement God Mix)
REMIXED: Delphic Pay Tribute To Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"
Brit band Delphic paid tribute to the late Amy Winehouse by uploading their 2013 update of "Rehab" on Soundcloud a few days ago. It's a blog-happy trap beat exercise that takes some fun turns during its 5-minute span, and is bound to go down well at house parties. This reminds me how I used to be obsessed with their massive tune "Halcyon" back in 2010, and that I still need to listen to their new follow-up. Grab a free download of the remix below, and check out the video for their current single "Baiya".
MP3: Amy Winehouse – Rehab (Delphic Remix)
WATCH: Delphic – Baiya
Delphic's new album Collections is out now.
More on Delphic.
REMIXED: Bat For Lashes – Laura (Bachelors Of Science Remix)
Bat For Lashes' Laura was a deeply gorgeous, haunting chamber-pop ballad, the kind that doesn't need any enhancing. Nevertheless, San-Francisco-based electronic outfit Bachelors Of Science tried to put their own twist, resulting in a beautiful downtempo reading. They pair the track with '90s trip-hop beats and buzzsaw synths, but keep the original piano melodies in the mix. This is going straight to my late night playlist! Well done guys.
STREAM: Bat For Lashes – Laura (Bachelors Of Science Remix)
You can watch Bat For Lashes' new video for the next single "Lilies" below – a visual feast of impressive stop-motion animation.
WATCH: Bat For Lashes – Lilies


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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Scenes from the Hill Cumorah Pageant, July 22, 2007
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- NM said...
So, is this the story of the Lamanites/Nephites etc.?
Another question: is it true that there are two Hill Cumorahs? If so, is this the one in New York?
- 3:51 PM, July 22, 2007
- Bookslinger said...
> So, is this the story of the Lamanites / Nephites etc.?
Part of it, yes.
> is it true that there are two Hill Cumorahs?
There could be. For a long time it was assumed that the Cumorah of the final big battle and where Mormon buried the Large Plates of Nephi (the extensive detailed records of 1,000 years that were handed down to him) was also the same Cumorah where Moroni buried the plates of the Book of Mormon (the abridgement).
However, a broader interpretation could allow for there being two places named Cumorah.
Mormon makes extensive mention in the Book of Mormon that his work is a summary, an abridgement, and that he is writing less than 1% of the contents of the more extensive history written on the "large plates" that were handed down to him. The explanation that there were two locations called "Cumorah" may have been left out.
> ... is this the one in New York?
Yes. The pageant is on the hillside near Palmyra New York.
"Hill Cumorah" is the name used by Joseph Smith to describe the "drumlin" where the resurrected Moroni revealed to him the stone box containing the gold plates upon which was engraved the Book of Mormon. This set of plates was the abridgement, or summary work, created by Mormon, and finished and buried by Moroni.
The exact location of the detailed plates, or "source documents" covering the 1,000 years (600 BC to 400 AD) from which Mormon made his abridgement has yet to be revealed.
There were some statements made by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery which lead some people to believe they are also buried in the hill referred to as "Cumorah" near Palmyra New York. However, those statements are not official doctrine.
I would not expect that the original "Large plates of Nephi" or Mormon's plates to be revealed until some time in the millennium. No more so than the bringing forth of the original writings of Moses or other old world prophets and apostles.
- 7:26 PM, July 22, 2007
Neat. You should have been there two years ago--we could have hung out together!
The pageant is great. I'd love to go again, sometime.
- 2:05 PM, July 23, 2007
- Scherer said...
I went with my family on Thursday night. It rained the entire time, but we loved it. My daughter is currently petioning her mother and I to volunteer to be in it for next year. Two weeks camping with four kids 10 and under does not sound fun right now, but she's pretty persuasive :). I applaud the families who do make the necessary sacrifices that such a show may be possible.
Side note: When I was there the Anti's were very well behaved. They wore shirts that made their cause clear and were not pushy or overzealous. If only the Living Scriptures folks would behave as well.
- 12:07 PM, July 24, 2007
Good to hear the anti-mormons were well behaved. When I went there, there was a guy dressed up as the devil screaming at us.
...did he really think dressing up as THE DEVIL was going to convince anybody? I mean, that's the last person I'd take religious advice from!
- 11:32 AM, July 25, 2007
- Jeff Lindsay said...
Actually, they weren't that well behaved, just small in numbers. There was a guy and a woman holding big signs and shouting into a megaphone to those in the parking lot. He was ranting about how Joseph Smith was leading us all to hell and destruction. He wasn't dressed as the devil, but at first I thought the woman was dressed as a witch - but it was just some kind of hippies-era dress that evoked a pagan image during my brief look before driving on. The shouting was still going on a couple hours later when we went back to our cars. And then there was a bunch of protesters holding up signs telling people to go to some Website - was it "mormonevidence.com"? Not sure about that.
- 2:46 PM, July 25, 2007
- NM said...
Hello again peeps,
I've been keeping a close eye on Mormonskeptic's blog. I personally don't know the guy, but he seems to share a somewhat real and honest critique (even if it is just mere subjectivity) that there are two Hill Cumorahs.
Jeff (or anybody else), how would you respond to Mormon Skeptic's assertions?
- 2:49 PM, July 25, 2007
- Scherer said...
The rain must have chased the more crazy protestors away on Thursday, good for me. The only folks there on my night were the yellow shirted folks from a particular web site which I won't name. I don't want them to see an increase in traffic after the pageant, it may encourage them. That said, they didn't yell or attempt to deceive, which I appreciate.
- 2:59 PM, July 25, 2007
- Scherer said...
I just followed your link. I first assumed it was an anit site and wondered what you were doing. Very funny.
- 3:05 PM, July 25, 2007
- Russtafarian said...
Not that compelling, NM--esp. given that MOrmonskeptic has not included key information (for reasons of which I am not sure; maybe simply unaware of it?). Watson would later clarify that this response was an off-the-cuff one, one he believed he was safe in making. In 1993, Watson would pen a letter stating:
"The Church emphasizes the doctrinal and historical value of the Book of Mormon, not its geography. While some Latter-day Saints have looked for possible locations and explanations [for Book of Mormon geography] because the New York Hill Cumorah does not readily fit the Book of Mormon description of Cumorah, there are no conclusive connections between the Book of Mormon text and any specific site."
Granted, other prophets have indeed ascribed various geographical locations to BOM landmarks; however, given the limited circulation of these comments (institute conferences, women's conferences), I refuse to accept them as doctrinal dictums, esp. when they haven't even been translated into the languages of major church centers (like French, German--some of them not even into Spanish). If the Church really did claim that the NY Cumorah was THE cumorah--that would be big news for Latin American peoples. Yet the Church has CONSISTENTLY disputed that there is any official BOM geography. James E. Talmage, Joseph F. Smith, George Q. Cannon (if I remember correctly) and more have said so.
I urge you that, even as a supposed "Mormon intellectual" that you be more concerned about gathering facts and less concerned about questioning merely for its own sake.
- 3:06 PM, July 25, 2007
- NM said...
Thanks for that Russell.
A 'Mormon Intellectual'?! Yipes. I'm just someone interested in how people interpret 'grace'!
- 4:38 PM, July 25, 2007
- NM said...
Sorry Russell, I thought you were talking to me...
Heck, I thought someone had given me a promotion...=/
- 4:42 PM, July 25, 2007
I remain amazed at those who can be impressed by lip syching and calling it high drama.
- 8:42 AM, July 29, 2007
- Jeff Lindsay said...
Who called it high drama? Any of my readers? Fess up, now!
For high drama, head further east and catch Les Miserables or Phantom of the Opera. For a completely different (and free) experience watching a religious pageant giving an overview of the Book of Mormon, head to Palmyra next summer.
- 5:06 PM, July 29, 2007
Looks to me like some scenes from Mel Gibson's movie - Apocalypto.
At least Mel did his historical research and understood that these Mayan pyramids were used for sun worship and human sacrifice.
When in procedings do the heads roll during your performances ?
- 7:15 AM, August 08, 2007
- Stevenelson1 said...
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A World of His Own
Manny Farber: About Face
Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies
It is one of the many contradictions that swirl around Manny Farber that for those who have read him over the years, or seen his paintings, or heard him talk, he is a mesmerizingly one-of- a-kind, even heroic figure, yet his work is in part an assault on the idea of the isolated, charismatic hero. In a career as a movie critic that lasted over three decades, he refreshingly, humorously, weirdly, and perceptively cut against nearly all our usual expectations of movies, asking us not to take seriously directors with highly personal styles, not to connect deeply with the allure of movie stars, above all not to think of movies as "art." And in his painting, which for long was abstract and which has been representational since the 1970s, he devised a kind of picture, equally a still life and a view down onto a flat plane, whose very point is that we see a world of little entities, whether toy-size people or candy wrappers, carrots or postcards, which trail off in every direction, creating a terrain of sheer randomness.
On a first glance, however, Farber's two endeavors don't seem connected at all. His writing and his painting appear to be aimed at such different audiences that it is common to find people who know Farber for his unorthodox film journalism—writings in the 1940s and 1950s that focused especially on low-budget Hollywood products and, in the 1960s and 1970s, on a host of tough-minded avant-garde filmmakers—but have little real sense that he is a painter. And for many who have encountered his distinctive from-above still lifes in galleries over the years, it is often a surprise to learn that he is a movie critic, let alone one of the few original film theorists we have produced.
As a writer and a visual artist, though, Farber's aims are connected. Although he doesn't put it in exactly these words, his goal is an ego-free, centerless, egalitarian realm, where the pleasures of shared, everyday, domestic life are the deepest. It is a realm where the background of a scene in a movie is as engaging as what is in the foreground, where character actors, as much as any lead, come forward in all their idiosyncratic glory, and where climaxes in a film or centralized elements in a painting are overbearing and obvious by definition.
Farber's opinions could almost be taken for the precepts of a Zen Buddhist, a latter-day Shaker, a member of an anarchist or libertarian party. Yet his voice as a writer and speaker, and even to a degree as a visual artist, belies his communitarian and pacifist thinking. He comes across, rather, as a street-smart, wisecracking, even pugnacious character. There is certainly something becalmed, retiring, even mousy about his values, but as a writer or painter he has been saying, in effect, "No thanks" or "You're wrong" or "I'll do it my way" for the many decades he has been in the public eye.
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1/4 tsp ground cloves works best otherwise the cloves take over, I split this recipe into two crusts it works well and doesn't spill in the car. Hope this helps, I've made these pies for years, can't go to the in-laws without it lol. 5 stars
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Offended Italian Chef Fires Back At Morning Show Host [VIDEO]
Put your hands together for this guy. This blonde bimbo morning show host decides to almost criticize this chef's recipe. First thing he does is fire back at her. Then he explains how she is wrong. Rule number one in life, never offend the people that cook your food!


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Table Of Contents
- 1 Cervical Cancer Treatment in India
- 2 Cervical Cancer Treatment Cost in India
- 3 Detailed Cancer Treatment Cost in India
- 4 Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer Treatment
- 5 Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer
- 6 Best Hospitals For Cervical Cancer Treatment In India
Cervical Cancer Treatment in India
Women with cervical cancer may have concerns about their sexual activity, the ability to give birth and other concerns which are to be addressed while planning the treatment plan. A multidisciplinary team of doctors including a gynecology, an oncologist is on the team in order to conduct the cervical cancer diagnosis. Surgery is usually the first line of treatment depending on the stage of cancer. There are four cervical cancer stages. The patient should be well aware of the possible complications and side-effects of the treatment where initiating any modality. They should also recognize the warning signs of cervical cancer and seek cervical cancer treatment as soon as possible.
Cervical Cancer Treatment Cost in India
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Detailed Cancer Treatment Cost in India
|PET Scan (USD)
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|Bone Cancer
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|Esophegal Cancer
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|4800 - 5800
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Surgery for Cervical Cancer in India
Surgery is preferred at cervical cancer stage 1. It is done to remove the cancerous part and some of the nearby normal tissue. In cases where cancer has not spread beyond the cervix, one of the following surgical procedures can be performed:
Conization for Cervical Cancer: used in micro-invasive cancer which can only be seen under a microscope. It is like a cone biopsy and removes very early stages of cervical cancer.
LEEP for Cervical Cancer: is the use of small wire passing electric current in it to target the cancer tissue and remove it. Again, it is used in micro-invasive cancers.
Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer: it can be either simple or radical. In case of less intensive cancers, simple hysterectomy i.e. removal of uterus and cervix is done. But, in cases of higher grade cancers, a radical hysterectomy procedure is the one in which uterus, cervix, upper vagina and tissue around the cervix are removed.
In these cases, a lymph node dissection in the pelvic area is also performed which means all the lymph nodes in the pelvic region are removed. Sometimes bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is also required along with hysterectomy. Here, both the ovaries and fallopian tubes are removed.
Radical trachelectomy for Cervical Cancer: in this surgical procedure, the cervix is removed but the uterus is not. It is done in those patients who want to have the ability to give childbirth. In this procedure, all the pelvic lymph nodes are removed though.
In the patients where cervical cancer has already spread beyond the cervix, the following procedure may be used:
Exenteration for Cervical Cancer: It involves the removal of vagina, uterus, lower colon, rectum or bladder. Basically, all these if cancer has spread to these organs. It is mostly done in recurrent cases of cancer.
All of these surgical procedures may affect the sexual health of women. So, before going for any surgery, you should clear all your doubts with the doctor.
Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer Treatment
A radiation oncologist plans the radiation therapy schedule for the patient. It can be planned before surgery to shrink the size of cancer before its surgical excision. It is also continued after the surgery. Most commonly external beam radiation therapy is used. Internal therapy includes Brachytherapy in which the radiation is given by inserting a radiation emitting device through the vagina.
The approximate cost of Radiotherapy is USD 2500 - 5000.
Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer
Uses medicines to kill the cancer cells and is usually given before the surgery to reduce the size of cancer. It is also continued after surgery in some cases. These medications do not differentiate between the normal and the cancer cells. So, the most common side effects are:
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This article describes the Salem Award ceremony of March 23, including Brian and Mario's presentation, background on the two, and dignitaries present at the ceremony.
Salem Award honors Haitian heroes
Tom Dalton, The Salem News
March 24, 2014
SALEM — Two lawyers who have taken on everyone from military strongmen to the United Nations in their fight for the poor of Haiti were honored yesterday with the 22nd annual Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice.
Mario Joseph and Brian Concannon received the award in an afternoon ceremony before a packed ballroom at the Hawthorne Hotel.
"Mario and Brian are the most courageous, persistent and effective human rights activists I have met during 30 years of working in Haiti…" Dr. Paul Farmer, cofounder of Partners in Health, a leading health organization in Haiti, wrote in introductory remarks read to a crowd of more than 200 at yesterday's ceremony.
Joseph, a native of Haiti, was a lead attorney in a landmark legal case, the prosecution of 59 military and civilian paramilitary fighters involved in what became known as the Roboteau Massacre.
In 1994, the defendants led an early-morning assault on Roboteau, a shanty town where demonstrations had been held in support of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president who had been deposed in a military coup.
The attackers went door to door, beating and shooting residents. Estimates of the number killed ranged from six to more than 20.
Joseph, managing attorney of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, helped secure convictions of some of the country's most feared military leaders during a six-week trial. The New York Times called him "Haiti's most prominent human rights lawyer."
Concannon, a Boston native who is director of the Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, helped prepare the prosecution in the Roboteau case.
He also sued the United Nations for billions of dollars on behalf of the families of thousands of victims who died or became ill from a 2010-11 cholera outbreak which medical panels ruled most likely was caused by U.N. peacekeepers.
In accepting the award, Concannon lauded the courage of the many people in Haiti who work closely with their two organizations, and also singled out his corecipient for praise.
"Mario is under pretty significant physical danger for his work," he said.
Two Salem State University students, Haitian native Kinnflo Michel, and Haitian-American Naomie Pacoulouce, spoke at the ceremony.
Dignitaries in attendance included Congressman John Tierney, Mayor Kim Driscoll, state Sen. Joan Lovely and state Rep. John Keenan.
The Salem Award honors individuals whose lives and work emulate the moral lessons learned from the tragedy of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Past winners include Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center; Eric Reeves, an activist for peace in the Sudan; Fahima Vorgetts of the Afghan Women's Fund; and Chinese dissident Harry Wu.
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SEC Wins Liability Ruling V. 800America.com Inc. Principal
The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) was granted summary judgment in its action charging the principal of 800America.Com Inc., a supposed Internet retailing venture, with securities fraud and other violations. The judge, however, refused to impose penalties on Tillie Ruth Steeples (the principal) to the full extent wanted by the SEC. The liability ruling was issued at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In addition to agreeing to and ordering the SEC's disgorgement request of $2.7 million, the court agreed to impose a penny stock bar on Steeples, but only for five years following her time in prison.
In a reverse merger in July 1999, a publicly registered shell company called World House Entertainment issued 1 million shares of restricted common stock to acquire all of the outstanding common and issued stock of 800America Inc. The shell company was controlled by Rabi and Steeples. They renamed 800America Inc. to 800America.com Inc.
800America.com claimed to be an Internet retailer that sold clothes and connected customers with other Internet retailers. Its common stock was traded on the over-the- counter bulletin board and registered with the SEC.
The commission claims that Steeples was the other undisclosed control person of 800America.com for a significant period of time. The Internet retailer allegedly issued artificially inflated financial statements and withheld information about Rabi's and Steeples's criminal records to attract investors. Steeples denies ever having served in this position.
According to the SEC, however, Steeples and Rabi sold shares to the public through Internet brokerage accounts-even though, as the control persons, they were forbidden to-under Steeples' name and the names of 13 people who did not even know that these accounts existed.
The court has denied Steeples' motion for dismissal.
What the Court Said:
· Collateral estoppel bars Steeples from litigating the 1933 Securities Act Section 17(a) securities fraud claim and the SEC's 1934 Securities Exchange Act Section 10(b).
· Failure by to reveal information about the company's revenue is considered material misrepresentations and omissions under Rule 10b-5.
· There is sufficient evidence to support the SEC's claim that Steeples is liable for recordkeeping, corporate reporting, and internal violations (as a control person and an aider and abettor of 800America.com) to grant summary judgment to all the claims.
The court, however, denied the SEC's request for a permanent injunction against Steeples because "it does not appear that she initiated the fraud… (the SEC's failure) to demonstrate that there is any risk of future violation or that this is more than an isolated incident. It also denied the SEC's motion requesting a third tier civil penalty, noting about the defendant that "it appears that she was influenced to enter and continue the scheme by her co-conspirator. She also cooperated with the Government, at least to the extent of a guilty plea, which mitigates, to some extent, the egregiousness of her conduct."
In 2005, Steeples had pleaded guilty to related criminal charges and was sentenced to 70 months in prison and two years supervised release. She also has been ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution. Co-defendant David Rabi who had been convicted after a trial, later died in prison.
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ethics of volunteering
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Philosophy, Politics and Historical Problems of Volunteering
This is a general and quick post in response to Frequently Asked Questions about the problems of choosing where to invest one's time and labour when volunteering in foreign places with good intent. It started as a reply to a comment – part of a long thread about a conservation project in the Amazon – then expanded slightly to become this first draft of a short reply to questions concerning volunteering.
Where and what is good agency put into which structures? It is an endless journey through the soul and the corridors of political thinking, philosophical reflection, historical recognition and ethical considerations – and it is also that first single step of your journey. It begins in the mind, unfolds in the imagination and will have a material impact on the place you go to.
Over the years we have spend a lot of time and energy helping people finding their ways in Ecuador and Peru, we have spend a lot of time suggesting projects, providing contacts and so on. However, in the end, people mostly go and do their own thing anyway. However, if you have only 4-6 months time and want to connect sooner, and should you really want to do something in or around Tena, Napo, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, or in San Francisco in Peru, and if working on a small scale and community level with people outside of NGO structures, doing down-to-the-ground, bottom-up work, with lovely families, if that is your thing, then do get in touch.


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Sleep sex, or sexsomnia
Sleep sex, or sexsomnia, is a sleep disorder in which people engage in sexual behaviors while they are asleep. Those behaviors might include sexual noises or dirty talk, or they might involve masturbation, fondling another person, or even initiating intercourse.
Sexsomnia may be triggered by medication, sleep-related dissociative disorders, or sleep hallucinations.
Potential forensic implications:
- child molestation
- indecent exposure
- sexual assault
- rape
Case studies:
- State v. James Kirchner � acquitted
- Alan Ball Case – acquitted
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