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When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Obamacare on Thursday, celebs raced to their Twitter accounts to share their reactions.
In the landmark ruling, the court backed President Barack Obama's controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) — also known as Obamacare.
"Today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives are more secure because of this law," Obama said in a televised White House statement.
"I know the debate over this law has been divisive," he added. "It should be pretty clear that I didn't do this because it was good politics. I did it because I believe it is good for the country."
Obama encouraged on his Twitter account for Americans to share what Thursday's ruling means to them and some stars did just that.
Read their reactions below.
John Legend: "Supreme Court has me in a good mood right now. America getting closer to universal access to affordable health care. It's about time."
Christina Applegate: "Um, for those who want to move to Canada because of ObamaCare, you may want to look up Canada healthcare on Wikipedia. Just saying'."
Jessica Stroup: "Hey Barack Obama this song's for you now playing My Hero by Foo Fighters."
Star Jones: "I'm waiting for read the actual SCOTUS healthcare ruling…and try to make it 'user friendly' for most of us."
MC Hammer: "Strategy: Positioning this as a threat to lower income majority won't gain any new voters, that card has already been played."
Waka Flocka: "ObamaCare!… just when they started to doubt my man."
Michael Moore: "It's not 'Obamacare' – it's Obama Cares."
Wanda Sykes: "Drama at CNN. I would love to be a fly on Wolf Blizter's beard."
Sophia Bush: "I am so grateful for the Supreme Court, and I heart Barack Obama so much right now. He cares about us, the average citizens of this country, more than he cares about pleasing all the scared-to-change people in power. That's heroic, admirable, and exactly what we need. F–k yes Mr. President, you are a unicorn." – on a photo of Obama on a unicorn Bush posted.
Holly Robinson Peete: "I run a non profit and talk to real people every day all day. Families cannot afford healthcare."
Seth MacFarlane: "We gotta stop that tycoon from turning our park into a shopping mall."
Jason Alexander: "I applaud the Supreme Court and congratulate the President today. The bill isn't perfect, we can fix it, but it's the right direction."
Piers Morgan: "Must be a lot of people watching Obama's SCOTUS speech just now, thinking: 'That's why we voted for him.'"
Bette Midler: "Obama Health Care passes! The wing nuts must be boiling!"
Deepak Chopra: "I will be honored to be taxed for compassionate health care."
Lewis Black: "The Supreme Court has rendered its decision on healthcare. Let the screaming and whining begin."
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Feb 08 2008
Lithium for ALS
A recent Italian study (full pdf) of the drug lithium in 44 patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) showed a fairly dramatic effect in slowing progression of this disease. While hopeful, these findings should be considered preliminary.
ALS is a neurodegenerative disease involving motor neurons – those cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscles. The motor neurons of ALS patients slowly die, and when they do the muscle fibers they innervate become weak, they begin to twitch and cramp, and then eventually die and atrophy away. Weakness will typically begin in one part of the body but then relentlessly spread to involve all four limbs and the facial and mouth muscles (so-called bulbar or brainstem innervated muscles), and eventually the muscle of breathing. Patient develop arm and leg weakness, difficulty speaking and swallowing, and then eventually become short of breath and then become too weak to breath without a ventilator. On average patients will progress to the point where they cannot breath without a ventilator after 2.5 years from the onset of symptoms, but this can vary greatly in an individual.
Although we have many clues, we do not know what causes ALS. It is likely not a single disease, but multiple entities that all result in the same thing – motor neurons dying. We already divide ALS into familial and sporadic. About 10% of those with ALS inherited the disease, and about 20% of those have a known mutation in the gene for the superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene.
At present there is no known cure for ALS. There is on approved treatment, the drug riluzole. Riluzole inhibits the action of glutamate, which is a neurotoxic neurotransmitter – meaning that it serves a function as a chemical signal between neurons but in high enough doses it is toxic to neurons and can kill them. Although it seems that glutamate toxicity is probably not the sole cause of ALS in any patients, it is likely a contributing cause. Glutamate may be adding physiological stress to motor neurons, making them more likely to die, and inhibiting glutamate may therefore allow them to survive longer.
Interestingly, other glutamate inhibitors have not been shown to have a beneficial effect in ALS. It is also certainly not the only model we have of motor neuron stress and death in ALS, and drugs with many different activities are under investigation.
Lithium is an element that is used as a drug in its ionic form (Li+). Lithium is widely distributed in the nervous systems and affects various neurotransmitters and enzymes. In animal studies lithium was observed to increase autophagy – a process by which cells eat up and clear away cellular waste or damaged structures. Autophagy is known to help cells lives longer. This observation of lithium's effects lead the study authors, led by Dr. Fornai, to propose that lithium might have beneficial effects in ALS.
They first studied lithium in the mouse model of ALS (SOD1 mutant mice) and found that it prolongs survival, and when they looked at the spinal cords of these mice they found increased autophagy, increased mitochondria (the energy factories of cells) within motor neurons, and increased motor neuron density. They next conducted the current study in 44 humans with ALS, comparing riluzole alone to riluzole + lithium. After 15 months 29% of the control group (riluzole alone) had died, while none of the lithium group had died. They also report that the lithium group had slower progression as measure by a test of breathing (FVC) and strength.
For ALS, these results are quite impressive. The methods of this study are reasonable – the subjects appear to have been properly randomized to treatment or control group and the methods used to follow their outcome were also standard. However, the weaknesses of this study are that it was not blinded (so the patients and their doctors knew who was getting lithium and who wasn't) and the number of subjects (44) was quite low.
At this point it is clear, and everyone would agree, that we need to do one or a few follow up studies of lithium in ALS – randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies with about 300 patients followed for at least a year. This will have the methods necessary to produce reliable results and will be powerful enough to detect a meaningful effect with statistical significant (if there is one).
What is not clear is what patients and physicians who treat ALS now should do, until more definitive evidence is available. Lithium is a potentially toxic drug and requires close monitoring of blood levels. If it were more benign then it would be an easy decision – give it to patients until we know for sure what the benefit are, if any. With toxic drugs this choice is much harder, because we do not want to cause more harm than good.
Of course, whenever possible patients who want to take lithium for ALS should do so within the context of a clinical trial. But if no such trial is available to them, we have a dilemma. It is reasonable to argue for compassionate use of an experimental drug to treat a terminal and incurable disease. But unless this is done carefully it is easy to cause more harm to patients.
At this point I think compassionate experimental use of lithium in ALS is reasonable, but I will have to explore this more with my colleagues. Also in these situations I typically will lay out the pros and cons to patients and let them decide if they want to take the chance. I suspect most will, given the alternative. I just hope we can get the follow up clinical trials done quickly – definitive information either way is preferred when making life and death decisions.

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Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, HUD Secretary Donovan and Wells Fargo Announce Closing on $621.5 Million Deal to Renovate and Preserve Co-Op City in the Bronx
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced the closing of a $621.5 million loan to the Co-op City development in the Bronx. The Federal, State and City governments announced that their respective agencies have collaborated to jointly insure the mortgage loan made by Wells Fargo Bank, which will refinance Co-op Citys existing debt at historically low interest rates. Under the terms of the loan, Co-op City, the largest Mitchell-Lama co-op that first opened to the public in 1968, will remain affordable to residents for 35 more years.
If it were an actual incorporated city, Co-op City would be the twelfth largest in our state -- and so it is hard to exaggerate the critical role it has played for over 40 years in keeping housing in New York State and New York City affordable, said Governor Cuomo. I am proud and grateful that all levels of government were able to work effectively together to secure a deal that protects the middle and low-income New Yorkers who call Co-op City home.
Keeping Co-op City affordable and viable is great news not just for current tenants but for thousands of Bronx residents who need inexpensive housing options, said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. We have a long-standing commitment to preserving affordable housing for this generation and for the generations to come thats why weve set an ambitious goal to finance the creation and preservation of 165,000 affordable housing units by the end of 2014 under the New Housing Marketplace Plan. Thanks to Governor Cuomo and HUD Secretary Donovan for their partnership on this important project.
This is about preserving affordable housing for the next generation of families living and working in one of the nations highest cost rental markets, said HUD Secretary Donovan. Working closely with the State of New York and New York City, were making certain that working families have a decent and affordable place to call home while saving private owners of affordable housing significant money that they can reinvest back into their properties.
Alan Wiener, Managing Director of Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital, said, Wells Fargo is a proud partner in financing, protecting and keeping Co-op City affordable for decades to come. Structuring such a deal was not easy, but like most of the valuable community-based development that Wells Fargo does, the results are incredibly rewarding. Because of todays historically low interest rates, our refinancing of its current debt will save Co-op City and its residents more than $150 million over the 14 year remaining term of the current loan and eliminate refinancing risk should interest rates rise. Wells would like to once again thank the Governor, Mayor and Secretary for making this important deal possible.
The Wells Fargo loan to RiverBay Corporation, which controls Co-op City, is the largest ever insured under HUDs 223(f) program, which protects lenders against loss on mortgage defaults at multi-family rental properties. It is also the first time the program has been applied to a co-operative development. The Mortgage Insurance Fund of the State of New York Mortgage Agency (MIF/SONYMA, within New York State Homes and Community Renewal, or HCR) and New York Citys Housing Development Corporation (HDC) will provide credit support with $55 million and $15 million coverage of the loan, respectively.
Loan proceeds will be used to prepay Co-op Citys current mortgage and complete capital projects currently underway, and for the first time provides for additional new reserves to address future capital needs, as well as to fund ongoing maintenance.
HCR Commissioner/CEO Darryl C. Towns said, The hard-working residents of Co-op City, uncertain about the long-term fiscal and physical health of their development, needed to know that their government was behind them. Todays closing ensures that that is the case for many years to come.
HDC President Marc Jahr said, Not only have we helped make it possible to raise the cash to complete essential renovations at Co-op City, we are saving the cooperators more than $150 million in debt service over the next ten years allowing them to fund additional rehab projects as they become necessary. This is a benefit that yields immediate results and will continue to pay forward over the long term. I thank our great partners at Co-op City, HCR, at HUD and at Wells Fargo for their commitment to this irreplaceable New York City housing resource.
This is a great, historic day for all shareholders, our friends and neighbors who live here in Co-op City, said RiverBay Board President Helen Atkins. Thanks to the Governor, the Mayor, Secretary Donovan, Wells Fargo, the members of the RiverBay Board of Directors and our managing agent, we have reduced our mortgage interest rate dramatically. This new loan will allow RiverBay to continue the work of maintaining and improving our home for many years into the future, stabilize our finances and guarantee affordable housing for generations to come.
Located in the Baychester section of the Bronx, Co-op City is situated on 330 acres located along the west bank of the Hutchinson River. In addition to 35 residential structures, the site includes three shopping centers, a 25-acre educational park, eight parking garages, three elementary schools, two middle schools, a high school, a weather station, 14 gymnasiums, two swimming pools, 12 churches, six nursery schools and day care centers, four basketball courts, five baseball diamonds, numerous restaurants, and a power plant.
New York States Mitchell-Lama Housing Program was first proposed by State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred Lama and was signed into law in 1955 by Governor William Averell Harriman. Under the states Private Housing Finance Law, the program provided for the creation of affordable housing, both rental and co-operatively owned, for middle-income residents. Developers received tax abatements and low-interest mortgages, subsidized by the federal, state, or New York City government. In total, 269 housing developments with 105,000 units were developed with State aid under the Mitchell-Lama Program.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) consists of all the State's major housing and community renewal agencies, including the State of New York Mortgage Agency, the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, the Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.
Since 2003, when Mayor Bloombergs New Housing Marketplace Plan was launched, the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has raised more than $6.7 billion in financing and contributed in excess of $1 billion in subsidy from corporate reserves for the creation or preservation of more than 60,000 affordable units in privately owned and managed multi-family affordable housing developments.
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The operators of Swinson Funeral Service of Kinston have been placed on one year�s probation after inspectors with the N.C. Board of Funeral Service noticed several instances of incomplete record-keeping regarding �pre-need� contracts.
The operators of Swinson Funeral Service of Kinston have been placed on one year�s probation after inspectors with the N.C. Board of Funeral Service noticed several instances of incomplete record-keeping regarding �preneed� contracts.
Anyone who wishes to make funeral arrangements prior to their death can enter into a preneed contract with a funeral home licensed by the state to perform that service.
�You�re talking about people investing in end-of-life arrangements and they are sometimes spending what is, to their family, a significant amount of money � we need to make sure that their money is being protected,� Peter Burke, executive director of the Board of Funeral Service � and a licensed funeral director � said Tuesday.
The members of the board issued a consent order Oct. 17 placing the business, plus funeral home President Robert Swinson IV, on one year�s probation.
Swinson risks further sanctions, up to losing his funeral director�s license, as well as the funeral home�s funeral establishment permit, its preneed establishment license and �all ancillary preneed sales licenses� if the terms of the probation are violated, according to the consent order.
Board officials sent the consent order to The Free Press this month.
Swinson Funeral Service has been in business in Kinston for more than 40 years. The East Blount Street business opened in 1970 and was founded by Swinson�s late grandfather, Robert Swinson Jr.
The chapel at the funeral home is named in his honor.
Sitting in his office Tuesday, Robert Swinson IV, who also serves as a Kinston city councilman, described the process of executing a pre-need contract, which includes filing the contract with the Board of Funeral Service, and either a life insurance company or banking trust, within five business days after it is completed.
Consumers can pay the insurance company directly, or send insurance or trust payments through the funeral home.
Funeral providers must keep detailed files of payments and other necessary paperwork, and a �preneed journal,� a ledger of all consumers who have preneed contracts with them.
The state board regularly sends inspectors to visit funeral providers and ensure all preneed records are up to speed.
Board Inspector Brett Lisenbee visited Swinson Funeral Service on Oct. 25 and 26, 2011, and spoke with Swinson and his father, Robert Swinson III, who is the funeral home�s manager.
Lisenbee�s review of the preneed records turned up several files which were missing documents such as insurance assignment documents or beneficiary designations.
One consumer�s estate was also due a $26.50 refund, according to the consent order.
The inspector�s findings prompted action by the state board.
�We look to make sure that when a family gives money to the funeral provider, that the provider is recording it correctly and in a timely fashion and all of their reporting is done in a timely fashion as well,� Burke said.
The consent order noted Swinson Funeral Service operators have since �corrected, addressed, or satisfactorily explained, respectively, to the Board each and every one of the alleged violations cited in the 2011 Examination.�
Swinson said the funeral home can be extremely busy at times, and paper records are still used.
�By Jan. 1, everything should be in a computer system and we shouldn�t have these hiccups again,� he said.
Swinson said interviews are currently being conducted to hire several part-time staffers to help with record-keeping, as well.
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The field of pain management has progressed significantly in recent years. A better understanding of disease pathology and improved diagnostic procedures has resulted in safer medications, greater nerve blocking accuracy, and an improved quality of life for many patients.
Maimonides Medical Center Practices state-of-the-art pain medicine and we recognize its important role in patient well-being. Whether after surgery, for greater comfort, fewer complications and faster recovery, or for chronic sufferers, to improve their quality of life, work and relationships, our goal is the elimination of pain or at the very least, to manage it effectively. The Maimonides Pain Medicine Program recognizes not only the physiological aspects of pain, but also the social and psychological dimensions, along with their implications in a patient's life. We utilize a multi-disciplinary team of anesthesiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, surgeons and physical therapists to treat the following conditions:
By blocking the pain pathways, we work to prevent some of the harmful effects of pain. Untreated pain not only causes physical discomfort and mental distress, but can also lead to post-operative complications by stressing the body. Pain reduces the ability to take deep breaths and cough. This can cause lung problems (ie, pneumonia). Pain can also decrease appetite, disturb sleep and prolong the need for bed rest.
Pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, which can increase blood pressure, heart rate, and may place patients at a higher risk for heart problems. Pain can also increase the risk of blood clots. Additionally, the stress response from pain can also weaken the immune system and increase blood sugar. This may cause a higher infection rate and may be associated with a higher rate of tumor recurrence.
Eliminating as much pain as possible during and after your surgery is always our goal. Untreated pain not only causes physical discomfort and mental distress, but can also lead to post-operative complications. By treating and preventing pain, we work to avoid its harmful effects.
Pain control is an important component of your recovery. During your hospital stay, a specially trained physician-led team is available to coordinate your post-operative pain control. Our goal is to provide our surgical patients with safe and effective pain management. In addition to the usual medications, we utilize cutting-edge regional anesthetic techniques to help alleviate pain during and after surgery.
Local anesthetics are medications which 'block' nerve fibers and relieve pain. Regularly used anesthetics include lidocaine, bupivicaine and ropivicane. Local anesthetics are commonly used by dentists. The numbness they cause can relieve pain for several hours.
'Regional anesthesia' is a broad term that describes pain relief to a particular part of the body. Examples include spinals, epidurals and nerve blocks. This type of anesthesia uses an injection of local anesthetics to block the pain sensation in a specific part of the body both during and immediately after surgery. Regional anesthesia is often used to minimize or sometimes avoid the use of general anesthesia. In many cases, a nerve block will eliminate the need for inserting a breathing tube in the windpipe.
A spinal or epidural can be performed to numb the middle to lower half of the body for specific surgical operations. Spinal or epidural anesthetics can easily be performed while patients are sitting upright or lying on their side. Similarly, using state-of-the-art technologies, our anesthesiologists can locate a specific nerve and anesthetize a particular limb or body part. Maimonides Department of Anesthesiology employs the latest ultrasound-guided techniques to visualize nerves for regional nerve blocks.
Not only does regional anesthesia treat post-operative pain, but it also can decrease the amount of opiate required, which can reduce side effects such as nausea, vomiting and constipation. With adequate pain control and minimal side effects, patients may be discharged from the hospital earlier.
Our anesthesiologists and pain medicine teams coordinate patient care, developing personalized pain plans. In the pre-operative area, a member of the team will discuss anesthesia options individually with patients.
The patient's medical history and pre-operative blood tests are reviewed. The benefits and risks of the techniques offered are clearly explained. It is important that patients review any medial conditions, current medications and herbal remedies that they are currently taking with their anesthesiologist. Known allergic reactions to medications, especially those prescribed for pain, must be communicated to the medical team by the patient, so that post-operative recovery can be planned with alternative medications.
The Department of Anesthesiology employs the latest ultrasound-guided techniques to visualize nerves for regional nerve blocks. Ultrasound imaging utilizes the body's ability to reflect sound waves from a probe that is placed on the skin above the location where the nerve block will be performed. The probe receives these reflected waves and an image is created on a computer screen. This ensures correct placement of the block around the nerve. Anesthesiologists will likely administer medication to provide relaxation prior to numbing the area.
Patients are positioned comfortably with oxygen and monitors. While vital signs are monitored prior to performing the block, an anesthesiologist will usually administer a small amount of sedation to help the patient relax. The skin over the area to be blocked will be cleaned with an antiseptic solution and numbed. The block is placed through the numbed skin, and the local anesthetic administered. Surgery begins only after the surgical site is numbed, and the patient is well sedated or sleeping. After surgery, sedation wears off and patients may notice that they are unable to move or feel the affected area. This is normal and may last several hours. The hospital staff will set up a medication schedule for to help with pain control once the surgical block wears off. In select patients, when indicated, an infusion of numbing medication may be connected to a catheter in order to help with pain control for a longer period of time after surgery.
Nurses with expertise in post-operative pain control closely monitor a patient's status and deliver pain control medications through specialized computer pain pumps. Many patients who stay in the hospital following surgery may have either continuous epidural or continuous peripheral nerve infusions. Our nursing staff monitors the pain levels using a scale of 0 to 10. When pain levels become unacceptable, a member of the pain team is consulted to plan a course of treatment to help alleviate pain.
Most patients who have received a nerve block have minimal pain, nausea or vomiting after surgery. Depending on the block and medication used, pain relief often lasts between 4 and 24 hours. Although the immediate post-operative period is usually the most painful, many patients require little to no pain medicine after receiving a regional pain block.
An anesthesiologist will discuss with patients how to care for a peripheral nerve catheter at home, if it is decided that this therapy is beneficial to your recovery. A family member should also be available to help with care at home and will be instructed by the physician accordingly. Occasionally, pain may persist after surgery or result from other chronic pain conditions. Pain may also be exacerbated from inactivity after surgery. If patients experience pain lasting longer than expected, they are advised to call their surgeon and consider seeing a pain specialist.
In addition to pain control, nerve blocks may have specific medical benefits. Research suggests that spinal anesthesia decreases blood loss and blood clot formation, and enhances recovery of normal bowel function.
Some nerve blocks, such as paravertebral nerve blocks, have been associated with a decrease in cancer recurrence by blunting the immune-weakening stress response to surgery. This is particularly relevant in women with breast cancer, but could also be applicable to other cancers in the future.
Complications such as infection, bleeding and nerve damage from peripheral nerve blocks occur very rarely. We use ultrasound technology to view nerves and follow the spread of medication around targeted areas. This is a safer approach and should lower complication rates even further.
Spinal and epidural anesthesia have low incidence of complications and are not usually performed with ultrasound. One-half to one percent of patients may experience a bad headache. This is benign and can be addressed with simple bed rest and by drinking lots of fluids.
The breast and chest are supplied by intercostal nerves. Each arises from a different segment of the backbone and travel under a rib to your breast/chest wall. The following blocks may be used:
Similar to the breast and chest wall, the abdomen and pelvis can be anesthetized by numbing the intercostal nerves using the following blocks:
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How To Copyright A Song
May 5 2012
Well, we finally did it. Brett Jason Wintermeyer, my songwriting partner and fellow Metaphor Maniac (link to facebook page that we haven't actively publicized yet, but hope to soon), finally filed a copyright on 4 of our songs last week. We were trying for a 5th, but we kept getting stuck so we gave up in the hopes we'd be inspired later. 4 is a lucky number, right?
It's important to keep in mind that all artists own the rights to their works and have immediate copyright protection even if they don't submit for a copyright registration. Having a copyright registration just helps the artist in case some legal issues or unfair usage claims arise. We might submit them to some songwriting sites so I thought it best to do the legal thing.
The creation of the 4 songs took much longer than we thought given we met on average one night every 2 to 3 weeks. Over 1.5 years later, we finally felt they were in good enough condition to "finalize" and file. I'm sure we'll continue to tweak them as we practice and perform them live.
The process of filing wasn't that difficult. You go to the US Copyright Office page and create a log in with tedious password requirements. I heard that within the last year they implemented the ability to do it all electronically so you can now upload your files. It's $35 per song or compilation. If you wanted to register 9 songs as part of a CD compilation, you could do the entire compilation for just $35! We chose to file separately after I conferred with a music attorney in town, Christian L. Castle Attorneys. We don't know if we'll ever make a CD or if we will just play/sing them socially. Rob Wells, their Director of Artist Relations, walked me through the process quickly, and I was able to do most of it on my own. It's a little tricky the first time to know what items to check, what category to select, and what info you need. It takes 90 days for the copyright office to review submissions.
There are two different things you can copyright when it comes to songs. One is the music & lyrics and the other is the sound recording. It's important to understand the distinction to figure out when or if to file for one or both types of protection. It's best to talk with an attorney as to what's best for you. The chances of our songs making it big are pretty slim for many (7 billion people on the planet and millions of songwriters doing this full-time) reasons, but it's kind of neat to potentially have an official, documented claim to a piece of work.
The songs range from pop, jazz, to rock and their titles are below.
- Save Me From Myself – my favorite (Jason created this amazing "sweet" guitar picking intro to the song that makes me smile & tear up at the same time)
- Look At Me – Jason's favorite based on chords/melody he created many years ago that happened to fit my lyrics. We also affectionately refer to this one as our 'elevator musack song.'
- Fatal Attraction (or Soul Mate) – a jazz piano song (think: grand piano/lounge singer) about the foolishness of love and its often mistaken identity
- Soul Escape – a rock song based on wanting to escape bad, noisy (and sometimes silent) connections with people
Hopefully, we'll get a chance to perform these live some day. The lyrics were inspired by many things but mostly my kids and a few people & experiences that profoundly impacted me at critical junctures in my life.Author: Aruni | Filed under: music, singing | Tags: christian castle, copyright, copyrighting songs, lyrics, metaphor mania, metaphor maniac, music, rob wells, songwriting | 4 Comments »


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'Star Trek 3′ – Will J.J. Abrams Still Direct?
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard the news: JJ Abrams is officially directing 'Star Wars: Episode VII.' Even if you didn't hear it, you surely felt the rumble that shook the entire planet after the news caused the entire internet to break in half. While fans and critics alike debated what this meant for the 'Star Wars' franchise, another question arose. With Abrams departing for a galaxy far far away, what was going to happen to the 'Star Trek' franchise?
Although Abrams jumping from 'Trek' to 'Wars' and from Paramount to Disney feels like a backstabbing political maneuver straight out of 'Game of Thrones,' it looks like he'll still hang around his old franchise for at least one more installment. According to the LA Times, Abrams will, at the very least, produce the inevitable 'Star Trek 3' and there's still a chance that he may direct it...although you shouldn't hold your breath. Hollywood, like Washington DC or Westeros, is a place full of bad blood and friends-turned-enemies. There's a strong chance that Paramount will feel burned by Abrams' franchise jumping. Or they may realize that staying in the Abrams business is lucrative and welcome him back with open arms in a few years. Only the insiders know how everyone really feels.
In addition to his producing duties on 'Star Trek,' Abrams and his Bad Robot production company are also committed to producing the next 'Mission: Impossible' movie for Paramount. If there are bad feelings between Abrams and the studio, they're going to have to put them aside -- there are hugely successful and highly popular franchises at risk here!


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YOFC, a global supplier in the telecoms optical fibre cable industry, will establish a new telecoms fibre cable manufacturing facility in South Africa.
Yangtze Optical Fibre (Africa), with headquarters in Johannesburg, will construct an optical fibre cable manufacturing plant with warehouse facilities in the Dube Tradeport Special Economic Zone of Durban with an initial investment of approximately R150 million and an annual capacity of up to 1,000,000 FKm (fibre kilometres). The investment will be completed and operational in Q4 2016.
The South African telecoms market is experiencing continuous growth due to deregulation, increasing demand for broadband services and the government's policy to connect residences. Furthermore, the African market is experiencing rapid growth driven by the need for more efficient broadband networks.
YOFC is launching its new facility in order to reinforce its competitive position and benefit from the growing optical fibre cable market in South Africa and Africa.
"South Africa and Africa offer considerable scope for development in all telecoms sectors in the near future, with broadband internet subscribers constantly growing in years to come," states Zhuang Dan, CEO of YOFC. "Investments in this area are therefore key to help YOFC to be ready to answer to the consequent increase in market demand and to support its customers in the region."
Now IBM's Watson joins IoT revolution in agriculture
Global expansion of the Watson Decision Platform taps into AI, weather and IoT data to boost production
IBM has announced the global expansion of Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture, with AI technology tailored for new crops and specific regions to help feed a growing population. For the first time, IBM is providing a global agriculture solution that combines predictive technology with data from The Weather Company, an IBM Business, and IoT data to help give farmers around the world greater insights about planning, ploughing, planting, spraying and harvesting.
By 2050, the world will need to feed two billion more people without an increase in arable land [1]. IBM is combining power weather data – including historical, current and forecast data and weather prediction models from The Weather Company – with crop models to help improve yield forecast accuracy, generate value, and increase both farm production and profitability.
Roric Paulman, owner/operator of Paulman Farms in Southwest Nebraska, said: "As a farmer, the wild card is always weather. IBM overlays weather details with my own data and historical information to help me apply, verify, and make decisions. For example, our farm is in a highly restricted water basin, so the ability to better anticipate rain not only saves me money but also helps me save precious natural resources."
New crop models include corn, wheat, soy, cotton, sorghum, barley, sugar cane and potato, with more coming soon. These models will now be available in the Africa, U.S. Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as new markets across Europe and Australia.
Kristen Lauria, general manager of Watson Media and Weather Solutions at IBM, said: "These days farmers don't just farm food, they also cultivate data – from drones flying over fields to smart irrigation systems, and IoT sensors affixed to combines, seeders, sprayers and other equipment. Most of the time, this data is left on the vine — never analysed or used to derive insights. Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture aims to change that by offering tools and solutions to help growers make more informed decisions about their crops."
The average farm generates an estimated 500,000 data points per day, which will grow to 4 million data points by 2036 [2]. Applying AI and analysis to aggregated field, machine and environmental data can help improve shared insights between growers and enterprises across the agriculture ecosystem. With a better view of the fields, growers can see what's working on certain farms and share best practices with other farmers. The platform assesses data in an electronic field record to identify and communicate crop management patterns and insights. Enterprise businesses such as food companies, grain processors, or produce distributors can then work with farmers to leverage those insights. It helps track crop yield as well as the environmental, weather and plant biologic conditions that go into a good or bad yield, such as irrigation management, pest and disease risk analysis and cohort analysis for comparing similar subsets of fields.
The result isn't just more productive farmers. Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture could help a livestock company eliminate a certain mold or fungus from feed supply grains or help identify the best crop irrigation practices for farmers to use in drought-stricken areas like California. It could help deliver the perfect French fry for a fast food chain that needs longer – not fatter – potatoes from its network of growers. Or it could help a beer distributor produce a more affordable premium beer by growing higher quality barley that meets the standard required to become malting barley.
Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture is built on IBM PAIRS Geoscope from IBM Research, which quickly processes massive, complex geospatial and time-based datasets collected by satellites, drones, aerial flights, millions of IoT sensors and weather models. It crunches large, complex data and creates insights quickly and easily so farmers and food companies can focus on growing crops for global communities.
IBM and The Weather Company help the agriculture industry find value in weather insights. IBM Research collaborates with start up Hello Tractor to integrate The Weather Company data, remote sensing data (e.g., satellite), and IoT data from tractors. IBM also works with crop nutrition leader Yara to include hyperlocal weather forecasts in its digital platform for real-time recommendations, tailored to specific fields or crops. IBM acquired The Weather Company in 2016 and has since been helping clients better understand and mitigate the cost of weather on their businesses. The global expansion of Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture is the latest innovation in IBM's efforts to make weather a more predictable business consideration. Also just announced, Weather Signals is a new AI-based tool that merges The Weather Company data with a company's own operations data to reveal how minor fluctuations in weather affects business.
The combination of rich weather forecast data from The Weather Company and IBM's AI and Cloud technologies is designed to provide a unique capability, which is being leveraged by agriculture, energy and utility companies, airlines, retailers and many others to make informed business decisions.
[1] The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision"
[2] Business Insider Intelligence, 2016 report: https://www.businessinsider.com/internet-of-things-smart-agriculture-2016-10
What if Amazon used AI to take on factories?
By ANTONY BOURNE, IFS Global Industry Director for Manufacturing
Amazon recently announced record profits of $3.03bn, breaking its own record for the third consecutive time. However, Amazon appears to be at a crossroads as to where it heads next. Beyond pouring additional energy into Amazon Prime, many have wondered whether the company may decide to enter an entirely new sector such as manufacturing to drive future growth, after all, it seems a logical step for the company with its finger in so many pies.
At this point, it is unclear whether Amazon would truly 'get its hands dirty' by manufacturing its own products on a grand scale. But what if it did? It's worth exploring this reality. What if Amazon did decide to move into manufacturing, a sector dominated by traditional firms and one that is yet to see an explosive tech rival enter? After all, many similarly positioned tech giants have stuck to providing data analytics services or consulting to these firms rather than genuinely engaging with and analysing manufacturing techniques directly.
If Amazon did factories
If Amazon decided to take a step into manufacturing, it is likely that they could use the Echo range as a template of what AI can achieve. In recent years,Amazon gained expertise on the way to designing its Echo home speaker range that features Alexa, an artificial intelligence and IoT-based digital assistant.Amazon could replicate a similar form with the deployment of AI and Industrial IoT (IIoT) to create an autonomously-run smart manufacturing plant. Such a plant could feature IIoT sensors to enable the machinery to be run remotely and self-aware; managing external inputs and outputs such as supply deliveries and the shipping of finished goods. Just-in-time logistics would remove the need for warehousing while other machines could be placed in charge of maintenance using AI and remote access. Through this, Amazon could radically reduce the need for human labour and interaction in manufacturing as the use of AI, IIoT and data analytics will leave only the human role for monitoring and strategic evaluation. Amazon has been using autonomous robots in their logistics and distribution centres since 2017. As demonstrated with the Echo range, this technology is available now, with the full capabilities of Blockchain and 5G soon to be realised and allowing an exponentially-increased amount of data to be received, processed and communicated.
Manufacturing with knowledge
Theorising what Amazon's manufacturing debut would look like provides a stark learning opportunity for traditional manufacturers. After all, wheneverAmazon has entered the fray in other traditional industries such as retail and logistics, the sector has never remained the same again. The key takeaway for manufacturers is that now is the time to start leveraging the sort of technologies and approaches to data management that Amazon is already doing in its current operations. When thinking about how to implement AI and new technologies in existing environments, specific end-business goals and targets must be considered, or else the end result will fail to live up to the most optimistic of expectations. As with any target and goal, the more targeted your objectives, the more competitive and transformative your results. Once specific targets and deliverables have been considered, the resources and methods of implementation must also be considered. As Amazon did with early automation of their distribution and logistics centres, manufacturers need to implement change gradually and be focused on achieving small and incremental results that will generate wider momentum and the appetite to lead more expansive changes.
In implementing newer technologies, manufacturers need to bear in mind two fundamental aspects of implementation: software and hardware solutions. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, which is increasingly bolstered by AI, will enable manufacturers to leverage the data from connected IoT devices, sensors, and automated systems from the factory floor and the wider business. ERP software will be the key to making strategic decisions and executing routine operational tasks more efficiently. This will allow manufacturers to keep on top of trends and deliver real-time forecasting and spot any potential problems before they impact the wider business.
As for the hardware, stock management drones and sensor-embedded hardware will be the eyes through which manufacturers view the impact emerging technologies bring to their operations. Unlike manual stock audits and counting, drones with AI capabilities can monitor stock intelligently around production so that operations are not disrupted or halted. Manufacturers will be able to see what is working, what is going wrong, and where there is potential for further improvement and change.
Knowledge for manufacturing
For many traditional manufacturers, they may see Amazon as a looming threat, and smart-factory technologies such as AI and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as a far off utopia. However, 2019 presents a perfect opportunity for manufacturers themselves to really determine how the tech giants and emerging technologies will affect the industry. Technologies such as AI and IoT are available today; and the full benefits of these technologies will only deepen as they are implemented alongside the maturing of other emerging technologies such as 5G and Blockchain in the next 3-5 years. Manufacturers need to analyse the needs which these technologies can address and produce a proper plan on how to gradually implement these technologies to address specific targets and deliverables. AI-based software and hardware solutions will fundamentally revolutionise manufacturing, yet for 2019, manufacturers just have to be willing to make the first steps in modernisation.


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Middle Men, Jim Gavin's first collection of stories, takes its title from the book's final two-story pairing, but could also describe the central characters of every one of these poignant, comedy-flecked entries. In most of them we find a young man drifting between the expectations of youth and the elusive, maybe impossible success – or at least condition – of adulthood. It is a makeshift stretch of existence, sometimes a rather lengthy one before destiny's verdict comes in. Gavin's young men are not what you might call on the ball, and their stories can begin "As a boy, Matt Costello often wondered what his dad did when he left the house in the morning," or "Bobby's office, for the time being, was the Berkeley Public Library."
Take Brian of "Bermuda." He is 23-years old and lives in a crummy apartment with a lot of roommates and hangers-on: "My room was one-half of the living room and my mattress was a single, a mighty single, floating on a sea of thin brown carpet." He has a part-time job delivering Meals on Wheels and falls in love with Karen, a pianist ten years his senior, a drifter of sorts. Matters come to a head when Karen moves to Bermuda to teach music at a private school and Brian manages to borrow just enough money to pursue her there. ("I passed a little park and saw two private-school kids in blazers, sharing a cigarette and cursing in their dainty little accents.") The result is a dose of reality beautifully managed by Gavin, who subtly contrasts this futile chapter in his character's life with a brief glimpse at a future.
Gavin's comic gift and sharp eye for fatuousness are evident in "Elephant Doors." The main character, Adam, would seem at first to know what he's doing: He's a production assistant at a Hollywood TV-studio complex – a lowly position, yes, but the envy of those less fortunate. Alas, his real ambition is to be a stand-up comic. He attends a weekly open-mike event, a gruelingly awful affair held under the auspices of an aging stoner and bar owner called Frankie: "Every Friday, Frankie sat in the back of his crappy bar, laughing generously and running outrageous tabs. Adam thought of Father Damien among the lepers."
The prospect of what Adam is sure will be a knockout performance at the mike brings him a sense of his future: "He looked down Lincoln Boulevard, a treeless span of auto body shops, futon outlets, and discount shoe emporiums. Adam savored these sights, knowing that someday, in a nostalgic mood, he would look back fondly on his tawdry origins." The problem is, as his act shows with excruciating clarity, Adam is profoundly unfunny, and after his performance his spirits take a dive: "He was waiting for something to click. In books and interviews all of his comic heroes had described a moment onstage when, after stumbling for many years, they suddenly, and oftentimes, inadvertently, became themselves." His existential predicament is typical of Gavin's characters: "He imagined the two versions of himself – the young fraud and the old pro – standing on either side of a dark chasm. If there was some blessed third version of himself, the middle man who could bridge the gap, Adam saw no trace of him in the darkness."
Most of these stories are set in the Southern California of fast food outlets, warehouses, swampy swimming pools, browned golf courses, real estate booms and busts, and the limbo of the freeways. "The Luau," the first of the stories that make up "Middle Men," gives us Matt Costello, mentioned above, the son of a plumbing-supplies rep. He left college to care for his dying mother, an act that was both kind and a chance to introduce direction into his own life. "When he moved home it felt like a relief because he had a purpose; each day he knew exactly what he had to do, and nobody expected anything from him." After his mother's death, Matt is simply stuck and motiveless, waiting, as Galvin's characters tend to, for something to happen. Finally his father gets him a job in the plumbing supplies business.
This is its own world. Peopled with chancers and canny adepts, it is tough and arcane, a business where a widely distributed faulty ballcock has a seismic effect, and where plumbing supplies are sold according to "a strange and mystifying calculus." The process (whereby "factory sold to the rep, the rep to the wholesaler, the wholesaler to the contractor, but sometimes the rep skipped a step and talked directly to the contractor, telling him which wholesaler to buy from....") is as byzantine as it is obnoxious to the MBAs who have arrived – we learn in the following story – to plant the kiss of death on the whole idiosyncratic sales culture.
Here I should note that jobs are woven into Gavin's stories – as they are not in the fiction of most other writers – in an essential and enriching way. Matt's tour of the world of plumbing-supplies is that of a naïf among a vanishing breed of men, and offers a view of the life which, as it happens, he won't have. That life belongs to his father, Martin, the center of "Costello," a sales rep who averages 50,000 miles a year on the freeways. He is now floating between the past and the death of his wife a year ago, and the future that holds the extinction of his sort of job and the inevitable loss of his house sinking under three mortgages.
"Three mortgages, babe, each one more magnificent than the last." That statement captures what we like about Matt, his spirit in the face of bad luck and past decisions. It's Saturday, after all, and he has his pool with its raft and the sports page, crossword puzzle, cigarettes, Zippo, and a copy of the industry paper, the Pipeline, announcing that he's been nominated for sales rep of the year. He sees himself as Magellan becalmed in the Doldrums. Adversity and disappointment come to him in this story, but he, like all of Gavin's characters at their own junctures in life, is not unmanned or as adequately defeated as his circumstances would seem to demand.
If Gavin has a weakness, it is that he ends some stories with a sudden over-portentous act – tearing up a check, shaving a head, flipping a dead animal into another man's pool – but that is an affliction to which short stories are prone. Otherwise, these stories with their fine calibrations of bleakness, comedy, and compassion beautifully conjure the emotional perplexity of people afloat. They are superb and suggest that, for Jim Gavin at least, there truly is a promising future.
Katherine A. Powers reviews books widely and has been a finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle.


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1. The reward is 30,000 dollars to the first team to retrieve the 4th clue during the swamp hunt2. The Ex CIA's win it3. The twist is this. After opening the 3rd of 4 chests in the swamp, the teams are told that they have to take a boat ride to the next one. But, the boat only holds 2 people. They must leave one person behind. The 2 team members on the boat must decide wether to send one person back to get their 3rd person or not. If they choose to go back, they fall 3 hours behind. If they choose not to go back.....the 3rd person is off the team permanently.(not going to say what team does what)4. Team Eliminated??? no one. the episode ends with a To Be Continued.......
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thankful for opportunity
– The 2012 PG National Showcase concluded for Dominic Smith (Serra
HS, Los Angeles, Calif.) when he stepped off the field at the
Metrodome Saturday night after the Rawlings Home Run Challenge. But
that doesn't mean he was ready for it to end.
actually wish that this was longer," Smith said of the showcase,
which wraps up its five-day run on Monday. "(We should) just play
against every team, (make it) a two week trip instead of two or three
days. I really did enjoy myself. I would do it again if I could."
Thursday, the left-handed hitting Smith hit a triple to left-center
and later scored. The next day he threw 90-91 mph on the mound,
peaking at 92. In the same game he collected two hits, including a
threw 91 mph in the outfield drills and 84 mph from first base. In
the 60-yard dash he ran a 6.89, an improvement on his 7.43 time at
the 2011 California Underclass Showcase.
a lot of tough competition, a lot of great ball players out here,"
Smith said. I just have to have fun (and) enjoy myself."
to the National Showcase, PG ranked Smith as the No. 17 prospect in
the nation. The consensus among PG scouts is that after his
performance this week, he's a top-five player.
ranks among the best bats at the showcase," PG Scouting
Coordinator, Todd Gold, said. "Even though he's a lefty and
throws 92 mph on the mound, scouts would be willing to pass that up
because of his special bat."
6-foot-1, 200-pound Smith plays summer ball with Yak Baseball West in
California. Smith's teammates on Team Purple, Kevin Franklin (Gahr
HS, Cerritos, Calif.) and John Paul Crawford (Lakewood HS, Lakewood,
Calif.) also play with him on the Yak Baseball West team. Smith and
Crawford are committed to USC, Franklin to Arizona State.
father, Clay, attended the National Showcase with his son to show his
support. Smith's passion for the game goes back many years, as his
father recalls.
remember when he was a kid, we used to be in the backyard and we
would all be doing something. He'd be with a baseball and a glove
just throwing the ball up against the wall (and) off the stairs all
day long. We'd be like 'Come on in the house man,' and he'd
be like, 'Alright dad, I'll be (right) in.' So you know (this)
is just a dream come true for him."
very happy for you," Clay said as he turned to his son. "I'm so
proud of you."
people forget baseball is a child's game and you have to go out
there and have fun," Smith said. "I just want to thank God for
everything. I want to thank Perfect Game and Yak baseball; they
really helped me to get into this position."
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streamed live
of the games and skills portions of the 2012 National Showcase are
archived and can be watched at your convenience. Search "2012
National Showcase" in the search box found in the upper right-hand
corner of any page here at www.perfectgame.org
for a complete list of all of the archived videos and features from
the event, or visit the iHigh.com Perfect Game page.
games were played on the last day of the 2012 Perfect Game National
Showcase. All of the workout results and notes from all of the games
played at the event can be found in the scout blogs.
• The
first game of Day 5, Game 16 overall, started with a bang as Adrian
Chacon led off the game with a triple blasted over the head of the
shortstop Tyler Cohen made a great defensive play, diving to his
right to make a stop on a sharply hit ball. He then led off the
bottom of the first with a sharply hit ball of his own up the middle.
Nico Giarratano followed Cohen with a ground rule double lifted down
the left field line. Later in the same inning, Gage West slapped a
double of his own down the left field line.
Cohen added another web gem in the fifth when he ranged far to his left to scoop up a ball hit up the middle and proceeded to make a strong, off-balance throw to first to retire the baserunner.
catcher Karl Ellison made a perfect throw to second base to gun down
Josh Hart.
• Travis
Demeritte, one of the most explosive hitters at the event, took the
mound for the Steel team in Game 16 and showed a live arm.
Demeritte's fastball sat in the 87-90 range with late diving life,
and he also threw a mid-70s curve and a low-80s changeup, giving him
legitimate two-way promise. He added yet another hit in the game as well, a sharply hit single through the hole on the left side of the infield, that registered 90 mph off the bat.
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Robert Downey Jr. has branded the summer blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy the "best Marvel movie ever".
The Marvel Cinematic Universe introduced a new superhero in Peter Quill/Star Lord, played by Chris Pratt, earlier this month, and the film quickly become a hit, surpassing the $500 million mark in the global box office.
In a recent interview with the Toronto Sun, Downey, Jr. graciously admits the newest addition to the Marvel family is the one to beat.
He said, "Guardians of the Galaxy, in some ways, is the best Marvel movie ever. It's odd for someone with – on occasion – an ego the size of mine to actually say that…
"It's like you have a great quarterback, and his brother plays for another team, and then you say: 'Look, this is their second cousin and we think he has a great arm and he should start.' And then he goes and wins the Superbowl!"
Ironically, Guardians director James Gunn said at the film's recent press conference in London that he and Pratt have discussed at length what would happen if Downey, Jr. and the rest of The Avengers had a face-off with Quill and his team.
Gunn revealed, "Chris and I were driving somewhere the other day and in the car we were having one of our ridiculous conversations and we were talking about all the different things that could happen to the Guardians in this universe, like we do endlessly, we talk about it constantly.
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- The flag-placing tradition dates from 1948
- Every available soldier from the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment takes part
- A small U.S. flag is planted at the graves of service members in the cemetery
Soldiers placed small American flags at the graves of more than 260,000 service members in Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
The United States Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment has maintained the tradition, known as "Flags-In," at the cemetery since 1948.
The regiment, also known as the "Old Guard," sent every available soldier to cover the 624 acre military cemetery, according to the Army.
Arlington National Cemetery is located in Northern Virginia across the Potomac River from the nation's capital.
Flags were also placed at the Tomb of the Unknowns by the Tomb Sentinels, and at the cemetery's Columbarium.
The flags will be removed after Memorial Day.


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Harrison Mixbus v3.0.2257 | 78 MB
With dozens of DAWs to choose from, there?s only one that?s designed to work like a Harrison, with an analog paradigm that embodies form, function, and sound. Where other DAWs use a computer paradigm, MIXBUS grows from Harrison?s distinguished 40-year heritage of platinum records and blockbuster films, such as Thriller, Graceland, and Spider-Man. MIXBUS is the first full-featured DAW with true analog style mixing.Mixbus provides professional-level features to import or record an unlimited number of audio or MIDI tracks to your computer; then edit, mix and master your production.
What Makes Mixbus Different?
Harrison has a unique history. In the mid-80's, we developed fully automated, digitally-controlled analog mixer technology which was adopted by premiere film-mixing facilities around the world. When the digital revolution came, we were asked to convert the analog "processor" into a digital processor, while leaving the control surface unchanged. Film mixers wanted the control surface to -work and sound- exactly like the analog mixer they were using for previous projects. This required us to develop a digital audio engine that operated and sounded exactly like the analog mixer they were using for previous projects. This transition was not undertaken by any other company, and it has provided us with techniques and proprietary technology that we have incorporated into all of our high-end mixers. Mixbus gives us an opportunity to share this technology with a much wider range of users.
Mixbus Sounds Better
Other DAWs are designed by companies with experience in computer sound, but no pedigree in world-class recording facilities. The Mixbus DSP mixer is designed by Harrison specifically for its great-sounding EQ, filters, dynamics, and bus summing. If you find a music recording from the golden age of albums – the 70s and 80s – that has stood the test of time, it is likely that a Harrison console was used during the production. Mixbus invites you to produce recordings that will stand with the very best.
Mixbus is Ultra-Compatible
Mixbus works on the three most popular desktop operating systems (-Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux) in both 32 bit and 64 bit versions, and loads industry standard I/O and plug-in formats (VST, AU, & LV2). Do you collaborate with other Mixbus users? A session from a collaborator using Harrison plug-ins will playback in your Mixbus as originally recorded including full performance of all the plug-in information even if you have not purchased those specific Harrison plug-ins yourself. Sessions can be shared among Windows, Mac and Linux users.
Some Mixbus Features
– Straightforward "knob per function" mixer layout based on Harrison's renowned 32-series and MR-series music consoles
– DSP sounds based on Harrison's famous analog and digital mixing console technology
– Precision algorithms for EQ, Filter, Compression, Analog Tape Saturation, and Summing
– Unlimited stereo or mono input channels, each with unlimited plug-ins, sends, and hardware inserts. (limited only by CPU and disc speed)
– Unlimited MIDI tracks, each with virtual instrument support, unlimited plug-ins, sends and inserts
– Phase, Input trim, High-pass Filter, Sweepable 3-band EQ, Compression, and 8 Mix Bus sends on every track
– Mixbus has an optimized signal flow with 8 stereo Mix Buses and a master bus, all featuring Tone controls, Compression, Sidechaining, and Analog Tape Saturation simmulation
– Stereo Master Bus that features Tone controls, Analog Tape Saturation, K-meter, Stereo Correlation Meter, and Limiter
– Automatic plug-in delay compensation to support effects such as parallel compression without time misalignment
– Comprehensive "at-a-glance" metering with peak, peak hold, and compressor gain reduction visible on every track and bus
– Extensive DAW editing features
– Industry standard plug-in support: Mixbus loads VST plug-ins on Windows, AudioUnit (AU) plug-ins on OSX, and LV2 plug-ins on all platforms
– Industry standard audio I/O support: Mixbus uses ASIO/Directsound on Windows, CoreAudio on OSX, and JACK on Linux
– Mixbus provides features that are normally reserved for expensive products; things like LTC (SMPTE) generation and sync; video pullup/pulldown; and persistent undo (undo remains possible after closing and reopening a session.
– Multi-core and 64-bit optimizations provide dramatically increased track counts across all OS platforms
– Experimental support for video timeline, video window, and audio+video exports
– Includes a brand-new virtual instrument: "SetBfree", a lovingly modeled Tonewheel Organ by Robin Gareus plus Harrison's Dyno-Mite envelope-designer plug-in for drums
– The Mixbus engine is internally dithered, ramped, and gainstaged so that sound quality is preserved as close to analog as possible
– Audio regions are stacked in "layers", and every region fadein/out is a crossfade to the region(s) beneath it
– The user interface scales to fit your monitor; larger monitors will get bigger knobs and sharper text; while small monitors (such as a laptop) will be scaled down to fit
– Refined workflow and graphics, including scaling and support for HiDPI (Retina) displays
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Grilled Zucchini Wraps with Tomatoes and Goats Cheese
I came across this recipe a while ago but roma tomatoes were not in season so I bookmarked it so that I could try it later. Now that roma tomatoes are in season I got to try it. I replaced the chervil in the original recipe with basil leaves and left them whole rather than mixing them up with the cheese. It takes a bit of time to oven roast the tomatoes but otherwise this recipe is really simple. The zucchini wraps were really good and with oven roasted tomatoes and goats cheese how could they not?
3 roma tomatoes (cut in half)
1 teaspoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 zucchini (sliced thinly)
6 basil leaves
2 ounces goats cheese
1. Toss the tomatoes in the oil, salt and pepper.
2. Place the tomatoes cut side up on a baking pan.
3. Bake the tomatoes in a preheated 325F oven for an hour.
4. Grill the zucchini slices.
5. Wrap the tomatoes, basil and goats cheese in the zucchini slices.


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"No taxation without representation" was the rally cry of advocates of American independence in the eighteenth century. Today, tens of thousands of cannabis consumers utter a similar cry over the selective and inappropriate enforcement of illicit drug taxes.
In twenty US states, those who possess cannabis or other illegal drugs are legally required to purchase and affix state-issued stamps onto his or her contraband. The total cost of the tax is generally determined by the quantity of contraband possessed. Unlike typical criminal statutes prohibiting the possession and sale of controlled substances, drug tax stamp laws primarily assess financial penalties on the defendant for noncompliance. On occasion, criminal sanctions may also be imposed.
Although nearly half of all US states have marijuana tax stamp laws on the books, few citizens observe them. Most individuals are unaware that such laws exist in their state; others fear that complying with it will incriminate their behavior. Because of this widespread noncompliance, drug tax stamps – unlike so-called "sin taxes" on alcohol or tobacco – do not collect state tax revenue at the customer's "point of purchase." Rather, the legislative intent of drug tax laws is to impose an additional penalty – tax evasion – upon drug offenders after they are arrested and criminally charged with a drug violation.
In some states such as Georgia, failure to comply with the state tax law may result in a nominal misdemeanor penalty. However, in other states such as Minnesota, failure to comply with the state's drug tax law may result in a defendant facing an additional fine of up to $14,000 and seven years in jail.
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ANDERSON, S.C. -- Using a balanced attack, the Anderson volleyball team claimed its' second consecutive win by blanking conference opponent Coker, 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-10) Friday night at the Abney Athletic Center.
Anderson (8-6, 3-2 Conference Carolinas) jumped out to an early lead in the first set behind senior Jen Moffitt's strong serving to open the contest, but Coker (1-14, 0-6 Conference Carolinas) chipped away and gained a narrow two-point advantage midway through the set.
The Trojans answered to retake the lead at 18-17, forcing Coker head coach John Stenman to call for a timeout, but AU closed out the frame with a 7-4 run.
The Lady Cobras grabbed an early edge in the second set, but AU rallied and broke away late to claim the 25-23 win.
AU raced out to a 13-4 lead in the third and final set and never looked back en route to the 25-10 win.
Jamie Lancaster, who is eighth in the nation in kills per set, recorded a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs, while freshman Paulette Rivers garnered a match-high 13 kills. Doggett posted 19 assists in limited action and Moffitt recorded three kills and 12 assists.
Cynallyhia Indriago lead the Lady Cobras in kills with six, while Abby Frame led Coker with 10 digs.
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District 2 - Redding
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June 14, 2010
Project is 11,000th stimulus transportation project nationwide
Plumas County – Caltrans today announced that construction has begun on a $28.6 million project to build a new Spanish Creek Bridge on State Route 70, improving a vital transportation link in Plumas County. The project is financed primarily ($28.2 million) by President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and is the 11,000th transportation project to be obligated stimulus funding nationwide.
"My Administration is working hand-in-hand with President Obama's team to ensure stimulus dollars are pumped into California quickly and responsibly to stimulate the economy and in this instance - invest in the future of California's transportation infrastructure," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The construction cost of this project ($12.7 million) is 36.5 percent lower than Caltrans' original estimate. The savings - $7.5 million in stimulus funds - will be redirected to fund additional highway projects.
A new 627-foot concrete arch bridge will be constructed approximately 40 feet west of the existing steel truss bridge, which was built in 1932. The new bridge will meet modern seismic and permit truckload standards. The project is expected to be completed by late 2012. The Spanish Creek Campground will be closed for the duration of the project.
"The public works infrastructure industry provides many job opportunities when given the chance to construct important, much-needed projects in California. The stimulus funds give us the ability to provide these job opportunities and make a real difference for the state and the taxpayers, both in terms of improved infrastructure and economic growth," said L. Clifford, Chief Financial Officer for C.C. Myers, Incorporated, the project's contractor.
Under Governor Schwarzenegger's leadership, California has obligated $2.52 billion in Recovery Act funding obligated to 930 highway, local street, and job training transportation projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: http://recovery.ca.gov/


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The Medical Center offers outpatient programs designed to meet an individual's needs: Intensive Outpatient and Individual Outpatient.
Intensive Outpatient Program - an alternative program for adults diagnosed with a primary psychiatric disorder. The treatment offered within the program is designed to reduce or control psychiatric symptoms.
Services of the Intensive Outpatient program are designed to:
- Avoid hospitalization for those individuals in acute crisis where there is a supportive and stable living environment
- Reduce hospital length of stay by providing a transition from inpatient care to community living
- Help patients recognize and change self-defeating attitudes and behaviors that undermine their well-being and self esteem
- Help patients meet their identified needs by developing individualized programs of care.
- Assure that appropriate aftercare plans and referrals are made when the patient completes the program
Individual Outpatient Services are offered no more than once per week. These services include individual, marriage and family counseling.
Outpatient Group Program Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
9 a.m. to Noon
Outpatient Individual Therapy Hours:
Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm, with appointment
Free assessments are available for individuals seeking outpatient services. A program representative will contact the patient to arrange for the assessment, where additional history and information about the presenting problems and/or stressors will be obtained, to ensure the most appropriate level of care. For more information, call (270) 796-2550.
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Susan Bakewell ('95) is proud of the education she received through the Women's Studies program at USF; one of the oldest Women's Studies programs in the nation and the first to be established in the state of Florida in 1987. Because it made a significant impact on her life, she and husband Don chose to focus their planned giving on this program.
"Because Women's Studies is not a very common major, people may not always think about it in terms of providing financial support," said Susan. "However, this program matters so much to me because it enriched me personally, and I want to help continue its support for future students."
Susan and Don established a planned gift following the model of Don's parents who established a charitable gift within their own estate. USF was chosen as a beneficiary as a symbolic way of repaying the University for opportunities that Susan believes were opened up by her education. Susan's career path has included working at USF, and the Moffitt Cancer Center after Don became a cancer patient.
"Though I did not choose a career specifically focused on women's issues, my education in that program has been the foundation for my professional, community and volunteer work," said Susan. "I was nurtured by my education in Women's Studies at USF and my hope is that our gift can help provide that same foundation for others."


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Special South Dakota Goose Hunt Generates Big Interest
PIERRE - Nearly 1,000 hunters have applied to be part of a special hunt next month that will target problem Canada geese in six eastern South Dakota counties.
But there are only 140 slots available. The Capital Journal reports that the Game, Fish and Parks Department will randomly select hunters and notify them by the end of next week.
Canada geese can be a problem for farmers because they feast on crops such as corn and soybeans. Since 2000, the state has spent more than $4.3 million fighting the problem.
The special hunt in designated areas of Day, Kingsbury, Brookings, Lake, McCook and Minnehaha counties is April 1-30. The birds will be donated to a program that helps feed the hungry.
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