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Geoffrey Ellis, Alan Dix, "A Taxonomy of Clutter Reduction for Information Visualisation," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1216-1223, November/December, 2007.
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Avast! Free Antivirus, Version 5.0: "…nothing short of a miracle"
Virus Bulletin, one of the most respected reviewers of security products, wrote a very detailed review of the Avast 5.0 beta products in their January issue (http://www.virusbtn.com/files/Avast-Jan2010.pdf). This is a lengthy review but to me the best line was their summation of the new free product: "the free version being available to all without charge is nothing short of a miracle". There was also a review of it in the recent AV-Comparatives test of performance/system impact. The product scored the highest rating: A+.
With the new Free Version 5.0, we attempted (and we think succeeded) to raise the bar on free security products. We decided that our new free product needed to be the best antivirus product in the world—not just the best free product. We think we have succeeded, or come darn close. Now you the users (and of course the reviewers) can let us know….
Our version 4.8 was already one of the best products available. But it did have short comings. Its user interface was, to put it mildly, unique. And its registration process was a bit cumbersome. In developing the new free product, we attempted to not only fix the shortcomings of 4.8, but to greatly expand the capability of the free product.
The free product is our flagship product. We are proud of it. It is not just a marketing product designed to drive sales. So, with the new free product, here is what we have done:
- Built an entirely new user interface. The old car stereo interface is gone replaced with a very modern and easy to use graphical interface.
- Eliminated the email registration process. The free product still lasts for a year but now it only takes seconds online to register the product. All a person has to now do is to click a "register" button—no forms to fill out and no email information to provide.
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- Ensured protection is top-notch. This was also a hallmark of the 4.8 version. We have long believed that free products should provide just as much malware protection as paid products. So in addition to the signature-based AV protection that you would expect, you also get all the modern detection techniques. Central to this is protection against web threats. These are 85% of the threats our users see—and the free product provides protection against them. There are also heuristic detections, behavioral detections, and just about any type of protection you can think of.
- Continued our hands-off approach to asking for money. We don't agree with how many free products try to monetize their free users. So with us, we don't hide the free product (it is front and center on our home page); you will not see a daily pop-up asking you to upgrade; the product will not find problems and then ask for money to fix them; and we won't scare you into upgrading. Now of course, there are sales messages. There is a message when you download the free product. There is a message when you register the free product. And at expiration time a year later, there is a message. But in all of this messaging, you are presented two choices: download/register the free product or upgrade to a premium product. The choice is yours.
- Today January 19th, the free product (and all products) is being released in English and French. Over the next 10 days we will be rolling out the product in Czech, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
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February 7th, 2010 at 07:30 | #7
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Do mean the offline database update?
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February 9th, 2010 at 12:52 | #22
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Please, could you refer to our user´s guide, that can be downloaded from this link: http://www.avast.com/download-documentation
With Kind Regards,

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By Charlene Bielema Herald Editor
The Clinton Herald
---- — CLINTON — Citing her educational experience and time on the job, Clinton City Council members have selected interim city administrator Jessica Kinser as their pick to fill the position permanently.
The council in its Committee of the Whole session Tuesday night voted 6-0 to authorize human resources consultant Paul Greufe to begin negotiating with Kinser to reach an acceptable employment contract for the position.
In a discussion that took place entirely in open session, council members one by one explained who would be his or her selection and why.
Six council members were in attendance, with five -- At Large Councilmen John Rowland, Jennifer Graf and Charlie Mulholland, Ward 3 Councilwoman Bev Hermann and Ward 2 Councilwoman Julie Allesee, who participated via conference telephone call -- initially stating that Kinser was their pick.
They cited her educational background in public administration and finance as well as her performance with the city of Clinton for the past 18 months as the reasons behind their selections.
Allesee described Kinser as unflappable, both during the interview process and on the job.
"She has an answer to every question we've had," she said of Kinser's performance.
The sixth member, Ward 1 councilwoman Maggie Klaes, said she was hoping the council would think outside the box. Klaes, the first council member to commit to a candidate during the session, said she would choose candidate Ben Benson, citing his experience as assistant city manager in Joliet, Ill.
When asked for his opinion, Mayor Mark Vulich said he had been told by a councilman that he has no vote on the matter, leading Vulich to say that he would not state his opinion during the meeting. Klaes, however, at one point indicated she believed Kinser didn't respect the position of mayor, which quickly led other council members to remind her that the session was open contingent on keeping the conversation away from discussion that could be damaging to either candidate's reputation or that addressed confidential matters.
Rowland made the motion to choose Kinser, with Graf seconding the motion.
When it came time for a vote, Klaes joined her fellow council members in supporting Kinser. Ward 4 Councilman Paul Gassman was absent from the meeting.
Kinser would replace former City Administrator Jeff Horne, who resigned in November. She has served as interim city administrator since January.
A community- and business-based committee played a major role in the selection process, which began with 24 applicants who were narrowed to a field of 17, then down to Kinser and Benson. The two finalists underwent an intensive interview process in late May.
Rowland pointed out that it cost $2,500 to test each candidate and that both did very well in the testing and were qualified to fill the position.
Graf also was impressed with both candidates, whom she described as top-notch, saying the committee did a great job with its research of the applicants.
"They were willing to take a chance on us. We're kind of broken right now," she said of the two candidates' decision to pursue the Clinton position.
The city's financial situation is what ultimately led her to choose Kinser.
"We need someone who can hit the ground running right now," she said.
Hermann agreed Kinser best fits the community's needs at this time.
"Jessica is not hesitant about confronting the council when we make a mistake," she said. "She is proactive and works well with the council."


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The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health in Cooperstown is sponsoring six daylong classes on logging safety around the state.
Both classes in this area — one Feb. 18 at Wightman's Specialty Woods in Portlandville and another Feb. 20 at a spot in Schoharie County — are filled but interested people are encouraged to call NYCAMH for further information.
The classes, conducted by Bill Lindloff's ProCuts of Endicott, will present Game of Logging training. They are limited to 10 participants because it's a hand-on class, senior research coordinator at NYCAMH Erika Scott said. It covers such topics as chainsaw maintenance, proper protective equipment and the basics of the open-faced notch, the safest technique, she said. The program is widely recognized as a leader in logging safety, she said, and 56 people were trained last year.
It fits with the agency's mission of enhancing agricultural and rural health by preventing and treating occupational injury and illness, she said.
If there's enough interest for additional classes, the agency could seek grants. The current program is funded by grants from the state Department of Health.
"I'd like to have it as a routine part of our service," she said.
Logging is one of the most dangerous industries in the country, and the classes offer hands-on training to anyone interested in learning the safety techniques for cutting, research assistant Samantha Parks said.
"We are hoping that offering this class will allow people who already log their own land to learn some safety precautions and practice safer habits," she said.
Information about NYCAMH and this and other programs can be found at www.nycamh.org. NYCAMH can be reached by phone at 800-343-7527, or email at email@example.com. A "Logging Safety Field Guide," developed by New York State Department of Health is available at http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/3132/3132.pdf.


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DURHAM — Fourth-ranked Florida State women's soccer team registered a goal with 3 minutes, 2 seconds left in the second half to upend No. 12 Duke 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.
Duke (4-3-1) scored its earliest goal of the season at the 18:16 mark as senior Laura Weinberg drove into the left side of the box and sent a perfect cross to redshirt senior Kim DeCesare. A product of Massapequa Park, N.Y., DeCesare finished with her right foot into the right corner of the net for her second goal of the season.
N.C. State 1, Pittsburgh 0: With overtime looming, freshman striker Jackie Stengel scored in the 90th minute to give the Wolfpack the ACC road win.
Stengel collected the ball 25 yards from goal and created a scoring opportunity out of almost nothing, expertly using her body to shield the ball from a Pittsburgh defender and taking one positive touch toward goal. She then struck a dipping shot toward the far post which looped over the outstretched goalkeeper and into the side netting to give her side a precious 1-0 lead with 53 seconds to play.
Not only did the goal give the Wolfpack the lead, but it also secured the first ACC win for NC State (6-2-0, 1-1-0 ACC) since Oct. 20, 2011.
Men's Soccer
• In Macon, Ga., Cardinal Gibbons product C.J. Miller scored his his first collegiate goal as Winthrop remained undefeated with a 5-2 win against Stetson. The sophomore midfielder's shot in the 35th minute took a slight deflection off the leg of a defender and into the net.
Women's Field hockey
No. 1 North Carolina 8, Radford 1: With a balanced attack that included goals from six different players, North Carolina (6-0) beat visiting Radford at Francis E. Henry Stadium.
Sophomores Nina Notman and Casey Di Nardo each scored twice for the Tar Heels, who continued to spread goals throughout the team. This fall, 14 players have at least one goal and nine have two or more. Notman and Di Nardo are the scoring leaders with five each.
No. 9 Duke 1, No. 15 Old Dominion 0: Solid defensive play and a late goal from junior forward Jessica Buttinger lifted Duke (5-1) to a shutout at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium. It was the Blue Devils' second victory of the year against a ranked opponent.
Men's Golf
Tar Heel Intercollegiate: N.C. State took second with with a 2-under, 862, 20 strokes behind first-place Georgia Tech. UNC Greensboro was third with a 9-over 873 and North Carolina fourth at 13-over 877. East Carolina and Duke tied for sixth (18-over 882).
Women's Tennis
Duke Fab Four Invitational: North Carolina freshman Hayley Carter claimed singles title at the Cary Tennis Park. The Tar Heels had an entry into the finals of all three draws, but Carter was the only one to come away victorious. She won 6-2, 6-4 against Florida's 16th-ranked Sofie Oyen.
Duke freshman Alyssa Smith got things started for the Blue Devils with a 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory aginst Ansley Speaks of Furman in the consolation singles third-place match in the blue bracket
Men's Tennis
Duke Fab Four Invitational: Duke sophomores Josh Levine and Bruno Semenzato claimed singles titles on the tournament's final day. N.C. State's Sean Weber and Thomas Weigel each earned victories.
Saint Augustine's 3, Elizabeth City State 1: The Falcons won their first match of the season on the final day of the CIAA Round-Up I.
Skyla Isadore had 17 kills and Olivia Porter and Jamie Goff added 11 kills each. Julieesa Thomas had 42 assists and Chelsea Farrior 19 digs.


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Quantum of Content and innovations in user experience
One of the viral channels responsible for the runaway success of the Avengers movie has been the return of an old-school web 1.0 gimmick: the animated gif. (Pronounced Jif, like the peanut butter) There is a proliferation of sites that allow you to make these simple animations from YouTube videos or your own sequences of photos. There are also a host of Instagram style mobile apps that are poised to make gif sharing the next user generated content breakout.
It's hard to estimate the impact of viral gifs on the social buzz for Joss Whedon's blockbuster, but a Google search of "Avengers gifs" yields 67,500,000 results! Several dedicated gif sites and Tumblr blogs have collected many and varied examples of the genre. I was tipped off, minutes ago, by web designer Ethan Marcotte's tweet, "I want all the Hulk GIFs." My favorite of them is illustrating the post above.
The most definitive caches of Avengers gifs can be found at Gifs Planet, 9e3k, and F**k Yeah Avengers. If you want to make your own from YouTube trailers (or anything else) try out GifSoup and Glickr.
Finally, if you want to participate in the next retro-style, media sharing craze, download Cinemagram or Gifture for your iOS device. For Android, try GifStitch or Gifinator. In this case, the retro element is not the Instagram and Hipstmatic style filters, but the fact that the animated gif was introduced by Compuserve in 1987!
Will this be as big as photo sharing? Will one of these apps get bought by Facebook? What impact will gifs have on the viral marketing for Prometheus, or The Hobbit? Are you ready to party like it's 1999?
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…please tell me you're not serious about this article. The "return" of something means it had disappeared, and there's no way gifs have. Clearly you do not get out on the internet much. Gifs are used on a pretty much HOURLY basis on amost every Tumbr blog out there. And not just for Avengers. I can almost guarantee that the GIFs had less to do with the promotion/success of the movie, than the fact that's it a superhero movie AND directed by Joss Whedon.
Read more closely, especially near the end.
What he's talking about is a more corporate recognition of .GIF files as a viral resource, instead of just videos alone.
There's plenty of sarcasm in this article to tip you off that he fully understands how terribly out of touch this seems.
You're just embarrassing yourself with this article.
Those Gifs, great little animations until the lawsuits start coming in from the owners of the format patent.
Since the "G" in .gif stands for "graphics", and not "giraffe" I will continue to pronounce it GIF (with a hard G).


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RALEIGH — Cardinal Gibbons was on the verge of a most improbable comeback Friday when Wilson Hunt defensive back Malik Williams bursted the Crusaders' bubble in the closing seconds of the Warriors's 25-20 second round 3AA state playoff game victory.
Both teams entered the game 11-0, but it will be Hunt, which has played in the Eastern Finals the last two years, that will move on to face Cleveland next week.
Gibbons trailed 25-14 when it got the ball back with just 2:12 left in the game. Junior quarterback Dante Dimaggio took his team 80 yards and then scored on a one-yard run with just 37.7 seconds left to pull to within 25-20 after the try for two failed.
The Crusaders' onsides kick bounced off Warrior Justin Jefferson and Crusader Robby Mohney recovered on the Hunt 48, giving the hometeam one more chance to score.
DiMaggio threw one incompletion. He then lofted a high toss downfield on the left side intended for Stepehn Boyle, but Williams jumped in front of Boyle, caught the ball, and came down on the four yard line, sealing the Warriors' win.
"I could never be prouder of team than tonight," Gibbons coach Steven Wright said. "We battled a great Hunt team. We got ourselves in a hole with four turnovers, but battled back and had a chance to win. The end came down to what you would expect from two undefeated teams."
Gibbons jumped ahead 7-0 in the first minute of the game After Boyle returned the opening kickoff 85 yards, DiMaggio tossed a 29-yard touchdown pass to Trevor Zaruba.
Hunt had an answer in senior runner Josh Joyner, who scored three of his team's touchdowns, on runs of three, 57, and 14 yards.
He ended the game with 221 yards and has over 2,200 yards on the season.
Gibbons played with quarterback Shawn Stankavage, who tore an ACL in last week's 57-52 victory over Gray's Creek. He is expected to have surgery on Tuesday and will miss the basketball season.
Wright knew Hunt would be a challenge and thought the game might come down to a key defensive stop.
Hunt ousted the Crusaders in last year's third round.


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Here's how RW members rated this race (142 votes).
In short: My most enjoyable marathon experienceIn full: This was my first trip to the lovely Isle of Wight.The 2007 marathon was tough but it was well organised and followed a scenic route around the island. There was enough water and sponge stations, in fact they seemed to be at just the right intervals. The facility to have your own drinks taken out to drink stations was appreciated and the collection on the course was seamless. Very freindly and helpful organsers and marshalls contributed to a well organised event. I would love to come back. I was pleased to finish inside the top 20, but there were a few points after 19 miles where I was unsure of which way to go. A few more marshalls or even signs would have helped remove the doubt.Date of review: May 22, 2007
In short: Like hills? You'll like this race.In full: Well marshalled course and a friendly atmosphere. Well organised too. Quite a tough profile though. Date of review: May 21, 2007
In short: Tough course providing satisfying sense of achievementIn full: I thoroughly enjoyed the race. Even though I was right at the back the marshalls were splendid, very encouraging and helpful. Could have done without the strong wind in the second half which interfered with any potential benefit of the occasional downhills. Didn't like the traffic, though.Date of review: August 29, 2006
In short: New meaning to undulatingIn full: Up until an hour before the race still not sure that my ankle was up to it but soldiered through. A challenging race but the first 10 miles takes it out of you. Well done marshalls. Hopefully next year will be injury free and better run but not a pb ... will save that for Silverstone I think.Date of review: August 25, 2006
In short: EXCELLANTIn full: A Bit hard going specialist no cones on main roads.You have to risk your live.But its won wondertfull marathon half?Date of review: August 22, 2006
In short: I was very tired!!In full: Great small event - sadly lots of cars, inevitable at this time of year.As a visitor I'd have liked a few more signs/route markers in the last three miles, but all the organisers and marshalls did a great job.However, had a great time running with two islanders - a very nice woman and an Irishman who ran this as his first half of 1:52. Well done mate!I'll do it next year if the family holiday fits........Leek next weekCheersKenDate of review: August 21, 2006
In short: Hilly and horribleIn full: As my first half marathon, this was a real challenge. I almost had a heart attack when I saw the hill profiles before the race, and several times whilst running it. Marshalls nice and friendly, if a bit thin on the ground. Lovely scenery, shame about the traffic jams - running uphill breathing in fumes wasn't much fun. Small race, so it was just me and a friend near the back for the most part, with no-one else in sight. Probably better for more experienced runners.Date of review: August 21, 2006
In short: HILLY AND CHALLENGINGIn full: this was a challenging race with plenty of hills to go up not what you would class as pb potential.i dis the iow marathon this year and thought that was hilly but this seemed to be worse!the marshalls and organisation were every bit as good as the iow marathon but the only bad thing was the amount of 'yobs' in cars going past shouting out crude messages to the runners as they went past and the lack of patience from cars as the went past us , is this realy the way that the islanders are? (don't get this problem in other races on the mainland!!Date of review: August 21, 2006
In short: Good but Hilly nice as part of weekend away to the island. Not worth special tripDate of review: August 20, 2006
In short: Bloody hard work this one.In full: From a personal perspective one horrible race, although I achieved a PB found the whole race a nightmare. Although I had done this route in training 15 minutes quicker, found today a right mare.I will do it again as I know I can do better. If you like hills then this is a good race for you. Hats off to the chap that won in 1:10. If only I ws that good. Thanks to Ryde Harriers and lets not forget the marshalls. Could have done with one on the right turn to the finish, noticed quite a few people missed the turn and expected to finish on the road where the start was.Date of review: August 20, 2006
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Last week, the Buffalo school district released its student suspension data for last school year. With the district overall taking more of an "intervention" approach to resolving student problems, rather than a punitive approach, short-term suspensions have fallen districtwide over the past several years. The district also approved a new Code of Conduct in the spring designed to reduce suspensions further.
But long-term suspensions for serious offenses have risen over the last two years. Moreover, certain schools have shown alarming increases in their short-term suspensions, as well.
Of particular note is Harriet Ross Tubman School 31. This elementary school, serving children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, issued 666 short-term suspensions in 2012-13. While that number ('I'll try not to read into this any demonic signs) is high on its own, it's even higher in the context of the school's total enrollment. School 31 enrolled 455 students last year. That means many students were repeatedly suspended from the school last year. The year before that, the school suspended 573 children, so the number of suspensions actually rose over the last two years, contrary to the overall districtwide trend.
The principal at School 31, William Boatwright, has been reassigned this school year to Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center No. 99. The new principal at School 31, Heather Short-English, comes to the district from Las Vegas, Nev., where she previously served as an assistant principal.
Aside from School 31, Hamlin Park School 74 and Math Science Technology Prep School 197 also showed alarming increases in their short-term suspensions, particularly in relation to their overall school enrollments.
Below is the suspension data provided by the district and broken down by school. Many of the columns on this report refer to suspensions that occurred in June of 2013. For the cumulative year-end data, look at the last two columns on the first two pages where short-term suspensions are shown. The letters "YTD" and "PrY" refer to "year-to-date" (2012-13 total student suspensions) and comparison numbers for the "previous year" 2011-12. To view these numbers in context, look at your school's total enrollment figure, which is listed as "Tot Enr" on the chart.
The third page of the document is a bar chart showing the districtwide short-term suspension trend. The fourth and fifth pages refer to long-term suspensions. On those two pages, you want to look at the columns similarly marked "YTD" and "PrY" for school-year totals.
The last two pages of the document break down long-term suspensions by type. The numbers in bold across the top of the sheets identify the school number. Be aware that the figures on these last two pages are only for the month of June 2013.
We're glad Will Keresztes, chief of student support, provided this information to the board and took the time to further explain it to us on Monday.


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Artistic integrity
Date: January 13, 2010
by: Heidi Kurpiela | A&E Editor
The Artist Series of Sarasota is no snore-fest.
Now in its 14th season, the series, which kicked off its fall performances with Red Priest, a rock-chamber quartet led by a British recorder player dressed as a 17th-century pirate, continues its forward momentum by bringing new and edgy talents to Sarasota.
"It just seems like each person we get brings something new and different," says Lee Dougherty Ross, who founded the Artist Series with her husband, Jerold, in 1996. "I'd say Red Priest was our most unusual group ever. They wore costumes and made music like you'd never heard before. And the recorder player was beyond 'Pied Piper.' It was just awesome."
The series' winter concerts resume this month with Elizabeth Pitcairn, whose red violin inspired the 1999 Academy Award-winning movie, "The Red Violin." Pitcairn, who has never performed in Sarasota before, will reunite Jan. 24 with pianist Toby Blumenthal Phillips, whose music camp she attended as a child.
In February, newcomer Hanan Alattar, a soprano who recently debuted with the English National Opera as Musetta in "La Bohème," will perform "Aria Ready" with pianist Grigorios Zampara, followed by the Amelia Piano Trio.
Awarded National Public Radio's Young Ensemble in Residence in 2003, the Amelia Piano Trio will perform pieces from Debussy, Bernstein and Chopin.
The spring series begins in March with pianist Ya-Fei Chuang and continues into May with the Italian Saxophone Quartet's "Ragtime Tangos and Blues" and Brahms' "Liebeslieder Waltzes," a collection of 18 poems arranged for two pianos and a vocal quartet. "Liebeslieder" will feature Sarasota dancers Yvette Revelli and Jahrel Thompson dancing a stylized Viennese waltz — a rare bonus given the Artist Series' focus on non-local musicians.
And back for their third Artist Series engagement is superstar piano duo Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Anderson. The duo's plucky, high-energy performances have landed them on MTV's "Total Request Live" and NPR's "From the Top." In 2006 they replaced Hollywood composer John Williams on Juilliard's "Cinema Serenades" concert with their "Star Wars Fantasy" piano composition.
"They're young, cute and full of verve," says Dougherty Ross of Roe and Anderson, who will perform "Ragtime a la Turca" June 6 and June 8. "It says a lot when we bring someone back a third time."
Seeing red: Q&A with Elizabeth Pitcairn
Artist Series musician Elizabeth Pitcairn is the 36-year-old owner of the Mendelssohn Stradivarius violin that inspired the 1999 Academy Award-winning movie, "The Red Violin." Pitcairn, who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, and Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Historic Asolo Theater, discusses what it's like to play and travel with a 290-year-old instrument reportedly worth $1.6 million.
Describe the first time you saw the violin.
"I was 16 years old and I was a senior in high school. I was winning quite a few violin competitions, and my mother, who had heard about this amazing red violin coming up for auction at Christie's London, got special permission to let me try it out for 20 minutes."
Why is the red violin so cherished?
"It produces a huge sound in a concert hall. It's not something you'd play in a small room. It's designed for extreme projections."
How do audiences respond to it?
"When I'm really in a zone, it becomes an extension of myself. We kind of melt together. I don't know if it happens in my head, my heart or some other place, but people tell me they can see the moment when I just let go and the music transcends everything."
How do you travel with it?
"It's attached to me at all times. I compare it to taking care of a child. You have to watch them like they could hurt themselves at any second. My brain is hyper aware of it. When I'm traveling with a less valuable instrument, I don't feel nearly the same way."
Any close calls?
"One time I was coming back from Russia and a customs agent took it out of my hands and I'll never forget the feeling of utter helplessness as she held it out while thousands of people streamed past. I knew she could confiscate it at any second. I almost had a heart attack."
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Does spliting your cardio workout effect calorie burning and other that junk?
Like going from 30 minutes of running to 3 sets of 10 minute running, at the same speed
also, that would help me up my speed
then could i also break one of those up into sprints and dashes, say 30 second sprint, 30 second run for 4 minutes, and then 1 minute high speed run then 1 minute jog for 6 minutes?
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Why not instead of doing true sets, just slow down (to a walk/crawl speed) between your intense times? This would also help you up your speed -and- keep you warmed up between sets. As to how this would affect calorie burning, the upping of speed and intensity should help you burn some more, but if you kept the same speed through the thirty minutes whether you did them as 3 sets or one long period should not actually make a difference.
Course, I'm still trying to understand the concept of HIIT style cardio and why it ups your metabolism for a longer period of time afterwards.. Reason why I'm mentioning this, is I'm wondering whether the period of rest and intensity in HIIT would also apply over to your set theory. Hopefully someone else can explain if that comes to play in this.
i didn't mean 30 second runs only, i meant doing it for a solid 10 minutes, but breaking it up like that
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Breaking it up how? If you mean coming to a complete stop between sets then my statements still apply. I don't think you should come to a complete stop, just for the factor of warming up, and keeping the muscles warmed up.
Or, if the comment about '30 seconds runs only' was applied to my mention of HIIT cardio, then I'll say this part again -- The only reason I mentioned that is because I'm not sure how the HIIT cardio speeds up the metabolism rate for a higher period of time then normal cardio, and was kind of curious if the affects of doing a 30s sprint/30s dash for 4 minutes and a 1min high speed run/1min jog for 6 minutes could also trigger those same results.
I think we're confusing one another. Maybe that's just me.


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I'm conflicted. Now that Player's Handbook 2 is out, I've started looking at the character sheet for Deimos, my beloved tiefling warlock, and wondering if he wouldn't look a little more appealing if he were, say, a barbarian. Or an avenger. Or, God help me, a bard.
I'll admit it. I have newcharacteritis. I can't stop thinking about rolling up a new character. Playing a new character. Leveling up a new character. And now that all the PH2 data is in the Character Builder, I'm doubly screwed. More options, and it's easier to make a character? Gah!
So I've been thinking a lot about how to get my new character fix. I've danced around this topic a bit in a couple of editorials, but I've given it more thought and I have some ideas. The first two are pretty basic, and you'll hear them from a lot of folks in the office here.
Play More Games. Yes, playing in more D&D games is something we'd all like to do more of. But as we've said many times, 4th Edition is easier to run than past editions and you have dozens of adventure options to choose from at this point -- there just aren't any more excuses. So start a new game, and at least your friends will be able to get their new character fix. Heck, maybe your new campaign can involve:
Round-Robin DMing. Again, we've said this a lot. Whether this is a new campaign or an established one, round-robin DMing can be combined with new characters. That way, each DM has a unique, unchanging group of PCs to deal with, and those PCs always struggle against the same DM. Sounds fun, right? It is!
Alternatively, you could try my new favorite idea:
The Swap Out. Build your campaign structure (or alter an existing campaign) so that you swap out characters every few levels. You could make the swap after each adventure or adventure arc. Your existing character goes on the backburner for some reason, while the JV team gets to step up. After a bit, you swap back. You could have a number of in-game reasons for this approach.
Geographic Swap: Your different adventuring parties are actually in different parts of the world, but they're working toward a common goal. Maybe they'll eventually meet up, and the two parties can mingle and swap some members.
Time Swap: Your two parties are at different points in the campaign timeline. It would be like having one party adventuring in an Eberron campaign during the last war with another in the present day. Both groups could even be working toward similar goals, in theme if nothing else. Or maybe some quirk of the campaign means the timeline is in flux, so the groups know they're working in tandem with other adventurers in a different part of the time stream (think Lost). Wacky!
Multi-Group Free-for-All: You run multiple groups all in the same session, pursuing different but related tasks. Think about the end of Return of the Jedi, when one group is attacking the shield generator and one is attacking the Death Star. You could set up a situation where you run a second group of characters during climactic moments in a campaign, each contributing to an immediate, pressing, but distinct goal. The DM shifts the focus back and forth to meet the demands of events and dramatic tension.
Superfriends: This is my favorite idea. Each player has a stable of heroes he or she can draw from for each adventure, kind of like the Superfriends in the Hall of Justice. Each adventure, the Hall sends out a different squad. Sometimes Superman, Wonder Woman, Samurai, and the Flash. In the next, Batman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and El Dorado are on the case. The number of PCs available is really unlimited. You could play someone new each week!
If all else fails, you can always get your multiple character fix by building a hybrid character. Using the playtest article for Player's Handbook 3 that comes out next Monday, you can wrap the best of two classes in the body of one adventurer.
This might sound like heresy to campaign purists, but all these ideas are options I'm considering for the next game I'm involved in. If I don't figure out a way to try out some of these new character options soon, I'm never going to be prepared for PH3.
What about you? Have you found a fun and innovative way to run multiple characters in the same campaign? If so, let us know! Send your stories to email@example.com.


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