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Next year, theme park fans in Southern California will get their chance to enjoy one of the most technologically advanced interactive dark rides ever built. But it's not coming to Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood or even Knott's Berry Farm. It's coming to Six Flags.
Yes, Six Flags can build something other than roller coasters and carnival rides. Magic Mountain's new ride for 2017, Justice League: Battle for Metropolis – Ride, Play, Triumph, is an indoor ride along the lines of Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland or Transformers the Ride 3D at Universal Studios Hollywood. It's got moving vehicles roaming through a richly detailed environment, carrying you on a superhero adventure that's straight out of the movies.
And it's a game, too.
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis first opened at Six Flags Over Texas for the 2015 season, where I got to ride it on its media preview day. Since then, Six Flags has put it in St. Louis, Mexico City and Chicago, with plans to add it in Atlanta and New Jersey next year, as well as Magic Mountain.
As the name implies, it's a fight between the Justice League characters and their foes from the DC Comics universe over the fate of Metropolis … and you're in the middle of it.
Developed by Sally Corp., the company behind the Lost Kingdom Adventure ride at Legoland California, Justice League's targets aren't on the practical sets you would find on that Legoland ride. This is a 3D attraction, with targets that exist in virtual space, along the lines of Knott's Berry Farm's Voyage to the Iron Reef.
In the original Texas installation, all the game play happened on a half-dozen 3D screens, as well as on a fog screen. (How cool is that?) The idea is to blast the Joker's orange-suited henchmen and Lex Luthor's robot army before the Joker uses his laughing gas to disable and take over the city. The more targets you hit, the higher your score. And as with any theme park shooter ride, there are Easter eggs hidden throughout that can help boost your score … if you know where to find them.
But the story is engaging on its own. The frenetic narrative pace in this three-minute ride at times matches the best moments of Universal's Transformers ride while drawing you ever more convincingly into the action through the game play.
Even if you don't play the game, you will need at least a couple of times on the ride to see all that's happening – which should be good news for Six Flags' season pass sales. Valencia can be a long haul up Interstate 5 from Orange County, and the typically blistering summer heat in the Santa Clarita Valley can make the park a tough sell for anyone outside northern Los Angeles County who's not a dedicated roller coaster fan.
But Justice League might just help Six Flags Magic Mountain appeal to theme park fans who spend more time – and money – at Disney, Universal or Knott's. After all, many of the components of the ride come from the same companies building attractions for those parks. The same firm (Oceaneering Entertainment Systems) that made the ride vehicles for Universal's Transformers ride, built the ones for Magic Mountain's ride.
And above all else, the ride is indoors – in a cool, dark, air-conditioned space, which might be the greatest attraction of all on a summer day at Magic Mountain.
Does Justice League signal a new direction for Six Flags toward more family-friendly rides and away from roller coasters? Probably not, but some balance might not hurt the company as it looks to keep boosting its attendance in a competitive theme park industry. And if a surge of Disney and Universal fans heads up Interstate 5 to Magic Mountain next summer, who knows? Maybe Six Flags will order up another round of character-themed, narrative-driven family attractions.
Robert Niles is the founder and editor of ThemeParkInsider.com. Follow him on Twitter @ThemePark.


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January 19, 2012
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Midterms are considered to be one of the most stressful times of the year for high school students. They can be even more nerve-wracking for freshmen, who are new to the exam experience. Fear not, freshmen, WSPN is here to answer your questions and help you survive midterms.
Are they like MCAS?
There are similarities between midterms and MCAS, because like MCAS, midterms contain a variety of multiple choice, open response, short answer and/or essay questions depending on the subject and teacher. However, MCAS is a standardized test that is mandated by the state of Massachusetts while midterms are a test written by your teacher.
How should I study?
The best way to study is to begin 1-2 weeks before the test. Do not wait until the night before to cram. Procrastination is a bad habit that will not benefit your grades. The first step is to organize all of your notes by unit. You then can begin reviewing through everything learned this semester. A good way to study is by using resources like Quizlet, doing extra problems in your textbooks and seeing your teacher if you need help. Make sure not to study for more than two hours at a time because you will become unproductive; to break up the time, get up to stretch and have a snack to maintain energy.
How much will midterms affect my final grade?
Midterms are worth 10% of your final grade. Finals are also worth 10% and grades from each term are worth 20%.
"I'm so stressed out! What should I do?"
When you're feeling weighed down by studying, a simple way to lift your spirits is by eating healthy and exercising, so you have plenty of energy. Also, you can relax by listening to calm music or hanging out with friends to get your mind off of the exams. Take a deep breath, it'll be okay.
How long is each exam?
Each exam is written to take an hour and a half. If you finish taking your exam before that time ends, you must stay in the room. Once that time is up you may leave the room. If you need more time to finish, you have up to another half an hour. After you finish your exams for the day, you can leave. One of the benefits of midterms is that you can go home earlier than during regular school.
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You may have read this elsewhere but it's really too important to skip so we're going to spend some time talking about the latest Internal Revenue Service blunder in today's Open Item. According to Brian Fung of National Journal, the IRS accidentally exposed the personal information of thousands of Americans associated with nonprofit political 527 groups – something they weren't aware of until Carl Malamud, founder of a nonprofit transparency group, gave them a heads up.
Malamud discovered the breach after contacting the agency about records the IRS had asked him to ignore in an earlier release related to disclosure of data from 990-T tax forms. Fung reports:
Just the day before, Malamud had filed another letter to the agency describing a problem with the 990-Ts. Of over 3,000 tax returns contained in the January update, 319 contained sensitive data the agency should have scrubbed, Malamud wrote in the July 1 report that he filed to the inspector general's office. In that mixup, some 2,319 social security numbers—perhaps more—were revealed.
Given their ineptitude Malamud has suggested the IRS shut down their 527 group database until they can get their house in order. It's quite shocking really when you consider how much trouble the IRS is in already for their excessive data gather efforts with respect to 527 groups aligned with conservative advocacy that they're now getting in trouble for being too lazy with regard to how information about these organizations is safeguarded. If you consider the above quote from the article, they missed over 10% of the 990-T forms that were in the sample release and that 10% allowed thousands of Americans' information to get released into the wild.
I'll give the IRS the benefit of the doubt in that I believe this was incompetence, not deliberate. There's no evidence that they were focused on conservative groups in this blunder, but the real problem is that as we learn more and more about the extent of the government's data gathering efforts slip ups like this mistake shake one's confidence in their ability to actually keep the information.
This situation brings to mind a clip from an old Seinfeld episode where he's complaining about a rental car company's ability to follow through on reservations… the government knows how to collect the data – anyone can collect data really. The government's problem is it doesn't know how to keep the data secure and private – which is the essential problem associated with data collection in the first place.
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Tonight is the Indiana Republican Party's dinner where many officers will be marking their last day on the job. It should be a nice sendoff for the departing officers as well as a re-introduction of Governor Mike Pence's selection to lead the party moving forward, current State Auditor Tim Berry. We'll bring you any interesting updates from the dinner tonight.
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In early October I announced that I would be joining Ron Coleman in a pro bono defense of Patrick Frey of Patterico's Pontifications and his wife Christi Frey in response to a federal lawsuit filed by Nadia Naffe here in the Central District of California.
Today I write to offer pleadings for anyone interested in the case, and a pleasing update regarding its status. As long as litigation continues, I'll refrain for both prudential and stylistic reasons from arguing our case here, other than to say we continue to believe the case is an abusive and meritless attempt to retaliate against protected speech. As a result, I won't be explaining the motions or legal theories, or helping you decipher legalese. You're on your own. Sorry.
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The following are conformed copies of the relevant documents, all filed publicly on PACER:
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Ms. Naffe's Notice of Dismissal Of Her Claims Against Mrs. Frey, and of Certain Claims Against Mr. Cooley
The Update
As you can see, Ms. Naffe dismissed all claims against Mrs. Frey in response to our motions.
Today I appeared before Judge George H. Wu on our motions. His written tentative ruling is attached here. Note, as stated in footnote 1, that he treats allegations of fact in the Complaint as true for purposes of the motion to dismiss, as is appropriate; that's not a finding that the allegations are true. Many are not.
In brief, Judge Wu agreed with us that the Complaint failed to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 because the facts alleged do not show that Mr. Frey was acting "under color of state law," as is required under that statute. After argument, he gave Ms. Naffe what he described as "just one chance" to amend — that is, he gave her a chance to file an amended complaint to see if she could plead facts sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Section 1983. Generally judges err in favor of giving a chance to amend.
Judge Wu did not reach the anti-SLAPP motion or the state law claims it addresses Rather, he questioned — on his own, not at our urging — whether Ms. Naffe could satisfy the damage cutoff for diversity jurisdiction, which is one of her asserted bases for federal jurisdiction. To the extent Ms. Naffe relied upon federal question jurisdiction based on her Section 1983 claim, Judge Wu indicated he would exercise his discretion to refuse to extend supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims. In other words, Judge Wu questioned whether a federal court should hear the state claims at all. That will undoubtedly be the subject of the next set of motions.
I'm pleased that Ms. Naffe dismissed all claims Mrs. Frey in response to our motions. Although the case continues, I'm also pleased with this result, and look forward to challenging Ms. Naffe's amended complaint to vindicate the crucial First Amendment issues involved. Patrick's trying a case, so you probably won't get an update from him any time soon.
A Note About Sarcasm
I'm only going to address one minor issue in the briefs and the tentative ruling, because it involves me and this blog. In March, well before Ms. Naffe sued and I appeared in this case, I wrote a post about Ms. Naffe's threats against Mr. Frey. In that post, referring to Mr. Frey's point-by-point questioning of Ms. Naffe's accusations against James O'Keefe, I dropped this line:
The defense attorney in me is tempted to say that this is the most thorough consideration of exculpatory evidence that I have ever seen from a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, but that would be uncouth, so I will not, and you should definitely forget that I brought it up.
I thought that this was self-evidently a joke, a friendly swipe by a snarky criminal defense lawyer talking about a prosecutor. I was rather surprised to see both Ms. Naffe's counsel and — in response – the judge seem to take it literally. Such are the hazards of sarcasm. Or maybe I should say, as I always do to my wife, kids, law partners, and anyone who will sit still, that nobody understands me.
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Boys & Girls Club becomes the first Leed® Platinum building in Red Lodge
High Plains Architects of Billings, announced today that the Boys & Girls Club of Carbon County has achieved LEED® Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for New Construction and Major Renovation v2009 rating system. The building, owned by the Boys & Girls Club of Carbon County, is the first LEED Platinum project in Red Lodge, Montana. It is also the first LEED Platinum certified project in Montana under USGBC's v2009 rating system. Located on the corner of Villard and 9th St West in downtown Red Lodge, the 1-story, 9,700-square-foot building was designed by High Plains Architects in 2010. Turning Leaf Construction, along with numerous local consultants and subcontractors, played an integral role in the project, completing construction of the addition and renovation in 2012. "[The Club] wanted to be an "irresistible" draw for kids and to use this opportunity to make a huge impact," explained principal architect and owner of High Plains Architects Randy Hafer. "They wanted the remodeled club to be a proud and attractive asset in the community." When the Club began working with High Plains, the Boys & Girls Club of Carbon County was full to capacity. Since first opening its doors, the Club had grown to serve over 668 youth. They provided 64% of the K-12 population of Red Lodge with quality enrichment programs and distributed scholarships for memberships and camps to 37% of qualifying kids. They involved 429 kids through outreach events beyond regular Club activities. Additionally, they facilitated high yield learning activities, homework assistance and cooking and fitness activities. Yet, it was apparent there was need for additional programs, services, and space. Working within a tight budget, the project included the extensive renovation of the existing Club facility, as well as a major addition for a multi-purpose gymnasium space, all while the Club was occupied and operational. "The Boys & Girls Club Board and staff wanted the remodeled building to provide a safe and healthy environment, as well as a tangible, hands-on example of sustainable design and environmental stewardship to future generations of kids," explained Executive Director Jody Ackerman. Through an integrated design process, the project achieved ambitious goals by utilizing many sustainable design strategies: salvaged, recycled, & healthy materials, natural daylighting and ventilation, an 8.7kW PV array, and a 3,400 gallon rainwater collection system for toilet flushing and native landscape irrigation. The building is 52% more energy efficient and uses 86% less water than a building of the same size and type built to typical building codes. The project overcame many challenges including aligning with the City's development requirements and complying with CDBG regulations. Completion of the Club was made possible by collaboration with local banks, a CDBG grant and generous donations from the community as a result of a rigorous fundraising campaign led by Boys & Girls Club Board President Anna Feinberg. The renovated Club has a historically sympathetic exterior which contributes to the Red Lodge Revitalization Master Plan and fits the historic character of downtown. "I think that there is a preconceived notion that a LEED project is going to require some level of sacrifice. We learned that there was no sacrifice. Instead, knowledge, thoughtfulness, and patience were what helped the project succeed," said Feinberg.


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It's not a real debate moment, but a Hollywood debate moment.
It's from the movie Swing Vote. One of those movies that probably didn't get great reviews, but I loved it! It was Kevin Costner doing what Kevin Costner does best. Playing a regular guy.
Before you watch the debate moment, here's the trailer in case you're not familiar with the movie.
So because of a preposterous set of circumstances, regular guy "Bud Johnson" finds himself moderating a presidential debate.
Cheesy? Maybe. But maybe it's so compelling because I see some of Bud Johnson in me.
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WrestleMania 30 [RUMOR]: Bill Goldberg Has Talked To Triple H About WWE Return, Will He Make A Comeback? [VIDEO]
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Bill Goldberg confirmed that he has spoken with WWE COO Triple H about a return to the company for a match at WrestleMania 30 on April 6 but that no deal has been in place due to Goldberg's financial demands for such a return being "very significant." Could the WWE and Goldberg possibly come to terms so that he can return at WrestleMania 30?
According to Wrestlingheadlines.com, Goldberg made an appearance at the C4 Comic Con event in Winnipeg a few weeks back and confirmed that he and Triple H have had some discussions on a possible return, but while they have spoken about it no deal was put in place.
The report states that Goldberg said he was open to coming back to the company in order for his son to see him wrestle once, but he would only do it for the right price and a big payday. Goldberg reportedly said that he would never call the WWE up and ask them to return but the ball is in their court regarding striking a deal with the former World Champion.
According to Wrestlingheadlines.com, a WWE insider said that Goldberg's financial demands were "very significant," which could possibly put a wrench in the return plans.
Goldberg noted that the WWE tried to sway him by saying "think of the pop you'll get" from the crowd if he were to return but he also said that they were "barking up the wrong tree" with their negotiating tactics.
Goldberg hasn't appeared at WrestleMania since 2003, but he may be gearing up for a return.
The rumored opponent for Goldberg if he returned has been Ryback as he has drawn "Goldberg" jeers from the crowd with the WWE audience accusing Ryback of trying to emulate Goldberg and the WWE may use that to launch a match. Ryback was recently in hot water with the company for using Goldberg's signature moves on a recent WWE tour without permission from upper management.
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Ryback then furthered the rumors of the two squaring off by saying he'd like to face him in the ring at WrestleMania.
"I've heard him say he's not happy with comments I've made about him, if he has a problem with it let's settle it at WrestleMania," he told the show, according to CBS.
Goldberg's comments were different than what he was saying on Twitter a month ago about a possible return. When a fan on Twitter asked him if he and Steve "Sting" Borden would appear at the event, Goldberg replied, "Sting, maybe...Me not likely" and he also said there was "no chance in hell" he'd be booked in a WrestleMania match against The Undertaker. If Goldberg doesn't return, it is rumored that Ryback will take on The Big Show.
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Dorwinion or Dor-Winion, the "Land of Wines", is a land which lay on the northwestern shores of the Sea of Rhûn. In Dorwinion was made a heady wine, which was strong enough to let even Elves get drunk and fall asleep.
Nothing is known about the realm or its inhabitants, were they Elves or Men. Dorwinion may have been the only Avari realm close to the Westlands of Middle-earth. It was already well established while the Atanatári were still young.
Dorvinion is mentioned by in the Narn i Chîn Húrin, where it was drunk in Thingol's halls of Menegroth. It is said there to lie in the "Burning south", which might suggest it was a different "Dorwinion", or may just have referred to the fact it came from the more southern lands of Rhovanion by way of the Dwarf-road of Beleriand.
Dorwinion is mentioned as the place where the special wine of the Elvenking comes from, and the crates are returned by way of the Forest River to Lake-town on Long Lake.[1]
The name is Sindarin meaning "Young-land country" from dor and gwain plus the geographical ending -iond.[2]
It has been suggested by Tolkienists that the name may not have been Sindarin at all, but come from an Avari or Nandorin tongue.
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Tolkien in several unpublished text mentions Dorwinion mainly to the South. The canonical location was decided at random by Pauline Baynes while drawing her map of Middle-earth. Tolkien was surprised but agreed.[3]}}
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Ardour with VST GUI issue
I just compiled and installed Ardour with VST support. Everything is fine but small GUI issue which is described in HOW-TO.
But I am not able to solve this.
"The GUI/editor for the plugin doesn't appear!
When you go to edit the plugin parameters, you may see just a blank gray window, or two windows (one gray, one with the plugin editor in it), or one window looking the way you would expect. This behaviour is controlled by Wine's "managed windows" settings, and unfortunately there is no single correct value for this. Which setting you want depends on the window manager you are using, so if you see this gray window/no window issue, run wine-config. Go to the "Graphics" tab and change the curent setting of "Allow the window manager to create managed windows". Then restart Ardour and try again. This appears to fix the issue for almost everyone."
I don't know what does mean this: "run wine-config"
When I put in console wine-config ... wine-config: command not found
When I put in console wine -config ... wine: could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\-config.exe": Module not found
Thanks for any suggestions/help
Best Regards
I think it should be winecfg. At least that is what it is on Ubuntu (with wine from winehq.org)
Yes, run the command winecfg, and it may take a moment, but eventually it will launch. From there, just follow what the How-To said and you should be fine.
Thanks a lot,
yes winecfg works... but next instruction is:
"Go to the "Graphics" tab and change the curent setting of "Allow the window manager to create managed windows". Then restart Ardour and try again. This appears to fix the issue for almost everyone." "
In my wine configuration window is message: "Allow the window manager to control the windows"
and this was checked. Maybe different version of wine.
I unchecked "allow pixel shader" and choose vertex hardware shader none.
Still the same "double plug-in window"
I tried all possible setings for wine configuration window (graphics tab),
but still "double plug-in window" :-(
I have wine 0.9.54-1~etch1
Any suggestions/help?
PS:matter is worse... when close these windows and try open again only grey one apears..
so no possible make settings on this plug-in more.. only solution is to reopen session :-(
Hi Mirami,
I have the same problem with debian testing and fluxbox, running Ardour2.3-vst an wine 0.9.56.
The bad news is: The double windows and the only-once openable window is caused by the too recent version of wine. Downgrade to something like wine 0.9.44 (mabye a bit oabove also workls, I don't know at which point it is broken) or alike if you want this to work. But you will have other issues like crashed with older versions of wine (alas also with newer version, but different ones...).
I wrote my experiences with Ardour-VST here
and I would rate it "broken" altogether. Do not use Ardour VST or you won't get happy. I don't know myself what to do; I really need some VST plugins, but I guess I'm better off using bad LADSPA plugins than having more errors than anything else on the screen.
Plus, you won't be able to get good support from the developers - they cannot do much about errors resulting from code of wine or third party VST plugins. Ardour with VST support isn't debuggable, and I'd wish the developers would cut VST support to avoid people to get false assumptions about what Ardour can do, because this is not a bad thing caused by Ardour; it's about the plugins.
VST plugins (nearly all) are made for MS Windows, so you need an "emulator" like wine to run them in Linux, and I guess this will always be unstable (maybe unless wine really focuses on VST plugins, but they are more working on making Adobe Photoshop and alike available).
have you tried wine 0.9.57 ?
If you are a bit flexible and look for a compromise, just try and run your VSTs in dssi-vst and create inserts in ardour's tracks. I get very near stable results like this. I think (but am not sure) that ardour is internally using FST for its VST support. But I also use Rosegarden for my MIDI editing and soft synth stuff, it's internally using dssi-vst for supporting VSTi's and I am very satisfied by it + dssi-vst version 0.6 does not require the steinberg headers. I use e.g. Addictive Drums and Pianoteq which integrate very well in my studio environment. Maybe it's something ardour could get inspired from for VST support ? or maybe the Ardour VST issues have another origin ?
and thanks for help ... It seems to be problem mainly by wine...
Benjamin can you pls describe a little difference in behavior between different version of wine... to choose easier working version.
Thorgal I didn't tried wine 0.9.57 I am using 64studio distro which is very stable and based on stable etch repos.
Your suggested wine is from Sid repo with a lot of dependencies.. too much fo me... don't what risk unstable system.
Thanks for tip... dssi-vst
As regards VST I found this link ... seems to be interesting ... http://naspro.atheme.org/
@thorgal: I don't really understand how to use dssi-vst, and how to use it in an insert effect (does this work with correct latency btw?). Is there a detailled instruction out there?
I tried Rosegarden with dssi-vst and it looks great because it only shows the values of the plugin and not the colorful interface. But Ardour does no support dssi and there are no plans for it (referring to Paul Davis whom I asked about that within the last 2 weeks).
According to th file names, I also think that Ardour uses FST, but I don't know what this means in practice.
@mirami: If I have enough time within the next month, I may try different wine versions and document the results. As for now, I can only say that I used wine 0.9.44 or 0.9.45 and it crashed every 2 minutes while I edited. 0.9.55 and 0.9.56 are a bit more "stable", but they have the windows problem (your report above) and also crashed at various times.
Hey Benjamin,
You use dssi-vst like this :
e.g. when I want to use the Addictive Drums VSTi, I can launch it from a shell :
jack-dssi-host dssi-vst.so:Addictive_Drums.dll
or I can make a nice icon in my desktop panel with the above command
It requires that you have the jack-dssi-host installed, a /usr/local/lib/vst or /usr/lib/vst with your VSTs dlls or that you have the env variable VST_PATH set to where you have them. Note : do not leave spaces in VST dll filenames, you can of course rename them at your own will (I just use _ instead of spaces).
Once your VSTi is running through dssi-vst, it will be visible in e.g. qjackctl like any other jack app. Then, you can create an insert in the pre or post-fader track plugin area, and set the ins and outs of your insert, etc (I have by default a jamin insert in the master post fader and a VST running through dssi-vst can be created just like this jamin insert).
This is as easy as this :)
Regarding latency, wineasio does a good job! but YMMV :)
Thanks Benjamin,
this information "wine 0.9.44 or 0.9.45 crashed very much and 0.9.55 aor 0.9.56 are a bit more "stable" but have double window"
is good enough for me... This mean wait for better VST support...
Maybe next release :-)
Hey Thorgal,
this is *the* tip of the year! In this way you can run a clean and stable non-vst Ardour Version and nevertheless use VST Plugins! In the worst case the Plugin would crash, and not Ardour, yeah!
But one very important aspect is: How do you save the Plugin configuration? Ardour cannot do this as far as I understand it, because the Plugin in the dssi-host is like another program. Can jack-dssi-host save different configuartions in some way?
Yeah, the worst I experienced was a jack shutdown. Ardour simply disconnects but does not crash :)
Now, about what you ask, I don't really know, it depends a lot on the VST you're using. I only use this trick of mine for 2 VST intruments (Addictive Drums and Pianoteq), so I cannot really tell you much VST effects. But my VSTi's allow me to save my own presets, and so on. These two VSTi's are really running great under wine and as dssi plugins. So once again, YMMV :)
One more thing, as part of an experiment, I tried the following :
- install virtualbox
- install winXP
- run winXP through virtualbox
- output the sound using pulseaudio
- run the jack-pulseaudio modules on the linux host
et voila :)
install all your windows VSTs in the virtual machine, have fun :)
I tested this stuff with great success but it's just a proof of concept because the virtualbox takes up quite some CPU ...
so if you don't have a beefy PC, forget it! and regarding latency ... I haven't really measured anything because this setup is not really useful as of now. Maybe in the next months or next year ;)
Thorgal, thanks for these suggestions. Unfortunately my most important VST effects cannot save configurations on their own...
DSSI support in Ardour would be so awesome...!
Well, and as of virtualbox... I could install WinXP (well, first get it...) but then I could just install it as a real OS and run a Windows DAW on it I guess...
Maybe I'll ask the developers of jack-dssi-host if they could implement something to save settings. Or bribe the Ardour developers to implement dssi support ;) Was't there a topic about paying for feature? ;)
haha! that's true, if you had winXP, why not run a winDAWs ? ;)
I just happened to have a legal copy of winXP pro that I never used for anything. When I heard that virtualbox was using pulseaudio on the linux host, I immediately thought about the setup I described above, and tried it just for fun. And it works! just unusable at the moment though ...
Regarding DSSI support, it's already implemented in Rosegarden where I use my VSTi's as soft plugins (you should see Addictive Drums being controled by rosegarden, it's really cool, you just edit your MIDI drum patterns on the fly, enable jack transport, control transport from Ardour, etc, really great!) I don't think there would be much work to do if one could only import the rosegarden dssi code to ardour (?)
The rosegarden interface has plugin editing capability so you don't need to fire up the VST native GUI but it has limitations, my VSTi's have too many parameters for rosegarden to handle on its GUI so I do need the native VSTi GUI. Anyway, could something like that be implemented in Ardour ?
On another note, have you tried 'vsthost' through wine ? I never really tried it since I wanted a linux native host but I know it works. It might even help you save VST settings (?)
I filled a feature request:
I hope I got everything right. It would be great if we could get the developers to implement dssi support. I'd really pay for this feature if available.


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What is the Best for Undereye Bags and Wrinkles. Botox or Thermage?
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What is the Best for Undereye Bags and Wrinkles. Botox or Thermage?
I would not recommend Botox or thermage for the undereye bags. Depending upon anatomy and goals, filler or some form of lower blepharoplasty can help the area in question. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Learn more: http://www.hughesplasticsurgery.com/Upper-and-Lower-Eyelids.php
DON'T WASTE MONEY byVillar
Botox and/or Thermage are a waste of time and money for bags or wrinkles under the eyes. Seek a hands on examination by an experienced surgeon to evaluate whether you are a good candidate or not for some type of blepharoplasty. Best wishes. Knowledge is power. Luis F. Villar MD FACS
Learn more: http://www.youtube.com/VillarPlasticSurgery
Best treatment options for bags and wrinkles under the eyes.
Neither Botox nor Thermage are particularly effective in treating bags or wrinkles under the eyes. Botox can be helpfull for wrinkles in the crows feet area but would weeken the lower lid if placed in the under eye area. Thermage has no effect on the fat that creates the under eye bags. The most effective treatment for under eye bags is removal or re- distribution of the offending orbital fat. This requires surgery. As for Wrinkles, laser or chemical peeling in lighter skin types is likely the most effective.
Learn more: http://www.8west.ca/eyes-brows/internal-lower-eyelid-blepharoplasty/
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What is the Best for Undereye Bags and Wrinkles. Botox or Thermage?
Hi Susan and thanks for your question
Neither Botox nor Thermage will help. Bags are due to excess fat and skin that is made prominent by the shrinking of the facial bones immediately under the bulge. A lower lid blepharoplasty with fat redistribution will give you the result you are after.
Under eye bags require treatment at a deeper level
Generally bags under the eyes are caused by issues deeper than the skin. Thermage is designed primarily to treat skin laxity, and while it may cause some improvement in the fine lines and crepey texture of the skin of the eyelids, I don't think it will really address the problem causing the bags, so I wouldn't be real enthusiastic about Thermage in this setting. The bags form when the tissue layer holding the fat pads around the eyeballs becomes loose, allowing the fat to protrude and fall forward. This creates a contour similar to a "beer belly" which hangs over a belt line. In this instance the only strategies worth considering are those to tighten up that layer holding the fat or even remove some of the excess fat (which is a whole other topic, probably best left for another thread!), or to camouflage the contour differences between the protruding fat pads and the cheek. Botox, being a neurotoxin, has only one function: to relax muscle, thereby either relaxing wrinkles or moving structures like the brow. Thus, I really don't see it as having any role in the treatment of eye bags per se. Injection of a filler like Perlane would be appropriate to camouflage or blend the contour irregularity. The only other treatment that I could recommend for this would be a surgical blepharoplasty to tighten the orbital septum/eyelid muscle and address the fat protrusion.
What is the Best for Undereye Bags and Wrinkles. Botox or Thermage?
The only option to remove undereye bags is surgery - lower blepharoplasty. Lower eyelid bags can also be temporarily camouflaged with dermal filler treatments performed by a highly experienced injector. These treatments typically last up to 12 months and need to be repeated if you're happy with the result. Botox will help with Crow's feet but will not improve lower eyelid bags. Thermage will not help with this issue. I hope this information is helpful.
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Undereye bags needs surgery
Undereye bags will not respond to anything other than surgery. Thermage can tighten the skin a little but not enough to hide the fat bags and Botox will only make them more prominent.
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Theoretically, thermage would be better.
Botox can actually weaken the orbicularis in the area of the festoon and make it look worse. Thermage theoretically will tighten the tissues and this would help tighten the tissue that makes the festoon. I say theoretically because many patients seem very disappointed by the results they get with thermage. I do not offer the service personally because I do not believe that it is a good value proposition and seems to offer only very subtle results.
Treatment options for under eye bags and wrinkles
Under eye bags are normally caused by protruding fat under the eyes, which would not be affected by Botox or Thermage. Usually, under eye bags need to be addressed surgically or sometimes a filler can be placed under them to even out and improve the appearance. Wrinkles on the sides of the eyes can be helped with Botox, but normally the wrinkles under the eyes would need surgery or a laser to improve them. I do not personally perform Thermage, so I'm not sure how effective it would be with treating under eye wrinkles.
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I feel the food at WDW is the best from their cheeseburgers to their sit down table service restaraunts. 58. I go through serious withdrawl if I skip a year and not go to WDW. 59. ^It causes me to be depressed. 60. At least once a week I have to search youtube for WDW videos. 61. ^I usually watch Wishes. 62. My all time fav parade was the Mickey Mania parade. 63. I hated when they turned the castle into a pink cake. (gross) 64. I always look for alligators (not at the animal kingdom) and I have yet to see one. Although many other people have seen them in the surrounding lakes or on the side of the road. 65. I use to never stay on WDW property. 66. I will never NOT stay on WDW property ever again. 67. If i go to Universal or Sea World, I feel gulity. 68. No other parks in the world can ever measure up to a Disney park. 69. I have never been to Disneyland Ca. and Im totally Ok with that. 70. ^I would like to visit one day. 71. I get angry when I think about Walt not being able to see WDW open. 72. I strongly feel if he was still alive things would be different-and for the better. 73. When on vacation. I need to have a different disney shirt to wear for each day. 74. I plan what shirt-shoes-shorts I am wearing for each park ahead of time. 75. The worst thing about WDW is the coffee. I hate it. except from the Poly. 76. I always have to have the vegatable lo mein from Lotus Blossom in China when I visit WS. 77. I always have to have a beer @ the UK. 78. I LOVE Off Kilter! 79. I dont own any of their cds yet I love to hear them when Im there. 80. I take a minimum of $1000.00 to spend and I budget how much that gives me divided by the days Im there. (its true) lol 81. I go on a shopping spree and buy things like.. Mickey mac n cheese, Mickey pretzels... and anythign else you can only find at wdw. 82. Everything tastes better at WDW whether it really does or not. Im not sure. lol 83. I'm glad they dont sell alcohol at the MK. 84. The first time I visited WDW was in 1976-77. (i was 6 or 7) 85. I was told by my parents all me, my bro and sis wanted to do was ride Dumbo and watch the MK parades. 86. I have no idea when, why and how my Disney obsession came about. 87. All my coworkers know about my Disney obsession yet I hardly ever speak to these people. lol 88. Mostly everyone I know thinks about me when they see disney stuff. 89. I have Peter pan syndrome. maybe thats why I am the way I am? 90. The air feels cleaner when Im at WDW. 91. I feel very safe at WDW. 92. I leave reality at the door at WDW-and forget all my troubles. 93. I wouldnt know what I would do without Disney. 94. Disney. Its part of my personality. 95. I always receive something disney for xmas and my bday. 96. My favorite character is Pluto. 97. Most people think my fav character is Mickey 98. Im not too fond of the Princesses =/ 99. 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Simona Halep's superb form continued in 's-Hertogenbosch last week, as a week after she won her first WTA title in Nürnberg, she secured her second WTA title and first on grass with a defeat of Kirsten Flipkens in Saturday's final. Among her noteworthy stats of late:
- Dating back to qualifying in Rome, where she reached her first Premier-level semifinal, she has won 16 of her last 18 matches - including 10 straight.
- She recorded three Top 20 wins in 's-Hertogenbosch and has won six of her last seven matches against Top 20 opponents.
- She is the fifth Romanian to win multiple WTA titles after 11-time winner Virginia Ruzici, four-time winner Ruxanda Dragomir-Ilie, four-time winner Irina Spirlea and two-time winner Alexandra Dulgheru.
- She became 's-Hertogenbosch's second Romanian winner after Dragomir-Ilie in 1997.
- She became the fifth player to capture WTA titles on multiple surfaces so far this season:
Simona Halep: clay, grass
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: clay, hard
Maria Sharapova: clay, hard
Elena Vesnina: grass, hard
Serena Williams: clay, grass hard
Vesnina Victorious In Eastbourne
Elena Vesnina picked up her second WTA title, both of which have come this year, at the Aegon International with a victory over Jamie Hampton in Saturday's final. Among her feats in Eastbourne:
- She collected her fifth Top 10 win over No.6 Li Na in the quarterfinals.
- She became the third Russian to win Eastbourne after Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2004 and Ekaterina Makarova in 2010.
- Eastbourne was the seventh WTA title won by a Russian so far this season, more than any other country. Here are the Russian winners:
Maria Kirilenko: Pattaya City
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: Monterrey, Oeiras
Maria Sharapova: Indian Wells, Stuttgart
Elena Vesnina: Hobart, Eastbourne
Doubles Winners
Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik netted their fourth WTA title as a pairing and third this year in Eastbourne, in the process tying Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci for most by a duo in 2013. Petrova now has 24 WTA doubles titles to her name, while Srebotnik has 33 - fourth-most among active players.
At the Topshelf Open, Irina-Camelia Begu and Anabel Medina Garrigues were victorious in match tie-breaks in all four of their matches. In the last of those, Friday's final against Dominika Cibulkova and Arantxa Parra Santonja, they overcame a match point in the match tie-break. The last time a title-winning duo was extended to match tie-breaks in each of their matches was at Acapulco in 2011 when Mariya Koryttseva and Raluca Olaru did so.
's-Hertogenbosch was Begu's second WTA doubles title and Medina Garrigues' 20th - two of which have come in 's-Hertogenbosch. The Spaniard joined a list of 11 active players with at least 20 WTA doubles titles:
1. Lisa Raymond: 79
2. Cara Black: 55
3. Liezel Huber: 53
4. Katarina Srebotnik: 33
5t. Janette Husarova: 25
5t. Kveta Peschke: 25
7. Nadia Petrova: 24
8. Samantha Stosur: 23
9. Serena Williams: 22
10. Venus Williams: 21
11. Anabel Medina Garrigues: 20
Ranking News
- Eastbourne champion Elena Vesnina jumped 14 spots to No.22, matching her career-high.
- Eastbourne runner-up Jamie Hampton was the Top 100's biggest climber in going from No.41 to No.25. In so doing, she made her Top 40 and Top 30 debuts two weeks after making her Top 50 debut.
- 's-Hertogenbosch champ Simona Halep ascended 13 spots to a career-high No.32.
- 's-Hertogenbosch semifinalist Garbiñe Muguruza went up 11 spots to a career-high No.59.


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Completing the Mobility Puzzle, Finally
It was the talk of our latest Fleet Europe event, mid-November in Barcelona: How the European Fleet industry is at a crossroads, and that the road ahead is called Mobility Management - with technology and connectivity broadening the end user base to all corporate employees.
Experts have been predicting that future for some time now. So why it this feel different this time? Because right now, the pieces of the mobility puzzle are falling into place. That vision of the future is turning into reality - now. For a variety of reasons, many of which are relevant only to themselves, all stakeholders now are firmly on board.
However, as we see its outline much clearer now, that puzzle will be more complex to construct, count a lot more pieces of various shape and size, and carry a larger inherent risk of collapse than we foresaw from a greater distance, some years ago.
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The Fleet Manager will become a Mobility Architect. The Fleet Manager's scope was limited to managing the mobility of those employees who were eligible for a company car. The Mobility Architect will have to manage a much wider range of mobility solutions, for a much wider audience. He or she will be responsible for planning, developing and managing the mobility strategy for all company employees, in line with the company's overall strategy and objectives.
It will be their task to pick from that wide range of mobility solutions the ones that are most in tune with employees' in terms of cost, attractiveness and usefulness. Those needs can change overnight, so Mobility Managers will be tasked with anticipating shifts in behaviour, and continuously scouting for innovative solutions. Romain Trébuil of L'Oréal put it like this: "You could say my team and I are now our company's external R&D department".
The success of mobility solutions depends on the variety of local offers, and the quality of the local infrastructure. This implies that the variety of options will be much greater than in the fleet management paradigm. As a consequence, the relationship with regional and local stakeholders will become key.
Also on the corporate side, a greater number of stakeholders will become involved in deciding, approving and promoting the Mobility Strategy for all employees. HR, Finance, Legal, Health and Safety, Facilities and potentially even more departments will all want to have their say.
The engagement with this large array of stakeholders is essential for the success and sustainability of the Mobility Programme, because in the end, it is everyone's project. This also means that a community of care must be established. Fortunately, formulas like gamification are proving both successful and fun in doing just that.
On the supplier side of the new, mobility-oriented equation, two questions will be key: How do the suppliers position themselves in the mobility arena, and how to they monetise their mobility offering?
Car Manufacturer
Car Manufacturers will have to stop focusing on 'metal-bending' - i.e. producing vehicles only - and position themselves around four main pillars:
Leasing company
To stay successful, Car Lease and Fleet Management companies will also have to rethink their business models. The only way to do that is to establish an indispensible presence in the wider mobility arena. Simply continuing to fund vehicles and provide assorted services will no longer be enough to sustain their business model in Europe.
As the empowerment of employees and private customers leads to a drastically changed user profile with different needs and wants, so the services offered by Lease and Fleet Management companies must change. They will need to include car-sharing and other shared services, multimodal transport solutions, telematics to monitor vital statistics, and apps and mobility cards to access a variety of options for choosing, reserving and paying for mobility solutions.
As with Car Manufacturers, the big question for Car Lease and Fleet Management companies will be whether to be a generalist, offering a complete scope of mobility solutions, or to become a specialist, focusing on specific areas the better to monetise these.
Other suppliers
Fuel, Assistance and Insurance specialists are just some of the other suppliers who will also be impacted strongly by the change to the mobility paradigm. The accelerating electrification of vehicle fleets and the corresponding pressure on combustion-engine vehicles is putting urgent pressure on fuel suppliers to rethink their business model towards electric mobility, in which the ability to offer charging facilities and battery-related services - next to the traditional food and lodging services - is going to be essential.
Assistance and Insurance companies will have to accommodate the shared-mobility space, and the fact that autonomous driving will impact the number and nature of the incidents and accidents. This will of course involve huge changes to their vehicle-related businesses.
With lots of energy and passion, start-ups and (other) disruptors are launching innovations in the mobility, safety, connectivity and payment segments of the automotive industry. The pace of innovations will only accelerate in the years to come. In fact, business agility - a key characteristic for start-ups and disruptors - will become a defining trait of the mobility space in the near future, as traditional business models are transformed or superseded.
Those startups who are best able to add value - and find financial backing for their innovations - will have a serious chance to slice off a significant piece of the mobility cake. But breaking into the business will not be easy: traditional fleet and mobility players may be less agile and shackled to longer-term strategies, but they also have deep pockets, profound knowledge and strategic partnerships with experts and customers.
Perhaps the best option for both disruptors and traditionals is to find appropriate partnerships and build on each other's strengths. For disruption and innovation are both inevitable and necessary, especially in the fields of technology, connectivity and mobilty...
Let's be clear: these are exciting times - despite the complexity of the puzzle that is integrated mobility management. In time, we may look back nostalgically on the much-simpler times when Fleet Management was the industry paradigm. But for now, our focus for 2017 is to effect the changes that are coming in the most efficient way possible.
Change can and will be bewildering. But all stakeholders should keep in mind the three guiding principles that will keep your business and our industry successful: flexibility, simplicity, user-friendliness. Whatever your personal role, and the position of your company on the mobility chessboard, those three keywords are vital for your future success. Have fun in 2017!
For the past three years Steven Schoefs has been Editor in Chief of Fleet Europe. In this role he is responsible for the editorial content Fleet Europe's magazine, its website www.fleeteurope.com and the annual Fleet Europe Forum & Awards, the platform for sharing and exchanging knowledge among decision makers and peers in the fleet industry, held at a different location in Europe each year, and attracting over 500 fleet managers, owners, experts and others with an interest in fleet At the heart of his editorial philosophy is the quality of content and the search for new fleet management developments and trends, whether it is in terms of product, services, legislation, mobility issues or market evolutions. Steven also coordinates the International Fleet Managers' Institute (IFMI), a platform for sharing and exchanging knowledge among peers in the fleet industry. He is also involved in strategic and budget issues and for managing the team of company and freelance journalists. Steven has always worked very closely with Caroline Thonnon, the Business Development Director and herself a recognised authority on the fleet business.
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DARTFORD Harriers members had a busy weekend competing at a trio of events.
Several represented the club at Saturday's English cross country national championships take at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.
Holly Page finished eighth in the U15 girls' race.
Chloe Sharp had a strong run as well, finishing a very creditable 40th.
Rebecca Burford, Ellie Coleman and Amy Hart finished 289th, 330th and 333rd respectively, meaning the U15 girls placed 19th overall.
In the U13 races, Cameron Sharp finished 194th ahead of Rowan Burford who crossed the line 377th in the boys' race, while in the girls race Claudia Bates and Jasmine Fairman finished 353rd and 376th respectively in their first national event.
Connor Burford finished 226th in the U17 men's race, and Bonnie Maugey was the sole representative in the U17 women's event, where she placed 180th.
Alex Cameron ran well to finish 125th in the U20 men's category.
Craig Sharp and Reuben Burford took on the gruelling 12km course in the senior men's race.
Sharp finished 470th with Burford 756th in a field of more than 1,600 runners.
The weekend also saw the BUCS indoor championships take place in Sheffield, where a trio of Dartford athletes competed wearing the colours of their respective universities.
Jodie Leslie ran a personal best of 26.31s to finish third in her 200m heat and qualify for the semi-finals, where she finished fourth after running a strong leg on Bedfordshire University's 4x200m relay team.
Rob Hammond jumped a season's best of 6.29m in the long jump and ran the opening leg for the University of Sussex in the men's 4x200m.
Thomas Howlett represented Brunel University in the 60m hurdles (8.86s) for fourth place in his heat, before jumping 1.88m in the high jump final to finish 11th.
Howlett also competed in the shot putt, recording a distance of 12.42m, and the long jump, where he jumped out to 6.40m to finish fifth in his qualifying pool.
Elsewhere, brothers Oliver and James Hussey were selected to represent Kent in the Sportshall regional finals at Burgess Hill at the weekend.
Oliver won the shot putt, setting a new games record of 13.68m, and finished sixthh in the four-lap race before taking fourth in the standing long jump, narrowly missing out on qualification for the British team by two places.
James, meanwhile, finished fourth in the shot putt with a new personal best, and sixth in the four-lap race.
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