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'Future of Intellectual Property Law' is topic for experts at SCU conference
Friday, Apr. 20, 2001
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-April 20, 2001- The Santa Clara University School of Law today announced a detailed schedule for its national conference next week on law and technology.
The conference, "Law and Technology: The Future of Intellectual Property," will be held in the de Saisset Museum auditorium on the SCU campus on Friday, April 27.
The 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. conference brings together legal scholars, lawyers, and government and industry leaders to discuss intellectual property law as it relates biotechnology, the semiconductor industry, the Internet, and implications of the Microsoft case. Panelists include corporate attorneys from Intel Corporation and Sun Microsystems.
"In the age of the Internet, bioengineering and microdevices, what is the future of intellectual property law?" is one question posed by conference organizers. "What are the challenges that lawmakers, lawyers innovators and society face in balancing protection of intellectual property rights in new technology with affordable access and promotion of the arts and sciences?" is another theme of the SCU conference.
The law school conference is the second day of a two-day "Technology Week" at SCU examining the impact of technology on society. On April 26, SCU's Center for Science, Technology and Society, in a conference sponsored by Applied Materials and Regis McKenna, will bring together leaders in business, higher education, science, and public policy to examine the economic, social, political, and moral implications of the Internet.
Friday's conference on intellectual property law is sponsored by the law school's High Tech Law program. The lunch and keynote speaker will be Q. Todd Dickinson, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the U.S. Patent Office. He served as principal policy advisor to the Clinton Administration and Congress on all domestic and international intellectual property matters.
The conference's closing comments, at 4 p.m., will be from Ronald M. Whyte, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of California, which has one of the most active intellectual property dockets in the country.
The intellectual property law conference has been approved for five hours of Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit by the State Bar of California.
The day's schedule:
7:30 a.m. Registration.
8:45 a.m. Opening Observations. Donald Chisum, SCU law school, author of the 15-volume reference text on patent law.
9:15 a.m. Panel: "The Future of IP: Semiconductors." Edwin H. Taylor, patent attorney and founding partner of Blakeley, Sokoloff, Taylor and Zafman; C. Randall Bain, patent attorney and foundin partner, Brown & Bain; Peter N. Detkin, vice president and assistant general counsel at Intel Corp.
10:45 a.m. "The Future of IP: Biotechnology." Dorothy J. Glancy, SCU law school, has written on privacy law and electronic signatures, and a research fellow for the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Science; Robert Sapolsky, physician and professor in biological sciences, neuroscience and molecular and genetic medicine; Gerald P. Dodson, partner, Morrison & Foerster, represented the University of California in UCSF v. Genentech regarding ownership of patents to the gene sequences associated with the Human Growth Hormone; Oliver R. Goodenough, intellectual property law professor, Vermont Law School. Noon. Lunch and Keynote. Q. Todd Dickinson.
1:15 p.m. "The Future of IP: The Internet and Networks." Allen Hammon, SCU law school, has written on media regulation and mass media technology; Steve Perlman, founder of Rearden Steel Technologies, inventor of WebTV, and former principal scientist for Apple Computer; Tom Dunlap, vice president/ legal and government affairs, general counsel, Intel Corp.; David Balto, assistant director of the Office of Policy and Evaluation, Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition.
2:45 p.m. "The Future of IP: International Competition after the Microsoft Decision." George J. Alexander, SCU law school, former dean (1970-1986) and current director of the Institute of International and Comparative Law and of the law school's L.L. M programs for foreign lawyers and in international and comparative law; Michael Morris, senior vice president and general counsel, Sun Microsystems; Bryan Ford, SCU law school, has consulted on the Microsoft antitrust case; Thomas Schatzel, patent attorney and senior fellow at the SCU law school; Susan A. Creighton, partner at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, specializing in antitrust litigation, and most recently represented Netscape Communications in the Microsoft antitrust case.
4:00 p.m. Closing comments, Ronald M. Whyte.
4:30 p.m. Cocktail reception, Adobe Lodge, SCU campus.
The Center for Science, Technology and Society was created in 1997 as an international Center of Distinction at Santa Clara University. It aims to provide guidance and expertise on ways to foster innovations that lead to beneficial, humanistic, and sustainable legacies for society.
The SCU School of Law, founded in 1912, combines a tradition of excellence with a commitment to ethics, diversity, and social justice, and is fully accredited by the American Bar Association. Its 900 students work in criminal and civil community law clinics, and may earn certificates in intellectual property law, international law or public interest law.
The SCU High Tech Law Program offers a specialty certificate in intellectual property law, and in the fall will admit its first students in a new master's program, offering an LL.M. degree in intellectual property law.
Santa Clara University, located in northern California's Silicon Valley, is a Jesuit university with 7,350 students. Recognized in 2001 by the American Association of Colleges and Universities for its undergraduate programs, and known nationally for its graduate and professional schools, SCU celebrates its 150th anniversary in the 2000-2001 academic year.
To register, call 408-551-1868. Fees are $100 for entire day; $25 lunch only; with panel attendance free for students. Individuals who attend both the CSTS conference and intellectual property law conference pay only $150 for the CSTS Conference and $75 for the law conference.
To obtain press credentials, or to get more information or schedule interviews, contact Barry Holtzclaw in SCU Media Relations at 408-554-5125. For more information about SCU, visit www.scu.edu. For more information about the High Tech Law program, visit www.scu.edu/law/hightech; for more information about the Center for Science, Technology, and Society visit sts.scu.edu.
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If there's an aspect of Michigan State's offense that looks better now than it did in September, it would have to be the receiving corps.
In September, MSU's receivers were guilty of everything but the housing crisis. Things only could get better after a three-game stretch involving 18 dropped Andrew Maxwell passes.
Still, some consistency is starting to emerge, starting with Bennie Fowler -- the expected No. 1 receiver this season before early-season struggles, a brief benching and a steady surge from there. ...


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The winners of the "Best New Artist" trophy at the most recent Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, DAAP Girls, will celebrate the debut of their new music video tonight at Japp's Annex on Main Street in Over-the-Rhine.
The spooky, visually arresting clip is for "Molly," one of the many great tracks off of the band's debut album, Tape Songs (every song has a girl's name). Shot at the Kenneweg Compound in Alexandria, Ky., "Molly" was directed by local visual artist Philip LaVelle, alongside graphic designer Josh Jacob and videographer Sean Steininger. The video is mesmerizing and matches up with the lurching, dreamy swagger of the song perfectly. It's fairly low-budget, but doesn't look it, with it's creatively captivating effects and overall vibe.
DAAP Girls guitarist/singer Stuart MacKenzie provided this synopsis of the video:
"The video tells a story of five young people on the cusp of adulthood enjoying a last weekend together. (Unbeknown) to them, they are being viewed by the ghosts of their future's past. The video incorporates aspects of romance, nostalgia and magical realism to tell an alternate, complimentary story to the song."
Tonight's new video celebration at Japp's kicks off at 9 p.m. with a DAAP Girls performance, followed by the screening of the clip at 10 p.m. The band will perform after the screening as well.
Here's a sneak peek of "Molly," followed by the video's creative credits:
Directed by Philip LaVelle
Filmed by Sean Steinger and Josh Jacob
Edited by Sean Steinger, Josh Jacob and Philip LaVelle
Special effects by Josh Jacob
Casting by Erica Turer
Catering by Joe Diedenhofer
Filmmed on location at Kenneweg Compound, Alexandria, KY
Special thanks to Josh and Stephanie Kenneweg
Cast: Cody Reinhard Amir Gamble, Zachary Müller, Sarah Davenport, Rosie Carpenter, Emma Roberts, and Allison Gathof
DAAP Girls is: Jay Duckworth, Stuart MacKenzie, Daniel Peterson, Alex Duckworth, Michael Felger, Collin Thompson, Brian Gilronan.
Those retro/modern/futuristic urban-gothic sonics are perfectly reflected in the brand new video clip for "Oxygen." The ominous video — written by Thomas Stemrich (Director) and Josh Chiara (Director of Photography) of local band Holy Beast — was shot over three days in Northside and Over-the-Rhine.
The nutshell synopsis of the video:
"In New Berlin, in the basements of post-industrial mansions, lost youths pray to shrines for nothing and participate in rituals that don't matter. But tonight, one of New Berlin's daughters is through with the minutia, ready to dive beneath the insincerity of cult posturing, and finally awaken the beacon of change that swells beneath the city streets. Will this be another lost night in Neverland or will she finally meet the beast of her dreams?"
Stemrich and Chiara have made other music videos, including "Night Drive" for the local act Polar Sky (Polar Sky and Skeleton Hands both record for locally based Racecar Productions). Sharfe says "Night Drive," and now "Oxygen," are unofficially akin to part of a "series," with the Polar Sky clip setting the "New Berlin" tone initially, and the Skeleton Hands' video taking it further.
"In the New Berlin videos, we see Cincinnati through a dystopic lens," Sharfe says. "Prostitutes, cults, deities, people with holes in their torsos. Strange stuff."
Skeleton Hands are currently taking pre-orders for copies of Gone on vinyl. Click here to get in on the action. "Oxygen" will be available as a single this fall through Racecar. The single release will feature remixes, including ones by Kontravoid and the aforementioned Polar Sky.
The duo also returns to the MidPoint Music Festival this year, coming up towards the end of September in various venues around Over-the-Rhine and Downtown. Skeleton Hands is slated to perform at 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, at MPMF venue Below Zero Lounge (on Walnut Street, next to Emery Theatre). Click here for MPMF tickets (or visit Fountain Square Friday night between 8-11 p.m., where you can buy tickets in person — one night only — for $10-$20 off).
The grand finale of the season-long MidPoint Indie Summer concert series is Friday on Fountain Square. It's always a bittersweet moment — the free series ends for this summer, but that only means that the MidPoint Music Festival is less than one month away.
The MidPoint Indie Summer series concludes just in time to kick off Labor Day weekend this Friday. The show is headlined by internationally beloved/locally based Why?, which is set to release its Golden Ticket EP in a few weeks. The EP is the result of some fan-engaging fun on the group's website.
On the Why? site, frontman Yoni Wolf explains: "We would write a theme song for one customer who came to the … web store and bought something every month. Like Mighty Mouse. It would be a song about that person. We'd read all about them on Facebook and Twitter, and sometimes even go so far as to contact their significant other to ask them questions. Then I would write the song on piano and my brother would take the skeleton of lyrics and piano and turn it into a fully realized arrangement." (Read more on Why? here.)
(Wolf, by the way, has also been hosting his own very entertaining podcast called The Wandering Wolf (free for download on iTunes and Soundcloud). The show's have been hilarious and insightful, with Wolf chatting with guests like James McNew of Indie Rock legends Yo La Tengo, Cincinnati Hip Hop legend Mr. Dibbs and he and his brother's own father.)
Also at the finale, there will be a one-time only special on tickets to the forthcoming MidPoint Music Festival 2013. Those purchasing tickets in person at the Square Friday can buy three-day passes for $59 ($10 off) and three-day VIP passes for $149 ($20 off). Visit mpmf.com for the latest on the fest and mpmf.cincyticket.com for tickets (if you can't make it Friday).
Also performing Friday on the Square: Nashville's Moon Taxi and Cincy's Vito Emmanuel. Showtime is 8 p.m.
On June 4, one of the more beloved bands in Cincinnati (and, increasingly, the rest of the country), Indie Pop greats The Seedy Seeds, announced that they were going on "break" on their Facebook page. The post was worded to suggest this is an "indefinite hiatus" — the words "break up" were not used, but there's no sign of activity from the band on the horizon (fans are also leaving "R.I.P." messages on their Facebook page).
In the "break" announcement that sounds like a "goodbye" one, the trio writes, "While we each have new projects to which we must now turn our energies, it's very hard to imagine how to live any moments from this point on as anything but Seedy Seeds."
Some of those new projects have been making themselves known recently. Seed Margaret Darling has been performing her solo material regularly on the local club front and, yesterday, it was announced she has some touring in her immediate future.
The band Distant Correspondent, described as Indie Dream Pop and featuring members located in different cities around the world, announced that Darling will be joining them on their upcoming fall tour. The supergroup made itself known to the public earlier this year and received a lot of press right off the bat. The band features David Obuchowski from Brooklyn's Goes Cube, the U.K.'s Emily Gray (from British Post Rock crew and John Peel faves Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia), multi-instrumentalist Michael Lengel on drums (whom Obuchowski met when he moved to Colorado) and Seattle bassist Tyler Wilcox, as well as fantastic Indie singer/songwriter Edith Frost (who is not touring with the band this fall).
Here's what Obuchowski had to say about bringing Darling into the fold:
Being in a band with members in different cities and even countries is pretty liberating. Sure, it's not always the easiest thing in the world from a practical standpoint. But the flip-side is that it affords us the opportunity work with musicians we love, even if they don't live close.
With that in mind, we're thrilled to announce that we'll be bringing along Cincinnati-based solo artist, MARGARET DARLING as our featured vocalist for our upcoming record release tour. We're big fans of Margaret's solo work, and her work in the now-defunct Cincinnati indie-pop powerhouse THE SEEDY SEEDS. In fact, when it came time to put together a show in Cincinnati for our record release tour, we asked Margaret Darling to share the bill with us before we tapped any other artist. Margaret's music (as a solo artist and with her former band, The Seedy Seeds) has been described as "dizzying, perplexing and wonderfully fun" (NPR), and "no less than impressive - intimate and addictive" (CincyMusic.com).
Darling is joining the tour as "guest vocalist," beginning on the opening date in Denver on Oct. 23, the day after the band's self-titled album is released through Hot Congress/Old Flame Records. Click here to check out the music video for the Distant Correspondent track "Summit."
Meanwhile, Darling's Seedy Seeds co-founder Mike Ingram has been busy as a road sound technician, but he has found time to work with a new collaborator, great local singer/songwriter/guitarist Jasmine Poole, who works under the name Wonky Tonk.
Ingram (who harmonizes and plays guitar) and Poole have been working on new Wonky Tonk material and, given their hectic schedules, they even created a cyber-concert for fans to check out while they wait for it.
Wonky Tonk Live Aug 2013 from Wonky Tonk on Vimeo.As luck would have it, both musicians are currently in town and tonight will be performing at the Nothside Tavern. The free show (in the club's "front room") features Wonky Tonk, Mr. Pointy and Kyrst and starts at 9 p.m.
Saturday at Mayday in Northside, the great Cincinnati Indie Rock band Koala Fires will be performing for the last time. But the band is also saying goodbye with a gem of an album, Doom of the Norns, the band's second full-length, which will be officially released tomorrow in conjunction with the show. The Fires will be joined by Chicago's Brighton, MA and Cincy's Jody Stapleton and the Generals. Performers from Cin City Burlesque will also entertain between sets. Doors open at 8 p.m. and admission is $7. (Koala Fires will donate half of their merchandise sales Saturday night to help relocate the women of the Anna-Louise Inn.)
Doom of the Norns is a compelling piece of art, an Indie Pop/Rock record with a hefty emotional weight. Singer/songwriter Matt Mooney's vocals have never sounded better, his honey-dipped instrument crooning the album's up-and-down tales of finding love and losing it. It's not a unique concept, but in Mooney's hands, it feels real, raw, somber and often explosive. (Mooney wrote the record to help him get through the demise of his 10-year marriage.)
Mooney and guitarist Ben Evans play beautifully off of each other, their intertwining fretwork creating a wash of dynamic sound. Drummer Matt Retherford and bassist Matt Zink fuel the songs with precision and a distinctive flair; Retherford's fiery yet intuitive playing, in particular, is a crucial part of the albums success.
But the heart of the album is the passionate songwriting. These are Pop/Rock songs, but Mooney's melodies wind in unexpected directions and the songs themselves are dynamically structured. "Grim is the Doom of the Norns" sets the tone, building with twinkling guitars and Mooney's voice showcasing that early-love "head in the clouds" state of mind, before ripping into a big, exuberant chorus. "Nuckalavee" bops along on a jaunty rhythm, undercut by cutting lyrics like, "Do you want control of me? That might be nice/But after years and years he'll escape one night/He will terrorize, drink tears from your eyes and then scare your pain away."
Mooney may just be one of the best Rock lyricists in town. The powerful "Valley of the Kings" begins with the lines, "There used to be a thousand ways to tear this down and start again/But, now it seems there's just one way and it involves a match and some kerosene." The album gets progressively dark, but the words aren't defeatist — they sound like the kind of lyrics someone would write to come to terms with the ending a long relationship. It's artistic therapy. By the last couple of tracks, there is hope and resolve.
There is emotion to spare on Doom of the Norns, but this ain't no wallowing Emo spew. Mooney delves into his despair and writes about it smartly and poetically, making it the kind of album that would fit in your record collection perfectly alongside LPs by The Afghan Whigs, later Superchunk and Cari Clara.
When you fall in love with Koala Fires after hearing this album (if you aren't already in love with them), don't be too sad. Mooney has a new-direction project in the works, Retherford and Evans play together in the Cincy band House of Feeble Minds and Zink is a member of up-and-comers The Future Strikes. The Fires will burn on. (Click here to purchase the album digitally.)
Editor's Note: Brian Penick of local music promotions company The Counter Rhythm Group is guest blogging for CityBeat monthly to provide a behind-the-scenes look at his journey to release his interactive industry guidebook, Musicians' Desk Reference. Click here for his previous blog entries.
Aaaaaaaaaaand we are done! Well, kind of …
After nearly two years of content creation, testing, editing, restructuring and discussion, I am very proud to announce that the content for Musicians' Desk Reference is finally complete! There is still much work to be done ahead of the release — completion of web development, beta testing, marketing, promotions and more — but we are at least moving ahead, right on schedule.
It sounds cliché, but it is amazing to take a step back and realize how far this project has really come, in addition to considering how much it has forced me to grow as an individual. It all started with an idea that I simply could not let go of, despite my initial thoughts that The Counter Rhythm Group just could not handle taking on a project of this (theoretical) scale. I tried working around this notion from every angle, discussing it with an array of employees that have helped in our growth, and at the end of each reflection period I knew that we had to still move forward with the idea, any way we could.
Those that know me know that I am a planner. I like making lists — and especially checking things off of that list. I try to find structure in everything when at all possible, and more often than not I find myself asking, "Why?" I have no idea where this mentality came from and my immediate family has reaffirmed that statement over the course of the last few months. It is this mentality, combined with my passion for helping musicians that has provided the fuel for this journey.
I am so excited to share this vision with the world. While it sounds cheesy, I can promise you that every page has my heart and soul poured into it, and that it has been painstakingly been picked apart by myself and a dedicated group of contributors. We are truly aiming to provide the best information possible to be used for many generations to come. I have stated before in these blogs that this is by far the most involved I have ever been in a project — I never considered leaving a legacy, but I am starting to think that this could be it.
So what does this mean for the user? I can say with confidence that there is way more to this project than I ever could have imagined, and the fact that it still consistently "wows" me should be a testament to those who have been patiently waiting for the final product over the past several months.
While the eBook is completely customizable to each individual and scenario, I can honestly say (to those who are interested) to get ready to spend some time reading and considering the subject matter. We have meticulously worked to build the documentation so that it touches base on certain generalities and specifics, offering clarity and understanding on the matter without requiring several days' worth of reading. I am not a big fan of lengthy reading materials and our generation tends to be intimidated by large batches of text — the sole reason we have invested so much time and resources into a digital platform. To state it conservatively, it will take an artist some time to work through the entire project, which is meant to serve the user through several areas of their career as they develop and grow.
We are so close to being able to put Musicians' Desk Reference in your hands that I honestly have a hard time sleeping at night. Looking ahead, we will be receiving a beta version of the eBook within the next week and we have many users lined up to participate. If you are interested in being considered for a beta trial, please send an email to email@example.com.
September is when things start getting really exciting, as we are pulling out all of the stops for this release. Without going into too much detail, I can say that we will have an established presence at the Midpoint Music Festival this year, and that this will be the first time the eBook will be available for purchase (acting as our "soft" release, exclusively to those physically at the festival). Pre-orders will be available in early September and are expected to ship the week after MPMF. This will all build up to our national release in October at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, where we will be also have a significant presence. There are many more things in the works; I promise that it will all be worth the wait.
I would like to close by thanking all of those that have shown support throughout this process, to The Counter Rhythm Group and to myself. While this is not the time to name anyone individually (that comes later), I want you all to know how much it means to us. Your continued support will help us through the coming months and we hope you will join us in spreading the word about Musicians' Desk Reference. We have literally put everything we can into this project, and we are proud to say that we were able to build it while living in this great city, utilizing most outsourced services to companies and individuals located in the Queen City. We want to make a significant impact in the music industry, and I look forward to proudly telling anyone and everyone where it all started — right here in Cincinnati.
The Mad Love for Mad Anthony benefit on July 26, organized by the ever-wonderful Kelly Thomas, was a rousing success by any reputable yardstick. The Southgate House Revival was packed to the rafters with friends, fans and family turning out to support Mad Anthony, whose late June van accident had destroyed their touring conveyance, a good deal of their equipment and forced them off the road for an indeterminate amount of time while they heal.
There was plenty to see that night, and I was only able to sample a bit of it, but Smoke Signals rattled the rafters in the Lounge, and Martin Luther & the Kings tested the structural integrity of the Revival Room with an intensity and fury that rivaled most upper class hurricanes. Ryan Malott brought the Lounge back to a slow simmer with a nice acoustic set, The Black Owls, fresh from their triumphant Bunbury gig two weeks previous, filled the Sanctuary with the glorious Glam/Punk hybrid that they've perfected over the past five years and The Sundresses closed things out with a fabulous nutkick of a set featuring their brand new permanent drummer Dave Reid.
Between the money collected at the door, the merch sales and the proceeds from the silent auction, Mad Anthony collected a tidy sum to help defray their medical and related expenses and assist them in getting through the next few weeks of convalescence (and part time gigs for guitarists Ringo Jones and Adam Flaig, who are doing acoustic dates while drummer Marc Sherlock recuperates from a fractured neck vertebrae). The band wrote online that around $5,000 was raised.
For all that was accomplished, there is still more to be done. It will be impossible to erase all of the bills that resulted from Mad Anthony's accident, which came just weeks after the trio had quit their jobs and given up their apartments to devote their full attention to music and touring.
There will be another Mad Anthony benefit, this time at downtown's Mainstay Rock Bar, tomorrow (Friday), featuring music from Mangrenade, Knife the Symphony, Mala in Se, Thee Makeshifts, Alone at 3 AM and others It will be yet another opportunity to show your love for the boys.
Right now, though, I need to tell you why I hate Mad Anthony.
I hate Mad Anthony because they're so good. I hate that they've made me love them as a band, appreciate them as friends and care for them as if they were my own sons. How shitty is that?
I hate that I love their albums so much that I often play them when I should be listening to something that I'm supposed to be writing about, something that's likely twice as long and half as good. And so I listen to Mad Anthony twice. I hate that.
I hate Ringo. He's like a big dopey Labrador who loves his owners unconditionally no matter how badly they treat him, and his abusive owners are the harsh realities of life and the cruel indifference of the music
industry. And no matter how much they beat him, he just comes back for more, wagging his ass and smiling like he's won the lottery. Then he straps on a guitar, hits a chord, opens his mouth, shrieks a lyric and the whole thing sounds like a tornado tearing through a ball bearing factory, and somehow that makes him smile even more. I hate that.
I hate Adam. He's got that smirk permanently tattooed on his face, which makes it seem as though he knows something that you don't. And dammit, he probably does. I suspect his secret knowledge is that he would throttle his guitar and scream songs with the unbridled fury of a charging wildebeest whether his audience was no more than you and me and the waitstaff in some stinky little club or an entire arena filled with debauched pirates, and he would play with the same authenticity and passion in either event. I hate that, too.
And I hate Marc. He's thin enough to be mistaken for one of his drumsticks (you'd think a good stiff wind would blow him into the next county) and then he sits on the stool and hits the kit with subtlety and invention and musicality and the big hairy power of at least one of John Bonham's arms. And he does it all with the joy of a kid on Christmas morning. I really hate that.
So here we stand, charged with the moral duty of raising funds for Mad Anthony while they recuperate from the accident that destroyed their van, busted up their equipment and nearly killed them. I really would have hated them for that. Marc got bounced around with the gear in the back of the van like a pebble in a rock polisher and wound up snapping something relatively important in his neck, and both he and Ringo collected a Frankenstein's monster-like number of staples and stitches. Adam was mildly bruised and cut, because his secret knowledge that night was apparently, "Wear your fucking seat belt."
At any rate, tomorrow we'll gather with the intention of dropping a few semolians into the collection plate for the purpose of getting Mad Anthony back on its feet. And it seems to me that, since we're the ones raising the cash, we should have some say in how the funds are directed. So here are a few suggestions:
• Against all odds, the boys may have come out of the accident even prettier than before. I think maybe we should send them to a cut-rate, unlicensed plastic surgeon who takes buy-one-get-one-free coupons who will sort of ugly them up a little. Not on purpose, of course. That would be unethical. But it could be a good career move to come away from this experience with the kind of scars that can be seen from across a city block.
• The fact that there was an accident at all could possibly call the band's driving skills into question. On the one hand, maybe it was skill that saved them all. On the other hand, it may well have gone like this: "Look, shiny
thing..." Water, crash, roll, blood, hospital. So unless we want to be here every few months shelling out contributions to the Mad Anthony School of Sideways Driving, maybe we should insist that their next tour vehicle is an armored troop carrier with an interior made entirely of memory foam mattresses.
• Ringo and Adam are currently out on the road making up their dates by playing acoustic sets, but it might be a good idea for the foreseeable future to replace their whole rig with banjos and mandolins, at least until they prove that they can haul around big boy equipment and not wrestle with it in mid-air. Plus it would just be interesting to see if Mad Anthony could go full-metal-porch Tillers for awhile.
• There is at least one conspiracy theory (which I started) that states Mad Anthony got into this accident with deliberate certainty because they were afraid to get back in the studio to follow up their last album. I think we should make them use part of tonight's proceeds to record a triple album, Mad Anthony's version of All Things Must Pass or Wings Over America. Of course, a Mad Anthony triple album wouldn't be much longer than one side of a Grateful Dead bootleg jam, but it would still be a lot of work. Triple album, bitches.
• And finally, I think they should get a jaunty bow tie for Marc's neck brace. Because nothing on earth is going to make that neck brace look remotely cool other than a sporty bow tie. Even a drawing of a bow tie would be a step in the right direction. Or an ascot. Look what Hugh Hefner's done for the ascot. Of course, he has a billion dollars to back up the ascot. Let's stick with the jaunty bow tie for Marc.
Now let me tell you what I love about Mad Anthony. I love that they are louder than God's righteous rage and as indestructible as fucking cockroaches. I love that Ringo and Adam are actually doing the aforementioned acoustic thing until Marc is healthy, and I love that it's probably just as intense as when they plug in. I love that they didn't ask for help and when people offered, they said, basically, "Buy our music, and if you've already got it, buy another local band's music." That speaks volumes to their character, as a band and as people. Give them your money, give them your love, give them your respect, because Mad Anthony deserves all of it.
If you can't make it to the Mainstay show, there are a number of additional ways to get in on MadAid. You can purchase the band's music and merch, either through Phratry Records (phratryrecords.com) or from the band directly (madanthonyband.com or madanthony.bandcamp.com). If you're more inclined to give directly to the band, you can send your donation to them through their Paypal account (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Do all you can for them, because every time Mad Anthony hits the stage, they go to the end of the chain for you.
When I interviewed Cincinnati's Those Guys earlier this year, I saw an endless amount of drive and potential coming from a group of kids who loved making Hip Hop music. What I didn't see was an identity. Their song "You Ain't Know" had shown that they had the talent to become something more and the video that accompanied the track garnered the group a lot of internet attention. But the question still remained — could they find the same success without mimicking themselves or blowing up another vehicle in their next video shoot?
For Good Reason answers this question with a resounding "Yes!" In only eight tracks, coming in under a half-hour, Those Guys transformed themselves from just a local group of rappers to a legitimate Hip Hop duo on the brink of something greater.
The track "Madness is the Method" not only exhibits Jova's ever growing ability as a producer, transitioning from a very minimalistic style beat (reminiscent of a Chuck Inglish production) to a Hip Hop club-banger by the end of the song, but also shows a new side of J-Al. He doesn't come in until the last minute of the song, but in that short period of time he exhibits a hunger and fire (almost angry, but in a good way) that he has never shown before. It's almost as if he sees every verse as being his last chance to "make it" and if he keeps that up, that time will come sooner than he thinks.
But don't think for a second that because Jova has been working extensively on his producer game that he has let his lyrical practice fall by the wayside. On "The Crisis," he spills his guts for two straight minutes in what is one of the most open and honest songs I've heard, not just from the Cincinnati Hip Hop scene, but from any Rap group in general. It's a painful, truthful, tear-jerking lyrical confession over a beautiful piano that leaves the listener feeling inspired and connected.
The entire album is solid, but the true gem is the first track, "Dear Kanye." This song is a culmination of all the hard work the group has put in over the last year. The production has a smooth, almost Electronic Hip Hop feel to it and ends with more samples than a trip to IKEA.
The verses provided by both Jova and J-Al are smart yet still captivate the listener. More importantly, neither rapper outshines the other on this track. In every great tag-team there always seemed to be one person that carried the group (i.e. Shawn Michaels to Marty Jannetty, Bret Hart to Jim Neidhart), but Jova and J-Al have seemed to find that Road Warrior mentality, one working off another. (All nerdy wrestling references aside, they really mesh perfectly on this cut.)
The hook is where they've taken their work to another level. It's obvious this song is an ode to Kanye West (duh), but they found that perfect medium of being influenced by him while not jacking his style or flow. It's as if making a song about someone who has influenced and inspired them as artists has helped them find their own identity in the process.
As I stated before, "You Ain't Know" was a great creative jumping off point for the career of Those Guys. While other artists would have become complacent and tried to recreate that moment over and over, For Good Reason is an artistic step forward into the long career that lies ahead for the group.


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Where can I find Comme Des Garcons PLAY in Montreal?
Fly Society had some Supreme New Era's the last time I stopped, but that's like 1 year ago.
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|Bevacizumab for progressive vestibular schwannoma in neurofibromatosis type 2: a retrospective review of 31 patients.
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|PMID: 22805104 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: Early studies suggest that bevacizumab treatment can result in tumor shrinkage and hearing improvement for some patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). The aim of this study was to report extended follow-up in a larger cohort of similarly treated patients.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study.
SETTING: Tertiary referral center
PATIENTS: Thirty-one consecutive NF2 patients who received bevacizumab for progressive vestibular schwannomas.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Hearing improvement, defined as an improvement in word recognition score above the 95% critical difference compared with baseline, and radiographic response, defined as a 20% or greater decrease in tumor volume compared with baseline.
RESULTS: The median age was 26 years (range, 12-73 yr). The median volumetric tumor growth rate before treatment was 64% per year. At the time of analysis, the median duration of treatment was 14 months (range, 6-41 mo) with a total of 47 patient-years of follow-up. A hearing response occurred in 57% (13/23) of evaluable patients and a radiographic response in 55% (17/31) of target vestibular schwannomas. The median time to response was 3 months for both end points. The only clinical or radiographic feature at baseline that correlated with change in tumor volume at 3 months was the mean apparent diffusion coefficient value, a radiologic marker of edema (p = 0.036). Ninety percent of patients had stable or improved hearing after 1 year of treatment and 61% at 3 years; 88% of patients had stable or decreased tumor size after 1 year of treatment and 54% at 3 years. Overall, treatment was well tolerated.
CONCLUSION: Bevacizumab treatment was followed by hearing improvement and tumor shrinkage in more than 50% of progressive vestibular schwannomas in NF2 patients. Stable or improved hearing was retained in the majority of patients.
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Ahhh, the Texas Drought of 2011. This shot was taken while crossing the Pedernales Bridge west of Austin — I had wanted to document this view that I had seen several times over the past few months to show the docks scattered on the dry land where the receding water had left them, not noticing at the time that the first of those docks is now back on the water…
To spare you, I'll refrain from drawing parallels to the economy, sex, love, politics, human capital marketing, religion or any other ebb/flow scenario in our lives. You get the picture. Let it rain.
Really a sad situation. Lake Travis is my favorite place to escape during the summer. Let it rain!
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just don't send them by email dwardo!
heres another dwarf, shaman. I think we are watching too much wall-e with pumpkin..
just don't send them by email dwardo!
heres another dwarf, shaman. I think we are watching too much wall-e with pumpkin..
Ive got some house cleaning to do! I will be posting more tonight!
now flu is gone - I'm bursting with energy and madness.. still need some help with anatomy. I'm simply too damn lazy to check references.
Those silhouettes are delicious sepu.
-I like the firestarter horse face. Anything bright will read nicely from a distance.
-Multiple limbed guy can definitely give Kenneth's human some problems. [How do you defend it, right?]
In terms of anatomy, there's nothing glaring in my eyes, probably just
the upper chests. Keep the muscles/fat below the collar bone.
Everything else are just little tweaks. I'll give them a run through ASAP. Good stuff girl.
The most important thing, for me at least, is a nice silhouette, something that will
read nicely from afar, even without all the details.
You're coming up with some noice scary stuff and it's kicking a few cylinders in my brain.
-Who's giving minotaurs a try?
-I'll try and come up with some silhouettes. I just had to catch up with a few more other things.
I've got a few other character designs on my table, so I'm kind of running out of ideas.
-"Don't send it through email".You silly sausage. hehehe.
Hallo SirK,Shen,Epu,Sounds. Start thinking about environment colours also.
I'm always up for a dreamy lighting, but that gets a bit boring. Ha!
I would love to do a sepia alternative version of the finals.
We all went back in time and took a polaroid.
ok, I take minotaur. beast heads are SO much easier than human - whatever mistake, you can actually use it as advantage for picture
theres still no good sketch among few first ones, but when I was reserching bull head I stuck on this one. pumpkin actually fell in love with this... COW
(and so she learned new word today, "cow")
Sepu-I really like the minotaur! Keep working on that-its awesome!
Dwardo- I am up for sepia version of finals. Doesnt bother be any. I will keep tweaking and trying out my man character.
Here is another sketch of my guy, I changed it to sepia on the comp. He is a little more heroic than the others. I gave him a decorated armor-but didnt want to make it too over the top. Feedback!
thanks Sir Kenneth I like him, still have to fix some of his anatomy - as always
I totally adore details of armor on your guy AND how proper he is looking like. Can You tell me what are You planning for showing his bad side? (as this one looks idyllic ) I bet it will be awesome!
sepu: I like the lighting Sarah. The chain is a bit short though, the fashion designer should get shot. ha.
I'll probably trail that cloth behind it just a bit. But oooo, that would look sweet 2.5 metres tall.
SirKenneth:That guy definitely has weight, and I like the sketchy feel of it.
Almost like dirt is actually flying around him. How many heads are your constructions?
I've just got myself another network card. So hopefully my main rig can get connected.
I'll try and match a big asz monster behind your hero. Ready to be crushed.
On the off note: What is everyone's stance on raisin muffins?
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Fresh from the weekend
sepu: I'm digging the minotaur, like dwardo said chains are a bit short but I'm thinking if you could play around with the horns and kinda go more than the standard two horns and probably have more elaborate designs or just simply make them more bigger that there is no way his head can carry it but some how still does.
sirkenneth: I really like your sketch mate, I was thinking for his evil side he could have more angular sharp armour to contrast with the round shapes that he currently has now.
Anyways this is my quick sketch and will work on this idea more.
Also was wondering after the challenge is over are we allowed to post these in other forums?
vshen: I dig the long limbs and scraggy hair, or is that fire hair?
The rules for this comp, are the same as the regular CHOW, so we should be cool to post elsewhere. cool cool everyone.
Lindsay: I hope your broken hand and cut eyebrow from the fist fight is healing up ok.
Stay well girl. No more fighting K. mwah mwah.
Sepu- Thanks! Here is the idea that I have so far for his bad side. Do you think the good side looks good? What other changes or improvements can I do?
Dwardo- Thanks, I didnt really count him out. I think most of his weight comes from the cape behind him. The dirt is just my crappy scanner and not having photoshop yet! Glad you like it though.
vshen-thanks, I am digging the monster so far! Keep tweaking.
Here is my bad side beta. I was thinking-instead of doing just a "bad" side and changing his armor that I would throw in more story. Providing we go with a minotaur monster idea- I thought it would be cooler to have my fellow be "enchanted" or something of that sort. Where he changes half way into one and eats babies and shit. The idea was scarier than another muscle guy with armor. What do you guys think?
-Yes to crazy eyes.
-Hybrids I always like, the posture could be affected by it also. Transforming posture??
If you figure out a way to bring those pencils into Photoshop and keep
all the textures, that would be awesome. All I can think of is setting the pencil layer as multiply. Colour layers underneath. lol to pasta loving baby arm. hehehe.
[Still re-installing. Should be done in about 8hrs max].
oohhh SNAPS*!!! I DIDN KNOW THIS WAS THE TEAM !!!!!! HAHA YALL RRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
*scratches belly*
*flicks off ticks*
[I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend].
lmao broken hand and cut eyebrow? ...somehow that doesn't sound as far-fetched as it should. =P
I'm here at work uber-early so I can get some sketching done in peace and quiet tonight, I've been tossing around ideas [not other people] in my head all weekend. ...I wish I had some peanuts.
Guys, stuff's looking awesome I gotta say, all of it.
AND I have to say that I'm enjoying the pencils idea that dwardo mentioned. That used to be my painting method, just putting the pencil layer on multiply and going under it/around it. Though I'm not sure if everybody is comfortable with that? dunno. I'ma go play with my purty pens and paper now!
Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Thanks man! You ROCK! or is it RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK???
Dwardo- yeah, I will play with the coloring a little bit more tonight. Probably will work on the good side first. I dont know if I REALLY like the armor yet...
AmbientSounds- dang no fight? oh well. Excited to see what you some up with.
---What is everyone working on? Who is doing what characters? I feel like we are a little obscure right now.
I GOT PHOTOSHOP!!!! Its cs2 though, and it seems to crash a little to frequently for my liking. None the less-I have it!
Here is a little before and after being possessed by the minotaur Gods!
I'm really having a hard time getting into the mood of fantasy.
What is everyone listen to when concepting? I was thinking metal, but the closest metal track I have is Keith Sweat - Twisted.
[Blue > Warm] Minotaurs with a bit of wolf sizing up Kenny's human.Attachment 749848
scaled with the Asian mythology creatures - Anito
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hahhaa, is that the scale?!? hahha!
I listen to classical music usually, or sound track music. Something kind of epic. All else fails I play techno just to keep me going.
You can do it
heehehehe .. I was hoping it would be. They're a bit tall actually. Let's make your human twice the size of the anitos.
I'll look for my Braveheart CD. Tis a bit scratched though. ha!
Hi Sarah George and Lindsay.
Kenneth: Your latest human looks worn down, weak and ready to fall. He'll be eaten alive by my minotaurs no problem. But I like it.
Your armor detailing thus far has been sick as, but if you say he can call upon enchantment, then bring it. They love a good fight.
Sarah: I never noticed until I was playing around with your minotaur, but there's some rendering in there that are sweet.
Very nice indeed. You'll have to teach me one day.
Lindsay: I'm sorry, it was the orbital bone right? You just have to learn to control your fists man. Not everyone wants to fight like you.
And your faun is the comedy relief for this game in the making, I'll try and match it with a Prince (cameo character).
George: Bring the sexy back. I like the long limbs. Weird colour skins perhaps.
In terms of characters, I don't mind working on the anitos, if, we can fit it into the theme/timeline/universal era.
I had a trying time doing this minotaur, but I think I'm ready to do another one, they pretty much have the same
structure as the fauns.
Are we going for very the graphic feel, lots of colours and 80s clothing, or are we up for some serious, functional fist fight gear?
Keep those ideas flowing. We're a bit behind on schedule, but eh, this is everyone's first time doing fantazeeeee.
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Dwardo-yeah I dont think my poor human would stand a chance at all! I like your rendering of it though-very creepy. I like what you are doing with the minotaur, and I would recommend working on it more.
I will make the human younger and healthier. No worries. He will stand a fight, until of course he gets possessed and starts eating babies.
I would prefer no 80s clothing but thats just my own opinion. I can draw it!
How about everyone else- what creature are you do want? What style or visual theme are you happy with??
Here is one WIP of three "color" schemes I am going through. I will also change up the armor a bit in the drawings to come.
I also posted a possible scale.... eh??
We should be in our pre-production phase now so lets kick some bootay!
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Yes to that scale. The minotaurs are triplettes btw. I'll start making them look different.
Kenneth: I like that lighting a lot. The armor looks new, but don't worry, they'll smear blood on it. ha
And I'll keep tweaking them out. Their torso looks suspect, but I kind of like the lanky-type.
I really don't want to give them weapons, but I'll start playing around with them tonight.
SirKenneth: Human/ with bersker-enchanted mode
dwardo: Roving minotaurs or anito (troublemaker spirits) - just raw characters. No sugar.
sepu: Minotaur/dwarf/magic makers/witches/clerics/ ???
AmbientSounds: Neutral but shift characters/faun/Sculptor-magic maker ???
George: Supernaturals/Monsters ???
Summer mountain, with patches of forest.
I'd like an arch bridge in here somewhere where we can pose our characters under.
There's a fruit and veg market setup underneath and they sell something kind of sweet and they're lovely.
Pre-production everyone *shivers*
hi everybody
to bring something usefull until I install photoshop on this new machine let me remind You of something written down very clearly in topic thread:
1. (...) teams of five need 8. You are perfectly welcome to create more images that the requirement if you feel your team is up to it.
2. You must take a random selection of the choices below. Please don't do 4 elven fighters, or only orcs, for example. Please take a randomized selection. 5. (...) I want to see some interesting, stereotype-breaking stuff here, folks!
Class: Fighter (Barbarians, Knights, Dark Knights, Brawlers, etc) / Thief (Assasins, Rogues, etc)/ Spell Caster (Wizards, Sorcerers, Druids, etc) / Healer (Priest, Cleric, White Mage, Medic, etc) - (feel free to make up something for this, too)
YES, THESE LOOK LIKE STEREOTYPES. IT IS YOUR JOB TO BREAK THEM. I want to see some really interesting, kick ass stuff!
so... lets decide what we have in mind.
so far I see nice ideas:
1. anito / otina (if you gonna make them as scary as japanese horrors I will f*ing run away, promise!) ?
2. knight / possesed horned freak (nOice)
3. minotaur berserker (THAT is why chain have to be short guys / minotaur healer(that was my idea of good side) or... minotaur hula dancer
4. dwarf good shaman / dwarf poison maker
What else?
How about a race of Tom Jones. Crazy fro waving every which way, leather skin looking tans.
Character board.
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-Otina : They're snails Sarah, relax. hahaha. But otina is perfect also. Something like an exact opposite of these trouble makers. A perfect name to yin yang anito.
Thank you. Feel free to mess around with these pale skins KDPED.
-"THAT is why chain have to be short" .... :redcheeks: :embarrassed:
lol hula dancers is saved for the side project.
Who's trying out horses. Lindsay? Texas? I know you've tamed your first horse at 2. Up for it? I wouldn't mind doing it. Kenny? Sarah? George? =)
-I'm not too fond of healer characters. It's a semi-cheat thing, like a Hollywood ending.
Who's writing the story for this one now. Kenneth, is this the original lineup you had in mind. lol.
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oh noooooo.. not tom jones.. pleeeeease!!!!11111oneoneone
I actually like never draw horses. never. not so sure I can learn and be good at it on the spot just now
what I really like, but it is stereotype kind of thing, are all kind of freaks and priests and warriors from ChaOs side. chaos dwarf magic making lady is not so much stereotype breaking stuff. or is she?
sepu: ChaOS, is that a Warhammer reference/keyword? I'm not a gamer or a fantasy reader lover, so these are all new to me. My head is about to explode at any moment. [Googling. Nice lead indeed].
I'm trying to render a limp horse that my minotaur has by the left hind leg, but it's not
coming out too well. I didn't know horses were this hard to draw. hahaha.
Kenneth:I dig those berzerker eyes, but how about no eyes. Just black holes.
Just a few more hours and I should have some free time. woohoo
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There are the Bible stories we all know, the stories we learned in Sunday school, the type of stories that were part of that highly rated History Channel miniseries this summer - you know the one, "The Bible."
But there is a second Bible, sort of an under-Bible, that most of us do not know as much about. These are the stories, many but not all of them in the Old Testament, that don't get told and retold and reflected on. And some of these stories, when you look into them, turn out to be stunningly brutal, violent, unforgiving.
Those are the stories religion scholar Philip Jenkins looked at for his 2012 book, "Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can't Ignore the Bible's Violent Verses." The book focuses on how the violence that is part of the Bible was a part of shaping Christianity and Judaism.
Jenkins will appear in Wausau for a lecture Thursday evening at the UW Center for Civic Engagement. He will speak and show slides, and will take questions from the audience after the speech. If my brief phone conversation is any indication, it is going to be a fascinating talk and you should attend!
What sorts of stories does Jenkins mean? In the book of Joshua, God repeatedly instructs the prophet Joshua - whose name by some translations, incidentally, is the same as "Jesus" - to commit genocide. The Hebrew word is "herem," Jenkins explained to me by phone Monday, and one of its meanings is "the total destruction of the enemy and his goods at the conclusion of a campaign."
"His goods" here would include every woman, child or goat living in any of his villages.
Tough stuff. So tough, in fact, that Jenkins, a professor of religious history at Baylor University in Texas, says most mainline churches and synagogues just skip it - or they explain it away in softer, metaphorical terms.
"Suppose you go to mainline protestant church, and you go to every service every Sunday," Jenkins said. "You have somthing called the revised common lectionary. They leave out those (violent) readings. ... We've censored them."
On the other extreme, of course, are the occasional unbalanced zealots who seize on the Bible's most vicious, warlike passages as an excuse for savagery, everything from 19th-century genocide of Native Americans to 21st-century mass shootings. It would be as wrong to see these passages of Scripture as the central messages of Christianity or Judaism as it is to think they have no place at all in the religions, in Jenkins' view.
If there is a rhyme here to the way some people perceive Islam as a "religion of war" and the Koran as a warlike book, it is not a coincidence. Jenkins' work on the book grew out of scholarship he did after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. There was a common perception in the wake of the attacks that because the Koran, Islam's holy book, includes stories and instructions about combat and war that modern-day Islam will always be warlike.
"And I said, have you read the Bible?" Jenkins said. And of course it turned out a lot of people hadn't, not the parts he meant.
"What I'm saying is these texts do exist, and they need to be confronted," Jenkins said.
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So I was very skeptical about opus when it sounded like a new OGG Vorbis hype where the codec is both free and crappy quality. I didn't think without SBR it would be able to compete with Nero HE-AAC. So I compared at different bitrates and opus always sounded worse. I decided to ABX at different bitrates, opus failed on 32 and 48 but not 64 where the treble was audibly brighter than Nero.
Ok you got me convinced that opus sounds better at 64 kb/s, why does it suck so bad at other bitrates? Also, why didn't you guys include WMA in your listening test along with opus? WMA has proven to be slightly superior quality to HE-AAC at 64 kb/s so maybe opus still has a competitor.
Also, fix your biased testing methodology and keep the bitrates as close as possible to the original! Jesus. My hypothetical codec produces output bitrates of 192 kb/s when my quality setting intends it to be half as less, I demand it to be nominated as capable of transparency at 16 kb/s.
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Your posting style (it is painfully obvious who is the troll here) and insistence that frequency response matters is unwelcome. Tone it down or you're gone.
Regarding your link, Apple tvbr had a lower bitrate than nero.
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On Wednesday, East Hardin Middle School technology education teacher Brooke Whitlow ate lunch with Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C.
The social was part of a Teacher's Appreciation Week honor for a selection of 20 educators from across the country.
To be considered, Whitlow and the other 19 educators had to fill out an online application and include their social media URLs. Whitlow applied to be a part of the social weeks ago, but didn't put much stock in her odds of being selected.
North Hardin High School band members were thrilled Wednesday afternoon when representatives from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade invited them to participate in the iconic event in downtown New York City in 2015.
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For more than 20 years, Hardin County Schools have not had permanent nurses on site. They have relied heavily on care provided by nine Lincoln Trail District Health Department nurses who have traveled to and from schools based on student priority and need.
For John Hardin High School students this fall, participating in Project Lead The Way no longer requires a bus trip to Central Hardin High School.
On Monday, Dow Corning Corp. presented the school with $25,000 to pay for the project for the 2014-15 academic year. The money came from the Dow Corning Donor Advised Fund through the Central Kentucky Community Foundation. Pam Bowling of Dow Corning presented the check to Hardin County Schools Superintendent Nannette Johnston.
Children can learn through play this summer. That's the idea behind Central Kentucky Community Foundation's Get Ready! program.
The goals of the program include providing learning opportunities for children from birth to age 5, helping parents discover how they can begin learning with their children, and increasing community awareness of the importance of early childhood learning.
This year's program runs weekdays from June 10 through July 3.
Macdonald Intermediate School at Fort Knox held a series of STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — workshops and activities as a part of its second STEMposium.
Students showcased what they have learned in STEM labs this year, performed hands-on activities and listened to guest speakers in related careers.
The STEMposium was April 28-30 and May 2. May 1 was an early-release day.
Evan Jones dominated the standing long jump at Central Hardin High School on Friday morning, shrugging off a trying year in which he was forced off the Creekside Elementary School fitness team.
Evan was unable to compete in the annual Hardin County Elementary Fitness Event last year as he battled osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer common in young boys, said his father, Ted.
A local teacher has a chance to participate in a White House Social as part of Teacher Appreciation Week.
East Hardin Middle School technology education teacher Brooke Whitlow will attend the social Wednesday with 19 other teachers from around the country. The event focuses on a conversation with Dr. Jill Biden, educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other administration officials.
A tour of the White House and tea with Dr. Biden also is on the schedule.
From kindergarten to fifth grade, students filed in classroom after classroom Friday at New Highland Elementary School to listen to professionals speak about and demonstrate career skills.
Assessment committee member Veronica Keeler said the students all were engaged, no matter their age.
"They were all sitting there enthralled," said Keeler, who helped organize the event.
Around 30 careers from technical to professional jobs were represented at the event.
Five years of hard work paid off in just three days for North Hardin Christian School.
The institution received accreditation Wednesday from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The accreditation lasts five years and may be renewed after re-evaluation by association officials.
Anthony Hardin, NHCS pastor and principal, said it represents the highest academic standard as far as accreditations go.
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