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November 2, 2009, Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano
Thank you all for having me here today at the 15th Annual University of Colorado at Boulder Diversity and Inclusion Summit. It's a pleasure to be here with you.
The Diversity Summit is our opportunity each year to demonstrate who we are, and to celebrate who we want to become.
"Who we are" is changing all the time, and for the better. This year, our undergraduates of color went up by nearly 100 enrolled from last year. Overall, ethnic minorities comprise 15.1 percent of undergraduates, compared to 14.9 percent in 2008.
This marks a 3 percent increase in the enrollment of students of color compared to 1 percent for non-minority students. And the news is even better for our graduate students, of which CU-Boulder has enrolled the highest number ever, 520. That is 29 more than last year and 22 more than the previous high in 1995.
These numbers are not high enough. They don't represent where we want to be, and they give us only a tiny, two-dimensional glimpse of who we are as a campus – a numerical glimpse. But what should really inspire us is what the numbers tell us about the communities that have delivered these students to us.
They represent hopes and dreams coming to be realized – hopes of individuals and dreams of entire communities.
The numbers represent generations of struggle, toil and triumph over oppression. They represent stories of families and peoples, and they represent the bright future of cultures and ethnicities, neighborhoods, communities, and nations, especially our nation.
We owe those communities, nations and cultures our best efforts to continue this progress. Events such as the Diversity Summit help us to do that; to envision who we would like to become as individuals, and as a community.
I would like to talk to you today about the challenges we as individuals, and as a community, face in this process of becoming truly diverse, and perhaps offer you some inspiration for the good work you are doing in meeting these challenges.
I believe in diversity as a value because, quite simply, it was all I ever knew growing up in Steubenville, Ohio. My hometown sits on the banks of the Ohio River, and like most river towns, it is diversity personified. It is located at a literal crossroads – a transportation hub with coalfields, steel mills, the river and highways all in close proximity, and agriculture not far away.
My parents were first-generation Italian-Americans; my grandparents were Italian immigrants. It's probably hard for many of you to believe, but Italian-Americans, even into my young adulthood, were spoken of and disparaged in much the same way that people today disparage undocumented workers from Mexico and Central America.
Like today's immigrants, they took the hard jobs, the dirty jobs, the thankless jobs that others did not want to do, and built a life out of that hard work.
I grew up among diverse peoples, languages and cultures: Italians, Scots, Irish and Welsh, African Americans and people of Eastern European descent. There were Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Presbyterians, and a host of other faiths practiced openly in my town.
There were rich and poor, union and non-union. My own parents were small-town merchants. Steubenville is called the "City of Murals" because of a series of murals that adorn many of the buildings in town – paintings that represent diversity in beautiful and graphic terms. In a way, growing up there imprinted a mural upon me, too. It has shaped the way I encounter and embrace diversity.
Later in life I experienced more diversity of people, experiences and ideas at Ohio State and West Virginia University. I studied and learned with people unlike myself, in a time when America was beginning to confront its past and chart a new future. The Civil Rights, anti-war and feminist movements all unfolded in my time as a college student, changing my thinking, and the nation's thinking, on a grand scale.
I know first hand as a first-generation college student that diversity and inclusion have made a real difference in who I am today. And I want you to know that as chancellor, these experiences are never far from me as I confront the difficulties and decisions our university faces. I was the beneficiary of being raised in a diverse environment, and of being included as an undergraduate, and later a PhD student at Ohio State University, and also as a graduate student at West Virginia.
Diversity to me is not a policy decision. It is not "political correctness." It is not a dogma or a slogan. It has been a real and functional part of my life that has enriched my career – made me see more clearly, understand more deeply and lead more compassionately and wisely. My goal is, and always has been, to extend its blessings and rewards to our students, faculty, staff and community.
And I believe the national moment we are in affords us the opportunity to do that. Just look at the leadership around us. Our president embodies diversity and inclusion, along with our Secretary of State and our Attorney General. Our state embodies diversity and inclusion. We have the first openly gay congressman in Colorado's history, Jared Polis, who represents this very district.
Our university embodies diversity and inclusion in the person of its leaders such as our Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, Sallye McKee; our Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Julie Wong; our Dean of Libraries, James Williams; our Chief of Police, Joe Roy; and in three of the associate deans of our Law School, as well as hundreds of other faculty, staff and administrators.
Diversity is found as well in the composition of our student body, in the vibrant subject matter we embrace for study and research, in the communities we serve and seek to serve, and in the many ways we interact with one another.
Looking outward, the discussions and debates our nation is having – how to include more people in health care, how to dialogue with other nations in a new and more positive way, how to achieve more fairness and equity in our economy – are all dialogues rooted in diversity and inclusion.
So this is a profound, exciting moment in the life of the nation and in the life of CU. We cannot afford to squander it. As individuals, we have a profound charge to listen to one another, even as we engage in debate. We must tell each other our stories in all their complexity, and we must listen to those stories and absorb their meaning.
As a community, we have an obligation to do more than simply be angry and passionate. We have to be committed to making real progress. We have to have better and more reasoned exchanges, and more focused dialogues, than what we hear on talk radio, or what we have seen played out on YouTube over issues like healthcare.
Two years ago, we demonstrated the power of confronting one another honestly, listening carefully, and working together creatively. As a response to an objectionable editorial in the Campus Press, we held forums and town meetings. The Campus Press leadership listened to wounded members of the community tell their stories. Members of the community listened and learned about the First Amendment and the power of positive speech as a match for objectionable speech.
Today, the result of that confrontation is that the CU Independent, the successor to the Campus Press, has a Diversity Advisory Board that has made a real difference in the content and the editorial approach of the publication. The publication itself has the largest and most diverse staff in its history, tackling more diverse subjects in print than ever before, and giving voice to more diverse groups of students than ever before.
This all happened in the way that progress always happens: through principled discussion and dialogue, through a willingness to listen, through a set of solutions offered in good faith. This is the invitation of diversity and inclusion. This is its promise: if we expand the dialogue, if we listen, if we take what we've heard and make it real, change happens.
As individuals, we have hard work to do. We have to be aware of our own place in the debate, of our position, our privilege, certainly, but also of our power to change by listening and engaging. As advocates for diversity, we must be steadfast, but also compassionate and understanding. We must meet people where they are in their embrace or rejection of diversity and be creative in how we try to influence them. I believe our best tactic here is, again, not a shout, but a kind and sincere invitation.
The greatest of our leaders have taught us this, whether it was Martin Luther King, Jr., engaging the moral conscience of our nation by drawing upon our promise of freedom, or Nelson Mandela, forgiving his jailers and capturing the imagination of the world, or Cesar Chavez, reaching out to the traditional political structure to build an alliance for agriculture workers, or Harvey Milk, building the most powerful gay-straight coalition in U.S. history to change San Francisco city government.
Invitation works. Respecting differences enough to reach across them works. Building coalitions works. Making partners out of the power structure works. Being patient and deliberate works. Understanding others' limits, fears, barriers and blinders works.
Mahatma Ghandhi, perhaps the greatest organizer of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious political coalition in history, put it best when he said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." You are helping us to do this. You are the change we are seeing in our little part of the world called CU-Boulder. I want to be your partner in advancing that change.
Now, I know you want things to be different and better, and I know some of you are frustrated in the pace of change. We need more scholarships and financial aid to help us attract more diverse students. We need greater faculty diversity. We need more diversity in the curriculum. We need fewer incidents of bias and prejudice played out in our community. I share all of these goals with you.
But they won't be achieved by my simply decreeing them as policies. I don't have that power, in fact. In each of these challenges there are debates and discussions that need to be had. There are new ideas that need to be brought to the table. There are fences to mend, allies and coalitions to build, and strong cases to be made.
We can't skip over all that work and declare diversity. We can't create it by administrative fiat. We can't force it into people's hearts and values, or into the curriculum, or into policy, and have it be a living, breathing value on our campus. To achieve the latter, we have to plant it, grow it, cultivate it and harvest it. We have to invite each other to it, like you have invited me here today.
My pledge to you is this: I will make diversity a priority in our community and on this campus. I will invite all in the community to be a part of our work on diversity, no matter their perspective or the starting point of their involvement. I will listen to new ideas, and I will ask others to listen to new ideas, no matter where they come from.
I want to achieve more gains in diversifying our student body, faculty and staff. I would, with you as partners, like to set some new, concrete goals for diversity on campus as a part of our declared goals in the Flagship 2030 strategic plan.
In the area of inclusion, I would like to create a more inclusive, compassionate and tolerant campus, but I believe we need new ideas about how to do this that go beyond what we've said and done before.
In closing, I know that over the years, you've heard a lot of speeches from administrators. I sincerely hope that this one is different, but I suppose I wouldn't blame you for not thinking it is. I know that you've heard lip service, but you want action. You want change.
More than two years ago, a young U.S. senator from Chicago was in the same emotional place. By issuing a grand invitation to the American people to embrace change – one that was accepted – today that young man is our president. He is changing the course of history for our nation, and the world.
I want to invite our entire campus community to change the way diversity and inclusion shape our lives at CU. I would like to see these become regular fixtures in all that we do, so that all our meetings and gatherings become, in essence, diversity summits. Your work is showing us how to do that. And thank you for that work, and for inviting me here today.
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Makes 2 Sandwiches
For the Peach Bruschetta:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- Ground cayenne pepper to taste
- 2 peaches, pits removed and rough chopped
- 1 clove garlic, smashed, peeled, and minced
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, rough chopped
For the Grilled Cheese:
- 4 slices whole wheat bread
- 3 ounces Great Midwest® Chipotle Cheddar cheese, sliced thin
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup spinach leaves, rinsed and dried
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, sea salt, black and cayenne peppers. Gently toss in the peaches and basil. Set aside while you prepare the grilled cheese.
Heat a large skillet with a well-fitting lid over medium-high heat. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in the pan, and then arrange all four slices of bread in the pan. Fry for 1 minute, and flip. Add the remaining tablespoon of butter to the pan and arrange the cheese slices on each piece of bread. Edge heat down to medium and cover. Cook for 2–3 minutes, or until the cheese has melted nicely.
Remove the four bread slices to a plate. Divide the spinach between two of the slices and then spoon on 3 tablespoons of the bruschetta. Cover each one with one of the remaining slices. Cut each sandwich in half and serve immediately.
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I'm a fairly novice techie, and I'm setting up a rig for a big musical production, with the help of some others, and we are thinking about close micing a guitar amp for the pit band, as opposed to running a line out into the multicore system. Are there any particular advantages or disadvantages to this that we should consider, particularly in terms of sound quality at high volume and practicality with sound control?
The biggest advantage for line out is that you don't have to worry about feedback, and that you can model the tone without worrying about positioning, angles, mics, bleeding, etc; which is a disadvantage of the mic-amp combo, you need to worry about a lot of things to be able to do it correctly.
If you love the sound that comes out of the speakers of the amp, then microphoning the amp has the advantage of capturing the complete tone of the system.
The two deciding factors often are:
The biggest difference between both approaches is the tone. One sounds different than the other. The best guitar amps sound beautiful as a whole (including the speakers) and it's more often than not worth putting a mic on them, but this is not the case for all amps.
So, before anything else, find out which sound you like more with the amps and mics you have available.
Since this has such a big impact in the tone, the guitarist is (normally and ideally) who makes that decision, and if for some reason you can't do what he wants, you do the other option. Seems that you are being able to make that decision, but make sure you take the opinion of the guitarist into consideration. His preference will be reflected in the performance, he will perform better under the conditions he likes the most.
If you liked line out more, just send the out to the mixer (through a DI box and the snake, or directly, depends on your setup).
If you liked the mic sound more, you still have some things to do.
The biggest disadvantage of microphoning an amp live is the danger of generating feedbacks. You need to be very careful with:
Check if you can do these. If you can't, go with line out instead. If the mic will be feedbacking, the mic is just not worth it.
Now check if you can implement the amp microphoning correctly. You will check this during the sound check. Now the whole ensemble will be playing, which will test the positioning of your mic and amp. The mic will now capture other stuff.
Can you hear the guitar clearly in the mix? Maybe there is too much going on acoustically around the mic, and it is affecting the tone (even if there is no feedback). Maybe some things are bleeding into the mic too intensely, and you won't be able to add the guitar comfortably to the mix without affecting other elements. Also, it's easier to generate feedback now than ever. You might be able to solve feedback issues here by EQing the frequencies that are giving problems.
Can the guitar be heard in the mix clearly, without feedback issues, and without negatively affecting other elements in the mix? Then go for it! Otherwise, microphoning an amp will have a negative impact in the performance and sound.
It's not a trivial task, but it's worth the try if you really like the sound of the amp-mic combo. You can always just go line out if you can't pull it off, the important thing is to test first.
Line out would remove the influence of the speaker, an important component of the overall tone. Miking would preserve that, with the downside of potential spill from other sources.
A third option would be something like a guitar Pod, many types available these days. That would be capable of giving you speaker emulation at the line outs. The guitarist could use headphones, or you could provide him a separate feed for monitoring.


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DeKALB, Ill. - Coming off of a dominating weekend performance that resulted in a 3-0 start to the spring season, the Northern Illinois focuses its attention to this weekend's match against Southern Illinois (0-1). The 3-0 start is the best ever under sixth-year Head Coach Ryun Ferrell.
"We are working a ton on doubles," said Ferrell on his team's preperations for the weekend. "We haven't even thought about singles play whatsoever. So far what we've seen from our opponents is whoever gets to the net first wins. It's turning into an extremely aggressive game, more so than I thought it would be at this stage in the year. We are being over-aggressive in practice and working on our doubles play again and again. That doubles point is huge and we want to win it."
In singles play, the Huskies have not lost a match this season. As a result of the stellar opening weekend, No. 1 singles player Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) was named the Mid-American Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Youel has lost only two of 38 games in singles play this season.
The Huskies have fared nearly as well in doubles play, having won seven of nine matches. Coming off of a sweep of both Valparaiso and Western Illinois, the Huskies look to continue their hot start against Southern Illinois this Saturday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. CT in Rockford, Ill. at Boylan Tennis Center.


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Still looking for something to do this weekend in Central Pennsylvania? Get up and get out and check out some local music. Local music: it does a body good!
Blues guitar legend Don Johnson and his fellow funksters in the Don Johnson Project will bring their masterful sound to Snapper's Bar and Grill in Mechanicsburg. Showtime is 9:00.
Hardcore punk masters Dollface, thrash metal monsters Running Paralyzed and garage-rockers The Greenwash are going to keep things interesting at the Boondocks Club in York Haven. Doors open at 6:00.
The iconic American Posse provides an evening of rock infused country, with one of the best local vocalists you will have the pleasure of hearing, at the Winner's Circle Saloon in Grantville. The boot-stomping will kick-off at 9:00.
One of the most complete, all-around bands working the circuit today, The Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.), is playing at Fat Daddy's in York. The frivolity will begin at 10:00.
The Don Johnson Project will keep-on keeping-on at Morgan's Place in Harrisburg. If you missed 'em on Friday, catch 'em on Saturday! Start time is 8:00.
Penntera is going to shred their way into your hearts at the Boondocks Club in York Haven. Noodlebone will provide the opening tunes starting at 9:30. Let the Primal Concrete Sledge rain down!
Adrian Blitzer and Random Allies join forces to give you a night of extreme entertainment and rock and roll. The place is Tubby's Nightclub in Duncannon. The time is 9:30. Partying and enjoyment will ensue!
Metal masters Dove of War will drop the gauntlet at Jackson's Junction in New Cumberland. The thrashing shall commence at 9:00.
Grind are going to rock the house at Ye Old Ale House in Mechanicsburg. Waysted Sylence will start things off at 9:30.
Hard rockers Insulated in Pink are gonna rock things out at Rumor's in Enola. The Pink will start flying around 9:00.
Metal-tastic bangers LeadFoot will crush your skulls at Fat Daddy's in York. Arena rockers Xhibition starts putting the pedal to the metal at 9:00.
American Posse returns to the Winner's Circle Saloon in Grantville. If you missed them Friday night (or if you just can't get enough Posse), here's your second chance! Show time is 9:00.
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"Trust, but verify."
One of my co-workers loves that phrase. So did Ronald Reagan. Vladimir Lenin liked its Russian form.
It comes to mind because of my reaction to today's news that the Red Wings had signed Mikael Samuelsson and Jordin Tootoo as free agents. I'm not the only one who had the same kind of reaction.
Neither player has been a favorite of late among Wings fans, so to see both of them suddenly on our team (in Samuelsson's case, again), signed in a matter of minutes, was a shock.
I trust Ken Holland to make the right moves for the team. That said, I don't blindly believe everything he does is perfect. I question these moves and I want to see how they'll work out.
Trust, but verify.
Logically, I know that Tootoo was a pain for the Wings to play against, so having that on "our" side is a good thing. The Wings haven't had someone like him in quite awhile.
That said, because the Wings hadn't had someone like that, they were able to (most of the time) play like they were above what Tootoo brings to the table. Maybe they need to lower themselves to that level, maybe being above that is what they've been missing, but it leaves a bad taste.
Logically, I know that Samuelsson is a cheap replacement for Jiri Hudler, who's bound to get $4 million or more from a team like the Canucks or Capitals or Sabres. He plays a similar game for significantly less money.
That said, it wasn't that long ago that he basically had his house for sale before the season ended in Detroit. We still make jokes about how often he'd miss the net on drives from the point. While he replaces Hudler, it kind of seems like a role that didn't need to be replaced.
Lost in all of that are the signings of Jonas Gustavsson and Damien Brunner. Brunner was a known - announced a week ago but not official until today. Gustavsson's deal I initially questioned but only for the financial side and the reality is that $1.5 million for a backup goalie isn't that bad.
And no news on the big fronts, Ryan Suter and Zach Parise. Depending on who you believe, any number of teams - Detroit included - are the frontrunners for either or both of those two.
Regardless of what happens with the big-names, it's hard to ignore the math facing the Wings' lineup right now. There are simply too many forwards to fit into the lineup next year.
Assuming that Hudler is gone (as it seems that he is), Tomas Holmstrom doesn't return, Brunner makes the lineup and Justin Abdelkader is re-signed as a restricted free agent, the team has fifteen forwards. That's with Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar and a handful of others sent back to Grand Rapids, which (at least in Nyquist's case) should not happen.
It sure looks to me (and to TPL and WIIM) like a trade is in the works. I won't speculate on who it could be for but I do want to look at who could be going the other way.
Abdelkader is an unsigned RFA, probably due around $2 million, which just happens to be how much the Wings brought Tootoo in for. Given that they play similar games, it sure seems like Abdelkader was just made expendible, even if he's the hometown kid.
Todd Bertuzzi isn't going anywhere, he's got a no-trade clause. Same for Danny Cleary (and Pavel Datsyuk if you think the Wings would deal him).
Patrick Eaves could be moved but lost nearly a season to post-concussion syndrome so good luck finding a taker.
Cory Emmerton was used a lot as the fourth line center last year but that's a replaceable position. That said, because he's replaceable it should mean he wouldn't bring much in trade.
Valtteri Filppula has been labeled a future leader of the team but has an acceptable contract, is relatively young and scores a little bit.
Johan Franzen has a contract that should make it nearly impossible to move him if the Wings even wanted to. Darren Helm also won't be moved as he just signed his contract.
Drew Miller and Jan Mursak are in the same boat as Emmerton. Solid bottom-six guys who are ultimately replaceable, which devalues them.
Samuelsson and Tootoo just signed (and Samuelsson got a no-trade clause) so they're staying put. Henrik Zetterberg is the next captain so he's going nowhere.
Ignoring prospects (counting Nyquist and Tatar among them), that means that Abdelkader (or at least his rights) and Filppula are the Wings' most movable, valuable forwards.
I don't know what's going to happen between now and the start of the season but looking at that roster crunch, I have a hard time thinking that all of those guys are going to be wearing the Winged Wheel come October. This was just the first official day of NHL summer. We've got a lot coming up.
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After this year's E3, I wasn't expecting anything major - turns out, Microsoft blew everyone out of the water with Project Natal, especially because it works. But to be honest, I was on the fence for a year or two for a PStriple or Xbawks. Things have changed for me, so I bought an Xbox a few weeks ago. Really, I only got it in preparation for The Beatles: Rock Band. I bought a Wii just for Brawl, and it was either the PS3 or Xbox for The Beatles.
Granted, I seriously considered a PS3. I love the Metal Gear Solid series. Blu-ray is really pretty, and I can't see any ISP providing enough pipeline for true Blu-ray quality video anytime soon. And then a few exclusives here and there. But after E3 and 3 years, it's clear Sony's going to be the biggest loser in the long run. After really exhausting themselves with the needlessly complicated Cell processor and expensive blu-ray drive, Sony is lagging behind and just trying to catchup with its competition. Then, you have issues with multi-platform games, like Fallout 3, which suffer from more issues than their Xbox or PC counterparts. This is due in part to the complications of the Cell processor - it is exotic and needlessly complicated to program for. Especially in this economic climate, game developers prefer the Xbox, because it is similar to something that's been around and they already know: the PC.
Microsoft seems to have found its stride - new 360's have finally gotten rid of that dreaded "red ring of death" with the new falcon motherboard (or chip?). Project Natal is amazing, works, and was the crowd-pleaser at E3. The 360 is slowly taking out one of the PS3's major selling points: exclusivity. Final Fantasy XIII will be available on the Xbox, sometime after it is released on the PS3. The only major change, apparently, will be the need to use multiple discs. Metal Gear Solid series is no longer exclusive, with the next title, Metal Gear Solid Rising available for both consoles. Ditto to the Tekken series and Street Fighter.
In as much I loved Sony in the past, they've really started sucking hard in just about everything. The PS3 hasn't seen a good pricecut, especially in this recession, while the Xbox is much more affordable. Backwards compatibility has been axed a while ago, which was also a major selling point - you'll have to pay an additional premium to find a BC PS3. They've released more SKUs than Xbox, taking out the backwards compatibility while adding additional hdd memory that the market didn't want. In lieu, most people don't want to HAVE to install their games on the PS3 to just play them - consoles aren't PCs, games are to be played on the get-go.
I could go on and on, but I'm tired tonight. My writing isn't very focused and really puts a lot in one post in this thread. It's late, and I'm not really a fanboy in this latest console war - I was just a consumer, sitting on the fence, waiting on Microsoft or Sony to provide me the better deal, and staying informed on the latest news (Kotaku.com). For me, I just wanted a casual Beatles machine.
With Microsoft's powerhouse E3 presentation that made me lean in favor of the Xbox, it literally took just a small tap to push me over the fence for a 360 - "All You Need is Love" will be a timed Xbox DLC exclusive for The Beatles: Rock Band, with all proceeds going to charity.
If you need specific clarification and comparison between either system, let me know. I can try to get back and address them. Lastly, if I had the time AND money, I would've definitely gotten both systems. Again, I'm a poor college student needing to make the most of my extra spending money.
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As far as E3 went, as an owner of both systems I thought Sony did a pretty good job. I mean they actually showed gameplay, whereas Microsoft showed 90% pre-rendered stuff and a buncha "What could this be?" speculative BS :P Oh and Milo was creepy, I dont want that shit on my consoles. Natal still could be fun, but for what? Minigames? Maybe if its cheap, it could work out, but its not going to be beneficial to the games that I like playing the most on consoles anyway, still kudos for making it intresting.
Let's hop PS3's last hurrah wasn't inFamous. That is a brilliant game, the best PS3 game so far. I'm getting Assasin's Creed for PS3. 360 has the edge of Halo. PS3 has Uncharted (which looks nice, but is more of a movie game lol) I'm curious though: WHat else does 360 have to offer in the games dept.? I looked on playstation.com, they have a steady stream of games coming in, maybe the occasional interesting one. But I haven't heard any 360 hype. I've already heard about Natal. WHat else is there, though?
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microsoft did way better that sony hands down its got more new exclusives coming out like Alan wake, Left 4 dead 2, Halo 3 ODST followed by Reach, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction. Guys, last i checked what they showed for Natal was a DEMO. So that would really mean that they will be updating it more to where u would be able to play the games u have right now with Natal(thats wat gameinformer said). And that little stick thingy that Sony came up with is just another step up from eye toy, with a wii remote and a camera(lame). Also the only thing that looked kinda good from sony was the PSP Go
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personally I chose the ps3 because of bluray and GRAN TURISMO lol.. but seriously I prefer the ps3 than the xbox- games exclusive wise and functionality wise
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Unless you have to have the couple of exclusive titles, go with the better machine. The PS3 blows away the xbox any day of the week. Its a blu-ray player, can play hulu videos, supports HD audio playback, better browser. To me, its a lot easier to access your music content, pics and vids too.
As far as the couple exclusive titles, Sony has their own also. Resistance is Sony's Halo fighter, and to me way better. I dont know, I never got into lasers shooting around everywhere. Blue and red streaks on the screen are so childish to me.
I suggest really thinking about the prospect of HD video streaming all of the time. We have some serious time until that happens. Plus, ISP's are already complaining about the data usage as it stands.
The xbox really does have reliability issues. Some people I know are on their 2nd and 3rd systems.
The online on the PS3 is pretty flawless now. I would have conceded to xbox a year ago, but they have upgrade that experience dramatically. Oh, and its free!!
It takes 3 hands to use the xbox controller(two to hold, on to use the buttons
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The 360 controller absolutely destroys the toy-ish, crappy plastic, loose joystick Playstation 3 controller. The 360 controller feels like an extension of your hand when you're using it. Maybe you're thinking of the old Duke controller of the original xbox but the S-type controllers of the old xbox were great and the new ones are even better.
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lolz Marv! - It's still true over here - only 2 ppl I know own a PS3 (and they dont use it!! lol)
But over the PS3 vs 360 controllers, I must side with the 360. To me it is more ergonomically designed, and I feel that after I got used to it, I was able to navigate much quicker then I was the PS3 controller.
Although, I do like the look of the PS3 controller lol
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360 controlller is pretty comfy. I'd rather have the PS3 though because the lower trigger buttons are easier to reach. Plus, the way I play some fighting games, the PS3 controller is just plain easier to use.
From the looks of things atm, it all boils down to whether you have friends with one or the games you like more. They both have the same amount of good exclusives, great marketplace games, and etc. ps3 generally ends up being cheaper in the end though.
U know what...THE PC OWNS ALL!!! but seriously it does :P well if u have wireless internet u can surf the web with ps3, free online multiplayer support, no major hardware failure that i know of(besides overheating)...but yeah...i vote for PS3
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I wish i had a good gaming computer so i could play sweet pc games, but alas, i have one from like 2003 or something lol
I just purchased a PS3 slim, and can't wait until I get my hands on Uncharted 2. A lot of people are recognizing it as the best game ever, regardless of console. Now I own all three of the advanced consoles, The Wii, 360 and now the Slim.
P.S. As for gaming on computers, it's a waste of money, IMO. They do have the most advanced games on the market, but I cannot justify the premium cost to acquire one
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yeah, ultimately that's wha i decided. If you're gonna spend that much money on a computer, it's gotta have other practical edges compared to a regular one, such as space, speed, etc.
PS3? I own one... I'd get the360 if there was anything that attracted me. I don't really know how to tell if online is better on which system lol, the only game i'd like to play on 360 is the halo series. But other then that I'm not gonnna get the system just for that game. Also, lets say multiplatform games. COD MW2. I play online on my ps3 for free but the 360 you have to pay. What for? In my opinion I dont want to pay for that.. also if online is better on the xbox then how? Another example super street fighter 4. I've been playing that game a lot lately. My friend has a 360 and he's also been playing the same game... it's the same thing but it's kinda a waste that he has to pay.
I don't want to get into those fan boy arguments. So no offense to anyone just my opinions.
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Canadian figure skating choreographer Roselle Doyle will debut her new stage show "Land of the Eternals" at the Performing Arts Centre in Burlington, Ont., Sept. 14-15. Both shows start at 7:30 p.m.
Principal performers are Elvis Stojko, Dan Hollander, adagio artists Fiona Zaldua and Dmitry Sukhanov, Gladys Orozco-Stojko and Doyle.
As this is a live stage production all performers will be gliding around on PIC®Skates, an advanced and innovative version of inline skates or rollerblades. "Because of its unique design, the PIC®Skate allows athletes to execute all their jumps, spins, and other figure skating elements on an off-ice surface with ease," Doyle said.
The show will also feature former Nexxice caption Jennifer Beauchamp, Paulette Holtham, Caroyln MacCuish (Canadian novice pairs champion) and Sasha Desroches.
The Stilleto Dance Company and belly dancer Alicia Bellycraft will also perform.
This follows on the heels of a very successful and entertaining show Doyle choreographed as part of Toronto's annual Canadian National Exhibition events this summer.
"This year's show 'La Vie' had a city theme and took the audiences through a day in city life," Doyle explained. "It was a mix of professional skaters, some incredible acrobatic talents, aerial acrobats, jugglers, trampoline acrobats and breakdancers."
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The United States Senate has voted to pass a bill that would increase the debt ceiling; according to a February 13 article in the Chicago Tribune. The vote was not cast along party lines.
The article goes on to say that 12 Republicans joined the Democrats to pass the measure.
According to Wikipedia, the debt ceiling was designed to limit the about of debt that the treasury could incur. In actuality, the ceiling limits the amount of existing debt that can be paid down. There have been 3 major debt crises since 1995.
The Holy Bible speaks of debt in different ways. In one instance, it encourages us to owe no man anything but love. The scripture is not about money; it more-so speaks to the debt of love paid by Christ. It is a love unconditional; and sufficient in every way.
In the book of Philemon, the Apostle Paul offers to cover any debt incurred by a runaway slave. He tells the owner to charge the debt to his account; clearly a reference to monetary debt.
The Bible does not encourage debt; but it does encourage us to do what we can to help each other.
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The Bugatti Galibier 16C model will make it to production, becoming the second model in the Bugatti line-up alongside the hypercar Veyron. The Galibier will be a luxury sedan model and should also get a hybrid version in addition to the W16 engine option to be borrowed from the Veyron. The model will have a larger production run but will sit firmly in the exclusive category, to be sold at a price of over one million pounds.
The news comes from Car who interviewed Bugatti president and CEO Wolfgang Durheimer. They say that two Bugatti Galibier models will be available, one of which will be the hybrid version, and a sales of about 3,000 models can be expected. Obviously factory expansion and design development (but with a "design freeze" in autumn) is being planned to make way for the new model and in addition to using the W16 engine, technical developments such as the reappearance of a dual-clutch gearbox should occur. It hasn't been decided whether the Galibier will use a carbon fibre monocoque or aluminium spaceframe construction.
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Scored 366 points (22.9/g), 17th of 32 in the NFL.
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Differential of -28 points (-1.8/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 29th.
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The economy grew by less than forecast.
Stock futures declined today as the US economy grew by less than expected, according to a preliminary estimate by the government.
The US economy grew at a 2.5% pace in the first there months of 2013 as consumer spending rose 3.2% -- the fastest rate in two years, a hike in the payroll tax and higher gas prices notwithstanding. Economists expected a 3% GDP rise after the fourth quarter's slow 0.4% growth. This report will be tweaked further in the next two months.
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A 6-year-old boy was ran over and killed after he jumped from the bed of his father's truck Saturday in Gwinnett County.
So far, police have not released the boy's name and no charges have been filed in the incident, which is still under investigation, according to the Gwinnett County police.
The incident happened in the 5000 block of Oak Grove Drive near Buford, police spokesman Sgt. Brian Doan said. The 6-year-old was in the back of his father's pickup truck along with his 11-year-old brother shortly before the boy jumped, he said.
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So the question is: did he ever actually have a potential game-winning pass thrown his way?
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Turnover ratio
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A: I agree. That was a mistake to go conservative on third-and-6 from the 30 in a tie game with that much time left. Same goes for the decision on third-and-7 from the plus 32 late in the first half. They ran Ricky Williams up the middle for five yards that time, got the 44-yard field goal from Dan Carpenter, then watched Peyton Manning take the Colts down the field in the final 43 seconds to get a 48-yarder from Adam Vinatieri and a 13-13 tie at the half. Even Pennington talked afterward about how you need to get touchdowns, not field goals. But Tony Sparano said he "was absolutely willing to take the points in that situation [in the fourth]. That put us ahead. I have a lot of confidence in our defense." Maybe too much confidence as it turns out.
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Where this game was lost
It's the fourth quarter and there about 6 minutes left. They arecat the Indy 34 with a first and 10.
There's a pass to ginn for no gain, followed by a wasted timeout.
Then it's two runs to Brown that gain 4 and 3 yards.
And on comes Carpenter.
Seemed odd that they weren't being agressive them; now we know that this really didn't pay off.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Pennington sucks
Time to move on. Henne anyone?
What the.....?
And yet they manage to lose?
This team couldn't beat my grandmother!
Oh and two. Wow are they inapt. That may very well have been one of the LAMEST 2 minute drives I have ever seen.
odd day for me
Tom Brady
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Gotta love this
My friend Alan asks:
> is this a profile of dennis miller or you?
> Steelers fan. Must be Dennis Miller.
> http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_man_thinking_up_funny_things
There's something not right about this
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Tim Robbie literally grew up around pro football. From the age of 11, when his father, Joe Robbie, founded the Miami Dolphins in 1966, Tim worked in many different capacities with the Dolphins.
As a high school senior, Tim charted plays for legendary coach Don Shula and offensive wizards Howard Schnellenberger and Monte Clark, learning the team's playbook inside and out. The year was 1972, when the Dolphins posted the only undefeated season in the modern era of pro football.
At the age of 34, Tim was named President of the Dolphins and Chairman of the Board of Joe Robbie Stadium following his father's death in 1990. Tim held these positions for several successful seasons, until the team and stadium were eventually sold to H. Wayne Huizenga.
Over the past several years, Tim has taken on many other business interests, but maintains his ties to the NFL through local radio programs in the South Florida area. He currently serves as an expert analyst on Spotscastnow.com's NFL programs, and has shown exceptional prowess picking NFL games on radio shows and Sportscastnow for more than a decade.
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A new report from the World Health Organization on Tuesday noted that air pollution kills 7 million people in the world each year.
Now, WHO is naming air pollution as the biggest environmental health risk; one out of eight deaths are caused by air pollution.
It is known that inflammation in the lungs can be caused by tiny particles in pollution but those particles may also cause inflammation in the heart, leading to heart attacks or other problems.
The new estimates, which are based on modeling, are doubled from previous figures. However, this does not necessarily mean there's been an increase in deaths from the pollution. There are now better detection methods and more information about the effects of pollution.
Last year, air pollution was designated as a carcinogen, as it has been linked to lung and bladder cancer.
Now scientists are trying to target what parts of air pollution are worse than others. They currently 'can't identify if diesel fuel or dust particles from sand do more harm than the other.
The director of an environmental research group, Frank Kelly, noted that though people in countries with notoriously bad air pollution widely use face masks to protect themselves. there is little indication they actually protect against inhaling the dangerous parts of the air.
He noted that humans must drastically change their lifestyles to avoid exposure to air pollution. With face masks, there is the idea that we can go about daily life, living with the air without consequence.


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Predictive dialer technology has become the backbone of modern call centers. A predictive dialer easily manages the process of dialing tens of thousands of calls and has the ability to detect the results of a call—whether there is no answer, it is a fax line or even a number that is no longer in service.
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Predictive dialer technology is continuing to transition according to the needs of customers and recently a Session Initiation Protocol (News - Alert) (SIP)-based dialer was debuted. Powered by Tpad, a provider of managed SIP services, the benefits of this technology can now be extended to call center processes, similar to that used in predictive dialers, according to Simon Jones, the company's sales director.
SIP-based predictive dialers can be used with as few or as many as users as necessary, allowing for a much greater range of flexibility for users and ensuring maximum productivity and profitability.
Jones added in a statement, "There is real-time session management in the switching, bandwidth allocation, session management, session prioritization, interoperability to discuss with clients about, apart from cost savings."
Costs can easily be reduced when leveraging this dialer because SIP uses the Internet instead of traditional telephone-based connections; making it much more affordable to use this specific dialer which runs on SIP technology.
In addition, Tpad's (News - Alert) dialer offers several other capabilities including serving as a management control system, a reports generation system and a call recording system. The SIP-based predictive dialer also has the ability to recall the numbers it has previously dialed, as well as provides all important details such as the time of the call, whether the call was successful, if customers asked to be called back and more.
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College Hockey:Utica Notches First-Ever Win Over RIT
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UTICA, N.Y. — Utica scored two goals in a 37-second span early in the first period, then paced RIT to gain its first-ever win over the Tigers, 5-3, for an important milestone in the program's three-year history.
"This game was a giant killer," said Utica coach Gary Heenan. "At the beginning of the season, our goal was to split with the big three of the league. That goal was still alive coming into tonight's game, because our remaining games against those three teams are all at home. Tonight was the first of those games."
Utica controlled play early as RIT got a sniff at the Pioneer net, but nothing more as Utica pinned the puck deep in the Tiger zone.
The Pioneers controlled play by dominating the neutral zone, using the area between the blue lines to make crisp passes and break into the RIT zone.
"I knew that if we could get ugly along the boards, and control the two blue lines, then we would be there at the end of the game," said Heenan.
Utica tallied goals on its second and third shots of the contest, both on breakaways, to gain an early 2-0 lead.
The first goal was scored by Brian Bansner, who caught a pass from Scott Leygraff just as he skated into the Tiger zone. Bansner avoided an RIT defenseman and slid a backhand past Tiger netminder George Eliopoulos for the score at the 5:05 mark.
Just :37 later, Utica broke in with another 2-on-1. Trent Flory and Justin Schachlter carried the puck in for the Pioneers, and Schachtler finished the play with the goal at 5:42.
"Their better players played better than our better players," said RIT coach Wayne Wilson. "They outworked us. They just beat us, and we stood around a lot."
The Pioneers dominated through the middle of the first period, as RIT couldn't get anything going. The Tigers finally mounted some offensive pressure, but another defensive breakdown allowed Utica to score its third goal.
Bansner hit Schachtler with a long breakout pass, and Schachtler finished the play wristing it past Eliopoulos' glove for the goal at 14:11 of the period.
Right after the Utica goal, the first penalty of the game gave the Tigers a power play and a little life. Just as the power play ended, RIT scored when Roberto Orofiamma poked the puck past Utica goaltender Jake Miskovic at 16:39. The two teams skated off the ice for the first intermission with Utica enjoying a 3-1 lead.
Utica struck early in the second period, scoring a controversial goal at the 4:08 mark to regain its three-goal advantage. The sequence started with a scramble for a loose puck after a save. The puck started trickling towards the far corner of the goal line. Just as it neared the line, a pile of players scrambling for the puck pushed it across.
The red light went on, the referees held a convention, and the goal went up on the scoreboard to build the Utica lead to 4-1.
RIT answered the Pioneer goal to keep the game within reach, at 13:02. The puck rebounded off a blocked shot out to the top of the left faceoff circle. Tiger defender Ryan Francke stepped into the shot, and whistled it past Miskovic for RIT's second goal, and narrowed the margin to 4-2.
Tempers flared at the buzzer, but the two teams were quickly separated.
The Tigers let their emotions get the better of them early in the third
period, taking six minor penalties in the first nine minutes.
Utica converted on one of the power plays, skating with the 4-on-3 advantage. Off a big scramble in front of the RIT net, Jon Ames corralled the loose puck and whipped it past Eliopoulos for his second goal of the game.
Late in the game, Utica got into penalty trouble of its own, with a pair of players sent to the box. RIT converted on the front end of the resulting 5-on-3, when Jason Chafe tapped home a long pass from Francke at 15:31 to narrow the score to 5-3.
Utica killed off the back end of the advantage to maintain its lead. RIT pulled its goalie with 1:04 remaining, and a late Utica penalty gave the Tigers a 6-on-4 advantage. But the Pioneers held on for the big victory.
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Album Remarks & Appraisals:
"Arturo O'Farrill's Song for Chico is a disc that would have done the old man proud. The "Chico" of the title is Cuban-born Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill, the senior (b.1921; d.2001), the visionary Latin jazz composer who wrote, most famously, the "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite," recorded in 1950 by Machito and his Afro-Cuban Orchestra, with none other than Charlie Parker sitting in the alto saxophone chair. The original recording of the suite can be heard on Charlie Parker South of the Border(Verve, 1995), and on a magnificently rerecorded version on Chico O'Farrill's last recording, Carambola (Milestone, 2000) on which Arturo O'Farrill the younger served as pianist and musical director.
Chico O'Farrill's genius was for blending the sounds of bebop with the Afro-Cuban tradition and tinting it with classical shadings. This set, Arturo's tribute to his father, carries on very much in the O'Farrill tradition. The disc opens with "Caravan," written by Juan Tizol and made famous by Duke Ellington. The sound is bold and brassy, one foot in the streets of San Juan or Havana, the other in the concert hall. The arrangement - by Papo Vazquez - is full of spirited soloing, with trumpeter Michael Rodriguez showing off some Ellingtonian jungle cat growls.
"Such Love," an Arturo O'Farrill original dedicated to Sam Furnace, opens with a stream of waving reeds and a trumpet fanfare that rolls into some lush harmony, followed by an O'Farrill cascade that leads into the multiple percussion. This is music that makes it impossible to sit still, and it's also music that invites serious listening. The arrangements throughout are complex and deftly done, working that "street versus the concert hall" dynamic.
A highlight of this marvelous set is the title tune, penned by Cuban drummer/composer Dafnis Prieto. Brimming with joy, with a mix of musical languages, it stretches Latin jazz to the max.
O'Farrill includes a couple of his father's tunes, the swinging, swaying "Cuban Blues" and the beautifully pensive "The Journey," featuring Jim Seeley's soulful trumpet and O'Farill's delicately nuanced and, like Ellington, too-seldom showcased piano work. It's a gorgeous closing to a set that pushes the boundaries of Latin jazz into new territory. Just as Chico did." -AllAboutJazz
Album Reviews:
Down Beat (p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "While Arturo's writing and scoring is crisp and concise like Chico's, it's more serious, less playful and grand, but every track has its personal subtext."
JazzTimes (p.109) - "[I]t's Farrill's chic arrangement, full of unexpected twists, that pays the highest compliment to the album's chief inspiration."
Album Notes
Arturo O'Farrill: Arturo O'Farrill (piano); Bobby Porcelli, Erica Vonkleist (alto saxophone); Mario Rivera, Ivan Renta (tenor saxophone); Pablo Calogero (baritone saxophone); John Walsh , Michael Rodriguez , Michael Philip Mossman, Jim Seeley (trumpet); Gary Valente, Luis Bonilla, Renaldo Jorge (trombone); Douglas Purviance (bass trombone); Rubén Rodríguez (electric bass); Vince Cherico (drums, timbales); Jimmy Delgado (bongos, timbales, bells, bell); Tony Rosa (tumba).
Personnel: Mario Mártires Rivera (tenor saxophone); John A. Walsh (trumpet); Reuben Rodriguez (electric bass).
Audio Mixers: Arturo O'Farrill; Troy Halderson.
Liner Note Author: Arturo O'Farrill.
Recording information: XM Productions, Effanel (04/23/2006).
Author: Bebo Valdés.
Photographer: Jerry Lacay.
Arrangers: Papo Vazquez; Arturo O'Farrill; Tom Harrell; Dafnis Prieto; Jim Seeley.
Chico O'Farrill was one of the leading propenents in the fusion of big band/large group jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms and melodies, His son, pianist Arturo, is carrying on in that tradition with his very own big band. SONG FOR CHICO is a set of tightly arranged, heavily rhythmic pieces mixing the swinging élan of Duke Ellington (whose "Caravan" is covered here) and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra with the percolating, driving rhythms of Tito Puente. Plus, there are plenty of inspired, concise solos from O'Farrill, Mario Rivera, and Bobby Porcelli.
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Also Purchased
Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Project: Encuentro *
Julie London: All Through the Night [Bonus Track]
Arturo O'Farrill/Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: Una Noche Inolvidable (An Unforgettable Night)
Ron Murray: Romanza [Digipak] *
Oscar Lopez: Flashback: The Best of Oscar Lopez
Bill O'Connell Latin Jazz Project (Piano): Black Sand
Joe Carter: Two for Two *
Armando Rodriguez (Latin Jazz): Havana Blues
Joe Carter: Samba Rio Trio
See Also
- The Auction Project (Bixler, David)
- The Auction Project (Bixler, David)
- Final Night At Birdland (O'Farrill, Chico)
- Boss Level (Arturo O'Farrill Sextet)


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Please Comment on choice of Encoder and Encoding Frontend
I require your wise advises/suggestions on CD Ripping and conversion of Audio files to a Lossy format so that i can fill my DAP with them
My Humble audio Setup includes a Sony walkman NWZ-S545 and an MEELEC M9
So here It goes -
1.Does one Need to use different encoder/encoding settings for Different genres of Music?
2.I chose foobar2k as my frontend (Setting Ripping security to paranoid),is it good?
3.i was fairly sure of My choice of encoder to be Lame (v0) until i heard about Apple aac true VBR
Now i am confused,tried abx too,couldn't decide, Please help me to choose the Best of the Two
My Settings for Lame v0 was - -V 0 --vbr-new --add-id3v2 --ignore-tag-errors --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tg "%m" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d (Still cant add the q0 switch )
and for Apple TVBR - --tvbr 100 --highest - %d (should i Increase the quality from 100 to 127?)
One Thing i noticed is that the file size was 20% Lower in Apple TVBR when Compared to Lame v0
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1. No, just use what sounds good. Although on more complex music you may need to go higher.
2. Yes, foobar2000 is a good option. fre:ac is another choice. For ripping in foobar2k, paranoid is probably overkill, I've gotten good results with just standard mode.
3. LAME -V0 will sound the same as AAC 256VBR (aka iTunes Plus). foobar2k cannot use the Apple AAC encoder, only iTunes can. You would have to use NeroAAC to encode with foobar2k.
My suggestion is to just use -V0 .
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foobar2000 can use the Apple AAC encoder. See the qaac encoder page for more on that. There's several threads over on Hydrogenaudio you can find on how to get setup and fine tune your settings. In fact you can use most commandline encoders with foobar2000 if you set it the right way.
There's even ways to encode to WMA. No idea why anyone would want to, but they work.
The placeholders in the options line stonecaper posted are from an older version of EAC so I'm guessing that's what they're using. I'd definitely update to the latest version. I've found the newer version to have a good number of improvements that make updating worth the effort.
My thoughts on what ripper/encoder to use are in this much too long thread. I'd advise using your ears and equipment to determine what encoder settings to use after you create your lossless rips. Using the directions in this thread on how to set up foobar2000 to ABX will help with that.
I'll try to summarize what's in those threads. I'd rip to lossless using a secure ripper. Then I would use a good converter to create samples at different settings to ABX. Once I determined what settings made files that were transparent to the lossless source I would encode to those settings. Doing it that way I would be assured I had the audio information from the disc in at the settings that are best for me.
Since I started doing it that way a few years ago I've never felt the need to ask anyone else what settings to use.
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I didn't know you could use the Apple AAC encoder in foobar2k.
And yes definitely ABX if you care. But FYI I've never ABX'd and I find LAME -V2 to be transparent most of the time .
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I was just letting you know that foobar2000 can create files AAC using the iTunes CoreAudioToolbox, McDougal. The rest was for stonecaper.
Just telling someone "use what sounds good" doesn't really help if someone is looking for solid information. There's a wide range of possibilities that fit that description. Letting them know there's a way to reliably determine differences using their ears and equipment is much more helpful imo.
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Thnx to Mcdougal and skip252
I use qtaacenc
@skip252, bro I tried abx several times and often found v0 and v2 to be the best settings ...will do the test again to come to conclusion
So I am dropping apple aac and Sticking to Lame 3.99.5 (or 3.97?)
Last help i need is that command Line Switch which will let me to encode at v0 with ripping quality set to q2
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I get pretty much the same results with qtaaenc or qaac. In fact when I've used foobar2000's bit compare the audio information has been the same in a few cases. I can't ABX a difference so I went with qaac. I found qaac a bit easier to set up. Can't see any need for having both as I was just experimenting as I was helping someone move from iTunes. I'm sticking with mp3s for the greatest compatibility. Everything plays those.
When I can't ABX a difference I encode to the lower setting. I can't see using space on my portables to store bits I can't hear. Have you tried encoding with qtaacenc at lower quality settings? I can't hear a difference with much lower settings than Q100. Somewhere around Q59 - Q68 iTunes AAC is transparent for me.
Not saying that's true for you, of course. Just suggesting you try a converting and ABXing a few files at lower settings. The results may let you put more files on your Sony.
If you downloaded the complete LAME package you can check the html documentation for detailed switches. If I'm reading it correctly it should be -q <number>. If you've already tried that I'm not sure why it's not working. Check the detailed documentation. There's probably a way to force that drop in the quality switch.
Not sure why you would want to force LAME to use a lower quality setting but that's up to you. The default has been -q 0 since LAME 3.98.4. If you're seeing the lower -q settings when you check the encoding parameters you may want to upgrade your version of LAME.
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@stonecaper, if you've decided on MP3, then yes, V0 and V2 are the best settings to use IMO. As for the version....it doesn't really matter. I'm still using 3.98.4. Take a look at this thread about the latest version. From some test results it appears the newest version creates larger files with higher quality settings, and smaller file sizes with lower quality.
I thought I'd give qaac a shot in foobar2k. So, I downloaded it, and copied all the files in the x86 folder to the foobar2000 programs folder. I then went to the convert menu, but only NeroAAC is there. How do I set this up?
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I find the simplest way is to have the converter .exe in the root of the foobar2000 folder. I right click the files I want to convert, enter the name of the converter.exe in the Add New Preset dialog that comes up under Output format. Just putting the full name there refers the converter to the root foobar2000 folder and it finds it automatically when the conversion starts.
Then I add the parameters and name the preset. Most often I've found the toughest part is finding the right parameters for each encoder.
For qaac I use the <strategy> <option> <argument> format posted by the author. An example would be
--tvbr 60 - -o %d
-v256 -q2 - -o %d
strategy option argument TVBR -V, or --tvbr quality value(0-127) CVBR -v, or --cvbr target bitrate(in kbps) ABR -a, or --abr target bitrate(in kbps) CBR -c, or --cbr target bitrate(in kbps)
Q0 - Q4 = ~40 kbps Q5 - Q13 = ~45 kbps Q14 - Q22 = ~75 kbps Q23 - Q31 = ~80 kbps Q32 - Q40 = ~95 kbps Q41 - Q49 = ~105 kbps Q50 - Q58 = ~115 kbps Q59 - Q68 = ~135 kbps Q69 - Q77 = ~150 kbps Q78 - Q86 = ~165 kbps Q87 - Q95 = ~195 kbps Q96 - Q104 = ~225 kbps Q105 - Q113 = ~255 kbps Q114 - Q122 = ~285 kbps Q123 - Q127 = ~320 kbps
The same parameters that sometime produce a file at ~130 kbps will sometimes produce files that are as low as ~67 kpbs. The higher bitrate files came from a drum and bass album and the lower from a acoustic jazz trio. They are both transparent to the original source to me.
If I were looking at the bitrate I might think I needed to boost the quality settings for the lower bitrate files. Once I got over being astonished at how low the bitrate was and ABXed I found the encoder knew better than me and had produced files that let me hear all the music and saved me quite a bit of space.
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Thanks skip252 for the information ! I am going to try and set this up tonight.
I noticed the command line you put for iTunes Plus is constrained vbr mode. Are you sure iTunes Plus files aren't true vbr? Because I've seen iTunes songs go up to as high as 400kbps when playing them through foobar2000.
I could probably save a ton of space by switching over to something like 192TVBR AAC files, but it's not worth the hassle now. Besides, I don't have a lot of music, so I'm not running into space issues.
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I don't know personally what settings are used to produce iTunes Plus files. I don't have iTunes installed and the few files someone bought for me don't give their exact settings. That was from the last time I checked this thread. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...pic=85135&st=0 If you're interested you can no doubt find more settings for reverse engineering iTunes Plus to get the right settings. I see several different results when I do a google.
iTunes encoded AAC files encoded at high a quality setting that high are a waste of space for me in any case. When I use qaac to encode and ABX they are transparent to me at a much lower setting.
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Yeah the iTunes Plus is probably overkill for me too. But I don't see why not if I have the space for it.
Here is a screenshot from Mr Questionman of an album I purchased from the iTunes Store, as you can see, it doesn't tell you much:
I also found out on some albums right after "MPEG-4 AAC" under Encoder info there is a small symbol of some sort. I don't know what this means but it seems to be the same settings. Maybe it's a different encoder that they use.
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After doing a little testing I'm prone to believe the CVBR setting posted may be correct. Not for quality reasons but for marketing reasons. The TVBR setting sometimes produces a MUCH lower average bitrate.
I encoded one of my jazz trio albums using the TVBR Q120 setting. The resulting bitrate was ~126 kbps. The same album encoded at the "iTunes Plus" CVBR settings averaged ~240 kbps. They're both transparent to me.
Considering most people seem to equate bitrate to quality they would probably believe the lower bitrate file wasn't delivering the expected quality. Instead of trying to explain that VBR encoding varies the bitrate to match what's actually needed to fully represent the audio information it would just be simpler to encode everything at the higher setting. There would be a lot less chance of being accused of skimping on quality.
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I encoded a Linkin Park album (Hybrid Theory) in FLAC to the iTunes Plus setting that you posted.
The result was the same as your album, the average bitrate is ~272kbps. It looks the same as albums I've gotten from iTunes except with encoder information. I have not bothered to test this out in true vbr mode yet.
It does make sense that Apple would use CVBR instead. I would imagine it would be a lot easier for Apple to explain to the average joe that 256kbps was CD quality, instead of explaining what TVBR is.
I may try this album in TVBR mode another time, but the bitrate probably won't be as low as yours, since the music is more complex I think (rock vs jazz).
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is not surprised that his team selected a quarterback in this year's NFL draft. Brady told Peter King of MMQB.com in an interview posted on Monday that he actually expected the team to select his eventual replacement.
The 36-year-old Brady feels he has plenty of years left in the tank, but also acknowledges that he is on the downside of his career. He also recognizes how quickly things can change in the NFL. He told Peter King, I felt like I had a pretty good idea we'd take a quarterback. Coach (Bill) Belichick doesn't care who the quarterback is here. He's always going to play the guy who he thinks gives him the best chance to win."
Barring a major injury, Brady doesn't have anything to worry about as far as his starting job goes with the Patriots. As a quarterback who plans on playing well into his 40s, Brady knows his future with the Patriots isn't set in stone, especially if his production declines and begins to hurt the team. He says, "There's no entitlement in the NFL. I don't expect to be given anything. I just hope I'm the one most entitled to play that position for a long time here."
With Belichick's track record with parting ways with veteran quarterbacks, it wouldn't surprise Brady if the coach made a change in the near future. But Belichick has also not had a quarterback the caliber of a Tom Brady. Both Garoppolo and Ryan Mallett will have the opportunity to learn from the best and it will take some development for either of them to be able to come in and run the team the way Brady does.
As of now, Brady only sees football in his future so his backup quarterbacks may be waiting for their opportunity for a few years, even then, they may still have Brady around as a mentor or even a coach. He told Peter King, "I want to play a long time. There's nothing I like doing that's close to football. What'll I do when I'm done playing? I don't know, but I know it won't be nearly as fun. I can tell you neither me nor Peyton (Manning) will probably be very far from the game of football when we're done."