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Skip to comments.President Obama: I deserve a second term
Posted on 02/05/2012 2:51:35 PM PST by Sub-Driver
President Obama: I deserve a second term By Erik Wasson - 02/05/12 04:57 PM ET
President Obama in a pre-Super Bowl interview aired on Sunday said that despite being unable to completely turn the economy around in three years, he still deserves to be re-elected.
I deserve a second term but we're not done, Obama told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview broadcast from the White House.
Lauer noted that in a pre-Super Bowl interview three years ago, Obama had said "If I dont have this done in three years, then theres going to be a one-term proposition. Obama said that three years ago the economy was losing 750,000 jobs a month and the latest unemployment data from Friday shows. Now we are creating 250,000, he said.
Obama said that more needs to be done to boost manufacturing and improve worker skills.
The key right now is just making sure we aren't turning in a new direction that could throw that progress off, he said.
In the NBC interview, Obama reiterated that at this stage military options are not off the table in dealing with Iran's possible quest for a nuclear weapon.
Obama said that diplomacy is preferred because of the risks of military action.
Obviously any additional military activity in the Gulf is disruptive and has a big effect on us, he said, noting it could have a big effect on oil prices.
Obama said that he doesn't think Israel has decided whether it would attack Iran, but indicated his belief the U.S. would not be blind-sided.
We have closer military and intelligence consultations than we ever had, he said.
Obama deserves to be thrown out of office and then required to get down on his hands and knees and beg for forgiveness.
Sounds like my kids when they were, like, five....
Obama deserves a second term?
Like FDR did?
Face it, the only reason Roosevelt was re-elected was because there were no viable Republicans, those who could make the case for repeal of the New Deal, running against him. Alf Landon in 1936 was only of importance because he was the only Republican governor in the entire US of A in 1936, who had been re-elected in 1934, therefore conferring what little of "national" standing existed for the Republican party anywhere.
But Alf Landon, alas, was a "Progressive" Republican, and as such, found little he could not agree with in the New Deal, therefore, he could not draw a distinction between himself and FDR. In fact, the best he could come up with was "Me, too", a catchphrase that was to dog the Republicans for years.
In 1940, when FDR SHOULD have retired in grace and style from the Presidency, he chose to run again, this time against yet another "Progressive" Republican, Wendell Wilkie, the "barefoot boy from Wall Street". But there were dark storm clouds on the horizon in 1940, and some sort of sentiment "we shouldn't swap horses in midstream", as though FDR was absolutely the only man in America who could have kept us out of the war that was coming.
In 1944, FDR was determined to run for a FOURTH term as president, and the argument of "not changing horses" seemed to be stronger than it was the first time. That time his opponent was a former prosecuting attorney from New York, who had gained the office of Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey. Much like Rudy Giuliani, Dewey had a reputation for tough law enforcement, doing his share to keep Sing Sing prison full to its limits. FDR KNEW he was dying, and in a final fit of pique, he selected a machine politician from Missouri, Harry S Truman, as his running mate and probable successor in office. FDR kept Harry just about completely in the dark about all his war plans, and a good deal of the inner workings of much of the civil side of his administration. When Harry had the office thrust upon him, he did not even know about the Manhattan Project, and the rush to develop an atomic weapon, ostensibly to be used against the Nazis. But the war in Europe ended before the system could be deployed. At the same time, the war in the Pacific was fast approaching a stalemate, with the very real probability that it would take years to subdue the Imperial Army of Japan. Using a very old principle of warcraft, the Japanese nation was struck with a weapon so powerful, so stupendous in its scope, that a true sense of shock and awe succeeded in humbling His Imperial Majesty Hirohito to such a degree, he accepted the terms of unconditional surrender presented to him by General McArthur.
The question is, would we have even BEEN in that war if FDR had not insisted on remaining in office after 1940? There was a huge isolationist sentiment in the US in 1940, which FDR plied much to his advantage, and which he almost immediately spurned after getting re-elected.
Three years ago, a freshly-inaugurated President Obama said of his plan to fix the financial crisis that if I dont have this done in three years, then theres going to be a one-term proposition.
Gonna hold him to that one.
Heh, how many times will we hear him whine that this year?
Word to obama:
You deserve approximately jack sh!t, let alone the correct time of day. Pack it up, and be out of the WH on 1-21-2013, or we'll have the secret service kick you to the curb.
Obama, you deserve a swift kick in the ass. You can take your socialism and shove it. Go run Kenya you damn bastard child SOB.
DumBO deserves a hut back in Kenya.
0bama deserves a swift kick in his red MARXIST A** right into a jail for treason and his ilk should be taken with him.
It is beneath contempt to campaign during a Super Bowl courtesy appearance.
Job Corps students are taught construction skills. Not plumbing, HVAC or electrical, but labor and concrete finishing. Their inner-city public school skills don't include math. This means we train inner-city black kids for jobs which won't exist for at least two years. So much for training.
....I put a bumper sticker on my car the day after he was elected that said:
...Don't blame me, I voted for McCain..
..and now, I believe most people agree with me that Zer0 is in fact a zero....and that he does not deserve another term or one more ride in AF1, or any more golf games at our expense....and MOOCHelle can buy her own tacky attire...
So NBC gave this jackball a free campaign commercial before the biggest tv event of the year? Damn what a surprise. Did they grant the same time to any of the Republicans?
Wonder what the ratings were for that interview? Hopefully, it will be his last pre-superbowl interview.
Clearly; the white golf shirt is as empty as is the 'starched' white; that Obama (so like Malcolm X) favors.
WHO is the glue in the 'West Wing'.
OBEYOBAMA. ..coming to a 't-shirt' soon.
0bummer: I deserve a second term
Obama deserves nothing less than a ahort ride down a long rope.
Oh, he richly deserves a lot of things, and a second term is not one of them. Even another week in the WH isn't one of them!
Rather "in your face" to see it on that graphic.
Epic fail!
As he should, that is a stellar record if I ever saw one....
Looks like a bang-up record for a third world country which he is working on here. I'm going to censor what else I'd like to say.
The author of that table should add a row for the USA's credit rating.
Best way to get answers would be to pull an Allen West on him, watch the guy piss his panties and tell the truth. In truth and not my first sentence if the media, we the people, judges and more get into asking hard questions( and axking tooo0 then this guy will keep lying and playing America and Americans as fioools dismantling three times weekly for 4.5 more years if we allow this.
Thanks for the Ping. If I typed what I really believe "Obama" deserves, I'd be banned. From the internet.
I think Barry deserves two more terms. In Leavenworth.
I think Obama would be happier back in Chicago doling what he does best, roaming the bathouses and looking for man love.
Nov 2012 - LET THE BIG BROOM SWEEP his lying a$$ out.
Why does your tag line indicate you want to make a pet out of IT and add more drain to tax payers to care for IT
obammy deserves to be tried and hung for sedition.
But let's make sure the voters are U.S. CITIZENS!
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And the Republican Party is going to do everything in their power to bring it about.
On the other hand, there is a core of Conservatives who will not vote for obama lite, a/k/a Romney under any circumstances and while the Mc Cain trick of picking a Conservative running mate may work on a few, most will see through it.
What a Petulant, Pusillanimous little Puke.
On the other hand, there is a core of Conservatives who will not vote for obama lite, a/k/a Romney under any circumstances and while the Mc Cain trick of picking a Conservative running mate may work on a few, most will see through it.
President Obama: I deserve a second term >>>>>>>>>>
This is why:( please read)
My plan would involve OUTSOURCING his incarceration to another country. Turkey, Bulgaria, Pakistan come to mind.
Nice chart! Thanks for the ping.
Is there a chart that displays similar ratios (precentages) for Romney???
I mean his enablers need to have the info to comparison shop here...
It's only fair...I mean, haven't we all been told its Romney's turn???
Plouffe and Jarrett sound like they're right in the innermost circle ..... but stuff I've read makes it sound like Moochelle is right there, too.
That said, I think Obozo's got a secret politburo under wraps (oh, sure, he'll call it a "kitchen cabinet" or "brain trust" if it comes out -- use some old American chestnut to make it sound better), but I think some number of his "czars" plus the three mentioned already are the real Government.
His Obamacare bill looked like it appeared out of thin air -- but that stuff had to have been gestated as policy for years on the 'Rat side. What we got from both the White House and the Congress was a dumbshow, a fake legislative process for appearances only.
The real bill was written back in 2007 and 2008, cooked like a Julia Child rump roast for two years, and ready to go when Obozo was inaugurated.
We will never know who wrote that f****** bill!
But no doubt about it, it was a creature of the Prog Wing (Stalinist wing) of the 'Rat Conspiracy.
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Boca Grande is abuzz about president's plans
Published: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 3:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 7:20 a.m.
BOCA GRANDE -- Sarah Santacross didn't see the Secret Service agents personally, but she knows somebody who swears they did.
So it goes on Boca Grande during the Christmas season, when visits from the Bush clan are almost as common as the rumors they inspire.
The exclusive island community near Englewood is renowned as a vacation spot for the rich and famous, but nothing gets the island's 900 full-time residents (4,500 during the season) talking like a visit from the Bushes.
Various members of the Bush family have traveled to Boca Grande to golf and fish during the week between Christmas and New Year's for more than a decade, often staying at the 93-year-old Gasparilla Inn.
Last year, Gov. Jeb Bush arrived solo, residents say, but the presence of Secret Service would imply that his father -- or younger brother -- may be planning to join him this year, as they have in the past.
"There's a lot of talk about who's coming and when it will be," said Santacross, who hears the local gossip as an employee of the Barnichol hardware store.
Santacross said she was told that Secret Service agents visited the community last week.
Local law enforcement officials wouldn't say if they'd been contacted by the Secret Service to provide extra security.
Gov. Bush's press secretary, Alia Faraj, said she could neither confirm nor deny that the governor or any of his family would visit Boca Grande during the holiday.
"That's his personal time, but I know he usually heads there every Christmas," Faraj said.
If and when the Bush family does arrive, everyone will know, said John White, an employee of Hudson's Grocery, the only full-service grocery store on the island.
"You know when they get here because everyone's talking about it," White said.
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Looking for a good book
Last month for Mothers Day I purchased a D3200 and a Dummies book for my wife. In a couple of weeks I'm traveling to my brothers house to give him my D2H, 18-70 and SB-25 to get him started with a quality dSLR. I'm trying to find a good book written in layman's terms that'll help him learn how to use his new camera. I own a D2H book authored by B. Moose Peterson and it is simply garbage. It doesn't explain how to use the camera. I'm looking for something better. Is there anything out there? Can you recommend a good book?
FWIW, we now have 2 new members in the Nikon community.
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#1. "RE: Looking for a good book" | In response to Reply # 0nrothschild Registered since 25th Jul 2004Sun 02-Jun-13 12:42 PM
Thom Hogan's eBooks are very good. I have his D2h eBook, plus 4 others for my various bodies.
Thom will tell you everything you want to know about a D2h, and then some. His books are very extensive, perhaps too extensive for some people. Not a "Dummies" book. But he is very good at simplifying things down to what I consider a layman's level. He just spends 626 pages doing that
As I am sure you know, there are far fewer book options for those older cameras.
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#2. "RE: Looking for a good book" | In response to Reply # 0blw Nikonian since 18th Jun 2004Sun 02-Jun-13 04:39 PM
Another vote for Thom Hogan's books. I get one every time I get a camera. However, it's worth nothing that there are really two subjects: one is photography, the other is doing photography with this camera. Thom's books are the latter, and NOT the former. If your brother isn't already a photographer, none of these "how do you use a D2h" books are going to be of much use. He'll need to start with something like Peterson's Understanding Exposure.
Brian... a bicoastal Nikonian and Team Member
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#3. "RE: Looking for a good book" | In response to Reply # 0LovingD3 Registered since 23rd May 2013Mon 03-Jun-13 12:03 AM
I recommend the following two books:
1. Beyond Auto Mode: A Guide to Taking Control of Your Photography (Jennifer Bebb)
2. How to Create Stunning Digital Photography (Tony Northrup)
Both books are outstanding for learning photography. Also, each book assumes that the reader knows little about the subject.
#4. "RE: Looking for a good book" | In response to Reply # 3NikonMark37814 Registered since 20th May 2010Mon 03-Jun-13 09:37 AM
Thanks guys. I'll look into each option and go from there. I'm not sure how I forgot about Thom Hogan. I have his eBooks for my D2x and F5. He has a birthday in July and I'll get him a good book or two to help him in world of digital photography.
Many thanks, Mark
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Welcome Avelandria. I'm glad you decided to join us and hope you'll stay beyond the bad weather.
Hi all! My username isn't particularly new to the site seeing as I created this account a long time ago, but its only recently that I've had the time to be active and poke around with all the incoming snow. (Anyone else ready for summer?) I've loved the lord of the rings since I was a kid (though I'm only 18 so I'm pretty much still a kid and probably will be until I die, but who wants to grow up?) and am obsessed with elves of any kind. I'm an English major in college and love to write and read. I'm short, love tattoos and interesting conversation and am really excited to finally have a chance to get acquainted with the site!
I intend to stay long after this ridiculously bitter winter is over, but having the extra time definitely helps, lots to read through and look over.
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Three months ago, Dr. Scholey assumed control of the Department of Physical Medicine at the South Sacramento Kaiser Medical facility.
Prior to being promoted to full command of that Department, Dr. Scholey had established that there was a physician on staff there, Dr. Gary Rinzler, who was far too patient oriented.
Dr. Rinzler took his time, listened to patients, and, as a result, was not suited to the type of assembly line medicine that, in Susan Scholey's mind, was the only type of medicine a place like Kaiser Permanente could or should offer the public.
By double and triple booking Dr. Rinzler, and penalizing him for falling behind, Dr. Scholey believed she would eventually be able to drive Dr. Rinzler from HER Clinic.
One tactic that Dr. Scholey enforces which is a logical extension of her punitive management style is to post just how far behind her doctors are. [continued below]....
As a patient enters the Clinic, prominently displayed is a board, maintained throughout the day, that announces that Dr. Rinzler is say, ONE HOUR BEHIND. Dr. Felix 1/2 hour. Dr. Lynn, etc.
This is the type of thing Dr. Scholey loves. On the surface, of course, the patient pours venom on Dr. Rinzler, since the patient has no idea that the schedule Dr. Rinzler has been given does not allow him to function properly. In actuality, we the "Scholey Schedule," the further behind a doctor is, the better the doctor. So, read properly, if a patient were doc shopping, at least in the Spinal Clinic, one would review the board over a few days, determine which physician is consistently the furthest behind on the Scholey Scale, and choose that doctor, the idea being that the doctor who is furthest behind is risking the rather of Scholey by taking the time necessary to thoroughly listen to his patient and making sure nothing is missed prior to moving on to the next. (Of course, Dr. Rinzler has been penalized financially over and over again by Scholey for doing this. You want to talk about bravery, and honoring the Hippocratic Oath, look in Dr. Rinzler's direction.)
(NOTE: As I've said in other places, this information is NOT coming from Dr. Rinzler. Persons working in and around the Spinal Clinic, who understand when laws are being broken, and patients abandoned, have come forward. They are to be commended for their bravery as well.)
Often on weekends and in the evenings, if one were to visit the Clinic, one would find Dr. Rinzler attempting to catch up on his charting, but to no avail. Dr. Scholey will not let up until she is either removed from command or Dr. Rinzler collapses. Naturally we would opt for the former.
So long as Dr. Rinzler's health holds up, he will attempt to cope with the injustice and tyranny at the Department for the sake of his patients.
Notified of Dr. Rinzler's situation, what did the chain of command, composed of Dr. Rinzler's friends, before an Affirmative Action appointment was made in the Spinal Clinic?.... Not a thing. Not a blessed thing, but to offer crooked smiles whenever Dr. Rinzler by chance might meet one of these physicians on an elevator.
But, you say, what does this have to do with the patient I am reviewing, Dr. Ronald Bernard, a former semi-professional football player with a severely compromised spinal condition?
Frankly it shouldn't have anything to do with him, except this 69 year old former athlete is not made of the same friendship substance the chain of command at Kaiser South Sacramento are made of.
Noting the obvious abuse to which Dr. Rinzler was being subjected, Dr. Bernard objected strenuously, and Dr. Scholey to her credit in terms of consistency turned her wrath toward Dr. Bernard.
Dr. Scholey has more than room enough in her vindictive arsenal to cover two men.
When Dr. Rinzler took a few weeks off to attempt to recover from Dr. Scholey's persecution, Scholey took on Dr. Bernard's case personally, and, even though the patient was doing well, and had been for ten years, threatened his ongoing regimen with a series of assessments, the results of which could only have negative effects on the patient.
Asked for medical or scientific reasons for the new assessments, Dr. Scholey produced only personal bias having nothing to do with the welfare of the patient.
However, once Dr. Rinzler returned from sick leave, Dr. Bernard allowed Dr. Rinzler to schedule the required new assessment which resulted in a confirmation that Dr. Bernard's condition and regimen were appropriate.
However, by this time, Dr. Scholey had processed Dr. Bernard out of the Spinal Clinic as a trouble maker, and the chain of command, frightened of Scholey's wrath, simply shrugged their shoulders and hoped that Susan Scholey never had it in for them.
Dr. Rinzler vociferously objected to the patient not having access to the Spinal Clinic, since the patient's crushed spine needed monitoring, even though such monitoring took place only on an annual basis. At the age of 69, such a condition could deteriorate rapidly, and it is only a specialist who would have sufficient knowledge to understand the symptoms of such deterioration.
So, where did Susan Scholey send Dr. Bernard's case file. ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE, at least not within the South Sacramento Medical Facility.
Dr. Bernard's case file is now in Oakland. That's right. Oakland. And what is in Oakland? A cadre of attorneys referred to as RISK MANAGEMENT.
If you have read this far, you understand that these attorneys are not there to limit the risk to patients. No no. These attorneys are there to limit the risk to Kaiser Permanente when local managers such as Dr. Susan Scholey really really put Kaiser's neck in a noose.
Well, what is the patient's reaction to all this?
Dr. Bernard is not a vindictive personality. All he has ever required is that he be returned to Dr. Rinzler to continue their long standing medical relationship.
Difficult? Not really, if one were to look at the problem from a commonsensical point of view.
However, these are attorneys after all, and there have been an entire army of people thus far who have not come to this patient's aid here.
They include, Dr. Richard Isaacs, the Physician-in-Chief at Kaiser South Sacramento. This may have to do with the location of Dr. Isaacs' office nearly directly across from the cafeteria. After all, with all those hamburgers and jello staring him in the face when he exists his office, one can understand that his energies are spent in line, when he might be reviewing some of the actions of his medical supervisors. (It is not for trying to get Richard involved that he has not intervened. We have. But, those aromas..........heavenly.)
Dr. Evan Bloom? Well, Dr. Bloom, the Assistant Physician-in-Chief spends lots of his energies attempting to convince everyone that he has nothing to do with anything. After all, he is just an Assistant Physician in Chief, and, as such, we can't expect much from him, even in an advocacy role. He just doesn't want to get involved. He wants to play doctor with the children, and carry an administrative tile, but that's as far as it goes. Dr. Bloom is a smiley guy though. Have to give him that.
Dr. Robert Midgley? MedLegal, Kaiser South Sacramento. An interesting piece of work. Three years ago, while serving on the SOUTH SACRAMENTO ETHICS COMMITTEE, Dr. Midgley was THE physician who decided that Dr. Gary Rinzler, also on the committee at that time, was the only physician on staff appropriate to monitor Dr. Bernard's case. Now, since it is Susan Scholey he would have to oppose in order to maintain a semblance of consistency, he has decided, like the others carrying administrative duties at South Sacramento, to play it safe, and just stay out of Scholey's way. When we went to Dr. Midgley's office on the second floor of the main building overlooking the latte service on the first floor, we found that he had gone on vacation. Just another hard day's night for the patient.
Well anyway, now Dr. Bernard's case is resting in Oakland. And, who at Oakland is communicating with the patient? Answer: NO ONE.
They will meet in secret, and at some unknown date, they, THE RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM, will either issue a cancellation of insurance or a denial of Dr. Bernard's appeal to be seen in the Spinal Clinic.
Never, ever would they do the right thing, and overturn Dr. Scholey's view. They will never find that Dr. Rinzler's medical opinion in the areas most critical to this patient is superior to Dr. Scholey's. After all, Dr. Rinzler spent time understanding many of the areas this patient's condition requires at Massachusetts General Hospital (the best in the world), and then eleven years in private practice in Hawaii, returning to the Mainland only because of the need of one of his, Dr. Rinzler's children.
There you have it. A Kaiser absurdity, and all the while the patient, Member 2029522, maintains the same posture: IF ANYONE IS LISTENING. Simply return the patient to the Spinal Clinic and the care of his specialist, Dr. Gary Rinzler, and all will be well.
IF ANYONE IS LISTENING: Ask Dr. Rinzler why he is the most qualified to oversee this elder American's case by training vs Dr. Susan Scholey, a former Worker's Compensation physician.
Will anyone at Risk Management, Oakland ask? Well, I'll leave you, the reader, at this time to think about that. Do you believe, at this point, anyone representing Kaiser Permanente is going to do the simple thing, the thing that would have prevented all the turmoil to begin with?
Short of a law suit, my opinion is that Kaiser Permanente will never bend to patient need, once weaknesses in the fabric of the Permanente system are exposed.
Maybe I'm wrong. I still hold some flicker of hope that a champion of reason will emerge.
Perhaps it's just too hard for attorney's to understand that peace could be so easily won in South Sacramento. Time is certainly running out. The patient can't live forever, even a fine football player.
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- Exploring all facets of the Pro Tools interface
- Setting up Pro Tools hardware and software properly
- Recording and editing audio and MIDI
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Skill Level Beginner
Once you've got your mastering session set up correctly, it's time to really listen critically to your mixes and decide what you need to do improve them. The first thing you might consider using is time compression and expansion. At the Mastering stage you may decide that a certain song could benefit by being sped up just a little bit or the pitch could be adjusted slightly to change the overall sound. There are a number of plug-ins out there that can do this, but the one that comes free with Pro Tools is Time Shift and we can access that by going to the AudioSuite menu and choosing Time Shift.
In this plug-in we can adjust the time compression or expansion or the Pitch control. Let's take a quick listen to this track that I have highlighted right here. In Preview mode I'll change up the speed and see it it's something that we would actually want to do for this master. (Music playing.) Now if you felt that extra speed made the track a little bit more lively, maybe we would actually want to process this track to create faster version of it.
Now for more information about this Time Shift plug-in, check out the video about it earlier in this course. Let's move over to the Mix window and check out the mastering signal flow. The way that I have it set up here is an EQ and a Compressor on the first audio track, then that is routed through another EQ and Compressor and maybe a couple of compressors here. Then that's routed out through this Stereo With Plug-in and this Enhancer plug-in. You can also add in Analog 2 for tape ambulation if you want and then it's routed to the track where it's recorded onto this audio track. But before it goes out to your speaker, it's routed through the PhaseScope, the Meter Bridge and the Master Meter where we can monitor the phase alignment and the levels and the stereo image and then finally it goes through the Dither and Noise Shaping plug-in.
I am going to talk about Dither and Noise Shaping in another movie. So let's get a little specific about this signal path. You usually start by adding EQ and Compression on the individual tracks. In this case we want to boost frequencies that are missing or cut frequencies that are too loud or too present in the mix. When you are EQing, be sure not to overload a track with a massive boost in a certain frequency. Boosting a frequency that peaks out your EQ plug-in can cause distortion. So make sure to watch the In and Out levels right here. Digital Distortion is a definite no-no in the Mastering process and remember the cutting frequencies is often more beneficial in mastering than boosting them. A tried and true way to determine what frequencies to boost or cut while Mastering is to listen to the frequency content of a master recording that you really like, your reference mixes. Listen to how they sound on your speakers, then try to emulate the frequency curve with the EQ in your session.
With EQ there are a lot of different things you can do. You can further define the bass by even cutting out little areas, like right here this is 300. A lot of the muddy frequencies live down here. You could boost the low end if you don't feel that there is enough low end in the mix or cut it, if you fee like there is too much. You can clarify the mid frequencies by even taking a little bit out, if the mix is too strident or boosting them up, if you think that there is a little bit missing like maybe the vocal needs to pop out a little bit more.
You can sculpt the high end to give it a little bit more sparkle by adding a touch or if you need to dull it a little bit, take the high EQ down a little. Whatever EQ you decide to apply to your track, you should save it as a preset. So do Save Settings as df_mastereq1 and now you can always go back to that setting if you need it. Just click on the Librarian menu and you can find it right there.
Now let's move on to Compression. You will note that I have multiple compressors along the signal path here. I have got one on the individual track. I have got a couple of right here on this Aux track and then also this Maxim plug-in as the final limiting stage in the signal path. Now using multiple stages of compression along the signal path enables you to spread out your compression in limiting so as not to put all the compression and limiting duties on one plug-in. Spreading out the compression can yield much clearer and more powerful signals, but because you have all this compression on here, do not over-compress the track.
Although compression does help to make a track louder, it can actually make the track sound less powerful and less energetic, if you over-compress it. Allow you songs to breathe by maintaining some of the dynamic range. I recommend using light overall compression at the beginning of the mastering signal flow. Like here, I've only got 3:1 as the Ratio for this Compression and the Threshold is pretty high and the Threshold will probably pick a lot of the signal. So we are getting light Compression on a lot of the signal here.
Later in the signal path, like right here with the Maxim plug-in, you will actually want to utilize peak limiting to take care of the final Gain boost. I'm going to talk about this plug-in in a second. In between the first Compressor and this last Compressor you can add some more in and I would not push it too much, but you can add some more light Compression in and that will boost up this overall track level until you get it here where you can apply the last step of limiting.
Now before we get to the Maxim plug-in, you can also add Stereo Width and this is a pretty cool plug-in, because it widens the Stereo image with this Width control right here and even though you can do that, you got to be careful though because making the Stereo image too wide can make it sound artificial and actually sound much worse than a more focused Stereo image. Now let's take a listen. I'm going to play this track back and I'm going to change the Stereo Width and you can check that out, probably a good thing to listen in your headphones for this. (Music playing.) After the Stereo Width I added in this Enhancer. Now this is technically another EQ and I would only use this sparingly, very discreetly actually and only if I wanted to add a little sparkle to the overall mix and you will see that I have got here just a little bit of high Gain and just touch of low Gain.
But putting in EQ this late in the signal path, you've got to be careful not to add too much, because you can mess up the sound that you have already created with the EQs and Compressors previously in the signal path here. Finally, let's talk about Maxim. Maxim is a maximizer, a very powerful limiter plug-in. I recommend using this is the last step of compression in the signal flow. It will act as a peak limiter to punch up the power and boost the output level of your tracks.
So what you want to do is bring the Threshold down and adjust the Ceiling and in this case I'm going to set the Ceiling to either -.1 or -.2 dB. I recommend against slamming it all way to 0 dB, because that could create a clip or an over that some CD players can't handle and that will make them either skip or make an ugly noise and we don't want that. So let's take a listen to what Maxim can do as I bring the Threshold down to this track.
(Music playing.) Obviously, it's making it a lot louder, but don't push this Threshold down too low or else you are going to create distortion. One last thing I should mention. In Maxim, I'm actually going to turn off the Noise Shaping and make sure the Dither is off, because we are going to hit Dither and Noise Shaping later in the signal path and I'm going to talk about that in the next video in this course.


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Nuke 6 New Features was created and produced by Steve Wright. We are honored to host his material in the lynda.com Online Training Library®.
- Exploring NukeX
- Working with the new paint tools
- Using the Clone and Reveal tools
- Reviewing the Keylight matte controls
- Creating Keylight holdout and garbage mattes
- Performing multipass keying
- Working with mattes in Ultimatte
- Creating specialized keys
- Drawing and warping splines
- Exploring the MotionBlur2D and ZBlur nodes
- Navigating the Dope Sheet
- Making gizmos
Skill Level Intermediate
I've got a demo set up here that you can duplicate if you want to follow along. I'm going to use a horizontal gradient with the ZBlur node to increase the blur from black to white, and apply it to this checkerboard. So first of all, we have our CheckerBoard node. Next is a Grade node that I just use to increase the contrast to make the blur easier to see. Following that is a Ramp node, and what I did here was I set it up so we'll put a ramp in the alpha channel that goes from 0 black over here to 1.0 over there.
It also have has a broad strip of 0, so we'll have a nice section of unblurred image, and you just gradually roll into our more blur as we go to the right. If you need to see what that setup looks like, I put the output in the alpha channel and .0 is on the left and .1 is on the right, just a little bit short on the right, so I would have a narrow strip of exactly 1.0. Okay, we'll close this, switch the viewer back to RGB, and let's go get the ZBlur node. So from the Filter tab, ZBlur, and that hooks right in under the Ramp node.
Now immediately we get a blur. The reason is the ZBlur node is looking at the depth.Z channel, which happens to be black or 0 and then combining that with a focus plane and the depth choices, it's giving a bit of a blur. So first we'll do is we'll set the channel to RGB--always want to get into the habit of setting those channels. Now my "depth data" is in the alpha channel; it is not in the depth.Z channel, so we're going to direct the ZBlur node to look into the rgba.alpha channel for its business.
Now we can set it up any way we want, but I wanted to have the black on the left with no blur and the white on the right with maximum blur. So to set that up, the math function that we want is far= 1, so the right edge where the alpha channel is 1 is going to be the farthest distance from the camera and get the most depth-of-field blur. We set the focus plane to 0, meaning the 0 black over here will be in sharp focus. We'll set the depth-of-field to 0, meaning it's going to immediately start blurring the images as soon as the code values get above 0. And we'll set the Size for 10 to give it a nice blur.
Okay, so right off the bat, you can see it's sharp on the left and blurry on the right. That is to say, where the gradient is black, it's sharp. Where the gradient is white, it's blurred. Okay, let's push in and take a look at what we've got. I'll set a zoom factor of 1 in the viewer. We're at the left edge and here the alpha channel is 0 black. You can see the code values down here. Back to RGB.
So we've got no blur here and as we move to the right, you can see the blur starting to pick up. It's not just a mix back of some blur radius. It is in fact increasing the blur diameter as we move to the right. In fact, you can see the yellow line getting thicker and thicker as we move to the right. Here we are. To increase the blur more, we could increase the size, but don't forget to increase the maximum along with it, or you won't see any change at all.
I'll re-home the viewer. As you can see, the trick to using the ZBlur node as an image-based blur is to load it's Z channel with a one-channel blur mask image. This blur mask can be created any way you want, through a Paint node, a Luminance key, or any other source, and it could be put into any available channels, since you can set the ZBlur node to look at any channel for the Z information.


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Translation of crest in Spanish:
- 1 1.1 (of skin)(of feathers) penacho (masculine)Example sentences
Example sentences1.2 (on helmet)
- Some males also have elegant ornamentation such as bright throat gorgets, crests and elongated tail feathers.
- Some species have crests or tufts of feathers on their head.
- Colourful crests make birds in breeding plumage easy to identify.
(of feathers) penacho (masculine)Example sentences
- Here they no longer need to balance their upper bodies on the horse's crest.
- The skull of pangolins is smoothly conical, lacking the ridges and crests found on most mammalian crania.
- In the French service they wore helmets with horsehair crests but in Saxony they wore the square-topped national cap of Poland called a czapska.
- 2 (in heraldry)Example sentences
- The two ornate crests represented the families of Ivor's grandfather and grandmother respectively.
- The shoulders are scrunched up while the king is leaning against the family crest above the fireplace.
- The tomb bears the family crest, as does the Parr Chapel ceiling.
- 3 (of wave)(of mountain) cima (feminine)to be on or ride (on) the crest of a waveExample sentences
Example sentences
- Just as the trek started to take its physical toll, we reached the crest of the hill and the Blue Nile Falls appeared in theatrical splendour.
- As she reached the crest of the hill she gasped at the sight.
- As they reached the crest of the hill, they could see the actual site, already cordoned off with yellow tape.
- Abruptly she also swerved to the right, dicing the crest of a tidal wave as she did so.
- Below in the glittering blue Pacific half a dozen dolphins were playing in the surf, skimming in just below the face of the breakers then flipping out over the crest as the wave broke.
- And he was up against Marcus who was on a crest of a wave.
- 4 (Anatomy)Example sentences
- The iliac crest bone marrow biopsy is the gold standard for detecting of bone marrow metastases in small cell lung cancer.
- The standard procedure consists of an iliac crest bone graft.
- The bone can also be taken from several places, commonest being the iliac crest (pelvic bone).
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What does 30 kills on FFA unlock?
they teamed up and all ran in on me at 25-0 with smoke and stuns.
I got the nuclear killer title with this:MSMC + Suppressor and Fast MagNo SecondaryHardlineToughness + ScavengerDexterity + Tactical MaskPerk 2 and Perk 3 GreedUAV, Orbital VSAT, and EMP systemsI got it on Slums in the area in the back where that fountain is. I stayed around the building next to it and abused the spawn system. Knowing the spawns is crucial in order to get Nuclear Killer. Also it doesn't have to be FFA. It can be any game type.
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On Tap Today: Not middle of the road
Wednesday. It may be the middle of the week, but here's hoping it's not a middle-of-the-road kind of day.
With that in mind, you might consider a blast from the past, an exhibit about the once formiddable Avant Garde Coffeehouse, a giant used book sale, a beer sampling, some yoga or an art-and-tea combo deal. »Read Full Blog Post
Next Act gives wings, radio style to 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Imagine a Milwaukee without its musicians and dancers, its singers and actors, its highly reputed symphony and its world-class theater. It would look a lot more like Pottersville, that mean-spirited burg of cheap thrills and third-class entertainment that greets George Bailey before his great awakening.
Such were my thoughts Friday night as six veteran Milwaukee-based actors tugged at my heartstrings for the second straight year, in Next Act Theatre's reprise of "It's a Wonderful Life," as transformed by Mary MacDonald Kerr into a 1957 radio play, coming straight to us from the studio of Milwaukee's very own WNAT. »Read Full Article(1)


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Lavish guest rooms and suites less than a mile from the palace of Versailles.
With a Gordon Ramsay restaurant (Gordon Ramsay au Trianon) and an enviable proximity to Versailles, this hotel offers a truly palatial experience. It sits in a wooded, three-acre park updated by landscape designer Louis Benech, and features an outpost of Spa Guerlain, with a hammam, steam rooms and a heated, indoor, Grecian-style swimming pool. Guest room style is suprisingly modern (without being cold), and amenities include flat-screen TVs, Wi-Fi (for a fee), mini-bars, plush bathrobes and more. For meetings with a touch of class or weddings in the ultimate romantic locale, the hotel offers numerous dedicated indoor and outdoor spaces.
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Jonas Brothers to play host at Teen Choice Awards
The teen pop-rock band will also play their tunes to the crowd at the event that honours the year's most popular teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion.
Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas will make the appearance in the midst of their world tour, for which they hop three continents, reports Us magazine.
The Grammy-nominated trio will begin the US leg of the tour on June 20, five days after the release of their new album Lines, Vines and Trying Times.
The band was handed out the Favourite Music Group trophy at this year's 22nd Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles. (ANI)


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The Diamond Vols went 2-2 this week, dropping two close games against the visiting Auburn Tigers. Senior Scott Price earned the SEC Player of the Week nomination by hitting an even .500 (9-for-18).
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Corporate Events Manager
Typical Day
The alarm sounds at 5:00AM, and Daisy Vents rolls out of her bed and immediately grabs her smartphone. This is a huge week for her—she has two major events in the next seven days. First there's a mid-week Human Resources training for all new employees with Acme Business Corporation.
That'll be followed by this weekend's silent auction charity event—which happens to be the largest public relations happening at Chicken Wings, Inc. for the entire year.
That means it's emails before breakfast. She only sleeps because she has to.
As Daisy walks from her bed to the kitchen for a quick breakfast of leftover bagels from the business meeting she organized for Double Dutch Danishes yesterday morning, she scrolls through her agenda for the day. She quickly prioritizes her to-do list based on what needs to get done, when it needs to happen, and how difficult getting it done will be.
Daisy first rushes to Acme Business Corporation, where she's been managing events for six years. The corporation employs more than 30,000 people and has offices in New York, Chicago, London, and Topeka, Kansas. This means the majority of Daisy's responsibilities involve organizing business meetings, both in-person and virtual, with each office head to keep everyone on the same page—easier said than done (especially when Topeka forgets where the on button is).
This week there will be none of that. It's employee training week, an entirely different kind of headache. Arriving at 8:45AM, Daisy first goes to the sixteenth floor where the Human Resources Department is headquartered. She greets the receptionist, who makes a call while Daisy takes a seat in the small waiting area. The Human Resources director appears shortly afterwards.
"Daisy, thanks for stopping by. Listen, we're going to hold a five-hour training on HR policies starting at 10:00AM. We'll be training 200 employees live in the conference center downtown, and will need to coordinate cameras and an internet feed to link with fifteen other global offices for them to participate. Can you get it taken care of?"
Daisy doesn't mince words. "No problem."
Daisy gets some basic event questions answered and gets to work. Based on the needs, she'll have to book a room large enough for 200 people. She'll also have to get the IT department to wire the convention center for the streaming video links, as well as provide a sound system and projection screen for the presentation. Thankfully, she has both of those numbers on speed-dial.
10:00AM hits and the worldwide simulcast goes live. No problem indeed.
With a double espresso to keep up the momentum, Daisy drives to her go-to caterers at 11:30AM to pick up the emergency order of heavy pasta for 200.
Carbs are the key to feeding this many people under budget—and she can stay away from cheese because it's too expensive (and creates a convention full of gassy attendees).
After getting the lunch set up just in time and taking her own meal break, Daisy switches tracks at 1:00PM to planning Saturday's silent auction for Chicken Wings, Inc. The yearly silent auction raises money for people who have been displaced from their homes due to major disasters.
As it happens, a few dozen of this year's families were put on the street due to the overflow of chicken grease from a factory owned by the company. So it's more of a public relations necessity than usual.
After taking a conference call with various press outlets voicing the positive steps the company is making in proper grease containment, Daisy drives to the gallery at 3:00PM to review the artwork up for auction this year. Most are rough watercolors and lumpy sculptures done by wannabe Michelangelos and Picassos—all the art is created by Chicken Wings employees, which doesn't make for the highest-quality auction but is a neat story for the bidders.
Even though it's beginning to get dark, Daisy's day is far from over. At times like this, with two events in the same week, she often works twelve hours or more a day.
After spending two hours organizing the cleanup of today's HR seminar, she heads back to the gallery at 7:00PM. She still needs to direct the set-up for the auction and meet with the head of the charity to go over the itinerary, inventory, and, most importantly, the menu.
This is actually her favorite part of the day—tasting the incredible food. And as a bonus, it means she actually gets to eat dinner tonight.
As she leaves her informative and delicious final meeting of the day, Daisy drives back home at 8:30PM with a sense of calm about the upcoming events. She knows her hard work will result in success. Employees will be trained, worthl—er, priceless art will be bought, a charity will be helped, and thousands of mouth-watering puff pastry tartlets will be consumed—all because of her ability to put her plan into action.


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Many revitalization efforts around the city have stirred a bit of controversy, especially in terms of eco-sensitivity. Many times, gorgeous and solidly built —albeit often neglected—old row houses are leveled to make room for a monstrosity of a condo-complex built with flimsy materials and a host of trendy, soon-to-be-dated design elements. Thankfully, many development and renovations efforts around H Street seem to be taking a different, more sensitive route, and this home is an inspiring example. When the house was converted into a living space, the owner, a custom home builder, was set on using as many reclaimed materials as possible.
And almost as cool as the renovated space itself is the fact that you could actually call it home— it's for sale! For more information about acquiring this awesome home, send inquiries to email@example.com
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I called to complain and ask what to do, how to cancel this? No one knew, as they were too busy on Tier 2 or whatever as it was close to Valentines Day.
A supervisor said she would comp my flowers on Saturday February 9, 2008. I called again on Monday February 11, 2008 and the charges were still pending. I called again and spoke with someone else who assured me the flowers would be comped. Today I wake up to see the charges were not comped they were taken out of my account. I call again and speak with GAD who knows if this is his real nameanyway, he tells me why yes you were charged because the flowers shipped. Rightthe flowers were supposed to ship, they were comped by the company as a good faith effort due to the time and effort I was having to go through to cancel Easy saver, EMI Encore, and AP * 24.
So, GAD assured me today I would get a refund. I will hold my breath.
I will be disputing these charges, what else can I do? I just wanted to let others know one of their supervisors even read to me out all of the book the response she was supposed to give about this complaint regarding Pro saver, etc..
The internet is a powerful place and I found a wealth of nasty information about these companies and how they have collaborated with Pro Flowers. I am not a genius but I think this may be a bad idea for them.
All of the people at Pro Flowers I spoke with said they had nothing to do with these companies but yet I got an email from Easy Saver saying the offer was only good with Pro Flowers! Funny, they think they are affiliated with Pro Flowers!!!!
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The Strangest Thing You Will Ever See A Man Do With A Banana [Video]
Did this guy really just do that with a banana and a dog? Your thoughts about bananas will change in less than :20 seconds.
Did this guy really just do that with a banana and a dog? Your thoughts about bananas will change in less than :20 seconds.
Do you feed your pet the occasional scoop of Rocky Road?
Disco the parakeet is a bird that has a lot to say. Sometimes what he says can be quite funny and rather interesting.
According to a new British survey, drivers say a wet dog is the worst smell you can have in a car - uh, ok.
What you name your dog and what you call your dog are probably two different things. We want to know the real name and the nickname.
This soldier has been deployed for 8 months. His dog gives him the kind of greeting that we should give anyone and everyone that we love. Love with out condition and express it with enthusiasm, what a great concept.
This dog not only hears every command, he actually listens to every command. It's pretty incredible if you ask me.
Imagine the shock this Argentinean man got when he found out the two cute toy poodles he bought we actually ferrets that had been given steroids at birth to increase their size
I'll let you in on a little secret...I used to not really like dogs that much. I had a couple of bad experiences with them growing up as a kid, and had pretty much decided I didn't need one in my life...
This dog doesn't like it when this man blows on his ear. Watch and see how it ends.


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14ymedio, Orlando Palma, Havana, 7 January 2016 — A year after the elimination of the National Housing Institute, the irregularities that led to dissolving that powerful government agency continue. Excessive paperwork and delays are an annoyance to the population that has barely seen any benefits from transferring its functions to other state agencies.
On 5 January 2015 Decree Law 322 took effect, ending the decades-long reign of the National Housing Institute. Since then, the Ministry of Construction assumed the power to govern the housing policy of the country, while other functions were given to the Institute of Physical Planning (IPF), the courts and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
During the last twelve months, 200,000 complaints have been received about procedures related to housing. This figure exceeds the documented dissatisfaction against the agency that previously dealt with these issues, as reported during last December's session of the National Assembly. Continue reading "The Puzzle Of Housing In Cuba / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma"


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Posted: 04/13/2009 - A small group of investors is taking Bernard Madoff to bankruptcy court. They say Madoff bilked them out of nearly $64 million.
Posted: 04/13/2009 - A small group of investors is taking Bernard Madoff to bankruptcy court. They say Madoff bilked them out of nearly $64 million.
Posted: 04/13/2009 - FedEx says it will permanently remove 14 jets from service as part of an overall plan to reduce capacity amid weak economic conditions.
Posted: 04/13/2009 - MetLife Inc. will not seek to participate in the Treasury Department's capital purchase program, the New York-based insurer says.
Posted: 04/13/2009 - The former locations of New Frontier Bank in Greeley, Longmont and Windsor will reopen under a different name Monday to give customers a chance to start moving their money.
Posted: 04/10/2009 - President Obama said that he and his advisers discussed the stability of the financial system, the housing market and a program to help banks clear their books of the bad assets that holding up new lending.
Updated: 04/11/2009 - Colorado's LEAP program wants residents to know there is money still available to help with utility bills- and a lot of people qualify for these benefits.
Posted: 04/09/2009 - Police in Manchester, N.H., estimate more than 10,000 people showed up for a job fair today in a college gym and many hundreds more were turned away.
Posted: 04/09/2009 - Stocks are bounding higher after banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. issued a surprise profit announcement that was far above analysts' estimates.
Posted: 04/07/2009 - Business is booming in the sale of belongings that owners can no longer afford to keep at the nation's storage units.
Updated: 04/07/2009 - Google's CEO Eric Schmidt recommends that news organizations continue to rely on advertising but seek new ways to reach readers.
Posted: 04/06/2009 - The Treasury Department this month will begin talks with the Swiss government on revising a tax treaty between the two countries to provide for greater exchanges of information.
Updated: 07/19/2012 - The City of Colorado Springs says they don't have a choice, they'll be getting rid of some of their transit authority routes. Starting on Sunday hundreds will have to find a new way around. Including a woman named, Karen.
Posted: 04/03/2009 - Beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to pay more than $210 million in bonuses through next year.
Updated: 04/02/2009 - Peak Vista Health Center in Colorado Springs now has millions in new funds to answer the needs of thousands who are struggling to pay for health care.
Updated: 04/02/2009 - Are you trying to stretch your dollar? 11 News is on your side. We may have found just the place where you can buy children's clothes and toys for cheap.
Posted: 04/01/2009 - General Motors' interim board chairman says bankruptcy remains a "possibility."
Posted: 04/01/2009 - The Colorado Legislature's Joint Budget Committee has voted to cut another $300 million from colleges and universities to close the state's budget gap in the upcoming fiscal year.
Posted: 04/01/2009 - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are sounding optimistic about a coordinated effort to pull the world out of recession.
Updated: 03/31/2009 - Thinking about taking the kids on vacation? How about right here in Southern Colorado.
Updated: 07/19/2012 - Our changing economy can lead to some tough choices. Whether it's due to rising costs in the current economy, or lack of interest, people are saying no to the produce.
Posted: 03/31/2009 - Colorado lawmakers are considering taking millions of dollars from the state's workers' compensation insurer to help plug a $786 million in next year's budget. They're also taking another look at selling the profitable Pinnacol Assurance.
Posted: 03/31/2009 - Congressional auditors are urging the Treasury Department to take a harder line with American International Group.
Posted: 03/31/2009 - Ford and General Motors are seeking to reassure customers who may be putting off buying a new car because of worries about losing their jobs.
Posted: 03/31/2009 - For GM and Chrysler its a kind of survival Olympics, only instead of "faster, higher, stronger," GM's new boss Fritz Henderson is pledging to cut deeper, work harder and move faster.
Posted: 03/31/2009 - World leaders are converging in London for an emergency summit, desperately hoping for a solution to the global economic crisis.


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A Day in the Life of a U.S. Information Worker
This Forrester white paper provides a snapshot of a typical day in the life of a U.S. information worker. It reveals how workers are employing new technologies and applications, interacting with their teams and engaging in mobile activities.
Provided by: Citrix Online Topic: Project Management Date Added: Sep 2010 Format: PDF