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|7th April 2007, 11:36 PM
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Rambling on about cables and perception
Long ramble on a couple topics here, and the point is actually in the very last paragraphs- got a cold and sore throat so thought it would be a good day to do something quiet on the electronics bench. In another thread, the idea came up that different conductor materials, silver for instance, might affect sound. I happened to have some pure silver tubing, so I made up a 30" parallel run of 3/8" tubing, spaced about 30mm apart, with an RCA jack on each end. I made up a similar test piece using brass tubing, figuring that had as good a chance as anything of sounding really bad. The numbers to note would be the very low capacitance of each assembly, about 10 pF, and the very low dissipation factor, since air is the insulator. The silver also has a resistance down in the milliohms, and is equivalent to something like AWG 9 wire. Since it's tubing, skin effect isn't an issue, and the thing is probably good to many GHz if one figured out the characteristic impedance for a parallel line. Note that these "cables" are pretty awkward, since they are completely non-flexible.
Since I have a cold, I didn't do much with actual listening, other than to listen to some white noise with each piece inserted in-line with some headphones. Eventually I'll do some real listening in my system. I can convince myself that the silver sounded a bit smoother, but as you'll see in a bit, I don't trust that conclusion as far as I can throw it.
As a first check, I paralleled a 20k resistor with my scope input, so I had that plus it's 15 pF. That's probably not far from a pre or power input. I then terminated my sig gen with 50 ohms, plus a 150 ohm series resistor. Again, similar to what you might find on a preamp output. Connected the scope and sig gen together and started looking at sine and square waves. Pretty much flawless perfect edges and corners, as one would expect. Then I inserted the silver and brass tube assemblies between the instruments. Still looked ok at audio frequencies- I would have been shocked if it didn't, but I noticed a bit of overshoot on the square wave edges, and a little glitch on the peak and valley of the sine wave. Silver or brass gave the same result. Now, to digress, you'll find various signal generators on my bench, but I tend to use a Wavetec 185 sweep gen for most things. It's ok, but not super low distortion, and has a tiny point on the top and bottom of the sine wave, from the internal conversion method. IMO, this is a feature, not a flaw! I also still keep some "boatanchor" scopes around, because the long CRTs can be focused to razor sharpness, and I don't usually need more than 40 Mhz for the things I do. They let you see fuzz that's otherwise invisible. Though I have other scopes, and can borrow decent digital scopes from work, IMO, their 8 bit vertical and LCD displays are useless for audio work.
Ok, so crank the frequency up to about one Mhz, and here's all this ringing around the square wave edges and the peak and valley of the sine wave. Not subtle stuff, but a good 3-10 cycles of significant amplitude, at 30 Mhz. Who gives a rat's behind, you ask- that's way above audio. Agreed. OTOH, unless you've tested your amp with some extra 30 Mhz injected into the input, who knows. I haven't, but I still expect signal integrity, with damping, not high Q ringing, at pretty much any frequency. That amp test is a test for another day.
So now I started replacing the super conductive, low resistance, high Q tubes, with standard audio cables. Here's where it gets interesting. My old favorite Belden 8421 low capacitance cable rang almost as much as the tubing. Higher capacitance cables showed no ringing at all. The value of the 150 ohms output resistor has a large influence on the ringing, as expected, and not using it can make almost any cable a disaster. Also, and parallel capacitance at the input of the cable (output of the sig gen) increases the ringing, whereas any extra capacitance on the output end (the scope or power amp) will kill the ringing. Maybe ultralow capacitance cable isn't the ideal? Before you bring it up, I'm not addressing dielectrics, DF, and the like, right this second.
IMO, that's a fairly valuable lesson when designing preamp outputs and amplifier inputs, and RF filtering should never be overlooked.
None of this is any surprise really, since it's all just ordinary cable and termination theory. Here's the good part. I started holding a small silver mica cap across the conductors, while listening to white noise on the headphones. It was really obvious that when I touched the capacitor across the conductors, the noise became a tiny bit smoother, because the highs were knocked down a bit. Makes perfect sense. Then I got confused and discovered that I could easily convince myself that the capacitor increased the high frequency response. In fact, the capacitor was having no effect at all, but the act of expecting a certain change, and the motion of my hand to apply the capacitor, made it happen. The scary thing is that I could do it either way entirely at will. Bottom line, as I've always believed, is that audio comparisons are entirely BS, unless the effect is large and obvious, or the test is done double blind.
|8th April 2007, 12:28 AM
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I second this totally, human ears are really clunkers... Nice of you to share this test
Any pictures of the scope images would have been nice though...
I've tested lots of socalled 'audiophile' cables upto extremely high prices (siltech, ixos, rhapsody, vandenHul etc. etc.) during the four years I worked in a hifi shop and back than allready came to the conclusion that either I didn't have adequate ears or all of it was BS...
Nevertheless I like certain cables for certain purposes, and there are differences (like for my MP3 player with FM radio I prefer to use badly or unshielded cable as the cable is also the antenna....).
I also like flexible cable for minijack plugs, I like Neutrik RCA plugs, I like thick (rugged) RCA cable, I do have very thick speaker cable, but not very expensive and just plain copper...(talking about the ones I use, because I own some silver vandenhul speakers cable and RCA cables with silver plated copper wire, but no audible difference IMO...don't use them becasue they're too short and too thick to handle... )
I also solder a lot with silver (5%), but mainly because it is tougher material and seems to fix things like board connectors better to whitstand mechanical force...
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Actor and Screen Actors Guild board member Justine Bateman writes about the AFTRA vs SAG battle in this piece entitled, "What's Really Going on with SAG":
"There are a lot of e-mails and post going back and forth about issues that aren't important to SAG members right now. They are distractions and "straw dogs", as my friend David Latt calls them. I wanted to tell you what's going on with SAG.
"1. POACHING: AFTRA is a scumbag union which has been poaching SAG jobs for years. There's no confusion about jurisdiction. SAG has work that is recorded, no matter the medium upon which it is recorded, for later play (sitcoms, dramas, films) and AFTRA has live shows (newscasts, talk shows, etc.) and those recorded in a "live manner" (awards shows, Saturday Night Live, and then variety shows and soap operas which used to be live). Pretty simple.
"They decided to widen their purview by going to producers who naturally would have called SAG for a contract and instead offering the producers a cheaper contract. Basically telling the producers they could get you, the actor, to work there for LESS money than they would earn under a SAG contract. Of course the producers, in order to save some money, have taken these AFTRA contracts. So, Dual-Card members, do you feel like you're getting your money's worth from AFTRA when you pay your dues? And guess how many news stations are NON-UNION? Don't you think AFTRA ought to do their proper job and organize those stations? Those huge news cable channels? They haven't because it's harder to organize non-union work than it is to poach work that would have already been covered by another union.
"2. PHASE ONE: AFTRA has tried to merge with SAG about 16 times over the years. Each time the SAG membership has voted it down. For various and complex reasons, we haven't wanted to take on their problems (natch). Years ago, though, some of the SAG leadership instituted Phase One in order to pave the way for a merger. Phase One means AFTRA is in the negotiating room with SAG with, hold on, 50% OF THE SAY. They do 0% of Film work and yet get 50% of the say on those contracts. They have on average 3 PrimeTime TV shows and yet they have 50% of the say on those contracts. Additionally, I am told by past members of SAG negotiating committees that the AFTRA contingency consistently votes AGAINST what the SAG contingency wants in those negotiations with the AMPTP. Do you, as a working SAG member, LIKE THAT? That bothers me a hell of a lot more than whether or not some actor who doesn't work very much has one vote when it comes to ratify the contract.
"3. SHARED OFFICES: Did you know that there are shared offices all over the country for SAG and AFTRA? Did you know that your dues are financially supporting AFTRA's presence there? Does that piss you off?
"I want AFTRA out of our back yard. They have destroyed an actors chances of earning a proper living on Basic Cable with their crappy contracts. And now they threaten us by saying they'll go into the AMPTP early and suggest they'll try to offer really cheap contracts for Prime Time TV AND FILM? Seriously?
"I stopped paying dues to AFTRA (as I only got an AFTRA card to cover me for TALK SHOWS anyway) a few months ago and went on "Honorable Withdrawal". I suggest all dual card members do this. You say you want to go on Honorable Withdrawal in a letter with your AFTRA number on it, sign it and fax it to them. Boom, no more money to support their attempt to destroy SAG by Wal-Marting us.
"I also think we should pull our shared offices and stop supporting them in this way as well.
"I also think we should tell our agents we will NOT do AFTRA work. We won't even audition for AFTRA acting jobs. Let the producers get a proper SAG contract for the actors and we'll be there to audition for that project. Aren't you sick of your earned dollars being split between the two unions, sometimes disqualifying you for your SAG health insurance?
"The internet will soon be THE ONLY point of distribution. We must be fierce in our efforts to protect our work in this arena. The WGA were valiant in their strides for a better contract. They improved on the DGA contract. Now it's our job to improve upon that.
"1. THE 17-DAY WINDOW:The 17-day (sometimes 24-day) exhibition window must go away. This is the corporations ability to play your work on-line for free, eliminating your ability to reap residual checks. There should be NO window. You play it, you pay it. Last I checked, the advertisers had to pay for EVERY airing, not just for those after the first 17 days. As far as Film goes, movies will be pulled off a large server on the internet soon (as they are already being done in one particular chain of theaters) and projected onto the screen. How would you like the contract language to be twisted so that if you have points on a film, they DO NOT make it applicable until AFTER the first two and a half weeks? Wow, that would be a lot of money to not have if you've got a hit film.
"2. THE BUDGET CEILINGS: Presently, the projects have to be over a certain dollar amount for the project to be required to be union. The exception is when you are employing a union member. This has the potential to create a HUGE non-union pool of actors. It does NOT give actors just starting out the opportunity to earn the protection of SAG membership through these "under the ceiling" jobs. We can't allow that.
"OUR LEADERSHIP: We are in really good hands with Doug Allen, our National Executive DIrector, and Alan Rosenberg, our passionate President. SAG also has an excellent staff made up of intelligent people as well as a tireless negotiating committee. We need to continue to support these men and women and help them in anyway we can.
"Basically, we members of the Screen Actor's Guild in 2008 have a big responsibility to be stewards of this union. It's our turn. And I for one am not going to let some news broadcaster, radio show host, talk show union called AFTRA destroy my union. I'm also not going to allow a contract that eliminates the possibility to earn a living as an actor in the future by not getting the the New Media aspects of the our future contract as tight as possible.
"All the performers in SAG want the same thing; an incredibly strong contract so we can earn a proper living bringing entertainment to the world. Let's make sure that anything that is in the way of that is dealt with."
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It's about time someone took this stand. How about pointing out 2 SAG members who are the worst offenders. Courtney Cox and David Arquette, executive producers of Dirt. A show under AFTRA hiring actors for less than they are worth. And the producers themselves have made millions as SAG members, but now don't want other actors to have the same opportunities.
Justine must not have gotten the memo. Membership First's anti-AFTRA campaign has backfired, and might as well be over.
What has Justine Bateman done for her union? Gone to Canada a couple of times and sold out everyone else? She doesn't know squat about jurisdiction, that's for sure.
Justine, I appreciate your saying we (the WGA) were "valiant" in our strides for a better contract, and that we "improved on the DGA contract," but in fact we pussied out and took a crappy deal that never should have been based on the quisling DGA contract in the first place.
Shame on us, and I hope SAG succeeds where we failed.
Agree 100%
I will be sending an "Honorable Withdrawal" letter to AFTRA
So this is what it all comes down to — SAG wants actors to boycott AFTRA.
I hosted a meeting in my home back in '99 to discuss the proposed merger with AFTRA. The then president of the union, Richard Masur, gave a talk in which he described exactly what would happen if we didn't merge. He said traditional definitions of which union covered which work would blur. He said there would be a downward competitive spiral as the two unions tried to cover more and more work. He said the new media would be taken over by whichever union offered producers the best deal.
We're seeing all that happen now.
I earn about a third of my income from AFTRA, I'm not about to stop taking AFTRA work. I can't afford to. Not all of us have had the good fortune of being on a hit sit-com for 7 seasons.
Ms. Bateman doesn't want broadcasters to destroy SAG. I don't want people who don't work to destroy SAG. When 2/3 of SAG's membership earn a thousand bucks or less a year, when a third of the membership earns NOTHING, there's a problem. We have no agreement with talent agents. We had an ill-conceived commercial strike from which we are only now recovering.
The wonderful thing about the WGA strike was that, because the WGA has qualified membership, the people walking the line were the people actually bearing the cost of the strike. That has real power and meaning to people. When and if SAG goes on strike, the picket lines will largely be made up of people who are losing nothing by striking. That's a very different message.
I fear for the future of our union. Demanding that actors choose one or the other is not the way. Especially when lots of us aren't too thrilled with SAG.
And I would have to add that I think that a word from Glenn Close could have changed Damages from AFTRA to SAG.( Maybe it still could) ! I mean they NEEDED her, and they are lucky to have her. Not so lucky though are the guest stars and day players who see NO RESIDUALS from their work. Lucky to get a gig and then it sucks to see that it is AFTRA.
Or SAG with AFTRA terms and conditions. WTF ??????
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The stupidity of most of Justine's comments and the complete errors included make it hard for me to comment. Wait until we sit in a room together to bargain an agreement with the inspired leadership of Doug Allen as the chief negotiator.
It will become apparent to her as it will to all those in attendance that performers cannot "get there from here". The block headed views she espouses are the real obstacles we have to negotiate as professional performers.
As a dual card holder who makes a nice living under these unions, I think it is fair to suggest that Ms. Bateman's point of view is somewhat narrow. I would like to make a couple of observations regarding her assertions.
AFTRA and SAG have shared certain jurisdictions for decades. AFTRA does not poach. AFTRA seeks to sign employers to contracts that permit members to work. Those contracts are approved by the elected leaders of the union, most of whom are actors. And most of those actors represent the large hiring markets, like New York and Los Angeles. The reference to AFTRA and live shows is a citation half a century old and long replaced by industry (and inter-union) practice.
Phase One is an agreement between the two organizations that was entered into by both parties to allow mutual cooperation in contract negotiation and application. Recognizing that shared jurisdiction could result in downward pressure on wages, the leadership at the time came to a compromise that would allow each entity equal input into their joint contracts. It has worked well for over a quarter of a century.
As an aside, I would point out that AFTRA has, in my experience on negotiating committees, not injected itself into SAG's Theatrical contract discussions, except as it effects the elements of the companion joint Prime Time agreement.
SAG has long contracted with AFTRA offices across the county to provide services to SAG members outside New York and Los Angeles. This includes contract administration, membership administration and oversight of branch governance issues. It has been the position of SAG that this was more economically desirable than establishing brick and mortar offices in these same locales. SAG members in Chicago, Washington D.C. and other posts in the hinterland would tell you that the arrangement is satisfactory and provides resources they need.
I am in full support of Ms. Bateman's statement, "All the performers in SAG want the same thing; an incredibly strong contract so we can earn a proper living bringing entertainment to the world." I've talked with the leaders from New York and the other SAG branches, and I believe they agree. I would suggest that the leadership of AFTRA have the same mindset. Fighting between ourselves is like chickens and ducks fighting each other over corn kernels in the dirt while the weasel sneaks in and steals the eggs.
Justine, I'm sure you're going to be ripped to shreds for this, but you're right and thanks. And I know people will say this isn't the time, but seems like it's never the time, somebody's got to make a stand sometime.
Tut tut, Ms Bateman. AFTRA is a "scumbag union"? AFTRA provides many actors – myself included – with pensions that are two and three times as large as those of SAG. (Does she know what a "scumbag" really is, I wonder.)
Ms Bateman is woefully uneducated in the jurisdictional history of AFTRA and SAG. Both unions have, over the years, "poached" each others' work via issues about how it is recorded, where it is produced ("situs"), and how the use & caps of background performers are manipulated. She also erroneously assigns "sitcoms" to SAG. AFTRA once had the lion's share of all TV sitcoms – lost to SAG's "poaching".
There's lots of confusion regarding jurisdiction, and it is most certainly NOT "simple". Instead of sitting down with AFTRA's leaders and working it out, SAG chose instead to wage an incendiary war against AFTRA that has perhaps crippled our chances for a favorable negotiation. And a SAG "leader" like Justine Bateman evidently thinks that calling AFTRA "scumbag" somehow gives her screed the odor of Truth.
AFTRA saw the need for "low budget" TV pilots and start-up series. Simple as that. They filled a gaping need. SAG failed to be creatively competitive in Basic Cable. SAG also refused to co-negotiate basic cable contracts with AFTRA. Hello? That's how comparable contracts are created!
The fact that there are broadcasters who have refused going union is NOT SAG's business or problem. Perhaps Justine's time would be better spent on an effort to organize CNN.
As a Dual-Card member, I KNOW that I'm getting my money's worth from AFTRA when I pay my dues. Every month. The wonders of direct deposit.
Bateman also obviously knows very little about why Phase One was born. Simply put, it was seen in 1980 that one of the two actors' unions nearly went on strike while the other – covering the same work at the time – had already settled.
Go ahead, Justine, ditch out of those shared offices in many regions – and SAG will have no presence there.
I couldn't care less if Justine Bateman – and any she might convince to follow her – doesn't pay her AFTRA dues, won't work AFTRA contracts, and tells her agent she won't do AFTRA work – or even audition. The entertainment industry will collapse in grief for sure.
On and on with her inaccurate screed – but one more hilarious life-in-a-vacuum remark of hers I simply cannot resist:
"How would you like the contract language to be twisted so that if you have points on a film, they DO NOT make it applicable until AFTER the first two and a half weeks? Wow, that would be a lot of money to not have if you've got a hit film."
Honey, if you're able to negotiate "points on a film" you ain't gonna be held to the language of the basic minimum agreement – window or no window.
Doug Allen has yet to prove that we are "in good hands with" him. If he and Alan Rosenberg can control their famous tempers in these negotiations maybe we've got a fighting chance to get the swell contracts that Justine believes she deserves.
Justine Bateman is a died-in-the-wool Membership Firster on the Hollywood SAG Board, inculcated into the AFTRA-bashing, ATA-banging, strike-happy cult of actors-gone-wild. What's wrong with that? For working actors, plenty. Membership First's record in making gains for us actors is abominable.
Of the tens of thousands of us across the country who lost jobs, homes, and commercial accounts permanently in 2000, only the few-dozen Membership Firsters claim victory in that failed strike.
Of the thousands of actors young and old without protection from a SAG Agency Franchise Agreement for six years, only the few-dozen Membership Firsters claim that agents are really our enemies!
Of the 40,000 AFTRA card-holding SAG members it's the same few-dozen Membership Firsters who claim AFTRA is undercutting, poaching, costing actors money, etc.
So far Alan Rosenberg, Doug Allen, and the Membership First faction of the Hollywood SAG Board have attacked our ATA Agents, refused to allow AFTRA to sit at the SAG cable tv bargaining table, then started a war with AFTRA, and are now causing us to lose even more work with the current defacto strike/work stoppage.
Consider the source. AFTRA is not the enemy. Ignorance, union-busting, libertarian, irresponsible leadership is.
Working SAG & AFTRA Actor
I think I love this woman. Justine, Marry me!
Hopefully Ms Bateman will be as successful with the SAG situation as she was in leading the charge to get both of those WGA members to vote no on the writer's agreement.
If you want to know how SAG leadership and Membership First (those MFr's) are inadvertently ruining SAG just study her recent missive. These people have clearly lost touch with reality.
As someone who has worked on both sides of the camera for more years that I care to admit to, this stance both offends and frightens me. If the actors' unions don't find a way to work with the studios, more and more jobs will be lost to shoots out of the country (or, at best, right to work states). Sure, there will be need for the "name" actors, but the middle earning actors will be out of luck. AFTRA has realized what I have long said – a small piece of something is better than a big piece of nothing. Better we should suffer through prepaid residuals than see all the jobs leave.
And, don't kid yourselves. Once you get past those first couple of names on the call sheet, actors are considered to be necessary evils by the powers that be, and talk like this is not going to help change that.
You know, it's actually usually a little harder to do something than it is to piss and moan.
If Membership First is destroying SAG, then why don't you run?
Or, why don't you at least take the time to vote?
Right, voting would take too much effort because you're so outnumbered by unemployed actors. If only they could be stripped of their voting rights it would motivate you to make the most minimal possible effort.
Back to pissing and moaning, I guess.
In Justine's intro, she explains why the differences between SAG and AFTRA. Then she goes on to say "pretty simple".
Not to me.
As a dual cardholder, I just don't grok why we pay two separate dues to two separate unions to work as an actor. Every other artist and creator in this town seems platform agnostic. I mean, the writers have one guild and the directors have one guild. That seems pretty simple to me. The rest is all b.s.
I have other issues with AFTRA. Even though our dues pay for their offices, it seems nobody's working there because the organization failed to respond to my private communications I sent via their website with some concerns I had. So I had to publicly blog about it. Which got the attention of Mr. John Hinrichs, the National Director of Communications for AFTRA. A prompt response was done in which he left a comment and you can check it out here. Though I appreciate the effort, it's unfortunate that I had to call them out that way in the first place.
Other than that, I don't have much else to say about AFTRA. However, I can say without a doubt that Justine absolutely RULES! I had a surprising opportunity to interview her for my podcast. I say surprising because I thought I was going to be interviewing somebody else. She's got a great deal to say about new media and it's worth a listen on my podcast available here.
This is a childish, angry diatribe.
Point 1. Her insistence that the manner of capturing an image is the determining factor in in union assignment is outdated by about 20 years.
The demonizing of AFTRA by making bold assumptions that AFTA will always offer lower terms to any producer that asks is misinformed propaganda that passes from angry actor to angry actor. I worked for over 2 years on a prime time AFTRA show for the same rates as SAG, Joan Of Arcadia.
Phase one is the only sensible way to conduct contract talks so the unions cannot be split. It is interesting that the current sag administration only choose to attack Phase one in the last year. It's been there since the 80's
3. can only be described as the ultimate NIMBY hysteria. Again, joint occupancy has been agreed to for years and has never been seen as a problem. Notably, after all the ranting, Justine goes on "honorable withdrawl" not just out and out quiting. Why such a cautious move if she feels so strongly about being associated with AFTRA? If she is that disgusted by AFTRA why not just quit?
The rest of it is just actor fear talk about how non unions are going to take over the planet.
Even more interesting is that the show she recurs on is shot in Canada where only the leads are SAG and the remainder receive no residuals for their work and a great many of those jobs, had they stayed in the US, possibly under an AFTRA contract, would have offered a great many more union work.
Oh, and as for "Damages", the guest stars and day players do get residuals. The regulars get residuals after a window of fee showings. And I'll be you then to one Glen Close knew exactly what kind of contract she was signing.
THANK YOU, JUSTINE BATEMAN! Someone with the guts to tell it like it is!! Anyone who denies the fact that AFTRA is running around this town, bending over for the AMPTP and selling actors at a fraction of SAG's rate is a lunatic. Or has never had the privilege of finding out that the AFTRA series you are working on is handing over years of "free exhibition days" of your work.
My fellow actors, isn't it just so much fun to look at your AFTRA contract and see "residuals pursuant to AFTRA minimums" — and of course, you are thinking, "Great! I can't wait until this show starts re-running and I start getting residuals so I can continue to feed my family and earn healthcare". And THEN you find out that "AFTRA minimums" means ZERO????
AFTRA claims that it is keeping productions from "going to Canada." Give me a break. The Canadian dollar isn't strong anymore. There is NO more savings for producers. Any even if there still was — who cares?? I'm not going to get residuals for my work? Then BYE BYE! GO TO CANADA! DON'T HIT A MOOSE AS YOU CROSS THE BORDER!
Isn't it ironic that MOST of the news cable channels are NON-UNION? Why doesn't AFTRA focus on "organizing" those? Instead of working on getting CNN, etc., to be AFTRA union, AFTRA just flitters around offering LOWER wages to producers of shows that would have been SAG! It's REPREHENSIBLE.
AFTRA is truly a joke.
Thank you, Justine Bateman for outlining a good plan. I am going on honorary withdrawal from AFTRA next week. No more dues to a "union" that undercuts another union.
k Joosten says "I worked for over 2 years on a prime time AFTRA show for the same rates as SAG, Joan Of Arcadia."
First of all, that was a NETWORK show, NOT a cable show. But, of course, what do YOU care about the actors who are trapped in a crappy AFTRA cable contract with years of free "exhibition" plays, right?? You got yours, so screw everyone else, right?
Secondly, your wages went to AFTRA's health plan — not SAG's, correct? You HAVE noticed that AFTRA's health premiums are SKY-HIGHER than SAG's. So, in essence, you LOST MONEY having an AFTRA contract rather than SAG's.
SAG premiums are $600/year for individual. AFTRA's premiums are $1,260/year. If you are an individual, you've LOST $660 having your contract be AFTRA.
If you have a family, it's even WORSE. If you qualify as an individual, your family is covered under SAG for the same $600/year. If you are AFTRA, you have to BUY UP to the family plan, which is $10,320/year!!!! You've lost $9,720 having your contract be AFTRA.
The only way to avoid the smaller-and-less-powerful AFTRA from undercutting SAG is to have the unions merge. Justine is right in her analyses save for the part where the two unions stay separate. You can't be snobbish towards AFTRA, deny them the chance to merge with SAG and then complain when AFTRA is subsequently forced to act out of desperate self-interest. Thank g-d the WGA West and East are run by grown-ups.
Justine "AFTRA is a scumbag union" Bateman is the National Chair of the SAG Website SubCommittee, the official arm of the SAG Communications Department that is charged with official online communications to members!
Well, that means Justine is doing her job! Good for her!
I find this all very interesting, I'm an Indie waiting to sign with SAG. I will be doing so after the new contract. What happens if the Moguls say, " Screw SAG, AFTRA will give us a better deal." I think you guys should play nice, nice.
Merge? Are you kidding? Why should SAG merge with another union who cannot sustain themselves on their own? SAG is paying $2 mil for the joint offices in every branch across the nation, because Aftra does not have the money to sustain offices on their own.
Aftra didn't get their AIMA wish; they wanted to merge with their "sister" union, it was all "make nice" bla bla bla, but when that didn't happen, they turned around and started screwing their sister union by promulgating basic cable contracts that undermine the actors that they claim to represent!
Roberta Reardon, President of Aftra, has amazing credits on NetCode; she had no credits on TV/Theatrical (check ImDb.com) That should tell you something about where Aftra is coming from.
There are 70,000 members in Aftra; 40,000 actors are dual card holders. If actors want to merger into one union, then I say, YES. Let all actors work under one set of contracts that fight for the best wages and working conditions. Screen Actors Guild. SAG is the acting union that has set the standard across the Globe.
When I know that Aftra is selling out actors for lower wages and no residuals, I wonder where their integrity is toward actors. They have so much on their plate, given the myriad of performers they have to deal with, I know that they are overwhelmed.
Actors have nothing in common with broadcasters, disk jockeys, weatherpeople, game show hosts, etc…. that is Aftra's jursisdiction. God bless 'em. But Aftra is spread too thin to take care of actors. It is obvious in their inability to give actors what they need, mainly residuals.
So, in the spirit of fairness, and "sisterhood", wouldn't it seem fair, if Aftra cares about actors, that they acknowledge that since they cannot take care of actors, that they give it up?
Aftra would lose 40,000 members. Ah, the dues. The contributions to their coffers. The contributions to
H&R. The ego-trip.
I submit to you: If Aftra truly cares about actors, then their primary concern should be that actors are treated fairly, and get what they deserve. Aftra has not done this with regard to basic-cable; ask any actor working these contracts — most didn't even know they weren't getting residuals, and GC didn't even know it was an Aftra contract.
(Obviously, this is a big Wake Up Call to actors who blindly sign anything put in front of them; they cannot even trust their agents (who have an agreement with Aftra for financial interest, by the way) to tell them what they are signing.
Back to my point: Aftra has a big problem; they have too many performers that they have to deal with, and they do not have the ability to take care of actors in the way that SAG could take care of them.
The best way to solve that problem? Let it go. Aftra needs to accept the reality that they do not serve actors, and let them go. Many actors are not getting covered in either unions because their P&H, H&R are split, causing great hardship.
If Aftra loses 40,000 dual card holders, then maybe they will start to organize what is their jurisdiction — cable news shows, as one example. Right now, live cable news is non-union, and Aftra has been letting it slide for years.
Instead of invading SAG jurisdiction, I ask Aftra to use their balls to organize their own jurisdiction, and organize CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc…. Maybe then they will fill their coffers with what is rightly theirs, instead of raping actors.
Ms. Fisher —
We should merge the unions to make actors' lives better. Isn't that the point of a union?
Right now, I have more problems with SAG than I do with AFTRA.


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While we're at it, move Law & Order: SVU back to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. again, pronto.
I wrote two books about Raylan before the series [Riding the Rap and pronto].
Step away politely, apologise profusely, and find a taxi, pronto.
Help us understand them, those Iraqis and Afghans, better ... and pronto.
They yapped and pulled at their leads with such energy that Winkelmann insisted we climb back into the sled, pronto.
He gave the pinto a cautious slap on the flank and pronto started off down the trail.
pronto Helps him with a supply of similes, which, it seems, he did not think of readily.
"Explain yourself down that road, Mr. Street—pronto," he advised.
But what is there in the heart of pronto that is kept from Curio?
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The new Scottish Premier League season will kick-off as planned on Saturday after referees agreed not to strike.
The Scottish referees had threatened to go on strike because they weren't happy with their new wages offer of £600 per match - an increase of just £25.
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Oscar Nominee: The Queen for Best Costumes
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Oscar Nominee: The Queen for Best Costumes
Every week up until the Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. This week, I'll be looking at the nominees for best costumes, and today's featured movie is The Queen.
Like any biographical drama, The Queen faces the challenge of reflecting the style and dress of actual people at a precise time in history. The costumes in The Queen accurately and naturally portray the Royal Family in 1997 London, so that they are a seamless (ha ha) aspect of the storytelling and not a distraction. In this case, it's not so much that the costumes are dazzling, as in Marie Antoinette or Dreamgirls, but that they are so normal that you never doubt the authenticity of the story.
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Mr. George received his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Biological sciences (Zoology, Botany & Biochemistry) (1994) and his Master of Science degree in Biophysics (1996), both from Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Thereafter, he went on to obtain his post baccalaureate diploma in Nuclear Medicine Technology from the Radiation Medicine Center at the Bhaba Atomic Research Center, University of Mumbai, India (1998). He is also concurrently working towards a PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research interest is in the use of antisense molecular beacons for the detection and attenuation of latent mycobacteria.
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David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer who terrorised New York City in 1977, speculates that the sniper is under "what many Christians would call 'a strong demonic bondage"' and might be motivated by the new Hannibal Lecter film Red Dragon.
In a three-page letter to a Fox News correspondent who asked for his thoughts on the sniper, Berkowitz said he believed the killer felt rage towards police.
He called the killings "a terrible tragedy", and expressed sorrow for "those who are now suffering the loss of a loved one".
He said he did not "feel comfortable talking about this", and signed off, "God Bless You".
Rita Cosby, the host of Fox Wire, who wrote to Berkowitz, said she was not concerned that getting Berkowitz to talk about the killings might turn him into a celebrity. "I would have severe concerns if it was advancing the cause of the killer, but his letter does not do that," she said.
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My entry for the regional and Canada-wide science fair was my electric skateboard, but it was more of an engineering project than a science fair experiment. Since the judges were tasked with analyzing the scientific thought/method of the contestants, I decided to run experimental trials on my latest prototype in order to determine how the speed, load, and gear ratio effects power consumption. From that, I found the optimal speed for maximizing the range of the skateboard, the optimal gear ratio, and I also provided proof that my particular ESC had substantial regenerative braking capabilities.
The trials:
In total, I did an absurd amount of trials (absurd = 48). I had two different groups; a group that accelerated uniformly, and a group that rode however they wanted. I would log the power consumption, location and speed of the electric skateboard during the trial with my Bluetooth data logger, which would conveniently place an .xml file in a folder on my phone.
I also had two different groups with two different gear ratios, as I wanted to see which one would perform better. All of these groups had four different rider loads. Here are all of the trials and the data I have collected for my experiment.
The hardware:
In order to log the data for analysis, I had to build a piece of hardware similar to an RC logger. Above is the schematic I came up with, which I etched using my dad's CNC machine. I put a stronger emphasis on accuracy, so I included a tunable voltage reference for the microcontroller. The Bluetooth logging system would log the voltage of the batteries, current, temperature, throttle, location, speed, and position, and send them over Bluetooth to an Android device. The Android device would be running BlueTerm during a trial, and would be set to record the data.
The data:
The most interesting data that I collected from this experiment was the effect of gear ratios on power consumption. I tested two very different gear ratios. I hypothesized that the larger gear ratio would consume less power, since it exerted a lower torque load on the motor, and that lined up with a higher efficiency on a BLDC efficiency vs torque-load graph. My results were the opposite, and they were statistically significant enough to prove the opposite. After a bit of communication with my mentor (who provided an unbelievable amount of help over email), I realized that the max load had not been achieved on the motor, and thus, I was sampling the wrong part of the graph.
From a similar data set as the data above, I was able to estimate the speed at which the skateboard should get the farthest range. I derived a formula which worked off the best fit line for the previous chart, and turned it into a range vs. speed graph. The result showed that the absolute maximum range is about 19km, and that could be achieved by a 140lbs rider at a speed of 8.9km/h. This has yet to been tested.
Another thing was proven as a result of my experiment was the regenerative braking of the ESC. A lot of people doubted that the ESC I was using could put power back into the battery pack, but no-one could explain where the energy would go, other than the battery. I was able to prove that regenerative braking exists, and provides a significant amount of power into the battery. I was also able to determine the peak current, average current, preferred riding speed and more. For more information and data regarding my experiments on the electric skateboard, check out this link.


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Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology 11th Edition
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To put your preparation for USMLE Step 1 and course exams on the fast track, only one resource will do: Review of Medical Microbiology and Immuniology. Completely updated throughout, the Eleventh Edition presents a high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. Importantly, the book also emphasizes the real-world clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases. One look, and you'll see why it's the defnitive microbiology course and exam quick review!
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January 2008, "Intersection of the Environment and Financial Markets", Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
Retired serial entrepreneur Steve Blank interviews MissionPoint Capital co-founder Jesse Fink. The two discuss the manifold investment opportunities in alternative energies and environmental conservation.
November 2007, "The Growth of Solar Ventures", Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
Larry Bawden is a co-founder of Jadoo Power, an innovative supplier of fuel cells, and Q1 Nanosytems, a next-generation photo-voltaics provider. Bawden addresses the new landscape in technology and energy and notes the pivotal role of newer technologies in the global economy. He talks about the four fundamental planetary crises - Global Warming, Peak Oil, Population Peak and Resource Depletion that are driving changes in world. Bawden also acknowledges the rise of third generation technology and the fundamental shifts in business that it has created. He believes that these changes have created a favorable environment to launch new ventures.


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In recent weeks, the biggest debate in American foreign policy has been: should we intervene in Syria?
The pope does not have power to tell the judges how to rule, but he can intervene at any time to pardon the defendants.
The answer to whether and how the U.S. should intervene in a given crisis around the world is not always the same.
There was no request from the Department of State to intervene militarily on the night of the attack.
He was ready to allow the oligarchs to enjoy the fruits of their misdeeds as long as they did not intervene in politics.
As I attempted to lift the lid of the piano, she stepped forward to help me raise it before the maids of honor could intervene.
With nothing to intervene, the result might be easily guessed.
It was not that I had saved my own life—I had managed to intervene between Helen and a fate worse than death.
But he was very indiscreet, and feminine tact had often to intervene.
A contest took place between the Suevi and the Cherusci, in which Rome declined to intervene.


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Yellow droplets of oil with smiley faces and blue plastic bottles with cow faces feature in this adorable video which explains that oil going into plastics is not used up, it is merely borrowed.
Franco was sent "Plastics – too valuable to throw away" after last week's "Pre-K" press conference in Amsterdam, where nine companies showcased what they would be launching at the K fair in October.
Petchem people who have connections with primary schools might like to offer it to their science teachers for rainy day science lessons, or for design and technology (DT) or "resistant materials" or whatever they now call the lessons where children make stuff.


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Well the blog is what the title says...eclectic. I love to knit and crochet, cook, play piano, read, homeschool, write, hang out with my family, thrift shop, coupon, do math, craft...the list goes on. I may write about all those things or something else completely different! I love to review books, audios, and products that I've found useful and fun just to pass things along to you. You name it, you just may find it sometime on this blog.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
The Art of Argument
So, I'm sitting in the dentist's office reading. The boys had back-to-back appointments, so that means I spend about an hour and a half in the paneled waiting room of our dentist. I decided to take that time to read the introduction of the new book I had received to review. It was The Art of Argument from Classical Academic Press.
I've always been intrigued by the study of fallacy and logic. I have never really introduced to the boys but I've always wanted to. Well, wouldn't you know it this logic curriculum landed in my mailbox. And it came from a company in Camp Hill, PA! I could have driven there and picked it up. I even have an uncle living in Camp Hill. But I digress...
So, I'm reading the introduction in the teacher's guide and I lean over to T-bone, who was waiting for his turn with the dentist, and read him a paragraph from the intro. As I finished, a young man sitting across the room said, "I took a course like that in High School and it was BY FAR the best course I ever took." We ended up in a conversation. This young man was a youth pastor at a nearby church. He had been homeschooled growing up. He took a logic/fallacy course as part of his high school and he found it to be the most valuable course throughout all his education, including college. It is the course he most relies on in life.
And so, we are pursuing a course in logic. "The Art of Argument" is easy to implement. There was an introduction in the teacher's manual, but it was easy to read. Basically, you just dive in. I am glad I have the teacher's guide because I would not have a clue about how to answer the questions in the student book. There was also a DVD included with my review materials. This was a sampler covering chapters 1 through 6. The quality of the video is excellent. I'm glad to have it to introduce us to the content and help us through the first few chapters.
And this is a fun book too. The student guide is a workbook, with all the content you need, but it's got great graphics that are very teenager friendly.
So, take the advice of our new youth pastor friend and pursue a course in logic with your children. Maybe they'll sit in a waiting room when they're older and tell some homeschooling mommy that it's the best course they ever took in their life.
You will find pricing information about this product and all the others Classical Academic Press offers here.
Even though this is a glowing review, please check out the opinions of others who have also reviewed this product. You can find links to The Art of Argument reviews here.
If you would like to contact Classical Academic Press directly, check out that information here.
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On 14 October 2013, an Expression of Interest for an Integrated Resort Development (IRD) was released as part of the Queen's Wharf Brisbane offer to market, with a casino licence also on offer to the successful proponent. Two additional casino licences were released through a separate tender process seeking other Integrated Resort Developments in regional Queensland.
Integrated Resort Developments current status
ASF Consortium Pty Ltd
The ASF Consortium Pty Ltd announced its new concept plans for the land between Sea World and the Gold Coast Fishermen's Co-operative in December 2016. These concepts are being assessed by the department and are the subject of community consultation.
Community consultation
In December 2016 the Queensland Government announced that The Spit's beach and parkland would be protected and given a family-friendly makeover. Community Consultation was undertaken from January 2017 until 7 April 2017, to ensure Gold Coast residents and the City Council were involved in the development of a plan for the coastal parkland.
At the same time, independent public consultation on ASF Consortium's revised proposal was undertaken.
The Queensland Government would like to thank members of the community for their input and participation in the community consultations. The community consultations resulted in more than 8000 completed submissions via a variety of methods, including:
- public information session at Southport State High School
- business information evening
- three community information sessions at the Department of State Development's Gold Coast Office
- 1000 online surveys completed
- four focus groups
- 100 telephone polls
- more than 50 face-to-face consultations with individual and community groups in and around the Gold Coast area
- the community consultation also included media releases, a 1800 number for enquires, radio ads and print advertisements in the Gold Coast Bulletin and Gold Coast Sun.
Aquis at the Great Barrier Reef Pty Ltd (Aquis)
On 22 August 2016 Aquis formally notified the Queensland Government of its withdrawal from the Integrated Resort Development (IRD) process and that it was no longer seeking a casino licence for its Aquis at the Great Barrier Reef development at Yorkeys Knob in Cairns.
As a result, the Aquis proposal for an IRD at Yorkeys Knob, has been reshaped to focus on a $2 billion residential and tourism development with luxury hotels, apartments and villas.
The Queensland Government continues to work with Aquis, given the jobs and opportunities on offer from this reshaped proposal.
Aquis is now working with the Department of Local Government, Infrastructure and Planning, Office of the Coordinator-General and Cairns City Council to obtain the required development approvals.
Additional regional casino licence
On 16 March 2016, it was announced in State Parliament that if one or both of the current regional IRD proposals do not go ahead, the Queensland Government may go back to the market to seek expressions of interest for the available regional licences. That decision is yet to be made.
Benefits of an Integrated Resort Development
Integrated Resort Developments offer outstanding opportunities for Queensland to enhance its tourism offerings. Such developments can support major events and reinvigorate key locations across the state for entertainment and recreation to both locals and visitors alike.
In Queensland, tourism contributes $23 billion to the state's economy and supports over 230,000 jobs.
The Queensland Government is committed to supporting the growth of the tourism sector.
Integrated Resort Developments can help achieve this goal by contributing to increased international tourism and boosting the state's economy through tourism and construction.
Criteria for future Integrated Resort Developments
Any new regional Integrated Resort Development proposal must:
- include significant capital investment to create a development that attracts international tourists, where construction commences within 18 months of contractual close
- be located within close proximity to a major population centre with a catchment of at least 150,000 people within a 70 kilometre radius of the regional centre
- be near an operational international airport or an airport that is capable of being upgraded to international standards
- have well-established transport networks and significant existing tourism infrastructure with identified growth potential.
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Media releases
- Spit community consultation area expands (24 Mar 2017)
- New Year kicks off with QWB's 6-year jobs journey (01 Jan 2017)
- Long-term protection, family friendly make-over in prospect for The Spit (18 Dec 2016)
- Queensland Government explores regional resort interest (03 Nov 2016)
- Chips are in for integrated resort, casino at Gold Coast (04 Aug 2015)
- Echo consortium wins Queen's Wharf Brisbane prize (21 Jul 2015)
- Government heeds message on Gold Coast Spit (26 Aug 2014)
- Aquis and ASF short-listed to develop integrated resorts (27 May 2014)
- Strong interest in creating world-class resorts (1 Apr 2014)
- Nineteen bidders vie for integrated resorts (5 Mar 2014)
- Gold Coast Council to decide future of cruise ship terminal (13 Feb 2014)
- Government sets high bar for integrated resorts (13 Feb 2014)
- Tourism developers in running for Integrated Resort licences (17 Jan 2014)
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