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WHO: Alison Sweeney
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University of Pennsylvania
WHAT: Penn Science Café talk:
"Bio-optics: The Physics of Squid Camouflage"
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 3, 6-7 p.m.
WHERE: World Cafe Live Upstairs, 3025 Walnut St.
Alison Sweeney has a Ph.D. in biology, yet is a member of Penn's Department of Physics and Astronomy. What is a physicist doing studying giant clams and exotic squid? Her research is focused on photonic structures found in these creatures that give them unique and surprising abilities.
These structures are made out of a protein called reflectin, which creates a kind of biological reflector that different sea creatures use in a variety of ways. Certain squid are able to use reflectin to change the amount of light their bodies reflect as they move into brighter or darker waters, providing them effective camouflage, while giant clams can use these reflectors to direct more sunlight onto the algae they grow on their bodies as a food source.
Sweeney will talk about her trips around the world searching for and studying these creatures to better understand how their photonic structures work and how they evolved.
The talk is part of the Penn Science Café, a free public-lecture series presented by the School of Arts and Sciences and the Office of University Communications that takes science scholarship out of the lab for a night on the town. Café events are free and open to the public, but reservations are encouraged and can be made through Gina Bryan at 215-898-8721 or email@example.com.
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This weekend you'll have four chances to catch Jazz guitar genius Stanley Jordan at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club. The six-string wizard plays the club Friday and Saturday, with two shows each night. You may want to catch his intimate performance more than once ...
Jordan is not only musically captivating, but his mastery and innovation in the "tapping" style of playing — where the guitarist uses both hands up and down the neck, tapping out notes and chords and often creating the sound and rhythm of a mini-ensemble all on their own — is a sight to behold.
Jordan is also a great song interpreter, crafting new, captivating arrangements for everything from Jazz standards to Blues chestnuts to Pop songs by Michael Jackson and The Beatles. Though Jordan tours and records with groups, his Blue Wisp shows will be just Jordan and his magical guitar work. You should probably buy a ticket sooner than later; there's a great chance all four shows will sell out.
7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $20. 700 Race St., Downtown, 513-241-9477, thebluewisp.com.
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Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says he's reluctant to make major transfer decisions until he's fully assessed his squad.
Van Gaal has opted for a wingback system suited to the players at his disposal in the USA against LA Galaxy and AS Roma.
And he told Sky Sports: "I don't buy players for the sake of it. I buy players to improve my selection.
"First, I must see what I need in all the positions from the system we shall play and, at this moment, I don't know for sure.
"That's why I chose this system, I can play them all. But (Javier) Hernandez can also play in the striker's position, so can (Danny) Welbeck.
"Rooney can play at No 10 and No 9 and he tells me he can also play at No 11 and No 7, but I prefer him at 9 or 10.
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For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.
Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.
The 26-year-old bike courier didn't intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the outings only to prove to his mom that he was taking Mary Jane — nicknamed MJ — for a spin.
"She said, 'No way! You're not taking your cat out for the ride,' which is the reaction I still get even after people see this video," Saldia said.
Saldia used a GoPro sports camera mounted on his bike to capture images of him and MJ, a brown and black tabby with bright yellow eyes. She seems to take the trips in stride, even nuzzling her owner as he pedals, though she gets a bit spooked by sirens and buses.
"She enjoys seeing everything and having the wind blow in her ears, especially being an indoors cat. This is really her only time outside," he said. "On the shoulder, she loves it. She's in total zen mode."
The first video, which he posted last October, has more than 1.2 million views on YouTube. GoPro spokeswoman AnneMarie Hennes said she saw it earlier this year and was blown away. She immediately reached out to Saldia to get permission to use the footage in a camera ad, which was posted online last month.
"It's just unique and he did a really good job shooting it," said Hennes. "We hooked him up with some cameras so he can make more cool MJ content."
Saldia, who also belongs to long-distance riding club, said he began taking out MJ when she was 2 months old, at first just along his quiet street in downtown Philadelphia. The rides eventually went farther, with positive reactions from both MJ and passers-by.
"People are thrilled to see the guy with the cat ride his bike down the street," Saldia said.
But online commenters have been less kind, questioning whether the unharnessed cat is safe. Saldia noted he is equally vulnerable while riding in the city and takes necessary precautions.
"I'm very confident that the cat would be better off in an accident than I would be, so I'm not worried about taking her out," he said.
Saldia's mom said although she didn't believe her son at first, she now thinks the tandem rides are "kind of cool."
"He enjoys it, the cat loves to be with him (and) it's better than being home alone," said Sarah Saldia, of Sewell, N.J. "I don't think they're hurting anybody."
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Review: i liked this place a lot! it was self-service and the menu was only in french, but everything was freshly made. we had the lunch plate and were unfortunately too full to have deserts later. my boyfriend had a cider, that tasted more like really bad beer, so don't get one of those :) if you go here, definitely visit the toilet, it's like a tourist attraction! i don't know if toilets like that are more common in france, but i've definitely never seen anything like that before. right down the street, there is a lovely "girlie shop" where you can spend all your money afterwards, buying dresses with "cake frosting", cute photo albums and retro cameras.
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PREPARATION Learning the Ropes In preparing for your first gig with Scratch Live, the time you spend before the gig is going to pay dividends that night. This is especially true for those who have only just purchased an SL interface but are already gigging DJs with experience in clubs; you need to be familiar with the differences and new opportunities to be creative if you are going to maximize your 1st gigs potential. This guide assumes you have already read the manual and have a library of music in Scratch Live. If this isnt you, please do so before proceeding. A great way to get to know Scratch Live is via the tooltips; click the (?) next to the Scratch Live logo to enable tooltips then hover over parts of the interface with your mouse cursor to get info about them. The Modes Scratch Live uses three distinct modes for operation, they are detailed in the manual. Most people start with absolute (ABS) mode, since that is closest to normal vinyl. If you dont want any chance of skipping while you scratch, change into relative (REL) mode, if you need to play a track and arent going to control it with a turntable, use internal (INT) mode. The Markers Markers speed up DJing, its that simple. Go through your tracks and place markers at key points in the track where you usually cue from, mix into the next tune or scratch samples etc. If you DJ with doubles sometimes (same song on both decks) the markers can really add to your routines, and keep you oriented within the track. The Setup Screen It cant be emphasized enough how important this screen is to the health of your Scratch Live. Learn it, re-read the manual section about it, and become comfortable with what it is used for. Once youre familiar with it, setting up Scratch Live should take about as long as swapping carts with the previous DJ (unless you have to swap in your SL interface). Some points of note: USB audio buffer size This is the key setting as far as performance is concerned; a smaller buffer size (slider to the left) results in tighter record control. Gradually lower the setting, while mixing (and/or scratching) until you get a stuttery display or you reach the lowest setting possible. This setting should be established well in advance of your gig, and if you dont feel confident that the setting is appropriate, then increase the buffer size one or two ms to be safe. Auto fill overviews This checkbox is under the Library tab in Setup. If youre playing tracks which youve just added to your library, and dont have overviews built, this option will build them for you with spare cpu cycles. This will reduce the performance of Scratch Live if your CPU is already maxed. Calibration You must calibrate whenever you set up, and regularly with a permanent install. The scope on your setup screen is an indispensable tool for checking your turntables and needles. Look at Scope Readings and Fixes in the back of your manual for a selection of various scope signals and their likely causes. The threshold is the level below which Scratch Live ignores the input, this is to prevent noise from being interpreted as control signal.
Analyze Files The overview of each track is stored within the file itself and provides an overall view of the content; if youve got one of those songs with 2 minutes of talking before the beat drops, look at the overview while you needle drop through. Its a good idea to build overviews for all your files before you play with them, its one less thing for your computer to be doing while youre playing to an audience. Unplug your Rane device, and the Offline Player screen appears, letting you auditon tracks anytime without your Rane mixer or interface connected. Click the Analyze Files button, and Scratch Live will work through your library building all the overviews and calculating your BPMs. Having BPM values lets you enable lots of cool beat-synced effects in the DJ-FX panel. Organizing Your Library Entering ID3 Tags Having correct information in all your tracks will mean you can find any song when you need it. There are numerous third-party applications which you can use to enter information into the tracks, or if you are ripping your tracks yourself from CD, you may be able to use the CDDB to retrieve the track names from the internet. To find some applications which are popular among our users, check out the What MP3 tools are you using? thread in the forum at serato.com. Browse and Search Browse view can find a track very quickly if the tags are correct. For a set which you havent completely planned out, get used to the browse function to help you find songs which meet criteria on the fly. For instant access to a specific song, type keywords into the live search. As you type, the songs visible in your library will be narrowed down accordingly. Making Crates If youre used to ordering your record crates according to your set, then the crates in Scratch Live will be handy. Make new crates by clicking the (+) button under the crate list and drag songs from your library into them. Once the songs are in there, click on the crate and order them how you like. One song can be in any number of crates.
iTunes iTunes integration in Scratch Live is very good, so if youre already organizing your songs with it, your library and playlists will already be there when you start up Scratch Live. Though AAC files are supported, the songs you buy from the iTunes music store with DRM wont played through Scratch Live. If youre using iTunes to rip CDs, you can change the import settings to MP3, WAV, AIFF or with the third-party plug-in: OGG vorbis. Raising the CBR bit rate to 256 or 320, or VBR to 0 will produce the best sounding files. External Drives External hard drives are inexpensive, portable, and take a load off the internal drive.With most people using Scratch Live on laptops, external drives are the most popular way to add storage and performance for reasonable cost. However, check the speed of the drive before you buy it. Any drive with less than 5400 RPM wont be reliable for playing live. If you build a library including songs on an external drive, you will be able to plug your drive into another Scratch Live DJs setup and have your songs available on the fly. External drives also help system performance since the heads on the internal drive are free to fetch information for the system, while the song data can be read whenever it is needed. One point to remember is that if your external drive is USB 2.0, you may have a shortage of USB bandwidth if you run it on the same hub as your SL 1, keyboard, mouse, bluetooth dongle etc. So test it out! If you have problems, search the Scratch Live forum and try some of the solutions listed there. If you dont know what any of this means, call that computer nerd friend of yours and ask them. Or call or email one of the Rane DJ experts at 425-355-6000 (8:30AM to 5PM Pacific Time, West Coast USA): Shaun email@example.com Zach email@example.com Chad email@example.com Rafael email@example.com (English & Espaol)
Stress-testing your setup Its worth putting your Scratch Live in the worst-case scenario so you know how far you can push it on the night. If youre not going to be using your own computer at the gig, it is important to gain access to it so you can be confident that everything is in order. Some things to try (all while two songs are playing): Rapidly scrolling through your library Copying songs from a CD-R to your hard drive Backspinning through one track as fast as you can Playing songs from an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive If you get drop-outs, try adjusting your USB buffer size, disabling extra processes like WiFi, power management, bluetooth, antivirus, etc. If youre still getting dropouts, before you rush out buying new gear, come onto serato.com and let us and the other users know whats going on. Its a great resource and the people there really know what theyre talking about. Chances are someone else has already gone through what you have. Disk System Play two wave files and needle drop through them, see how it performs. Wave files are large and therefore read from the disk a lot. They also sound great and are (slightly) easier on the CPU than compressed files. CPU Needle dropping through compressed songs like MP3s and backspinning rapidly can test how your CPU performs under load. Remember to disable useless background processes like your antivirus and power management systems which will slow down your CPU on purpose. Needles / Vinyl DJ for a couple of hours. Now check your Setup screen, are those scopes still nice and clean? Do you need to brush your needles and records? Unlike with normal vinyl, you wont get the usual cues something is going awry; e.g., if your tracks are getting summed to mono by a faulty tonearm connection, with normal vinyl at least the music wont stop, with Scratch Live that would mean having to switch to internal mode as you wont be able to track the record correctly any longer. Temperature After the DJ session above, feel how hot your computer is, especially underneath. If its hot, you should consider getting some extra cooling. A desk fan pointed at the laptop can be all you need, there are also 3rdparty coolers which will do a great job of keeping your laptop cool. Remember, it can often get hot at venues and micro-electronics such as that in your laptop can malfunction.
What to pack Essentials SL 1 Control Vinyl and CDs Laptop Laptop Power Adapter External Drive(s) Laptop Stand Headphones Needles and Headshells Flashlight Your keys Optional Equipment SL 1 external power supply (if you are trading sets with another DJ and dont want to power down). Slipmats Back-up music sources Take a few records or CDs and maybe an iPod to your first gig so you can play with the confidence of a backup (I doubt youll need it!). Maintenance Equipment Record brush Needle Brush CD / Monitor wipes Flashlight Pack some duct tape for taping down things. Spare RCAs, headshells if you got them. Deoxidising spray if you have any (club mixers can often have noisy faders).
Setting up at the venue Installation Scratch Live needs some installation to be integrated into a DJ setup. If the venue doesnt already have a Rane interface or mixer wired into their setup, work out how much setting up you will need to do, and how much of it can be done prior. Leads/plugs Make sure the turntables are correctly grounded to the mixer and that they are plugged into the correct inputs of the SL interface. Bring up Scratch Live on your computer and make sure that tracks play forwards with the record movement, sometimes poorly serviced turntables have their RCAs swapped and this will result in the tracks playing in reverse. Connect the thrus to the phono inputs of the mixer and the line outs to the mixer line ins. If youre playing with other regular DJs, you may need a power adapter for your SL interface or to leave your laptop plugged into it to provide thrus. Situation of gear Try to retain good access to your mixer while being able to reach your computer quickly. Make sure your laptop doesnt get in the way of the mixer, and that the position of your SL interface isnt placing any stress on leads. Ensure that with lighting system on you can see your screen clearly and reach the controls quickly. Swapping out Dealing with a mess of cables in the dark can be a pain. Playing with other DJs usually means mixing into the last track they play, if youre unable to install your SL interface beforehand, practice swapping the leads while one deck is still playing, dropping a tune in Scratch Live and then connecting the other leads. This can be fiddly, so bring a flashlight, and make sure you know which plugs are which so you can do it before the music dies!
Calibration / Sound Check Its important to check your setup beforehand so you know what to expect when you start DJing. All calibration should be done at the volume you will be performing at, with all potential sources of interference, especially lighting, on. Scopes Install your headshells and play the control vinyl from the start, check the scopes are the circles clean? Make sure the TTs are correctly grounded to the mixer, and that the SL interface is set to the correct level are the turntables line-level? If your have an SL 2 , SL 3 or SL 4, check the little switch on the back to match each input for Phono or CD (Line). If you are using an SL 1 interface, make sure that Phono is highlighted in the Hardware tab of the Setup screen. Tweak the P/A and L/R knobs to get the innermost circles as round as possible. Threshold Stop the records, play a track in internal mode, and click Estimate with the needle on the record. Check the tracking percentage, is it hovering around 100%? If not, why not? Are there speckles in the scopes? This can mean noise and interference being picked up, if the tracking is bad try moving lights, moving power leads and turning off unused equipment. Sound Check Run through some of your set with someone listening, are any of your tracks so compressed that they sound bad? Mark them in Scratch Live so you dont play those. Make sure you dont get drop outs and that the level from Scratch Live is loud while not clipping the mixer. Check what the gain settings on the mixer should be, remember: those other DJs might not know what theyre doing!
Interference Remember to keep your cell phone away from your DJing equipment, and find out who you should talk to if you get interference during the gig. Other DJs If youre playing with other DJs find out whether any of them use Scratch Live, maybe you can share an SL interface and save some setup time. The SL 4 was made for this, so if you do this regularly and dont have one, it may be upgrade time. Getting an external 9VDC power supply can help SL 1 and SL 2 users. It allows signal to pass thru from your decks to the mixer when you unplug the USB cable to the computer. Radio Shack carries these, bring your SL interface to the store to be sure you get the right barrel connector. Find out who is before you, if you need it, request they play a longer track to finish up so you can swap in your gear. Show them Scratch Live, tell them how great it is, and where you bought it from. Promoter/Owner Hes the guy you will be talking to about getting paid at the end of the night. Make sure hes around to see how good you are. Sound Tech There shouldnt be any difference sound wise, but if the venue has a sound tech, let him know what youre using as a courtesy. Find out if there is any spare equipment (turntables, mixers, headshells etc) and where its kept. If some of the clubs gear fails youll know what to ask for. Facilities Find out where you can keep your gear before and after the show, where the closest bathrooms are and how hard it is to get to them with a crowd. Parking, if any, and where is safe to park is also good to know.
The Gig Put in your headshells, and go through the calibration sequence again. Check your levels and make the crowd go wild etc. Clean your needles and control vinyl during the course of the night. Keep an eye on the tracking indicator. Make sure everyone whos interested knows where they can buy Rane products for Scratch Live. Its a good idea if you can, to record your set and listen back afterwards to see what went right, wrong, and how it all sounded. With an extra soundcard, this can be achieved with the same computer that you play from. Check out the Scratch Live forum at serato.com for lots of help and ideas. Potential Problems Its unlikely that you will run into problems, but if something strange happens, you should know a few basics to figure out whats wrong. First things to check are: The tracking indicator Dust on the needles Temperature The scopes in the setup screen Is your control vinyl clean Other applications, running tasks If you see the USB light coming on and sound glitches, the first thing to try is to switch to the Setup screen and raise the USB buffer. If its maxed out and you still get dropouts, make sure your cooling is working, your other programs arent running and the tracks youre playing arent corrupt somehow. It might be a good idea to throw on some backup audio and restart your computer. This is another situation when the external power supply is valuable. Make sure you dont play that file again until youve verified what the problem is. If your computer crashes, that iPod might come in real handy. Dont be scared, almost all of our users have never had a crash in a live situation, but try and remember the track you were playing. Come onto serato. com and tell us about it, so we can make sure it never happens again. If it turns out your problem was caused by a particular file, we need to know about it, so please retain the bad file and send it to us at some point (make a topic on the forum and well let you know how).
SOFTWARE Scratch Live supports all these file formats: Fixed and Variable Bit Rate MP3, AIFF, AAC, WAV, OGG Vorbis, CD Audio and direct from the mic input. Import files easily by dragging from Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac) into the Scratch Live library. Easily import your playlists and iTunes library. You can play and scratch tracks direct from CD and CD-ROM. Includes extensive keyboard shortcuts for efficient function access. Built-in help and tips in multiple languages are accessible anytime. Low power warning when running off a laptop battery. No preprocessing of MP3 files is required except to use the auto-BPM and auto-gain functions. Auto-BPM detects tempo information for tracks without it, saving it with each file. A tap tempo button allows you to enter your own.
Scratch Live has different operating modes that can be assigned to each Virtual Deck. Absolute Mode exact reproduction of record movement, needle drop through tracks just like normal vinyl. The beginning of the track is mapped to the start of the record. Relative Mode skip-free scratching, jump to cue points, and pitch bend buttons combined with turntable control. This mode observes the relative forward and backward movement of the record, but does not regard the position within the record. Internal Mode mix with just your laptop using features modeled on DJ CD players. Rewind, Bend down, Play / pause reverse, Play / pause forward, Bend up, Fast forward. Auto mode play a sequence of tracks automatically. Record from your Mic and immediately scratch as if it was on vinyl. Record direct from vinyl or CD and save as 16-bit 44.1 kHz stereo file. The crate and subcrate system helps organize your library and sets.
Tempo display assists with rapid tempo matching of tracks. When the two tracks are matched to the same tempo, the peaks will line up.
Beat display emphasizes the transients in tracks these are matched up when the two tracks are beat matched.
The scope display is invaluable for troubleshooting turntable problems. Customize your interaction with the many options in the setup screen.
Hot swap external drives with fast automatic library merging and retention of crates.
MIDI control can interface USB controllers with Scratch Live.
The Virtual Deck shows everything about the speed and position of a track. As the vinyl rotates, so does the line on the label. The circular progress bar around the edge is a visual representation of the position within the song. The time and remaining time are displayed in minutes and seconds. The turntable speed as a percentage of pitch shift is on the left, and the pitched BPM is on the right.
Variable zoom waveforms centered around current position display horizontal or vertical. Waveforms are colored by frequency.
Auto-gain lets you set a target gain on any or all songs in your library. You can also manually adjust individual gain, remembered in each song file.
CONTROL VINYL & CDs Side A: 10 minutes plus Vinyl Scroll track. Side B: 15 minutes. Continuous control signal on vinyl allows smooth accurate scratching. Scratch Live has the lowest latency vinyl emulation system on the market. It has advanced vinyl groove and stylus modeling algorithm for a sound indistinguishable from the real thing. Innovative positioning system allows fast and accurate needle dropping. The record has thin marks every minute, and a thicker mark every 5 minutes (played at 33 RPM). These marks assist you when using needle dropping to move through the track. The Vinyl Scroll track allows you use your turntable or CD to scroll through your crate and pick the next song without touching your laptop. Two 15-minute control CDs are included.
Full track overview: Quickly find where the beat drops, find breakdowns and choruses, and jump to any part of the song.
With Key Lock on, the key or pitch of the song stays locked at what it would be if the track was playing at normal speed, regardless of the platter speed of the turntable or CD player. Key Lock has scratch detection, so it automatically turns off when scratching for a natural scratching sound.
Visual markers can be set for up to 5 cue points per song and triggered from the keyboard.
Save up to 9 loops per track these loops are saved in the file, and will be present when you reload.
Censor expletives on the fly with an instant quick-reverse and catchup with no loss of timing or pitch.
Browse your music collection by album, artist, BPM, or genre, with optional album art display. Intuitive search function can be applied to any field to find things quickly. Edit ID3 tags with full Unicode support.
When a track is loaded, the track name, artist and length are displayed in the track title bar, and the Virtual Deck shows a solid black line. The track starts playing as soon as it detects the signal from the control vinyl (or CD).
Turntable lock feature only allows loading on a stopped deck to prevent accidental track changes.
Instant doubles load the same track on both decks at the same point for instant flange effect and back-to-backs.
Serato Scratch Live Hardware Comparison Guide
This detailed comparison of Ranes ofcial hardware for Serato Scratch Live includes reference to differences within Scratch Live software.
TTM 57SL Sixty-Eight
HARDWARE Features
2 Deck mixing 3 Deck mixing 4 Deck mixing Visual Beat Matching Key lock Censor button Repeat button 5 available cue points 9 available loop slots DJ-FX SP-6 Sample Player Additional SP-6 output MIDI mappable controls Core Audio / ASIO drivers Serato NoiseMap
USB 1.1 USB 2.0 Two USB ports Grounding posts Internal phono preamps XLR Mic input " Mic input Phantom-powered Mic in Two Mic inputs Mic input tone controls Mic Input FlexFX USB bus powered Self powered Aux/Session Inputs Aux/Session Outputs RCA Thru Outputs Software Thru Outputs 16-bit converters 24-bit converters 44.1 kHz USB audio 48 kHz USB audio 96 kHz USB audio Video-SL compatible Pre-mapped Serato Video-SL controls Mixer tone controls Mixer faders Main outputs (XLR) Booth outputs (") Flex FX loop Two headphones outputs (" and 3.5 mm) Built-in mixer effects Headphone monitoring Split cue monitoring
Scratch Live Minimum Computer Requirements
Please Note: These are the minimum requirements to run Scratch Live. For the best performance, professional use, and future software upgrades, we recommend you buy a higher spec computer. Available 2.0 USB port (USB 1.1 acceptable for TTM 57SL) 1024 x 768 screen resolution. Hard disk space for storing music. 5400 RPM hard drive. 7200 RPM for high-resolution audio playback. 2 GB RAM (more for a large library and better performance). MAC 1 GHz G4 (2 GHz Intel Core Duo for SL 4) OSX 10.5.8 or higher WINDOWS Intel processor, 1.6 GHz or better (2.2 GHz Intel Core Duo for SL 4) Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or higher Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or higher Windows 7. We recommend Windows 7 over Vista. See www.serato.com/scratchlive#minspecs before buying a new computer.
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SERATO Scratch LIVE 2.2 DATA SHEET 2011
Serato Scratch Live combined with Rane hardware is the ultimate solution for professional DJs, giving you the freedom to take your entire digital music collection on the road and equipping you with advanced features that add extra creativity to your DJing. This intuitive system replicates the traditional DJing experience for real feel usability. With unparalleled performance, sound quality and stability, youll soon see why thousands of DJs worldwide choose Serato Scratch Live. Load music files onto Virtual Decks for playback. Browse your music collection by custom categories and album art. Prepare audio files for playback with auto-gain and BPM calculation. Organise music with crates and smart crates. Choose from multiple play and display modes to suit your performance style. Use visual aides, cues and loops to perfect your mixing. Add extra creativity to your sets with DJ-FX, the SP-6 Sample Player and other Scratch Live plug-ins.
Classic Vertical Mode
Virtual Decks
Music files are loaded onto the Virtual Decks, which rotate as the music plays, much like regular turntables or CDJ decks. The Virtual Deck shows everything about the speed and position of a track. As the vinyl rotates, so does the line on the label. The circular progress bar around the edge is a visual representation of the position within the song. The Virtual Decks display pitched BPM information, and the time and remaining time are displayed in minutes and seconds.
Stack Mode with the Rane SL 4 and Sixty-Eight
Tool Tips
Handy built-in Tool Tips provide a simple guide to learn the software and the applications of each feature. A list of keyboard shortcuts are also in the Tool Tips.
Importing Music
Importing music is done simply by navigating to your hard drive(s) via Serato Scratch Lives File pane. You can also drag and drop files directly from Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac). iTunes users have the option to integrate existing iTunes libraries and playlists into their Scratch Live library. Importing audio files to your computer is highly recommend, however you can play files directly from CD and CD-ROM.
Supported File Formats
Scratch Live supports multiple file formats: fixed and variable bit-rate MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV and Whitelabel (wl.mp3) file types*. M3U playlists are also supported. *For more information on wl.mp3 files visit whitelabel.net NOTE: Older iTunes Music Store DRM files cannot be played back by Scratch Live. iTunes Plus files are DRM-free.
Browse your music collection by album, artist, BPM and genre. Additional column sort options can be selected for custom needs. Tracks in your library can also be browsed using three different album art modes. Scratch Live includes an intuitive Search function to help you find tracks quickly.
File Preparation
Build waveform overviews, check for file corruption and use Scratch Lives optional autogain and BPM calculation with the Analyze Files button. Use the Offline Player to prepare crates, audition tracks, and set cue and loop points, without needing to have the Rane hardware connected.
Crates and Smart Crates
Create Crates and Subcrates to group tracks within for quick recall and simple organisation. You can also merge these crates onto an external drive for simple migration to another laptop. Smart Crates allow you to set rules and keywords for crates, which automatically update when relevant tracks are added or removed from your library.
When Key Lock is on, the key or pitch of the song stays locked at what it would be if the track was playing at normal speed, regardless of the platter speed of the turntable or CD player.
Scratch Live Plug-Ins
Optional plug-ins can be switched on and off, allowing you to choose which extra features you would like to use when DJing. SP-6 Sample Player allows you to trigger up to six additional sources of audio (e.g. sound effects, drops). Store samples in multiple sample bank slots, and choose individual output options for each slot.
Visual Aids
The history button opens a complete log of all the tracks you have played and allows you to export Scratch Live session information as a data file for future reference.
Play Modes
Scratch Live has three different play modes which you assign to each Virtual Deck. Absolute Mode most closely resembles the properties of regular vinyl; needle dropping, scratching, rubbing and other turntablist techniques are most faithfully reproduced in this mode. Absolute Mode is the recommended mode to use when using the standard hardware functions on CDJs. Relative Mode allows for skip free scratching and the use of Scratch Lives cueing, looping and censor controls. Internal Mode lets you play and mix files without external vinyl or CD control. Internal mode contains a start/stop function, a pitch slider and pitch nudge controls. It is also the emergency mode Scratch Live defaults to when the end of a control record or CD is reached.
When a track is playing several waveforms and visual aids are displayed. Tempo Display provides a helpful tool for beat matching - each peak represents the beats within a track. As you change the pitch of a song, these peaks shift position. When track tempos are in-time, these peaks will be aligned. Beat Matching Display emphasizes the position of beats within a track alongside the waveform display, for quick beat matching. Track Overview Display shows an overview of the track waveform, which is useful for finding transitions in a track and for jumping quickly to any part of the song. Colored Waveforms by frequency for visual identification of instruments and vocals.
DJ-FX give you control of two FX units, each with three chained effects slots per unit. Customize and save preferred effect parameter settings for quick recall. Serato Playlists export track play information to your user profile on www.serato.com. This can be done using the History export function postset, or you can choose to live update during your set.
Serato Video-SL
Playback video files using the Serato Video-SL plug-in, and mix them using creative effects and transitions which compliment the audio. Serato Video-SL is available to buy separately. Visit www.serato.com/video-sl.
Display Modes
Four different Display Modes allow you to choose the best Virtual Deck arrangement to suit your style of performance. Library Mode simplifies the deck arrangement with a larger view of the library and no waveform matching. Classic Vertical Mode displays two decks on the left and right side of the screen with vertical waveforms in the middle. Classic Horizontal Mode displays two decks on the left and right side of the screen with horizontal waveforms in the middle. Stack Mode displays the decks and waveforms on top of one another horizontally, which is useful when using more than two decks (with supported Rane hardware).
Cues and Loops
Create up to five Cue Points for each track to mark and trigger key parts of your songs. Create and save up to nine Loops per track, either manually or using the Auto-Loop function.
The Bridge
The Bridge allows you to combine elements of Ableton Live with Serato Scratch Live, to create unique performances and to perfect your mixtapes. The Bridge is free-of-charge for users of Serato Scratch Live 2.1.1 (or above) and Ableton Live/Suite 8.2 or above. Visit www.serato.com/thebridge.
A detailed comparison guide of Ranes official hardware for Serato Scratch Live. This includes reference to the differences within the Scratch Live software for each piece of hardware.
HARDWARE USB 1.1 USB 2.0 Two USB ports XLR Mic input Mic input Phantom Powered Mic input Two Mic inputs Mic input tone controls Mic input FlexFX USB bus powered Self powered Aux/Session inputs Aux/Session outputs Software Thru outputs 16-bit converters 24-bit converters 44.1 kHz USB audio 48 kHz USB audio 96 kHz USB audio Video-SL compatible Pre-mapped Serato VideoSL hardware controls Mixer tone controls Mixer crossfader & upfaders Main outputs (XLR) Booth outputs () FlexFX loop Two headphones outputs ( and 3.5 mm) Built-in mixer effects Headphone monitoring Split cue monitoring SL 2 SL 3 SL 4 TTM 57SL Sixty-Eight SOFTWARE FEATURES 2 Deck mixing
Complete descriptions of Rane hardware, including controls, connections, accessories and detailed specifications are available at www.rane.com.
SL 2 SL 3 SL 4 TTM 57SL Sixty-Eight
3 Deck mixing 4 Deck mixing Visual Beat Matching Key lock Censor button Repeat button Manual looping Auto looping Loop roll 5 available cue points 9 available loop slots Tooltips DJ-FX SP-6 Sample Player Additional SP-6 output MIDI mappable controls Virtual Deck gain trims Master gain trim Core Audio / ASIO drivers
LIBRARY MANAGEMENT iTunes playlist compatibility Crates, Sub & Smart crates Real time tempo metering Auto BPM detection Multiple display view modes Album art browsing History (play logs) Serato online playlist compatibilty
SETUP SCREEN OPTIONS HARDWARE Adjustable USB buffer Adjustable phono sensitivity Adjustable joystick direction Adjustable footswitch type Switchable deck control source Selectable primary decks Adjustable headphone tone Button backlight option Adjustable LCD contrast Adjustable recording bit depth PLAYBACK Track end warning Lockable playing deck Hi-fi resampler Play song from start Instant doubles mode Play song from first cue point Braking adjustment Mono or stereo audio output VINYL CONTROL Adjust loops with vinyl Next song on vinyl flip Vinyl scroll Reverse vinyl scroll Needle drop to absolute position Needle drop to cue points LIBRARY Customize crate views Center on selected song Show all file types Include subcrate tracks Autofill overviews Import AAC files DISPLAY Adjustable screen update rate Adjustable audio cache size PLUGINS SP-6 Sample Player DJ-FX SL 3 Aux Deck Serato Playlists Serato Video-SL The Bridge
Serato Control
Mix and scratch files from your computer hard drive using Serato Control Vinyl, Serato Control CD or Approved USB Controllers. Serato Control Vinyl and Control CD (included with Rane hardware) The Serato Control Vinyl and Control CDs each contain the Noise Map Control Tone, a unique control signal which allows Scratch Live to track the motion of the record, simulating the same movement with digital audio. Serato Approved USB Controller (optional) Serato has certified a select range of new generation controllers with USB connectivity. Scratch Live can send track information to supported hardware on-board displays. Use the platters, buttons and sliders instantly, as supported hardware has pre-mapped controls for a no-fuss setup. These models are Serato Approved USB Controllers: Denon DJ DN-HC1000S Denon DJ DN-HC4500 Denon DJ DN-HD2500 Novation Dicer Numark iCDX Numark DMC2 Pioneer CDJ-2000 Pioneer CDJ-900 Pioneer CDJ-400 Pioneer MEP-7000 Vestax VFX-1
Scratch Live Minimum Computer Requirements
Please Note: These are the minimum requirements to run Scratch Live. For the best performance and in professional situations we recommend you buy a higher spec computer. Available USB port (USB 2.0 required for SL 2, SL 3, SL 4 and Sixty-Eight) 1024 x 768 screen resolution 5400RPM hard drive. 7200RPM for high-resolution audio playback. 2 GB RAM* MAC 2 GHz Intel Core Duo OSX 10.5.8 or higher WINDOWS Intel processor, 2.2 GHz Intel Core Duo Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or higher Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or higher Windows 7. We recommend Windows 7 over Vista. Note 1: If you have a large library, you will benefit from more RAM. If you are using Scratch Lives more system-intensive features such as DJ-FX or AUX Deck plugins, you may need a higher spec computer. See the Computer Optimization Guide for Digital DJs at serato.com. Note 2: If you are planning on using HID devices on Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard), then you must use OSX version 10.5.6 or up. This includes the Rane Sixty-Eight or TTM 57SL and some 3rd party controllers such as the Pioneer CDJ-400, CDJ-900, or CDJ-2000 CD players. Note 3: Before using a computer with an AMD Turion or Athlon processor, please read the Scratch Live FAQ at serato.com. Note 4: Before using a Windows PC with an Intel i-series processor with the TTM 57SL, first read the Scratch Live FAQ at serato.com.
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Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has scored a deal for U.S. rights to John Woo's two-part "Red Cliff," a period war film that is the Asian auteur's first Chinese film since "Hard Boiled" in 1992. Magnet is planning a theatrical release of the combined version of the films in the fall of 2009, according to an announcement from Cannes, while making both complete parts released in Asia available on VOD and DVD. E1 Entertainment will release the film simultaneously in Canada.
Magnet's Senior Vice President Tom Quinn and Head of Business Affairs Chris Matson negotiated the pact with the producers' representatives on the deal— CAA and Howard Frumes of Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz.
"Red Cliff" is described as an "epic tour-de-force" depicting the legendary Battle of Red Cliffs that took place during the end of the Han Dynasty in the early third century. Starring Tony Leung ("Infernal Affairs"), Takeshi Kaneshiro ("Warlords") and Zhang Fengyi ("Farewell My Concubine"), the film is a story of a military campaign of unprecedented scale that holds mythic status in Chinese culture.
Produced by Terence Chang, the film is the all-time box office record holder in mainland China and will be released theatrically as one film this fall. The two complete parts wil be released on DVD and VOD. The most expensive Asian-financed film to date, it is the current all-time box office record holder in mainland China and has grossed over $100 million in Japan where it's currently in release.


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Story of an insidious stalker disrupting the lives of an intellectual London couple is handled in a bracing and distinctive manner. Despite pic's success on the elemental-thriller level, among several others, unpleasant nature of the goings-on spells limited commercial appeal.
Story of an insidious stalker disrupting the lives of an intellectual London couple is handled in a bracing and distinctive manner in "Enduring Love." Adaptation of Ian McEwan's 1997 novel takes a surprising number of liberties with the text, given the author's stature, but his name on the credits as associate producer would suggest his stamp of approval. Despite pic's success on the elemental-thriller level, among several others, unpleasant nature of the goings-on spells limited commercial appeal. Nevertheless, the film stands as a strong achievement for director Roger Michell, scenarist Joe Penhall and the cast, notably lead Daniel Craig.In its unusual synthesis of somewhat abstracted compositions and latent powder-keg emotionalism, "Enduring Love" sometimes reminds in a good way of such '60s British art films as the Losey-Pinter "Accident." Stylistically, the film is very alive, with Michell hanging back at times, only to repeatedly snap the viewer to attention with dynamic handling of scenes that cut to the core of how the protagonist's life is being attacked and corrupted by his unshakable nemesis. Yarn is triggered by a bizarre accident that dramatically changes the lives of everyone in its proximity. On a day when Joe Rose (Craig), a vigorous-minded science professor, has brought his longtime girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton) to the countryside for a picnic, the sight of a runaway hot-air balloon disrupts the idyllic English summer atmosphere. There is a young boy on board and a man on the ground desperately trying to rein it in. In the chaotic action that quickly follows, several men in the area, including Joe, run up and grab the basket and dangling ropes to try to hold it down. But when a sudden gust of wind lofts the balloon and the screaming boy suddenly upward, the men more or less simultaneously let go — except for one, who some moments later loses his grip and hurtles fatally to the ground as the others watch aghast. As upsetting as the incident is, it's difficult for Joe to know how to react or what to feel. Since the balloon later floated down with the young passenger unscathed, there's the sense that the dead would-be rescuer, a family man named Logan, perished for nothing. But there is the conflicting suspicion that, if all the other men had held on rather than let go, everything would have been fine. Then there is Joe's need to believe that he wasn't the first to abandon ship. But one man present for the calamity knows exactly how he feels. When they come upon Logan's broken body on the plain, one of the group, Jed (Rhys Ifans), who asks a reluctant Joe to kneel down and pray, feels something pass between them. It's a love and complicity shot through with God's blessing, and it isn't long before he begins calling Joe at home asking him to meet, standing outside his flat and approaching him in public, all with the aim of coaxing Joe to acknowledge the obvious and "give into it." Calmly rational on one hand but self-involved, quick tempered and, as Claire points out, "overwrought" on the other, Joe tends to be short and dismissive with Jed, an obvious misfit and loner who simply won't be denied no matter how brusquely he's treated. Unable to call in the authorities since Jed hasn't done anything illegal, Joe tries different tactics to rid himself of this pest, a gangly, forlorn figure with long stringy hair and poor hygiene. But the more he's rejected, the more persistent Jed becomes, until a violent showdown becomes all but inevitable. Directly due to Jed's assault, Joe and Claire's relationship steadily deteriorates. As the double-edged title suggests, the novel is greatly interested in exploring how much strain a love can take and in charting the small ways in which intimacy is eroded. Film is perhaps weakest in this area, as the potential for fine detail and interior shifts is greater in literature; this is no fault of the performers, however, who dive in fearlessly and invest their work with pulsing emotional energy. Craig creates a Joe more dynamic than he is on the page, his intellectual gears constantly turning and his rages exploding with scary fury. Ifans morphs from seemingly harmless oaf to chilling predator in imperceptible stages, to strong effect, while Morton, restricted by a more reactive role, still conveys smarts and a well gauged amorous chill. Screenwriter Penhall, whose 2000 play "Blue/Orange" was directed by Michell and won a raft of awards, altered many aspects of McEwan's novel, from small things such as the central couple's professions, their social status and the woman's name to significant matters including the addition of two "best friend" characters (Bill Nighy and Susan Lynch), the elimination of Joe's descent into the criminal underworld to retaliate against Jed (scenes that might well have seemed too familiarly "movieish" in this context) and a major change to the climax. It all goes down quite convincingly. Michell and lenser Haris Zambarloukos adventurously mix bold distanced compositions with some rough-and-ready handheld camerawork to vital effect, with Nic Gaster's tense editing and Jeremy Sams' unusually orchestrated, sometimes dissonant score adding to the impact.
Enduring Love
A Paramount Classics (in U.S.), Pathe (in U.K.) release of a Paramount Classics and Pathe Pictures presentation in association with the U.K. Film Council and FilmFour and in association with Inside Track of a Free Range Films production. (International sales: Pathe Intl., London.) Produced by Kevin Loader. Executive producers, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Duncan Reid, Tessa Ross. Directed by Roger Michell. Screenplay, Joe Penhall, based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
Camera (Deluxe color, Panavision widescreen), Haris Zambarloukos; editor, Nicolas Gaster; music, Jeremy Sams; production designer, John-Paul Kelly; supervising art director, Emma Macdevitt; set decorator, Sara Wan; costume designer, Natalie Ward; sound (Dolby Digital), Danny Hambrook; line producer, Rosa Romero; associate producer, McEwan; assistant director, Barrie McCulloch; second unit camera, Jake Polonsky; stunt coordinator/second unit, Jim Dowdall; casting, Mary Selway, Fiona Weir. Reviewed at Sunset screening room, Los Angeles, Aug. 24, 2004. (In Telluride Film Festival; in Toronto Film Festival -- Special Presentations.) MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 97 MIN.
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Pregnant Evelyn Lozada Looks Flawless in Makeup-Free Selfie (PHOTO)
For all of you who feel like you can't pull off looking gorgeous when you're nine months pregnant, think again. Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada is just about to pop, but that didn't stop her from sharing a stunning (though totally real!) makeup-free selfie on Instagram this week. You better werk!
We should all take a page from Evelyn's book and be the fabulous mommies-to-be that we are! Pregnancy can be work, and even Ev has admitted to it's challenges, but it's also an exciting time — plus, that glow should not be downplayed!
"Ready for my upcoming battle #Birth#BringItOnBabyBoy #NoMakeUp," she captions the photo, which shows her laying in her bed, cradling her lovely, bare baby bump. It doesn't hurt that Mrs. Carl Crawford to-be has some amazing hair to go along with her au naturel look.
Evelyn's model daughter Shaniece Hairston, 21, also shared a gorgeous fresh-faced selfie that same day, proving how unnecessary makeup would be for this girl and her perfect bone structure.
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Not the most humble of hashtags, but at least she knows what she's working with! And as evidenced above, she got it from her mama! If these photos tell us anything, it's that Ev's new baby boy is sure to be a looker!
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Soon to be an olympic sport, this was some live sea serpent wrestling in Rome. Ok, so you're not that gullible... this is actually a fountain: Fontana delle Naiadi, in Piazza della Repubblica in Rome.
The fountain features 4 nude bronze nymphs sculpted by Rutelli and caused serious controversary at the time for their 'excessively realistic sensuality'.
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Bunny Pocket Pal Craft
This little bunny will hop into a child's pocket and bring smiles to everyone.
Aileene\\\\\\\\'s Quick Dry Tacky Glue
Paper punch: 1/8"
Craft sticks
Craft foam, pink (ears), white (teeth)
White pom pom, 2 for cheeks
Decorated egg
Woodsies, assorted sizes and shapes
Black pom pom for nose
Black beads, 2 for eyes
Acrylic paint, white
1/4" flat brush
Using ovals, square and circle glue wood pieces together to create bunny.
Glue the tip of craft stick to back of the figure, making sure there is space enough to insert into a pocket. Let dry.
Using ¼" brush, paint bunny with white acrylic paint. Let dry.
Glue all trims into place:
Eye: Beads
Cheeks: (2) 1/4" white pom poms
Nose: black pom pom
Teeth: two small rectangles craft foam
Inner Ear: Pink craft foam
Paws: punched circles from white foam
Bow: Ribbon
Wood Egg
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Attacks that exploit out-of-bounds errors in C and C++ programs are still prevalent despite many years of research on bounds checking. Previous backwards compatible bounds checking techniques, which can be applied to unmodified C and C++ programs, maintain a data structure with the bounds for each allocated object and perform lookups in this data structure to check if pointers remain within bounds. This data structure can grow large and the lookups are expensive. In this paper we present a backwards compatible bounds checking technique that substantially reduces performance overhead. The key insight is to constrain the sizes of allocated memory regions and their alignment to enable efficient bounds lookups and hence efficient bounds checks at runtime. Our technique has low overhead in practice---only 8{\%} throughput decrease for Apache - and is more than two times faster than the fastest previous technique and about five times faster - using less memory---than recording object bounds using a splay tree.}, author = {Periklis Akritidis and Manuel Costa and Miguel Castro and Steven Hand}, booktitle = {18th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security '09)}, month = {August}, publisher = {USENIX}, title = {Baggy Bounds Checking: An Efficient and Backwards-Compatible Defense Against Out-of-Bounds Errors}, url = {http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=101450}, year = {2009}, }


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A year later and Google expectedly is launching a new Nexus tablet. The sequel to last year's very well received Nexus 7, the new model features a full HD 1920 x 1200 display, stereo speakers with virtual surround sound, front and rear cameras, a more powerful processor, and it's thinner and lighter to boot. The device will be running Google's latest minor update to Jellybean, Android 4.3, which supports Bluetooth 4.0 and parental controls to block things like in-app purchases.
Just like last year's model, Google is pushing the device as a media all-in-one, and that of course includes gaming. Gamestop will again be selling the new version of the device. You can also purchase it from Google's online Play store and select online retailers. Alongside the Nexus 7 is a new Chrome product, the Chromecast, which is an HDMI dongle based on Chrome that lets you turn any TV into a smart TV for video and music playback through services like Youtube, Netflix, and Pandora via a mobile device or PC.
The new Nexus 7 will retail for $230 for the 16GB model and $270 for the 32GB model, while the Chromecast will run you $35 (and is compatible with both iOS and Android). It also comes wiht 3 months of Netflix free to both new and existing subscribers.
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Our rambunctious one-year old: Taking a closer look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as it approaches its first birthday
May. 31, 2012 – The Dickinson Law Newsroom, Iowa Banking Law Blog
Contained within the Federal Reserve as an independent agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proven to be one of the most controversial outgrowths of the Dodd-Frank Act. The CFPB officially came into existence on July 21, 2011.
As its central mission, the CFPB asserts: "to make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans — whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit cards, or using any number of other consumer financial products." In fact, the agency is posturing itself as being so consumer friendly that it has its own Facebook page and Twitter feed.
The CFPB states on its website that its mission means "above all…ensuring that consumers get the information they need
Current tasks include rulemaking concerning reloadable prepaid cards and, just this week, the release of proposed rules aimed at supervising risky activities of nonbanks that provide consumer finance products.
The long list of regulations inherited by the CFPB from other federal agencies for which it now has enforcement responsibility may come as a surprise. Bear in mind, the list below consists of existing regulations; many more will be forthcoming from this powerful new independent agency into which most consumer finance protection responsibility has now been placed. Here are the current regulations for which the CFPB has primary responsibility:
In the case of each of the foregoing regulations, the CFPB has encouraged the public to provide comments for ways to streamline or improve these regulations.
We will continue to monitor new rulemaking (including rule changes) as this large, new agency begins its work in earnest over the next few months.
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ROCK ISLAND, IL—U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced a Bettendorf, Iowa, man, Don Lawrence Asheim, to serve 30 months (two and a half years) in federal prison for providing false information related to a terrorist hoax in Moline in April 2010. Asheim, 60, of the 2500 block of Devils Glen Road, was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,585, and to reimburse the Moline Fire Department in the amount of $4,627, for response and clean up expenses. Asheim was ordered to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons on Jan. 17, 2012, to begin serving his sentence. Upon completion of his prison sentence, Asheim was ordered to remain on supervised release for three years.
On June 10, 2011, Asheim entered an open plea to an indictment that charged him with placing a white powdery substance in an envelope addressed to the attention of an individual at the IRS. The envelope was discovered on April 30, 2010, during a routine collection of outgoing mail at the Deere & Company facility, located at 501 River Drive in Moline. As a result, the Deere facility was locked down, employees quarantined for a time, and a hazardous materials response team responded to the scene. Testing of the substance determined that the white powder was harmless.
The envelope also contained Asheim's tax bill, which Asheim admitted he had altered to remove and obliterate his personally identifiable information to conceal his identity. Asheim further admitted that he had written various hostile and profane statements on the tax bill and placed it in the envelope in the box designated for outgoing mail at the Deere & Company facility.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration - Office of Investigations; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and, the Moline Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John K. Mehochko.


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I'd seen "The Robespierre Serial" on my parents shelves for years. It was published in 1975, so I assume it must've been up there since I was eight. I knew the cover because, even as a kid, there was something compelling about a southern European country scene viewed through the sights of a sniper. I finally got around to reading it on a recent visit and discovered it's quite a gem.
Nicholas Luard, the author, smirks from the back cover of the Book Club Associates Edition. It may have been this author photo that had prevented me reading it when I had picked it up before. His chin is on his hand (a definite "thoughtful, creative type" strike against); he looks French (great in a woman, but not so fabulous, I've found, when it comes to crime fiction); and what hair can be seen appears to be in one of those long-at-the-sides 'Seventies combovers favored back then by Paul Simon.
It turns out Luard was rather an unconventional man. He was descended from Huguenots fleeing France for religious freedom in Britain. He befriended Peter Cook (whose comedy sketches, my wife can attest, I have frequent occasion to recite verbatim) and founded The Establishment Club. Which was anti-Establishment, in the way that only true silver-spoon members of the Establishment are allowed to be. He died in 2004, having written a number of spy novels and some memoirs. They're all out of print.
Luard also had a compelling military background, in a reconnaissance unit of the Coldstream Guards. This resulted in one of the two things I found most interesting about "The Robespierre Serial." His military and survivalist details are excellent, as his main character Carswell is forced to hike through the mountains of Spain with a French woman (lucky him) in tow.
The first thing that struck me about "The Robespierre Serial," however, was how fine the writing was in comparison with much of today's crime fiction. True, it's a spy novel, and spy novels tend to be written with a little more "literary" finesse than detective books. Perhaps that's because the writer assumes that a reader is more likely to want to delve into the characters and be less dependent on action than a detective junky. Perhaps it's just that they want to read like Le Carré.
Nonetheless "The Robespierre Serial" stands out for the quality of Luard's descriptive writing. His dialogue lets him down – he clearly decided to drift into the land of Boy's Own comics for much of the speech in the book. The construction of the book's title suggests he was after a Ludlum crowd (and I've no idea really why "Robespierre" and why "Serial") and the characters speak with all the banality of the Bourne types. However, they think in complex elliptical patterns that are fascinating.
Luard also constructs a very supple plot, in which the reader knows what's happened in a moment and sees clearly how that one mistake has caused everything that follows. When writing about the British secret services, after all, it's more accurate to put everything down to bumbling than to Bond-like superiority.
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The Clásico at the Camp Nou kicks off at 19.50, but before that have a look at what the international press is saying about this evening's match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
"Of the last 17 Clasicos (2008-now), at either stadium, Barcelona have won 10 and only lost three," writes Graham Hunter in his preview of the Clásico at the Camp Nou. "That's a remarkable statistic which might point to pundits and punters alike backing the home side on Sunday – particularly given that a victory would put Barça a massive 11 points clear of, traditionally, their most dedicated rival for the Spanish title." Mr. Graham concludes by saying "I'd pick CR7 to score again, for there to be at least one red card, Barcelona not to lose and the league to go to them if they win."
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It's not as clear cut for ESPN's Steve Nicol, who says Barça's injury-riddled defence will probably make it easier for Madrid to claim this evening's three points. "The way both teams are playing, certainly how Real Madrid are playing, I think they should go there [Camp Nou] with no pressure on them. What I can't get my head around is that Barcelona back four, and all I can see Benzema, Di María, Özil, Ronaldo running at that back four and causing all kinds of problems," notes Mr. Nicol. Janusz Michallik views it differently, "that back four hasn't been in tact for a long, long time for Barcelona, it almost doesn't have to be depending on how they play the ball. If they are at their best in possession of the ball they're alright. If not, teams like Real Madrid, especially Real Madrid, are going to cause them problems." Mr. Michallik adds that "for me, it's more interesting to see how Barcelona play going forward – who's going to be the make-up of that team – than who's playing at the back."
Much is at stake for two teams yet to hit their full potential
Sid Lowe, in his Sports Illustrated column, writes that Barça's defensive woes could leave the Blaugrana vulnerable at the back, but he points out that "neither side has played at their best yet. Where Madrid got away with that last season, so far this season they have not." He adds that "Barcelona has demonstrated drive and determination -- it has come back to win four times already -- but the very fact that it has had to is striking. Barcelona has not yet had the flow of previous campaigns. Madrid has, by Mourinho's own admission, played poorly." Mr. Lowe closes his analysis by saying that Madrid "cannot afford many more mistakes. Lose to Barcelona, and an 11-point lead opens up. Too much. Even in October."
Point and counterpoint
Rob Train, writing for ESPN's Real Madrid blog, says that Real Madrid could capitalise on "Dani Alves' and Jordi Alba's instinct for bombing up the flanks." He adds, "there is going to be a lot of space for Real to exploit. For that reason Mourinho would be wise to start with Benzema, a player who not only scores goals and links play, but that delights in pulling defenders left, right and centre."
Mr. Train also notes that Real Madrid "with Di Maria and Ronaldo marauding inside from the wings and one of Modric, Ozil or Kaka pulling the strings, Barca will have to try to keep possession even more greedily than usual. With the fragility of the back line in mind, they will probably try to camp in Real's half, leaving the back door open for lightening counter-attacks."
Offering a counterpoint, Francesc Tomás, writing for the ESPN FC Barcelona blog, notes that Barça's "best option is trusting the partnership between Alex Song and Javier Mascherano." Mr. Tomás believes that midfielder-now-defender duo have matured enough in the center of the defence and that they're ready "to step up to the challenge, as they have shared that central defense spot for a couple of games now."
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Press Release: Fr. Gerard J. Schubert, OSFS, Founder of DeSales Performing and Fine Arts Department and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, is Honored
Date: 4/27/2009
Fr. Gerard J. Schubert, OSFS, Founder of DeSales Performing and Fine Arts Department and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, is Honored
(April 27, 2009) – Fr. Gerard J. Schubert, OSFS, and founder of the DeSales University Performing and Fine Arts Department and creator of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, was honored for his leadership and vision by Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C. Fr. Schubert, a CUA alumnus,
received the Distinguished 2009 Alumni Achievement Award during the Alumni Achievement Awards luncheon at CUA on April 18.
The annual award honors distinguished CUA alumni who have become leaders in their fields of endeavor and recognizes them for their extraordinary accomplishments and achievements in their life's work.
Fr. Schubert founded the DeSales University Performing and Fine Arts Department with the Help of Bill Callahan, his former CUA professor, in 1969. Soon after, he traveled on a Royal Observership to Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1971, where he studied directorial techniques used in Royal Shakespeare Company productions. He worked on The Duchess of Malfi production that starred acclaimed actress Judi Dench. The experience inspired Fr. Schubert to create the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival in 1992, and served as producing artistic director until 2001. Last summer, almost 30,000 people attended the six plays performed at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the official Shakespeare festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
"Theatre is a group art. For that reason, this award belongs to a number of people who contributed time, energy, creativity and other resources to help make things possible," said Fr. Schubert. "I attended CUA during a period when there was a rich litany of scholars and artists whose talents and skills were inspirational on so many different levels. I am honored and humbled to receive the CUA award."
Fr. Schubert credits the success of CUA's drama department for inspiring him to establish the successful undergraduate department at DeSales. When it started, the DeSales Theater department had only 13 male students. As a result of Fr. Schubert's leadership and extraordinary vision, the department flourished over the years, and the program has grown to more than 300 students and 24 full-time faculty and staff.
In addition to Fr. Schubert, the group of six distinguished honorees included: Michael L. Mark, noted music teacher and inductee to the Music Educators Hall of Fame; Dominican Sister Jamie T. Phelps, O.P., director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, the only black Catholic university in the United States; and Brig. Gen. Coral Wong Pietsch (Retired), first female general in the Army's Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps and the Army's first female Asian-American general.
Also, Luis Vasquez, program director with the D.C. Department of Mental Health and founder of the Hermano Pedro Day Shelter in Washington, D.C.; and Frank Persico, currently, chief of staff and vice president for university relations in the Office of the President at CUA, who served in several other offices at CUA and also as co-chair for the visiting committee organizing Pope Benedict XVI's visit to CUA in 2008.
A native of Philadelphia, Fr. Schubert earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in speech and drama from CUA, and a doctorate in theatre from the University of Denver. In addition to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in England, he also studied with the Abbey Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland.
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The market for brand ambassadorships has suddenly got a jolt, after Amitabh Bachchan's reported reflections on Pepsi, made in the course of telling students at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, that it was important to carry out due diligence on a brand before undertaking to endorse it.
Bachchan said a young schoolgirl in Jaipur had asked him why he was promoting something that her teacher had said was poison. This made him realise that the brand he promoted affected another brand that he was even more intimately associated with: himself.


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This arresting image was thought in the nineteenth century to be a Raphael self-portrait. However, we know today that this handsome young man was Bindo Altoviti, a wealthy Florentine banker and friend of the artist in Rome.
He turns in a dramatic, almost theatrical, way to fix the eye of the viewer. Perhaps one viewer in particular was meant to receive his captivating look: Bindo's wife Fiammetta Soderini. Renaissance poets and courtiers were unanimous in believing that a person first fell in love through the eyes. They were called the "guides of love," which could "reveal the passion within more effectively than the tongue itself, or letter, or messengers." Bindo's flushed cheeks contribute to the impression of passion, and a ring is prominent on the hand he holds above his heart. The robe slipping from his shoulder reveals a bare nape caressed by soft curls. Their golden color would have underscored the nobility and purity of his love.
Bindo and Fiammetta, daughter of a prominent Florentine family, were married in 1511, when Bindo would have been about twenty. The couple had six children, but Fiammetta continued to live in Florence while Bindo's business with the papal court required his presence in Rome. This portrait, which apparently hung in the couple's home in Florence, would have provided Fiammetta with a vivid reminder of her absent husband. It remained in the Altoviti family for nearly three hundred years.
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Arrive in Izmir and transfer to Kusadasi and transfer to Callisto. Overnight aboard docked in Kusadasi.
Drive to the ancient city of Ephesus, renowned for its great mother goddess, Cybele, later identified as Artemis, or Diana of the Ephesians. Ephesus was for a time the most important commercial city in Asia Minor. The immense Hellenistic and Roman excavation site includes the ancient theater, the imposing Library of Celsus, the hill houses with their fantastic mosaics and frescoes, and early Byzantine remains. Spend the afternoon at leisure in Kusadasi or alternatively, tour Priene, a 4th-century B.C. city in a spectacular setting.
Arrive in Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus and the birthplace of Herodotus, "the father of history." Here, 4th-century B.C. King Mausolus lay in state within his Mausoleum, a tomb of exquisite beauty, adorned with sculptures by the finest Greek artists. In the 15th century, the Knights of St. John built the massive castle of St. Peter using stones from the Mausoleum. Visit the ancient site, castle, and citadel, housing the Museum of Underwater Archaeology. In the afternoon, sail to Kos, the island where Hippocrates established the standards of medical ethics in the 5th century B.C. Explore the ancient ruins, including the Asklepeion, dedicated to Asklepios, the god of healing.
The historic island of Rhodes was known in antiquity for its schools of philosophy, rhetoric, and sculpture. Explore Old Town, one of the largest medieval towns in Europe. Walk along the Street of the Knights, overflowing with mosaics, finely carved portals, balconies, and coats of arms. Then visit the Archaeological Museum, housed in the former Knights' Great Hospital. Also travel to picturesque Lindos. Set high above the village, with spectacular views of the Aegean, are the remains of the Acropolis and the Doric columns of Athena's Temple, among other structures.
Arrive this morning at Ekincik, a secluded bay in Turkey's south coast. Journey aboard a small craft up the Dalyan River to the ruins of ancient Caunos. Remains include several buildings from the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Continuing upriver toward the small town of Dalyan, we see magnificent temple-tombs carved out of the cliff in the 4th century B.C.
In the morning, Callisto glides through stunning clear waters to Fethiye. From here, travel to Xanthos, built on a great cliff overlooking the Xanthos River. Xanthos boasts significant ruins, including the ruins of the Nereid Monument, an Ionic building whose figured friezes are in the British Museum. Visit the acropolis, the theater, and the unusual pillar tombs.
Sail to the small island of Castellorizo, one of the hidden gems of the Greek archipelago. Spend time at leisure ashore to explore on your own. In the afternoon, Callisto cruises through the turquoise waters of Kekova Bay, where the narrow island of Kekova forms a series of beautiful bays and fjord-like waterways. The waters here contain half-submerged ruins from the ancient city of Simena. Later, travel to the Lycian city of Myra to see its impressive Roman theater and rock-hewn tombs.
From Antalya, visit two of Turkey's most famous ancient sites. Perge's Hellenistic ruins include its great stadium; colonnaded, marble main street; and theater. At Aspendos, tour the 20,000-seat theater commissioned by Marcus Aurelius in the 2nd century A.D.
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