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Network stress testing is taken for granted sometimes however it is extremely useful in many aspects of a network. Typically when someone is thinking of stress testing something technology related they are thinking of stress testing a web application of some sort however it is beneficial to also stress test every piece of network hardware from the firewall to the web server that the application is running on to make sure there are no weaknesses once packets touch your network. With that said there are some great applications within Backtrack that provide stress testing capabilities such as siege which is classified as a HTTP/HTTPS Stress Tester which depending on the location you test from could also test network hardware between the Internet and the web server running the application being tested.


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Smartphones are expensive investments, especially the high-end models. Anyone purchasing a new Windows Phone will want to care for it as if it were a living being, and cases are available to help prevent damage to a mobile device. While Nokia handsets are known for being built to survive nuclear fallout, even the Lumia 1020 needs some pampering here and there. Otterbox has unveiled a case for the new flagship Windows Phone.
Here's what the Otterbox Defender case looks like:
Sporting an impact-absorbing outer layer, rigid plastic shell, built-in screen protector and holster belt clip, the Otterbox case is a perfect companion for any Lumia 1020 owner. The accessory is listed for $49.95 and is available in black.
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It's time to take a trip down memory lane to look at the winning and losing moments in online and search marketing in 2012. Everyone loves the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, so here are a few memorable highlights from search, social, and online tech.
Google – SEO
Technically algorithmic updates are ultimately a winning proposition, but when SEO professionals experience several updates in short order, they can feel a bit like a slow kid playing dodgeball. A trilogy of rapid-fire algorithmic updates included Penguin, Panda, and Exact Match Domain updates, plus more than 65 other Google updates from August and September 2012. Heads up!
Google this year ramped up unnatural link warnings to webmasters, resulting in a lot of freaked out SEOs. With no means to correct the situation, many felt Google was unfairly penalizing websites in the search results if they had questionable links aiming at them (some bought by less ethical SEO providers with the goal of gaming Google's algorithm, some not).
This is why SEO professionals greeted Google's Distinguished Enginner Matt Cutts with cheers as he announced the release of the Disavow Links tool, which allows webmasters to ask Google not to take certain links into account when assessing your site. Likewise, this capability was released (first) by Bing, though Bing's disavow tool didn't get nearly as much attention.
Google AdWords
Dozens of new features were released for AdWords in 2012, with most of them looked upon favorably.
One of the most impactful releases, in terms of creating opportunities for advertisers, was the Analytics integration with Google remarketing. Beginning in the middle of 2012, retargeting lists could be created in Google Analytics with precise granularity, not only based on visits, but also based on any combination of segments that could represent a user's behavior on the site. The GA remarketing lists are then assigned to and accessible from your AdWords accounts. In addition, similar targeting improvements in the AdWords interface that allow advertisers to define lists based on URLs instead of creating new codes, are really advanced level features that move the dial on any PPC account.
Ad rotation settings in AdWords allow advertisers to optimize and test ads using 'optimize for clicks', 'optimize for conversions', or 'rotate evenly'. In April, some PPC managers were outraged when Google announced that using the 'rotate evenly' setting indefinitely can inhibit performance and serve poor quality ads. Instead of rotating the ads indefinitely, the setting would automatically default to a period of 30 days, then 'optimize to show the ads expected to generate the most clicks'. This gave Google, rather than the advertiser, more control.
With all of the strong feedback coming from the PPC community, Google extended the rotation period to 90 days and offered an opt-out. Finally, Google just completely caved and gave advertisers the 'rotate indefinity' setting back, so freedom was restored and all was good in PPC land.
R.I.P. Google TV ads. In September, Google TV ads were discontinued and quietly slipped away, perhaps putting an end to the lingering question: "Will Google someday dominate traditional media?" There's always next year.
And just in case you didn't Knol, this service was closed down in April. Once or twice called a "Wikipedia killer" Knol competed with Wikipedia, but offered a distinct difference in that Knol articles featured personal expertise by emphasizing authorship more similar to Squidoo and HubPages. Since Knol pages included personal opinions of the author, criticism arose over whether Google owned / hosted products like this may get unfairly favored in the SERPs.
Yahoo had issues with management turnover (remember Scott Thompson's resume fiasco?) and the company cut 2,000 jobs, about 14 percent of its workforce. This was all part of an aggressive effort to restructure the company and grow advertising revenues through targeting mobile and social opportunities.
Just when Yahoo kicked itself to the curb, it experienced an emotional rebound by hiring ex-Googler Marissa Mayer as Yahoo's new CEO, who brought optimism and excitement for a potential Yahoo fairly-tale comeback.
Interestingly, much of the new news centered around Mayer's pregnancy and birth of baby boy shortly after starting the job. She continued to work with virtually no maternity leave, which stoked a debate about whether such an example would help or hurt feminism and women in the workplace.
In addition, Mayer made it all look easy and was quoted as saying "The baby's been easy." Thereby creating controversy. At least the conversation distracted the tech community away from Yahoo product and technology innovation, which have been slow to emerge from her reign.
Bing's fancy redesign featured three panes: organic search results, paid ads, and social results. Bing was especially proud of their ability to integrate social activity (Facebook) into the SERPs, an important feature they point out that Google has not been able to achieve.
Meanwhile, Bing's search share increased throughout in 2012, with a steady accumulation of market share, growing from 15.2 percent in January to 16.3 percent by December.
Was it shoppers or Bing who got Scroogled? In response to the arrival of Google Shopping, Microsoft unveiled an anti-Google campaign telling holiday shoppers they were being "Scroogled" because Google features all paid ads in its shopping results. It's true that the product listings are paid search ads by advertisers, but Microsoft contends this discriminates against other companies who do not pay to be listed, misleading consumers.
This multimedia marketing campaign run by Microsoft includes TV spots, print ads, and a new website, Scroogled.com.
The campaign doesn't mention that Microsoft favors merchants with "higher visibility" on Bing Shopping by paying a third-party site, Shopping.com. Let's just say plenty of the people are getting scroogled.
While initially confusing, everyone has settled into the new Timeline Facebook brand pages rolled out early in the year. This SEW post outlined the main benefits, including the ability to brand pages with a unique cover photo, pinned posts at the top of the page to highlight quality content, and private messaging between pages and fans.
Facebook's IPO in May was described as one of the worst in the last 10 years. The highly anticipated IPO was impacted by technical glitches that delayed trading and investors lost money as a result. The stock has lost more than a quarter of its value in the following weeks.
Facebook reported $1.26 billion in revenue for Q3 2012 in their second earnings call as a public company. Investors seemed pleased despite Facebook's $59 million loss, compared to a $227 million profit for the same quarter in 2011, before they became a public company. Immediately after the announcement, Facebook stock rose 8 percent in after-hours trading, bringing hope to Facebook fan boys.
F-commerce a flop? JCPenney, Gap and Nordstrom have all closed down their Facebook storefronts after trying to gain ecommerce revenues through he social network. Senior marketers reported they were pulling budget from Facebook in to redirect funds into their own ecommerce storefronts. Is this just a downswing or does this represent the beginning of an exodus from Facebook as a direct selling platform?
2012 brought search engine and social marketers challenges, joy, and plenty to look forward to in 2013. They were more memorable moments than can be covered here (including some great YouTube stories).
Are there any additional memorable moments you want to talk about in the comments?
Related reading
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Look around at a macro-level to see the trends vs. always focusing on detailed keyword level optimizations. Trends to help put your strategy in context.
Five ways PPC customer support can help SMBs
The whole point of customer support is to understand your industry and business goals. Coaches meet you at your level of expertise and build up from there.
#GoogleDoBetter: The latest on internal issues at Google and Alphabet
June 19 sees protests from employees and activists at annual shareholder meeting, but outright rejection of progressive change from the board.
Google Sandbox: Is it still affecting new sites in 2019?
Google never confirmed its existence, but many SEOs believe that Google Sandbox exists. So, does it exist in 2019? If yes, how to avoid getting affected?


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Kingsoft Internet Security Software Integrates Avira Anti-Malware Engine
Tettnang, Germany & Hong Kong, China --- October 9, 2012 – Security expert Avira announced today that Kingsoft Internet Security Software, China's leading security software development company, will license and integrate Avira's anti-malware technology.
Avira's anti-malware engines will be used in Kingsoft's consumer PC desktop security software products marketed under its Kingsoft Antivirus and Kingsoft Internet Security brands, as well as its Chinese-language Duba brand.
"As a global Internet security company, Kingsoft uses both in-house technology and trusted partners like Avira to give our customers the best security protection possible," said Mr. Fu Sheng (傅盛), CEO of Kingsoft Internet Security Software. "Avira technology has a reputation in the industry for quality engineering, low memory consumption, full multi-threading support, high throughput and reliability, and other performance advantages. Best of all, we are able to use Avira's SAVAPI anti-malware SDK, which makes integrating Avira security technology simple and cost-effective."
"We are grateful to Kingsoft for their trust in Avira to help to protect their millions of customers," said Tjark Auerbach, founder and CEO of Avira. "We look forward to a long relationship."
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By Mike McIntyre
Roger Federer released his 2014 ATP World Tour schedule on Saturday which reveals the world number-six plans on entering sixteen tournaments this season. The total is the same as what he played a year ago, though with a couple of location changes.
Added to his travel itinerary in 2014 are Brisbane, Miami and Toronto while he has ditched the events in Rotterdam, Hamburg and Gstaad.
Federer has made a few adjustments in the off-season in the hopes of climbing back towards the top-four in the rankings, thus giving himself a better chance to add at least one more Grand Slam to his incredible total which currently stands at seventeen majors.
Former world number-one and six-time Grand Slam champion Stefan Edberg is now a part of Federer's coaching team. Edberg will join Federer for the Australian Open which begins January 13th as well as at least eight other weeks of tennis on the ATP circuit this year.
What will Edberg be able to bring to Federer's game that we haven't seen before? Perhaps nothing tactical but rather a fresh mental perspective and a calmness that the Sweded carried with him throughout his fifteen years on the professional tour.
In the following clip, Federer talks about the process of uniting with Stefan Edberg for the 2014 season and is clearly excited to work with his self-professed childhood idol.
Federer also reveals some of the problems he experienced in 2013 and shares his positive outlook on the year ahead.
Another change for Federer is going to be a renewed attempt at using a 98 square-inch frame from Wilson as he briefly dabbled with last summer before switching back to his old faithful one of 90 square-inches. Federer says he has felt confident after two and a half weeks using the larger frame and only time will tell if this is a permanent change or just another experiment to jump-start his once invincible game.
Federer kicks-off his season in Brisbane where he is appearing for the very first time in his professional career.


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The Fifth Anniversary of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy and Our Top 10 Books on Banking
Since the economic downturn in America, people have been paying much more attention to what is going on with their government, their spending, and most certainly their banks. As today is the fifth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy (the largest bankruptcy filing in the history of the United States), we here at the Press thought we would help you all out a little by suggesting some of our best publications on bank failures, economic regulations, and financial crises. Fun topic for a lazy Sunday, right?
Click on the titles below to learn more about them, and don't forget to check back tomorrow for an exclusive excerpt from our newest banking book this year: The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig.
1) The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It
By: Anat Admati & Martin Hellwig
What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. The Bankers' New Clothes examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack of reform, exposing them as invalid.
2) Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America
By: David A. Skeel Jr.
David Skeel provides the first complete account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800, when Congress lifted the country's first bankruptcy code right out of English law, to the present day.
3) How Big Banks Fail and What to Do about It
By: Darrell Duffie
How Big Banks Fail and What to Do about It examines how large dealer banks (like J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs) collapse and how we can prevent the need to bail them out.
4) Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World since 1800
By: Richard S. Grossman
In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes the first truly comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the past two centuries in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Grossman focuses on four major elements that have contributed to banking evolution: crises, bailouts, mergers, and regulations.
5) Why Are There So Many Banking Crises? The Politics and Policy of Bank Regulation
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Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet such crises–and the massive financial and social damage they can cause–remain common throughout the world. Jean-Charles Rochet, one of the world's leading authorities on banking regulation, makes the case that, although many banking crises are precipitated by financial deregulation and globalization, political interference often causes–and almost always exacerbates–banking crises.
6) Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War
By: Jonathan Kirshner
The financial world values economic stability above all else, and crises and war threaten that stability. Appeasing Bankers shows that, when faced with the prospect of war or international political crisis, national financial communities favor caution and demonstrate a marked aversion to war.
7) Codes of Finance: Engineering Derivatives in a Global Bank
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Codes of Finance takes readers behind the scenes of the equity derivatives business at one of the world's leading investment banks before the crisis, providing a detailed firsthand account of the creation, marketing, selling, accounting, and management of these financial instruments–and of how they ultimately created havoc inside and outside the bank.
8) Balancing the Banks: Global Lessons from the Financial Crisis
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9) Banking on the Future: The Fall and Rise of Central Banking
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10) Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War
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Bray Hammond investigates into the role of banking in the formation of American society. Hammond, who was assistant secretary of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1944 to 1950, presents this 771-page book with a definitive account of how banking evolved in the United States in the context of the nation's political and social development.


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There have been times during my career when, in a good way, demands on me as a musician really seemed to go over the top! If you're just starting out, or even have a fair amount of professional experience, you will certainly find it challenging once things really get crazily busy for you. It is certainly a great feeling to start to be in demand and to get the work we so deserve to be getting, but it can be overwhelming if one does not feel ready for this onslaught!
I was only 24 years old when all the demands on me professionally really started to overwhelm me and my emotions. The problem lies in the fact that when you are very young, and you start to get popular and in demand, our youth tricks us into thinking we can be able to handle literally everything. Truth is, it can be the total opposite, and you can be very much harmed by over-doing it!
I can recall the types of recording sessions where for nearly 12 hours these artists and producers would be hammering at me, always trying to get out of me what I was not! It feels so crazy when they hear you live, being yourself, and being wildly improvisational, and when you get to the studio, they keep trying to make you fit into their picture of what a guitar player is! Yes, you may be getting a lot of work, but it could be counter-productive at times. I worked with so many artists who tried to pigeon-hole me endlessly, while I also worked with many who allowed me much freedom and expression. Of course, the latter had a great and terrific effect on me, and really helped me develop a strong sense of "self" as I moved forward in my career.
So, there really is no other feeling like when you've finally "arrived", but remember it can always be a mixed bag of blessings. Even these days, I find that I am literally overwhelmed by not only doing a tremendous amount of work on my own behalf, but also the great demands of making sure my daughter Lexie's music is properly handled and produced. She just got a song in a film, has a new album, sang on the new Les Paul Tribute album, and finished school and worked late nights as a chef, all at the same time! I want to be sure the lessons I learned from over-doing it in my younger years can help her right now, in her younger years.I worry tremendously when I see how much she is accomplishing and how much she has to schedule into her life! One can be so busy, that you can be blinded by it, and it can no longer feel successful to you! Remember that you must be sure to reap the rewards of your labor, as opposed to feeling weighed down by them! Keep the good times at the top of the list, and try to let the bad ones fall by the wayside……regardless of how your career will end up, both will always be there in your memory, and all your professional experiences, good or bad, will eventually add up to a greater understanding of what it all means to you! Best of luck!
I have been teaching slide guitar pretty much as long as I've been teaching any other form of guitar too, and I actually wrote my first book, "Slide Guitar" for Oak Publications (Music Sales) way back in 1973, when I was still just twenty years old!
When you're a "natural" at a certain technique such as slide, as I was at that age, and it comes time to teach it, or write about it, you realize just how much of it you know instinctually, as opposed to really being able to clearly "break it down" and explain it. Of course, this had to happen for me rather quickly, as I was writing a book on it, and people had never seen a guy who taught slide before, so students were numbering in the many, and I had to analyze very quickly!
It's funny, because now, these days, I relish the thought of teaching something as direct as slide guitar, because I know how to get to all the critical elements of this technique right away, and regardless of the level of the student, whatever I show them will always be applicable towards making them better, and will certainly shed some new light on the subject.
Having to "break it down" is actually helped by the teaching process itself, as you become literally forced to take a good, hard look at just what it is you do to make these sounds come out of the guitar! Very subtle things develop as your teaching becomes more in-depth, such as understanding the dampening, or muting process, as well as how the left hand mutes by a finger learning to have "two sensations". This means for example, that the index finger of say, an A power chord is not only sensing the note it is pressing down on the 2nd fret of the D string, but that it is also lightly stopping the G or even the B strings adjacent to it. These are very, very minute and subtle aspects of guitar playing and teaching, but they truly, in my eyes, constitute the very things that make playing and teaching "musical" as opposed to being just a bunch of exercises and scales to practice!
After all, you really want to know how the great sounds, techniques and tones are achieved, and just exactly what goes into making these wonderful things happen, just like the pros. And believe me, I know firsthand, from having many of the pros teach for me on Hot Licks, it's a very hard thing for many of them to actually know, analyze, and especially teach! So when you see me teaching those really tiny subtleties that make a big difference, don't forget how much thought and analysis went into it!
As I mentioned in my latest Basics Blog and also in my last regular Blog, I was about to do a great gig at NYC's Iridium Club. This was mainly a "jam" with folks like Jimmy Vivino, Johnny A., Gene Cornish and also the wonderful Lou Pallo, along with Les Paul's Trio.
It was a true example of "making it work", as all these musicians, many of them "wailing" all at once, managed to, in a very professional way, really turn it into an evening of fine music, full of dynamics and musical intensity. Also, above all, it was full of good spirits, friendship and great vibes, as we all realized that the sum total, or "whole" was what it was really all about, as opposed to individual performances.
It was wonderful how, with all that experience onstage, we could summon up so easily all of our musical abilities to make it all work together so smoothly. I really believe, as a result of these kinds of evenings, that it is often better to not rehearse at all, and far better to call upon the well-honed musical "instincts" we all can really allow to shine in these very improvised moments. After all, the only way you're going to really show what you're really "got" is when you can improvise, and that's exactly what we did, all night long! Nobody knew what songs were going to be called out, only the keys, about one second before launching into the songs themselves!
This would be a great exercise for you to do with your bands, and your "sitting in" in other non-band situations. That ability to "think on your feet" is a key element to your musical success, and it's what I've had to do from day one of my "real" career! Many times, I'd be onstage with an artist, and would be able to just "wing it" when it came to learning the songs right in front of the crowd! It's the same skill one must develop as a studio musician as well…the ability to "hear it, and play it", and to do it with feeling, skill and most of all creativity!
So, give it a try….there's nothing to lose, and you will end up developing your ear and your experience will keep on building and building till you reach that incredible moment when you know you are at "one" with your instrument! It happened over and over for us all the other night at The Iridium, and it was a true reminder of what it's all about to be a "real" guitar player!
It's really a plain fact that a lot of the companies these days are really making an effort to recapture what they had done in their manufacturing days gone by. So much of the "vintage" boom has been based on the fact that "they just don't make them like that anymore", and it was true for quite some time. There are still vintage finds to be had, sometimes even at reasonable prices, but not like the old days, for sure! Much of the true vintage guitars have priced themselves out of most people's reach, but have no fear, the new guitars are really getting great!
I am not here to do any "plugging", but I have to say that I am extremely pleased with the new Gibson that are being made. If you watch my Gibson.com lessons, you'll see that I use a myriad of new Gibson guitars, and I can definitely attest to the fact that they were all totally consistent in quality and manufacture, and were a joy and actually inspiring to play!
I know you're at the stage of looking for guitars (what guitar player isn't?!) and you have to make many decisions based on budget. All the manufacturers these days who offer some good, low-priced instruments are making a good effort to offer instruments that can fit into a working person's budget. It's incredible how some guitars that just a short time ago were $500 are now $5000, and on and on, but I believe that a lot of the current guitars being made are the "collectibles" of the future. Get yourself some good affordable guitar, and if it plays right and sounds right, you'll be amazed at how attached you'll become to it….regardless of price! Many times, its "perceived value" that can fool people; they may think a guitar is better just because it costs more, when in actuality a very inexpensive instrument may really do the trick. So, you simply must keep on looking, and also choose from the great assortment of new instruments that are available these days. For sure, you will find not only one, but a multiplicity of great new as well as vintage instruments that will "fill the bill!" Happy guitar hunting….the thrill of the search is half the excitement, believe me!
Well, it was a packed house on Saturday night at the famed Iridium, in NYC, the place Les Paul called home on Monday nights for a long, long time! I tried to prepare myself for the performances which for me meant I was playing with The Les Paul Trio, as well as following that with a show with Rusty Paul (Les' son) and Jimmy Vivino, Johnny A. and Gene Cornish of The Rascals! Needless to say, this was a total guitar onslaught, but as a testament to the true professionalism of all who played, we really did give each other the kind of space we needed.
It was something the likes of which I really hadn't done for quite a while since I played at all those huge Danny Gatton Tribute concerts, some of which had as many as twelve guitarists onstage at the same time! This time, it was often 5 players, and everyone good, and everyone loud! Still I was great because we all have our own distinct styles, and all being true pros, we knew how to stay out of each other's way!
There were all kinds of fun things going on all the time, and Johnny A. and I occupied one side of the stage, while Jimmy Vivino and Gene Cornish occupied the other. Johnny and I would come up with nice little harmony parts together, and there were all kinds of "in jokes" going on with me and Jimmy Vivino featuring many hysterical licks!
When it was time for my spotlight and for me to do some songs, I felt that there had been far too many wailing blues tunes following one after another, so I tried to change things up a bit, such as playing and singing "Treat Her Right", and doing a quieter version of "Ain't No Sunshine." This also helped shift the mood, because it was a lot slower than what everyone had been playing to that point, plus, for a change, it was a song in a minor key!
For anyone who came, and there were certainly a lot of guitar fanatics in the house, it was a real pleasure, and a great lesson in how so many gifted musicians could get together and without rehearsal, really make it work! A great lesson in taste and restraint, as well as a healthy dose of when it was right to really let go! I imagine The Iridium will be posting parts of this show on their YouTube channel soon, so you should stay tuned. It was an amazing night for all!
As we all know, or as you may just be discovering, guitars can be a bit finicky and can change a lot with the weather, temperatures and other conditions. It's hard to stay on top of all situations, especially when you have as many instruments such as I have, but I'm sure that if you have an acoustic as well as a solid body electric guitar, you've probably noticed that the acoustic may be a bit more touchy than the electric.
Many things can go wrong, and there are many signs to watch for. On an acoustic guitar, it's very important to watch for the top starting to lift near the bridge, or even for the bridge lifting off itself. It's actually supposed to do that before it starts lifting the top, as a safety measure! You also always must watch for any neck warpage on any kind of guitar, and this can be done simply by holding the instrument so you can look straight down the edges of the fretboard for any curvature. Most guitars have truss rods that can be cranked to help move the necks the other way, but tis must be done very carefully by a true expert, especially if the guitar is rather old.
A lot of people like to keep humidifiers in their guitar cases to help keep the guitars from drying out, and some use humidifiers actually in the room itself. It's important though, that the room be small enough so as to be able to have an effective enough humidity change when this is done. If the guitar(s) are in a large and more cavernous room, the humidity will dissipate before it can have any real effect.
Also important is to keep your instruments out of the sun, as the heat will tend to dry them out too quickly, which can lead to cracking. The sad part about this is I feel that dry guitars sound much more open and airy than moist guitars. I guess the old adage that "a guitar sounds best just before it cracks" is sad but true!
Another thing I have really tuned into a habit is keeping my guitars all tuned down at least a half step. This relieves the tension on the neck and on the top of the guitar, especially for the acoustics, and I many cases, I don't bother even tuning them up to concert pitch anymore! If I do need to, I will quickly re-tune for the job, and then remember to release the tuning back down to the lower one as soon as possible!
So, please always be vigilant in inspecting your guitars periodically, and when playing them so you can watch for any changes that may start to occur. Woods are very temperamental and many types are used in making guitars. These woods each have their own personalities as far as water absorption, sound consistency and other properties are concerned, and as you experience more and more guitars in your life, you'll see what works best for you in the environment you live in! Take good care of them, and they'll always take care of you!
There's no doubt that these days, and in days past, it has always been a great "push" for a song for it to be in a film. The popularity of that film helps carry that song along with it, and if the film really "makes it", the music will always also be very much remembered. I, of course have had songs and music in films, most notably "Crossroads", the blues movie with Ralph Macchio, and done lots of other more "incidental" songs in other films and TV series. My daughter, Lexie Roth has a wonderful song, "Call You My Hon" coming out in a new film entitled "Maria my Love". This film will be featured at the TriBeCa Film Festival this coming week in NYC, and if it gets "picked up" for distribution, either in theaters or as a DVD, it will mean a great deal of success for her, as well as all the other parties involved!
This kind of lucky break occurred for my daughter as the result of her meeting and befriending the director of this film. The director immediately fell in love with her music, (especially after hearing Lexie's first album, One Long Blink) and then heard her latest stuff which had not been released yet, and was lying in a kind of "dormant" state. Well this has certainly "woken up" Lexie's album project, and this son of hers will be truly featured in the film, and will undoubtedly focus more attention upon her musical career, and especially this new album.
I always like to think that these "lucky breaks" are not really luck at all, but the result of putting in many years of hard work, and then having the music exposed to the right people. Many times, in the worlds of TV and film, the directors find themselves scurrying for musical material in an incredibly last-minute way. It's funny, because with the incredible bounty of material out there to choose from, especially by independent artists, you'd think there would never be a problem. But that IS just the problem…there's literally too much out there to pick from! Lexie's song happened to just fit the scene and the mood that this Director had in mind, so she was able to immediately "plug the song into" the movie at just the right point. In fact, the scene is literally edited and based around the tune itself!
You really never know where these kinds of "breaks" will actually come from, but it's always amazed me how one good work of art or good action seems to lead to another. It's been true for my career, and it's definitely starting to come true for Lexie! It's a tough world out there in the music industry, and when you blend that with film, it becomes doubly impactful, since you are now dealing in two very mass-marketed media, both with their fair share of competiveness, greed, back-stabbing and the like!
Through all the ups and downs, we've learned to roll with the punches as best we can, and certainly to ride those "crests" whenever possible! I'm just glad to be there for her, and to see her success develop. It can only help us both, and we're extremely excited about seeing the film with her song in it! It's a thrill that cannot be matched! Sort of like the first time I heard myself on the radio!
When I conduct my weekly Gibson "chat", and get questions in general from students and fans, there never can be enough folks who ask me about what strings, string gauges and types of strings I recommend for various applications. The truth is, that even though I have many guitars, I try to maintain a real consistency in the strings and gauges of strings I use.
Part of this may simply be laziness, but most of all, if you think about it, the size and kind of string you use is everything, and is how your guitar(s) are always coming in closest contact with you, and your emotions. If we vary the thicknesses (gauges) of our strings too often, we affect how the tips of our fingers adjust to guitar playing, and our all-important callouses are getting sent mixed messages! It's almost as if our fingertips, which really must adjust to what we are playing, will be confused, and physically challenged!
There are exceptions, of course, and when I play slide, I ideally like to use a slightly thicker string than what I usually use, but that can affect the neck or the guitar's top adversely, and quite frankly, makes me a little fearful to raise the guitar to a higher tuning, such as open E for example!
If you like to bend, as I do, I'd certainly recommend using "lights", or .010 to .046 strings on an electric guitar. Most players start on .009s, but they soon discover that those are too light for other applications such as rhythm guitar parts, and also slide guitar. If you step up to .010s, or "tens" as they're called, you'll find that they will be very applicable to almost any situation you can imagine.
When it comes to acoustic guitar, I basically apply the same principal. Most folks have guitars strung with medium gauge strings, which I admit are great for straight rhythm playing, but as soon as they try to play lead or even bend the little that they can on an acoustic, it becomes far too difficult! Stepping down in gauge one degree will put a lot less stress on the top of your acoustic and its neck, and would also be more adaptable to slide guitar, and its various tunings.
So, I certainly hope this helps you in deciding on strings. In the end, it's really your choice, but believe me, my choices have been well-honed, and have really been put "through the paces." I've learned the hard way that the "easy" way, and most convenient way is the method you should use to choose the right strings for you! Good luck in your string adventures! Remember, they must speak for you!
When you're developing as a player, and whether you've turned professional or not, it's really never too early to start passing on, and teaching to others what you've learned so far. The truth is, and I can vouch for this, you actually learn at an accelerated pace when you teach! I started showing others what I knew way back when I was still living at my parent's apartment in the Bronx, and was already developing a reputation as a player and as a teacher. I had students who'd take the subway up from Manhattan to see me, as well as many others I would travel to. At this point I was still around 19 years old, but was already in a couple of instruction books and was signed on to do my first book, Slide Guitar, for Oak Publications. This all gave me a great sense of self-confidence, and others really did want to learn from me.
Of course, for me, this was a time before the internet, and before there was a great guitarist on every block! The less competition was certainly also what made people willing to travel far for the info and wisdom, but even today, they still come from far and wide to see me. But now with the advent of grater and faster communication, I can bring my knowledge to you via such methods as my Gibson.com online lessons, these Blogs, and the Hot Licks videos and DVDs I created over the years.
And all of this started with the very humble beginnings of teaching myself, moving to Woodstock, gigging for several hard years and all the while, teaching wherever and whenever I could. I used to be inspired by some friends and relatives who at that time I'd visit and "pick things up" from. I did take a few formal classical guitar lessons, which greatly helped me get my act together at the early age of ten, but it was really the self-teaching and teaching others that truly made the difference for me!
I am a big believer in the fact that teaching does in fact, make you learn more. After all, where does all this knowledge come from in the first place? When I was asked to do my slide guitar book at the age of 19, and as I look back on that today, I really have to ask myself, "where did my knowledge come from?" I mean, I literally had to dissect and figure out what it was that seemed to make my technique and style "click" right from the start….why and how did I dampen those strings? Why was it best to fingerpick instead of flatpick? What are the best scales and shapes to work with, and on and on? Sure, I did some research on other well-known slide greats, because I wanted to cover a wide range in the book, and that also helped me gain a greater wealth of slide guitar knowledge that has always stayed with me.
So, in the long run, all of this early teaching has certainly paid off, and I have always held the art of teaching in just as high esteem as I do the art of playing. I hope you will too. It's one very noble thing to do, and you, and the others you help, will forever be grateful!
When a group of musicians, or a particular band of yours really starts to "gel" it's an incredible, as well as rare feeling! This weekend, I was able to assemble just this kind of group of players together for the making of my new album, and it was an incredible experience! One of the major joys was the fact that I could be reunited with one of my all-time favorite drummers and old friends, Mike Braun! Michael played first with me on the Phoebe Snow tour in 1979, then did 4 of my albums in a row, from 1979 to 1990, and then moved to the west coast. He also then got a 20-year gig with Hall and Oates, which was literally keeping him busy right up till the moment I called him for this session!
The amazing thing was that musically, as well as personally, it was as if no time had elapsed between our last meeting and this one, which is truly an incredible happening, and something that helped the music immensely. The bassist, someone relatively new in my fold, Eddie Denise, did a stellar job on upright as well as electric bass, and immediately "clicked" with Michael as a bass-drum combination. My rhythm guitar player, Matt Rae, who started with me 14 years ago as my student has really come along in his own right as a wonderful player, and was extremely supportive, and also "gelled' right into the whole rhythm section.
What this meant for me was that I could take many of my leads "live", with much less overdubbing needed. This was a great thing, as I was able to simply concentrate on the music, and keep it truly spontaneous! I know music is being made these days is many less spontaneous ways, and of course, with the advent of digital recording, and things such as "Pro Tools" and the like, almost anything is possible, or can be essentially "manufactured", but it is still the most rewarding thing to make your music in a "real" way!
Now, I am overdubbing , playing leads, rhythms, lap steel, slide and many other things over tracks that sound truly inspiring to play to….no worries, no "wandering" thoughts , and most of all a real sense of self-assurance that what parts I do play will sit absolutely right in the track as I originally planned!
It's always great to bring new folks "into the fold", and it's sure incredible to make things happen again with older acquaintances, but new, old or present, it's so important to make sure you all listen to each other, be true "team" players, and be musically and emotionally supportive of each other! Good luck, and always "Play Together!"


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Now, does the Family Tree program act like Wikipedia or the FamilySearch Research Wiki or any other program based on MediaWiki? Well, yes and no. Some of the main characteristics of the wiki-type program are present, but the type of information collected by the program is specifically limited. However, the main features of a wiki are preserved including:
- The ability of every registered user to edit data fields
- The structure of the program showing all of the changes made to entries
- The ability to attached comments to entries
Is this a bad thing? No. Actually, it is the salvation of the data. One of the most disturbing issues in modern genealogy is the proliferation of copied family trees. Poor research and inaccurate entries can spread almost instantly across the Internet. Before the advent of the FamilySearch Family Tree, there was no major website with a user-correcting family tree. Yes, there are several family tree oriented wiki programs and there are several "one world family trees" but these are all either on commercial, subscription based websites or designed to look like and work like a traditional wiki program.
The advantage of the FamilySearch Family Tree is that it does not walk like or talk like a wiki. Despite its basic structure, the program appears to be a family tree oriented program, with a useful user interface. By avoiding the public perception of a wiki and avoiding the term completely, the few difficult wiki-like issues can be sidestepped and users to not automatically sent into program-shock by confronting a wiki.
The genius of the FamilySearch Family Tree lies in the fact that it models reality. Every person who ever lived occupies a unique position on the over-all human family tree. Every person has a unique set of biological parents and a unique birth order. Family Tree creates a human family tree based model of this reality and allows only one person to occupy each node or location on the tree. So, if I am working on my great-grandfather on FamilySearch Family Tree, I am looking at and sharing that person with all of his descendants. We are all looking at the same ancestors at exactly the same time. If I make a change to an ancestor and you are looking at the same ancestor, you will see my change immediately and I will see any change you make. We are not asked to collaborate, we are forced to collaborate. In the past, there was absolutely no way for me to know if a remote relative was working on the same person I was working on unless I ran across the work by design or chance. In Family Tree, we will be working on the same person at the same time.
Now, the program is not perfect, nor is it even finally implemented. But the promise of the program is there despite its present limitations.
Now, I do not want to minimize the usefulness of the other wiki-based genealogy programs. I am a great fan of WeRelate.org sponsored in part by the Allen County Public Library. I am also a fan of WikiTree.com. But both of these (and most other wiki-based programs) are more wiki-like and obviously wiki structured. FamilySearch has avoided, and I believe successfully, the issue of the wiki-like interface and the need to learn wiki terms and language.
What is the future of FamilySearch Family Tree" That will have to be the subject of another post.


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In Baltimore, his activities have included directing the Baltimore City Health Department Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) program and developing the Johns Hopkins Center for STI Prevention and Training. He was one of the first to apply GIS technology to public health, and his syphilis-mapping project was highlighted in Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point. In addition to being a productive researcher and clinician, he has been active in health policy, has served as a Senior Medical Advisor for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (DHHS) 1995-1997, has testified before Congress and the Maryland legislature on infectious diseases related issues.
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Dr. Zenilman has nearly 300 publications and is an active teacher, mentoring more than 40 fellows and residents during his career.
He received his B.A. from Cornell University in chemistry and earned his M.D. from State University of New York (SUNY)-Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. He trained at SUNY-Kings County Hospital in internal medicine and did his infectious diseases fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta. He is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Zenilman was a member of the IOM Committee on Sexually Transmitted Diseases which published "The hidden epidemic".
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- MD; Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1981)
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- Emory University School of Medicine / Infectious Diseases (1988)
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- Developing biological markers for sexual behavior that can be used in survey research. This builds on his previously published experience that proposed sexually transmitted diseases as potential biomarkers.
- Performing studies of risk behaviors in highly vulnerable populations, such as adolescents, drug users, and trafficked women.
- Developing molecular diagnostic techniques for detection of resistant determinants for N gonorrhoeae in non-culture based systems.
- Using datasets from the Baltimore City Health Department to understand STD trends and behaviors.
- Developing a research program in noscomial infections at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. These interests have focused on infections in the burn center and in developing an antimicrobial control program.
- Clinical research in the natural history and microbiology of chronic wounds in the outpatient setting.
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Sood, G, Huber, K, Dam, L, Zenilman, J, Riedel, S. "A pilot observational study of hydrogen peroxide and alcohol for disinfection of privacy curtains contaminated by MRSA, VRE and Clostridium difficile." Journal of Infection Prevention. 2014;15(5):189-193
Rosenbaum JE, Zenilman J, Melendez J, Rose E, Wingood G, DiClemente R. "Telling truth from Ys: an evaluation of whether the accuracy of self-reported semen exposure assessed by a semen Y-chromosome biomarker predicts pregnancy in a longitudinal cohort study of pregnancy." Sex Transm Infect. 2014 Sep;90(6):479-84. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051315. Epub 2014 Mar 13
Snead MC, Melendez JH, Kourtis AP, Chaney DM, Brown TM, Black CM, Mauck CK, Schwartz JL, Zenilman JM, Jamieson DJ, Macaluso M, Doncel GF. "Effect of lubricants and a vaginal spermicide gel on the detection of prostate specific antigen, a biomarker of semen exposure, using a quantitative (Abbott ARCHITECT) assay." Contraception. 2014 Feb;89(2):134-8. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.09.016. Epub 2013 Nov 12
Liu SH, Cummings DA, Zenilman JM, Gravitt PE, Brotman RM. "Characterizing the temporal dynamics of human papillomavirus DNA detectability using short-interval sampling." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jan;23(1):200-8. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0666. Epub 2013 Oct 15
Malas MB, Qazi U, Lazarus G, Valle MF, Wilson LM, Haberl EB, Bass EB, Zenilman J. "Comparative effectiveness of surgical interventions aimed at treating underlying venous pathology in patients with chronic venous ulcer." Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. 2014; 2(2): 212-225
Activities & Honors
- Distinguished Career Award, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, 2013
- Co-recipiet, CDC Charles C. Shepard Science Award, CDC, 1999
- Scholar Award, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), 1992 - 1995
- Unit Citation, U.S. Public Health Service, 1990
- Commendation Medal, U.S. Public Health Service, 1988
- American College of Physicians
- American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
- American Society for Microbiology
- British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
- Infectious Disease Society of America
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The devastating fire at Rex Forge and the subsequent oil spill into the nearby Quinnipiac River was contained by state and local officials by the next day.
The July 31 fire started shortly before 8 a.m. T
he first fire units arrived to find a heavy fire engulfing a portion of a building along Atwater Street. Smoke from the fire was visible for miles and police were forced to close down several roads, including exit ramps from nearby Interstate 84. As of noon that day, the fire was out and no injuries were reported.
In the midst of heavy rain the following day, fire officials carefully cleaned out each of the remaining oil tanks and removed them from the site. The portion of the Rails to Trails corridor that passes by Rex Forge was also closed off.
The Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM), believed to be the cause of the fire, was taken for further investigation. "We have a good idea of what happened but we want to clarify," said Deputy Fire Marshal Neil Casarella.
During the fire, a 6,000-gallon oil tank ignited. The tank fell through an upper floor of the building and ruptured, causing it to leak into the river.
A DEEP hazmat team responded and set up a boom a half mile downstream to contain the oil. One day after the fire ravaged the factory, the agency reported that the scene was secure.
"Due to aggressive recovery efforts, the job is stable with minimal risk to the river," said DEEP spokeswoman Cyndy Chanaca.
The hazmat crew, which stayed on scene until 11 p.m. on the day of the fire, pumped oil out of the damaged tank. Before that could be done, the melted metal and tank had to be secured, she said.
An environmental cleanup company, United Industrial, has been hired to remediate the site. It's unclear when the factory will reopen.
Casarella said that while none of the other oil tanks had become as damaged as the one that created the spill, fire had burned away oil in some of the other tanks. Rainwater had also diluted the oil in a few of the tanks.
The company has been in continuous operation at the same location since 1867, when it was known as the Atwater Manufacturing Company. The building is 200,000 square feet and the company employs about 200 workers.
A report from the Waterbury Republican-American was used in this story.


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