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I'm excited to be working on the content strategy for a new website that will be unveiled at the Green Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19. The website will set out a framework which defines the "green economy" and will call for video entries from companies and individuals who are creating new green jobs in America.
The way I defined the categories is based on the 5-part definition that Van Jones presents in his seminal book, The Green Collar Economy — energy, transportation, water, waste, and land management. But I pulled out an additional category from energy called "green building." Under each of these (now 6) categories I tried to keep it to 5 sub-categories. Of course its a starting point and will evolve, but for now it provides a helpful way to organize the many industry sectors that will be creating the largest number of green jobs.
Here are the 6 main sectors of the Green Economy:
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Wave Energy
Bio-Gas & Fuel Cells
Residential & Commercial Assessment
Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Water Efficiency Retrofits
Green Products & Materials
LEED Construction
Fuels of the Future
PEV's (personal electronic vehicles)
Water Management
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Sustainable Products - Packaging
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Although I am a great believer that the best and cleanest energy is the energy we DON'T use, I felt it was important to break out the building sector as a separate category, including energy efficiency retrofits, rather than keep it in the 'energy' category. This enables me to list out other job types like home energy efficiency retrofits (weatherization, efficient appliances, solar hot water, etc.) as well as plumbing retrofits and interior redesign using green materials.
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A $26 million warehouse and factory in the works for Gastonia will house Freightliner operations.
The sea of red dirt, which passers-by could not have missed on Fairview Drive, will accommodate a 310,000-square-foot building for warehousing, light manufacturing and assembly, said a Daimler Trucks North America spokesman.
Work there will increase production output for the company, said Communications Director Dave Giroux.
People who work at Freightliner�s existing warehouse on Tulip Drive in Gastonia will eventually be transferred to the new site.
Daimler hasn�t said yet whether the new space will mean more jobs from the corporation that is already among Gaston�s largest employers.
The Gastonia Freightliner plant, which makes parts for trucks and buses, had, at last count, nearly 1,300 workers.
A separate truck plant in Mount Holly employs more than 1,600.
Daimler will lease the new building, according to Giroux.
Land owner CK Fairview LLC shares an address with Charlotte�s Childress Klein Properties. Shelco Inc., also headquartered in Charlotte, received a building permit for the project last week. The permit calls for a $25,848,721 structure.
Word of the new space and expanded output for Freightliner comes on the heels of shut-down days at the company�s plants this fall. Employees said at the time they were worried the unpaid days off signaled layoffs after Daimler more than doubled the work force from which it had dwindled during the recession.
But Giroux said we should stay tuned for more announcements and continued investments in the Gastonia plant.
Passion Grill coming to Gastonia
Gastonia�s all-you-can-eat scene might get a boost soon.
Owners of a Passion Grill restaurant are putting $460,000 into the former Planet Fitness location at 212 S. New Hope Road.
The same shopping center recently became home to discount clothier Hamrick�s after Planet Fitness took over the giant space that housed the former big box Office Max (which is now in a smaller box on East Franklin Boulevard).
Lots of merchants in the area expect Passion Grill to be an Asian buffet.
Stanley gets new retail clinic
The retail medical movement is, well, moving.
The latest local expansion is in Stanley�s CVS, where Minute Clinic opened its third Gaston location recently.
Minute Clinics, which are owned by CVS, are walk-in medical clinics staffed by nurse practitioners. The first appeared last year in Gaston.
The idea is to attract patients with a short wait and low cost for the uninsured. Most treatments start at $79 for people without health coverage.
Health insurers tend to treat retail-oriented clinics just as they do other walk-in, �urgent-care� centers.
Minute Clinic has said it plans to open 200 new locations in the 2012-2013 budget year.
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1367.8 - Australian Capital Territory Statistical Indicators, Jun 2002
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ACT crime victimisation rates lower than rest of Australia
With the exception of motor vehicle theft, crime victimisation rates were lower in the ACT compared to the rest of the nation, according to special article released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The article in the new publication ACT Statistical Indicators found victimisation rates were higher for property crimes than for crimes against people. Motor vehicle theft, at 751 people per 100,000, was above the national figure of 722.
The rate of sexual assault was 44 per 100,000 in the ACT, almost half the national figure of 86. Unlawful entry with intent recorded 1886 victims per 100,000 compared with 2247 nationally.
Nearly half of all assaults occurred in locations intended for public use, and 93% did not involve the use of a weapon. The 15 to 24 year age group contained 31% of male victims and 29% of female victims. Female victims were more likely to know their attacker (76%) than male victims (41%).
Most sexual assault victims were female (86%), while most male victims were aged under 15 (68%). Male victims were more likely to know their attacker (89%) than female victims (63%). More than half of all sexual assaults occurred in residential locations.
Weapons were used in over one-third of robberies. The most common weapons were knives (used in 52% of armed robberies), syringes (21%) and firearms (7%). Almost two-thirds occurred in areas of public use, such as retail locations (23%), car parks (10%) and service stations (7%).
Most motor vehicle thefts occurred in public locations (66%), with 40% of these occurring in car parks. Residential locations accounted for 30% of motor vehicle thefts.
Overall, unlawful entry with intent declined by 23% between 2000 and 2001, while robbery declined by 18%, motor vehicle theft by 17% and other theft by 14%. Increases were recorded for sexual assault (up 18%) and assault (9%).
These results are contained the first issue of the new quarterly ACT Statistical Indicators (cat. no.1367.8) which replaces the previous business indicator publication. See over for more information from this publication.
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Hydraulic Fracturing: The Process
What Is Hydraulic Fracturing?
Contrary to many media reports, hydraulic fracturing is not a "drilling process." Hydraulic fracturing is used after the drilled hole is completed. Put simply, hydraulic fracturing is the use of fluid and material to create or restore small fractures in a formation in order to stimulate production from new and existing oil and gas wells. This creates paths that increase the rate at which fluids can be produced from the reservoir formations, in some cases by many hundreds of percent.
The process includes steps to protect water supplies. To ensure that neither the fluid that will eventually be pumped through the well, nor the oil or gas that will eventually be collected, enters the water supply, steel surface or intermediate casings are inserted into the well to depths of between 1,000 and 4,000 feet. The space between these casing "strings" and the drilled hole (wellbore), called the annulus, is filled with cement. Once the cement has set, then the drilling continues from the bottom of the surface or intermediate cemented steel casing to the next depth. This process is repeated, using smaller steel casing each time, until the oil and gas-bearing reservoir is reached (generally 6,000 to 10,000 ft). The diagram shown below is a generalization of a typical Eagle Ford Shale gas well in south central Texas. A more detailed look at casing and its role in groundwater protection is available HERE.
With these and other precautions taken, high volumes of fracturing fluids are pumped deep into the well at pressures sufficient to create or restore the small fractures in the reservoir rock needed to make production possible.
What's in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid?
Water and sand make up 98 to 99.5 percent of the fluid used in hydraulic fracturing. In addition, chemical additives are used. The exact formulation varies depending on the well. To view a chart of the chemicals most commonly used in hydraulic fracturing and for a more detailed discussion of this question, click HERE.
Why is Hydraulic Fracturing Used?
Experts believe 60 to 80 percent of all wells drilled in the United States in the next ten years will require hydraulic fracturing to remain operating. Fracturing allows for extended production in older oil and natural gas fields. It also allows for the recovery of oil and natural gas from formations that geologists once believed were impossible to produce, such as tight shale formations in the areas shown on the map below. Hydraulic fracturing is also used to extend the life of older wells in mature oil and gas fields.
How is Hydraulic Fracturing Done?*
The placement of hydraulic fracturing treatments underground is sequenced to meet the particular needs of the formation. The sequence noted below from a Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania is just one example. Each oil and gas zone is different and requires a hydraulic fracturing design tailored to the particular conditions of the formation. Therefore, while the process remains essentially the same, the sequence may change depending upon unique local conditions. It is important to note that not all of the additives are used in every hydraulically fractured well; the exact "blend" and proportions of additives will vary based on the site-specific depth, thickness and other characteristics of the target formation.
1. An acid stage, consisting of several thousand gallons of water mixed with a dilute acid such as hydrochloric or muriatic acid: This serves to clear cement debris in the wellbore and provide an open conduit for other frac fluids by dissolving carbonate minerals and opening fractures near the wellbore.
2. A pad stage, consisting of approximately 100,000 gallons of slickwater without proppant material: The slickwater pad stage fills the wellbore with the slickwater solution (described below), opens the formation and helps to facilitate the flow and placement of proppant material.
3. A prop sequence stage, which may consist of several substages of water combined with proppant material (consisting of a fine mesh sand or ceramic material, intended to keep open, or "prop" the fractures created and/or enhanced during the fracturing operation after the pressure is reduced): This stage may collectively use several hundred thousand gallons of water. Proppant material may vary from a finer particle size to a coarser particle size throughout this sequence.
4. A flushing stage, consisting of a volume of fresh water sufficient to flush the excess proppant from the wellbore.
Other additives commonly used in the fracturing solution employed in Marcellus wells include:
• A dilute acid solution, as described in the first stage, used during the initial fracturing sequence. This cleans out cement and debris around the perforations to facilitate the subsequent slickwater solutions employed in fracturing the formation.
• A biocide or disinfectant, used to prevent the growth of bacteria in the well that may interfere with the fracturingoperation: Biocides typically consist of bromine-based solutions or glutaraldehyde.
• A scale inhibitor, such as ethylene glycol, used to control the precipitation of certain carbonate and sulfate minerals
• Iron control/stabilizing agents such as citric acid or hydrochloric acid, used to inhibit precipitation of iron compounds by keeping them in a soluble form
• Friction reducing agents, also described above, such as potassium chloride or polyacrylamide-based compounds, used to reduce tubular friction and subsequently reduce the pressure needed to pump fluid into the wellbore: The additives may reduce tubular friction by 50 to 60%. These friction-reducing compounds represent the "slickwater" component of the fracing solution.
• Corrosion inhibitors, such as N,n-dimethyl formamide, and oxygen scavengers, such as ammonium bisulfite, are used to prevent degradation of the steel well casing.
• Gelling agents, such as guar gum, may be used in small amounts to thicken the water-based solution to help transport the proppant material.
• Occasionally, a cross-linking agent will be used to enhance the characteristics and ability of the gelling agent to transport the proppant material. These compounds may contain boric acid or ethylene glycol. When cross-linking additives are added, a breaker solution is commonly added later in the frac stage to cause the enhanced gelling agent to break down into a simpler fluid so it can be readily removed from the wellbore without carrying back the sand/ proppant material.
Fractures: Their orientation and length
Certain predictable characteristics or physical properties regarding the path of least resistance have been recognized since hydraulic fracturing was first conducted in the oilfield in 1947. These properties are discussed below:
Fracture orientation
Hydraulic fractures are formed in the direction perpendicular to the least stress. Based on experience, horizontal fractures will occur at depths less than approximately 2000 ft. because the Earth's overburden at these depths provides the least principal stress. If pressure is applied to the center of a formation under these relatively shallow conditions, the fracture is most likely to occur in the horizontal plane, because it will be easier to part the rock in this direction than in any other. In general, therefore, these fractures are parallel to the bedding plane of the formation.
As depth increases beyond approximately 2000 ft., overburden stress increases by approximately 1 psi/ft., making the overburden stress the dominant stress This means the horizontal confining stress is now the least principal stress. Since hydraulically induced fractures are formed in the direction perpendicular to the least stress, the resulting fracture at depths greater than approximately 2000 ft. will be oriented in the vertical direction.
In the case where a fracture might cross over a boundary where the principal stress direction changes, the fracture would attempt to reorient itself perpendicular to the direction of least stress. Therefore, if a fracture propagated from deeper to shallower formations it would reorient itself from a vertical to a horizontal pathway and spread sideways along the bedding planes of the rock strata.
Fracture length/ height
The extent that a created fracture will propagate is controlled by the upper confining zone or formation, and the volume, rate, and pressure of the fluid that is pumped. The confining zone will limit the vertical growth of a fracture because it either possesses sufficient strength or elasticity to contain the pressure of the injected fluids or an insufficient volume of fluid has been pumped.. This is important because the greater the distance between the fractured formation and the USDW, the more likely it will be that multiple formations possessing the qualities necessary to impede the fracture will occur. However, while it should be noted that the length of a fracture can also be influenced by natural fractures or faults as shown in a study that included microseismic analysis of fracture jobs conducted on three wells in Texas, natural attenuation of the fracture will occur over relatively short distances due to the limited volume of fluid being pumped and dispersion of the pumping pressure regardless of intersecting migratory pathways.
The following text and graphs are excerpts from an article written by Kevin Fisher of Pinnacle, a Halliburton Company for the July 2010 edition of the American Oil and Gas Reporter.
"The concerns around groundwater contamination raised by Congress are primarily centered on one fundamental question: Are the created fractures contained within the target formation so that they do not contact underground sources of drinking water? In response to that key concern, this article presents the first look at actual field data based on direct measurements acquired while fracture mapping more than 15,000 frac jobs during the past decade.
Extensive mapping of hydraulic fracture geometry has been performed in unconventional North American shale reservoirs since 2001. The microseismic and tiltmeter technologies used to monitor the treatments are well established, and are also widely used for nonoil field (sic) applications such as earthquake monitoring, volcano monitoring, civil engineering applications, carbon capture and waste disposal. Figures 1 and 2 are plots of data collected on thousands of hydraulic fracturing treatments in the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin in Texas and in the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin.
Figure 1. Barnett Shale
More fracs have been mapped in the Barnett than any other reservoir. The graph illustrates the fracture top and bottom for all mapped treatments performed in the Barnett since 2001. The depths are in true vertical depth. Perforation depths are illustrated by the red-colored band for each stage, with the mapped fracture tops and bottoms illustrated by colored curves corresponding to the counties where they took place.
The deepest water wells in each of the counties where Barnett Shale fracs have been mapped, according to United States Geological Survey (http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis), are illustrated by the dark blue shaded bars at the top of Figure 1. As can be seen, the largest directly measured upward growth of all of these mapped fractures still places the fracture tops several thousands of feet below the deepest known aquifer level in each county.
Figure 2 Marcellus Shale
The Marcellus data show a similarly large distance between the top of the tallest frac and the location of the deepest drinking water aquifers as reported in USGS data (dark blue shaded bars at the top of Figure 2). Because it is a newer play with fewer mapped frac stages at this point and encompasses several states, the data set is not as comprehensive as that from the Barnett. However, it is no less compelling in providing evidence of a very good physical separation between hydraulic fracture tops and water aquifers.
Almost 400 separate frac stages are shown, color coded by state. As can be seen, the fractures do grow upward quite a bit taller than in the Barnett, but the shallowest fracture tops are still ±4,500 feet, almost one mile below the surface and thousands of feet below the aquifers in those counties.
The results from our extensive fracture mapping database show that hydraulic fractures are better confined vertically (and are also longer and narrower) than conventional wisdom or models predict. Even in areas with the largest measured vertical fracture growth, such as the Marcellus, the tops of the hydraulic fractures are still thousands of feet below the deepest aquifers suitable for drinking water. The data from these two shale reservoirs clearly show the huge distances separating the fracs from the nearest aquifers at their closest points of approach, conclusively demonstrating that hydraulic fractures are not growing into groundwater supplies, and therefore, cannot contaminate them."
* Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
"Hydraulic Fracturing Overview." 07/20/2010.


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SleepBot wins the NYU Startup Challenge
POSTED ON: May 7, 2012
Congratulations to electrical engineering senior Edison Wang on winning the NYU Startup Challenge and sharing in the $200,000 winnings. Mr. Wang is the founder and developer of SleepBot, a popular mobile app that boasts over 400,000 regular users. Built entirely by Mr. Wang with help from NYU business student Jane Zhu on design, operations and publicity, SleepBot is a leading contender in an expanding field of personal awareness technologies—in this case, helping users track their sleeping patterns.
Along with his professional and academic commitments, Mr. Wang is also involved in the Cooper Union Entrepreneur Society, which will be hosting its second Cooper Union Startup Challenge on May 21st 6-9pm in the Rose Auditorium. The event is open to students from all three schools at Cooper Union. Please contact Rob Marano for more information about the event at robmarano at gmail.com.


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A Superior Court Judge expressed doubt on Friday about a new Tri-City Healthcare District board member's claim that he was properly elected in November even though he doesn't live in the district boundaries.
"I have difficulty saying that someone is domiciled somewhere where they have never lived," Judge Sim von Kalinowski said prior to hearing arguments from attorneys on both sides of a lawsuit challenging Wayne Lingenfelter's election.
Von Kalinowski did not issue a ruling Friday, but said that he would do so after reading through the cases cited by both attorneys. If he rules against Lingenfelter, the election victory would be voided.
Former board member George Coulter, who lost by 2,000 votes to Lingenfelter, filed the court challenge in December.
Lingenfelter, a former health care executive from Orange County, lives in an apartment in a small section of Vista that is in the neighboring Palomar Health district. He is arguing that his permanent residence will be a home he and his wife purchased in Oceanside in late 2010, in the health care district boundaries.
As he was preparing to run for the Tri-City board, Lingenfelter registered to vote in August at the Oceanside address. Although the house is leased out — and Lingenfelter has never lived there — he signed under penalty of perjury that it was his home address.
Lingenfelter said he and his wife purchased the home with the intent of it being their retirement home. He says they plan to move in Feb. 26.
Coulter's attorney, Steve D'Braunstein, argued that not only should Lingenfelter be removed, but the law compels the judge to appoint the next highest vote-getter, Coulter.
Lingenfelter took the stand at the hearing and testified that he learned that the apartment was outside of the district when he went to file his candidacy papers at the registrar's office. He said he told a clerk that he owned the home in Oceanside and that he intended to retire there and asked if that address could be used as his address for purposes of the election. After a brief conversation with a supervisor, the clerk said it was OK and Lingenfelter said he changed his registration address from the apartment to the Oceanside home.
D'Braunstein, during cross-examination, pointed out that following changing his registration address, Lingenfelter continued to use the Vista address on election paperwork such as his statement of economic interests and campaign finance forms.
D'Braunstein also pointed out that during the campaign, Lingenfelter gave no indication of his intent to relocate to the Oceanside address, including receiving mail or sleeping at the home.
"I recall that when I was 10 years old and I lived in Whittier I fully intended I would reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue upon turning age 35," D'Braunstein said in his arguments. "The indications of one's residence are well known... Mr. Lingenfelter does not deny that he has never met any of those indications."
Lingenfelter's attorney, Stanley Prowse, said that he believed the decision ultimately lies with the district's board.
Prowse called several times for Von Kalinowski to issue a ruling, saying that Coulter did not meet his burden of proving that the Oceanside home was not Lingenfelter's domicile, which he said is subtly different than a residence.
Prowse said that when Lingenfelter left his home in San Clemente, his intent was to ultimately move to Oceanside, with the yearlong stay in the apartment a temporary diversion.
"There is no suggestion that Mr. Lingenfelter did not leave San Clemente intending to wind up in Ocean Hills," he said.
Prowse said he realized that Von Kalinowski would have to make an "awkward" decision if he ruled that the Oceanside address was Lingenfelter's domicile without ever living there.
"The law provides for a lot of uncomfortable positions," he said.
There is no date set for the final ruling.


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A Florida woman is facing a child abuse charge after authorities say she threw an infant at a deputy who was trying to arrest her for shoplifting.
Ashley Taylor Wright, 23, was arrested on charges of child abuse without great bodily harm, petty theft and resisting an officer without violence at the Santa Rosa Mall in Mary Esther Monday evening, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities said Wright, of Pensacola, went into a fitting room in the mall's Dillard's store with two pairs of Miss Me Jeans and a pink Hurley shirt, valued at $261.
Woman Asked Deputy to Dance During DUI Stop
Wright left the fitting room with the clothes in a baby stroller and left the store, authorities said. When a deputy approached her car in the parking lot, she began yelling at her husband to leave, the sheriff's office said.
When the deputy tried to get Wright out of the car, she put her baby carrier in front of her, saying "You will have to shoot through the baby to get me," authorities said.
Wright then ran from the car, throwing the 14-pound, three-month-old infant, who was still in the carrier, at the deputy, authorities said. The baby wasn't injured.
Man's 'Fugitive of the Day' Facebook Comments End in Arrest
As Wright tried to run away she fell, and began fighting the deputy as he tried to take her into custody, authorities said. When she was taken into custody, she was hospitalized for a laceration to her head.
Jail records showed Wright was being held on $7,000 bond Wednesday. It was unknown whether she has an attorney.


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Blake Shelton whittled down his team to just three people heading into the finals on "The Voice" Monday night, and unsurprisingly, it's heavy on the country.
Joining veteran powerhouse Sisaundra Lewis on the lean team were throwback country belter (by way of Philadelphia) Audra McLaughlin and Jake Worthington, whose 17 years belied his honkytonk-ready sound and nasally Texan drawl.
That meant that Team Blake's two other erstwhile members, soulful folk-rock singer Ryan Whyte Maloney and recent young Team Usher pick-up Madilyn Paige, were heading home.
Audra earned her spot on the finals-bound team with a confident, emotionally charged take on "A Broken Wing" by Martina McBridge, a singer who's proven the young singer's consistent inspiration.
Jake earned his with a ferocious take on Jake Owen's "Anywhere With you," which he performed with his girlfriend — "the only girl who's ever treated me like a skinny guy," the imposing teen remarked — in mind.
Shakira may have been his biggest fan, not that he seemed to have any shortage of them in the audience. "I can't get technical with you, because I can't get technical with a star — and I think you're a star," Shakira told him.
Sisaundra capped the night, fittingly so, given how reliably her routine vocal fireworks could overshadow anyone who might have the misfortune of following her performances. She ramped up Billy Joel's classic ballad "New York State of Mind" with plenty of the vocal acrobatics her coach had come to expect.
But even the contestants whose performances didn't earn one of the key three slots on Team Blake earned praise from the coaches. Ryan's take on the challenging Shinedown tune "Second Chance," a song that held a lot of significance for him personally, won over Usher in particular.
Usher told Ryan that he knew of only one other male singer who could hold notes as long as Ryan could, and that singer was Adam Levine. (Adam looked duly surprised and flattered by the remark.) "This is truly a breakout moment for you," Usher told Ryan, telling him he was heading in the right direction.
Usher and his other rival coaches will get the chance next week to pare down their own teams as playoffs continue on "The Voice."
"The Voice" airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8/7c.


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2007-12-17 13:07:12.0 Administrator2: We're chatting live with Times reporter Charles Piller about his ongoing Gates Foundation investigation. Welcome Charles, and welcome chatters!
2007-12-17 13:07:38.0 Jane: What prompted you to write this piece? It's received some harsh comments from those affronted at the idea of criticizing the generousity of the Gates Foundation; did you anticipate this outcry?
2007-12-17 13:09:15.0 Charles Piller: The Gates Foundation deserves a lot of credit for attempting to tackle very tough problems. We tried to be clear that the work is very important, despite strong challenges to its effectiveness. I'm not surprise some disagreed.
2007-12-17 13:09:32.0 Sarah: I just returned from a year spent in Lesotho working in an HIV/AIDS clinic. As I imagine you know, in Lesothi, CHAI, the Clinton Foundation's AIDS Initiative, is far more actively involved in HIV prevention and treatment than the Gates Foundation. In fact, Lesotho's health minister, quoted in your article, was, until recently, an employee of the Clinton Foundation. Why don't you mention the work of the Clinton Foundation in your article? Does your criticism of the Gates Foundation extend to the Clinton Foundation?
2007-12-17 13:10:44.0 Charles Piller: I did know about the Clinton work. It's very important there, and dedicated to taking a comprehensive approach to healthcare and health systems. CHAI supports Partners in Health to that end. Thanks for pointing this out.
2007-12-17 13:10:51.0 Jane: What gave you the idea for this story? What was your goal in writing it?
2007-12-17 13:11:54.0 Charles Piller: The Gates Foundation is the most important private philanthropy. We felt that because of its influence and importance, that a close look at its programs would be helpful to understanding whether they are as effective as they can be.
2007-12-17 13:12:52.0 Stephen: It's hard to calculate its effectiveness though in such a complex envirnoment where so many others are working, don't you agree?
2007-12-17 13:13:42.0 Charles Piller: The goal was to shine a light on those programs in the spirit of contributing to overall understanding of how to tackle the important issue of health. And yes, effectiveness can be a hard thing to measure. That's why we took months to both scrutinize the available data and try to find some "ground truth" in field reporting.
2007-12-17 13:15:14.0 Chris: it seems, however, that your primary point was that while the GF is doing some things that are really worthwhile, there are other things it is not addressing, and without those other things, the overall impact is less than it could be. This sounds like you are expecting the GF to solve all the world's problems at once.
2007-12-17 13:16:18.0 Charles Piller: This is also a moving target--the Gates Foundation and its grantees are continually doing course corrections. We hope that the issues raised in our story might contribute to improved programs over time. I don't think that Gates can do it all. But as so influential an organization, what they do has a great impact.
2007-12-17 13:16:20.0 Stephen: It's too bad that you did not provide at least some kind of landscape in which to present Gates' contribution though.
2007-12-17 13:17:02.0 Stephen: Well then
2007-12-17 13:17:05.0 pcharles: I was very turned off by the unnecessarily provocative title, and the intentionally inflammatory (and negative) choice of words throughout the piece.
2007-12-17 13:17:19.0 Sarah: A lot of people are focusing on what they perceive to be your negative opinion of the Gates Foundation. Do you think you might have written a better article if you had focused more broadly on the issue of how to address the complex issues surrounding vertical vs. horizontal health interventions in the developing world?
2007-12-17 13:17:22.0 Charles Piller: Yes, our story could have presented more than it did about Africa and the Gates Foundation. We hope to tackle the issues more in the future.
2007-12-17 13:17:40.0 Stephen: Well then, how about giving credit to Gates for being a catalyst to prompt so many other organisations and donors to join the caue of tackling the serious issues of global health. You did not do that.
2007-12-17 13:18:53.0 Charles Piller: Actually, we tried to give them credit. The story was tyring to tackle the additional issues in more detail.
2007-12-17 13:18:57.0 Stephen: PCharles, I completely agree with you and the LA Times editors should be taken to task for this just as much as the reporters. Very irresponsible I thought.
2007-12-17 13:19:08.0 Dom: I recently spoke with two residents of Malawi about faith-based aid programs operating in their country. They said that the best ones were those who came in asking questions rather than acting as if they had all the answers. How much of the problem with the Gates Foundation's implementation do you think stems from a Western attitude that 'we know what you need.'
2007-12-17 13:20:15.0 Charles Piller: I believe that the GAtes folks are working in good faith and with determination to help. It's hard to do well in these complex issues. But describing weaknesses is not meant as an attack on their motives.
2007-12-17 13:20:22.0 pcharles: Much of your story seemed to imply that many of the problems that you described were a result of the activities of the Gates Foundation. My take on this has been that the Gates Foundation have made remarkable progress despite the problems that you describe.
2007-12-17 13:21:38.0 Charles Piller: No question. The Gates Foundation does important work. And their learn from their mistakes, as they often have said. In my talks with them, they emphasized that they are building new programs when they see a way they can help. Not everyone sees the progress the way they do, however.
2007-12-17 13:21:51.0 Administrator2: How do you think other (currently in existence or future) charities can benefit from the experiences of the Gates Foundation?
2007-12-17 13:22:22.0 pcharles: Mr. Pillar- your statements here are in rather striking contrast to an article entitled "...victims of the Gates Foundation..."
2007-12-17 13:22:57.0 Charles Piller: Other charities already take their lead from Gates. And some have chosen different approaches, such as the Clinton Foundation. My guess is that everything Gates does is studied carefully for ideas by other charities.
2007-12-17 13:23:10.0 Stephen: You missed a real opportunity in this story. You could have evaluated the Gates Foundation as a catalyst to perhaps creating a new energy behind tacking global health issues and maybe, just maybe achieving the millenium development goals. You could have said that and then talked about the UK's announcement about the Internatinal Health Partnership and similiar new initiatives that are aimed at addressing health system strengthening. And then, watched it to see if it actually developed or is just a hot air.... that is where the debate is now.
2007-12-17 13:24:09.0 Stephen: Instead, you blamed Gates for pouring billions into Africa but not paying for a $35 valve.....
2007-12-17 13:24:57.0 Charles Piller: To be sure, the story left out much of the debate. But I think we covered some of the key issues clearly. And many health experts with experience in Africa share concerns about hte directions taken by large donors, of course.
2007-12-17 13:26:15.0 Charles Piller: The Gates foundation is indeed a catalyst--all the more reason to look closely at what it is doing, in order to help provide information that will increase its influence in the most favorable and successful ways. At least that's what we hope will result from the debate stimulated by the story.
2007-12-17 13:27:10.0 Sarah: But your article doesn't offer a helpful discussion of how to move forward to address these issues--you seem a bit myopically focused on taking Gates to task. I agree with stephen that this seems like a missed opportunity. You have a voice that most of us don't have, and it's disheartening to see reporters like you miss an opportunity to constructively advance such an important debate.
2007-12-17 13:27:12.0 Jane: Is there a charity or foundation that is, in your opinion, doing it "right" and filling in those gaps that you identified?
2007-12-17 13:28:16.0 Stephen: What you brought to the forefront is the need for a holistic approach to health care in Africa. But Gates had to start somewhere and unfortunately, you bashed them
2007-12-17 13:28:26.0 Charles Piller: Well, there are many that have tried a comprehensive approach. Three mentioned in my stories are worth a look: Doctors without Borders, Partners in Health and the Clinton Foundation. Irish Aid, an arm of the Irish government, is also giving funds in very creative ways.
2007-12-17 13:29:19.0 Chris: I imagine that if you examined any one of them closely with the approach you used with GF, you would find that despite the good each of them does, people are still dying from causes they do not address
2007-12-17 13:29:36.0 Administrator2: What is the most important constructive change that could be made in foundations like the Gates' in order to improve the work they are doing?
2007-12-17 13:29:59.0 Chris: Isn't that inherent in the nature of our world, with so many interrelated causes impacting people?
2007-12-17 13:30:06.0 Charles Piller: Thanks for the comment about "bashing" Gates. This story was written to point out some observations of our research, not as an attack on the Foundation. Much praise has rightfully been received by them as well.
2007-12-17 13:31:36.0 Charles Piller: Partners in Health has an interesting perspective--that the "limits" in what can be done in Africa are artificial. Some of their programs have demonstrated that the weaknesses in health aid programs are not inherent, but a matter of design.
2007-12-17 13:32:39.0 Administrator2: If they're right about that, what design changes are they calling for to improve health care in Africa?
2007-12-17 13:32:54.0 Stephen: Your lead in the story about a woman who benefited from ARTs thanks Gates but her baby died b/c Gates doesn't also fund the $35 valve that would have saved the child's life was not research. It was a misconstrued comparison that was completely inappropriate and was sadly, sensationalist.
2007-12-17 13:34:19.0 Charles Piller: My sense is that the Gates Foundation will change its approach to these issues over time. PArt of the problem is that they have to give away a lot of money each year, and that in itself can be a challenging burden to do in the most creative ways. As for the comparison of ART treatment and oxygen valves--I take your point. But bear in mind that these are not abstract issues or blind comparisons to the people in those nations whose babies are dying so often.
2007-12-17 13:34:53.0 Charles Piller: They view the comparison is life and death, and eminently fair.
2007-12-17 13:35:07.0 Stephen: Indeed, but thank goodness that Gates is trying to at least solve part of the problem.
2007-12-17 13:35:26.0 Administrator2: How much are they spending annually? And how much of it is directed at Africa specifically?
2007-12-17 13:35:31.0 Michael: They might view the comparison as fair, but I doubt they'd put all of the blame for the lack of a valve on the Gates Foundatoin
2007-12-17 13:35:35.0 Michael: You are the one who chose to do that
2007-12-17 13:36:32.0 Charles Piller: Gates, right now, gives a bit over $1.5 billion annually. It's hard to calculate precisely what goes to Africa, but the continent recieves much of the funding that does not go directly to US or research programs.
2007-12-17 13:37:33.0 NJS: Given that resources, even the Gates Foundation's resources, are finite, are you suggesting that existing money be diverted away from vertical programs in favor of health systems strengthening? Few people would disagree that health systems need to be improved and that more money needs to be invested, but should Gates-funded programs cut back on existing activities? Whereas Nyoba's daughter may not have died in a better health system, Nyoba may not have survived long enough to have a child without her AIDS drugs
2007-12-17 13:39:39.0 Charles Piller: Even the Gates Foundation can't pay for everything. But thinking carefully about what could have the most benefiicial effects is the goal, I think. The point, in part, is that things that don't cost a lot of money are lost in the rush to solve other problems. This is not inevitable--it's a matter of setting up programs more effectively. Few in the world of global healt dispute that point.
2007-12-17 13:40:07.0 pcharles: Having worked in developing countries on issues of vaccine design and testing, I can attest to the difficulty of trying to do "everything." A holistic approach sounds wonderful, but is virtually impossible to achieve in practice. Where do you draw the line? I have visited villages where there was no running water, little food, and virtually no healthcare. If we (as medical researchers) tried to feed, clothe, and provide medication for all of the needs that we saw, there would be no time to or funding to do what we were there in the first place.
2007-12-17 13:41:42.0 Charles Piller: Yes, the probems require tough choices. We tried to point out in the story that some decriptions of the programs benefits have not been demonstrated in the experience of the people, or in the data that are collected.
2007-12-17 13:42:02.0 Administrator2: What first drew your attention to the Gates Foundation and do you plan on expanding the scope of your investigation to include other charities?
2007-12-17 13:42:25.0 Charles Piller: Tough choices don't mean settling for less than a better outcome.
2007-12-17 13:43:08.0 Charles Piller: We chose to look at Gates because it's the biggest and most importnat foundation on the planet. We may look at other philanthropies in future.
2007-12-17 13:43:39.0 pcharles: I think there must be a point at which the world hold the governments in developing countries accountable for their actions. I think it is far more likely that the money that could have been used for a valve was spent on buying machine gun ammunition than that it went away in some sort of brain-drain, higher salary for GF nurses scenario.
2007-12-17 13:45:05.0 Charles Piller: It's a good point, and one the Dr. Yamada of the Gates Foundation also made. The health officials I spoke with in Africa said that they knew that they were responsible for their own nations' improvements. Of course, corruption or ineptitude in government is a problem worldwide.
2007-12-17 13:46:00.0 Administrator2: What was your hope, in writing this story, for the best possible outcome to develop from it? And what can readers to do help, if they're so inclined?
2007-12-17 13:46:19.0 Sarah: why didn't you acknowledge GAVI's $500 million investment in basic health systems announced at Davos last year? That seems to be a perfect example of GAVi and Gates doing exactly what you are claiming they do not do.
2007-12-17 13:47:01.0 Charles Piller: Bear in mind that the Gates Foundation is not a passive player in the policies of big aid groups or even of national governments. What they decide and do matters greatly in how such programs are constructed and run. As for the GAVI investment you mention...it's in the story, clearly noted. Sorry you missed that point.
2007-12-17 13:48:34.0 Charles Piller: This is a nuanced issue--much good is being done by Gates and their grantees. But doing good things, we thought, shouldn't indemnify the foundation from having its influence and effectiveness looked at closely.
2007-12-17 13:49:34.0 Stephen: Yes agreed but in the context of the bigger picture and in a less sensationalistic way.
2007-12-17 13:50:14.0 Charles Piller: To ignore issues--including weaknesses in how aid for health is given or administered--might contribute to more misery. If you view the reporting as sensationalistic, of course, that's your perspective and I appreciate hearing it.
2007-12-17 13:50:20.0 Administrator2: Is your investigation still going on? Is there more to come on this story?
2007-12-17 13:50:43.0 Charles Piller: At this time, I can't say precisely which direction we will be going.
2007-12-17 13:50:52.0 Sarah: I think the issue many of us have is with your focus on "what Gates is doing wrong," instead of, what would be better, which would be a focus on how we can improve global health. Normally I'd take issue with criticizing an article for what it did not aim to achieve, but in this context, I feel it's appropriate.
2007-12-17 13:51:46.0 Charles Piller: I suggest you take a look at the companion story about Partners in Health. It's addresses exactly what you are asking for.
2007-12-17 13:52:11.0 Stephen: Credit goes to you for raising the systems strengthening issue but you seemed to have an agenda against Gates in this piece. Yes, that my perspective and I k now you appreciate hearing it..... but perhaps you should ask yourself if you are being biased.
2007-12-17 13:52:29.0 Administrator2: If readers only take one piece of information away from your story, what should that one thing be?
2007-12-17 13:53:19.0 Charles Piller: Perhaps that it's best to exercise skepticism about claims of great benefits in global health--while always supporting efforts to do better and save more lives.
2007-12-17 13:53:48.0 pcharles: Sarah and Stephan- agreed. The piece was obviously biased in a "GF does this wrong, and is contributing to human misery" sort of way. I have not read the companion piece, but that is not what we are here talking about.
2007-12-17 13:54:01.0 Administrator2: Folks, we're almost out of time and will need to wrap up shortly. Please send any final questions or comments now!
2007-12-17 13:56:30.0 NJS: Are you surprised by the reader reactions to your article? There haven't been that many people coming forward to praise it for raising the issues you chose to focus on.
2007-12-17 13:58:05.0 pcharles: My final comment is simply to reiterate that I thought the title was unnecessarily provocative, and the choice of vignettes seemed mostly based on their shock value- all aimed at making the GF look bad.
2007-12-17 13:58:19.0 Charles Piller: Many of the comments online have been critical, but I've also gotten a lot of other feedback. These are challenging issues, and I think many people out there are concerned about raising concerns about the Gateses, who have given away so much money. So it's not unexpected. I'd just like to thank everyone for their thoughtful comments.
2007-12-17 13:59:25.0 Administrator2: Thank you, Charles, for taking time out to chat with us, and thank you to all who participated! If you missed any of today's chat, a transcript will be available later this afternoon at https://chat.latimes.com. Have a great day, everyone.
2007-12-17 13:59:35.0 pcharles: adios.
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The new iMac display is not set behind the cover glass — it's right up against it. The LCD itself is 5 mm thinner than before, and we used an advanced process called full lamination to eliminate a 2-mm gap between the LCD and the glass, something that has never been done on a display this large. Although it may not seem like much, those few millimeters are enough to make images look as if they're leaping off the glass. Full lamination has a second major benefit: It eliminates the reflection of light off the LCD panel and off the back of the display's cover glass. But we also figured out how to reduce reflection off the front of the glass without compromising color quality. Instead of applying an antireflective coating to the glass in a conventional way, we adapted a process used on smaller surfaces like camera lenses and fighter pilots' helmets. It's called plasma deposition, and it involves coating the glass with layers of silicon dioxide and niobium pentoxide so precise and so thin they're measured in atoms. The result: an astounding 75 percent reduction in reflectivity — and vibrant, accurate colors.
OK, so some of that is marketing speak, but the one thing you can say about Apple is they are always doing something groundbreaking related to making screens fit into thinner housings. Another interesting tidbit they mentioned, is that each display is being put through its own extensive color correction test before shipping, ensuring that the displays are all individually calibrated. That might not seem like a big deal, but Apple has always delivered stunning color performance, and this will most likely remove any inconsistencies.
Apple is also introducing new hybrid drives into the iMacs and the Mac Mini. They take an SSD and a traditional spinning drive and fuse them together for better performance, which they've aptly named Fusion Drives. This technology is not new, but it's certainly new for Apple and OSX, and it will give you all the benefits of having a fast SSD drive (faster load times and a speedier workflow overall) but without sacrificing on total space. They are offering configurations that go all the way to 3TB with these Fusion Drives, so you won't have to choose between speed or space -- you can have both.
The new 13" Macbook Pro interestingly enough has a similar resolution as the 15" computer, 2560 x 1600 vs. 2880 x 1800. Obviously not all programs are Retina-capable yet, but it definitely makes the case for high resolution films above 1080p. If 2K and above screens become commonplace, why not release your film in multiple higher-res versions similar to Tom Lowe's Timescapes? They've also added USB 3.0 to this computer as well as the rest of the product lines, including the Mac Mini. It's a relief that Apple has decided to support both Thunderbolt and USB 3, as there have been far more devices (namely external hard drives) made for the USB 3 spec.
Apple still has not delivered a new Mac Pro, but as Tim Cook said, we will probably see a new one in 2013. How about Retina iMacs? There's a good chance that Apple has not been able to get the price down on the screens for those, but when they do, it's likely we will be seeing a 4K or 5K screen. That would surely be a must-buy for a lot of RED owners, actually being able to see their footage on a native or close-to-native screen for only a few thousand dollars. Only time will tell though, we'll just have to wait until 2013 to find out.
You can read more about the announcements and pre-order or order these products by going to the Apple website.
What do you guys think? Which announcements are you interested in? What do you think about the new iMacs?
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October 23, 2012 at 3:05PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Yes, full details here: http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/review-2/review-final-cut-pro-x-1006-a-ma...
Official Apple page here: http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/in-action/full-sail/
RED support (including RED ROCKET), saved in/out points, multichannel audio editing on the timeline, plus... anamorphic 4:2 support to make some people very happy.
October 23, 2012 at 3:35PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Wow, Adobe had that for how long?
October 23, 2012 at 3:44PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
October 23, 2012 at 4:10PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
LoL, that's probably the last time you used Adobe.
October 23, 2012 at 6:54PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I still use AfterEffects pretty regularly, although that's mostly out of habit. Stepping into Premiere, however, feels like something out the dial-up era. It's ghastly.
October 23, 2012 at 7:51PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
My dog is better than your dog.
Or Not.
October 24, 2012 at 6:19AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
October 23, 2012 at 3:52PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Avid is for dinosaurs, like you. What are you, like 40? Jesus.
October 23, 2012 at 4:08PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
It's good to know that I'm not the only one you're kind of an ass to John
October 23, 2012 at 4:27PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
dude im the nicest guy ever to you i read your blog and shit
October 23, 2012 at 6:36PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I am happy you read my blog, but idk man, the comment you left on the post about my pocket guides was pretty snarky. Afterward I went and read some of the comments you've left on this site before. I'm not saying you're wrong with anything you say, but a bit of tact might go a long way.
October 23, 2012 at 9:15PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I honestly can't tell if John is just joking and sarcasm is terrible through the internet, trolling and really attempting to annoy people, or if he actually stands by what he's saying. 'Tis the mysteries of the internet, really.
October 23, 2012 at 9:43PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I think the important question on the iMac for us is do the video cards in there offer CUDA acceleration that's good enough for our post needs. If so, how much value would the Mac Pro be in a file-based native workflow?
October 23, 2012 at 3:08PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
All the new iMacs use NVIDIA graphics cards also! Great news for us Adobe CS6 editors and Motion Graphics artists!
October 23, 2012 at 3:09PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Yes!!! That's great indeed for us CS6 editors...
October 23, 2012 at 4:32PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'm confused, I thought one of the big changes with CS6 was that Mercury was supported on Open CL, and not just CUDA...as in a lot more Mac models would be able to edit better? Not the case? Where did I read that...
October 23, 2012 at 5:40PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'm pretty intrested in the new iMacs. I know that better aesthetics do not increase performance but this thin design is really astonishing! Nothing to say specwise, I'm sure they'll perform seamlessly.
October 23, 2012 at 3:09PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
at the very least, it'll save space on your desk
October 23, 2012 at 6:42PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
What about the new imac Nvidia gtx cards are they better for cs6due to cuda support?
October 23, 2012 at 3:13PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I think the new imac at full it,s better deal than the actual Macpro.
October 23, 2012 at 3:16PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'll probably get an iMac but what do you think of HP's computers like the Z620?
October 23, 2012 at 3:20PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Yeah I cant figure out if I wanna stick with Mac (All my software is for mac e.g. AE & C4D, although there are options for switching) or if I should buy a real workstation from hp or dell. I guess I would be getting more power for the money, right?
October 23, 2012 at 5:41PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
nofilmschool DOES have a great resource for building a hackintosh (Power/price of a PC but letting you run OSX)
October 23, 2012 at 9:45PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'm really souring on Apple. I'm reluctant to invest in much more of their tech since they're blatantly heading down the path of making consumer based technology that is all dependent on an iTunes/AppStore hub, and which is gradually phasing out support for all competitor products.
Not to mention to pure arrogance that's oozing from their TV spots lately, only to be contradicted within the following 12 months, if not 12 weeks. Look at the recent iPhone 5 ads, which boast "who needs a screen bigger than this? this is just common sense". 6 weeks later, they release the iPad Mini.
But, who's gonna call the biggest, most successful business of today out?
Viva la Hackintosh!
October 23, 2012 at 3:25PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
What a lot of people might want to know is, could you use the 27" iMac to work with native RAW from the Black Magic Cinema Camera – is it going to cut the mustard there?
Because if it does, that combination would be, financially speaking, very attractive.
October 23, 2012 at 3:34PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
APPLE is a joke, and the company is really comical these days. What interesting to me is the push for a better higher resolution screen when they dont even include blu ray bays/drives in their technolgy. The company will find every excuse or walk around answer for not including the technology. This is the same company that took two years to include copy and past in the ios moble platform.
October 23, 2012 at 3:37PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'm increasingly questioning what the best computing set up is these days. I'm committed to the Apple ecosystem and have an 8-core MacPro (2008) which, while still adequate, is showing it's age particularly in light of things like Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, HDMI, and flash.
Given the refreshes announced today, what are people's thoughts about the best Apple set up for those of us without huge financial resources? Is it the new iMac? Is it the MacMini with lots of externals? Is it a MacBook Pro with an external monitor and peripherals?
It seems like NoFilmSchool.com is a good forum for this kind of discussion.
October 23, 2012 at 3:44PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Unfortunately, Apple keeps making this tougher and tougher with every round of updates. There's no clear answer, really, as each model has huge pros and cons in terms of editing. And meanwhile, speaking of Pros, the Mac Pro remains completely neglected for yet another product cycle. I'm not into the whole Hackintosh thing when it comes to professional work, so that's not an option either.
I'd say Apple has about another year left before it needs to release a product targeted directly at the pro market, otherwise video editors will really have to consider PCs again.
October 23, 2012 at 4:01PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'm not terribly tech savvy when it comes to computers, but what kind of power can you get from networking a few mac minis in comparison to one MacPro tower? Obviously you'd need some kind of workaround to make up for the lack of high end graphics cards, but shouldn't the divided workload make up for the shortfall in pure grunt? Or are the transfer speeds on thunderbolt still not fast enough?
I've heard of people running an offline/online set up like that, working off proxys on one system and doing the final render shared over a few smaller computers, but I don't know enough to know whether that's an effective solution, or just a cheap workaround.
October 23, 2012 at 4:35PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
The answer to a question like this is completely dependent on the exact specifics of a use case. Some application and needs can be handled very well through parallel/grid computing, others would experience no speed increase whatsoever...also you need to consider how much power you're using (buying a bunch of old G5 machines is cheap and they have a lot of FLOPS, but how much do they cost to air condition and operate...ah right that's why they're cheap).
October 23, 2012 at 5:47PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
agree especially considering the fact that CS6 has unlimited multi cam features that are only limited by hardware, Macs are really getting long in tooth and while screen resolution is "nice and all", at the end of the day regular hd is suffiecient enough to edit on. Retina displays on just a decent computer is like trying to turn a "eye candy" only beautiful woman who has no skills other than looking beautiful and trying to turn her into a house wife, it just doesnt work in the long haul and you end up spending more money making up for lesser situation.
October 23, 2012 at 7:45PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I've switched back to a PC after 10 years on MAC (FCP 7). Signed up to Adobe Cloud and have all the apps on both my editing PC (Windows 7) and MacBook Air.
Got an i7 3.4 with dedicated graphics card, lots of RAM, memory etc. for $700.
Apple was just too expensive to get a really fast machine......and Premiere Pro works great on Windows with the DSLR & RED footage that I use.
October 23, 2012 at 4:29PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Finally some sense.
We use Premiere, After Effects, Avid and FCP7. We make a lot of the tv and movies you watch. Nothing announced today, re hardware or software makes Apple compelling for enterprise or for the single professional user. I understand people are using FCPX, I've recommended it to some, but it literally doesn't exist in the current pro environment. A couple of iterations on, when we're all shooting RAW for 4K broadcast, who knows.
October 23, 2012 at 9:26PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
FCPX is for at-home-hobbyists. All the pros use Avid or Premiere. Avid have been in poor financial health for a while, so no point in spending time learning Media Composer if its future is in question. Abobe Anywhere (coming in 2013) is going to create a whole new career field for remote editors, and become the new driver in client collaboration.
October 24, 2012 at 3:02PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Dude...you should list exact specs on machines, software, etc., you guys use to create those projects: movies, tv shows. I'm directing-editng my first low bud indie feature since film school and am trying to get a solid list together of all needed for post. Thx.
October 25, 2012 at 9:22PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I've been waiting for a new cinema display that I hoped was coming out today. Now what to do? I imagine it will be along the lines of the new iMac so definitely worth waiting for...anybody have any ideas? Nothing over at Mac Rumors.
October 23, 2012 at 4:57PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'm very interested by the newly retina-equipped 13" notebook, but I'm concerned about the same thing that concerns me about the other 13" model, no switching video. If there's no NVIDIA chipset on board to kick into "high gear" when editing, just how frustrating (or not) will those Intel 4000 graphics be? FCP X is one thing, but what if you want to use Premiere Pro CS6 or other CS6 applications that involve the Mercury Playback Engine?
I read somewhere (it's driving me nuts, digging through browser history now) that the inclusion of OpenCL in addition to CUDA support in CS6 was going to expand the pool of Mac hardware that can most effectively be used with Adobe applications...but the source was thin on details. Is gaining all those extra pixels in a smaller notebook really that much of a dream if you can't get Mercury acceleration? Someone who's more familiar with all this, please let me know!
October 23, 2012 at 5:50PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I also am interested in upgrading my 13" Macbook to one of the Retina display models, but it appears Apple is protecting models higher in their lineup by only offering Intel HD 4000 graphics on all of the 13" Macbook. Apparently, Apple doesn't think 1700 USD is enough to get you a laptop with a dedicated graphics card so you need to step up to one of the 15" models starting at $1800.
October 25, 2012 at 4:47AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
good thing some of us got a hackintosh no thank to koo :D
October 23, 2012 at 6:14PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Who owns 13" MBP for editing work? I was considering purchasing one of these for basic REDiting, but I've seen over on reduser that there are complaints of REDcine being to small for even 15" MBPs.
October 23, 2012 at 6:32PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
the regular 13" is kinda cramped...most of my friends have one but they are not filmmakers, just like artists in general and stuff. It's nice for viewing dailies and stuff, but yeah, the screen is barely over 720p. The retina sounds interesting for mobile editing though
October 23, 2012 at 6:39PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
13" is basically impossibly tight for video editing. I have a 15" hi-res @ 1680 x 1050 (not retina), which is the smallest resolution I feel comfortable using as a primary editing display. The 13" Retina seems like an interesting choice, although I worry about the integrated graphics.
October 23, 2012 at 7:59PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I would say that even the latest 13" Retina would be pushing it for RED, dual processors and only 8GB or RAM is probably not enough. Thinking of upgrading myself as I'm starting to get a lot more projects where we have the option to shoot RAW and R3D, I do cherish portability, but it looks to me like the new iMac might be a more sensible option (for those not made of money).
October 23, 2012 at 6:56PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I know what you mean - I just at least want a way to travel light when I have to shoot somewhere for a week - my 2006 MBP can't comprehend 1080p footage, and lugging my iMac around would be insane! Maybe the refurbished 17" or even the newer, non-retina 15" will do for basic editing work and dumping.
October 23, 2012 at 9:27PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Any of the last few 15" models would make a far better choice for video editing and similar use cases because, as far as I know, none of the 13" models (including these brand new ones) have switching video. The larger models have more room for a second, hotter GPU and the extra battery capacity it demands so they can shift back and forth between NVIDIA and Intel chipsets. The smaller ones are Intel only (not so hot, in both meanings of the phrase).
October 24, 2012 at 7:34AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Why can I not find any mention anywhere on line of the processors in the IMAC? Is the i7 IVY BRIDGE?
How good is it in actual numbers compared to Sandy Bridge? You think there will be a 6 core processor set in iMAC someday?
October 23, 2012 at 9:12PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Check out Primate Labs - they benchmark all of the new Apple machines
October 26, 2012 at 2:13AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I was looking into building Koo's Hac Pro for a new editing/color grading workstation, but was waiting to see what the new iMac line would offer. I'm a little hesitant about building a hackintosh, but at the same time i'd like to build something powerful enough to work with 4k footage. Does anyone have any suggestions?
October 23, 2012 at 9:55PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I think it depends on how these nVidia GPUs in the iMacs benchmark. Yes, they're nVidia which is great for CUDA and other visual work, but they are the MOBILE version of nVidia cards -- primarily designed for laptops. The 680MX looks like no slouch; two Thunderbolt ports gives you the ability to expand externally to a certain extent; and 32GB of RAM should be adequate for just about anything (though I'm sure it will come at a price premium compared to buying it yourself) -- but if the base 27" model with a Core i5 and 8GB of RAM starts at $2k, how much will a fully spec'd-out one run? If it's $4k, at that point you're in Mac Pro territory... and I hate the idea of having to throw out the monitor when you want to upgrade the computer.
October 24, 2012 at 8:43AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Thanks Ryan. I'm gonna go with your hacintosh because I know it's capable of handling what I need at a better price. Hopefully one day when I have a bigger budget Apple will have released a better MacPro!
October 24, 2012 at 11:42AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
YES. We have voiced our concerns, and Apple has finally been listening to what pro users really need - thinner desktops.
October 23, 2012 at 10:40PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
...it`s getting very easy to spot amateurs, these days, not only do they still use toys/apple but they seem to be proud about it...must`ve been the same type of proudness the old film editors had about their steenbecks or moviolas...
October 24, 2012 at 1:11AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Maybe the marketing dept. should remove the fake glare from the image as well :)
October 24, 2012 at 2:46AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
They put cuda's in there and hybrid SSD thingy's? I am definitely getting a new imac.
October 24, 2012 at 2:46AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
$20 says that we can't replace the RAM ourselves in the iMac.
October 24, 2012 at 5:11AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Once again Apple does what they are best at: Saying that what they are doing is revolutionary and convincing lots of people to buy the 'new thing' again this year.
October 24, 2012 at 6:23AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Correction: the iPad gained a Lightning connector (like the new iPhone 5), not a Thunderbolt port.
October 25, 2012 at 12:44PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Agreed. Even more baffling since there's no such thing as a "thunderbolt" in real life but there is a "lightning bolt". Not Apple's shining moment in naming.
October 25, 2012 at 6:00PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
November 1, 2012 at 6:21PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I'll be getting one of these based on the fact that it has an NVIDIA PCIe 3.0 cuda card in it. It may not be the best card on the entire planet but it's better than my current iMac which does not have an NVIDIA card in it. I'm not complaining too much about it. I just get it and keep working.
October 25, 2012 at 1:15PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
What is the best option today if you have around 3000 usd? a Mac Pro? an Imac? a built hackintosh? an Alienware Aurora or another PC?
October 30, 2012 at 9:01PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
A thinner iMac? Who cares? We don't have to carry them in our backpacks or pockets.
I'm actually a little worried about it b/c when thinner and smaller becomes so incredibly important to them, cooling and higher power gets sacrificed.
The fusion drives and Nvidia chips look good though...
November 1, 2012 at 6:25PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM


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"It's like an orgasm," says diner in latest Carl's Jr. ad
Jun 24, 2008
By Nancy Luna, Staff Writer and Blogger
The Los Angeles ad agency behind the sexy Carl's Jr. ads are now focusing on reality TV-inspired commercials.
The latest Carl's Jr. and Hardee's ad features a super fake out of customers dining at a faux Los Angeles fine dining restaurant. Unbeknownst to diners: they are chowing on Six Dollar fast-food burgers from Carl's Jr. -- not "fancy" gourmet burgers.
I just watched the aptly named "Fake Restaurant" commercial -- and it is another elaborate undertaking by Mendelsohn Zien. The Los Angeles ad firm is the mastermind behind Carl's Jr.'s sexy, messy, drippy ads. (Think, the sultry and sudsy "That's Hot" Paris Hilton commercial or the controversial Flat Buns ad.)
For this ad, the agency, created a fake white table cloth restaurant in Malibu complete with chic decor, a stone fireplace, glass stemware and valet parking. The restaurant even had "phony" reviews on display.
The experiment: Could the Six Dollar Carl's Jr./Hardee's Angus burger pass for fine dining eats -- and prices? Menu prices ranged from $14 to $20 -- more than triple the price of a regular fast-food Angus burger sold at Carl's Jr. or Hardee's.
Using hidden cameras, the commercial captures a pair of diners walking into "Grade A Restaurant" in the Malibu hills.
One of the diners is an accomplice hired by FriedFish Productions, a Los Angeles film company that specializes in reality TV productions.Carl's Jr. new ad campaign promotes a new Prime Rib Six Dollar Burger, which debuts next month in SoCal.
The paid accomplice lures a friend, dubbed "the mark," to this new "boutique" burger restaurant. Menu choices are limited to a Prime Rib burger (at right) and four varieties of gourmet Angus burgers, the server tells the diners.
In every case, the unsuspecting "mark" gives the burgers rave reviews.
The expression -- "reality is better than fiction" -- plays out well in this campaign. Carl's Jr. could not have asked for better, scripted reactions from the faked-out diners:
"Do you see this burger dude? It's colossal," one man says.
"This is a tasty burger," says another.
"It's like an orgasm," one diner says after eating a $14 Prime Rib Six Dollar burger. (That burger, by the way, is the reason for the new ad campaign. Hardee's is now serving the prime rib burger, while Carl's Jr. restaurants will get it next month.)
Beth Mansfield, a Carl's Jr. spokeswoman, said the diners were "absolutely" in the dark until the end of the meal when they paid the check. Once they were told they were part of reality TV commercial, the customers signed deals with the fast-food chain to have their mugs used for the ad. (The "real people" featured in the commercial are shown in the above photo.)
Let's hope the ad campaign works: CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, spent $1.5 million making the commercial. To boot, the chain will spend $20 million airing the ad nationally for the next 12 months.
So, does this reality TV show campaign mean Carl's Jr. is scrapping its edgy/sexy ads?
"We didn't say that," Mansfield chuckles.
To view the commercial, go to fakerestaurant.com or click on the above photo.


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