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The Romantic theme of the wanderer runs through Seong-Jin Cho's latest solo album / WFMT: Featured New ReleasePosted At : June 4, 2020 12:00 AM
The Romantic theme of the wanderer, a free spirit undertaking a journey into the self, runs through Seong-Jin Cho's latest solo album. The globetrotting Korean pianist's program includes two monuments of the 19th-century repertoire – Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy and Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor. The album also contains Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1, a single-movement work of extraordinary intensity. All three compositions grow from a simple theme or melodic gesture which is then transformed in the course of a voyage of variation, development, and discovery. "This music looks forwards and backwards at once," notes Cho. "What fascinates me is the (three) composers' ability to create great art from just a few elements. The way they develop the works' entire fabric from a single motif is fascinating." For Thursday June 4, 2020 - Seong-Jin Cho - The Wanderer is the WFMT: Chicago 'Featured New Release'
Libera set for online concert during COVID - 19 pandemicPosted At : June 3, 2020 12:00 AM
On Saturday 6th June, Libera were due to perform a concert in Ely Cathedral in the UK. Due to the COVID - 19 pandemic, this event has been postponed - but......... there will still be a Concert - a Mini-Concert which will be shown online! Please join us at 7 30pm UK time, when we will be singing on-line with an orchestra like we've never done before! This will be shown as a YouTube Premier and the concert will be remain on-line after that first 'transmission'. This concert is free for all to watch. But if you are able to make a donation to help us with the cost of presenting it we would be very grateful. UK Taxpayers can donate using JustGiving. All others can use Paypal.
Michael Whalen chats with 97.9:KBOGPosted At : June 3, 2020 12:00 AM
Michael Whalen's "Sacred Spaces" is an epic recording nearly ten years in the making. Whalen said; "I have been pursuing a spiritual 'awakening' for most of my adult life. Over the past decade, I realized that I am 100 percent responsible for whatever my relationship with a 'higher being' might be." Filled with sonic landscapes built from hundreds of layers of sound, "Sacred Spaces" is Michael's tour-de-force electronic project, which seamlessly blends his natural gift for melody with fresh textures and percolating rhythms. Deeply inspired by Michael's film and TV work and his love for progressive rock, "Sacred Spaces" is the ambient recording of the year. Michael Whalen spoke with Oregon's KBOG Radio about the recording. Listen to the attached interview
Igor Levit on Surviving a Satie Marathon / The New York Times Q&APosted At : May 31, 2020 12:00 AM
The pianist Igor Levit is always one-upping himself. His recordings have swollen from a collection of four Beethoven sonatas to the entire cycle; his performances, from a traditional recital to, as of Sunday, a livestream lasting over 15 hours. In an extraordinary act of musical self-flagellation, Mr. Levit played Erik Satie's "Vexations" - a mysterious and absurd work consisting only of four lines repeated 840 times - to evoke and draw attention to the difficulties facing artists during the coronavirus pandemic. (Each iteration was printed on a single sheet of paper; they will be auctioned later to raise money for out-of-work musicians.) "Vexations" performances are extremely rare, and typically presented as a roughly 19-hour relay with a long roster of pianists. But Mr. Levit - accomplishing the unthinkable, if inadvisable - did it alone in a Berlin studio, starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday and finishing at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, relatively early even with scattered intermissions. If Mr. Levit's traversal, paid for using the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award he received in 2018, was brisk, it was only for small stretches. The tempo direction is "très lent" ("very slowly"), which he started with and often returned to. But there were flashes in which he hurriedly pecked the keyboard as if jaded and exasperated, understandably dropping notes along the way. "I got so tired that literally my fingers stopped moving," Mr. Levit said in an interview on Sunday. "Maybe a chord came a second late, but nobody died because of it. I'm OK with that; it's part of the performance." At no point, he said, did he feel like he wasn't going to finish. And he avoided scaring himself beforehand with the piece's history, like in 1970 when Peter Evans quit after 595 repetitions, claiming to have had evil thoughts and visions. Pianists who take on "Vexations," he later said, "do so at their own great peril." Mr. Levit may have felt confident, but his facial expressions betrayed frustrated exhaustion. He sometimes slouched or stared emptily into the distance, or held a palm to his reddened forehead - given a persistent sheen by sweat - as if in despair. The fascinating livestream occasionally slid into something more disturbingly voyeuristic, like witnessing a private crisis of faith and bracing for it to all go wrong. But it didn't. If anything, Mr. Levit found renewed focus near the end, returning to a slow, even drawn-out tempo for what is inevitably an anticlimax. When I heard "Vexations" at the Guggenheim Museum in 2017, the audience didn't realize it was over until the pianist stood up from his bench. There was clearer finality in Mr. Levit's performance. He had been tossing the sheet music of each repetition onto the floor, and once he got rid of the last one, he slowly closed the lid of the piano, held his face in his hands and walked away, nonchalantly picking his iPhone off a side table on the way out. He slept for only a few hours before resuming his Sunday as usual. In the early evening, still riding a high from "Vexations," he spoke about his experience with it and what might come next. Here are edited excerpts from the conversation.
Where do you even start with preparing for this? From the beginning of planning to the concert was about three and a half or four weeks. And I didn't train for it at all. I tried to play it at home, but without pressure and the actual thing happening - honestly, I got bored. There was no point of just playing it. There couldn't have been any emotional preparation, but I did have a musical goal. I told myself: I am not playing performance art, not stoically in the same tempo. I wanted to just let myself go, to do as much as I could to make it like a piece, like storytelling. Did it leave you in any sort of pain? I'm not making this up: I'm feeling really good. I have no back or hand issues, no headache. What about psychologically? There were moments of anger, there were moments of fear, sadness, devastation. But these were touchable moments for me more than anything psychological. In the middle, I looked at where I was and thought: There are still 590 to go, what the heck? It took me about half an hour to get through that, but it was really the only moment where I thought, not that I wasn't going to make it, but that I was annoyed. I feel like that showed in your playing. I just let myself go. And I wasn't thinking about questions about the dynamics; it was just following my emotions. Sometimes that was just counting every single number. But there were also moments where I was thinking about how I'm playing this piece while the U.S. is burning. This country I love so much - I felt a great level of despair and anger. I can't tell you that it translated into the music, but it at least translated into me. A very long part of the performance was driven by this thought. Were you keeping up with the news during the intermissions? This was the first time since the bloody iPhone was invented that I didn't have it with me for 16 hours! But I had seen the news from Minneapolis the night before. Then what were you doing when you weren't playing? Peeing. Sorry if that's not a good answer. But I was drinking water all the time, probably five and a half liters at least. I was really sorry to have to stop. I do not like intermissions; it's really hard to stand up. I wish I could play concerts without them. What comes after something like "Vexations"? I honestly don't know. This morning, my friends came over for coffee and I opened my iPad and Googled "the longest piano pieces ever." And 90 percent of what comes out is Sorabji. Then Frederic Rzewski's "The Road," which is an incredible cycle. He once told me it's like "War and Peace" music. So you're not going to just take a break. Are you kidding? Of course not. PHOTO: Stephan Zwickirsch
Sharon Isbin, Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash: "Love Avalanche" from 'Strings for Peace' makes NPR Music's No. 1 Albums And Songs Of MayPosted At : June 1, 2020 12:00 AM
At the end of every month, the NPR Music team picks their favorite albums and songs. Everyone has their passions and they vary widely, from the Atlanta rapper Deante' Hitchcock to the Australian ambient artist Madeleine Cocolas. On this week's show, we hear the No. 1 albums and songs of May as picked by our staff. There's the Portland band MAITA, which features a singer who entered our Tiny Desk contest in 2018. We also have the 20-year-old Eve Owen (who released an album produced by The National's Aaron Dessner), a team-up between classical guitarist Sharon Isbin and Indian sarod master Ayaan Ali Bangash, and Buscabulla, a duo from Puerto Rico who met in New York City and returned to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria to rediscover their home. And then there's brilliant jazz guitar playing from the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio and joy from Scotland's Vistas. "Love Avalanche" a cool East-meets-West raga featuring multiple Grammy-winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin paired with the Indian sarod master Ayaan ali Bangash. - Tom Huizenga
'The Dream' from Oded Tzur - Here Be Dragons featured on Punto Radio - animajazzPosted At : June 1, 2020 12:00 AM
In episode 921 of "ANIMAJAZZ", conceived and conducted by BRUNO POLLACCI , broadcast on TUESDAY 2 June at 20.30, on PUNTORADIO, also streaming on www.puntoradio.fm and in an immediate podcast on http: // animajazz. eu will be the protagonists of the evening, which include; "The Dream"; by ODED TZUR from "Here Be Dragons" Here Be Dragons is the ECM debut of New York based, Tel Aviv born tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur, one of the most strikingly original musicians to have emerged from Israeli's creative jazz scene in recent years, and the leader of an outstanding group. Oded Tzur has found a new and personal sound for the tenor saxophone. Inspired by his extensive studies from 2007 onward with bansuri master Hariprasad Chaurasia, he has mastered the graceful slides of Indian classical music and brought raga's sense of pitch fluidity and microtonal shading into a jazz context. His pieces elegantly explore and unfold their melodic and atmospheric implications in a context of subtle group interaction. Structurally, each of Tzur's compositions on Here Be Dragons sets out to develop a "miniature raga" over a moving bass, juxtaposing two musical concepts. Oded: "The dialogue between these dimensions takes us wherever it takes us." The ragas deployed in the pieces "Here Be Dragons", "20 Years" and "The Dream" are of Oded's creation, while "To Hold Your Hand" uses an Indian scale called Charukesi and operates on similar principles. He stresses, however, that "raga is, for me, a universal concept. I hear its connection to synagogue prayers, or to the blues – a marvellous creation – and to music all around the world." Ancient and modern traditions are referenced in Oded's work, including traditions of storytelling. "If music has the ability to tell stories," suggested All About Jazz, "saxophonist Oded Tzur proves himself one of the jazz world's premier storytellers." Tzur's concept is also broad enough to embrace some unexpected song choices, and the album concludes with a tender interpretation of "Can't Help Falling In Love", made famous by Elvis Presley. We remind you that "ANIMAJAZZ" can be heard on TUESDAY at 20.30 in immediate podcast on http://animajazz.eu and the "DOWNLOAD" of the episode can be made, free of charge, from the podcasts area. Happy listening. "ANIMAJAZZ" in collaboration with the PISA ACADEMY OF ART. SEE THE PAGE
Lara Downes plays npr: tiny desk homePosted At : May 30, 2020 12:00 AM
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit - stripped-down sets, an intimate setting - just a different space. Lara Downes thrives on collaboration. Her new album features Toshi Reagon, the vocal ensemble MUSICALITY and the string quartet called PUBLIQuartet. But in this intimate piano recital from her home in Sacramento, Calif., her only collaborators are her son Simon, who takes on cinematography duties, and her beloved pooch, Kona. The songs, all from her recent album Some of These Days, might be old, but they are strong statements that resonate in new ways. From Margaret Bonds, one of the first celebrated African-American women composers, there's "Troubled Water," a poignant riff on the spiritual "Wade in the Water" that Downes says takes a "journey from classical virtuosity to gospel, jazz, blues and back again." Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's arrangement of "Deep River," for Downes, now represents "crossing over" the coronavirus crisis, while Florence Price's "Some of These Days," is a vision of better times ahead. In a moment of vulnerability, Downes admits that not being out on the road – performing, embedded in communities and working with young people – makes her feel "not very useful." But in these performances there's a sturdiness and purpose that provide both comfort and the strength to carry on. Very useful, indeed. SET LIST "Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water" "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River" "Florence Proce: Some Of These Days" LISTEN
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Ludovico Einaudi :
12 Songs From HomeLudovico Einaudi today releases a special 12-track digital collection, '12 Songs From Home', out digitally on Decca Records on 8thMay 2020 with artwork drawn by the composer.
El-P :
Capone OMPSMilan Records Today Releases Capone (Original Motion Picture Score) With Music By The Grammy-Nominated Run The Jewels' Producer And Rapper El-P.
Owen Pallett :
Spaceship EarthMilan Records announces today's release of SPACESHIP EARTH (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by composer, violinist, keyboardist and vocalist OWEN PALLETT.
Uno Helmersson :
The Painter and the Thief OMPSMilan Records today releases THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by award-winning composer Uno Helmersson.
John Scofield :
Swallow TalesGuitarist John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend and mentor Steve Swallow in an outgoing and spirited recording, made in an afternoon in New York City in March 2019 - "old school" style as Scofield says, acknowledging that more than forty years of preparation led up to it.
Grigory Sokolov :
Beethoven * BrahmsTypically, one half of a Sokolov programme enters his concert repertoire in October, the other half in February.
Aska Matsumiya :
BettyMilan Records and HBO today release BETTY (HBO ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK) with music by composer ASKA MATSUMIYA.
Nicola Benedetti :
Elgar Violin ConcertoGRAMMY award-winning Nicola Benedetti's new album on Decca Classics explores music by Britain's best loved composer, Edward Elgar.
Bear McCreary :
OutlanderSony Music today releases OUTLANDER: SEASON 5 (ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK) with music by EMMY® and BAFTA award-winning composer BEAR MCCREARY.
Tom Holkenborg :
White Lines - Music From The Netflix Original SeriMilan Records announces the release of WHITE LINES (MUSIC FROM THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES) with music by multi-platinum producer, musician, composer and educator TOM HOLKENBORG aka JUNKIE XL.
Sony Soundtracks - Keeping Score podcast features 1917's Jos Slovick in 'I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger'Posted: May 12, 2020 12:00 AM | By: Admin
Jos Slovick is the featured guest on Sony Soundtracks Keeping Score podcast, produced and hosted by Crossover Media's Max Horowitz. Jos gives us a glimpse into what it was like acting and singing in the film 1917, as well as his experience recording at Abbey Road Studios.
The folk song "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" was performed by Jos Slovick in the film 1917, directed by Sam Mendes.
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"I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" arrives in the wake of Thomas Newman's critically acclaimed score for 1917. Towards the end of the film, actor Jos Slovick appears as a British soldier singing the song to his fellow troops prior to battle. Of the release, Slovick says, "1917 is an incredible film to be part of. It felt like a special moment when we filmed that scene, and I'm so pleased it's resonating with people. Recording the song at Abbey Road Studios was a dream come true."
ABOUT THE FILM - Set at the height of the First World War, 1917 centers on two young British soldiers, Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), who are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers – Blake's own brother among them.
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I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger - from 1917 OMPS
Sony Music announces the special release of "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" from Sam Mendes' critically acclaimed film 1917. Released for the first time ever, the 3-track EP includes an a capella version of the track as originally performed in the film by actor Jos Slovick and arranged by Craig Leon, plus two newly recorded versions by Slovick of the classic American folk ballad
Of the release, actor and singer JOS SLOVICK says, "1917 is an incredible film to be part of. It felt like a special moment when we filmed that scene, and I'm so pleased it's resonating with people. Recording the song at Abbey Road Studios was a dream come true."


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Reports of Apple's pending Beats Electronics acquisition has left the vast majority of us scratching our heads, but if you thought this was just another spurious claim from anonymous supply chain blabbermouths, you can think again. Not only did the story come from reputable sources, but it has been all but confirmed by Dr. Dre himself.
In the short video below, a drunk Dre proclaims himself "the first billionaire in hip-hop" as he celebrates with friends.


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The art of the American movie trailer has been long dead. Hollywood should crib from the playbook of the Nigerian exorcist flick Mass Destruction, which sells the living crap out of a movie that is almost assuredly unwatchable.
Here's a review of this Nollywood horror drama via African Movies Direct:
After attending a late night party without the knowledge or consent of her parents Chief and his wife, Rose, Grace returns no longer herself, possessed by an unfamiliar spirit. As her behavior worsens, her parents seek the help of spiritual leader after spiritual leader all to no avail, that is, until they meet the pastor. Will the ensuing battle destroy the pastor's marriage and family? Will he live to declare the glory, mercies and grace of God against this demon bent on crushing him? Despite the title, nothing in the way of massive destruction takes place, though it seems to threaten to, at least in Grace's household.
This looks ways better than the Turkish Exorcist. Has anyone ever seen Mass Destruction? Is it as good as this preview? Is it like watching fireworks at a viking funeral on an ocean of ether? Inquiring minds need to know.
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10 years after Dallas: How well has the church addressed sexual abuse?
In 2002 a series of articles in the Boston Globe on the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in the Boston archdiocese—and the subsequent cover up of such cases by church leaders—brought to light a national epidemic within the Catholic Church. As past victims around the country began to come forward, the U.S. bishops met in June 2002 in Dallas and drafted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, a historic document that created new standards for addressing past abuse cases and implemented safeguards to prevent the future abuse of children.
In the decade since the charter was adopted there have been many changes to the way the church handles accusations of sexual abuse by clergy, but how successful has it been? Please take our reader survey below and let us know what you think has worked, what hasn't, and what more you'd like to see from the church in response to the abuse crisis.
Results of the survey, along with your feedback, will appear in our June 2012 issue to mark the 10th anniversary of the Dallas charter.


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Recognizing the best performances in high school athletics over the past week.
Alonzo Easter, Lincoln track and field: The senior hurdler was a dual winner at the Sheldon High Husky Invitational. He won the 110 high hurdles in 15.13 seconds, the best time recorded this year by a Sac-Joaquin Section hurdler. He also finished first in the 300 intermediate hurdles in 40.32.
Gabriella Alvarez, Bear Creek softball: The junior hurler threw her first no-hitter of the season, beating Franklin 1-0 behind five strikeouts and one walk.
Jesse Basilio, Stagg baseball: The Delta Kings senior was 2 for 3 with two doubles and was hit by a pitch in Stagg's 11-2 win over Millennium.
Justin Giovannoni, Linden baseball: The Lions junior threw six innings, allowing just two hits and no walks while striking out 12 in a 5-0 victory over Argonaut.
Iyana Hughes, Sierra softball: The senior No. 9 hitter went 3 for 3 with a triple and a run scored in a 5-0 win over Oakdale, the Valley Oak League champion three of the past four seasons.
Zack Perugi, Kimball baseball: The senior went 3 for 4 with three RBI in a 12-2 win over Lathrop to keep the Jaguars perfect at 9-0, and he allowed two runs over four innings to earn the victory.
Yesenia Rodriguez, Lincoln softball: The senior catcher and third baseman went 4 for 4 with two doubles and three RBI in a 13-2 win over Chavez.
Brittany Aoyama, Linden swimming: The Boise State-bound swimmer won the 50 and 100 freestyle and helped both the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams to victory in a 121-46 win over Calaveras.
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IDW Publishing: "Robots in Disguise" #7 Comic Book Review
General Information:
Title: "Interference Patterns"
Cover Price: $3.99 (US)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publishing Date: July 11, 2012
Written by: John Barber
Art by: Brendan Cahill
Colors by: Joana LaFuente
Letters by: Shawn Lee
Edits by: Carlos Guzman
While Orion Pax's adventures take place elsewhere, Cybertron is still filled with activity. As the story begins, Wheeljack is inside a Decepticon ship, snooping around in search of whatever they are hiding. As he goes through the ship, he remembers the events leading up to this espionage mission.
Previously, a Decepticon ship landed on Cybertron, revealing its captain as Turmoil, the Decepticon last seen confronting the Autobot known now as "Drift". Everyone is a bit reluctant to welcome Turmoil, but the big surprise is Metalhawk, who remembers Turmoil's campaign on the world of Dabola where he was stationed. He watched comrade after comrade fall. Turmoil reveals the truth however, that it was his then-second-in-command, the Transformer that would become Drift who gave those orders!
Much debate ensues regarding what to do about Turmoil and his crew. Turmoil claims all he wants to do is live in peace on Cybertron, but no one believes him. Without proof however, they have nothing to hold against him, and that's where Wheeljack comes in. As the Autobot sneaks through the various parts of the ship, he finally uncovers the truth. Turmoil had a time travel device created by aliens and then killed them all!
Wheeljack attempts to get out of the ship with his newfound information, but he's found by Turmoil himself who begins to attack! Wheeljack manages to use a containment field to ward off the Decepticon, but his crew shows up shortly after! Damaged and outgunned, it looks like the end for Wheeljack until Metalhawk shows up to even the odds! Wheeljack quickly reveals a harness that forms an energy ball around Metalhawk and himself. The two Autobots literally bust out of the ship and are soon rescued. The ship is stormed and the technology discovered in the ship is now in the hands of the Autobots.
Wheeljack has always been a character I enjoyed seeing in the original Transformers series. His "mad scientist" persona was carried over from his tech specs into the cartoon nicely, and he had a very unique look to him. However, he was never a heavily featured character in comic books until recently. This issue does a great job of showing us that Wheeljack isn't just a substitute for Ratchet. He's a different kind of animal together, a scientist with smarts, neat gadgets and a whole lot of guts. Had a few more pages of this issue focused on Wheeljack, this could've easily been a "Spotlight Wheeljack" issue.
The other character that drew a lot of my attention (after I got over the hilarity of Sky Byte reciting poetry in shark form) was Metalhawk. Thus far, we've seen Metalhawk as a pacificst and a preacher of the ideals of the new Cybertron where all were welcome. Clearly Turmoil represents the limit of his acceptance. Does it seem a bit hypocritic that Metalhawk is open to the likes of Starscream while he wants Turmoil shot where he stands? Maybe, but I think that represents more of the trauma the character went through at the hands of Turmoil. Note that despite his desire to see Turmoil destroyed, he does not actively advocate it after his initial reaction. This adds a layer to Metalhawk beyond being "that annoying guy who keeps arguing with everyone" that we've seen him play up until this point.
Starscream presents an interesting mental exercise every time he appears in this book. Most fans have been trained for years to see Starscream as a self serving, devious Decepticon. Yet all he seems to do in this title now is work with the Autobots and non-aligned Transformers instead of against them. Could it be because his position (relative to other Decepticons) is so comfortable? Is he planning a huge uprising at some point? And did he really not care about Turmoil or was he just worried about potential competition for a leadership role among the Decepticons? I present no answers here, but rather an interesting set of scenarios and questions that come to mind. Starscream's a wildcard and I'm really interested to see what happens with him in the future.
Cahill's art style in this book is interesting. I like his art, but I noticed that with almost all his designs he leans towards more bulky and thick shapes. The design of the Decepticon ship is rather bulky and not sleek at all. The way he draws most characters such as Broadside and Wheeljack really makes them look wider and thicker than I'm used to seeing and even in the close ups of Starscream's head we see the panels that form his "helmet" section are much thicker than usual. It's a very interesting look and somehow makes the Transformers look more "animated" as if these are panels of stills from a cartoon. It's a very interesting style. This is not to say that Cahill is unable to draw more sleek character. His Metalhawk design is very sleek indeed and I like the way he worked "claws" into his hand designs to make him more like the bird of prey in his name.
I also have to give kudos to some of the choices in panel layout in this issue. The pages with Wheeljack's internal monologue are tight and almost claustrophobic, with the tight panels reprsenting both us being in his head and in the tight corridors of the Decepticon ship and then the rest of the panels representing the more wide open spaces of Cybertron itself. Really nice work.
Final Thoughts:
I enjoyed the use of Turmoil as a catalyst for reactions from various characters, especially Wheeljack and Metalhawk. Unlike Sky Byte's arrival, this one was much more ominous and I get this feeling we haven't seen the last of Turmoil. A good story and well done artwork equal to a really good read.


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Snyder v. Phelps, which asks whether the First Amendment protects protesters at a military funeral from liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress, has already received considerable attention in the press. Now academics are weighing in on that question as well in an online symposium sponsored by the Cardozo Law Review.
In his essay, Professor Eugene Volokh asserts that speech on matters of public concern, however outrageous, is protected by the First Amendment. Although he believes that the state may set some narrow and content-neutral limits on picketing near funerals, holding protesters liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress for such speech is too "vague, content-based, and potentially viewpoint-based." Professor Jeffrey Shulman takes the opposite position, arguing that the protesters"™ public concerns have little connection to the funeral of a private citizen, and that the state has a substantial interest in protecting families"™ privacy during intimate moments of mourning. The other participants give further thoughts on how to reconcile the clash of interests presented by such cases.


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Google has decided that its search is not the only place where users would benefit from an intelligent spell-checker, but also in Google Docs.
After noting how Googlebot sees misspelled queries and corrects them, software engineer Yew Jin Lim thought the process would work on spell-checking documents, he wrote on the Google Docs Blog.
To prove it, today we're launching an update to spell checking in documents and presentations that grows and adapts with the web, instead of relying on a fixed dictionary. This update has a few big advantages over traditional spell checkers: . . . Suggestions are contextual. For example, the spell checker is now smart enough to know what you mean if you type "Icland is an icland."
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
This means the omniscient Googlebot can figure out wrong words, rather than misspellings -- because many homonyms are spelled correctly, just not used correctly. Using "meat" for "meet" or "there" for "their" would finally be recognized, Lim said. Even products or pop culture names would also be suggested. (Our trial showed that Google did indeed figure out the difference between "their," "there" and "they're." So we give it an A in grammar.)


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"Flea Market-on-the-net"
Years of collected electronic parts, hardware, test equipment, Pictures to follow; no offer refused, you pay shipping.
"Flea Market-on-the-net"
Years of collected electronic parts, hardware, test equipment, Pictures to follow; no offer refused, you pay shipping.
Pat would be interested.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
Now, it depends on what he's got. I haven't seen Pat around these here parts yet.
Like that post was...
Moving on, my posts are not helpful
Any antenna tuners on your list, Mel?
Kinda been too busy to take and publish the pictures.
No tuner for sale.
I'm trying to get rid of all of the amplifier building/repair stuff, Mobile CB stuff, desktop computer repair spare parts.
I would sell my ICOM '706 before I would sell my antenna tuner. In fact, me selling my antenna tuner is the real sign that I have given up radio, not ready to do that yet.
I just advertised on a site called 'Nextdoor' looking for amateur radio builders / electronic experimenters. If I can find some interested party, I will donate it; who wants a VTVM now-a-days, a museum?
cul de n8tb
"Sadly, it always takes a few martyrs to get the ball rolling." Colonel Tim Boldman 2001
"There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference."--William James
"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings." Victor J. Stenger
There are times when I wish I still had my RCA VTVM as it can catch brief events that the digital meter can't. I know I could use a scope but sometimes you really do not need the big guns.
I thought religions were prophet based organizations.
What do you mean I am out of money? I still have checks!
Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic
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ENG 360 Studies in Multicultural/National Literatures: African-American Literature: Introduction
This course explores various genres of African American Literature. Emphasis is placed on works that reflect the socio-historical development of African American life. Poetry, Slave narratives, autobiographies, novels, plays, musical lyrics, and spoken word form the subject of study in the course. Special attention is given to works of fiction that become motion pictures and the emerging area of audiobooks. The aim of the course is to provide students with a sense of the historical and contemporary developments within African American literature. Students are introduced to African American critical theory as will as African American history. Not offered in the fall semester.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Printing to jpg from lightroom
I was inspired by some posts on the Lightroom feature request forum to make a nice Automator workflow to automatically generate jpegs in srgb (or any other desired) space from Lightroom. Lightroom's printing panel is very nice but I do not own a >$1000 printer to actually take advantage of it. So, if you could print to something like a jpeg and then send it to a development service that would be great. There were a few examples already noted there but none actually did the essential step of converting to another profile as otherwise you end up with an image in Generic RGB, which will print way to dark from most printing services. So here is a workflow that does that. If you do not see the entire screenshot, make your window wider. There is a larger copy in this link.
To recreate this, first drag a render pdf as images action into the right part, select color model RGB, format jpg and a high resolution and high quality. Then drag the Apply colorsync profile to images below it, select an sRGB (or any profile you desire, such as maybe a profile supplied by the printing service) profile (there are typically several, it doesn't matter which one you choose). Lastly, drag the New folder action below and set it up as you want. The service will create this folder if it doesn't exist or simply throw the files in the folder if it already exists. Now save the workflow as a plugin for "Print Workflow."
Now, whenever you print, you can simply select this workflow as in the screenshot below
And you'll end up with nice jpg files directly from the Lightroom print module in a usable color space! You can add borders, put multiple images on the page and add your logo!
UPDATE 9/7/07: Apparently, this action might fail if you have enabled FileVault on your machine. If you have that make sure that the folder you export to is outside of your home folder.
UPDATE II: More info here.
UPDATE III: A method to add logos and such to exported images
33 comments:
The image hosted on Flickr for this hint is not public, which is sort of weird.ReplyDelete
Just FYI.
You're right! My mistake.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 20, 2007 at 3:22 PM
Great automator action. I saw this linked from the flickr Lightroom discussion, and it works really nicely. I have been interested in experimenting with frames, and this lets me do just that. Thanks!ReplyDelete
OK, I think I must be more tired that I imagined. As I can't get my head roundReplyDelete
"I was inspired by some posts on the Lightroom feature request forum to make a nice Automator workflow to automatically generate jpegs in srgb (or any other desired) space from Lightroom."
The sRGB bit isn't making sense, can't you just export to the desired colour space via the export dialog?
the idea is to be able to export contact sheets, elaborate compositions of multiple images etc. to jpeg for printing at a printing service. You can also use this method to put borders around images and to include a logo and other info about your photo. The export dialog will not do any of those things.
- AnonymousMay 30, 2007 at 6:04 PM
Thanks for the tip! There are two issues that were not resolved in this tip, though, but which are important to this export workaround.ReplyDelete
1) There does not seem to be a way to name the generated output so I get files with the names like ohgfty.jpg. If I export this way multiple files, it would be quite difficult to manually rename them later. Did you find a way to deal with this?
2) Since it is a print module, you need to specify the size you want to print to. I'd like, however, to be able to export the original file from LR and not the resized version. Photo-hosting companies prefer getting originals so that they could resize them to what's needed in previews and also for prints since these could be ordered in multiple sizes and it is better to resize from the original. Did you deal with this issues?
These are two issues that stop me from using your great tip. Hopefully, you or other readers can provide solutions for these.
1) You're right and I do not see an easy method of fixing this. This is an obvious disadvantage of this method and why Adobe should build this into Lightroom, so that we can use the automatic filenaming.
2) Indeed, this tip will give you a resized version of the original at a different resolution. There is no way around this but for using your calculator to make sure the final resolution ends up the same as the original. You will end up with a file that has some output sharpening applied, which can be beneficial and save you a step. Regarding the photohosting sites and printing labs, that is not an issue just as it is not an issue with any other jpeg file. They will print and resize fine. Of course, as always, you have the issues with aspect ratio (like printing a 2x3 ratio file on a 8x10 piece of paper will always involve some cropping or "letterboxing") that are a geometry issue that you also have with directly exported files.
I am in search of a solution to print CONTACT SHEETS directly out of Lightroom, but at a lab like CostCo in the United States. Costco's Frontier machine works best with JPG format; it does not have a RIP, so PDF is not an option.ReplyDelete
Lightroom does not appear to have a way to export Contact Sheets directly to JPG format, (or even be able to export Contact Sheets at all).
If I have a commercial job, similar to one the other day, I generated 217 Contact Sheets, and was forced to use CS2 Contact Sheet II option. Lightroom's print options are far superior to CS2, so I'm looking for a way to use Lightroom, but to be able to generate multiple Contact Sheet files automatically, in a batch.
MT, http://www.marktucker.com
Mark, you can use the exact same tip for contact sheets. Just set up your contact sheets in the normal way and print to the pdf script. The automator script will generate multiple jpegs that you can send directly to costco's. I've done this quite a few times and it works very well. If you're on windows, you can set up adobe acrobat distiller to do exactly the same thing.ReplyDelete
P.S. I was very impressed by the photographs on your website. Outstanding portfolio there!
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2007 at 7:52 AM
I've just successfully experimented with this method for a couple of contact sheets. I've written a small shell script that will rename them to something sensible as long as there are less than 10,000 of them although you can go more if you want. I'm sure someone more gifted than I could turn it into a nifty AppleScript if they used my script as a specification but in the meantime you're welcome to it if it helps.
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2007 at 12:53 PM
In fact, I've just added the shell script into the Automator routine so now my export plug-in writes the files and then renumbers them sensibly too.ReplyDelete
Details on request, please e-mail via the website. It's easy, not in the least bit scary.
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2007 at 3:29 AM
Thanks for the fantastic tip. As a wedding photographer I was previously exporting 500+ images to pdf and then running photoshop actions to convert them back to images. I do this to get contacts printed in a local copy store on a laser and then I get them spiral bound. Now it's so much quicker! I've added a "rename finder item" before the new folder action so they pop out as page_1 etc.
Thanks again!
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Thanks for the useful tip. One thing I don't understand though. I installed a costco color profile on my mac and I see it under the color management profiles in the print module(click on "other" to find it). Why wouldn't I just set this here and then only use the automator action to make the jpeg. Is there a reason that the automator needs to do the color conversions?
I've tried exactly that and the problem is that the render pdf as image action converts the image to the"generic RGB" color profile no matter what you select as the printer profile in LR. If you send the resulting jpeg to costco, your prints come out too dark. Strangely enough this does not happen if you simply print to pdf from lightroom and then in preview save as jpeg. Unfortunately, if you do that, you get only 72 ppi resolution. There does not seem a way around this but for using acrobat distiller.
A question on the automation piece for Lightroom... How do you control the print size and resulting jpg dimensions? Do you have to install a printer driver that matches the Costco (or other print shop) printer? Do you just have to set up a generic printer and create a paper size to match your desired output?ReplyDelete
you need to set up a custom paper size. I show here how to do that. The specific driver that you choose does not seem to matter at all for the resulting jpeg.
Is this action only for MAC..ReplyDelete
Or can i use it for Windows as well ??
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2007 at 9:57 PM
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- AnonymousAugust 18, 2007 at 4:07 AM
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- AnonymousAugust 18, 2007 at 4:13 AM
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this is mac only, but I think a similar thing can be done on windows by setting up a virtual printer that does this for you. There is something called createPDF that I hear might be able to do it.
Why I deleted a few posts here. In short, annoying viagra spam.ReplyDelete
Am a new DSLR & Lightroom user. First batches of photos I sent Costco came out exactly as you described dark and unsaturated. Trying to use your Automator Workflow, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I use it from the Print Module of LR, but I can't find where it's saving the file (or if it actually is). I see a progress bar in the upper left of LR, which says it's rendering the image, but it does not go into the folder I specified in Automator. Don't know where it goes, and couldn't find anything, searching the hard drive.ReplyDelete
Just to confirm, if I understand correctly, what this does is create a JPG file that has been translated into sRGB, which I then send to Costco for printing. However, I don't understand the part about resolution and having to calculate a custom paper size - do I have to specify 4x6?
there are at a minimum three things that need to be done to get good print from a printing service.
1. You need to calibrate your monitor, preferably using a hardware calibrator
2. You need to usually submit sRGB pictures
3. You need to make sure the service is not "autocorrecting" your files. Unfortunately this option is often hiddden. Costco now allows you to set it as a preference which is great.
So your best option if you simply want prints from your files in lightroom is to simply use the export module and specify sRGB. No need to go through the printing module. Those files will print perfectly at a place like costco's. There are some subtleties with sharpening and such, but usually those are not critical. Often, you can simply set the export size to 4x6 (if that is your intention) and the resolution to 300 dpi if you want sharp prints from these places.
Now when you use the workflow on this page, you need to first define a costum page size (see here) that has the same height-to-width ratio as your intended print (so if you're printing 4x6's, specify simply 4x6) and has no borders. Now set up your intended prints in Lightroom, including borders, logos, etc. and use the workflow to print. The best is to disable the resolution scaling in Lightroom and simply specify 300 dpi in the workflow. You should get files that print fine from costco, and, if your screen is calibrated, look pretty close to the image on your screen. Just be careful that the longest dimension in your files does not go over 6000 pixels (the limit for the costco website, other sites will accept bigger files), so at 300 dpi, that is 20 inches.
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2007 at 7:37 AM
This was exactly what I was looking for - thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Not sure if anyone is still watching this, but I can seem to make the JPEG compression slider do anything. No matter what I set it to, the image is always the same quality and the same size.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM
I use this together with the Mac OS X hint for pushing objects to BlueTooth devices. The result: We can now use our N6233 as digital paper - select print and behold - the result shows up on the phone as a message in the inbox. And so...we from here-on have our electronic flight tickets on our always available mobile phone. Pretty useful if you need to do a check-in at a counter :-)ReplyDelete
The link for the object-push hint (note: Separate file for Intel / 10.5 users).
Thanks for sharing the idea.
Sune - Denmark
- AnonymousApril 12, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Can anyone give step by step instruction to do this on a PC running vista?ReplyDelete
Anonymous, look into the beta of lightroom 2. It has this built in and works far better and easier than my tip here. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/ReplyDelete
This appears to be for a Mac. What do I do if I am working on Windows Vista?ReplyDelete
Ali, you should get Lightroom 2, which has this built in. Version 2.3 is available nowReplyDelete
I am new at this and I don't understand how you got the first image on this page or where to start from. If it is possible could someone give me directions from the very beginning? ThxReplyDelete
this is all no longer necessary. Lightroom since version 2 supports direct printing to jpeg.


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PrintWhatYouLike makes any site printer friendly — There's nothing worse than trying to print a two-page article from the Web and have it print out in a half-inch column across 37 sheets of paper. It happens all the time, and if the site you're on doesn't have a special printer friendly option …
Adena Schutzberg / All Points Blog: Off Topic: Print any web page "nicely"
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Latest MacBook Pro (fake) images ship!!! — We're happy to reveal the all-new latest fake MacBook/MacBook Pro images. Get on!! — With the almost completely unlikely tag-line of, "A blend of beauty meets beastly power," (which sounds like a Dell marketing plug - on a bad day) and the notion.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun, Boy Genius Report and Engadget
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: 3 reasons why and how we'll see an Apple netbook soon
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
What effect will the financial crisis have on the tech sector? — Expect to see a slowdown in smartphone sales and a concomitant growth in the use of open source, cloud computing and virtualisation technology as consumers cut back on their "discretionary" purchases while businesses …
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Alan Patrick / broadstuff: THE COMING TECH CRUNCH
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
SlingMedia Prepares To Launch Their Video Portal At Sling.com — Sling Media, the creators of a hardware device that lets users stream their home television signal to an Internet connected device anywhere (with a software download), is preparing to launch their new video portal, Sling.com.
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee: Sling Readies Video Portal
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Sling.com online video portal coming soon
Camille Ricketts / VentureBeat: Sling Media video portal takes live TV, clip-sharing online
Kent Chapline / Lost Remote: Sling Media about to launch video portal
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Report Western Digital In Talks On Fujitsu Drive Unit — Western Digital (WDC) is reportedly in talks to buy Fujitu's hard-drive business. A deal reportedly cold be worth as much as $945 million, Reuters notes. — In a research note this morning, Needham's Richard Kugele notes …
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Egan Orion / Inquirer: Fujitsu in hard drive sellout talks
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Chipmakers Want a Bailout Too — The Semiconductor Industry Association said today that chips sales were up 5.5 percent in August compared with the year before, but cautioned that since more than half of chips go into consumer devices, the U.S. Congress needs to act to stabilize the economic situation.
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Scott Ferguson / eWeek: Semiconductor Industry Concerned About Wall Street Financial Crisis
Antone Gonsalves / InformationWeek: Chip Industry Calls On Congress To Act On Financial Crisis
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: August Chip Sales Clearly Quite a Bit Better Than September's Will Be
Egan Orion / Inquirer: Worldwide chip sales rose in August
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Christen da Costa / Gadgetreview: Nintendo Launches Dual Touchscreen DS With 3MP Camera, Calls It DSi
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For Purists, a Cut Above in Movies — So Mrs. Hollywood comes home one day to find her husband bound and gagged, with a hole shot through his foot. "Honey!" she screams, racing to help him. "Who did this to you?" — Mr. Hollywood looks up and says, "I did." — Granted, that joke isn't ha-ha funny.
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Apple settles class-action suit over faulty notebook adapters — Apple has agreed, without admitting fault, to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that power adapters sold with certain Power PC-based iBook and PowerBook notebooks were defective in that they could dangerously fray, sparks and prematurely fail to work.
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I did marching band. I can take yelling. I'm also not scared of anything (well, except sharp objects...), and enjoy heights and other challenges. I've been watching BCT videos and man, I do some of that stuff for fun.
Seriously, rope-climbing? Repelling? It's gonna be a BLAST! Running...well, I can do that I guess.


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Mao is not easy from the "Son of Tomorrow"
Mao is not easy from the "Son of Tomorrow" this program has been very popular,
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Now there is a place in the entertainment circle, and it is often invited to participate in some variety shows! In the latest variety show "Dear Inn", Mao did not come to
the inn as a part-time worker easily. It has to be said that Mao's difficult way of appearing this time is really a little special. It's a sharp contrast with Prince Wen. He
came to the Inn alone, looking for a half day without seeing anyone. It's a bit sad!
When I first arrived at the inn, Mao's shy character was really about to laugh, walking back and forth in the kitchen and living room, looking very nervous. But as
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When we sat together for dinner and chatted about Mao's difficulty, Liu Tao said that he had heard that Mao was not easy to be a champion, and Mao was not easy to
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after entering the inn. It seems that he and his good friends are always at odds in private. Although very proud, but can not help crazy praise!
Following Mao's hot search, a collection of interviews with the media was published. From the beginning of the collection, it was a very serious video of apology.
Let how many media bear his words less, "OK", "OK", "almost" these words have almost become our Mao's pronouns. This time Mao also bluntly shouted to the
media: next year I hope you don't
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Just days after proclaiming Hitchcock as my top pick for a meal in Winslow on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, chef Brendan McGill was voted The People's Best New Chef in Food & Wine magazine. I recently returned to Hitchcock to see if the food is as good as I remember, and I was not disappointed. Following the recommendation I always give to others, I agreed to a tasting menu, then sat back to enjoy dishes that showcase pickling, fermenting, preserving, roasting, grilling, and all the other creative techniques of the kitchen.
McGill always maps out an adventurous meal, with fascinating ingredient combinations and flavors from start to finish. Take, for example, the intermezzo of lemon-rosemary sorbet with fermented chili powder that came in the middle of my dinner, bringing a little heat beneath refreshing coolness. The surprises would continue through to dessert.
To start, McGill sent out a surprising dish for dessert: a vegetarian charcuterie of sorts. From the "Cold" section of the menu came Sweet Potato and Yam Terrine ($8). Last year I had a similar dish early in my dinner. This year, pickled scorzonera took the place of pickled watermelon pith, while saffron was added to the cardamom crème anglaise. Scorzonera is black salsify, a root that is reminiscent of parsnip, though certainly more subtle, especially when pickled. The terrine looked like a vegetable millefeuille, with alternating layers of sweet potato and yam offering natural sweetness. The crème anglaise pulled the plate together as a dessert. Still, it wasn't as sweet as a traditional Western dessert, which was fine by me.
Going the more traditional route, my second dessert was Sticky Toffee Pudding ($8). The little round steamed cake came sitting on a swirl of salted caramel. It was extremely moist and rich—truly sticky and gooey with earthy, intense flavors from dates and molasses. I wouldn't have minded some of the previous plate's crème anglaise with this dish, but then I'd have missed the most surprising element of the second dessert: ginger sorbet. I was surprised how well this went with the sticky toffee pudding, especially since it had the most profound ginger flavor that I've ever experienced in sorbet or ice cream. Putting a punctuation mark on the intensity were bits of crystallized ginger sprinkled on the plate. A powerful end to another provocative and pleasurable meal at Hitchcock.
(Originally published at Serious Eats on January 22. See previous coverage of Hitchcock here.)


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Torrey Smith was convinced that Anquan Boldin was still in the building. He didn't see him in the Ravens' locker room, but he heard his voice, first coming from the equipment area and then from the training room. But as Smith pulled on his uniform and prepared for a recent practice, Boldin's voice became more distant.
So Smith did what he has become known for in his two seasons in the NFL: he broke into a full sprint. The wide receiver ran down the hallway outside the locker room, pushed open a back door at the Under Armour Performance Facility and glided down the sidelines of the practice field as if a cornerback was chasing him.
"I can't let Anquan beat me out to practice," Smith explained a couple of days later. "He's a vet. I'm only in my second year. That's how I have to approach it."
Smith's physical gifts — his size, speed and athleticism — are undeniable. But if you ask his coaches and teammates why Smith could become the first Pro Bowl wide receiver in Ravens' history and why he'll buck the organization's trend of early-round draft busts at the position, they cite his work ethic, attention to detail and humility.
They'll tell stories about Smith arriving at the team complex this past offseason at 7 a.m. every day to get a workout in and then watch hours of film. They'll joke about how he hangs on Boldin's every word and about his constant questions during wide receiver meetings, seeking the opinion of everyone from his position coach, Jim Hostler, to rookie Deonte Thompson, an undrafted free agent and kick returner.
"He's the ultimate player for a coach to have," Hostler said. "He's enthusiastic, light-hearted. He works so hard and he's so consciousof everything he sees himself do, and he learns from others. Those are all the qualities you want out of a player and very rarely do you get them."
Smith, a second-round pick in 2011 after a standout collegiate career at Maryland, set Ravens' rookie records last year in receptions (50), receiving yards (841) and touchdown catches (team-leading seven). He did it without a standard offseason because of the extended lockout — "We came in right off the street," Smith said — and despite playing a good part of the season with a double sports hernia that required surgery.
Through seven games this season, Smith is fourth on the team in receptions (25), second in receiving yards (435) and he leads all Ravens' receivers in touchdowns (four). He played following the tragic death of his younger brother, Tevin, in a motorcycle accident on the eve of the Ravens' Week Three game against the New England Patriots. Playing through tears, Smith caught six passes from quarterback Joe Flacco for 127 yards and two touchdowns and keyed the Ravens' 31-30 comeback victory.
"Somebody fights through adversity like that, that's a man right there," Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones said. "The sky is the limit for this guy. Remember, it's only year two and we're in the middle of the season. You never know. People hit that second half of the season and just take off."
'Student of the game'
As a member of the Houston Texans last year, Jones had two chances to watch Smith live, and he came away with the same first impression Smith has given throughout his football-playing career.
"You were like, 'Yeah, that's a cat that can run. Send him deep,' " Jones said. "But now I watch him every day in practice and I've watched him work every route. He's getting better. That's the thing. When you're going from a rookie to a second-year receiver, he's learning how to run underneath and read defenses and be detail-oriented. He's become a student of the game."
Smith, 23, has always been credited for possessing strong work habits and an understanding of the game but it took him far longer than he had hoped to feel comfortable with the Ravens' offense. He was the quickest guy on the field all his life, yet Smith found the game moving too fast for him early last year.
He had four catches for 20 total yards in four preseason games. He was then held without a catch in the first two regular-season games, spurring talk that Smith was the latest in a long line of Ravens' wide receiver draft busts. From the day he was drafted, Smith, who is extremely active on Twitter, heard about the struggles of Mark Clayton, Travis Taylor, Patrick Johnson and other Ravens' early-round picks who never materialized.
However, none of those guys — and no other rookie in NFL history for that matter — did what Smith accomplished next. Getting his first start in Week Three against the St. Louis Rams with Lee Evans injured, Smith's first three catches were touchdowns and he finished with five catches for 152 yards.
"My biggest thing was just not being 100 percent confident in my assignments," Smith said. "Being that I understood the pro-style offense in college, it was more like, 'What play do I have this protection or when do I have to worry about this?' Really, I had four weeks to try and get all that. It was just thrown at you. But I'm happy that everything happened how it did. The negative, getting ripped by the media and by the fans, it happens to everyone at some point. I was able to deal with both extremes, the highs and the lows. When I finally did show that I can play here and I belong here, it was a nice feeling."
'What was I doing?'
Last week, Smith was watching tape of the regular-season game last year against Houston and he was appalled by what he saw.
"I'm looking at one play and I was like, 'Wow, what was I doing?,' " Smith said. "Now, it's starting to look how it's supposed to look. I think I'm a completely different player than I was last year in a lot of ways. I'm more polished, definitely more confident. I know what I'm doing, I know what to expect. But I still have a long ways to go."
Smith spent the offseason agonizing over mistakes he made during his rookie year. He watched tape nearly every day, breaking down his own routes and techniques. When he wasn't watching footage of himself and the Ravens' offense, he was studying other NFL receivers, or taking a break to run routes.
"Really, it's the ability to have repetitions and fundamentals that is going to separate you. That's what the offseason does," Hostler said. "It's like, 'OK, I know what I'm supposed to do but now I need enough repetitions built up and I can do it without any thought.' The quarterback sees him doing it all the time the same way. That's what has developed probably more than anything, just the ability to have the repetitions with the proper fundamentals and techniques."
Said Flacco: "I think the biggest part is that he got all the experience last year. Without that, he wouldn't be able to come out here and be as confident and sure of himself as he is. I think that's really why he's able to play so well this year. He's going to be a great receiver. He's right there."
Other teams have taken note. Smith has seen more cornerbacks making checks and safeties rolling over to his side in an attempt to take away the deep ball. Last season, Smith was targeted 41 times on passes of 20 yards or more, catching 12 of them for 456 yards and five touchdowns, according to the web site Pro Football Focus. Through seven games this season, Flacco has thrown 21 passes of 20 yards or more to Smith, and he's caught eight of them for 258 yards and three touchdowns.
Smith acknowledges that he'll probably always be looked at primarily as a "deep threat" even as he works every day to become a more well-rounded receiver. So far this season, 17 of his 25 catches are on throws under 20 yards as the Ravens continue to search for ways to get him the ball.
Smith, meanwhile, continues to hold himself to a high standard. Asked earlier this week about his production in the first half of the season, Smith instead, lamented his first drop of the season against the Texans two days earlier. He was credited for eight drops last year.
That's why he spent so many hours under the Maryland sun this offseason catching balls from Flacco. That's why every day after sprinting out to the field ahead of his mentor Boldin, Smith's first stop is the JUGS machine where he hauls in countless balls before practice even begins.
"I just don't want to be a guy that feels like he's arrived because that's when they get your tail out of here," Smith said. "I'll definitely be loyal to these guys. I owe that to them. They believed in me and my talents and this is where I wanted to play. To be here, I'm definitely thankful for it. I'm going to work and try to be the best player that I can be."


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Orioles entered this six-game road trip to National League parks on their hottest offensive tear of the season.
Consider it cooled. Considerably.
The Orioles lost 5-0 to the New York Mets on Tuesday, the second consecutive night in which they have been shut out at Citi Field.
"A lot of it has got to do with pitchers on the top of their game will make you look like you're not on top of yours," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter.
After Monday's one-hit gem twirled by knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, Mets' lefty Johan Santana followed with six scoreless innings Tuesday and New York's bullpen made it hold up before an announced 32,587. The Orioles haven't scored since the sixth inning on Sunday in Atlanta — 21 consecutive innings without plating a run.
"We've been swinging the bats OK," Showalter said. "You're going to have some ups and downs, usually that correlates to a quality pitcher on the other side. That's not the first time Dickey and Santana have pitched well this season and it won't be the last."
The Orioles (39-29) hadn't lost two in a row since June 7-8 and hadn't dropped a series since June 1-3 at Tampa Bay.
More telling, the Orioles hadn't been shutout in consecutive games since April 20-21, 2005 by the Boston Red Sox. Tuesday was the fourth consecutive shutout in which the Orioles have been involved — they won the first two in Atlanta before dropping two here against the Mets (37-32).
"We threw two shutouts and had two thrown against. It is the game, but it is frustrating because we have a good offense," said center fielder Adam Jones, who had one of the Orioles' five hits. "Johan tonight, when we had runners in scoring position, he got the hitters out. He's not one of the game's best pitchers for no reason. He just didn't allow us to get no hits with men in scoring position."
In their six-game homestand last week, the Orioles scored 44 runs, putting up at least five in each contest. In their five games since, they have scored a total of nine runs. The offense has managed just 11 in their last seven road games.
These latest two can be blamed, at least in part, on the Mets' 1-2 punch of Dickey and Santana.
In his third outing since pitching the first no-hitter in Mets history on June 1, Santana didn't exactly cruise through the night. He allowed baserunners in four of his six innings and the Orioles had a prime chance in the fourth when Matt Wieters hit a two-out double to left. It was his second double of the game and it gave the Orioles runners at second and third with just one out.
But Santana (5-3) responded by striking out Mark Reynolds on his sublime changeup and Steve Pearce on a slider to end the threat. As a team, the Orioles were 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position, including 0-for-6 against Santana, who improved to 5-1 in his career against Baltimore.
"You know [Santana] is going right to the bread and butter pitch when he gets into any type of trouble," Showalter said. "You look coming into the game, he is only throwing 28 percent changeups, but he does that once he gets into any type of bind. It's a testament to how good he is when you know pretty much what he is going to do and he is still able to do it."
The Mets fizzled their own rally in the bottom of the fourth, loading the bases with one out. Daniel Murphy hit a ball down the first-base line that a diving Reynolds knocked down. He stepped on the bag for the second out, but David Wright scored the Mets' first run.
Tommy Hunter then induced a groundout, to keep the score at 1-0.
It stayed that way until the sixth, when Hunter served up a two-run shot to Lucas Duda, the 11th homer of the season for the Mets' cleanup hitter. The ball evaded Pearce's glove in right and barely cleared the fence. It wouldn't have been a home run here last year, but Citi Field's dimensions were changed before the season.
It was 11th time in Hunter's 13 big-league starts this season that he has allowed at least one home run. His 18 this season tie him with Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels for most in the majors.
"It's on me. I'm the one giving them up. I wish I wasn't giving them up," said Hunter, who fell to 3-4. "It was a mistake. They're not missing the mistakes I have, and I didn't have very many mistakes. I can honestly sit here and tell you that. There were not very many mistakes. There was one good mistake, and that's what a four-hole hitter does in the big leagues."
Hunter was removed with the two runners on and one out in the seventh, and lefty Dana Eveland allowed both inherited runners to score on Jordany Valdespin's single. Hunter has now allowed five earned runs in four of his last five major league starts and is 0-3 with an 8.07 ERA in six road starts.
"We had a real good outing from Tommy there for a while and then of course Dana gave up a base hit to a left-hander, which you'd like to not see happen, that's gonna make Tommy's line a little different," Showalter said. "Tommy wasn't our issue. Our issue was trying to figure out a way to do something with Santana. I can't fault our starting pitchers either night."
The Orioles remain in second place in the American League East, 2 1/2 games behind the Yankees but now only 1/2 game ahead of the third-place Tampa Bay Rays. They'll try to avoid their third sweep of the season — and first in the month of June — Wednesday, when the Mets send the lesser-accomplished Dillon Gee to the mound.
"It's two games. What's the difference of losing two games back-to-back if we lose by one run as opposed to being shut out?" Jones said. "It's two losses, no matter how you want to look at it. Two-game losing streak. Now, we've got to salvage the series, come out and not get swept. They're a good team. You've got to give them credit, but we're a good team also. We just have to do our part."


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