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Leigh reviews Cine Asia's BD Ultimate Edition of this 2005 Jackie Chan opus
Jack (Jackie Chan) is an archaeologist who has been having bizarre yet lucid dreams of ancient China, in which he sees himself as General Meng-yi, ordered by the emperor to fetch a Princess Ok-soo (Kim Hee-seon). Rather than simply being vivid fantasy, Jackie suspects that he is glimpsing at his past life. Jack sets out to unravel the mystery, and discovers not only his true history, but a world he never imagined could exist.
In between his true Hollywood breakthrough Rush Hour and his most recent American production (The Forbidden Kingdom), Jackie Chan has been busy in his native territory making films that are multi language ventures designed to please the Chan fan base in both Cantonese and English language. It's safe to say that almost all of these ventures have been middling, muddled affairs. The misfires are many, ranging from acceptable fare such as Who Am I and New Police Story, through to ill-advised dreck like The Medallion and Accidental Spy. Happily, this film sits with the former set, but it still has its own set of troubles.
The film marks the first fully fledged marriage of Chan's more serious acting from the man's output such as Crime Story, and his lighter hearted Buster Keaton inspired slapstick action-adventures in the vein of Armour of God and Project A. The balance is interesting, and shows Chan in a surprisingly violent light, with the flashback sequences showing his characters cutting bloody trenches through swathes of opponents. In contrast, the majority of the present day fight sequences, while not classic Chan, still show that the man can choreograph the hell out of a set piece; the obvious standout being the memorable glue factory sequence in which Chan tackles multiple enemies on an adhesive conveyor belt. Regular Chan collaborator Stanley Tong helms the technical aspects well, with beautiful widescreen vistas and the particularly nice touch of the traditional slick modern look contrasting with the flashback sequences being shot in a deliberately vertically stretched image that harks back to the early Golden Harvest historical epic days. Unfortunately, Tong has trouble finding a consistent thematic tone throughout.
It's all well and good making the film appear lavish, but it's redundant if the film's script is left wanting. When in synopsis form the film works perfectly fine, so it's a mystery why when stretched to narrative format, it becomes such a jumbled, incoherent mess. It should also be noted that Tong simply shouldn't attempt to tackle fully blown fantasy any time soon, as the final gravity-defying action sequences are lifeless affairs lacking any sense of energy. Coupled with some frankly atrocious CGI (check out the 'floating coffee' sequence for some truly low rent effects), it sees out the film with a whimper rather than a bang.
It's a shame the film doesn't really gel, because there's some good stuff in there. It's interesting watching Chan portray Meng-Yi, which clearly shows he can deliver a straight dramatic role, and it's also nice to see him tackle a project that is tailored for an international market without losing its traditional Chinese flavour, but the general feeling of the project is that's it's a worthwhile watch, but is generally a missed opportunity. However The Myth is probably the best of Chan's Chinese-based multilingual output. Worth a curious look, by all means.
I've reviewed several of Cine Asia's releases during my tenure here at DVDActive, and I've commented upon the fact that they have a habit of cropping the images of their releases quite drastically from their OAR (most commonly from 2.25:1 to a cramped 1.78:1), often robbing the fight sequences in the films of the crucial set piece geography. Thankfully, The Myth has retained its original 2.35:1 format, and it couldn't look much better. It's a strong transfer, with some grain to be sure, but the image is nice and sharp, and I'll always go with slight grain and sharpness over the Vaseline effect of eliminated grain and overt softness. Sorry!
The colour palette is strong, with lush present day visuals coupled with a pleasing 'aged' look for the flashback sequences, delivering that classic colour scheme from the seventies that should give Kung Fu fans a warm, nostalgic feeling. Blacks are strong, contrast is spot on, and on the whole the transfer is one of the best this company have delivered. In fact, if there's any complaint, it's that the transfer is perhaps a little too finely tuned; the buffed image really brings the shocking CGI to the fore, making it stick out like a sore thumb.
The Myth comes equipped with a lively Cantonese/English Dolby Digital 5.1 option, serving the film well. Dialogue is to the fore, sitting nicely within the track. Battle sequences are impressive, with thundering horse hooves rumbling around the surrounds like nobody's business, and swords ringing pleasingly during battle. There is a nice balance between the sweeping score and the rest of the track, and overall the whole thing works perfectly fine. There is, however, a slight problem; the player generated subs for the Cantonese dialogue continue even when the film moves into English language, which is rather distracting. It wouldn't have been that hard to drop them for the English dialogue, would it?
There is also an English dub track in Dolby Digital 5.1, but I'm not sure if anybody even uses them anymore. To add insult to injury, not only is it a jarringly bad dub, Jackie Chan doesn't even provide his voice, which means we have a rather surreal situation around halfway through the film where we suddenly have a rather poor English dubbing artist providing dialogue from Jackie Chan that was English in the first place anyway. In an odd way, an entertaining track that is worth listening to exactly once.
Again, Cine Asia has bucked their previous trend to provide the viewer with a surprisingly packed bonus section. The disc kicks off with a solid 'Making of' that runs for twenty minutes, that goes into decent length concerning the production, with plenty of talking heads giving a more down to earth view of the film than our own more promotional savvy cast and crew might dare to give. Next up are individual interviews from Jackie Chan, Tony Leung Kar-fai, Kim Hee-seon, Mallika Sherawat, Stanley Tong, Sun Zhou and Choi Min-soo, that are essentially extensions of the interviews found in the making of, but are still of interest. We also have five 'Deleted and Lost Scenes', eleven 'Behind the Scenes' featurettes ranging between two and twenty minutes that cover the shooting of individual scenes from the movie, but are essentially our old friend, the B-Roll. The last one is more in depth, and details the Hong Kong premiere of the movie. There are also two feature trailers, music videos, trailers for other Cine Asia titles, and finally an Easter egg containing a Cannes Festival featurette that I'm buggered if I can find. Overall, a great set of feature for fans of the film.
It's been a long time coming ( The Myth was released in other territories way back in 2005), but for fans of this film will find this BD edition was worth the wait. While I'm not blown away by the film, I'll freely admit that it entertains, and is definitely worth a look on Blu-ray. With such a strong package on offer in both the A/V and bonus feature departments, those Chan fans who love the film will be pleased with this offering. For those who are more fair-weather, give it a look, but I'd recommend that those who want to see a mixture of modern and ancient martial arts action starring the man Chan might want to check out the underrated and (in my opinion) superior Forbidden Kingdom as an alternative. Don't dismiss The Myth, mind.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th May 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Cantonese, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Cantonese, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: 'Making of' Featurette, Trailer Music Videos Gallery, Interviews with Jackie Chan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Kim Hee Seon, Mallika Sherawat, Stanley Tong, Sun Zhou and Choi Min Soo, Deleted Scenes, Lost Scenes, Behind the Scenes (11 Featurettes), Just For Laughs, HK Premiere, Easter Egg: Cannes Festival
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Director: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Kim Hee Seon, Mallika Sherawat, Tony Leung Kar Fai
Genre: Adventure
Length: 121 minutes
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Alaska seems to be a good place for every single fiction involving secret base. Either that or Nevada (Area 51)
Do note, irony will hit the fan, breach the roof, slam into a stray ICBM all the way to low earth orbit then destroy International Space Station. America rules, no joke
(Gospel's creation is against Alaska Treaty)
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Oh the--
Guess I would assume the Academy sent the Personals because they're the closest infrastructure that houses ISes/pilots to the Silver Gospel when it arrived into Japanese airspace.
*looks at own fic plot*
...So, it's going to be like that.
|2013-02-01, 09:00
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Location: Inside your head
Actually it's consistent with Izuru-hate (or Japan's overall mockery) of American, really.
Can't be closer that canon, in my opinion. of course if you want to tone it down, then changes are strictly demanded.
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I.S. novel heavily implied that America still a dominant power despite all, or perhaps because, changes done by I.S., thus they'll able to screw rules as they see fit, like... you know, in real life.
1. Novel said country A, what country A is more influential than Japan? Amestris? (Pffft)
2. They screw Alaska Treaty and get away with it, in case of Gospel's field testing. (Tabane Hijacked it during the test)
3. They DID IT AGAIN, with Fang Quake.
4. Which mean they're building two kind of prototype where everyone else struggle with one type.
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Well that is one reason I have it in Athena that the Fang Quake is forced to hold back from chasing the Silver Gospel after it left for Japan.
Though I'm more concerned as to how... convenient it was for the Personals to be sent to intercept it, given their stand as the only place in Japanese territory that has ISes. Granted, it was an underhand move to allow Akatsubaki to boast its capabilities but what if it concerns any other rogue IS that presents itself in Japanese territory?
Another IS that's not hacked by Tabane or has any hostile intentions towards the Academy but still violates the Alaska Treaty with it's own very existence.
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I think the answer simply clear: I.S.A.'s influence extend to Japan's entire airspace.
Note that if 100+ anime example has to be believed, gospel arc happened entirely in west Japan, far cry from I.S.A. location. Why?
1. Most, if not all recreational beach in Japan are in the West
2. Because the beach would be natural (Korean strait) as opposed to artificial (Pacific Ocean)
3. Sunset, of course. What is a beach without sunset?
And yet, I.S.A. had 100% authority and experienced 0% interference. I need to find that map in the anime though, in case I'm wrong.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
I can live with that. Then again, I'm only partially-following canon anyways so locations tend to get changed here and there.
Hell, maybe for Gospel, I might just stick to the west as implied.
My concerns now narrows to this one question:
Would the Academy still send the Personals to recover an unregistered IS unit if it's present in let say... Kagoshima, which is like at the extreme south-west tip of Japan.
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@ Demi
All of them are true
Fang Quake is kind of lacking since it's a newly rolled out prototype like BT, Gospel is already at a point of maturity, like Silent Zephyr.
@ Stratos
Once again, the implication doesn't mean necessary truth, you have all the liberty because nothing specific mentioned in novel regarding the location.
If you go with I.S.A Airspace = Japan Airspace, I think Kagoshima does count.
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The original Machines, Disgeist is known as Vantier (Combining Vanguard with Frontier...while having a pun on Frontier).
The whole idea why Vantier is unmanned space machine is because it make more sense to send Probe to explore unknown space first to know what awaits, before sending humans into it.
What Vantier lack in power(compared to IS) is made up by sheer speed. Due to lack of a human pilot, there is no need to worry stuff like Equilibrioception...etc, allowing the machine to go into speed which surpass all manned machines.
Vantier can perform something known as Exceed, which is akin to over-clocking your computer, it allow the machine to performance much faster, at the price of it causing damages to the machine itself faster than its self-repairing system can repair. However, there is a built up time before it can reach its peak damage potential.
By combining data of Optimizer with Vantier's original plan, Vantier is able to increase the IS performance a bit (having another computer on-board, allow the IS core to focus on more important task). Also when docked with Vantier, IS is also capable of performing Exceed, though it lack the attacking speed but pack much more power, turning the machine into something like OO-raiser. The IS using Exceed suffer a disadvantage of having lower-performance after using Exceed due to its Frame being overload.
Point to note: Every single male characters (including Ichika and other author's Male OCs) is better than Alfred in some way....which kind make him miserable.
Instead of having your usual: "there are always people better than you", he got "there are people better than the people better than you".
E.g.: One character is better than him and then there is another character who is better than the One character.
On a more serious note: It is relating to Male's fear: The feeling of being incompetent, useless and powerless which is one of the reasons why males hate IS, it make them feel weak and unneeded in a society where male's value (as Bread-winner, as head of a family) isn't as strong as it used to be.
Current list of OC: (For now because I am too tired to think)
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Testing of Tennou (aka ByakuShiki ALT)
Spoiler for Space saving:
This happened before gun wolf incident, and just after the wacky waterpark. Whether it's a curbstomp on Cecilia or Ichika's part, he's going to win since, how long is five minutes? he last like 20+ minutes in their first match. The match is not without it's twist and turn though
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how would Laura's voice actor sound singing this song?
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My own fic takes multiple jab of course
I was making fun of every fic (Rule 13 is for Eras, while 13a. refer back to rule 3) with no exception, and standard disclaimer applies that it's a parody. it's also full of spoiler and unneeded references.
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
The financial folly of pay-per-view, for the funder
Some of the best arguments for open access, can be found by simply looking at the alternatives, such as pay-per-view. It is hypothesized that the costs to a funding agency of reviewing the previous work of a grant applicant, following the pay-per-view model, could quite easily average $12,000 US per grant application, or more. This makes the payment of a very modest fee, such as the PLoS $1,500 US per article, for top-notch open access publishing for access to everyone, everywhere - not only a good idea, but an incredible bargain, too. Reviewing the works of the self-archiving author provides significant benefits in terms of both costs and time for the funding agency, that perhaps it makes sense for the funder to prioritize or expedite such applications. It is hypothesized that even without conscious intent, expediting of grant applications by self-archiving authors may be a natural phenomenon, due to the time savings and simplicity of review of previous work.
Let's look at pay-per-views, or purchase of article on a one-at-at-time basis, from the point of view of the research funding agency.
An application for a research grant is received. The application is reviewed by a committee. (As an aside - publishers sometimes think the funding agencies don't properly appreciate peer review. Nothing could be farther from the truth - the scrutiny the final article receives is nothing compared to the careful review before a funding decision is made).
For the sake of simplicity, let's assume that the researcher has previously published 20 articles, and there are 5 people on the review committee. Note that a great many researchers will have many, many more articles than 20, and many a review committee includes more than 5 people.
For the price of pay-per-view, let's take the $30 US that Elsevier charges for an article that I published in 1997, "Information literacy skills: An exploratory focus group study of student perceptions", Research Strategies, Volume 15, Issue 1, Winter 1997, Pages 4-17. (If anyone would like to read this article, please let me know - that would give me needed incentive to dig up an author's version for self-archiving).
5 reviewers each retrieving 20 articles on a pay-per-view basis at a rate of $30 US per article results in direct costs of $3,000 US to review the researcher's previous work. Factor in the indirect costs - 20 invoices each X 5 researchers - and this amount could easily double ($6,000 US per application).
Funding agencies need to review all applications, of course, not just the successful ones. If the rate of acceptance is 50%, the cost per funded applications doubles again ($12,000 US per application).
All this, just to pay-per-view for the application, and not a soul has seen the results of the funded research! Doesn't this scenario make the idea of paying one modest fee - such as the PLoS $1,500 US for top-notch publishing services, for access to everyone, everywhere - seem like not only a wonderful idea, but an incredible bargain, too?
Compare this pay-per-view scenario with the time and cost-efficient review of the works of the self-archiving author. See, for example, my own works in the SFU Institutional Repository, or E-LIS. Not only are there NO costs - either direct or indirect - but this approach takes an absolute minimum time for the busy reviewer of applications, too.
Given the vast difference in time and costs for full review of grant applications - perhaps funding agencies should prioritize, or expedite, review of applications from self-archiving authors? Or, is the expediting of such applications merely a natural phenomenon - after all, if the author's work is openly accessible, accessing previous work takes no time at all, right?
This post reflects my personal opinion only and does not represent the opinions or policy of the BC Electronic Library Network or the Simon Fraser University Library.
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If they were published in PLoS, the same 20 references would be free to each of the 5 referees, but each one would have cost $1500 to publish -- thus the cost, though borne by previous funders, is 20x1500x2= $60,000.ReplyDelete
Agh, I'm missing something there, but I can't put my finger on it.
Thanks for your comment - here is what I think you are missing, Bill:ReplyDelete
With open access publishing, the total cost for world-wide dissemination for all time, which you have calculated at about $60,000 - is roughly equivalent to the cost of grant reviewers' access to the previously published works of one grant applicant under a pay-per-view model.
Same cost - but the magnitude of the difference in access is hard to contemplate!
Plus, with open access, there is time savings for the grant reviewers - no need to request articles, deal with invoicing, etc.
To update the cost projections: PLoS has increased their fees, however the PLoS fees do not need to be doubled (this is a factor to account for inefficiencies of pay-per-view) - so the PLoS total would now be closer to $50,000, not $60,000, but close enough for ballpark purposes.
Ah, the 2X was to get a figure "per approved grant" -- so yes, it doesn't apply to the OA cost, which is for all time (you're right, that's what I was missing).ReplyDelete
So if we take your updated figure of $50K, that is $2500/paper. This seems to fall roughly in line with the cost-per-published-article figures I've seen lately (not counting journals who claim $30,000/paper!). To compare with the PPV model, we'd need to know how many times an "average" article is needed, and paid for, by reviewers.
Using your figures, $6000 for 20 papers is $300/paper -- so for these OA and PPV back-of-the-envelope "models" to come out even an average paper would have to be required by ~8 different grant review panels.
Most PIs will submit at least one grant per year over a, say, 25 year career, so a conservative guess would have each paper being needed 20 times.
But if we assume the panel can co-ordinate so as to only buy one copy of each article and make further copies for each other, the cost per application reduced by 4/5ths, so that puts us in the neighborhood of $1200 for 20 papers, or ~$60/paper. At that price, even-up is ~40 review panels. Further, if funding agencies keep digital copies of each paper they buy, they don't need to buy it more than once.
But co-ordination might not be (legally) possible.
But would a review panel really read an applicant's last 20 papers?
But the review panel usually has to review a project as well as an applicant, and the project description will have references, some of which the panel will want to read.
But indirect costs run around 50% on average for grants; surely they are not so high for review panels, whose overheads do not include equipment, consumables and so on?
But, but, but. Even if we could find sources for all the assumptions, perhaps such modeling is only an opportunity for the anti-OA lobby to tie up the debate in endless nitpicking over numbers. In good faith or bad, one can always dispute an assumption, or find a contrary example, or whatever.
I'm a researcher: I want OA even if it represents no saving at all. The added convenience would be of enormous value to me, and the increased access for researchers at less well-funded institutions would have a knock-on benefit throughout the scientific community. There are other knock-on benefits, too, such as those that go with the data mining opportunities that OA provides. It's virtually impossible to put a price on those benefits, at least until we can look back over some years of near-100% OA.


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The Transition To Digital
The Transition To Digital
May 1, 2001 12:00 PM, By Chriss Scherer, editor
How digital is your facility? For most stations, the transition began some time ago. A few have resisted the change and are still holding on to as much analog as possible. In time, all facilities will install digital equipment � mainly because most of the analog equipment is disappearing. In most equipment cases, some type of digital replacement already exists. Perhaps the best way to consider the situation is not to think about if you will have a completely digital facility, but when you will have one.
It's probably safe to say that every station has a piece of digital equipment. With so many high-quality consumer formats available � such as CDs, DATs, MiniDiscs, MP3s � there is bound to be something digital in use. Let's start with a clean slate and move forward from here. Where do you begin?
Start small
I don't think any facility is immune from gradual equipment additions. When minor facility modifications are required, there is usually a need to add the associated audio and control wiring. This is the easiest and best place to begin. A well-planned facility has an established wiring and wire-type standard. If yours relies on non-digital-ready wiring, make the change now. The cost of wire capable of high-speed data and digital audio is not much more expensive than its analog counterpart. What's better is that digital wire and cable is the best analog wire you can get. Digital wire must meet specific criteria for data; criteria which easily cover analog applications.
Professional digital audio equipment uses the AES3 digital audio standard. AES3, the balanced signal standard, also has an unbalanced version, AES3-ID. The data information is the same. The difference is the characteristic impedance (110? for AES3 and 75? for AES3-ID) and the signal voltage. One or the other should be chosen for the house standard. If necessary, converters are available.
The standard also supports different sampling rates. It is best to select one standard for your facility and stick with it. Avoid converting signals as much as possible, as this creates such problems as overshoot. Once the infrastructure has been upgraded, upgrading the audio equipment is a simpler task.
Digital audio storage and playback systems and digital editing workstations are inherently digital. Connecting these devices to other equipment can be done through analog or digital connections, but digital connection provides greater functionality.
Digital connectivity between all the devices allows you to consider the entire facility as a single entity. When the consoles, audio routers, automation systems, DAWs and other equipment can communicate, audio can pass through the system, but so can program-associated data (PAD). While the current analog transmission system does not provide a practical method of including PAD, Internet radio and IBOC do. (Analog FM has RBDS, but there are not enough stations fully utilizing it, nor are there a significant number of RBDS receivers in consumer use.) A digital facility also shifts the design of the studio facility from an audio-based facility to a data-based one.
The integration of consoles and routers has continued its evolution. In multistation facilities, this approach offers savings in several areas. By locating all the audio engines in one room, the audio wiring needs are dramatically reduced. Cable preparation, a major part of the labor required to construct a facility, is reduced, resulting in a time and labor savings; labor that can be used in other areas.
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Because the United States does not yet have a digital radio transmission standard, each station's transmission facilities are likely in very different states of technology. The audio processor, really part of the audio chain, is the most sensitive issue in a station. Creating a signature sound is a personal goal for many people. The debate between an analog or a digital processor is one that is best saved for an entire afternoon. As far as the transition to digital is concerned, completely digital, and even digitally controlled analog, processors provide stations with a means to create, modify, store and recall preferred settings. As the facility migrates toward being completely digital, the processor can fit into this �total facility� method.
Digital studio-to-transmitter links (STLs) can be wired or wireless. Most offer greater bandwidth than their analog predecessors. The wired versions typically provide a bi-directional path, which works well with audio sources located at the transmitter site, such as satellite feeds and RPU receivers.
Since an IBOC standard is not ready, there isn't much replacement that stations can do to continue the transition, but stations can take preparatory measures. The BE Radio October 2000 cover story discussed some of the costs that a station can expect. These costs can extend to just more than $40,000 or more. What about stations that need to replace facilities today? You can't buy an IBOC transmitter, but you can buy one that will likely be able to handle an IBOC signal. While some of the specific details are resolved and methods refined, the safest approach for a transmission system is to allow greater headroom than you would for analog. This sounds vague, but each application will be different. The best advice is to talk to your transmitter manufacturer. IBiquity Digital also offers an evaluation to stations as part of the iBiquity EASE program.
Rebuild or replace?
A long-term facility plan should exist as part of a station's capital plan. This will dictate which approach is best for the station.
Stations planning a new construction should future-proof as much of the facility as possible. There are many unknowns, but current-trend observation can guide you very well. Plan enough physical space for the continuing increase of computers. Studio furniture should be able to handle additional monitors and possibly house more computer cases. Don't forget to consider the additional airflow and noise suppression. Rack rooms and server areas will require additional space. �Add another PC� is often the answer given when a new need arises.
In a new installation, the wiring plan should be digital ready. AES3 and CAT5 cable (or better) should be used. It is also likely that house sync signals will increase usage, so an extra coaxial cable should be added to each room.
The integrated router approach allows you to design the entire facility as a single system. This design can be fulfilled with separate system components or a complete package. Be sure to consider any file-sharing needs. A fully digital studio router does not only route audio. Information from DAWs, automation, music scheduling and traffic systems, and other sources can be shared and used.
For facilities that are not planning a complete change, the transition can be made incrementally. By starting with a few key pieces of equipment, the financial load can be distributed over time while the benefits of the change can be realized.
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BSA Falsely Claims ACTA Is A Treaty That Has Already Been Signed By 37 Countries
from the do-they-get-anything-right? dept
Still, given how incredibly careful supporters of ACTA have been to scream "it's not a treaty!" every time anyone calls it a treaty, it's quite amusing to see the BSA, an active ACTA supporter, flat out call it a treaty and falsely claim that 37 countries have already signed on and agreed to imposing criminal penalties for software infringement. That's not true. No countries have signed on yet. 37 countries may have been involved in the negotiations, but that's no guarantee that any of them would sign on and some of the text is still very much in flux (thanks to Jamie Love for pointing out the BSA announcement).
Given the BSA's track record on accuracy, it should be no surprise that they would be so sloppy here as well. But, it does show how those involved view ACTA. To them, it's a treaty, and it's a done deal. In this case, perhaps the BSA is being a lot more honest than others in admitting what's really going on...


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One of America's leading researchers in maize genetics, specifically cell division and cell expansion, Sylvester is working to help advance science that she hopes will bring agricultural improvements to one of the world's most important crops.
"Corn is really a human-designed plant, like most of our advanced crops such as wheat, rice and other grains, and these are the crops that really feed the world," says Sylvester, a University of Wyoming professor in the Department of Molecular Biology. "It's a fantastic crop with high yield, but with population growth and a changing world, there's mounting pressure on food producers, and crops like corn need to be adapted.
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Though maize is one of the world's oldest food sources—the Olmec and Mayans are believed to have cultivated it throughout Mesoamerica before the crop spread throughout the Americas around 2500 B.C.—the genetics of corn have changed throughout the years, both in the sugar-rich varieties of sweet corn grown mostly for human consumption and the field corn varieties used primarily for animal feed.
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The first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, which was as large as it was intense, was expected to swing parallel to Florida's east coast Thursday for a possible landfall in North or South Carolina Saturday.
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There were no reports of deaths or major injuries in Puerto Rico but 800,000 people -- half of the island's electricity customers -- were left without power by the storm, which felled trees, swelled rivers over their banks and flooded some roads.
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In recent years universities have had to develop creative strategies to accommodate increased student admissions. The need to expand health and fitness facilities where space is limited presents a challenge for many.
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Zena Wooldridge, Director of Sport at University Sport Birmingham explained, "Our key objectives are to increase participation by building activity into our students' lifestyles, sustain and enhance the performance side and, more recently, to use sport to enhance our students' personal development and their employability once they leave the university. Ongoing investment in our health and fitness facilities is vital to help us achieve these."
The University built the existing facility, the Munrow Sports Centre, back in the early 1960s. Zena joined the University in 1990 as Sport & Recreation Manager, having worked at Loughborough University for 6 years following her Masters in Recreation Management. It was in the early 90s that Birmingham began to significantly expand its sport and fitness offering.
Zena commented, "At the time Birmingham had a real hodge-podge of equipment whilst the gym was free to the students. We were never going to be able to provide the right quality equipment without introducing a charge. The Guild of Students was opposed to charging and campaigned for the continuation of free but poor quality equipment. So, to test the market we developed the room next to the existing gym as a high quality fitness suite with new equipment, but with a charge. In this way we could make a direct comparison of student demand between the two adjacent facilities. Within 12 months, the students had voted with their wallets. Membership of the new facility soon swelled, clearly demonstrating that students will pay for quality."
The University has continued to invest in their sports facilities but has, in recent years, come up against two issues, lack of space and quality environment. The age and inflexibility of the building are real challenges. These constraints, combined with the intensity of use of the facilities, have meant that, in order to offer the best facility possible to their students, it was critical to invest in quality equipment.
Zena explained, "The equipment here is severely range-tested from 7am to 10pm every day. So it's critical we invest in well designed and constructed kit. Our initial decision to invest in new equipment in the mid-1990s was backed up by thorough research into the top end of the market. We inspected various equipment with a team of operational staff, an engineer to look at build quality, and two gyms users, one who was 5' tall and another 6' 4". We chose Cybex because of its good design and build and the quality engineering of parts."
She continued, "We were the first university to invest in Cybex and it has definitely paid off for us. The quality of the equipment and its longevity speaks for itself. We are still using the original equipment, which we purchased in 1996, in our training and induction room because it functions well and still looks like new, so we can't justify replacing it."
Now with over 3500 members, 80 stations of equipment and the same 400sqm facility, the pressure on space is an increasing issue. After many years of discussion, the University has now approved the capital business plan to move forward with a new facility, which will take Birmingham's sport well into the 21st century.
In the meantime, the priority is to continue to use the limited space as effectively as possible and to maintain a high quality experience for its members. This involves frequent re-investment in CV equipment, close attention to servicing and maintenance of equipment to ensure reliability, and regular re-decoration and re-upholstering.
Zena commented, "Our member attrition rate is very low both amongst our student and community members, even though we are not a sales oriented organisation. Our focus is to provide more of an educational support to our members and to ensure, via inductions, so that our members are well-informed and confident users, although affordability through value-for-money pricing is also essential, especially in a student environment."
Key to the centre's success has been an increased focus on customer service, with everything from initial customer contact to improved efficiency of business processes, such as easily accessible booking and payment systems. Additional and ongoing staff training has also been a vital component, including more staff involvement in setting and achieving targets and their involvement in discussions about the new facility.
The University has also been proactive about maintenance, sending the Assistant Manager for Fitness Services, Lee Costin, on an engineering course with equipment manufacturer, Cybex, so that any faults can be accurately and immediately diagnosed on site and quickly remedied. In a facility so short of space, a high degree of equipment reliability is critical.
St Andrews University
Other universities focused on refurbishment include The Department of Sport & Exercise at St Andrews University who recently upgraded their CV suite with Cybex equipment.
The refurbishment, which took place over the summer, is part of an ongoing programme of work to update and modernise the University's sports facilities.
To date, the programme has included investment in a strength and conditioning room in 2003/4, the creation of a Body Work Shop with stretch area, new flooring and a smaller strength area, as well as the £55,000 refurbishment of the CV suite, which has been the latest project.
Commenting on their decision to use Cybex, Ryan King, Strength and Conditioning Coach at St Andrews University, explained, "Cybex were recommended to us but we also conducted our own review of suppliers by speaking to other universities. I really like the ease of use of the equipment and the fact that it was disability friendly."
He continued, "The replacement of our existing mix of CV equipment with one brand has brought a uniformity of feel and use to our facilities. By modernising the gym our customers tell us that their workouts are more fun and enjoyable. They also like the feel of the equipment and its ease of use. The Cybex brand is well known and liked by the staff. From their point of view, the ease of use of the equipment makes inductions simpler and, as a facility, we have the reassurance of a long warranty and one where we only have to deal with one supplier for all our CV equipment."
London Metropolitan University
New build is also becoming more commonplace amongst universities to circumvent the issues of expanding older buildings, which may be ill suited to the demands of ever increasing numbers of students.
The London Metropolitan University is a case in point with their Science Centre Gym in Holloway Road, London.
The new £30 million Science Centre building project includes an investment of £60,000 in fitness equipment for use by students and staff of London Met. Staffed primarily by fitness industry qualified students (of the 90 staff only four are full-time employees), the 48sqm gym has already gained 2000 members since opening just two months ago.
Ian Jennings commented: "Even though student admissions are down 11 per cent this year, our gym membership is up, which is a real testament to both the accessibility of the new facility and the dedication of our team of staff and students who work at the gym."
The Holloway Road facility includes Sports Therapy Laboratories, Sports Science Testing Facilities and a Sports Hall, as well as their state-of-the-art gym. Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council, the gym features a full range of IFI accredited equipment from Cybex including 24 CV stations and 8 resistance stations.
Student numbers continue to grow and, with an ever increasing awareness on obesity amongst the population, universities will need to continue their investment in appropriate and accessible health and fitness facilities. In the future, this will require a more creative response by space poor campuses and inner city establishments to create facilities that will impact the health of the next generation.


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Fans of Barbara Cook who were expecting to catch the Broadway legend Saturday at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge will have to wait a little longer.
Cook, 84, has postponed the concert after experiencing "an unexpected reaction to medication," according to the performing arts center. The concert has been rescheduled for June 30. Tickets for Saturday's concert will be honored for the new date.
Requests for refunds must be made by 4 p.m. on June 5.
Cook is still scheduled to appear next week in Las Vegas for a four-day engagement at the Smith Center.
The singer-actress was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in December.
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Here is a new piece that was recently released. This is for the 6th book in Diana Rowland's White Trash Zombie series.
This cover needed to be completed for the Publisher's Sales Catalog before the book had actually been written. Which means I didn't have a lot of info to work from. But the Author did know 2 things about the story... The title would be 'White Trash Zombie Unchained', and that it would have zombie alligators.
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The word 'Unchained' and the notion of alligators brought to mind images I'd seen of people walking tigers and hyenas on leashes. Why not alligators then? The image of a zombie walking a pair of zombie alligators on leashes seemed just the right amount of campy/bad ass that this series calls for.
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I then jumped into the final painting. I start with a detailed underdrawing on illustration board. This painting is about 20x30 inches.
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Do you happen to have any past PbP experience that you could point us toward?
No offense intended at all, but you're asking for trust, and we haven't had a chance to get a feel for your style, longevity, etc., given your newness here. It doesn't help that Ars games have a pretty high early mortality rate here.
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One of the points that I keep hearing over and over again from liberal defenders of intervention in Libya is that this is a multilateral effort conceived through official UN channels. The US, they say, will play only a minor role in a broad coalition of states, meaning there will be no undue strain on our already depleted resources.
Yesterday I said I was skeptical of that claim, because I expected this to be a prolonged struggle during which the United States would be required to accept a gradually increasing portion of the burden. But it turns out that even there I was being optimistic: I expected it to happen in a matter of weeks, not immediately. Via Justin Elliot, NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports:
Despite the White House attempts to make this look like it's a huge coalition effort — obviously it required coalition political support — but for now the U.S. military is not only in the lead but conducting almost all military operations, with only minor participation from the French, as you mentioned, even British fighters over night. There's a U.S. commander. And even this morning I talked to senior military officials, when I asked them how soon will the U.S. turn over the command to the coalition — and the indication is the U.S. military is in no hurry to do that.
If this continues for much longer, then the only conclusion we can draw is that the "coalition" is little more than a PR gimmick designed to provide an aura of legitimacy to America's latest military misadventure — while also making the coalition's more apathetic members seem tough on war criminals. I can't decide which part is more amazing: that such a ploy seems to be working, or that "internationalism" has come to mean the same old senseless brutality, this time blessed with the gauzy halo of UN sanction.


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