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The music some have been ignoring, or stuff I'd like you to pay attention to
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June 27, 2019 June 27, 2019 by Ernest Barteldes
July Preview: What to Listen and Watch in the Midsummer
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Aterciopelados, LAMC at Summerstage, July 11
July comes with even hotter temperatures but also brings a full calendar of outdoor shows in many locations. Again, as we did on previous months, we will focus on shows that are either free of charge or with a suggested donation, as is the case with most performances at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn and at Summerstage.
At Bryant Park, the Summer movie series continues with a program that includes classics like Carrie (the Original 1976 with Sissy Spacek and a very young John Travolta), Coming to America and Goodfellas among some lesser-known titles. Films begin at sunset, but you should come early, since space in the grass is occupied as early as 6:00 PM.
The month of July marks the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of The Latin Alternative Music Conference, a citywide event that includes various showcases, panel discussions and other goodies, but for the general public there are free shows around the city. These performances include an opening show at Central Park Summerstage headlined by Mexico's Ximena Sariñana (Wednesday, July 10th at 5 PM), one of the most respected young pop artists in her native country. Her style brings to mind girl-power singers like Avril Lavigne and (if you think of the 90s) Alanis Morrissette. Also on the bill are iLe and Nathy Peluso. The following day, LAMC will host a showcase in Queensbridge Park (July 11th) featuring legendary Colombian band Aterciopelados, Diamante Electrico and DJ Dayansita
Later in the weekend the conference moves to Celebrate Brooklyn, where Guatemala's Gaby Moreno (Prospect Park, July 12th) a bilingual artist that mixes pop and traditional sounds will be sharing the bill with Mexico's Enhambre and El David Aguilar, and then things move back to Central Park (Saturday, July 13th) with tith a big 20th anniversary party featuring Vicente Garcia, ChocQuibTown, Macaco & Guaynaa. On the same evening, Malian living legend Salif Keita will headline at Prospect Park – making it one heck of a busy weekend if you plan on attending every show.
I'm With Her, Celebrate Brooklyn July 18
Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan are three artists with respectable careers in their own right, but when they get together for their "Supergroup" I'm With Her things get far more interesting, as they use more harmonies and musical textures that go beyond their solo works. Opening the evening is Darlingside, a four-piece group from Boston that takes inspiration from 60s groups like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Simon & Garfunkel but put their own personal imprint, being both retro and contemporary at the same time. (BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, July 18).
I've heard Chilean-French rapper Ana Tijoux multiple times over the years, going from her rather raw debut appearance at LAMC almost a decade ago to her more evolved, social justice-conscious phase, where her angrier raps became more melodically intricate. She continues to evolve, so don't expect her to simply rap to the beats in her breakout hit "1977." She has a deeper, more powerful message these days. (Summerstage at Corporal Thomas Park, July 20)
One of the biggest hits on Broadway in recent years, Fela! The Concert celebrates the times and music of iconic Afrobeat founder Fela Kuti with a ten-piece band, dancers and singers – some who were part of the original production – a great opportunity to watch the show again or for those who missed it to actually watch it for free. (Summerstage at Coney Island, July 26 and July 31 at Central Park)
Alceu Valença, July 27 Brazil Summerfest at Summerstage
Brazil Summerfest is a two-week long festival that celebrates everything Brazilian, kicking off with a free street fair featuring traditional music, food and even some artisanal works. There are several ticketed shows, panel discussions and movie screenings throughout the event, including a free show at Central Park Summerstage featuring Alceu Valença (July 27), a legendary singer-songwriter in Brazil but who hardly ever performs in the US (at least from memory, I cannot recall ever hearing of him performing Stateside in the two decades I've been here). His music is a blend of traditional Northeastern beats with theatrics and rock. He is a consummate perfectionist in spite of his eccentric stage persona – I once saw him stop a show because the sound was not of his liking, but he did apologize to the audience for that, and later gave a stellar performance after the problems were solved.
August is also promising as Celebrate Brooklyn, Summerstage and Lincoln Center Out of Doors continue their free programs – tune back in at the end of July for some cool recommendations.
July 8, 2015 July 8, 2015 by Ernest Barteldes
Preview: The Latin Alternative Music Conference 2015
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It is no secret that I am a fan of outdoor concerts during the warm summer months, but there is one event that I eagerly wait to come around: The Latin Alternative Music Conference, the annual event that takes place all over the city, including shows in Central Park and Celebrate Brooklyn and other select venues. Though some of the concerts are for participants only such as the various showcases, most are open to the general public – a treat for fans of Latin Alternative artists.
But what exactly is Latin alternative in the first place? A few years ago, one editor included in an article of mine that it is basically about Latino artists that 'don't play salsa.' Though for most readers back then that might have made sense, I did not really like that definition because rhythms like mambo, cumbia and salsa are actually part of the genre, just not in the traditional sense. After all, reggaeton is the ultimate blend of a quintessentially North American genre with the sounds of the Caribbean. Aterciopelados is a rock band that incorporates traditional Colombian music into their songs, and Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux (who was by the way first showcased in America at LAMC before she broke out internationally) does not hide her home country's influence in her rapping. At least they are no longer calling it "rock en español," a dreadful label that came to be in the 90s when some Latin bands broke into the pop scene in America.
The LAMC is more than just music – it's an opportunity for musicians to network with label executives, journalists and ultimately their own peers. When I first attended about a decade ago (has it been that long?) the conference had what I would describe as more of a party atmosphere, but it has since grown up and become one of the principal opportunities to exchange ideas and try to find the answers for questions about the state of the music business today – which has been changing in breakneck speed.
During the entire conference, several panel discussions are held to look at the state of music today and how to stay current in it – I recall sitting at one panel that included professionals involved in crowdfunding, then a novel idea that not many in attendance could understand. This year, streaming is one of the topics up for discussion. Sure, it is not exactly a new idea, but now that large companies like Amazon and Apple are embracing it, what does it mean for a struggling independent artist who can no longer rely on downloads to make a living? Their music might be featured on NPR, but that is not going to pay their bills – new music comes out at a crazy pace these days, and it's becoming harder and harder to focus on what the next thing might be (believe me, as I write this I am trying to go through my never ending pile of music to review).
For music fans, this year's attractions are indeed a treat. The fun begins tonight (July 8) at Central Park Summerstage, where three up-and-coming bands will showcase their music – Starting with Electronic music artist Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange, who I'm guessing changed his stage name because of another popular artist called Roberto Carlos), an Ecuadoran native who now calls Brooklyn his home. His sound bears a lot of influence from his former Miami home, but you can hear a lot more in what he does.
Following him is Systema Solar, a Colombian electronic collective that (as I mentioned before) blends lots of their native sounds with more contemporary sounds – it's not for everyone, but it is certainly innovative. Closing the evening is Compass, a collaboration between Camilo Lara – a frequent collaborator to the LAMC – and Toy Selectah, a DJ and producer with a large resume that includes Morrissey and Calle 13, to name a few. On Friday (10/7) we go to Celebrate Brooklyn for a three-part set that includes veteran Argentinean band Los Autenticos Decadentes, one of the great luminaries of their country's pop scene for over thirty years – who apparently are enjoying a comeback.
On Saturday we return to Central Park for another great afternoon that will feature Ximena Sariñana, a Mexican breakout singer who has been crossing over thanks to her efforts in English-language songs such as "Different," an infectious song about not conforming to expectations.
There is much more going on – just check out the schedule for further details. It is a great opportunity to get out of the American pop box and discover some new sounds. I always have a lot of fun there and am always reporting – so please follow my Twitter feed @ebarteldes for more.
January 20, 2015 by Ernest Barteldes
Disc Review: Discover World Music/Various Artists
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When it comes to music, I am a bit of an omnivore – I listen to almost everything with the possible exception of gangsta rap or death metal (then there's the music played at the gym, but my earphones have solved that). As far as I can remember, I have always listened to music from all over the world. In school, I remember being the only weirdo who not only knew who Harry Belafonte and Elizete Cardoso were (I'll let you Google that one) but also knew a great part of their catalogues.
Attending concerts at Summerstage and Celebrate Brooklyn deeply broadened my scope – it was there that I first heard groups like Babasonics (Argentina), Amadou & Mariam (Mali) and Lila Downs (Mexico), and I was also blessed to have been present for what turned out to be the final performance by Celia Cruz.
My time as a contributing writer for the now-defunct Global Rhythm magazine was also an eye-opener. I recall that every month the editors (some of whom I am still in touch with) would send the writers a list of records to review, and I would always pick stuff I was not really familiar with so I could learn a bit more about them – during those years, so much music reached me that it is almost overwhelming to think about it. After some time, I started reviewing live performances – one of the most funs was The Pogues, who played a St. Patrick's Day Concert at Roseland Ballroom back in 2007. I recall that I was probably one of very few sober people in the room (I don't drink much while covering shows, maybe a beer and that's it – you can't really rely on just your notes if you have too much to drink).
World Music is, however, a hard sell in America. Just a few months back I remember talking about Lila Downs to some co-workers and getting blank stares in return – even if some of them HAD watched Frida. Never mind that her shows are completely sold out in New York, and that is also true about stars like Bebel Gilberto, Malian blues guitarist Vieux Farka Touré, Mexico's Maná and Colombia's Aterciopelados. From my experience, American audiences in general do not get 'foreign' music unless it is sung in English (one of the reasons why Shakira is big in the US and other Latin artists are not).
It's not like folks don't try – World Music organizations and labels frequently bring artists stateside, but those shows are limited to centers like New York, Chicago (which hosts an annual festival every year during the summer), Los Angeles and Miami – some acts do make it as far as Phoenix but it's not like they are filling halls in Topeka, KS. I once had an argument with an editor who told me to stop pitching him African musicians – his readers (or he) were not interested – never mind that some of the acts were performing in one of the most popular concert venues in his town.
What would it take mainstream audiences who are not fans of NPR to pay attention? Maybe bringing everything together in a package would be a good start for World Music neophytes would be a good start – which brings us to Arc Music's Discover World Music, a double CD that showcases different musicians from around the globe. Some are old favorites like Portugal's fantastic guitarist Custódio Castelo, one of the most sought-out musicians in his country. He appears on "Inquietude," a gorgeous instrumental piece that highlights his technique on the Portuguese guitar – the most important instrument in fado. Brazilian music is also very present via Ceumar's "Gotas do Norte," a fine example of xaxado, a near-forgotten rhythm from the northeastern part of the country that has been pretty much dwarfed by more commercial fare I'd rather stay away from.
Other highlights include Egypt's Hossam Ramzy, one of the most creative composers of his generation, and also Noel McLoughlin's gorgeous "Song for Ireland," a tune sung with so much passion that it gives you goose bumps even if you don't have an Irish bone in your body.
Arc Music is one of these labels that always bring you something new – discovering their releases led me to learn about artists like Marta Gomez, Klezmer Juice and so many more. I really recommend you to get this one as your personal introduction to many other things out there.
Discover World Music


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Series Award
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Mystery, Dignity and Grace
WITH SNEZHANA VON BÜDINGEN
An interview with Snezhana von Büdingen
"Sofie brings with her the mysterious, the ponderous, the dignity, and the melancholy of heroes in the classical paintings of the old masters. I couldn't have photographed her any differently."
Snezhana von Büdingen won our 'YOUTHHOOD' theme with an exquisite, poetic portrait. Our judge, Wilfrid Estève of Studio Hans Lucas, described it as "a moment of sincerity and pleasure in a life that we imagine to be complicated", praising the sensuality of the image and likening it to a Fernando Botero painting.
We posed some questions to Snezhana, keen to understand more about her images, her working practice, and of course her muse for the series, Sofie.
Hi Snezhana. Firstly, congratulations on winning the theme. How do you resonate with Wilfrid's comments?
Thank you very much to Wilfrid for this honor – he captured the aesthetic and meaning of the photo very well. The joy in being one with nature, full of grace and happy. That's how I saw Sofie when I took the photo.
The image is from the series 'Meeting Sofie'. Can you tell us a little bit about the origins of this work? How did you come to meet Sofie, and were her and her family immediately receptive to you documenting them?
About two years ago I came into contact with children with Down syndrome through a project. I photographed them with their mothers at my studio in Köln. Thanks to this project I met Sofie. She fascinated me. When I first visited Sofie, I spent three days living with her. I was with Sofie around the clock, learning about her childhood, seeing the farm where she grew up, and lived with her and her family. This allowed me to immerse myself in her world. The family received me very warmly. And we remain in contact.
Snezhana's winning 'YOUTHHOOD' image, from her series Meeting Sofie
Tell us about your working process. I, like Wilfrid, am struck by the painterly qualities of the work – you draw on classic visual cues such as soft light, rich fabrics and flowers, and there's a formality to the scene-setting, even in the more impromptu moments. Were there inspirations clear in your mind at the outset, or was it more of a response to the environment and the moment?
Deciding on certain photographic means of expression, whether it be light, composition, or color, is something intuitive for me. Those elements should give a certain aura to what one sees in the photo, and convey a certain feeling. Sofie's father is an antiques dealer and they live on a very old farm. None of the photos were staged as far as location is concerned. Sofie grew up in this atmosphere. She has internalized it and lives it. Sofie brings with her the mysterious, the ponderous, the dignity, and the melancholy of heroes in the classical paintings of the old masters. I couldn't have photographed this series about Sofie any differently.
Wilfrid mentions a "life we imagine to be complicated", and he is no doubt correct. But there seems to be a happiness in simplicity too, something idyllic maybe. What have you learnt about life for Sofie, and what can we learn from her?
I've learned so much from and about Sofie. But on every visit I learn something more. She feels the same things as we do, but sometimes more intensely I find. I've seen her happy as well as terribly sad. She finds joy in simple things and is free from social pressure. She doesn't think at all about what others think of her. So, social acceptance plays a small role. In that she's freer than we are. What the people to whom she is close and loves feel is important to her. Also how they relate to her. She is also able to delve into herself and separate herself from the day-to-day. These are all things we can learn from her.
Since finishing the series, it seems like Sofie's story is starting to travel the world – one of her portraits was a finalist in the 2018 LensCulture Portrait Awards, and now this. How has Sofie reacted to this news? Have you let her know about Life Framer?
Of course! I always keep Sofie and her mother up-to-date on the success of the series. We're very happy that the series is reaching more and more people. This would hardly be possible without Life Framer, LensCulture and other important photographic media.
Contact with people with Down syndrome makes many people feel embarrassed, but that's maybe because they understand so little about Down syndrome. Series such as "Meeting Sofie" can help to slowly reduce this fear of contact.
'Meeting Sofie' is not the first time you have photographed youth – your series 'Twins' is a collection of portraits of young twin brothers and sisters. Is there something in particular about photographing young people that engages you? An innocence, or a pliability perhaps?
I like to photograph young people. Youth is the phase of life in which one's personality develops, it's a turning point for one's life. Of course we change over time, some more and some less. But certain things that happen at this time remain in us. How do twins experience growing up? How different can the personalities of twins be? These questions inspired me while working on that series.
And what next for you Snezhana? Are you still working on your current series, or thinking about the next project?
Currently I'm working further on the "Meeting Sofie" project. There are still parts of her life and sides of her personality that I would like to share. My hope is to publish the series as a photobook.
All images © Snezhana von Büdingen
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Q: Overhead of wrapping data in message Will wrapping a protobuf parameter in a separate message give any extra runtime overhead?
This:
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I'm only using the C++ implementation if that matters.
Extra wire overhead? Serialization overhead? Access overhead?

A: There is a overhead for every embedded message as per encoding explanation of protobufs
Below simple message with one int value would be encoded as 08 96 01
message Test1 {
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Meanwhile encoding of message definition with an embedded message would look like 1a 03 08 96 01
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Documentation explains it saying that

the last three bytes are exactly the same as our first example (08 96 01), and they're preceded by the number 3 – embedded messages are treated in exactly the same way as strings (wire type = 2).

So in short 1a 03 is added as overhead into Test3 since Test1 is another message type

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Smart and stylish is what your little boy will look wearing this striped shirt. It features a front button placket, short sleeves with tabs, spread collar and attractive pockets on the front. The print at the back adds to its appeal.


Mario Quesada Bianchini is a partner at Consortium Legal – Costa Rica and focuses his practice in the commercial, banking and finance areas of law, especially in the acquisition of banking and other financial institutions, leading their integration process and mergers.
Mario has a master's degree in commercial law and a master's degree in comparative law, obtained in Costa Rica and Madrid, Spain.
Along his career, he has participated in the design and documentation of cross-border financing transactions in Central America and has represented banks and other multilateral financial institutions in local and multi-jurisdiction transactions. He advised financial institutions in their relationship with the regulators, as well as in the design of local and multijurisdictional corporate loans with different collateral structures. Has also participated in asset securitisation as well as in bond and stock issuance.
Mr Quesada is also the head of the law firm's consumer and retail banking departments.
WWL says: Mario Quesada Bianchini is well known in the region for his excellent work handling a wide array of corporate finance matters.
Along his career, he has participated in the design and documentation of cross-border financing transactions in Central America and has represented banks and other multilateral financial institutions in local and multi-jurisdiction transactions. He advised financial institutions in their relationship with the regulators, as well as in the design of local and multi-jurisdictional corporate loans with different collateral structures. Has also participated in asset securitisation as well as in bond and stock issuance.
WWL says: Mario Quesada Bianchini is known for his expert handling of complex cross-border finance transactions and is a major player in the regional market.


A medicine or alcoholism impacts every area of a person's life. Along with profession and also connection issues, a drug abuse trouble could raise some extremely awkward inquiries concerning identity, and also the significance as well as objective of life. Faith-based healing options effort to present a spiritual– generally Christian– point of view on dependency and therapy, supplying characteristics as well as instructions that are distinct from nonreligious programs.
For people that count on the assistance of a religious tradition, or who are searching for a spiritual structure for recuperation, faith-based healing programs supply an environment that nourishes this facet of therapy. Unlike nonreligious healing programs, which might de-emphasize the function of spirituality in order to attract a wider range of clients, faith-based programs are openly structured around the values, practices, as well as mentors of a details religion. Customers could review issues of faith as well as dependency with specialists and also peers in a safe, helpful setting that verifies their beliefs.
The specifying characteristic of Christian-centered therapy choices is that the methods as well as techniques are based upon, or influenced by, Christian teachings. This indicates that they urge spiritual reflection as component of rehab and therapy, as well as use Christian scripture (as located in the Bible) to guide as well as route patients through detoxification, along with private, team, or family members counseling. Such programs frequently utilize testimonies as well as testaments of Christian tenets of God's love and also acceptance as resources of strength and also inspiration for recovering individuals.
Jung impressed this point of view onto an alcoholic person of his, informing the male that the only ensured means of beating the condition (because all various other methods had failed) was to discover a spiritual experience. That conversation ultimately made its way to the ears of Costs Wilson, the guy that would certainly incorporate his hopeless wish to stop alcohol consumption with his newfound Christian faith to develop Alcoholics Anonymous. Jung wrote to Wilson directly to discuss that spiritualism was exactly what was needed to get rid of alcoholism.
Convinced of the efficiency in utilizing the Christian viewpoint to assist alcoholics manage their impulses, Wilson infused every degree of Alcoholics Confidential with suitable importance. Also the iconic 12 Actions of AA derived its number from the 12 Apostles of Jesus Christ. Half of the 12 Steps state God (or, for the benefit of secular or agnostic members, a "higher power").
Twelve-Step programs like Twelve step programs have come under criticism and also scrutiny for their absence of transparency and also eschewment of standardized clinical practices, but the core ideas of peer support, mutual aid, as well as liability are still supported.
Faith-based therapy programs are clearly not for every person, but they could be a feasible solution for a great deal of people, whether they are from a spiritual background or not. A 1999 research study on "Spiritual Confidence as well as Spirituality in Material Misuse Recuperation" released in the Journal of Substance Misuse Therapy found that remarkable levels of spiritual belief were connected with an extra hopeful overview on life, even more regarded social assistance, much better defenses against anxiety, and also reduced degrees of stress and anxiety, for individuals recouping from a substance reliance.
The principle of having common support and also a network is one of the structures of faith-based therapy. While definitely not unique to Christian-oriented programs, the concept of becoming a cohort of people finding out as well as enhancing with each other is mirrored in the effects seen at church gatherings. The New York Times reports on a North Carolina research study that discovered frequent church attendees had more social support, and also resulting much better health, compared to individuals who did not participate in church.
Faith-based recuperation has been gaining appeal in the last few years, but just how efficient is this method to treatment? The National Survey of Substance Misuse Therapy Solutions reported in 2008 that there were 527 faith-based rehabilitation facilities in the USA. Given that the staff of such treatment facilities have the tendency to be "unlicensed as well as nonprofessional," as the Journal of Substance Misuse Therapy kept in mind, as well as treatment does not always adhere to standard scientific approaches, there exists a dearth of systematic empirical research study right into the efficiency of faith-based programs.
Nevertheless, the supervisors of those programs focus less on the numbers and also data of their centers' success prices and also more on their effectiveness. Talking to The Fix, one director claims his program is "off the graphes" successful; one more states that both secular as well as spiritual treatment programs think really highly of his operation. A third director says 70-80 percent of the graduates of his program did not regression within the past year; and an additional directed at a two-year, in-house research that found 48 percent of its grads maintained their soberness after completing their therapy.


How many bitcoins are vulnerable to a hypothetical quantum attack?
Conclusion: Together (as of 2018 June 4): 19% addresses (4,242,958 of 22,275,753) that hold 36% of the bitcoins (6,080,090 of 17,072,361) reveal their public keys.
Looks like mainnet release on Tuesday!!?!!
Might be a good time to pick up a little qrl.
Bridger T wrote: Looks like mainnet release on Tuesday!!?!!
MainNet has launched, and token migration is live again. The issue is that the exchanges are still trading the ERC-20 token so there is no current exchange liquidity for the real Quanta (yet). Oddly, we are at a low 7k sats. Might be a good pick up opportunity, but it could trend down to 5k sats first too, ugh.
https://docs.theqrl.org/ - Token Migration reference documentation here.
This might be the single best article I've read that highlights the need for a blockchain to be Quantum Secure from genesis block. QRL might be years ahead of its time, but it is now here regardless.
SilverDoge wrote: This might be the single best article I've read that highlights the need for a blockchain to be Quantum Secure from genesis block. QRL might be years ahead of its time, but it is now here regardless.
Chaboo wrote: Is anyone mining QRL?
I do not have a rig, or otherwise I would be. The team is still working on getting the MainNet quanta listed on exchanges. You'd think the current exchanges trading the ERC-20 token would just do a simple swap, but it isn't as easy as simply on-boarding another ETH token.
I was thinking about grabbing some QRL from Bittrex, but if I understand correctly, they are trading the ERC-20 token and not the actual quanta yet. If I pull the tokens from bittrex and put it on my ledger, i will have to migrate the tokens into quanta at a future date. Is this right?
The whole thing is worth watching, but at around 10:30 he talks about quantum computing.
cmiller17363 wrote: I was thinking about grabbing some QRL from Bittrex, but if I understand correctly, they are trading the ERC-20 token and not the actual quanta yet. If I pull the tokens from bittrex and put it on my ledger, i will have to migrate the tokens into quanta at a future date. Is this right?
Correct. I still have ERC-20 tokens myself, and will do the swap to the quanta when 1) major exchanges have made the swap, leaving the ERC-20 tokens worthless/useless, and/or 2) after QRL team has got full ledger support. I know they've been working ledger support for a while and it is a top priority.
Bittrex announcement for listing QRL mainnet coin.
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John Stiernberg– Making the Music Last
By David Keene (Systems Contractor News) 2017-11-14T17:59:00Z
When I learned that John Stiernberg, well known in the pro audio, music instrument, and AV industries passed away November 11th after a battle with cancer, sadness was followed by appreciative reflection on John's many contributions to our world.
NewBay colleague Jeremy Glowacki wrote a nice tributeto John this morning. It got me thinking about my time with him.
As the news release on the 11th stated, "despite his influential role as a guiding force behind many of the industry's success stories, Stiernberg maintained an intentionally understated, behind-the-scenes profile to keep the spotlight on his clients."
Indeed, John was a soft-spoken man– brilliant but never blowing his own horn. He had a knack for bringing out the best in others, on both a personal and a professional level.
Many have commented on John's love of music in particular. For me that quality of his resonates on several levels. It resonates with me as it does with so many in the industry– as a link back to the time when so many audio pros especially were musicians who parlayed their love of music or music gigs into a day job at sound companies or audio or MI equipment manufacturers. For some, the day job led to the corner suite.
John was indeed an "accomplished bluegrass and gospel musician", but he was much more than that. He knew as much about jazz as about bluegrass. When I was spending a good deal of time with John, a few years back, we'd trade armchair assessments of Miles and Jarrett as much as of Ralph Stanley or the Grascals. At that time I was more into jazz. Oddly, I've drifted toward more bluegrass and roots music in recent years. John's influence, perhaps?
I remember that John, no matter where he was, business meeting in Manhattan, or trade show, or anywhere, always had a set of fingerpicks in his pocket (not flat picks– individual fingerpicks). He'd pull them out if there was a guitar or banjo nearby, and effortlessly dive into an interesting riff– yes, usually bluegrass. I'd rib him about "cheating" by having to use fingerpicks– I use my nails to pick. It always ended with a smile on John's face, and he'd play on, in that zen-like way of his. (Not sure how bluegrass is zen-like, but somehow he made it so.)
At the NAMM show, John was like a kid in a candy shop. He was on first name basis or more with the owners and execs of the industry's most prominent companies. He could trade stories with Chris Martin– Chris had a few, seeing that he was and is the sixth generation to run his family's guitar-making business that you may of heard of– C. F. Martin & Company. Or with Mark Gander of JBL. Or any of dozens of folks who like John brought not just business smarts to the game, but a love of music, technology, and where they both meet.
John Stiernberg is survived by his wife Jeanne. If you knew John, you know Jeanne. They were indeed childhood sweethearts who made the music last, and last.
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested a donation to one of many charitable causes John was committed to, including the NAMM Foundation, as well as Bay City United Methodist Church, Bay City, OR.
John– this pic is for you. It's kind of a link to all said here. It's a guitar you played, in a room you sat in. Its technology– though groundbreaking when it was made– is elegant (as all technology should be). And it still plays flawlessly. The guitar was made, personally, by hand, by your friend Chris Martin's great-great-great-grandfather, Christian Frederick Martin, in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, before Abraham Lincoln was president. I was just a caretaker of the guitar. It now belongs to Ricky Skaggs. He will just be a caretaker of the instrument. But it will last, and the music will last, and last. Good things do.


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We're pleased to bring you news of yet another financial award given by Dr. Jane's HealthyPetNet Foundation, this time to an inspirational group of animal rescuers in Ohio.
Located in Portsmouth, Sierra's Haven for New & Used Pets represents the best available option for their county's homeless animals. Situated on 50 acres, their operation is housed in a 5,653-square-foot building with the capacity to comfortably shelter hundreds of animals.
Since opening in 2006, Sierra's Haven has made a tremendous difference in the lives of thousands of animals, many of whom were once strays in desperate need of medical attention. Regardless of condition, the group treats every dog and cat with care and respect, and aims to find each animal the perfect forever home.
In addition to their immediate and primary goal of saving the lives of homeless dogs and cats, they routinely offer low-cost surgical procedures to the pets of economically depressed families. Plus, they actively work to educate the community about the prevention of animal abuse and neglect.
The organization's namesake is taken from the feline companion of Bernie Counts, Jr., the late brother Dr. Gail Counts, the group's founder who now serves as the President and Executive Director. Mr. Counts died unexpectedly in his home, and Sierra, his adoring kitty, stayed by his side until a concerned neighbor made the sad discovery. Both Sierra and Bernie remain constant reminders for the volunteers of the non-profit, who strive to honor their memories through their ongoing, caring commitment to abandoned, abused and neglected animals.
Their in-house veterinary staff includes Drs. Angela Sherman, Julie Bilchak, Naomi Dean and Liza Guess. Even though she's busy as the President and Executive Director, Dr. Gail Counts continues to provide veterinary care. During the period from 2006 to 2012, their Spay-and-Neuter Program, which is run by their vets, has achieved outstanding results, performing almost 9,500 procedures on both dogs and cats.
The day-to-day operations of Sierra's Haven are run by a full-time administrator, two full-time veterinary technicians, a part-time office manager, a part-time kennel/maintenance supervisor and one full-time kennel worker. Offering support services is a team of volunteers whose talents further the aims of the enterprise.
Many pets are adopted by low-income families, who only need to cover the minimal $15 adoption fee for cats or a completely voluntary donation for dogs. The shelter receives funding from these adoptions, relinquishment fees, yard sales, raffles, ongoing financial assistance from a variety of organizations, as well as the support of a few local businesses.
In spite of the overwhelming needs and limited resources, Sierra's Haven has consistently maintained remarkable adoption averages every year. Last year represented a major milestone, as they saved 373 cats and 1002 dogs. Already this year, they've rescued 52 cats and 103 dogs. Since opening their doors, they've saved the lives of nearly 6,500 dogs and cats, including hundreds of pets who were returned home after becoming lost.
The non-profit operates three distinct funds, each geared toward a unique and worthwhile goal.
Pet Population Control Fund
These monies cover the majority of the costs to provide low-cost spay-and-neuter services to companion animals living in low-income households, to promote public awareness about the benefits of spay-and-neuter programs and to upgrade surgical equipment utilizing the latest technology for future procedures.
Feral Cat TNR Program
As our regular readers will know, TNR stands for 'Trap, Neuter and Release', an effective maintenance strategy for cat populations living in the wild. The TNR efforts of Sierra's Haven are concentrated on feline colonies in Scioto County.
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This fund is dedicated to the many animals who are in dire need of medical treatment upon intake. Over the years, they've witnessed all manner of illness and injury, ranging from advanced heartworm disease to grievous wounds inflicted by vehicular hit-and-runs.
On behalf all of the dogs and cats who have experienced a vastly improved quality of life due to the arduous work and tenacity of this rescue, we offer Sierra's Haven our sincere kudos and unending thanks. Their unwavering determination to create happily-ever-after stories for so many animals made giving this $1,000 award our immense pleasure.
If you or someone you know would be interested in adopting a dog or cat in Ohio, we encourage you to stop by Sierra's Haven (sierrashaven.org). You never know … you could end up finding your new best friend!
Dr. Jane's HealthyPetNet Foundation has provided funding to animal rescue groups all over America since 2007. Our non-profit wing could not have achieved what it has without the continued patronage of our customers and the contributions of individual donors. On behalf of the thousands of animals who are now living in new forever homes thanks to Sierra's Haven, we thank you for caring enough to make a difference.
If you've had experience with an animal rescue organization worthy of special recognition and financial support, please forward this post, to let them know that our non-profit is actively seeking grant applications for 2014. We encourage interested parties to call us toll-free at 877-387-4564 … one of our customer service agents will be happy to share application details.
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb 17 – Gael Monfils defeated good friend Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Sunday to win his eighth career title at the Rotterdam Open.
"It was an unbelievable week, a pleasure," said Monfils.
"Stan is a part of this win. We've been talking a lot and practising a lot. You're my brother," he told his Swiss opponent.
"It was great for sure to be in the final," Wawrinka said. "I'm pleased with the way I played in it and the way I arrived to the final.
"I need to keep doing what I've been doing the last few months. I need to play events to gain confidence. Keeping going is the only way to get back my ranking," said the world number 68.
"I struggled with the wrist all week," he said. "I came out running hard in the first game to make him feel I was there.
"But when I hit as hard as I could with the backhand — 'ohhh'," he said in reference to the wrist pain he was feeling.
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Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes
August 8th, 2006 by TheGameCollector
[This is Eric Lambert's second submission to VC&G, with contributions and editing by RedWolf.]
Nothing seems to make headlines more these days than war and copyright infractions. Whether it has to do with movies, music, or games, "piracy" is now a household word, and media providers are searching for ways to reduce it and make money off of it at the same time. Hollywood's Broadcast Flag. Sony's rootkit debacle. Starforce. So much time, effort, and public goodwill has been wasted on the quest to prevent people from copying things.
All right. Did I scare off the casual passers-by yet? Because this isn't a crusade to rail against the evils of modern copy-protection. No, I just needed a legitimate sounding opening to introduce what I really want to talk about: old-school copy protection. We're talking "Don't Copy That Floppy" here, folks — back in the days when men were men and boys had to learn how to handle boot floppies and extended memory.
The early copy protection schemes were much more analog than digital, and tended to fall into two categories: code wheels and manual lookups. That's right, they used documents and devices that were physically separate from the program. While the games themselves were easy to duplicate, copy protection (C.P.) implementations weren't. Moving parts, dark-colored pages, esoteric information scattered throughout a manual all meant that photocopying (when possible) could be prohibitively expensive. And without a world-wide publicly available Internet, digital scans and brute-force cracking programs were almost unheard of. For the most part, the C.P. methods were an effective low-tech solution to a high-tech problem.
So let's take a look at a couple of them and revel in their oh-so-simple glory.
Many games made use of devices called "code wheels." Zany Golf had a relatively simple setup: two concentric cardboard circles, one slightly smaller than the other, each with terms written around the outer edge. Spiraling along the inside of the smaller wheel were cutout windows. At a particular point in the game (right after the first hole, I believe), the game would provide the player with a term from the outer wheel, a term from the inner wheel, and a specific window to look through. When properly aligned, the window would show a code to enter which would allow you to continue the game. In this case, golf terms were used on the code wheel to keep with the game setting. Similarly, Their Finest Hour used names of Luftwaffe units and RAF bases. SSI got a little more complex with theirs, using symbols from fantasy languages along the edges of the wheels, and three different sets of cutout windows, each designated by a particular pattern of dashed lines. Not only would it be difficult to copy accurately by hand, but in order to photocopy it, you would effectively have to destroy it. And what self-respecting computer geek could bear to destroy any documentation that came with a program?
A similar technique that I have not seen implemented anywhere else was included with Alone in the Dark 2. Rather than a code wheel, Infogrames used a playing-card system which reflected puzzles in the actual game. Provided in the original retail game box was a set of double-sided cards, each one tagged as a particular value and suit on each of its four orientations, and peppered with randomly-spaced cutout windows. At the appropriate point in the game, the player would be given a pair of card values (which would have to be overlaid) and a particular cutout to look through. For example: "Place the 3 of Diamonds over the Queen of Spades and read the character in the first row, second column," which would be a green club. If the enormous number of possible combinations weren't already enough to stymie the would-be pirate, the fact that the suits were different colors on different cards made photocopying (commonly black and white in those days) an iffy proposition.
Manual Lookups
Another common copy protection technique was the "manual lookup." Populous, X-Com: UFO Defense, Railroad Tycoon, Prophecy, and countless other titles went this route. With this method, no additional items needed to be packaged with the game, and the C.P. could take up previously unused space in the margins of the user guide. Populous would show a coat-of-arms for a given world and ask the player to provide the name of said world. One shield was displayed on the bottom corner of every page or two in the manual, and you had to flip through until you found the right one. It was kind of a brute-force way to do it, but it worked. Without the manual, the game wouldn't play. Railroad Tycoon, I understand, provided images of trains (what else?) and asked the player to identify them correctly. Prophecy would show an image of a particular enemy, and again, the player would have to flip through the book to find the one that matched exactly. Considering the state of character sprites at the time, the number of unique variations was surprising. You could usually identify the correct image and get on with your game, but the interruptions were annoying and time consuming. Sim City used a similar technique, although it was not part of the manual. A "High Scores" page in dark red was included in the box, and each page/name combination had a unique symbol pair. There were four pages containing 88 codes each, all nearly impossible to read, even in good light – yeah, that must have been fun. At least it was photocopy-proof, even if it wasn't friendly to the eyes.
A little less time consuming were the manual lookups that told you exactly where to go. Many games — X-Com: UFO Defense included — would ask the player to type in a code that appeared on a given page. Other games took it a step further and would ask for a specific word from a given line in a given paragraph on a given page: "Type in the fourth word of the first line of the last paragraph on page 254 to continue." Not very creative, but not terribly time consuming either — that is, until games started being re-released with reformatted or electronic manuals. A condensed re-release manual could cause enough havoc with this sort of protection that companies eventually started listing all the answers together on one easily-reproducible page. My copy of X-Com: UD, for example, was a jewel case copy, and the case liner listed all the associated page numbers and codes since no manual shipped with the game. Origin went the same way with some of their Ultima re-releases, but the original games had a unique C.P. twist…
Of Maps and Cracks
You see, one of the things I loved about Ultima games were the "feelies" that were included. You know, the little toys and things that make you feel that you got extra value for your money. Ultima games usually included (among other items) high quality cloth maps. And while the C.P. within the game might ask you to look up answers in the manual, it would also require you to look up latitude/longitude coordinates on the map. The game would ask a question like "At what longitude does the city of Skara Brae lie?" And since everything on the map was written in Britannic runes, well…if you were new to the game, the first task was to translate everything. Then, once you had located the correct city, you had to trace the lat/long lines back to the edge and hope that you were reading the number correctly. It was a rather clever way of keeping the C.P. theme "within the game," even if it was time consuming. But frankly, as much as I loved the world of Ultima, it didn't seem to be a hardship at all.
Lastly, there was one C.P. scheme that I only saw used once, and it wasn't really on a game. You may recall that back in the days before online trainers and cheat utilities, one of the best (if geekiest) ways to make a game easier was to use a hex editor to change some of the basic player data. A program called Game Guru bundled a decent hex editor with some automation features and a cheats database to provide a one-stop program for modifying game files. It shipped on a 3.5″ floppy, but the program was restricted to only three installs. In order to install it, the write-protect tab on the floppy had to be disabled, and the software would supposedly write a marker to a file on the disk every time it was installed. Once that count reached three, poof! No more installs for you. Hmmm…I wonder why that technique never became popular.
A Strange Kind of Shareware
Looking back, you know what I like most about these old C.P. methods? Many programs implemented them after you were already playing the game. You were allowed to complete the first mission, play for a given length of time, or explore the entire first city before they cropped up. And from a marketing standpoint, that's genius. It applies the best idea of the shareware model to the full-retail model. Want to make a copy of the game? Go for it: the first mission's free, but after that — after you're hooked — ya gotta pay, just like everybody else.
And you know what? It was usually worth it.
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31 Responses to "Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes"
Sharktar Says:
Ah, I remember some of those. Metal and Lace, I loved that game, maybe a little too much. Takes me back!
Jurgi/Tristesse/Atari8.Info Says:
The most amazing CP for me was Infocom's 'feelies'. There are sites over the net with the feelies scanned – they had to really add a feeling to a game… There is a great article about Infocom's 'Deadline' game on Wikipedia: "When writing this game, Blank couldn't include all of the game's text in the limited 80KB of disk space. Working with a newly hired advertising agency, Infocom created the first feelies for this game: extra items that gave more information than could be included within the digital game itself. These materials were of very high quality and their inclusion with a computer game was unprecedented. Critics and fans hailed Infocom's pioneering move as lushed over their high quality and the immersiveness they added to the game." 🙂
gnome Says:
Ah yes… old fashioned copy protection… interesting, creative and easily photocopied… Oh, and please don't forget the Monkey Island 2 wheel, or the beautifull way Infocom used to integrate its copyprotection feelies in interesting puzzles….
Jakanden Says:
I remember many of these but the Eye of the Beholder series with it's manual lookup method sticks out most in my mind =)
Dennis P Says:
Ahhh, XCOM: UFO Defense. Still one of the best games I have ever played.
The learning curve was hell and the movement point system made the game balance a thing of joy. I still recall the icy chill that came from moving a trooper into perfect position to take out an alien only to find that there were no points left for the shot, leaving the alien in a perfect position to take out your trooper.
Many things have evolved in gaming but XCOM's gameplay has kept it high in my esteem.
racekarl Says:
Indianopolis 500: The Simulation had an interesting copy protection scheme: The game shipped with a photographic almanac of all the Indy 500 winners up until the year the game was published. At the start of the game you would be shown a heavily pixelated version of a photo and you had to type in either the year of the win, the driver's name, or the make of car they drove, depending on what you were asked.
This method was interesting in that it used information available in the public domain, but perhaps hard to find in 1989 or whenever it came out. Also, the quality of the pictures displayed was so poor that even with the enclosed almanac it was sometimes difficult to identify the photograph.
Great game though…
MegaKitsune Says:
FEELIES!
http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/carny
August 9th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
A great link this MegaKitsune. Thanks.
RedWolf Says:
Gotta love the feelies. 🙂
Quite 🙂
This really doesnt relate to PC games, but a game for the Nintendo had an excellent copy protection system.
The game was StarTropics, included in the box was a letter from your friend Dr. J in the game inviting you to the island. About half way through you are required to dip the letter into water revieling the number 747.
This would allow you to continue.
Not really a copy protection system, but still a neat way to get the player into the game.
It goes into detail about the letter here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTropics
medarch Says:
The original SimCity used to have a giant table of numbers, too lightly printed to be reproduced by your standard office copy machine. I copied by hand and 20% of the sheet from a friend, then I would restart the game until it asked me for a number from the part I copied!
I personally find the suggestion that the StarTropics "water note" is a form of copy protection to be absurd (as the Wikipedia currently does, as of this writing — that may change soon). It's certainly not a very good method of CP since the key to breaking it is universally "747" on every instance of every game and could be provided easily by the person making copies of the game. But you must also rewind to 1990 when StarTropics came out: How many people in the US (where StarTropics was solely released) had the capability to successfully copy and sell a pirated NES game (much less play it)? Ok, so somebody could have sold pirated copies in Asia, but they could have easily printed "747" on the label. Even if they didn't, people would have still bought and played the game at least half-way through, not knowing there was a form of "copy protection." So once again the "copy protection" wouldn't work.
Don't believe everything you read in Wikipedia.
Valid point there RedWolf.
Blitzvvolf Says:
I still haven't figured out the right passcodes for my old "Oh No! More Lemmings!" game. I've been wanting to play that for a loong time.
I think my favorite copy protection was in Return to Zork where Mrs. Peepers would ask you questions from the manual. "Now we'll have a little… pop… quiz…" If you got them wrong, you would die. Loudly.
How I love that game.
These codes?
http://eager.back2roots.org/CHEAT/o/ohnomo.htm
jtb Says:
August 31st, 2006 at 6:09 am
And then there was "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?", which came bundled with a printed copy of the "1990 World Almanac". From time to time (at startup? I can't recall), the program would challenge you with a question like, "What's the population of Zambia?", which you'd then have to dutifully go look up.
I think they billed this as an "educational feature". Of course, because the info in those Almanacs goes out of date so fast, it soon evolved into a "historical feature".
Lord Flame Stryke Says:
You are correct about the Railroad Tycoon game, looking up the names of the trains. It would show a picture of a train and you'd select the proper name from the list of all the trains in the game.
It had a nice feature, though, that if you failed the copy protection check, the game still allowed you to play, but limited you to running 2 trains, while succeeding at the copy protection would allow you to run 20+ trains.
dogmusher Says:
Leisure Suit Larry, to start it would ask you questions that most kids would have no clue about. Nixon, politics, music, etc. That is why I am so good at Jeopardy now. Amazing how fast you can learn!
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of 'Elite' had a thing called a Lenslok, which was a plastic lens that allowed you to read a jumbled-up code on the screen. Tricky to use and unreliable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenslok
http://www.birdsanctuary.co.uk/sanct/s_lenslok.php
Mark2000 Says:
We didn't need the internet to pass cracks and codes back then. We had BBSes. I was online with my 1200 baud modem back in 1991 getting cracks for Kings Quest 4 and Sim City. Good times.
Chasbeau2 Says:
Who else remembers the C-64 (and other systems) game by Cinemaware called ROCKET RANGER? One of my ATF's.
It used a 'code wheel' that when correctly aligned yielded a number representing the correct amount of fuel to select for your rocket pack.
In fact you NEEDED to use it each time you activated your rocket pack.
Incorrectly entering the amount of fuel could have fatal results, or cause you to rocketeer yourself to an unintended destination.
(Yep, no zep!)
Yes, very nifty game that… 🙂
What is an "effective" form of copy protection? One that prevents illegal duplication or one that entices people to buy the product? The former might be somewhat effective at "preventing copies" in the literal sense, but the benefit for the publisher is nil (probably even negative, going by the additional customer support they have to offer). The latter is the choice to not lower the value of the product in a futile appeal to people who already decided they're not going to pay for it, but *raise* it to get more of the actual potential customers to buy it. In other words, focusing your efforts and funds on the people who will actually give you money, rather than those who never will.
I posit that the feelie principle of giving your customers some stuff they just gotta have was and is the only form of "copy protection" that can ever really lead to what the publishers claim is their goal — more sales. Today? It's all digital distribution, you're offered less and less product for the same money, your rights to the software you "purchase" (rather rent) is restricted to perverse and sometimes unlawful degrees, the publishers want you to think that a remotely activated, non-transferrable, limited license with no guarantee of future availability and no additional material whatsoever is worth the price of a full product.
Gee, I wonder why their sales continue to suck?
SimCity's high score page wasn't immune from photocopying: clever manipulation of the contrast and brightness features available on copy machines of that period could produce a perfectly readable (and less annoying) copy of the chart. I know, because our game includes both the original code sheet -and the photocopy I made in case we lost the original. 🙂
Mike B Says:
Cool article, I tweeted one of your pictures just now 🙂
I love the Alone in the dark code wheel especially. It actually added value / immersion to the game experience.
Great point 'Daniel'. I think having something physical and unique that is tied to the product is a really underdeveloped solution. Lending stuff to a friend is fine in my opinion, and really shouldn't detrimentally impact sales.
Galacticus Says:
Budokan The Martial Spirit, an old PC game about karate from 1989.
It ran on a late 80s PC XT 8088 with CGA graphics.
At startup it asked you to identify some weird Karate symbols.
It was a good game.
wheels Says:
March 5th, 2015 at 11:09 am
Some Apple ][ software used an interesting hardware protection scheme: to prevent any copied disk from running at all, it had one sector on the disk that was weakly written (no reliable ones or zeros in the sector), so that it would provide different data each time it was read. Nothing vital to the game/application was in that sector, it was the fact that it provided unreliable data that was important.
Any disk copier would read the sector, and write whatever it read to the target floppy. When the program ran, it would read the sector several times, and abort if it got the same data each time.
agumonkey Says:
@wheels
Same scheme used for Playstation 1 games. Sony could manufacture CD-ROMs with different error correction policies, meaning they could craft an erroneous sector that would be naively 'corrected' by mainstream CD players and thus could be interpreted as sign of piracy.
Paulwall Says:
One of my favorite games from my teen years was Star Control 2. Before you could begin playing it required you to identify a star at certain coordinates. The game came with a large starmap for this purpose. I later lost the map but fortunately had played the game enough that I could identify the constellation from memory most of the time.
Enlightenment Says:
Floppy disk anti-copy methods:
1) special track on floppy that had too few sectors, or too many sectors, or sectors with sector header but no sector data block, malformed headers (longer or shorter), malformed data blocks (longer or shorter), …
2) special track would be written 1/2 a track between two other normal tracks
3) laser would burned off magnetic part of the surface so that NO data could be written. a pirate disk would use normal floppy media.
4) magnetic media doesn't exist in outter tracks
5) hole(s) in media. I think this crappy idea lead to the laser concept above.
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Believing Joseph
A blog dedicated to the belief that the Prophet Joseph Smith was a messenger of Christ and an honest man. That is to say, I believe that Joseph told the truth about the First Vision, the Golden Plates, the Ministering of Angels, the Kingdoms of Glory, and about not being a polygamist. And I think that taking the Prophet at his word about these things is the only way to remain true to the faith that he restored.
The centrality of the life and work of the Prophet Joseph Smith to my faith should require no explanation. There are some people who complain that Mormons focus too much on Joseph Smith rather than on the Lord, but I disagree. If Joseph was not a messenger of Jesus, there is no purpose in following any branch of Mormonism. But if he was, then he deserves our respect and reverence.
During his ministry, Jesus made it clear that he held the prophets who testified of him, and especially those who paid for their testimony with their blood, in the highest regard. It has been my belief for a while now that the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph – of which today is the 175th anniversary – is not given enough weight among present-day Mormons.
Part of the problem is simply that the whole of modern society has forgotten how to mourn. That is why we are more likely to see commemorations of Joseph Smith on his birthday on 23 December, even though it has always been Christian tradition to celebrate the saints on the anniversary of their martyrdom. And this is, I think, related to the reason why modern America has no holidays dedicated to fasting and mourning: even the ones like Memorial Day that originally had a somber tone are now just another excuse to take the day off of work, shop, and eat.
But I think that another part of it is that modern Mormons, used to living in the days of smooth transitions from one aged church president to the next, have forgotten how much of a shock the death of the Prophet Joseph was to the early saints, who had no expectation that revelation would continue without him - see, for example, this epistle from the Twelve Apostles, published in Times and Seasons on 15 Aug 1844.
"Forasmuch as the saints have been called to suffer deep affliction and persecution, and also to mourn the loss of our Prophet and also our patriarch, who have suffered a cruel martyrdom for the testimony of Jesus... You are now without a prophet present with you in the flesh to guide you; but you are not without apostles, who hold the keys of power...
"Let no man presume for a moment that his place will be filled by another; for, remember he stands in his own place, and always will; and the twelve apostles of this dispensation stand in their own place and always will, both in time and in eternity, to minister, preside and regulate the affairs of the whole church."
The Twelve were trying their best to reassure the Saints that the work could go on without Joseph, but even so, none of them yet claimed to actually be a prophet like Joseph was.
If, for some reason, the Mormon church had a fixed lectionary like the Catholics and Anglicans do, and if, for some reason, I was in charge of choosing the reading for 27 June, I think I would go with the 3rd chapter of Lamentations, the one that begins:
"I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
"He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
"Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. ...
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One of the tropes in the Georgia gubernatorial election is voter suppression. The story goes that the Secretary of State's office is making it more difficult for certain people to vote. Since the Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, is the Republican candidate, this issue is getting a lot of play. Voter suppression has been the number one issue for the Democrats, and their candidate Stacey Abrams.
Sec. Kemp Submits Resignation to Gov. Deal. This was the news today, two days after the election. If only for the sake of appearances, this should have happened a long time ago. The election is close. Is it a good idea to have one of the candidates counting the votes?
We have been lied to. If Brian Kemp had the political sense to resign several months ago, he would have removed the appearance of impropriety. The Democrats would not have had an issue to run on, except their proposals for education and health care. Every candidate is going to improve education and health care. Spending tax money is what politicians do.


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The Tennessee Republican Assembly (TRA) 2014 Annual Conference features three topical experts on physical and economic threats that we face as a nation. The title of this year's conference is "Assessing America's Risk of Economic Warfare and Collapse." World leading expert on economic warfare and financial terrorism Kevin Freeman will lead us in a discussion on international threats. Kevin is the Best Selling Author of SECRET WEAPON and most recently THE GAME PLAN and is a frequent guest on Glen Beck's show The Blaze.
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1) I am pretty sure "treasonously" is not a word. The adverb is "treasonably".
2) Looking past the Palinesque neologism, you are calling millions of people traitors for stating that their primary goal at this time is to put a stop to the harm Obama is doing to America. That is pretty rich coming from the political side who routinely equates any disagreement with their views to questioning their patriotism.
"Even before the election, the Republican leadership TREASONOUSLY stated that..."
In this sentence, the form of the root treason is being used as an adverb.


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'That's What I Came Here For!': New York Knicks' Defensive Hero Isaiah Hartenstein Speaks on Big Play
Cleveland had an army. New York had a Hartenstein.
For 15 vital seconds, the New York Knicks' addition of Isaiah Hartenstein won the NBA offseason, as his vital defensive play in the final stages of a Tuesday night contest gave the Madison Square Garden dwellers a crucial victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers. Hartenstein denied former Knicks trade target Donovan Mitchell of a late equalizer on what became the Cavs' final possession of the game, partly securing a narrow 105-103 victory.
Mitchell got his own rebound on the floor and was able to dish it off to Evan Mobley, but an off-balance would-be equalizer was secured by RJ Barrett to commence MSG's celebration.
Not only did New York (26-23) take down a prime Eastern Conference contender with the win but it also ended a four-game losing streak. They're also 2-1 this season against Mitchell, whom many believed was destined to don blue-and-orange this season before the Cavs wooed his former employers from Utah well enough to pull off a trade last summer.
Hartenstein, formerly of the Los Angeles Clippers, was among the de facto consolation prizes the Knicks picked up in the wake of the Jazz's rejection. While some free agents shy away from the intense pressure the basketball-obsessed spotlight of New York City places upon them, that exposure was partly why Hartenstein signed with New York, he claimed.
"It's kind of what I came here for," Hartenstein told SNY. "I know myself. I'm not playing as good as I'm supposed to be playing. I feel like I'm letting the fans down, the city down a little bit. But I'm just going to keep getting better because I know I can do it. So it's just trying to get better and represent New York."
Hartenstein is perhaps far from the only Knick capable of providing a brutal self-assessment: New York had dropped four in a row entering Tuesday's game, a streak that wedged them out of the automatic six playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The streak, rising in the wake of a thumb injury to starting center Mitchell Robinson, saw the Knicks surrender an average of over 125 points a game.
Robinson's medically-induced departure is said to last at least three weeks, opening the door for a chance for Hartenstein to flip the narrative on a season where he has fallen behind on several career-bests set on the west coast last year. The primary interior minutes, however, were instead bestowed to Jericho Sims, a second-year center and fan favorite who earned the starting nods at center with Robinson missing the last three games entirely. It has gotten to the point where Hartenstein has had his name included in hypothetical trade deadline deals as Feb. 9 looms though the uncertainty around has perhaps bought some time on his metropolitan career.
Hartenstein, however, fully capitalized on an opportunity, partaking in a sterling New York defensive effort that allowed its lowest point total since Jan. 2. The 22 minutes Hartenstein played marked the first time he's played over 20 in the calendar year and he rewarded the faith head coach Tom Thibodeau placed in him with nine rebounds.
Thibodeau was thus sure to acknowledge Hartenstein's defensive heroics in the aftermath.
"It was terrific a monster play by him," Thibodeau said of Hartenstein's rejection of Mitchell. "He played a super game all around. That was huge. I thought our bench was terrific. At the start of the fourth quarter, it gave us a big lift and we needed it."
To Thibodeau's point, the Knicks' reserves outscored Cleveland 27-12 and posted a diverse scoring effort in contrast to the bench point dominance normally held by Immanuel Quickley. Hartenstein had four points of the tally while Obi Toppin secured 11 in 10 minutes. Toppin, Quickley, and Miles McBride accounted for all but four points of a 12-7 run over the frame's first four minutes, one that gave the Knicks a double-figure lead before Mitchell led a charge to narrow the gap.
Hartenstein returned the kudos from Thibodeau, as it was the head coach's advice in guarding Mitchell that inspired him in the final stanza.
"Just be vertical, no matter what he does," Hartenstein recalled, per the New York Post. "I was just trying to help any way I can, especially with Mitch being out, just trying to fill his role, just protecting the rim."
The Knicks and Cavaliers (29-20) will do battle one last time on Mar. 31. In the meantime, New York visits the Eastern Conference leaders in Boston on Thursday night (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT).
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What happens when you reach a turning point in your career? What if you have been in a field for ten years and feel the urge to change?
Tom reached that stage at the age of 25. He started as a child actor, received a degree in drama, and worked in the theater as an adult. Then he realized he needed a change. Tom wanted to use his creativity, but he also wanted to move into a field that had more practical promise.
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Tom took The Highlands Ability Battery and he wasn't advised to be an accountant. Instead, he found out that he was in the right arena, but that he wasn't using all of his abilities to the best advantage. He discovered that he had the ability to solve problems in a well thought-out, logical manner and that he had a sense of how relationships work in the real world. These abilities, along with musical abilities, an eye for detail and a high vocabulary, all pointed to the role of a person who wants to write and direct productions rather than act in them.
Tom was delighted. "This quantified things that I had always intuited, and reinforced the general direction in which I had already been moving. I learned that I had been in the right ballpark but I needed to move toward something more sensitive to my abilities. All of my experience had been in theater; I didn't know much about film. But I saw that by using my talents as a director or writer in film, I could apply what I really knew to a field that had more commercial promise."
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What helped Tom the most was the realization that he could listen to his own feelings and ideas as well as the ideas of his Highlands Certified Consultant. He came up with several options and then used surveying techniques to determine which options offered the most promise. He found out that he "shouldn't close the door on change when new options arise."
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