text: Corporate Statement about copies of RCF transducers in China RCF strengthens its efforts in preventing manufacturers to use copies of RCF transducers. The RCF reputation of good quality and reliable products is at risk due to the widespread copies of our transducers. It was discovered by our distributor of transducers, LDH Audio, that a direct Chinese OEM customer of RCF used copies, for that we implemented counter measures. I. Verification of RCF serial numbers RCF serial number can be verified on our web site in the section of "Products", then "Product Registration" II. Registration of products Once a product is registered (please follow the steps described in the product registration) and you verify the serial number, you will get the message that this product has been registered already. This will avoid using existing RCF serial numbers by other parties. III. Legal measures If RCF discovers that a manufacturer produces or uses RCF copies we will start legal measures against them. Once any party finds out fake RCF transducer copies, you may contact immediately our distributor for transducers in China, LDH Audio. Together with LDH Audio, we will continue to fight against this issue in China. Read more Event RCF @ Security Essen 2014 Security Essen is the world's most important trade fair for security and fire prevention. The event will take place at the MESSE Essen from September 23rd to 26th. RCF will be part of Security Essen show and you can visit us at Hall 5 - Stand #236 to find out more about our new range of products EN-54 compliant. Take a look at RCF EN54 compliant products here or visit the Security Essen Website here. We look forward to see you! Read more Event RCF expands for new PRO Show With BPM: DJ and Electronic Music Production Event co-locating with the newly formed PRO: Audio and Lighting Technology Show at Birmingham's NEC (September 13-15) RCF has opted to increase its presence in order to feature a wider representation from the Italian company's extensive portfolio. Exhibiting on stand #G1, RCF UK's Phil Price states, "We have traditionally fared well at BPM among the DJ community; but we welcome the addition of PRO as it exposes our new portable/touring and install portfolio to an entirely new segment. This will give us the best of both worlds." Among the popular series on display in the LIVE range will be the evergreen ART, D-Line and NX series. But visitors will be especially keen to hear the new Evox portable column speakers, which will be on demonstration in the PA Experience, along with the stunning new ART745A. The former are represented in the pole-mounted EVOX 5 and EVOX 8 which set out to exceed the performance and portability of all competitive products in this class. In fact RCF believes this series will be the most important product to be added to the new 'Live Sound' catalogue this year. The latest ART745-A 15in active speaker, which replaces the previous flagship ART725-A, contains a mighty 4in voice coil and 1400W (peak) capability … making it possibly the largest voice coil ever seen within a composite enclosure in this class. RCF caused a real surprise at this year's Frankfurt Prolight+Sound by breaking from their core business to launch a new range of L-PAD mixers. At PRO, L-PAD can be seen with the innovative expansion cards, designed to be installed in any of the products bearing the Expansion slot, to allow internal MP3 and Bluetooth devices to be added. There will also be examples from RCF's extensive TT+ (Touring & Theatre) series — both at the booth and in the PRO demonstration area, while there will also be plenty for installation contractors, with The Media and Acustica ranges, along with the new IPS range of installation amplifiers. Media is a complete series of general purpose full range and sub enclosures, working upwards from the ultra-compact 5in speaker, after which the versatile Acustica range takes over for more potent sound reinforcement requirements. The IPS series is a range of two-way professional amplifiers that combines high quality performance and reliability with the latest power amplifications technologies. The ART 745-A it's a unique product in its category. The titanium dome, 4.0" voice coil neo compression driver offers a unique vocal clarity and sound projection. The 15" neo woofer offers an extremely linear response and a precise, deep low frequency control. The transducers are built in RCF factory in Italy using the most advanced assembly technologies. The amplifier delivers 1400 Watt and is controlled by a DSP that takes care of crossover, equalisation, phase alignment, soft limiting and speaker protections. The very compact size, no compromise transducers and a unique composite cabinet design make the HDL 10-A the perfect tool in many situations. Ideal in live sound reinforcement and reliable installed situations. The HDL 10-A is the ideal choice when line array performance is needed and a fast and easy set up is a must. The system is powered from a 1400 Watt Peak Power 2 way digital amplifier, sound is processed from a powerful DSP. EVOX SYSTEM is a portable compact size sound reinforcement system. It combines the quality and reliability of RCF transducers with a very high amplification power. The system features five or eight 2.0" full range transducers in the line source satellite and a deep sounding 10" or 12" woofer in a bass reflex enclosure. The system is designed to be the perfect high output solution for live music and DJs. The unique vocal attitude and SPL make EVOX the perfect tool for larger presentations, corporate events and congresses. RCF L-PAD is a line of compact but high performance audio mixers with enhanced flexibility. The elegant and modern Italian design completes the appeal of these indispensable tools in any live audio application — from the performance of a rock band or a jazz quartet, to supporting a conference room or a media centre rather than a museum or library. The models are distinguished by an uncompromising audio quality, by the presence of compressors in seven of the models and internal multi-effects in five of the models, all in a compact layout with an accurate Italian design. RCF TT+ High Definition Touring and Theatre represents true high definition audio quality solutions with the very latest technology in transducer development plus new generation Class D digital active amplification and 'DSP' (Digital Sound Processor) for big live concerts, events, fixed theatre installations and stage monitoring. The TT+ line consists of true active and passive models, conceived and designed for specific applications. The RCF Media Series presents a 360º approach to the Sound System Design. With the addiction of new models the RCF Installed Sound Catalogue offers a complete portfolio, a complete package, to the Audio System Engineer and with this RCF becomes a single source, trusted partner, from the smallest to the most complex audio project. The new Media Series features 9 models and is the ideal solution for small to medium sized projects, for distributed systems, perfect complement to the RCF Compact or H Series Models. Come along to STAND G1 for a look and a chat. Visit: www.visitpro.co.uk/trade Enter the Code: RC55FS Enter your Name, Company & E-mail Address You will be automatically approved, receive a confirmation email now and then your E-ticket at the beginning of September Read more Event RCF premium TT+ Line Array fires Ultra Europe Dance Festival For the second consecutive year, the Ultra Music Festival followed its triumphant event in Miami by bringing its electronic dance party to Split, Croatia over three days. Known as Ultra Europe, the DJ festival moved into the city's Poljud Stadium, the sound from some of the world's leading turntablists was heard by a vast audience of nearly 40,000 people through more than 100 of RCF's TT+ premium line array loudspeakers. Headliners, including Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Paul Kalkbrenner and many more, performed on Main Stage where sound reinforcement was again provided by RCF's premium TTL55-A high power, three way, active line array system; this was specified by Zagreb-based event production company, Promo Logistika, whose equipment inventory contains 24 of the powerful systems. The stage PA was rigged with two hangs of 20 TTL55-A elements (left and right), with a straight cardioid array of 42 TTS56-A 2 x 21" subwoofers, electronically curved via the algorithm in RCF's proprietary RDNet to achieve a wide and smooth sub-frequency coverage. Sidefills comprised an array of six TTL55-A (left) and 10 x TTL55-A (right) while two delay towers (left and right, and situated 70 metres back from the stage) were covered by hangs of eight TTL55-A. A further eight RCF HDL20-A elements were used as front fills. RCF provided full support (and system engineering), with TT+ product specialist Luca Cilloni designing and optimising a rig designed for maximum coverage across the site. The local rental company supplied all the structures, speakers, logistics and accessories required. According to Promo Logistika marketing director, Zoran Biškupić, the event was a huge success and the system performed at its best. To celebrate yet another unqualified success, Ultra Europe then rounded things off by staging a mammoth beach party. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE! Read more Installation RCF upgrades the sound of the Sage Gateshead The Sage Gateshead — an iconic multi-arts building in the north-east of England, which originally cost £70m to construct — this year celebrates its tenth year. To celebrate its landmark birthday the venue has upgraded the sound system in its 1700-capacity main Hall One with the installation of an RCF HDL 20-A line array by local contractors (and long time RCF rental partner), Nitelites. The move follows a period of careful evaluation by the facility's Head of Technical Operations, Chris Durant and his team, during the many occasions the HDL20-A has been flown on a temporary basis to support the house system. Home to Royal Northern Sinfonia, and host to a vast concert agenda that includes jazz, folk, country and rock the original beam steering system had rarely kept pace with the Sage's promotional ambitions and so Nitelites found themselves increasingly hiring in their RCF TT+ and HDL rigs. Eventually Nitelites' MD, Jamie Moore proposed that a flown HDL 20-A be installed on a permanent basis — both to save the Sage Gateshead hire costs and to enable the system to be purpose tuned via a series of preset scenes accessed via a custom panel. Said Nitelites co-director Andy Magee, "With HDL we were confident we could get even coverage around the building, whether for speech or classical. The system is so easy to deploy, quick to rig and fast to wire." The PA is designed to cover the ground floor, two balcony tiers and is split into 12 zones. Nitelites detailed 12 HDL20-A enclosures for each flank, rigged on a flying frame which will take up to 16 elements. The rest of the complement comprises three HDL 20-A a side as portable ground stack on custom dollies, atop a SUB 8004. A separate stack features three SUB 8006s in a reverse cardioid pattern (one rear facing), with an HDL 10-A on top. Two HDL 10-As are also used for under-balcony infill and four as front lip fills. On the sides of the main hang for outfills are four discreet RCF TT08s. Chris Durant believes that Nitelites' attention to detail in tuning the system has enabled them to get an additional 30% from the system. "We've had pretty much every big system in here and our new in-house RCF house rigs sounds better because temporary systems have to be set up so quickly; this been tuned to within an inch of its life." He presented Nitelites with a matrix containing different performance scenarios for which gain structure presets were created. Via the DSP, Sage Gateshead can turn zones on and off in the PA at will. "It's far more efficient than changing the angles of the boxes every time we needed a new configuration," Durant says. He notes, "The great thing about the HDL 20-A is that it goes down to 55Hz so for jazz and classical there are no subs at all. In fact the first time I heard it I thought our subs had been switched in by mistake." At the same time he highlights other advantages of HDL 20-A. "It's also easy to groundstack and the position of the fly frame is mirrored on the subs so it's easy to interlock; it's convection cooled so there is no buzzing — which is vital in a critical room where a low noise floor is required. It's also very efficient energy wise, and we don't need to run extra power in." All of which should future-proof performance requirements for the foreseeable future. Summing up the Sage Gateshead installation, Chris Durant says, "We are now making engineers aware that they can leave their kit on the truck." RCF's Northern sales manager Mick Butler adds that the system's exposure to visiting sound engineers will be invaluable. "It really brings into focus the power of RCF's pro touring range," he says. Read more Event Country Artist Levi Riggs tours with RCF HDL20-A Line Array system Last year, country artist Levi Riggs started touring with an HDL20-A rig. An up-and-comer at the time, Riggs had a hit single last year "There's Still A Place For That," and is currently riding at #37 on the Nashville Music Row charts. If you like country music the Levi Riggs show is high energy, leave-it-all-on-the-stage, authentic, and as-real-as-it-gets country music. When he got the HDL20-A rig last year, he told us at RCF, "I had been touring with a different system for the last year or two but as my fan base has grown so has the size of the venues I perform in," Riggs explains. "It was important that I have a system that could produce the volume I need without any distortion. When I heard the D Line series array I knew it was exactly what I was looking for." As Riggs prepares for this summer's tour, including a stop at the CMA Fest this weekend (June 6-8), he tells us, "I couldn't be more proud of my RCF rig. It has been a difference maker when it comes to playing large events. Artists at my level that are touring with their own P.A. just can't compete with the RCF rig I am running and RandyWise (FOH engineer) really makes it shine. It sets me apart." The system, which consists of eight HDL20-A line array modules and four SUB 8006-AS subwoofers, more than accommodates the current and future needs of the upcoming talent. "Because it's scalable we can use four HDL20-As and two of the SUB 8006-AS subs to great effect in smaller venues or add more tops and bottoms seamlessly for more coverage at larger shows," says Riggs. "It has also been extremely useful to be able to adjust the arrays so that they are covering audience areas directly in front of the stage or up in a mezzanine – it makes the system exceptionally flexible." Levi Riggs on tour (www.leviriggs.com) June 15 – Warren County Fair, Williamsport, IN June 21 – Danville Summer Sounds, Danville, IN June 28 – Southeast Harley-Davidson, Bedford Hts., OH July 9 – Kosciusko County Fair, Warsaw, IN July 14 – Clinton County Fair – Frankfort, IN July 17 – St. Joseph Car Show – St. Joseph, MI July 24 – Benton County Fair – Boswell, IN Aug. 3 – Fountain Park Chautauqua – Remington, IN RCF designs and manufactures high-quality professional audio sound system components including transducers, powered and self-powered loudspeakers and line arrays, power amplifiers, digital loudspeaker management systems and recording studio monitors. Headquartered in Reggio Emilia, Italy, RCF USA is a subsidiary of the RCF Group, which is comprised of RCF S.p.A and AEB Industriale s.r.l. (which owns dBTechnologies). Additional information can be found at www.rcf-usa or 732-902-6100 Read more Event Mondovisione Tour – Stadi 2014 - RCF and Ligabue are going strong! 2014 is the year of the Mondovisione Tour. The Italian rocker Luciano Ligabue will perform around all the main soccer stadiums in Italy throughout the entire summer. It is a journey full of expectation and emotion, as Ligabue has decided to tour with sound reinforcement from RCF, the legendary company from Reggio Emilia which sets the benchmark for excellence in the international professional amplification industry. In 2013 Ligabue and his band tested the RCF audio system, with great satisfaction, at both the Royal Albert Hall in London and at the Arena di Verona. RCF engineers along with the artist's audio technicians were able to study the best system structure for this tour, conceived for the major Italian stadiums. 48 x TTL55-A speakers will be used as front fill (24 each side) and 40 x TTL55-A as side fill (20 each side). Two central clusters of 12 TTL36-AS subwoofers each, will be hung on the rear of the stage, in an unusual position over the band but technically optimised to avoid interference — thanks to the steering technology of RCF RDnet. 12 TTL 33-A modules, set on the stage, will help direct the sound toward the audience; the TT25-SMA and TT45-SMA stage monitors will be specifically dedicated for the musicians' monitoring. Providing low-end extension will be TTS56-A subwoofers, set in cardioid configuration on the floor, with a curved design to allow a uniform distribution of low frequencies throughout the listening area. The main system will be controlled by RDNet, RCF's proprietary network, which will allow the technicians to set and control the system parameters in an optimal way for every situation. Read more Event RCF @ INFOCOMM 2014 Visit us at INFOCOMM 2014 - Las Vegas, 18th-20th June RCF BOOTH is C12121 Don't miss the chance to listen to our big range of products during the show! Demo Room is N120. Time slots are: - 10 am - 11 am - 12am - 1 pm - 2 pm - 3 pm - 4 pm - 5 pm SEE YOU THERE! http://www.infocommshow.org/ Read more Event RCF USA Hosts RCF World Tour Join us at the RCF World Tour May 20-21, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas As a leader in line array technology, come see and hear all the offerings from RCF in one place at one time! Read more Event Thunder Audio and RCF provide heavenly sound on Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorn (Edison, New Jersey) Michigan's Thunder Audio Inc. has a relationship with tour management company Peachez Entertainment Services that stretches back over 20 years – before Tyler Perry began his incredibly prolific theater, TV and film career. Since 1999, Mr. Perry has produced a new stage production almost every year, and the 300 live shows that he presents each year in association with Peachez Entertainment Services are attended by an average of 35,000 people per week. His latest stage play, "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned", owes its clarity of sound to Thunder Audio and RCF. "Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned" is a production of nine actors, including Patrice Lovely from the hit TV sitcom "Love Thy Neighbor" and R&B Artist Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley. The show, which also includes a five-piece band and three backing vocalists, segues from spoken dialogue right into songs and back again, and requires a system to meet these unique sonic demands. Thunder Audio Inc. has provided an RCF system, including 28 TTL55-A Line Array Modules and 4 TTL36-AS subwoofers, that perfectly fills the bill. "The actors use lavalier mics, which aren't really designed for loud-volume singing – the challenge is making that sound not too harsh and loud, while preserving the clarity of the spoken parts," says Ron Hurd, Thunder Audio Engineer and FOH Engineer for the tour. Hurd has engineered sound on Tyler Perry's shows since 2000, and he's seen a dramatic turnaround in theatergoers' post-show comments as they exit past the soundboard since incorporating RCF into the production. "With RCF, the transition from voice to song has been so seamless," says Hurd. "We used to get some comments from patrons as they were leaving about how the vocals were hard to understand, or that the musical numbers were too loud… Now we get compliments on the music and the clarity of the actors' voices." Production Director Norman Williams of Peachez Entertainment Services has presided over every theater date of the tour, primarily venues with an average of 3,000 seats, and has similar praise for Thunder Audio and RCF. "Sometimes we have very tight load-in schedules, and the RCF system is incredibly easy to load in and get positioned," says Williams. "Thunder Audio's customer service is outstanding," Williams continues. He recalls a situation at a show in Chicago, where additional sound equipment was needed "Within six hours, Thunder Audio had a truck down here from Detroit with the necessary gear." Read more Page 25 of 51 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 — 10 Items per Page Showing 241 - 250 of 509 results. ← First Previous Next Last →


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Lisa LeFebre comes from Davis,CA and loves all kinds of outdoor sports. She especially loves snowboarding. She is fun, easy going and a people person. She tells us she a little bit tomeboy and a little bit girly girl. She loves cars but also loves lingere and makeup. Lisa also told us she is a dedicated nudist of sorts. She loves to walk around the house naked and anywhere else she can get away with it.

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I have been doing some research on KOI-13 in preparation. The Extra solar Planet Encyclopaedia. Exoplanets.org data base and several recent papers list a transet depth of 0.008 magnitudes. The Kepler project Planet Candidate Data Explorer lists the transit depth as 4646 parts per million. If I am converting correctly this works out to be about 0.005 magnitudes, which makes me suspect that I am not doing the conversion correctly.
I am using the following conversion delta mag =-2.5*LOG(1-4646/1000000) = 0.00506. Can anyone confirm that this is the correct calculation.
If that is correct then there are very significant differences between reference sites one normally uses for exoplanet information. There are other significant differences between the kepler site data and the other sources concerning KOI-13, relating to things such as error limtis on transit epochs and periods. Does anyone know whether the Kepler Planet Candidate Date Explorer has the best data for Kepler objects? I would assume it does, but I have been surprised many times in the past by seemingly obvious conclusions that turned out to be bad assumptions, particularly concerning the merits of data sources. It may be possible that this site doesn't contain updates from follow on observations but the smaller error limits on the Kepler site argue for the Kepler site being more current.


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Amid spectacle of 1964 ASG, Callison shined brightest
Walk-off homer left lasting impression in a game featuring 18 Hall of Famers
The 1964 World's Fair, with its giant steel globe Unisphere -- as futuristic as it got back then -- was in full bloom only a few hundred yards from spanking new Shea Stadium.
It was my fifth All-Star Game as a reporter, but on that sunny hot July 7th afternoon, there were so many distractions it was difficult to concentrate on the National League vs. the American League.
Just seeing Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Juan Marichal, Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Casey Stengel et al, on the same field made it impossible to be the hard, cold journalist I was expected to be.
It was my second trip to Shea, which had opened on April 17. On Father's Day, I'd been there as Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game for the Phillies against the Mets.
Ah, yes -- the Phillies.
That's what made this trip to New York so meaningful. The Phillies, the team I covered, were leading the NL by 1 1/2 games and three of their players were on the All-Star team -- Bunning, Chris Short and Johnny Callison.
That the Phillies, under Gene Mauch, seemed en route to their first pennant since 1950 and were represented in the All-Star Game made it special.
As we prepare for the 84th All-Star Game at Citi Field on Tuesday night, next door to where Shea once stood, it's not a stretch to realize how important the 1964 game was among the 46 I've covered.
Little did I know then that there were 18 future Hall of Famers on the field and that during this journey as a reporter, I'd be in Cooperstown when virtually all of them were inducted. Or that with the game returning to Queens on Tuesday night, I'd be digging deep into years of accumulated scorebooks to rehash that memorable afternoon.
It happily turned out to be more ballgame and less a spectacle, which is the way they all should be.
There's a tattered, yellow newspaper photo of the NL All-Stars swarming Callison near home plate after he blasted the game-winning, thee-run homer off Dick Radatz to win the game, 7-4.
For Callison, who died in 2006 at the age of 67, that moment was one of the brightest of his career. He never received the recognition he deserved.
In his later years, folks often asked Johnny about that home run, but as was his custom as a player, he said little.
Too bad he's not around to participate in the myriad of events planned for this week's game. He'd be a main attraction.
The expression of walk-off homers wasn't used back then, but seldom has there been a more dramatic end to an All-Star Game. With Callison's blast to the right-field seats, he joined Stan Musial and Ted Williams then as All-Stars who hit game-enders.
The archives and notes from the 1964 game are intriguing.
Forgotten was the fact that beginning in 1958, the starting lineups, with the exception of pitchers, were chosen by a poll of each league's managers, coaches and players. The remaining players on the 25-man squads were picked by the All-Star managers. The fans weren't involved.
Chicago White Sox skipper Al Lopez managed the 1964 AL team, replacing Ralph Houk. Houk's Yankees won the '63 AL pennant, but he moved up to general manager for the '64 season.
The Dodgers' Walter Alston managed the NL squad.
Mays' returning to New York for the All-Star game after all his memorable moments at the Polo Grounds before the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958 was special.
And it was Mays who ignited the ninth-inning rally that set the stage for Callison's heroics.
Radatz, the 6-foot-6 hard-throwing Boston Red Sox reliever, had pitched the seventh and eighth innings for the AL. He threw two quick strikes to Mays, who then fouled off five pitches before getting a walk.
Willie immediately stole second and scored on Orlando Cepeda's single to right field when Joe Pepitone made an errant throw to the plate. That pulled the NL even at 4-4.
Alston sent Curt Flood in to run for Cepeda, and after Ken Boyer popped out, Johnny Edwards was passed intentionally. Aaron batted for Ron Hunt and fanned. That brought up Callison, who sent Radatz's fastball to right field and into the history books.
As an aside, it's interesting that most of the premier All-Stars were still in the game in the late innings. That wouldn't happen in this era.
"[Radatz] really hummed [fastballs]," Callison said in an interview. "I remember how hard he threw when I faced him in the seventh, so I used a lighter bat in the ninth. I barrowed one from Billy Williams."
For Callison, Bunning and Short, the All-Star Game propelled them and the Phillies to a tremendous second half.
But with 12 games to go and a 6 1/2-game lead in the NL, the Phillies lost 10 games in a row and blew the pennant -- one of the biggest collapses in baseball history.
The nightmare also undoubtedly cost Callison the NL MVP Award.
As the game unfolds Tuesday night at Citi Field, I'm certain somewhere up there Johnny Callison will be looking down and re-living his shining moment.
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Donald Trump began to reach out to African-American voters over the past week and boasted that he would win 95 percent of the black vote in a theoretical re-election bid in 2020. Don't count on it.
Right now the Republican presidential nominee receives the support of just 8 percent of black voters, according to the latest NBC News Survey Monkey weekly election tracking poll.
Allegations of racism have rocked Trump's campaign from the beginning. NBC News has broken down several reasons why black voters appear cool to the candidate.
Among the reasons: Trump and his father were accused in the past of systematically discriminating against black tenants seeking rentals in their buildings; his past support of the so-called Central Park Five, a group of wrongfully convicted black and Latino teens accused of beating and raping a white female jogger; More recently, Trump retweeted an image of a gun toting, unidentified African-American next to bogus crime statistics; and Trump's break with precedent by ignoring or turning down invitations from predominately black groups.
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Global market leader Vestas had been suffering from over-hyped ambition and significantly falling customer satisfaction, despite continued strong growth. The growth came without profit and, according to owners, Vestas has significant warranty exposure. In the spring of 2005, Ditlev Engel was brought in as the new CEO, tasked with turning the Titanic around. His first annual report (and the succeeding first quarter report) show the kind of leadership vision lacking in this utility-oriented industry.
Never have I seen such a bold renewal of a company's standing, coupled with a coherent business plan which will affect the strategies and fortunes of most other companies in the industry -- particularly the majors. Only time will tell if Engel's measures will prove successful: both the engineering and global business challenges Vestas faces are serious. But looking deeper into Vestas' changing business culture reveals strategies which may return Vestas to its former reputation and force the competition to up its game. The most significant change is transparency. Ask any old-timer, and they'll say the industry isn't known for its communication of true costs and performance. The status of Vestas was rife with rumour, mostly from investment analysts with little understanding of the business and engineering issues. So Engel adapts a policy of open communication and transparency, knowing he'll be held to that standard.
But can Engel walk the walk? Near the end of 2005, he announced that Vestas must restate its forecast operating margin from +4% to -3%, a huge drop. After a serious engineering review, the company significantly increased its warranty provision. Vestas' stock plummeted. Engel had to know that would happen. Perhaps he was sleepless the night before, but he stood on his transparency rock. How did Vestas understand it could be hit by higher than expected warranty costs? Because Engel had established an engineering team to review the entire spectrum of product liability and performance: a Continuous Improvement Management (CIM) team of no less than 80 engineers. This team reported to him only hours before the announcement what many of us already knew: there were serious holes in Vestas' performance. Transparency and communication ruled the day, a rarity in the wind industry. Engel borrowed CIM from Toyota's "Kaizen" strategy, literally "continued improvement." The Kaizen program led Toyota from the first clunky hybrids to the successful Prius in one year less than planned. CIM gives the engineering side of a company a stronger hand than usual against the sales staff and bean counters.
Vestas is not alone with serious engineering and supply problems, but without transparency we don't hear as much from the others. Customer satisfaction among the competition has also been falling. Engel seized upon Vestas' falling customer satisfaction (from 96% five years ago to 60% last year) by forming an advisory board consisting of customers and other stakeholders empowered to recommend changes and charged to meet regularly. Some of us in the industry have long advocated a slower pace in developing the new multi-megawatt super-rotors. Vestas is the first major manufacturer to publicly slow down its product development. The postponement of the V120 offshore and V100 turbines are signs that Vestas recognises the challenges. A company executive stated that Vestas was stepping back from "designing close to the edge," putting the emphasis back on performance and reliability. Engel's Kaizen hand.
Return of commonsense
Perhaps Vestas' most courageous move is bringing turbine prices back into the real world. Competition with artificially low-cost natural gas plants, particularly in the days of wind industry bidding wars in the US market, drove expectations of low cost turbines to unreal levels. By significantly raising its margins, Vestas shows that commonsense is returning to the wind business. The end of cheap fossil fuels helped the process, but that the other manufacturers followed suit shows the wisdom of Vestas'/Engel's courage.
There are other signs that the Vestas turnaround is serious and ongoing. Engel's establishment of safe conduct for whistleblowers, new management risk analysis and reporting tools, and a serious Contract Review Board show Vestas' long-term commitment to quality.
Cynics smirk at Vestas' "Will to Win" plan where "failure is not an option," but the management tools Engel is using to build this new business culture validate his vision. His surprising new program of strengthening Vestas' government relations worldwide shows the company adapting to both the realities of modern energy policy-making and to his multi-national competitors perceived lobbying strength.
If Engel is not successful in bringing a renewed spirit to the Vestas team, with the appropriate results he envisions, then I'll eat a 20 year old Howden tip brake.


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Equity futures are diving this morning on the Employment Situation Report. The dollar is breaking out to new highs, the Euro is diving to new lows after breaking down from a bearish triangle:
Bonds are up significantly, while both oil and gold are lower. Gold was down substantially yesterday, but it was on very high volume. If you look at the chart below, you will see that declines that begin on high volume usually have legs. We are also close to breaking support on the current uptrend, so short term traders should take note – long term believers may have a buying opportunity coming:
One thing's for certain, the market is not buying into the Employment Situation Report. In fact, it's a confidence losing event. The headline numbers? We added 431,000 "jobs," and the advertised unemployment rate fell to 9.7 trumped-up percent. The Reality? We LOST massive jobs when you remove temporary Census workers and birth/death model false jobs. And the market finally gets it – Obama's great jobs report isn't really great at all, in fact it flat out missed the boat.
This report is 110,000 below consensus expectations and the prior two months were revised downwards. But if that's not bad enough, get a load of the business "birth/death" adjustments for May – 215,000 "workers!"
Let's look at Econoday's report:
The headline number for payrolls for May was disappointing due to anemic growth in the private sector. However, overall payroll jobs in May surged 431,000, following a 290,000 boost in April, and 208,000 gain in March. April's spike came in much lower than the consensus forecast for a 540,000 jump. Net combined revisions for April and March were down 22,000.
But the real focus of traders is private payrolls to discount the impact of temporary Census hiring. Private nonfarm employment increased only 41,000, following a 218,000 boost in April.
The positive news in the payroll survey was in earnings and the workweek. Wage inflation picked up with a 0.3 percent rise in May, following a 0.1 percent advance the month before. The average workweek for all workers edged up to 34.2 hours from 34.1 hours in April. Analysts had expected 34.1 hours.
From the household survey, the unemployment rate slipped to 9.7 percent from 9.9 percent in April, coming in below the market forecast for 9.8 percent.
On the news, equity futures fell sharply while Treasury prices rose.
They couldn't even mention the number of Census workers… of the 431,000 "surge," 411,000 were temporary Census workers! That's right, the great job resurgence is created by spending 3 times the amount of money ever spent on a Census so that really unemployed Americans can stand around and pretend to count one another! Oh wait, they don't really even do that:
Here's the entire BLS report:
Employment May
One of the first standouts of the report is that the civilian participation rate fell by .2%, this means that they are counting the workforce as being smaller despite a growing population. Also, "the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was about unchanged at 6.8 million."
Without Census hiring, government employment fell by 21,000. This is important, it shows that municipalities are finally beginning to lay people off in earnest.
Note in the alternate table below that both Seasonally adjusted and non adjusted U6 fell by about half a percentage point:
All I can say is that these U6 numbers USED to be closest to representing how unemployment numbers were tracked. Now, however, I think it's fair to say that none of these numbers represent anything even close to reality. I think this report is an eye opener, it is a confidence destroyer that exposes the government and their statistics for what it is – a great big lie and a great big fraud.
Reality? John William's numbers are probably the closest to that – try nearly 22%...
So, back out the temporary Census workers (411k), and the fantasy "birth/death" job creation (215k), you are left with a number of MINUS 195,000! Oh, and we need 250k minimum REAL jobs just to keep up with population growth. Can you say debt saturation? I thought you could.
What's most disturbing is not the fact that job creation is actually negative. No, what's most disturbing is that your President and your government are working so hard to deceive you. If you haven't lost confidence yet, then you are not thinking.
The market certainly is reacting negatively to the report as is appropriate. We are below the 1,090 support area, but we need to get beneath 1,069 to be sure that wave 3 has begun. This is certainly an impulsive move lower and it's within a day of what I was expecting, so it very well could be. With the Euro sliding in the background to new lows, I think it's far past time that we start being honest with ourselves.
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POLICE are investigating an allegation that ex-Manchester United manager David Moyes assaulted a man at a wine bar.
Officers were called to the upmarket Emporium bar in the rural market town of Clitheroe, Lancashire, following a report that Moyes was involved in an altercation with a 23-year-old local man.
It is understood Moyes (51) had been socialising with his friend, Blackburn Rovers managing director Derek Shaw, a local businessman in the Ribble Valley who was on the board at Preston North End when the Scotsman was in charge at Deepdale.
Police said the 23-year-old man did not require hospital treatment following the incident.
A spokesman said: "Inquiries are ongoing and we are speaking to a number of people to try to establish the circumstances.
"There are a number of differing accounts which we need to work through to try to establish exactly what has happened. No one has been arrested at this stage."
It is believed that police will also view any available CCTV footage to try to shed further light on the incident.
A spokesman for the Emporium said: "There was an incident outside the building. However, it did not affect any of our customers or staff and has been dealt with by the police."
The fashionable town centre bar in Moor Lane bills itself as "half coffee shop, wine bar and brasserie; half interior design superstore", which offers "a unique, intoxicating lifestyle experience".
Its website states all its wines are selected by local fine wine merchants D Byrne & Co.
It adds: "Our descriptions are in plain English and reassuringly free of pretentious waffle. We hope there is something for everyone on the wine list.
"Some of the selections are a little obscure but they certainly reward the adventurous with their quality and value."
Moyes was dismissed by Manchester United last month following a mediocre season after he replaced the retiring Sir Alex Ferguson.
He is among several names linked with the vacant Celtic managerial post after Neil Lennon stepped down as boss of the Scottish champions yesterday.
Moyes has formerly managed Everton and Preston North End, and played as a centre-half for a number of clubs including Celtic.


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USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Doubles Draw
The Liberty men's tennis duo of Shea Thomas and Jorge Azuero look to continue their unprecedented fall campaign this week with an appearance in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.
Thomas and Azuero earned their spot in the tournament by becoming the first Liberty doubles pair to win the ITA Atlantic Regional tournament title. The Flames' duo ousted four consecutive seeded pairs, including a win in the final match against the No. 17 team in the country and the No. 2 seed in the tournament, Andreas Bjerrehus and Amerigo Contini of Virginia Tech.
Action gets under way tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. with four round of 32 matches and one quarterfinal match. Thomas and Azuero received a first-round bye and will face the winner of No. 18 ranked David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury of Memphis and the 57th ranked team from Florida, Elliot Orkin and Gordon Watson.
A win would put Thomas and Azuero into the quarterfinals against the winner of the match between the top-ranked tandem in the nation from Tennessee, Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, and Bjerrehus and Contini.
As the only tournament on the ITA calendar to showcase elite players from every level of college tennis, the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships serves as the culmination of the fall season. Hosted by Columbia, this prestigious event features a 32-player singles draw and a 20-team doubles draw for men and women.
Gaining automatic entry into the tournament are champions from the USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships held across the country in October, winners of the USTA/ITA National Small College Super Bowl, and the consolation champions, doubles finalists, men's singles quarterfinalists and women's singles semifinalists from the ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships.
Live scoring for the tournament will be available on LibertyFlames.com by clicking on the live stats link on the men's tennis schedule/results page.
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text: Installation Dortmund Stadium goes active with RCF As the largest football stadium in the German Bundesliga, with a capacity of over 80,000, Signal Iduna Park — home of Borussia Dortmund (BVB) — recently sanctioned a radical upgrade to its public address system. Their aim was to achieve higher intelligibility, even pattern control (with extended low frequency capability) and unobscured sightlines — but most importantly to link the voice evacuation and stand systems into a unified network, that could be monitored, error- and health-checked remotely. The solution was provided by RCF. The deployment of 14 RCF clusters of 14 TTL33-A MKII line array elements (with a TTS26-A sub at the base of each), will futureproof the famous stadium for decades to come. But the most remarkable aspect is that this is an entirely active solution, wrapped around the beams to keep the sightlines intact. Loaded with RCF's proprietary RDNet DSP and additional electronics for monitoring it is this inherent software that has been programmed to integrate the new PA/VA evacuation system — thereby fulfilling the EN 60849 standard for performance requirements. Mehr lesen Installation RCF adds to L.A. nightlife scene at No Vacancy In Hollywood, entrepreneurial brothers Jonnie and Mark Houston are reinventing the nightlife scene from bottle service nightclubs to cocktail-focused themed venues. They currently operate a number of nightspots including the Cuban rum bar-themed La Descarga, the atmospheric Paris-themed Pour Vous and the Hollywood Piano Bar. Their latest incarnation is No Vacancy (1727 Hudson Av., Los Angeles, California), paying homage to Old Hollywood with a historic renovation of what the bar once was – a Victorian period house built in the early 1900s. While other venue concepts have been inspired by trips abroad, No Vacancy is closer to the hearts of the twin brothers who grew up in the neighborhood. "We restored the house as much as we could and brought it back to life with every little detail from the knobs to the antique wallpapers from the 1930s," notes brother Mark in a recent interview. "The redesign and restoration was a history lesson of LA and its culture throughout the years. It feels like you walked into Old Hollywood with classic cocktails and old-school entertainment, incorporating a wire walked and tight rope act." When creating a club concept, the Houston brothers strive to create an experience. They reach out in their designs to provide a cultural sophistication creating, "a vibe and an experience," says Houston, "which incorporates design, a great cocktail program and entertainment that take you out of your everyday life." To accomplish the fusion of audio and architecture, they called on Los Angeles-based Solid Design Audio, who had worked with the twin brothers previously on their Pour Vous club. "This year the Houston brothers gave us a little more freedom to create a sound design to match what they felt would become their signature venue, and as a result ours as well," says Solid Design Audio principal Phillip Jordan. "This is an install we can be proud of." Jordan opted to integrate the small-profile RCF TT051A active speakers, coupled with the small footprint of the S8015 subwoofers which allowed them to easily conceal the speakers. "RCF's excellent design quality appealed to the client and the TT Series product cannot be matched for sound quality at any size," says Jordan speaking of the design consciousness of eliminating the unsightliness of loudspeakers in the venue while still providing the foreground audio ambience. "We wanted a surface mount speaker that with the low ceiling would not be visually obvious, but would still be intelligible and loud yet allow listeners to still be able to talk to each other." Jordan notes, "The TT051A with DSP processing can accommodate the veering styles of DJs and handle whatever you put through it. What is amazing about the TT051A is the 5 ½" two-way cabinet it able to produce frequencies down to 65 Hz." And with the low-profile footprint of the S8015 (a 15" bass reflex subwoofer that's only 12" high), "by cutting into the seating we were able to make the sub virtually disappear into the design and at the same time create an impressive warm punch". The system design includes an Ashly 24.24 zone system with sequenced Furman ASD120 power distribution. Each zone can be sourced by four DJ input locations. And each area – outside, upstairs bar, downstairs bar and dance floor – can be controlled independently. Power distribution allows the bar manager to sequentially activate each zone dependent on the use of the venue on any given night. Solid Design Audio is a team of designers and sound engineers who have become known for their focus on quality, design, creativity and precision in their club designs. The Pour Vous project they completed last year was voted one of the 10 best new bars in the U.S. by the CNN Eatocracy blog site. Located in the center of the new cultural revolution for quality design in venues sweeping the country, the design and integration company is at the forefront of nightlife venue engineering. More info on www.sodaaudio.com and novacancyla.com Mehr lesen Installation AVI-SPL adds RCF TT052a to Hotel and Event Production Services inventory The Hotel and Event Production Services division of AVI-SPL has recently added 52 of the RCF TT052a dual 5" active two-way speakers into their rental department portfolio. Citing the ultra-compact size and performance, the TT052a is the perfect solution to their truck pack case as they can easily fit six units plus pole mounts and other necessary audio gear in a 22 1/2"x30" total solution package. "Six units is the magic number for our gigs," notes AVI-SPL Director of Audio Mario Rivera at AVI-SPL's Tampa, Florida office. That meets the needs of their Event Production Services division, as the AVI-SPL philosophy is to work with clients to identify the best ways to design, implement and manage their messages. When it came time to search for an updated solution for their rental department, they included the RCF product in the evaluation process. "We were looking for something that sounded great, aesthetically was compact and clean and versatile" notes Wallace L. Johnson, VP of Operations. "I've been a fan of RCF for quite some time," noted Rivera, commenting on his familiarity of the brand dating back to the 80s. While in the DJ and nightclub scene at that time, "I noticed venues using a lot of speaker products with RCF drivers," recognizing the higher end component and quality. When he heard the TT052a, "I was floored by the depth and sound," says Rivera. "Amazed by low end frequencies range, how clean and how musical they sounded versus the flat response of other boxes we looked at." The ultra compact size (19.4"x5.9"x7.5") of the TT052a lends itself to most of what AVI-SPL's Hotel and Event Production Services division does – conferences and breakout room sessions. While many of those sessions are simply talking heads, "we wanted something where program material sounded good without needing to add a subwoofer," says Rivera. The TT052a is a two-way active wide dispersion speaker featuring two 5" woofers coupled with a 1" neodymium compression driver powered by a 300 watt class D amplifier with a frequency response 65Hz-20kHz. The wide angle 90-degree conical pattern makes audience coverage easy in a variety of situations. DSP on board processing offers a soft limiter, equalization adjustment, as well as thermal, excursion and RMS protection. AVI-SPL integrates the TT052a in a number of ways as they can be used for lip fill, center fill, laid on their side or on speaker stands. There is also a pipe clamp option available for truss mounting. In addition, "aesthetically they look nice. Our customers appreciate that," noting how easily they seem to blend into the background. Mehr lesen Event RCF TTP5-A makes Japanese debut as TT+ dominates Big Beach Festival For the second year in succession, RCF was chosen to support Japan's Big Beach Festival (BBF) at the Makuhari Seaside Park in Chiba, which this year saw Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) — who performed at the Festival back in 2011— and Basement Jaxx as headliners. Promoted by Akira Kidoguchi and Masachika Fukui for A-life Entertainment Co. Ltd., rental company Comestock again equipped the three stages with premier active RCF TT+ Touring & Theatre systems to satisfy an audience totalling around 25,000 people. But in addition to the usual armoury of high-powered TT+ line arrays there was a surprise for anyone visiting the party tent known as the 'Disco Balloon'. Six of the new TTP5-A enclosures (three per side) were making their Japanese debut in the Balloon — supplied (as with all the RCF equipment) by the Italian manufacturer's territorial distributors, Ballad Co. Ltd. Dominated by its newly designed 4" compression driver, loaded on a dedicated waveguide to generate high power and pattern control, the system is designed to create horizontal or vertical arrays with a constant curvature. It derives its power and control from integrated two-channel 1600 Watt digital amplification and advanced digital processing. RCF product specialist, Oscar Mora provided technical support — assisting with flying the rig, during rehearsal and at the event itself, as well as advising on cabling issues and which crossover points the TTS56-A and TTL36-AS required. In a system tech role, he also demonstrated correct use of the RDNet software to ensure the TT+ systems were fully optimised and monitored. Comestock dug deep into their RCF inventory to provide superior sound coverage. The main stage saw 28 x TTL55-A enclosures, rigged in two hangs, reinforced by 12 x TTS56-A subs and 12 x TTL36-AS flyable bass, with a further 8 x TTL31-A provided for infill/nearfield coverage. DJ's received their reference sound from an additional pair each of TT25-SMA monitors and TTS18-A subs. The second Island Stage saw 12 x TTL33-A elements, with four each of the TTS28-A and TTL36-AS providing LF extension. A pair of TT25-A and four NX15-SMA were provided for DJ monitoring. Finally, providing LF extension to the six TTP5-A enclosures in the Disco Balloon were a pair of RCF's recently launched SUB 8006-AS, with DJ reference in the shape of the versatile TT22-A active, non-linear monitors. During the event there was a lottery for two pairs of white RCF Ayra 5 studio monitors signed by Norman Cook. Left to right: Yuka Onda (Ballad, marketing), Oscar Mora (RCF, tech support), RCF's Lars Yoshiyama, Norman Cook, Ou Lifeng (Ballad, admin) Norman Cook was happy to be working in an RCF TT+ environment again, having previously used the TTL55-A at a beach concert in Croatia in 2011, while front-of house, sound engineer Shan Hira (who has worked with premier dance music specialists such as Basement Jaxx and Chemical Bros) was also more than happy with the impact created by the RCF system. Tasked with managing the strategic planning of RCF in the Japanese market, Lars Yoshiyama, also added his endorsement to the successful deployment — noting how well the new TTP-5A acquitted itself, and the punch of the 4" CD driver. Mehr lesen Installation RCF networks Bangor Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex in Bangor, Northern Ireland Bangor Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex, the new leisure complex in the heart of Bangor, which houses Northern Ireland's first FINA standard 50 metre swimming pool, also boasts an advanced and adaptable site-wide RCF communication network. This was installed across 15 zones, each with its own autonomy, by MGA Communication Ltd, and features well over 200 application-specific loudspeakers from RCF to meet all audio and PA/VA requirements. These are driven either by low-impedance HPS1500 amps with PR4092 preamps or 100V line UP2162 (160W) or UP2321 (320W) 100V line amps with ES3160 'combi' mixer amps — all in dedicated local racks. Managing Director, Gerald McKeown said that the system was complex, but is designed to provide high-end sound broadcast throughout both internal and external areas, with user flexibility and ease of operation. The speakers are fed from a central distribution hub, based around RCF's powerful DXT7000 management system, from which two further pools, health and fitness suites, multi-discipline sports hall, squash courts, crèche, function rooms and cafeteria all receive distributed sound. Three external 3G synthetic training pitches are served by local IP67 rated cabinets, heat and environmentally protected, to contain the RCF amps, receivers and CD preamps. Built with the aid of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), the new leisure complex was formally opened at the end of March. MGA had been introduced to the project by JCP Consulting whose senior electrical engineer, Ivan Humphries had detailed the project requirement and the system parameters required. The 20-year old integration company, based ten miles south of Belfast, won a competitive tender and also provided IPTV / Video Wall and IP telephony in addition to the RCF solution. "We needed qualitative and flexible sound reinforcement throughout the building, and if there was a single portfolio I could draw on, so much the better," Gerald rationalised. All communication systems deployed throughout the complex were under the control of the Project Director, Aaron McKeown, who attended many meetings to ensure that issues were resolved, while the company's senior site engineer likewise ensured that installation was carried out seamlessly to a high standard. RCF's Audio Systems Consultant, Daniele Torelli, proposed a flexible design offering a high degree of control, efficiency and adaptability, based on his EASE predictive modelling. The beating heart is the DXT7000's pair of EN54-16 compliant MU7100 digital matrix devices in the central rack room. These feed a combination of 100V line and low-impedance amplifiers in 14 satellite racks, to ensure a high end broadcast signal was distributed to what ended up effectively being 24 zoned areas. The entire signal path from the system microphone to loudspeaker lines is automatically monitored against faults. All properties and functions of the system are specified with Windows® based DXT 7000 configuration software and are downloaded to the 'master' unit through its USB port. These powerful units incorporate 8-channel high pass filter, 8-channel para EQ in output, digital delay, 8ch comp/limiter and 8 x 80W digital amplifiers — some of which feed the peripheral areas and RCF's BM7624D 24-zone paging mic station at front reception. "The advantage is that zones can be reprogrammed and new zones added," states Gerald, "while the provision of Cat5/Cat6 cable means that the entire system can be monitored and healthchecked." Of all the zones, the major challenge facing the installers was optimising the acoustically harsh Olympic-sized pool, on the one hand avoiding slapback from the rear of the audience area while delivering high intelligibility at poolside — all the while retaining the architectural aesthetic. They specified 16 weatherproof and chemically-protected RCF Acustica P3115T . These 15in coaxial 90° x 60° IP55-rated wide dispersion speakers are mounted in 3 x 4 and 2 x 2 clusters overhead along the existing trunking. Using stainless steel grilles, these provide uniform coverage of speech, gala announcements or background/foreground music and have been tuned to reduce level firing back from the audience of the glass walls encasing the pool, thus neutralising reverberance. These same speakers are also used in multiples to provide distributed coverage of all the synthetic sports pitches, while elsewhere Acustica C3108 's also enjoy heavy usage. From the foyer to the car park to the general public areas, RCF have a speaker for each purpose. The facility is managed by Serco Leisure Northern Community Leisure Trust, a partnership between Serco Leisure Operating Ltd and North Down Borough Council. Their technical manager, Lee Cattle, pronounced that he was "delighted" with the technological integration and the high intelligibility offered by the various RCF components. "The whole communications system is functioning extremely well,"he confirmed. Gerald McKeown added, "It met all our expectations and possibly more," adding with satisfaction comments from the management company that they had rarely seen such a professionally installed and adaptable networked sound system. Mehr lesen Installation RCF sonorizza la nuova chiesa di Medolla Modena A un anno esatto dalla serie di scosse sismiche che – tra gli altri sventurati episodi – distrussero la Chiesa dei Santi Senesio e Teopompo a Medolla, in Emilia, la comunità si dota finalmente di un nuovo luogo di preghiera; un'architettura non provvisoria, basata su di una struttura in legno che, progettata dall'architetto Davide Marazzi, è stata concepita seguendo avanzati standard tecnologici che garantiscano sicurezza, stabilità, ecosostenibilità e risparmio energetico. Con una superficie di 360 mq – può accogliere 200 persone sedute e 50 in piedi – più 230 mq destinati ai locali accessori, data la possibilità di essere – qualora venisse ripristinata la vecchia chiesa – adibita a diverse funzionalità. L'edificio è stato quindi realizzato, ad opera di tutte aziende modenesi, completamente in legno e vetro e con delle linea architettoniche sobrie, aspetti che hanno garantito una realizzazione veloce e un'atmosfera accogliente. "Un ruolo importante nella realizzazione del progetto" tiene a farci sapere RCF, "sia per lo studio dell'acustica architettonica della chiesa sia nella progettazione del sistema audio, è stato svolto da una ditta di consulenze acustiche locale, la PGM Acustica di Medolla, soprattutto nella persona del titolare Marco Pincelli, che si è impegnato sia negli studi acustici architettonici (puntando a realizzare un ambiente dall'acustica ideale sia per l'utilizzo come luogo di culto sia come sala a uso polivalente) sia nella progettazione e installazione del sistema di amplificazione sonora, insieme ai progettisti di RCF. A lui in particolare va un grosso ringraziamento da parte di RCF". Data l'acustica ottimale dell'edificio, si è puntato su diffusori dall'impatto estetico minimo, ma in grado di raggiungere prestazioni elevate in termini di potenza e qualità, per abbinare alla normale amplificazione della voce, anche l'utilizzo nei concerti di musica sacra, nonché cercando di avere l'acustica di un organo a canne vero, sfruttando solo sistemi elettronici di amplificazione. Di qui la scelta per diffusori RCF serie Acustica, L2406 e S4012. Sei diffusori a colonna a 3 vie L2406 sono disposti nelle pareti laterali dell'aula liturgica, mentre i due potenti subwoofer S4012 fungono da rinforzo sulle basse frequenze per emulare la resa di un organo elettronico simile a quella dello storico organo a canne della chiesa antica. Completano la dotazione di diffusori acustici due casse MR44T, diffusori due vie reflex con woofer in fibra di carbonio, per il monitoraggio nella zona del presbiterio e nella zona coro. Anche in questo impianto una centrale di amplificazione a matrice decide quali microfoni indirizzare e con che livello di volume, nelle varie uscite (assemblea principale con diffusione stereofonica, monitoraggio presbiterio e monitoraggio coro). L'impianto è stato realizzato nella settimana precedente l'inaugurazione, per essere poi testato e tarato in tempo record il giorno prima e il giorno stesso della sua inaugurazione. - Si ringrazia la redazione di CONNESSIONI per aver collaborato alla stesura di questo articolo - Mehr lesen Installation RCF in primo piano nella nuova chiesa di Baragalla, Reggio Emilia La Parrocchia del Sacro Cuore di Gesù di Baragalla nasce a Rivalta, nella prima periferia sud di Reggio Emilia negli anni '60, occupando la cappella di un ex convento di Gesuiti lasciato alla diocesi. Nel 2006 la CEI, Conferenza Episcopale Italiana indice un concorso nazionale per un progetto di ristrutturazione della chiesa, progetto che prevedeva la costruzione di un centro pastorale provvisto di una chiesa che potesse accogliere circa 400 persone. Finalmente dopo tre anni dalla posa della prima pietra, lo scorso marzo, la Chiesa è stata inaugurata. A garantire che l'edificio offrisse una copertura audio all'altezza delle aspettative è stata chiamata RCF. "Oggetto di intervento da parte nostra" racconta Daniele Romani di RCF "sono state la Chiesa con la relativa cappelletta e la sala polifunzionale. Per la chiesa la problematica principale era quella di portare il minimo impatto estetico e la massima semplicità installativa, in quanto la chiesa ha una estetica ricercata. Altra problematica: l'orientamento dei luoghi liturgici; l'ambone principale infatti si trova non a fianco dell'altare ma nell'ingresso della chiesa, e quindi il sistema di amplificazione doveva tenere conto di questa situazione, al fine di non avere una persona che parla al microfono dall'ingresso con la sua voce che arriva dal lato opposto. Stesso problema per il fonte battesimale." Il progetto dell'impianto di amplificazione è stato elaborato dall'ufficio di progettazione sistemi di RCF su richiesta e in collaborazione con l'Ing. Claudio Villa dello studio di progettazione ETA Studio, di Reggio Emilia. L'impianto è stato realizzato partendo quindi dai diffusori amplificati a colonna con controllo digitale VSA 2050, in quanto unici in grado di coprire l'intera aula liturgica partendo con due soli diffusori a fianco dell'altare (circa 24 metri). In questo modo è stato minimizzato l'impatto estetico sulle pareti, in particolare quella destra dove si trova la via crucis. Una seconda coppia di diffusori VSA 2050 si trova invece installata a fianco dell'ingresso e si occupa dell'amplificazione nel senso opposto. In pratica ci sono due impianti audio, ognuno in grado di coprire l'intera assemblea ma opposti tra loro. Infine, una centrale di gestione con matrice audio digitale stabilisce quali microfoni debbano essere indirizzati ai diffusori a fianco dell'altare e quindi amplificati dall'altare verso l'ingresso, e quali a lato ingresso e quindi amplificati da questo verso l'altare. Sono inoltre presenti, nascosti dalla veletta che crea la croce in controluce che sovrasta l'altare, i due diffusori a uso monitoraggio per il celebrante MQ80P di colore bianco. Altri diffusori (PL6X) sono inseriti nel controsoffitto della cappelletta, per permettere di seguire le funzioni anche da questo ambiente che è separato dalla chiesa principale solamente da due parti mobili in vetro. Il sistema a matrice digitale stabilisce anche per questi diffusori quali microfoni e con che livello, debbano essere amplificati di volta in volta. Oltre ai classici microfoni per altare, ambone e sede – MC4038, microfono per voce di elevata qualità a stelo flessibile –, sono presenti due radiomicrofoni UHF RCF TX4016 con i ricevitori nella centrale di amplificazione e le antenne remote collocate nell'aula liturgica. Completa la dotazione un mixer per i musicisti il cui segnale audio, composto dai vari strumenti e le voci del coro, vengono inviati alla matrice e a loro volta amplificati tramite gli stessi diffusori VSA 2050. Infatti ogni VSA 2050 incorpora 20 altoparlanti dotati ognuno di un amplificatore da 50 W, oltre che una completissima sezione di processazione audio, che permette di scegliere inclinazione del fascio sonoro e distanza di copertura, ma anche l'equalizzazione del diffusore tramite 6 filtri di equalizzazione parametrici. Questo lo rende un diffusore ideale per l'amplificazione di strumenti musicali, con la garanzia di dirigere il suono solo dove si trovano gli ascoltatori e di minimizzare quindi il riverbero sulle pareti di marmo. L'altro impianto installato, quello della sala polifunzionale, è di tipo più semplice ma si presta a molti usi come la sala stessa. Si compone di quattro diffusori acustici C3110 di colore bianco installati a soffitto e orientati verso il fondo della sala. Il tutto amplificato da una piccola centrale con amplificatore da 1100 W e un mixer audio predisposto per ingressi da microfoni conferenza, lettore DVD, microfoni panoramici per le recite teatrali e altri ingressi per mixer da DJ. Questo rende l'impianto fruibile sia per recite (è presente un palco di 30 mq) che per conferenze, proiezioni multimediali e feste con musica a livello elevato. A seguire il tutto con RCF, la ditta installatrice Elettrica Riese, il direttore dei lavori arch. Roberto Montanari, il consulente di acustica architettonica (per i materiali di rivestimento delle pareti e i test di acustica ambientale) Ing. Nicola Prodi dell'Università di Ferrara e il responsabile dei beni artistici e culturali della diocesi di Reggio Emilia Don Tiziano Ghirelli. Mehr lesen Installation Word Of Faith Love Center - Atlanta The Word Of Faith Love Center, located in Atlanta, recently installed a new sound reinforcement system featuring RCF HDL line arrays. The church leaders called upon Atlanta Audio Visual to design and install the new system. "Their goal was a system that would cover every seat in the house while providing vocal intelligibility and enough volume to satisfy their contemporary praise band," explains Brad McWhorter, CEO of Atlanta Audio Visual. "The sanctuary is a long rectangular room with a back balcony and 30 foot ceilings. I immediately thought of the RCF HDL line array system." A long-time RCF fan, McWhorter designed a powered left-right system with each array consisting of one HDL 18-AS sub followed by six HDL 20A line array modules. The HDL 20-A features two 10-inch woofers and one 3-inch titanium compression driver, a 1400 Watt peak power two-way digital amplifier with switch mode power supply and DSP controlled input section. With a maximum delivery of 135 dB SPL, it would more than cover the church's requirements. The HDL 18-AS is a flyable high power subwoofer designed to integrate in the HDL 20-A system. The bass reflex design guarantees a deep, linear power response while the 4-inch voice coil vented design woofer provides minimum power compression. The end result is the driving low end the music portion of the services demanded. "We were originally called in for vocal intelligibility issues," adds McWhorter. "Their existing system wasn't meeting the needs of today's high energy, low bass driving, music oriented services. RCF fit the bill perfectly." Not only did the line arrays meet the criteria of the growing church, but they also were lightweight enough to meet the installation requirements as well. "The most logical location to hang the arrays were from beams that were constructed of laminated wood back in 1979," McWhorter explains. "It was going to be a challenge to hang 800 pounds from them. Size and weight were definitely a factor in the design process." Because the beams would have to serve as the structural base to hang the arrays, Sykes Consulting was brought in to ensure the system was hung from a structurally sound location. "Sykes designed a one-half inch thick steel U bracket to slip over the beam that could support 445 lbs per anchor," says McWhorter. "With two anchors per array, it was more than sufficient for the HDL arrays." To further counter acoustic challenges, the team installed Auralex acoustical panels across the columns and the balcony face to quiet the room by an additional 10 dB. "The church is extremely happy with the end results," concludes McWorter. "The 6-piece band, choir and vocalists sound outstanding and the members can still hear the spoken word clearly. It was the ideal solution all around." Mehr lesen Event RCF TT55 Line Array Rocks Extreme Thing 2013 Nevada's largest action sports and music festival -- Extreme Thing 2013 – was recently held in Desert Breeze Park in Las Vegas. The day-long event that combines action sports and a music festival drew more than 27,000 people to the Clark County Park. This year's event featured two main stages along with four secondary stages providing a mix of musical genres including rock-n-roll, punk, metal, hip-hop and DJs. H.A.S. Productions, also located in Las Vegas, were tapped to provide sound reinforcement systems for four of the six stages. Larry Hall, CEO/President of H.A.S. Productions put together an RCF system for the Verizon Main stage. "The Verizon stage was located 700 feet from one of the secondary stages," explains Hall. "It was important to provide the high SPL the bands wanted while still not interfering with the audience's listening experience at the smaller stage. With RCF's RDNET protocol we were able to cut the PA at 500 feet and everyone was happy." Hall hung two TTL55-A line arrays, each consisting of ten boxes, to the left and right of the stage. Driving low end was provided by 18 subwoofer cabinets -- 12 TTS56-A and 6 TTS36-A -- stacked on the stage below the line arrays. The TTL55-A is an active, high power touring array module equipped with a digital amplifier that delivers high levels of SPL while keeping the energy use efficient. The integrated processing and the cabling reduction provide a fast set-up and, thanks to its compact size, the truck space requirement is greatly reduced compared to similar line array systems. The TTS56-A is loaded with two 21-inch neodymium woofers with integrated 2-channel digital amplification providing 6800 watts of power. The TTS36-A is equipped with two 18-inch neodymium woofers with 4000 watts of internal 2-channel digital amplification. "The stage featured national punk and metal bands all day long," adds Hall. "The subs were outstanding putting out more than enough low end for the bands." Mehr lesen Event RCF @ DJ & Producer Meeting 2013 The DJ & Producer Meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in the Dortmund Westfalenhallen. RCF, a manufacturer of high-quality sound systems for DJs, will be making its debut appearance at the event. The company's showcase will include portable DJing rigs for small to midsized venues such as the celebrated ART series and the new D-Line speakers. Setting a new standard for faithful studio and personal monitoring, the recently released AYRA series monitors will also feature prominently. The RCF team will on hand and delighted to answer all questions regarding monitoring and live sound reinforcement for DJs. Date: June 25, 2013, 2-10 pm Place: Westfalenhallen Dortmund, More info at: www.djmeeting.de Mehr lesen Seite 27 von 51 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 — 10 Items per Page Zeige 261 - 270 von 509 Ergebnissen. ← Erste Zurück Weiter Letzte →


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From casually humiliating a child, to punching a spouse you think isn't listening,
violence in families hurts.
Courageous survivors are breaking their silence about harm at the heart of our community.
You can't turn your back when you know.
Healthy families grow from sound relationships. Marriage can be a means of personal,
emotional, and spiritual growth.
The signs of abusive relationships aren't always this obvious, but learning to recognize
them is the first step toward healing.
Children raised in unhealthy families may be damaged for life. Learn how to protect
our children.
Effective parenting is a vital part of our religion. Explore our resources for ideas
about raising healthy children with sound Islamic identities, values, and character.
Family violence is a global issue that affects everyone. Project Sakinah
is an initiative of Dar al Islam.
It is an effort to stimulate awareness and action in the Muslim community to WAKE UP
to the reality of the harm being done to our families, to learn to
SPEAK UP in order to break the
silence that surrounds the issue, and to
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Important points are made in this discussion of older people surviving child sexual abuse. The mental and emotional challenges that surviving such experiences present, can present decades after the abuse itself.... though it is not always the case that older survivors will go through flashbacks or other trauma symptoms.
Check out Pandora's Project which has support and resources for survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
This is a resource of value to survivors of domestic violence and domestic homicide,
and I encourage Muslim survivors to utilize this and other resources like it as
we strengthen our own Muslim institutions in the social services fields. Read More
This resource is a blog for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse. There are still many
barriers to men speaking up of their own experiences in this regard, though it is
believed about 1 in 6 males in the US experience it (as do about 1 in 5 females.
A lot of work remains to be done in this area, and it yet another way in which men
need to step up and participate in the struggle against all forms of family violence.
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Ruf 's homer lifts Phillies over Braves 3-2
Darin Ruf hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning to back a strong outing by starting pitcher Cole Hamels and lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory and three-game sweep over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
Hamels (7-13) gave up just two hits, both homers, and two runs over eight innings. He struck out nine and walked two. He retired the side in order four times.
B.J. Rosenberg earned his first career save with a perfect ninth inning.
David Carpenter (3-1) took the loss for allowing Ruf's homer in the eighth.
Evan Gattis hit two solo home runs for the Braves. His first, in the second inning, traveled 480 feet to center field. In the seventh, he tied the game with a long ball that went deep into the left-field bleachers. It was his first career multi-homer game.
Chase Utley doubled and Darin Ruf singled to knock in the Phillies' first two runs in the first inning. Utley and Ruf both finished with two hits apiece.
Braves starter Paul Maholm went six innings and allowed two runs on seven hits, three walks and a hit batter. He struck out five and stranded seven Phillies baserunners.
Two baserunning blunders by Cesar Hernandez may have cost the Phillies extra runs. He was picked off in the first inning and thrown out by Joey Terdoslavich attempting to go first to third in the fifth inning.
Philadelphia squandered a chance for more runs in the sixth. After the first two men reached base via a walk and an error, Freddy Galvis grounded into a double play and Hamels struck out.
B.J. Upton, who went 0 for 4, finished the series 0 for 12 with seven strikeouts. B.J. and Justin Upton are hitless in their last 32 at-bats combined.
The Braves had just 10 hits in the series.
NOTES: Atlanta LHP Scott Downs is considered day-to-day with a non-displaced fracture to the tip of his right ring finger. Down left Saturday's game after being hit on his glove hand with a line drive. ... Cole Hamels has gone at least five innings in 72 consecutive starts, the longest active streak in the majors. ... Braves OF Justin Upton, hitless in 16 at-bats entering Sunday, was did not start. He entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth and struck out. ... Atlanta, which owns baseball's best home record at 51-20, is just 34-37 on the road.


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Full Video: Obama's Second Inaugural Speech Draws a Line on Climate Change
Across the nation wingnut heads are a-poppin' as President Obama's second inauguration parade gets ready to start. The First Lady is rockin' the bangs today, and the President gave a stirring speech, laying out a very progressive-sounding agenda for his second term: Obama's Second Inaugural Speech.
Yep, he threw down the gauntlet, all right, but there's a huge obstacle in the way of climate change action: a Republican Party that is utterly lost in a cloud cuckoo land of anti-science denial.
The Luddites of the right wing have totally convinced themselves that the world's scientists are pulling an evil hoax on them; this delusion is fed and sustained by many millions of dollars worth of anti-science propaganda from a fossil fuel industry that benefits from the status quo. If President Obama is serious about taking action on this all-important issue, he'll have to find a way to either reach these appallingly closed minds, or circumvent their efforts to sabotage him.


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Brown attacks Warren on asbestos case, defends debate performance
US Senator Scott Brown today defended his aggressive debate performance and amplified one of his attacks from Thursday night's showdown with Elizabeth Warren, accusing her of hypocrisy for representing an insurance company in an asbestos lawsuit.
Kicking off the morning after the debate, Brown, a Republican, held a press conference at his campaign headquarters in South Boston, hours before Warren, a Democrat, is to receive the endorsement of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, a fellow Democrat, at a rally in Roslindale.
At his headquarters, Brown stood before a bank of television cameras and held up a bundle of papers that he said showed the $212,000 that Travelers Insurance paid Warren for her work over three years in the lawsuit.
Brown said Warren's advocacy on behalf of the insurance giant flies in the face of her reputation for sticking up for "little guys'' and working people.
"Now, I don't know anybody who's hired by an insurance company that was actually working for the victims,'' Brown said. "Huge insurance corporations don't hire big-time attorneys from Harvard to fight against their interests for their opponents, which would be the victims.''
Brown was picking up on an attack that political observers said seemed to throw Warren off her footing in Thursday night's debate. She struggled to explain her role in the lawsuit, and emphasized that the Boston Globe had written extensively about the case.
In the asbestos case, Warren did represent Travelers but, at the time, the company was seeking to unlock a $500 million settlement account for victims, a step many asbestos victims supported. After Warren left the case, however, Travelers won a separate court ruling that allowed the company to avoid paying out the settlement. That ruling is under appeal.
"Elizabeth Warren got involved to protect the settlement,'' against a challenge from another insurance company, said David J. McMorris, a lawyer at Thornton & Naumes in Boston, who represented victims in the case.
McMorris and several officials from an asbestos workers' union stood outside Brown's headquarters after the senator's press conference and defended Warren's role in the lawsuit.
"It should be very, very clear the victims would have no chance to get paid by Travelers were it not for the work of Elizabeth Warren,'' McMorris said. "She's been with the victims then, and she's with the victims now.''
McMorris has donated $467,435 To Democratic politicians, according to the Brown campaign, which sent out a press release about McMorris's contributions this morning.
Scott Curry, regional organizer for the Insulators and Asbestos Workers Union, said he was outraged at Brown's attacks. His union, which includes asbestos victims in the Travelers' case, has endorsed Warren.
Curry said members of his own family have died from asbestos poisoning and "I don't need a guy like Scott Brown talking about this or that, when he doesn't really know where he's coming from when it comes to this,'' Curry said. "He's stepping out of his league, out of bounds.''
At his press conference, Brown, who has emphasized his likeable, everyman image, also pushed back against pundits who said he was too zealous in his attacks on Warren during their first debate.
"Listen, I'm very passionate about my job, and about representing the people of Massachusetts,'' Brown said. "And when she's distorting and misleading people about my record and my votes, I'm going to obviously be passionate about it. I don't think there's any aggressiveness. I think we're both very firm in our positions and I think the voters were treated to a great debate.''
Brown downplayed the significance of the Menino endorsement, pointing out that he has the backing of former Boston mayor Raymond L. Flynn, as well as former Democratic mayors of Lowell, Worcester, and Springfield. He also made a point of praising Menino, who has the power to turn out votes for Warren in vote-rich Boston neighborhoods.
"I consider Mayor Menino a friend, somebody I have a lot of respect for,'' Brown said. "I'm going to continue to work with him and for the city of Boston… I'm going to continue to try to earn the respect of the mayor and let the voters know that regardless of that endorsement, I'm going to be working for the city of Boston.''
Democrats today seized on a report in The Patriot Ledger of Quincy that found that nearly 16 percent of the donors to Brown's campaign in the last 20 months do not have their employment information listed in Brown's campaign finance reports, as required by federal rules.
Warren, by contrast, has employment information listed for all but 1.6 percent of her donors, the Ledger reported.
Democrats said a simple Google search reveals that some of the donors who failed to list their employment information on Brown's reports work on Wall Street, an industry that Warren has accused Brown of protecting.
Brown said he doesn't get involved in his campaign finance reports. "You'll have to speak to the campaign,'' he said when asked about the missing employment information. "I don't have time to zero in on the financial reports, obviously.''
Jim Barnett, Brown's campaign manager, said the campaign has made a concerted effort to track down the employment information for its donors, as required by the Federal Election Commission. "We've made a best effort to get it,'' Barnett said. "We follow every rule and regulation.''
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Bisimulation is one of the most important ideas of theoretical computer science. I was wondering whether bisimilarity is used/known outside of computer science/modal logic? I am aware that it corresponds more or less to back and forth techniques from model theory, but are there any other areas where it finds application?
For those not in the know, here is a definition:
Given a labelled transition system $(S,\Lambda,\to)$, a bisimulation relation is a binary relation $R$ over $S$ (that is, $R\subseteq S\times S$) such that for all pairs of elements $p,q\in S$ with $(p,q)\in R$, and for all $\alpha\in\Lambda$, we have
- $p\to^\alpha p'$ implies that there is a $q'$ such that $q\to^\alpha q'$ and $(p',q')\in R$, and
- symmetrically for $q$, namely, $q\\to^\alpha q'$ implies that there is a $p'$ such that $p\to^\alpha p'$ and $(p',q')\in R$.
Applications collected thus far in answers include:
- process equivalence in concurrency theory
- model logic: expressiveness characterisations, modal correspondence theory
- coinduction, for example in Game Theory
- non-well founded set theory
- algebraic set theory
- geometric topology


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Is there a way to lock out all apps except just the phone app in order to make calls?
I understand "Guided Access" isolates you to a particular app and not let you move out. This works fine but is annoying as you cannot lock the phone (in other words "The hardware buttons are always off") when its on. Is there a way for me to enable just the lock button?
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Software Informer 1.1
Software Informer is a utility that has been designed specifically for those users who care to keep their applications functional and ready for any task that might arise.
Its primary aim is to give you up-to-date information about the software you actually use. For that purpose, this program will make a list of applications installed on your computer, and later on will check their versions for obsoleteness by occasionally connecting to software.informer.com, the expanding server with a huge and constantly updated list of current application versions. Whenever a more recent version of any program becomes available, Software Informer will notify you and offer a link for downloading the update.
But this program goes even further. It will provide you with a centralized interface for gathering relevant information on all the applications that might interest you. Almost every program has a neat review, describing its features and drawbacks, and is linked to similar software by means of a tag cloud, encouraging you to explore and find just the right utility for your demands. Allowing you to keep track of comments and questions on corresponding software, and remaining nevertheless incredibly easy to use, Software Informer makes the process of obtaining the desired information and tools completely free from tiresome search and disappointment - and thus, makes the whole process pleasantly usual.


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Globalization and Rural America
Many parts of rural America have benefited significantly from globalization. American agriculture sells the production of one acre out of three overseas; this generates one-quarter of U.S. farm sales revenue. Without this outlet for its enormous productivity, American agriculture would be much less profitable, and land values, which make up a significant part of many rural communities' tax base, would be lower. Globalization has also reduced the cost of many things that rural people buy while substantially increasing the variety of goods available for purchase locally. Nevertheless, globalization also gives rise to concerns in rural areas about U.S. jobs being shifted overseas. And the once large balance of agricultural trade has shrunk to close to zero as agricultural imports have grown. Despite the rapid rates of productivity growth in American agriculture, most U.S. farm families now earn most of their incomes from nonfarm sources.