text: Event RCF amplifies Il Gesto del Suono The Gesture of Sound The video-photographic exhibition musical experimentation "Il Gesto del Suono" (The Gesture of Sound) will be hosted at Spazio Gerra in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy from 17th of October to the 29th of November. Conceived and organized by Claudio Chianura, this touring exhibition was created in 2008 and from its inception RCF have provided the for the show's sound. Art Series loudspeakers from the Company, in fact, are being used to amplify the sound in the various sections of the exhibition, which involves people on three different levels: picture portraits by some of the best Italian music photographers, music, and videos chosen by the musicians. In 2009 "Il Gesto del Suono" will have three new elements, 2.0,is dedicated to vocal experimentation, 3.0, to the instrumental and the 4.0 to the electronic music experimentation, in order to offer visitors a wider experience. Version 2.0, on show in Reggio Emilia, is a step foreword into the size of the contemporary experimental scene and this year's show is dedicated, to the 30th anniversary of the death, to Demetrio Stratos, one of the most greatest protagonists of vocal experimentation in modern music history. www.ilgestodelsuono.it www.spaziogerra.it Read more Event TT+ at the 66th Venice Film Festival Free Event designed and produced two exclusive Gala Dinners at Quintessentially – AZIMUT WinWin Terrace, that took place during the 66th Venice Film Festival. and that saw the participation of many International movie stars such as Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes that attended one of the events on the terrace made by Stella Events. The Free Even'st production staff chose RCF TT+ Series for the amplification of the music selected by international DJ and producer Luca Cassani, and Matteo Strocchi, as well as the main sound reinforcement for the live events, including a concert by Israeli singer Sagi Rei. TT08-A and TTS12-A subwoofers were used in the main dining area to deliver a uniform sound coverage creating the right atmosphere during the dinners and cocktails. In the entertainment area a system composed by 2-way loudspeakers TT22-A and TTS18-A subwoofers was installed as well as TT25-SMA for stage monitoring. "We have a long time partnership with RCF" commented Andrea Camporesi and Fabio Sartoni, founders of Free Event. "We have already used their audio systems in a lot of high level events such as the after show parties for the tours of Laura Pausini, Zucchero, Vasco Rossi, Ligabue and Claudio Baglioni and we always achieved the best possible result in terms of sonic quality and definition. Even for this important event the result was excellent and sound quality was one of the main characteristics that contributed to the creation of such an elegant atmosphere." Read more Event Trescore's Music Festival with RCF TT+ Trescore's Music Festival is one of summer's biggest event in the city of Bergamo, in the north of Italy. The event attracted tens of thousands of people who gathered to attend the shows at this year's festival, which cast included some of the best bands in the Italian alternative rock scene including, Afterhours, J-Ax, Calibro 35, Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti and Ministri. Rental Company Airone S.r.l. chose RCF TT+ Series as the main PA system. TTL33-A Line Arrays coupled with TTS28-A Subwoofers were used for the sound reinforcement while TT25-SMA stage monitors were deployed on stage. "The thing that impressed us the most was the incredible sound definition and the versatility of the system. In fact every night we had to amplify a very different kind of music and the system worked out just perfectly". Commented Valeria Barbini, Airone FOH Engineer. " TT+ has all the characteristics that a system needs to handle every situation and we were able to obtain a true linear dispersion up to 60 metres from the stage, which was our objective. Therefore we did not have any feedback problem on stage." Read more Corporate Lars Yoshiyama appointed as PA Export Sales Manager Lars Yoshiyama has been appointed as European Sales Manager for RCF's Commercial Audio and Congress Systems. Since he started working in the audio business, Yoshiyama has served as Export Sales Executive for several important Public Address systems manufacturers, gaining great experience in all aspects of the market. Lars will focus on developing new business and expanding RCF Commercial Audio and Congress Systems sales in European Markets. His activities will be based in the company's headquarters in Reggio Emilia, working in close contact with RCF Product Management and Technical Support teams. Thanks to his great experience Lars will expand the distribution network for RCF Commercial Audio end Congress product ranges and will develop a solid base for the Company's further expansion in these growing markets. "I'm proud to join a company with a 60 year history in audio manufacturing", said Yoshiyama. "At a time when the PA market focuses largely on product compliance with the latest norms, RCF has a wider approach. Along with product certifications, new positions in sales and technical departments are created. The product developments are especially inspiring. New PA systems are in the pipeline and this gives me a fascinating future prospect for RCF and its distributors." Read more Corporate New MQ100L 3 way column loudspeaker MQ 100L (available in black and white) is a 3 way column loudspeaker providing natural hi-fidelity sound of both speech and music, suitable for sound system having fixed loudspeakers. The wide horizontal coverage angle (180°) and the vertical dispersion (60°) allow the correct sound reproduction in a wide space, in order to limit feedback and improve the sound directivity which is important, for instance, in halls having a long reverberation time. The mounting accessories are included. These have been engineered to keep the column as close as possible to the wall and simplify the installation. Its tilt angle can be chosen among 0° – 5° – 10°. The 60° vertical dispersion is asymmetric: it is the difference between 20° upwards and 40° downwards. The vertical dispersion axis is in fact already angled 10° downwards, making it unnecessary to tilt the sound column excessively. 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Most recently, Loyko served as Director of Live Sound Sales for Avid Technologies / Digidesign and, prior to that, Frank was senior Vice President of sales at Loud Technologies Inc. Arturo Vicari, Managing Director of RCF Group commented: "Frank has a very solid track record for building professional audio brands and is extremely successful in leading high-performance sales teams. He has broad experience in all aspects of live sound sales as well as extensive connections within the industry. He will strongly contribute to our further expansion in the US market". Frank Loyko commented: "I am very excited to be joining RCF, one of the fastest growing companies in our industry. I've known of RCF for several years and have been gratified to see their tremendous success. I've been impressed with the expansion of their product range, their rapid product development and the high level of innovation, such as the use of the latest digital amplification technology, in their products. 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heres where I found it online, i guess you can order it from there...
http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/The_Gos ... 007231601/
i wish i has waited half a year, then I would have a hardcover...
Hardcover Gospel Released!!
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I got my copy today in my local BORDERS store. I was looking through the religious section and could not find it anywhere, so I had to go to the counter to ask if they had it. The man laughed at me and told me it was in the humour section. So that has annoyed me, however reading about his great noodliness has pleased me greatly.
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Well, I have managed to make a couple of things from the Beatles fabric, and am working on a third.
Heidi wanted a tote bag (she refuses to carry a back pack). I wanted to showcase as much of the fabric as possible, which is why both sides are different. I used a Laurel Burch for the inside as it was one of the only fabrics I had enough of- I don't tend to buy big pieces of fabric unless I am working on something specific. And I found great rainbow tote strap to make it sturdy enough to lug around books.
Chloe just wanted a little purse, and since she loved the "cutie cubie" as she renamed the Treasure Box pattern- I amended it a little to make it bigger, and she seems pretty happy with it. It is lined with a vivid batik.
Holly wants a wallet, which I have cut and am working on right now. I have made this pattern before too, but hopefully I will do a better job on this one- I misfolded the last one, though I did manage to make it work in the end. **Hey- while I have been waiting for the girls to get up so that I can get photos of their bags- I finished the wallet! I hope Holly likes it.**
I will still have a bit of fabric left over and I think that I will use it to make a little wall hanging for my studio.
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Running Man (Korean Variety) Episode 416 - (English) TYPE3
Running Man (Korean: 런닝맨) is a South Korean variety show; a part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup, along with Heroes (영웅호걸). It was first aired on July 11, 2010. This show is classified as an "urban action variety"; a never-before-seen new genre of variety shows and will greatly involve the participation of viewers. The MCs and guests are locked in a landmark during closed hours and are required to leave before opening hours. The first team to leave will win, while the losing team will be punished in the landmark. It has garnered attention as being the come-back program for Yu Jae-suk, the main MC of the program, after leaving Good Sunday's Family Outing in February 2010.
The MCs and guests are locked in a landmark and are required to earn Running Balls for a chance to escape punishment. Through a series of missions, the Running Man members may divide into teams and/or individually earn Running Balls. The format for the missions are:
In the end, the Running Balls collected throughout the night are put into a lottery machine. The balls that come out will represent which individuals that win. The losing team will be punished usually with an embarrassing punishment. When there are a lot of members with no Running Balls, they are automatically punished and there is no lottery. However, if the members succeed in the One Chance mission, they will all be relieved of the punishment regardless of Running Balls and there is no lottery either.
The MCs and guests are locked in a landmark during closed hours and are required to leave before opening hours. In the first episode, they are divided into two teams and race to find the code to the main doors hidden in the landmark. With a total of 5 numbers, after one is found, a game is played to determine which team will start first in the next race. The losing team receives a punishment while the other team has a head start. After all numbers are found by either teams, they reach the door and enter the code they believe is correct. The correct team leaves the landmark while the losing team is punished inside the landmark.
From the second episode to the fifth episode, both teams compete to find money hidden in the landmark and participate in games to win more money. The team with the most money will escape the landmark and win, while the losing team will be punished in the landmark. The money collected by the teams will be donated in the winning teams honour. Viewers can vote on the official homepage on who they believe will escape the landmark first, a lucky viewer who guesses correctly will have his/her name included in the donation.
From episode 6 to 10, a consistent format has been used. Both teams compete to find Running Man Balls (shortened to Running Balls in future episodes), the team which finds a ball or who wins a game will receive a ball of their team color (blue or red). The games and races are considered missions. The missions for are as follows:
In the end, the Running Man Balls collected throughout the night are put into a lottery machine. Which ever color ball that comes out first will represent that team winning. The more balls that are collected, the better the chances of that team's ball being chosen. The losing team will have to commute home using public transportation with an embarrassing punishment.
As of the eleventh episode, teams are no longer used except for the race mission. Smaller teams may be used during other missions. Everyone will individually earn Running Balls throughout missions and the balls that come out will represent which individuals that win. The format of missions has changed:
As of the eighteenth episode, only those with no Running Balls are punished.
As of the twenty-sixth episode, the race mission, Bells Hide and Seek, has been replaced by the Find the Guests mission.
The following is a list of missions that have aired on Running Man in chronological order. Missions that have been modified or which are played during another mission are grouped together.
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CHICAGO — As a small army of moms and nannies pushing baby strollers descended on Chicago's Lincoln Park to take advantage of a sunny, relatively mild day, shrinking mounds of snow and growing puddles signaled that one of the cruelest winters in memory is about to get miserable in a different way.
"Now we are going to start the flood season," said Don Gutzmer, a mechanical contractor who was at the park's zoo for a meeting. "If all the snow melts at once, the ground can't absorb it."
Weeks of subfreezing weather are giving way, at least briefly, to temperatures in the 40s and 50s, putting many Midwestern and Northeastern cities on guard for flooding, roof collapses and clogged storm drains. Some areas expected a double whammy: warm, springlike air combined with heavy rains that could compound the problem and turn the big melt into a muddy, damaging mess.
In Chicago, the National Weather Service issued an advisory Wednesday warning that ice and snow may not melt fast enough to keep the city's drainage system open. Street crews raced to clear catch basins of debris.
"Many storm drains may be blocked by deep snow," the advisory said.
Officials in suburban Will County prepared to siphon warm water from a nuclear power plant's cooling pond into the Kankakee River in the hopes of melting ice that can jam the channel and push floodwaters over the banks.
At the same time, emergency management authorities warned people living in low-lying areas to be ready to move to higher ground, even going door-to-door to be sure families were aware of the danger. And landscaping companies' phones rang off the hook from homeowners worried about flooded basements.
"They're calling me to say, 'With this rain coming, where is that water and the snow going to go when it melts?'" said Jodey Schmiedekamp of Countryside Industries in suburban Chicago.
In Indiana, the weather service warned that melting snow piled as high as 18 inches will not be able to flow normally into rivers and streams because those channels are frozen. Between the snowmelt and the rain, some flooding would be unavoidable.
"A lot of bad things could happen tomorrow," said Marc Dahmer, a weather service meteorologist in Indianapolis.
Parts of Michigan have seen so much snow that authorities worried about more roof collapses like the one that injured two women Wednesday in the Grand Rapids area, which has received 101 inches. Other collapses have been reported around the state since January.
If rain adds weight to the snowpack, it "can exacerbate the situation that's there," said John Maples, a weather service meteorologist in Grand Rapids.
The respite won't last long. The rain and melted snow could turn to ice when temperatures drop again within days, and the Midwest might see the kind of treacherous conditions that already triggered dozens of crashes and interstate closures in Pennsylvania.
The thaw may also reveal a struggle for survival that has played out all winter close to the frozen ground. As the ice and snow recedes, it could reveal dead fish, turtles, frogs, toads and crayfish that didn't make it.
"Winterkill begins with distressed fish gasping for air at holes in the ice and often ends with large numbers of dead fish that bloat as the water warms in early spring," said Gary Whelan, of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
But after enduring so many snowstorms and painfully cold days, the people who emerged Wednesday in Chicago were more focused on the sunshine and warmth that allowed them to do something as simple as go for a walk or a jog.
"I should be in my office doing something, but I haven't been out there in three to four months," said Ning Du, 40, as she returned from a run along Lake Michigan in Chicago.
A block away, Caroline Vickrey and her friend Michelle Hoppe Villegas, couldn't get past the change in people that seemed to reflect the change in the weather.
"Everybody is smiling and saying hello to each other," Vickrey said.
"My daughter was cheerful this morning (and) so pleasant," added Hoppe Villegas. "I was wondering what is going on here."
Associated Press writers Jeff Karoub in Detroit, Charles Wilson in Indianapolis and Ron Todt in Philadelphia contributed to this report.


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Most big old stars at the end of their lives tend to go out in a fairly mundane way - either exploding with incredible violence as supernovae, or collapsing into ultradense universe-warping unfeasiblo-gunge as a black hole.
But now astronomers say they have seen evidence of a long-hypothesised third path for a large star; that of brewing up huge amounts of antimatter within one's own guts and blowing up with such outrageous force as to make a supernova seem like a beetle farting.
The star in question is known as "Y-155", which blinked very dimly into visibility just over two years ago in the constellation Cetus and was spotted by the Blanco telescope in Chile. According to astronomer Peter Garnavich, Y-155's death throes are unimpressive from here, but that's only because it lies no less than seven billion lightyears away.
"In our images, Y-155 appeared a million times fainter than the unaided human eye can detect, but that is because of its enormous distance," says the stargazing prof. "If Y-155 had exploded in the Milky Way [our home galaxy] it would have knocked our socks off."
Y-155 was discovered as part of the international astroboffinry alliance known as "Equation of State: SupErNovae trace Cosmic Expansion", or ESSENCE. Garnavich is a member of the ESSENCE team, and announced the Earth-shattering (had it been near enough) hypernova spotting at a conference in Washington DC yesterday.
"ESSENCE found many explosions in our six years of searching, but Y-155 stood out as the most powerful and unusual of all our discoveries," says Garnavich.
The possibility that stars 150 to 300 times the mass of our Sun might expire as antimatter-driven hypernovae rather than dull black holes or regular supernovae was calculated more than 40 years back, but only recently has it even been possible to observe them. It's thought that such unusual, galaxy-shaking blasts can occur only in "pristine" regions of space where the ur-hydrogen of the universe has not been much contaminated with heavy elements by earlier generations of stars. ®


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The Christmas Craft Book by Thomas Berger
Simply made decorations for home or school are an absorbing way for children to become involved in the celebration of Advent and Christmas. Over the years Thomas Berger and his family have perfected the decorations included here.
Parents, teachers, and children will quickly learn to make crib figures, candles, lanterns, angels and a variety of Christmas tree decorations which are all described and fully illustrated in colour photographs. 8¼ x 9 inches inch, softcover. 80 pages.


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Jul 28, 2012 at 3:00 pm #1292412. .BPL Member
@biointegraLocale: Puget Sound
I am keen on versatile pants that can be used for work, play, travel, etc. and hold up sans funk while still being presentable. These caught my eye on Kickstarter: Bluff Works Pants.
The campaign is now over and was successful. Here is their website where they will presumably be making them available to the general public: bluffworks.co (link)
Did anyone else support Stefan on this project? I exchanged a pair of emails with him and was impressed with him as a person, which made me glad to be supporting his project. Props to Devin Montgomery for introducing me to Kickstarter through his Backcountry Boiler, which most of you are familiar with by now.Jul 28, 2012 at 4:40 pm #1898286Jolly Green GiantBPL Member
@regultrLocale: www.jolly-green-giant.blogspot.com
Any idea what they're made of? I'd love to see a wool hybrid. They look a lot like Ex Officio pants and I'm hoping the fabric is a little more dynamic.Jul 28, 2012 at 5:35 pm #1898295. .BPL Member
@biointegraLocale: Puget Sound
Per Stefan on Kickstarter:
"The pants are made from 100% polyester – like a lot of the performance apparel designed for sports and outdoor activities. They achieve their wrinkle resistance from the way the polyester is woven, and have a stain-release treatment applied."
A wool-blend would be nice and I actually mentioned in the survey that he sent out.Jul 28, 2012 at 6:07 pm #1898297Eugene SmithBPL Member
@eugeneiusLocale: Nuevo Mexico
These remind me of the Outlier 4season OG pant, but considerably more affordable. Same concept, different material.
The tailored fitting Outlier OG's use a Schoeller material to achieve this end.Jul 29, 2012 at 11:05 am #1898395Michael LevineMember
@troutLocale: Long Beach
I'm very bummed I missed this project! I'd love these, in every color, provided they work as advertized. I wonder how long the anti-stain treatment holds for =/
*edit. Any other recommendations that aren't like $180?Jul 31, 2012 at 10:09 pm #1899051Chris WrightBPL Member
Am I the only one that thinks the $188 price tag on Outlier pants is a bargain? I'm surprised they are not spoken of with reverence on this forum (they certainly should be). I look forward to the Bluffworks line and the possibility of similar companies/products springing up in the future.
Best of luck!
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This is Stefan from Bluff and I just wanted to update you that the pants are now available for purchase on http://www.bluffworks.co.
I think they're great, but will leave that for others to comment on further…
Send me a note if I can help!Jan 9, 2013 at 10:19 pm #1942396Konrad .BPL Member
Hi Stefan,
I picked up a pair of your pants a couple months ago and so far so good! Quick delivery too…I think mine arrived in a week or 2. My only recommendation would be to consider adding some DWR coating to make them a bit more water resistant. Keep up the great work!Jan 10, 2013 at 7:50 am #1942462
Thanks for the suggestion, Konrad. I saw your other great review too!
I have tested one coating that is environmentally friendly and non-harmful but had breathability issues. I'll keep searching.
Thanks again! Would love to see some pics of them in action for you.Jan 10, 2013 at 9:13 am #1942509spelt with a tBPL Member
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I don't know what sort of pants you normally buy that $190 a pop could be considered a bargain. An investment, certainly, but not a bargain.Jan 11, 2013 at 10:22 pm #1943061Noel TavanBPL Member
Hi Stefan,
Looks I also missed out on the kickstarter. Congrats on your successful project. I am true believe in a pants that does it all.
I really i could have funded your project. I was wondering if you had discount if I decide to get myself 2 or 3 pairs of pants? Thanks!
NoelJan 11, 2013 at 10:39 pm #1943065Alex ErikssonSpectator
@aerikssonLocale: Austin, TX
I would (and nearly have) paid $190 for a pair of jeans, but certainly not slacks, but only if the jeans were made in the US from specific fabric (selvage denim) that will last 5 years of 3-5x a week wear while literally never getting washed. But that's just me and other denim aficionados. That said it's no more expensive than having 4 pairs of $50 jeans you wear (and wear out) over the course of 5 years.
Anyhow, in topic…. Those Bluffworks pants look pretty interesting. Considering I searched high and low for a tailored looking outdoor pant and one without the adornment of tons of pockets, it seems pretty feasible. I wonder how heavy they are, and if they soak up water and get even heavier….Jan 12, 2013 at 4:12 am #1943093John S.BPL Member
I shoot for less than $50 for pants to hike in. Where is the posted weight of these pants in size medium? It won't match the weight of the thorofare and better hiking pants are already out there. Probable weight is 10 – 16 oz per pair.Jan 14, 2013 at 1:36 pm #1943745
Hi Noel,
My pleasure. Send me a note at: [email protected] and I'd be happy to make you a coupon.Jan 14, 2013 at 1:49 pm #1943751
Alec: I posted a pic montage on facebook showing an example of their drying performance. I've received lots of great feedback to that regard. fb.me/bluffworks
John: Yes, a 32 x 32 are 12.8 oz. They are amazing for day hikes or when unexpected adventure strikes, but would agree they may not be your long haul ultra lightweights. The upside is they look good off-trail, if or when that ever matters to you.
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Bin Laden's son-in-law goes on trial in NYC
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NEW YORK (AP) - Osama bin Laden's son-in-law was introduced to prospective jurors Monday at the start of his trial on charges that he conspired to kill Americans and support terrorists in his role as al-Qaida's spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks.
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan asked Sulaiman Abu Ghaith to turn and face the potential jurors before asking if any knew him. None did.
The judge drew silence as well when he asked if there was anyone who had never heard of al-Qaida.
The questioning was part of a process designed to shrink a jury pool of dozens of prospective jurors to the 12 anonymous jurors and several alternates necessary before opening statements begin as early as Wednesday.
The trial, expected to last about three weeks, began a year after Abu Ghaith was brought to the United States following his capture in Jordan.
Kaplan told prospective jurors that the intent of the trial was to decide whether Abu Ghaith had conspired to kill Americans, whether he conspired to provide material support and resources to terrorists and whether he actually supplied material support and resources to terrorists.
Abu Ghaith is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to face trial on U.S. soil since the 9/11 attacks. The government plans to show jurors during its opening statement a picture of Abu Ghaith seated with bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders on the day after Sept. 11, 2001, as they make statements about the attacks.
Prosecution evidence also will include post-9/11 videos in which the charismatic bearded man promises more attacks on the United States as devastating as those that destroyed the World Trade Center.
"The Americans must know that the storm of airplanes will not stop, God willing, and there are thousands of young people who are as keen about death as Americans are about life," Abu Ghaith said in an Oct. 9, 2001, speech.
In one widely circulated propaganda video, Abu Ghaith can be seen sitting with bin Laden and current al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri against a rocky backdrop.
Defense lawyers for the balding and bearded defendant, who wore a beige suit to court Monday, asserted last week that some of the government's evidence relates to a detainee at Guantanamo Bay with a similar name to Abu Ghaith rather than to the defendant, who has pleaded not guilty. Kaplan on Friday called the mistaken identity claim "utterly meritless."
Abu Ghaith's attorneys are also trying to enlist help from professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed to bolster the case for acquittal, though it hasn't come fast enough for them to gain permission from Kaplan for Mohammed to testify, perhaps through a video link to Guantanamo Bay. If convicted, Abu Ghaith could face life in prison.
The Kuwaiti-born defendant was flown to the United States a year ago from Jordan, where he was captured as he headed to Kuwait, which had revoked his citizenship after 9/11.
In an affidavit, Abu Ghaith said he left Afghanistan in 2002 and entered Iran, where he was arrested and held in prisons and interrogated extensively.
He said he was heading home to Kuwait to see family when his flight landed instead in Amman, Jordan, where he was handcuffed and turned over to American authorities.
Abu Ghaith is married to bin Laden's eldest daughter, Fatima, one of nearly two dozen children bin Laden was believed to have fathered before he was killed in Pakistan by U.S. special forces in 2011.
Before heading to Afghanistan in 2000, Abu Ghaith was an imam at a Kuwaiti mosque.


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Like many of you, I have a lot to be thankful for. One of the things I'm blessed by are the many connections I've made on Twitter and with the writers of various blogs. In the spirit of that; here's an article I helped research written by my friend Larry at Wezen-ball.com. Larry was instrumental in encouraging me to start writing on my own. A quick excerpt:
"Yesterday afternoon, a Twitter friend of mine – @TheRealDavidK – asked this question:
Wondering if any batter has ever made all 3 outs in an inning. Seems unlikely to even get 3 PA. Anyone? @wezen_ball? @robneyer?
I didn't know the answer and I was at work (though it was lunchtime), so I wasn't able to run a query on my Retrosheet database. It seemed like a question that was probably researched before, but a quick Google search didn't turn anything up for me. And, like David said, it seemed unlikely that anyone would even have three plate appearances in an inning."
So thanks to Larry, his Terrific Girlfriend, Will Carroll, Steve Mizer, Ben Wright and all of the other internet friends I've been able to meet in person over the last year. But more than anything else, thanks to Marianne; who recently upgraded from Wonder Girlfriend to Fiance. She's the best partner I could ever have.
Please take the time to let those around you know what an influence they've had on your life.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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J. C. Penney Company Names Ron Johnson as Its Next Chief Executive Officer, Effective November 1
Johnson Has Led Apple Inc.'s Retail Since Its Inception
Will Join J. C. Penney's Board of Directors on August 1
PLANO, Texas, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III, chairman and chief executive officer of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP), today announced that Ron Johnson, an innovative and highly regarded retail executive, has been named the Company's next chief executive officer, succeeding Mr. Ullman in that role. Mr. Johnson will assume the CEO position on Nov. 1, 2011, and report to Mr. Ullman, who will become executive chairman. Mr. Johnson will also join the Company's Board of Directors, effective Aug. 1, 2011.
(Logo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110222/DA51975LOGO)
Mr. Johnson, 52, has served for the past 11 years as senior vice president of retail at Apple Inc., where he led its retail strategy, which from its start in 2001 now numbers over 300 stores in the U.S. and abroad. He joined Apple after 15 years at Target Corporation, where he was a key merchandising executive.
Mr. Ullman said, "I am delighted that Ron is joining our Board and the Company, and look forward to working with him as we continue to transform the jcpenney brand. He is widely recognized and highly regarded in the retail industry for his creativity and innovation, his commitment to empowering employees to deliver an unparalleled customer experience, and to making stores exciting places where people love to shop. His tremendous accomplishments at Apple and Target speak to his great consumer merchandising, marketing and operational talent."
Thomas J. Engibous, lead director of J. C. Penney Company's Board, said, "The Company has made outstanding strides under Mike Ullman's leadership and it has great potential ahead thanks to the Long Range Plan for growth he and the management team developed and are executing, which includes top management succession planning. The progress made under Mike's leadership is reflected in the Company's ability to attract an executive of Ron Johnson's talent and track record as it continues to focus on achieving its objective of becoming America's most exciting place to shop. We look forward to Ron joining our Board and then to his assuming the chief executive role as he, Mike and their team work towards achieving the Company's goals."
Mr. Johnson said, "I've always dreamed of leading a major retail company as CEO, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to help J. C. Penney re-imagine what I believe to be the single greatest opportunity in American retailing today, the Department Store. I have tremendous confidence in J. C. Penney's future and look forward to working with Mike Ullman, the Executive Board and the Company's 150,000 associates to transform the way America shops."
As a demonstration of his confidence in J. C. Penney's long-term potential, Mr. Johnson requested and has committed to make a personal investment of $50 million in the Company through the purchase, at fair market value, of 7 1/2-year warrants on 7.257 million shares of J. C. Penney Company stock. The warrants cannot be sold or hedged for the first six years of their term and have a strike price of $29.92, the closing price of the stock on the business day prior to Mr. Johnson's commitment to purchase the warrants.
About Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson brings to J. C. Penney Company over 25 years of retail experience and a long and successful track record of delivering year-over-year growth for multi-billion dollar companies.
Before joining Apple, Mr. Johnson held a variety of positions with Target Corporation, serving in his last role there as vice president of merchandising. In his 15-year merchandising career with Target he had responsibility for such categories as Men's Apparel, Women's Apparel and Accessories, Children's and Home. He is most noted for launching and leading the Design Initiative at Target, which began with the Michael Graves collection for home and included several other key brands such as Calphalon, Carr, Bodum and more.
Mr. Johnson received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Arts at Stanford in Economics.
About Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III
Mr. Ullman joined J. C. Penney as Chairman and CEO in late 2004. Over the next several months, he and the Company's Executive Board designed a Long Range Plan for the growth of J. C. Penney to position it for leadership in the retail sector, and they have made great progress in delivering on its goals. This has included enabling the Company to navigate through the challenging economic environment of the past several years and to emerge with an enhanced reputation for style at compelling prices, industry-leading customer service, innovation in the digital experience, leading-edge technology across the organization, significant financial strength and a commitment to operational effectiveness.
Importantly, under Mr. Ullman the Company has put in place a succession planning process for senior management, including for the CEO position. The appointment of Mr. Johnson is a key step in that process.
Even prior to joining J. C. Penney Company, Inc., Mr. Ullman had a distinguished track record in the retail business, both domestically and internationally. His leadership experience included serving as group managing director of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury goods manufacturer (from 1999-2002); chairman and chief executive officer of DFS Group Limited, the travel retailer (1995-1999); chairman and chief executive officer of R. H. Macy & Co., Inc. (1992-1995); and group managing director of Wharf Holdings, Ltd. in Hong Kong (1986-1989). Among his other roles, he was appointed a White House Fellow by President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Ullman currently serves as deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; presiding independent director of Starbucks Corporation; Board member of the Retail Industry Leaders Association; and chairman of the board of Mercy Ships International.
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About J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., one of America's leading retailers, operates over 1,100 jcpenney department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com. Serving more than half of America's families each year, the jcpenney brand offers a wide array of private, exclusive and national brands which reflect the Company's vision to be America's shopping destination for discovering great styles at compelling prices. Traded as "JCP" on the New York Stock Exchange, the $17.8 billion retailer is transforming its organization to support its Long Range Plan strategies to build a sustainable, profitable enterprise that serves its customers, engages its associates and rewards its shareholders. For more information, visit www.jcpenney.net.
This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company's current views of future events and financial performance, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from planned or expected results. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, including inflation, recession, unemployment levels, consumer spending patterns, credit availability and debt levels, changes in store traffic trends, the cost of goods, trade restrictions, changes in tariff, freight and shipping rates, changes in the cost of fuel and other energy and transportation costs, increases in wage and benefit costs, competition and retail industry consolidations, interest rate fluctuations, dollar and other currency valuations, the impact of weather conditions, risks associated with war, an act of terrorism or pandemic, and a systems failure and/or security breach that results in the theft, transfer or unauthorized disclosure of customer, employee or Company information. Please refer to the Company's most recent Form 10-K and subsequent filings for a further discussion of risks and uncertainties. Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. We do not undertake to update these forward-looking statements as of any future date.
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Intel Chiefs Challenge Trump's National Security Claimshttps://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR---SSCI.pdf ... Environment and Climate Change (pg 23)Global environmental and ecological degradation, as well as climate change, are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond. Climate hazards such as extreme weather, higher temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, sea level rise, soil degradation, and acidifying oceans are intensifying, threatening infrastructure, health, and water and food security. Irreversible damage to ecosystems and habitats will undermine the economic benefits they provide, worsened by air, soil, water, and marine pollution.- Extreme weather events, many worsened by accelerating sea level rise, will particularly affect urban coastal areas in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. Damage to communication, energy, and transportation infrastructure could affect low-lying military bases, inflict economic costs, and cause human displacement and loss of life.- Changes in the frequency and variability of heat waves, droughts, and floods—combined with poor governance practices—are increasing water and food insecurity around the world, increasing the risk of social unrest, migration, and interstate tension in countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, and Jordan.- Diminishing Arctic sea ice may increase competition—particularly with Russia and China—over access to sea routes and natural resources. Nonetheless, Arctic states have maintained mostly positive cooperation in the region through the Arctic Council and other multilateral mechanisms, a trend we do not expect to change in the near term. Warmer temperatures and diminishing sea ice are reducing the high cost and risks of some commercial activities and are attracting new players to the resource-rich region. In 2018, the minimum sea ice extent in the Arctic was 25 percent below the 30-year average from 1980 to 2010.....- Migration is likely to continue to fuel social and interstate tensions globally, while drugs and transnational organized crime take a toll on US public health and safety. Political turbulence is rising in many regions as governance erodes and states confront growing public health and environmental threats.Coats told lawmakers his opening remarks were intended "to provide you an overview of the national security threats facing our nation." He was the only one to give opening remarks, as he was speaking on behalf of those seated beside him: CIA Director Gina Haspel, FBI Director Christopher Wray, National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Robert Ashley and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo."In many respects, it is a rebuke to the political rhetoric from the administration," John Cohen, a senior Homeland Security official focusing on threat-related intelligence under the Obama administration, and an ABC News contributor, said. "[It's] striking in some respects." ... "what is striking about this detailed assessment is what it doesn't say. ... The report does not reinforce or support recent claims by the administration of a national security crisis at the southern border,"
Trump believes Putin over those guys.
In a 2015 undercover investigation by Greenpeace, Happer told Greenpeace reporters that he would be willing to produce research promoting the benefits of carbon dioxide for $250 per hour, while the funding sources could be similarly concealed by routing them through the CO2 Coalition. [8]
As a follow-on to my Reply #633, the attached image from the linked reference indicates that EECO (Early Eocene Climate Optimum 51 to 53 million years ago, which had an equable climate), likely had much lower atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (circa 680ppm) that assumed by consensus climate science. If so, it is likely easier to transition to an equable climate in modern times than assumed by consensus climate science:Jagniecki,Elliot A. et al. (2015), "Eocene atmospheric CO2 from the nahcolite proxy", Geology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G36886.1
The linked reference adds information to Bamber's observation that the Arctic Ocean could become seasonally sea ice free circa 2040 (which would accelerate the ice-climate positive feedback mechanism):J. A. Screen & C. Deser (05 February 2019), "Pacific Ocean Variability Influences the Time of Emergence of a Seasonally Ice‐Free Arctic Ocean", Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081393https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018GL081393AbstractThe Arctic Ocean is projected to become seasonally ice‐free before midcentury unless greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly reduced, but exactly when this could occur depends considerably on internal climate variability. Here we show that trajectories to an ice‐free Arctic are modulated by concomitant shifts in the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). Trajectories starting in the negative IPO phase become ice‐free 7 years sooner than those starting in the positive IPO phase. Trajectories starting in the negative IPO phase subsequently transition toward the positive IPO phase, on average, with an associated strengthening of the Aleutian Low, increased poleward energy transport, and faster sea‐ice loss. The observed IPO began to transition away from its negative phase in the past few years. If this shift continues, our results suggest increased likelihood of accelerated sea‐ice loss over the coming decades, and an increased risk of an ice‐free Arctic within the next 20–30 years.Plain Language SummaryManmade climate change is causing a rapid loss of Arctic sea ice. Summer Arctic sea ice is predicted to disappear almost completely by the middle of this century, unless emissions of greenhouse gases are rapidly reduced. The speed of sea‐ice loss is not constant over time, however. Natural climate variability can add to the manmade decline, leading to faster sea‐ice loss, or can subtract from the manmade decline, leading to slower sea‐ice loss. In this study, we looked at how natural climate variability affects the timing of an ice‐free Arctic. We found that a natural cycle called the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, or IPO for short, is particularly important. Arctic sea‐ice loss is faster when the IPO is moving from its cold to warm phase and slower when the IPO is moving from its warm to cold phase. This is because variations in the IPO cause changes in atmospheric wind patterns, which alter the amount of heat that is transported into the Arctic. Observations show that the IPO started to shift from its cold to warm phase in the past few years. If this shift continues, our results suggest that there is an increased chance of accelerated sea‐ice loss over the coming decades.
The linked article cites just one of many reasons why modern society is rapidly headed towards Pliocene conditions:Title: "Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/17/methane-levels-sharp-rise-threaten-paris-climate-agreementExtract: "Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned."
...in the abstract the lower limit constraint is 680 and the upper limit constraint is 1260 ppm. If we reached an equitable climate condition, the near term pulse from permafrost alone (first 300 years) would push the atmosphere CO2 well above the median value of ~1000 ppm.
Quote from: AbruptSLR on February 23, 2019, 05:04:54 PMThe linked article cites just one of many reasons why modern society is rapidly headed towards Pliocene conditions:Title: "Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/17/methane-levels-sharp-rise-threaten-paris-climate-agreementExtract: "Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned."The short version of this article is there has been a sharp rise in methane in the last decade and we don't know why. I don't like uncertainty as this does not allow us to identify an effective response.
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XFree86, pkgsrc, proplib, and Xen
Do you still include Linux binary compatibility?
Nicolas Joly: I'm currently working on improving Linux binary compatibility on AMD64 for both 32- and 64-bit applications.
The amd64 compat linux is the first one that include NPTL (NativePOSIX Thread Library) emulation found on Linux 2.6 kernel. Likewise, compat linux32 is pretty new, and even if mostly identical to i386linux emulation needs to be modified.
For NetBSD 4.0, kernel support for compat linux is not enabled bydefault as this is not as stable as other ports. For this release, do not expect to run complicated linux applications yet, but basic ones should work. In the mean time, -current has made some progresses...
Which X Window System is included in NetBSD 4.0?
Matthias Scheler: XFree86 4.5.0.
The XFree86 Project has unfortunately lost a lot of momentum. NetBSD is currently in the process of switching to the X.org X11 distribution. We initially tried integrating the monolithic X.org distribution into our xsrc source tree. But it never reached a state where it worked on all platforms and supported cross builds via build.sh.
After the X.org project changed to a modular distribution, it was obvious that pkgsrc is the best way to integrate X11 in the future. There is ongoing work mostly by Joerg Sonnenberger to make modular X11 in pkgsrc cross-buildable. When that work has been finished and properly integrated with the system installation, the XFree86 distribution in xsrc will probably be retired.
What's new in pkgsrc?
Joerg Sonnenberger: I'm only aware of NetBSD 4 being a requirement to use the cross-compiling support. The updates to pkg_install will be in NetBSD4.1, so that is ruled out.
The cross-compiling support allows a small subset of pkgsrc to be built for any architecture running NetBSD using the output of build.sh. Currently this subset includes modular Xorg and a few applications like Xpdf as proof of concept. This is intended to replace the aging XFree86in xsrc, but needs some more polishing work on the pkgsrc side.
What is proplib(3) and what can we use it for?
Jason Thorpe: proplib is a library for manipulating property lists. Property lists are collections of properties, typically stored in a dictionary. A dictionary is an associative array, essentially key-valuepairs. The keys are strings, and the values are strings, numbers, opaque data, booleans, arrays, dictionaries, ...
This is handy in a variety of applications. For example, communicating structured data between userspace and the kernel, describing properties of devices, etc.
What can we do with NetBSD/Xen?
Manuel Bouyer: Well, we can do a lot of things, from merging different physical boxes to a single one (if you need different OSes for different tasks, for example), to easily create test systems (it's very convenient for kernel developement: a guest boots much faster than a regular PC). With the virtualization features of recent X86 CPUs (which are supported by Xen3 with NetBSD as dom0), you can also boot plain i386 OSes. This can be used to test install media, for example, or to load systems that can't be paravirtualized (e.g., Windows).


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Scarbie is not so bad at all. How about something way sick than it?
Scarbie is not so bad at all. How about something way sick than it?
How about an Encyclopedia of horror related events and characters. That would be fun and informative.
How about a library of Horror/Halloween stories? It could be fun, so people could read them while they're not in discussions. what do you say?
Whatever you have it mind guys, let the mods decide and i fine with whatever you put in here as long as its Halloween/Horror related.
I hope you don't take so offensive but, all our games are very crap. Is there anyway we can get real games? I mean really working games like flash games and whatsoever, like the ones from y8?
Yeah that's correct, i would love to play some ZOMBIE SHOOTING games. Please moderators and developers. Please make it happen.
Is there a discussion board here about real haunted experiences? Why don't anybody start sharing their own experiences if there's any?
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Interactive games would be great, haunted house type like that Hotel 626 i used to play years ago.
How about a COB chat to add to the forum or main site?
Will there ever be a game like "the Caverns Game" again, with all of the Web 1.0 features that make the caverns game what it is? COB should totally do that for their 20th anniversary, which I think is coming up soon.


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The ultimate small business marketing strategy is really no secret if you stick to the fundamentals. As a small business owner, you are constantly being barraged with what someone is telling you is the latest and greatest marketing strategy. Before you waste your time and money on something new, you really need to ask yourself if you are doing the basics well.
Take a moment and remove yourself from your business and think of your business as your athletic team. It's the beginning of the season and you are psyched about the year ahead. What is the first thing that you are going to do to prepare for the year? Do you start by practicing trick plays? Of course not! You practice the fundamentals.
- If you're a baseball team, you practice hitting and fielding.
- If you're a football team, you practice blocking, tackling, throwing and running.
- If you're a soccer team, you practice kicking and passing.
- You don't start running plays until your team is in shape!
Okay, now that practice is over and you have showered and cleaned up, it's time to get back to your small business marketing strateg!
7 Critical Small Business Marketing Strategy Fundamentals
Is your team (staff) in shape? Do they know the fundamentals? Do you have them practice and rehearse the right way to do serve your customers or do you let them wing it and hope they'll such a great job that your clients will be magnetically drawn back to your business?
Guess what? If you leave it to chance and assume clients will return, you risk taking your business into the world of mediocre results where you will join the legions of small business owners who are wondering where there next customer is coming from. Don't leave your success to chance and then grasp for the magic bullet that will save your business. A powerful small business marketing strategy begins with the fundamentals. Here are 7 critical steps to your business success:
- Critical Fundamental #1: You must have a Unique Selling Proposition, which answers the question "Why should I do business with you?" Your USP is much more than we give good service or do a good job. Your competitors are saying the same thing. Your USP should have the prospect saying "Oh really? Tell me more!" It helps get your prospect interested in buying from you. Give them a powerful reason to do so.
- Critical Fundamental #2: Your business must be living your USP. If you make the claim, play the game by making sure everyone in your company lives the USP. If you claim great customer service but you let your phone ring 10 times before anybody answers it, your are not living a USP founded on customer service. FedEx doesn't claim packages will usually get there overnight, they get them there overnight. If you make your clients go through 5 phone prompts to place an order, you are failing on a service claim. If your delivery driver doesn't thank your customer, your competition's will.
- Critical Fundamental #3: You must know the fundamentals of selling. It usually costs a huge amount of money to get a prospect to come to or call your business. Once they are there, doesn't it make sense that you should have the skills to sell to them and maximize the value of the transaction? You do so by cross-selling and up-selling. Don't expect the customer to ask for more , you must help them along. Sales training is one of the best investments that you can make in your company. Everybody who comes into contact with a prospect or client should know the basics of selling.
- Critical Fundamental #4: This fundamental is one of the most critical and obvious but most overlooked element of a successful small business marketing strategy! You must have a system to capture client and prospect information such as name, address, phone number, email address, buying history, preferences and other information relative to your business. Today's technology makes that very inexpensive to do. When you have this information, you can develop a close relationship with your clients based on what THEY like.
- Here is a real world example: My wife and I eat out at a nice restaurant at least once a week and we like to go to different places. There is only one restaurant in the Cincinnati region that has ever even asked for my name and address. They send us coupons regularly so we eat there regularly. All of the rest are wondering how to get new clients in the door and spend a lot on advertising to get them there. Now that doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Why don't the others ask about me and what I like? It is real easy and inexpensive but most business owners are out of touch when it comes to knowing their clients.
- Critical Fundamental #5: You must have a system in place to regularly communicate with your prospects and clients. You should be frequently hitting them with unique offers, birthday cards, newsletters and special customer only specials. Your customers DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!! The research proves it. If you don't talk to them, you are communicating an attitude of indifference towards clients and opening the door for your competition to take them away from you.
- Critical Fundamental #6: You must leverage your marketing efforts by establishing joint ventures and alliances with other companies who have similar client profiles in a non-competing business.
- Look at this scenario: You own a restaurant and have 1,000 clients who know and trust you and like your food and service. The florist down the street also has a 1,000 clients who know and trust her. You approach her with an idea. You will pay for amailing to her list in which she endorses your restaurant and offer a special coupon for a free appetizer to her clients. You mail a similar endorsement for her shop to your list. You will both get a huge infusion of new business. Now doesn't that make more sense than running an ad on the radio or in the paper?
- Critical Fundamental #7: First of all, notice all the above fundamentals don't ask you to risk money on media advertising and any one of them can easily increase your sales 20% or more. However, if you choose to advertise in the media, TRACK YOUR RESULTS! Don't fall in the trap of building a brand or getting your name out there. If you are investing in something, know your return on your investment. If you put $5,000 dollars into an investment portfolio, you expect a minimum return and you closely track your results. Do the same thing when you invest in marketing.
You Must Get the Fundamentals in Place
Or You Are Losing Business!
As we discussed earlier, a good small business marketing strategy starts like a sports team does in preseason, by getting back to fundamentals. If you are following these small business marketing strategy fundamentals, you should congratulate yourself because you are one of the few who are getting repeat business, referrals and new customers for a fraction of what the average small business spends to attract a customer.
If you are not doing so, get started. It is a lot easier and less expensive than you think and your returns will be huge and you will literally reap exponential increases in sales.


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Amadeus Kicks Off New Producer Only Segment For Yo! Raps
We'd like to thank Kai Denninger, Isha Cole, and the staff over at Yo! Raps for this feature interview.
Amadeus - The Hitman
Many years ago the multi-platinum producer Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson created a beat that would become his first placement and was chosen by a rapper Nucci Reyo, who was signed to MCA Records at that time. While in the studio session, Amadeus met a few great people in the music industry that he kept in contact with as he laid down the foundation for where he is today.
Amadeus, born in the Bronx, New York, has worked with over 50 artists in his 15 plus years in the music game and is an element in Diddy's Bad Boy production team The Hitmen. In 2000, Amadeus tapped into a CEO's mind as he founded Platinum Boy Music, which is his production company that includes a few budding artists.
Other than working in the studio, Amadeus lends his musical genius to R&B singer Trey Songz serving as the lead drummer in his band and the Musical Director in charge of all the musical components of Trey Songz performances.
Yo! Raps and Amadeus discuss what influenced him to become a producer, what makes a beat hot, the most influential producers of all time and much more!
First off, please introduce yourself to the audience and give us some more background information...
What's up Yo! Raps? I go by the name Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson and I'm one of Diddy's Bad Boy/Hitmen multi-platinum record producers. I'm also Music Director and drummer for multi-platinum R&B Atlantic Records recording Trey Songz. I've produced for over 50 artists such as 50 Cent, Fabolous, G-Unit, Red Cafe, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, Jim Jones, Cam'ron, Joe Budden, The Game, Young Jeezy, T.I., Keyshia Cole, The Clipse, Foxy Brown, Talib Kweli, Jae Millz, Bow Wow, Aasim, Freeway, Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc, ESPN, MTV, ABC and many more.
What influenced you to become a producer?
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend private school, which offered all the students that attended the opportunity to learn an instrument and I chose the drums. I studied drums for years until I was told that I was a natural. So I kept practicing and pursuing the instrument becoming better and better until suddenly it became a passion of mine. I was always a music lover growing up being exposed to all genres of music. I thought I was gonna be a rapper. Luckily, I was schooled to the game by some folk that was already in the music biz and I took their advice to get behind the scenes and make it happen as a producer. It all made a lot of sense to me especially with me being a drummer already. It became a no brainer and here I am today, 14 years later a multi-platinum Bad Boy/Hitmen producer that have produced for over 50 artists.
How did you learn the ins and outs of producing music?
I worked on a Roland XP-50 keyboard for months at a time creating beats learning how to format them, mix, burn them to cassette tape, stack drums, create moods etc. It's like anything else you do in life. The more you practice or the more you work at it, the better you become. I learn something new everyday even now and I've been producing for 14 years so far!
People may think that a producers' job is to simply create the beat, but what else does it entail?
Being creative is not an easy job. Sometimes we as producers make it seem that way because this is what we do but it's very challenging. It's my passion so I love to do what I do as a producer. In regards to what it entails…a lot, but the game has changed so if you are not an established producer you may not even have the opportunity to get in the studio with the artists which is the key to fully creating and producing a record. As a producer, your job can consists of things like helping the artist record the song, adding more instrumentation to the record, mixing the record alongside the artist and engineer, coming up with concepts, hooks, features and much more. As a producer, it is about doing whatever is necessary to make it a hit record.
Many artists say that their lyrics are influenced by experiences or emotions, is that the same thing in regards to production?
Absolutely! A lot of artists get on my tracks and really vent and explore past experiences in there lives and put it in song format. Songs that I've produced such as Jim Jones' My Diary, Fabolous featuring Lil Mo's What Should I Do, Mike Jones' Grandma, Foxy Brown's Cradle 2 The Grave, The Game's Lost and more. On these particular songs, the artists dug deep down into their souls and poured out the truth on them Amadeus tracks and that's a great feeling. I'd rather have songs like these that can help change peoples lives or allow people to challenge themselves in life! I'm about touching lives and with some of the artists I've worked with we've done just that.
What do you believe makes a beat hot?
For an Amadeus track, it's hard drums and a great melody. I create off of feeling, so whatever I make it's something that I love first. I always think, "How can you sell something to someone without believing in it yourself first."
How important is the vibe when you're in the studio working with an artist?
The vibe is very important but unfortunately as I expressed before, the game has changed and producers sometimes don't get the chance to get in the studio and work with the artists. Artists get tracks via email and record to them on their own and request the pro-tools file for them and mix the records on their own. Not cool, but what can you do. It doesn't happen to Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins, Kanye West, Just Blaze etc., but it does happen to producers like myself and it's wack because I'm a very creative person and who knows how much better the record could've sounded with me as the producer being involved. I guess one day we will know.
Talk about the actual business side of production, how do you get a beat to an artist? Who pays you? Do lawyers get involved? How long is this process?
There's many ways it can be done and I target everyone. I send music to artists, management and A&Rs. I figure I have three different chances to place a song or a track because all three of those people have different ears. Normally, you get paid from the record label that particular artist is signed too. Otherwise, if the artist is independent, they pay you themselves. Lawyers are always involved to make sure your biz is straight so that you can collect your royalties etc. The process of getting paid and handling the paperwork can take months to get down. It can be a very slow process, which is very frustrating as a producer but it's the business and some things you can't change. You might as well play the game and that's what I do.
What are some qualities or attributes that make a great producer?
Being willing to change the game with a new sound. Often times as a producer we try to fit in or create tracks like what's on the radio so that we can get placements. Labels and artists sometimes go after songs that are hits and may want something like this or that and that's not me. I'm more like, "Go to whoever made the track." I'm not with creating a track like someone else's. As a producer when you hear a song from me, you will not know it's me until you read the credits. I have many different sounding type of tracks and I'm going to challenge myself as a musician and producer and continue to reinvent myself.
Some producers have a distinct sound, do you think that's a good or bad thing?
No comment [laughs]. But as for me, I don't want to have a distinct sound.
If you could produce a track for any artist, who would it be and why?
I would have loved to produce a track for The Notorious B.I.G because he was the greatest!
Who do you believe is the most influential producer of all time and why?
I can't really say of all time but I can say of my time and my answer would be Diddy & The Hitmen and I'm not saying this because I'm a part of the Bad Boy Worldwide brand. I'm saying it because he gave us The Notorious B.I.G, Mase, Craig Mack, Total, 112, Faith Evans, Black Rob, Carl Thomas and recently Dirty Money. Under one camp, which was crazy, no one was seeing Bad Boy records in those times, no one. The feeling you got when you heard these albums can't even be explained just classic and timeless music. I pray to be able to produce much as such.
List your current top 5 producers in the game?
1. Diddy & The Hitmen
2. Dr. Dre
3. Timbaland
4. Kanye West
5. Rodney Jerkins
What equipment are you using when producing?
2. Motif Rack
3. Motif XS Rack
4. Roland Fantom XR Rack
5. Stanton DJ T.92 Turntable
6. Stanton DJ Mixer
7. KRK Rokit 8 Speakers
8. KRK Subwoofer
9. Roland JP8000
10. Micro Korg
11. ProTools 8
12. MacBookPro 17"
13. Digi 002 Rack
14. Avalon Pre-Amp
15. Stanton DJ Headphones
16. Stanton DJ CDJ
17. Beats by Dre Headphones
Any current projects you want to talk about?
I create music and send music to all the artists that are working on new projects, so stay tuned.
What else are you working on when you're not producing music?
I'm Trey Songz' Music Director and drummer. When I'm not producing, I'm touring the world with Trey Songz. We've completed three tours in 2010 being Jay-Z's BP3 Tour, Trey Songz' Passion Pain Pleasure Tour and Usher's OMG Tour. Great experiences! Looking forward to 2011. We're already performing on the 2011 BET Honors and are going on an overseas tour with Ne-Yo. As you can see, I'm pretty busy.
What advice would you give to up and coming producers about this industry?
If you want to be a record producer in this industry, music and creating music has to be a passion of yours. This is what's going to keep you pursuing your career in this field because the music industry can be real dark and superficial. I would also say try your best to stay true to yourself and what you believe in as a person and as a record producer. It may take a little longer for you to get to where you want to be but it's worth it in the end. Take advantage of all the outlets that's available to you. Back when I was on the come up, we didn't have all these outlets. So get out there and make it happen. If possible find you a hot artist and develop a sound and create your own lane by bringing next level music to the world. I can go on and on but you will learn all you need to learn by getting out there and experiencing it for yourself. Go for it and hopefully I'll see you at the top because I'll definitely be there.
In the end, let the people know where they can find you online.
People can find me at
www.myspace.com/produceramadeus and
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