By Tessa Solomon Reporter, ARTnews Mark your calendars with a new holiday: the musings of the Velvet Underground—in all their raw glory—will soon be available for listening. The Andy Warhol Museum has discovered and digitized rare master tapes from the band’s epoch-defining 1967 debut album, “The Velvet Underground & Nico,” from Verve Records. The monophonic reel-to-reel ¼” tapes contain alternative versions and mixes of the nine initial songs that formed the foundation of the 1967 release. “You’re hearing the album as the band originally intended,” Matt Gray, manager of archives at the Warhol said in a statement. “The track listing alone is a retelling of the album. The quality of sound is remarkable; it gives you a new perspective.”
Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. Please enter a valid zipcode. Save TORONTO (AP) — Radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges — with exceptions on the travel front and almost all in Canadian markets. Radio broadcast crews for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks are not on site for road games this season. The English language radio crew for the Montreal Canadiens also remains grounded. Remote coverage that was previously a necessity due to travel restrictions has become the new normal for radio broadcasters who are being told to stay home and call road games off a screen. “It’s not perfect, far from it, I’m somewhat embarrassed that we’re not there,” longtime Maple Leafs radio broadcaster Joe Bowen told The Canadian Press. “But that’s the situation that it is. So we’re trying to do the best we can under what we feel are some difficult circumstances.” In the NBA, the Toronto Raptors are also sticking with remote radio coverage for road games. TSN, a Bell Media property, and Sportsnet, part of a subsidiary of Rogers Communications, split radio coverage for both the Raptors and the Maple Leafs. A Sportsnet spokesperson declined to comment while a TSN spokesperson did not return messages. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., the parent company for both teams, declined to comment. “COVID presented lots of challenges for the league, including for our broadcasters,” said Gary Meagher, the NHL’s senior executive vice president of communications. “While 95% of our broadcasters are now back to calling games in-arena, we know that the handful of radio crews that are still calling games remotely are providing their fans with the unmatched professionalism to which they are accustomed.” Meagher said Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Montreal (French only) were the four Canadian teams that had radio crews on site at road games. He added “a few” U.S.-based teams were providing TV simulcasts on radio for road broadcasts. In the NBA, Jim LaBumbard, the league’s senior director of basketball communications, said 28 of the 30 teams have radio crews on site at road games. He said the Orlando Magic — who also use a simulcast — are the only U.S.-based team without a travelling radio crew. Broadcaster Paul Romanuk, who has called hockey and Raptors games over his career and made remote calls for Olympic coverage, said a remote radio crew is limited in its ability to deliver the best possible product. “You can’t look down at the bench and see if a player is hurting after he blocked a shot,” he said. “You can’t see if a player has gone to the dressing room. You can’t see if the coach is walking down to have a word with a player. You can’t see if a couple players are mixing it up behind the play. You miss all of that. “You also might miss the odd line change. You can’t do as good of a job. You can’t be as precise.” Bowen, who has called Maple Leafs games for more than four decades, goes to the Toronto TSN studio and downtown Sportsnet studio to voice the road games from the same feed a viewer gets at home. “It’s a challenge, it really is,” Bowen said. “In my humble estimation, it’s not the right way to do it but the powers that be at present believe — I guess it’s a cost-cutting measure of some sort — so this is what we’re doing and we’re trying to do the best we can under the circumstances.” Radio crews feel the atmosphere when thousands of fans have packed a venue and that vibe can be noticeable on air. Interaction with athletes and coaches at morning skates or shootarounds can also be invaluable for on-air story fodder and news nuggets. “It’s a necessity to be on the road, it just is,” said Paul Edmonds, who does play-by-play for the Winnipeg Jets on CJOB. “To do your job properly and then also to do it I think with all of the integrity that you want to have on your broadcast, broadcasters in radio have to be on the road in my opinion.” Many clubs allow radio broadcasters to join them on team charters. Other crews, however, have to navigate commercial flights and potentially longer stays in road cities, which can hike the travel bills. In Major League Baseball, the Rogers-owned Toronto Blue Jays used remote coverage on Sportsnet 590 earlier this year before resuming in-person road radio coverage for the second half of the season. With the 2022-23 NHL and NBA seasons just a few weeks old, it’s possible that radio coverage changes could be made. “It’s sad because it’s not the way it should be,” Romanuk said. “I believe at the end of the day, in all of it, I think it’s the audience that’s being let down the most, whether or not they realize it.” Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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A graduate of Holland Christian schools and a former Michigan State quarterback, NFL star Kirk Cousins is launching a new business venture: golf course owner. The Holland Sentinel reports the current Minnesota Vikings quarterback and his wife have purchased Clearbrook Golf Course located near Saugatuck, MI. Born in Illinois, Cousins moved to Michigan with his family in 1998 where he attended Holland Christian schools. After playing football in high school Cousins was offered a scholarship to play at Michigan State where he also studied kinesiology. In 2012 Kirk was drafted by the Washington Redskins (now the Commanders) where he played for six seasons before signing with the Minnesota Vikings in 2018 when Cousins made history with the first fully guaranteed and also the highest paying contract in the NFL at the time. Cousins and his wife Julie, who built a property in the Saugatuck area in 2018, wrote in a letter to the community, As we discussed the history of the golf club with Jim, we agreed it is a community treasure and should remain a golf course for the next generation… We want to invest in this great community, and we see this purchase as an opportunity to do just that, maintaining the life of a golf course that has been in place since 1926. Cousins added they would prefer not to see the land turned into housing developments or summer rental properties. Instead, longtime owners Jim and Candy Jeltema will continue to operate the property for the time being until plans for improvement, if any, are solidified. Reports say the sale of the golf course did not include the property's Grill Room Restaurant, which will remain under the ownership of Jim and Candy. Even for someone like myself who doesn't follow the NFL, I still know about Kirk Cousins and his ties to West Michigan. It's endearing to see how much he values his community and cares about it enough to invest in its future. I'll be curious to see what the new owners do with the property in the years to come!
90% of our funding comes from metro Atlanta, please give! City Lights Staff| WABE November 10th, 2022 Arturo Sandoval is a giant among musicians, known for his history as jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. A protégé of the renowned jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Mr. Sandoval carries on a mighty legacy. President Obama awarded him the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and he has won 10 Grammy awards, an Emmy award for “Best Composer,” six Billboard awards, as well as an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Notre Dame. Arturo Sandoval will perform in Atlanta at the Rialto Center on Nov. 12, and he joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom for a conversation ahead of the concert. Interview highlights: From humble beginnings to a luminous career in music: “I came from an extremely poor family. I grew up in the middle of the countryside of the island of Cuba, in a small village, and nobody in my family was involved with music or any art manifestation. I was the very first one, and in the very beginning, nobody was agreeing with that. Everybody said, ‘Musician? Are you crazy? What you talking about?’” recalled Sandoval. “Even now, I don’t know why I follow music. I fell in love with music so intensely, and I was so sure about my decision that I wanted to become a musician. I wanted to, no matter what.” He continued, “I’m never going to get tired of repeating that music saved my life, and also the life of my family as well. Because all my close family, they’re in the US, and I’m so happy that I brought them little by little. I’m eternally grateful to the music because the music gave me so many incredible opportunities over the years, that I have no words to express my gratitude.” On meeting his hero, Dizzy Gillespie, who hooked him up with a gig at Carnegie Hall: “Somebody called me and told me that, ‘Arturo, I know you are a big fan of Dizzy Gillespie. He’s coming to Havana this afternoon.’ I said, ‘Oh, yeah, yeah, that’s a good joke,’” Sandoval recounted. “I was waiting there, waiting until the boat arrived. When I saw him coming downstairs, I said, ‘Oh my goodness, now what am I going to do? Because I cannot speak one word in English. I would love to tell him a thousand things, but I cannot say one.’ But you know, God is so good to me. And when he was walking toward me, a guy walks behind him and starts talking to me in Spanish, perfect Spanish. He was a percussionist, he was in the boat playing percussion with Stan Getz.” He went on, “He jumped in my car, and I showed him Havana for the very first time, and later on the same day at nighttime, we got a jam session with the visitors. I was playing with a band at that time; the name of the band was Irakere, and we played for them, and then we played all together… When [Gillespie] got to that place at nighttime, he saw me warming up backstage with the trumpet in my hand, and he had some people there. ‘What the heck my driver is doing with the trumpet?’ …But that day changed not only my life, but the whole group’s life, because when he came back to New York, he started talking about those musicians that he met in Cuba.” A passionate music lover not to be pigeonholed: “Talking about styles of music and different genres of things, most of the time I get very upset when they announce me as a ‘Latin jazz trumpet player.’ Oh my goodness, I don’t like that at all. I don’t like that at all because, you know, I am a music lover more than anything else. I love music, all kinds of music. My favorite composer is Sergei Rachmaninoff,” said Sandoval. “And I’m a huge fan of the Impressionists’ music, like Ravel and Satie and Debussy and all those, I love that so much. And also, those things help me to write scores for movies as well, because I have been doing that since – God, that’s one of my dreams, you know, to be more busy writing scores for movies.” On the biopic “For Love or Country,” based on Sandoval’s life: “I was really grateful, because we are not prepared for such a thing, to see a part of your life, a little part of your life on the big screen, you know? And I’m very, very grateful because HBO decided to share my part of my story with the people, because everybody has a story to tell. And if they decide to share mine, I’ll be very grateful until the last day of my life,” said Sandoval. “My great-grandchildren, whoever, they’re going to have a testimony to learn how we got in the country, or how it was, the whole process then. Unfortunately, the movie ends [on] the very first day – not the day, the moment – we arrived to the US.” Arturo Sandoval performs Nov. 12 at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University. Tickets and more information are available here. Nov 9, 2022 Nov 7, 2022 Nov 7, 2022 WABE’s mission is simple: “Inform, inspire, reflect and empower our greater Atlanta community. ” We do that through the news, information, and entertainment we bring you via radio and TV, on your phone, in your car, on your smart speaker, or online at the new WABE.org—anywhere and everywhere throughout greater Atlanta. And we can only do this with your help. Please consider becoming a member of WABE today.
DI XC qualifiers ⚽️ DI women's soccer first round scores DI field hockey scores DII men's soccer scores DII women's soccer scores Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners All nine of the 2022 DI cross country regional championships were held Friday, Nov. 11. Teams competed for regional titles and an automatic bid to the DI national championships. We saw over five hours of continuous cross country races, with big names stepping up to deliver championship-level performances. Check out the results below. RELATED: Everything you need to know for the DI, DII and DIII cross country national championships The top two finishing teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. Here are the automatic qualifying teams. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships. While the at-large teams won’t be decided until the selection show at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 12, here’s a look at the top four finishers from non-AQ teams in each region. 🏃♂️LATEST CROSS COUNTRY NEWS 🏃♀️ 🗓 2022: Invitationals to watch | Regional championship sites 🧠 WHAT TO KNOW: XC Glossary | How the championships work 🏆 AWARDS: The history of the USTFCCCA’s cross country national athlete of the year 👀 HISTORY: Teams with the most titles | Men’s champ history| Women’s champ history | Inside Villanova’s dominance 🔥 MORE: The fastest finishes | Top cross country courses The 2022 DI men’s and women’s cross country regional championships have concluded. Two regional championships were live streamed. Here’s how to watch them. The 2022 DI men’s and women’s cross country regional championships are Friday, Nov. 11. In each region, all women run in a six-kilometer race while all men run in a 10-kilometer race. There are nine regionals hosted by nine different schools, with the top two finishing teams in each regional securing automatic bids to the championship. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships. Check out the regional championship schedule and start times below: All times Eastern Washington’s Brian Fay won the men’s individual title, finishing the West regional in 28:17.2. Stanford won the team title with runners finishing 3-5-6-8-23. Gonzaga finished second with runners in 4-7-22-26-33 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. BRIAN FAY‼️ 🥇
He’s the third-straight Husky to win the West Region title!!#GoHuskiespic.twitter.com/sXTQImwBX3 Click or tap here for complete results Northern Arizona’s Nico Young won the men’s individual title, finishing the Mountain regional in 28:01.8. The Lumberjacks won the team title with runners finishing 1-2-9-14-17. BYU finished second with runners in 5-6-8-13-22 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Click or tap here for complete results Oregon State’s Kaylee Mitchell won the women’s individual title, finishing the West regional in 19:19.2. Stanford won the team title with runners finishing 3-15-18-19-21. Oregon finished second with runners in 4-12-23-24-33 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Click or tap here for complete results Utah Valley’s Everyln Kemboi won the women’s individual title, finishing the Mountain regional in 19:47.6. New Mexico won the team title with runners finishing 5-8-9-13-21. Utah and Northern Arizona tied for a second-place finish with runners in 7-10-17-33-36 and 2-18-19-25-39, respectively. The Utes won the tiebreaker 3-2 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Click or tap here for complete results Oklahoma State’s Isai Rodriguez won the men’s individual title, finishing the Midwest regional in 29:40.1. Tulsa and Oklahoma State each finished with 49 points each, with the Golden Hurricanes finishing 3-4-5-6-31 and the Cowboys finishing 1-7-12-13-16. Tulsa gets the tiebreaker thanks to a 3-2 advantage. Both Tulsa and Oklahoma State secured automatic qualifying bids. Click or tap here for complete results Charlotte’s Nikolas Scudder won the men’s individual title, finishing the Southeast regional in 29:42.8. North Carolina won the team title with runners finishing 2-6-14-15-24. Virginia finished second with runners in 3-10-22-23-25 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Click or tap here for complete results Harvard’s Graham Blanks won the men’s individual title, finishing the Northeast regional in 29:14.1. Syracuse won the team title with runners finishing 6-8-11-17-23. Harvard finished second with runners in 1-2-15-29-42 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Tyler Berg crosses the line in 3rd and is headed to @NCAATrackField Nationals! #NCAAXC@IvyLeaguepic.twitter.com/oqBM8ng5Ft Click or tap here for complete results Illinois’ Olivia Howell won the women’s individual title, finishing the Midwest regional in 20:02.9. Oklahoma State won the team title with runners finishing 2-3-16-17-20. Northwestern finished second with runners in 8-13-15-25-27 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Click or tap here for complete results Villanova’s Liam Murphy won the men’s individual title, finishing the Mid-Atlantic regional in 29:52.6. The Wildcats won the team title with runners finishing 1-4-8-11-12. Georgetown finished second with runners in 2-3-10-21-22 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Click or tap here for complete results Butler’s Barry Keane won the men’s individual title, finishing the Great Lakes regional in 23.42.4. Wisconsin won the team title with runners finishing 4-6-7-8-11. Notre Dame finished second with runners in 9-10-14-15-16 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Keane and Hamlin go 1-2! pic.twitter.com/1hDmkNGFGt Click or tap here for complete results Harvard’s Maia Ramsden won the women’s individual title, finishing the Northeast regional in 20:20.6. Providence won the team title with runners finishing 3-12-14-17-25. Syracuse finished second with runners in 2-18-20-24-27 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Crossing the finish line together 🤝#NCAAXC x 🎥 @CULionsXCTF pic.twitter.com/M7qxrVIFID Click or tap here for complete results NC States’s Katelyn Tuohy won the women’s individual title, finishing the Southeast regional in 19:49.1. The Wolfpack won the team title with runners finishing 1-2-3-7-12. North Carolina finished second with runners in 8-11-17-18-22 to secure the second automatic qualifying bid. Ahead of the Pack 🐺🏃♀️💨 pic.twitter.com/o8hwnH9Czl Click or tap here for complete results
Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. Advertisement Scientific Reportsvolume 12, Article number: 19322 (2022) Cite this article 59 Accesses Metrics details The seismic damage state of building structure can be rapidly evaluated by coupling effect of structural displacement response and periodic characteristics. Firstly, the fundamental period calculation formula that adapts to the deformation pattern and distribution mode of horizontal seismic action for reinforced concrete frame structure is derived. Secondly, the seismic damage assessment standard of building structure considering period variation is established. Then, the seismic damage assessment method of building structure is constructed. Finally, the seismic damage example is used to verify the established evaluation method. The results show that the established research method has high accuracy and good engineering practicability. Compared with displacement-based structural damage assessment method, coefficient-based method with consideration of structural vibration characteristics has obvious advantages of high evaluation efficiency and independent of manual judgment. When structural vibration characteristics are used to evaluate building damage, the commonly used parameters include period (or frequency), vibration mode, damping ratio, frequency response function, curvature mode, modal flexibility, modal strain energy, Ritz vector and residual stress vector. The four parameters of natural vibration period (or frequency), vibration mode, damping ratio and frequency response function can be obtained not only by dynamic characteristics test, but also by numerical simulation analysis of finite element model. For the four parameters of curvature mode, modal flexibility, modal strain energy, residual stress vector, they can only be obtained by numerical simulation analysis. Affected by uncertain factors such as material properties, contact connection and boundary conditions, the established finite element model is difficult to accurately simulate the real situation of the building structure. Therefore, when the curvature mode, modal flexibility, modal strain energy, residual stress vector and other parameters are used to evaluate the building damage, the results are easy to deviate from the actual situation. With the development of test instruments and signal analysis tools, natural vibration period, vibration mode, damping ratio and other parameters can be obtained only by analyzing the actual measured structural response data. Moreover, compared with the structural dynamic characteristics such as vibration mode and damping ratio, the natural vibration period has the obvious characteristics of easy acquisition and high identification efficiency. Therefore, the natural vibration period is usually selected as the main parameter to quickly evaluate the overall damage of the structure. In the process of establishing structural seismic damage assessment method based on natural vibration period, it is necessary to focus on two problems. (a) It should be established a fundamental period estimation formula which is simplexes and clear physical significance as well as have relatively accurate estimation results. (b) It should be constructed a functional relationship between fundamental period and structural seismic damage. For the above, the relevant researchers have conducted a lot of research and achieved certain research results. Gilles et al.1 analyzed the theoretical basis of the seismic action calculation in the equivalent static method of NBCC standard, and researched the differences of base shear calculation results for different height buildings between using experience fundamental period formula and standard methodology. The results show that when the fundamental period is calculated by empirical formula for estimating results, the base shear of the structure is lowered by 3.5 times. Sofi et al.2 focused on analyzing the mechanical principles and main characteristics of various fundamental period computational formulas, and analyzed the impact of masonry infilled wall, concrete or cement block partition wall on the fundamental period. Sangamnerkar and Dubey3 analyzed 36 reinforced concrete frame structures with different underlying dimensions and shaft-spacing structures. And influencing factors on the fundamental period are researched such as the underlying width, the column cross-section size and the stiffness of the structural basis. The results show that the growth ratio of structural fundamental period is proportional to the underlying width growth. Young and Adeli4 designed 12 eccentric cantilever steel frame structures with different heights, spans and spatial stiffness distributions, and used ETABS to analyze the fundamental periods of different structures. Comparing to ASCE7-10 formula, Raylei formula and ETABS analysis results, the recommendation fundamental period calculation formula for different types of eccentric cantilever steel frame structures are given. Wang et al.5 analyzed 414 high-rise, super-high-rise reinforced concrete structures and mixed structures. The main influencing factors of the fundamental period are comprehensively analyzed, and the fundamental period calculation formula for high-rise building structure is fitted. And 15 shake table test data, 27 pulsation tests, wind test data and Chinese standardized calculation formula calculate results are used to verify the fitted formula. After the correction, the fundamental period calculation formula and the first three-order cycle ratio relationship for high-rise and supper-high-rise building are given. Based on 90 fundamental period data of steel plate shear wall structures collected in literatures, Jiang et al.6 determined a new calculation formula according to the multi-freedom structure dynamic characteristics calculation theory. And the research formula is verified by the shake table tests. In response to the shortcomings of the fundamental period of shear wall structures in the Indian seismic code, Mandanka et al.7 selected 23 irregular shear walls considering the stiffness regular with different planar dimension, structural height, shear wall size, etc., and analyzed the fundamental period of these buildings by using ETABS software. Based on the numerical simulation analysis data, a new fundamental period estimation formula for the stiffness irregular reinforced concrete shear wall structure is fitted considering influencing factors such as total structural height, structural width, and inertial moments. Elfath and Elhout8 applied the Egyptian code to design 36 steel frame structures with different structural height, seismic intensity and elastic story-drift angle, and the change pattern of fundamental period was analyzed focusing on the changes of structural stiffness and height distribution. It is believed that the fundamental period of the bending frame structure is closely related to the seismic intensity and story-drift angle. For the coupling relationship between the fundamental period and the structural seismic damage, the relevant researchers have been researched. Eleftheriadou and Karabinis9 statistically analyzed the damage data of 164,135 buildings in the Parnitha 5.9 earthquake in 1999. The relationships between the range of different fundamental periods and the damage ratio of buildings corresponding to different damage levels have been focused on. Based on 300,000 nonlinear seismic response time history analysis data, Katsanos and Sextos10 used the theory of elastoplastic response spectrum to study the calculation method of the period elongation of the building structure under the seismic damage state. Research results shows that the periodic elongation rate of damaged structures is significantly affected by the period of structural elasticity and the rate of structural stiffness degradation. Sarno and Amiri11 established a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom structural system for reinforced concrete structures, taking into account structural factors such as structural ductility coefficient and stiffness degradation rate, and used OpenSees software input to consider the ground motion of the main aftershock sequence for nonlinear time history analysis. The relationship between the period extension rate after structural failure and the epicenter distance, the main aftershock PGA ratio, site type, duration, elastic fundamental period, ductility coefficient, stiffness degradation rate, cumulative damage and other factors has been emphatically studied, and the final period extension rate estimation formula is given. The structural failure factor is established according to the structural dynamic equation by Gunawan12. The structural failure factor iterative calculation method is constructed using the high-order Runge–Kutta method, and the sensitivity assessment of the structural failure factor was verified using single-degree-of-freedom and double-degree-of-freedom system. Gunawan et al.13 applied Euler–Bernoulli beam theory to construct a structural damage assessment formula that taking structural natural vibration period as the dominant factor. According to the above research literature, it is known that necessary research has been carried out in the calculation of structural fundamental period and structural damage assessment based on periodic changes. However, most of the existing period calculation formulas are based on empirical formulas, and most of the formulas use the height of the structure or the number of floors to directly estimate the fundamental period of the structure. Although a fewer independent variables can increase the convenience of formula application, it also sacrifices the accuracy of the formula for calculating the fundamental period of complex and diverse structures, which is unfavorable for structural damage assessment based on periodic changes. At the same time, the existing research results mostly focus on the structural period extension ratio after the structure is completely destroyed. While the relative research results on the period change interval corresponding to different damage levels including slight damage, moderate damage, severe damage, and destroy are few. In this paper, aiming at the shortcomings of the existing research work, the mechanical analysis of the generalized single degree of freedom system is carried out by using the structural dynamics theory, and the fundamental period estimation formula of the structure based on displacement is obtained. Using the direct coupling relationship of structural damage, structural displacement response, structural stiffness degradation and structural periodic change, the estimation interval of structural periodic change factor corresponding to different failure levels is established. Finally, the seismic damage example is used to verify the research method. As a complex multi-degree-of-freedom structural dynamic system, the dynamic characteristics of the building structure are closely related to the structural stiffness and mass distribution. For the building structure with uniform mass and stiffness distribution, it can be simplified as a generalized single-degree-of-freedom system in the analysis of structural dynamic characteristics. That is, assuming that the lateral displacement of the building structure is in a single deformation form under external loads such as earthquake and wind load, the structure has only one degree of freedom in the sense of structural dynamics. For the generalized single degree of freedom system, the generalized mass Mz and the generalized stiffness Kz associated with the single degree of freedom should be determined first in the process of calculating the natural vibration period14. For the building structure with bending deformation, the calculation diagram and the main vibration mode curve are shown in Fig. 1. Mechanical diagram and main vibration mode curve diagram of building structure. Figure 1c shows the main vibration mode, assuming its shape function is Eq. (1). where, H is structural total height. Then Eqs. (2) and (3) can be obtained. So the formula for calculating the fundamental period of structure is Eq. (4). Let w = mg and gravity acceleration g = 9.8 m/s2. And let (frac{{wH^{4} }}{8EI} = Delta_{n}) is the vertex displacement of the structure under uniform load w, then Eq. (5) is obtained. For reinforced concrete structures, the lateral load–displacement relationship is shown in Fig. 2. Force–displacement curve of reinforced concrete structure. It can be seen from Fig. 2 that when the deformation curve of the structure under external load is in the O–A stage, it is considered that the structural stiffness is equal to the initial stiffness in the elastic stage, and the structure is basically intact. When the curve is in the A–B stage, the structural stiffness degenerates, the fundamental period becomes longer, and the structural failure state is slight damaged. When the curve is in the B–C stage, the structural stiffness is further degraded, the fundamental period continues to grow, and the structural failure state is moderate damage. When the curve is in the C–D stage, the structural stiffness continues to degenerate, and the structural failure state is serious damage. When the curve is in D–F stage, the structure collapses. In short, in the process of stiffness degradation, the structural displacement response and the structural fundamental period are increasing. The failure state of the structure under horizontal load is usually measured by the change of inter-story displacement angle. Taking reinforced concrete frame structure as an example, Table 1 lists the corresponding relationship between common displacement angles and different failure states. Since FEMA273 and ATC40 code adopt the one-stage design method to check the seismic action, the structural deformation in elastic stage is not directly constrained. Through the comparative analysis of 80 typical RC structures, Han et al.20 considered that the limit value of elastic inter-story displacement angle of RC structure should be 1/500. For the convenience of analysis, the elastic inter-story displacement angle corresponding to FEMA273 and ATC40 code is set as 1/500 in this paper. According to Eq. (1), when the structure is in elastic state, that is, assuming that the structure is in basically intact state, the maximum inter-story displacement angle of the structure corresponding to the fundamental period T0 is approximately equal to (delta_{e,n} = frac{{qH^{3} }}{6EI}), and the corresponding maximum displacement is (Delta_{e,n} = frac{{qH^{4} }}{8EI}), which can be considered as (delta_{e,n} = frac{4}{3H}Delta_{e,n}). Define λ as the structural damage factor, namely where, (delta_{x}) is the inter-story displacement angle of after structural damage, (delta_{y}) is the inter-story displacement angle of in the yielding state, (Delta_{x}^{{}}) refers to the corresponding vertex displacement after structural damage, and (Delta_{y}^{{}}) is refers to the corresponding vertex displacement in the yielding state. The damage state of the structure is determined according to Eq. (6). According to the value of λ, the damage state of the structure is determined, as showing in Table 2. For the computed results of λ to different seismic damage classification standard as showing in Table 2, the interval distribution under different damage states is obviously different. Therefore, the structural damage factor interval of different damage states should be verified according to the earthquake damage examples. The Eq. (5) shows that the fundamental period of the structure is related to the structure vertex displacement under specific lateral horizontal load, as shown in Eq. (7). Structural damage factor λ can be transformed to Eq. (8). where, (T^{prime}_{1}) is the fundamental period of the structure suffered by seismic action. Combined with the relevant limits in Table 2, Eq. (8) can be directly applied to structural damage assessment. After the Tangshan M7.8 earthquake on July 28, 1976 in China, most areas of Tianjin suffered an intensity of 8 degree. The inpatient department building of Tianjin Hospital (hereinafter building A) and the Tianjin Friendship Hotel building (hereinafter building B) in Tianjin City are affected by strong earthquakes21. The fundamental periods of the structure before and after the earthquake were measured by the seismic receiver installed in two buildings. The section and measuring point layout of the two structures are detailed in Figs. 3 and 4. The basic situation, seismic damage characteristics and fundamental period changes of the two structures are shown in Table 3. ‘BE’ in Table 3 represents before the earthquake, and ‘AE’ in Table 3 represents after the earthquake. Section and measuring point layout of the building A. Section and measuring point layout of the building B. The parameter λ in Table 3 is calculated by Eq. (8). According to the calculation results of λ in Table 3 and the actual seismic damage level of the structure, the damage state assessment interval determined by different seismic damage classification standards in Table 2 is compared. It is shown that the damage state assessment interval determined by FEMA273 and ATC40 is reasonable, and the damage state assessment standard in Table 2 is basically in line with the actual seismic damage performance. Therefore, the structural seismic damage assessment method established in this paper based on the fundamental period change of structure has good assessment results and high engineering application value. Zembaty et al.22 carried out shaking table tests on a full-scale reinforced concrete frame structure and monitored the fundamental periods of the two structures before and after failure. The monitoring results and damage factor calculation results are shown in Table 4. The calculation results in Table 4 show that the seismic damage state of building determined by Formula 8 and Table 2 is basically consistent with the test results. At the same time, the damage factor intervals corresponding to different damage state determined by FEMA273 and ATC40 have better matching results. In this paper, the repaid seismic damage assessment of overall building structures based on fundamental period is studied. The results are summarized as follows. The fundamental period calculation formula of generalized single-degree-of-freedom system based on fixed-point displacement calculation is established by using the conversion mass method, selecting the appropriate vibration mode function and the distribution mode of horizontal seismic action. According to the relationship curve between force and displacement of reinforced concrete structure, the mapping relationship between fundamental period of structure and structural damage factor is established with displacement response as intermediate variable. Combined with the seismic damage assessment standard of building structure based on inter-story displacement angle, the seismic damage assessment criterion of building structure with fundamental period change is established. Seismic damage examples are used to verify the established seismic damage assessment method of building structures. The verification results show that the established method in this paper has good assessment results and high engineering application value. The rapid assessment method for seismic damage of the overall structure established in this paper can provide technical reference for the safety identification and health monitoring of building structures. 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Saucon Source (https://sauconsource.com/2022/11/10/bar-talk-the-eq-series-week-2-self-awareness/) To read Part 1 of the Bar Talk EQ Series, click here. Welcome to Week #2 in in this special six part series of Bar Talk covering Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and ways you can put the approaches to use in your daily life. In this edition we will look at the first of the Personal Competencies, ‘Self-Awareness.’ Self-Awareness This deals with the ability to perceive and assess your feelings in the moment and look at them objectively without reacting to them. It’s worth pointing out that emotions are not bad things; they serve a valuable purpose as an alert system about things around us that we need to be aware of. The problems come when we don’t pause to process the emotions and simply react to them (which–it’s worth repeating–is the brain setting we are all born with). For instance, consider if a co-worker interrupts whatever you’re working on to ask for your help for the third time this week in doing the same thing that you already explained twice. Your natural reaction may be to shout, “if you put your phone down and stopped texting while I’m explaining it, you wouldn’t have to keep asking me!” That’s a natural reaction to the primary emotion of frustration and impatience, but one you may regret later in the day. Our goal is to have our actions match our intentions, which comes from developing the habit of a split-second pause before reacting. In that example, your actual intention would likely be to do a final explanation while communicating the importance of focus; not alienating your scatterbrained co-worker. Another ‘typical Tuesday’ example for you: You’re at a stoplight on the way to work, the light turns green and instantly the driver behind you is laying on the horn. A natural emotion is anger at the impatient driver and some sort of reaction to them, the default one possibly being a finger and shouting at them in your rearview mirror. Let’s think about that one for a second. The response is normal. Our brain processes the horn as an aggressive act, triggering our ancient fight or flight response. We, in turn, react by fighting back, and in turn our mood turns dark, and we carry that irritation into work with us and maybe snap at some co-worker or customer; a ripple effect that impacts that person. Here’s an alternative scenario: The driver honks, and you feel the anger at them (emotional circuit board functioning normally). Still, you take a split second to think about it and defuse the emotion by realizing you cannot control what the driver does, and it really has nothing to do with you anyway. Maybe they just found out their spouse lost their job, or their kid is sick, or they have a crippling hangover and are having the worst morning of their life and just felt like blasting the horn at somebody. Changing your perspective on others’ actions gives you control over your emotions instead of allowing complete strangers access to the control panel of your feelings. Plenty of people think about self-defense in the context of being able to fend off someone on the street who demands your wallet. Practicing mental self-defense is a more critical skill to develop, as the need for it occurs more frequently if we consider all of the interactions we have with people who can negatively impact our mood if we leave ourselves open to it. Being objective observers of our emotions enables us to be in control of them, and we are essentially reprogramming our default system of reaction first. We can think of our mind as the blue sky, and moods/stress/anxiety are clouds. Some days it’s a beautiful clear sky. Other days, there are some clouds scattered around; and some days it’s full cloud cover and pouring rain. Recognize that no matter what the cloud cover looks like, the blue sky (our clear mind) is always present behind the clouds. Here are some takeaways and practices to build your self-awareness skills:
Recognition, not reaction: We will always have an emotional response to everything occurring around us; that’s our amazing brain at work processing the tremendous amount of input during all waking moments. We have the ability to develop the habit of managing and sorting emotions without responding to them. Emotions do not need to dictate our words and actions, but often will if we allow it to happen.
Get comfortable being uncomfortable: We tend to avoid thinking about the things we like least about ourselves. A necessary component of self-awareness is identifying the areas we would like to see changed and improve. Developing the habit of self-reflection instead of avoidance allows you to spot the tendencies that are taking you away from reaching your peak potential. Choosing to ignore or rationalize negative patterns is easier, but getting comfortable with the initial discomfort of facing your ‘sub-optimal’ habits (and we all have them) allows us to make the necessary course corrections.
Catch yourself doing something right: As vital as it is to recognize weak areas in ourselves, it’s equally important to identify and take note of our accomplishments and ‘wins.’ In the BAR40 journal, there’s a spot on each page for ‘Daily Successes,” and this inclusion serves multiple purposes. First, we do a lot of things to be proud of each day and having a record of these achievements to look back on at the end of the week or month serves as a perpetual reservoir of reminders we can tap into any time we need a boost of motivation. Another benefit of developing the habit of recording highlights of your day is that in doing so, you are creating a subconscious habit of looking for opportunities to go the extra mile and secure an accomplishment for your list. Achievement is addictive in that it releases the same feel-good brain chemicals that other less positive habits deliver. The bottom line is that the more success we experience and recognize, the more we want. That self-perpetuating cycle compounds over time and elevates our daily trajectory to higher levels.
Know yourself…and your triggers! We are all irritated by certain things; no major revelation there. We have pet peeves and annoyances that get us every time.
It’s unrealistic to expect to disable those emotional reactions in ourselves, but what we can do is have an awareness of them. Often what’s predictable is preventable, and knowing what sets you off is half the battle to avoid an unwanted response. Next week: Personal Competency #2: Self-Management
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Eric Bartosz is the founder of BAR40 and the author of the internationally acclaimed and bestselling book ‘BAR40: Achieving Personal Excellence.’ He lives in Center Valley with his wife Trish, daughter Riley and pug Piper, is an adjunct MBA professor at DeSales University and serves the community as an Upper Saucon firefighter, a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley and a local race organizer. Eric is a 20+ year runner and racer and can often be found logging miles on the Saucon Rail Trail. Josh Popichak is the owner, publisher and editor of Saucon Source. A Lehigh Valley native, he's covered local news since 2005 and previously worked for Berks-Mont News and AOL/Patch. Contact him at [email protected].
By Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor Friday, we hear, is Courtenay Valenti’s last day as Warner Bros President of Production and Development after we told you first last month that she was exiting the Burbank, CA lot after a 33-year run. Valenti is a free agent, with no strings attached to Warner Bros iscovery, I hear, and given her development track record in the thick of such Warner Bros Oscar movies like Argo, A Star Is Born and Mad Max Fury Road, she is a production boss whose talents will be prized wherever she lands. We’ve heard for some time that she had some sit-downs at Netflix and Amazon’s MGM for a key production job, with the former being buzzed to have the greater edge. Others tell us no offers are being papered, but it won’t be shocking to hear that Valenti makes a great landing in the near future.
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She has a keen sensibility when it comes to not only tentpoles — i.e., she was working on Furiosa, the George Miller-directed spinoff of Mad Max Fury Road before she left — but also was a linchpin with adult-skewing titles. That included Warners’ current Oscar contender, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, which in the wake of world premiering at the Cannes Film Festival continued on to bring adults back to cinemas during the pandemic, grossing $286 million at the global box office. Netflix is looking to be an even better version of itself with mass-appealing tentpoles like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (getting a one-week sneak preview theatrical in 600 theaters) and an awards-season lineup that includes The Good Nurse, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, the Florence Pugh title The Wonder, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio among others. Valenti’s addition to Scott Stuber’s team will only raise the bar, and continue to make them a magnet for filmmakers. That same talent of balancing tentpoles with crossover, adult-skewing titles that Valenti is known for will also prove to be an asset at Amazon, where they’re looking to return to theatrical with their purchase of MGM. Amazon is truly trying to figure that out now. Harry Styles’ fans delivered a $19.3 million opening for the upscale New Line genre movie Don’t Worry Darling. The mind wonders how much more the pop icon-turned-actor’s My Policeman could make off of a wider release; the pic is currently in theatrical release in around 400 locations, and we hear last weekend’s numbers have been robust for arthouses (around $300,000, per rival sources). My Policeman hits Prime Video on November 4. In addition to her cinema smarts, Valenti is known for her ease of working with others; a winning attribute in the layered exec environment at Amazon.
At Warners, Valenti leaves behind an attractive lineup, not just Furiosa but also Greta Gerwig’s Barbie starring Margot Robbie in the title role and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and the feature adaptation of Broadway musical The Color Purple produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey. Valenti was a force in returning Warners to animation with the Lego franchise and the Oscar-winning Miller-directed Happy Feet. She was also behind Luhrmann’s two-time Oscar winner and $354 million-grossing The Great Gatsby. Earlier in her career, the daughter of late MPAA boss Jack Valenti developed and supervised films such as Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail, Alfonso Cuarón’s A Little Princess, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant, Cameron Crowe’s Singles, Robert Zemeckis’ Contact and Gregory Nava’s Selena among others.
Robin Wyatt’s Robyatt room wins my early, best sound of show. Playing recordings I thought I knew well, as well as those I’d never heard, his exacting, tonally true, vivid, physical, natural and extremely transparent system left my jaw on the floor and other’s mouths agape. My usual spiel re: Billie Holiday: “Forget her later period Verve pressings, you want the Columbia Masterworks reissued Billie, when she’s young and her is life ahead of her, her style joyful.” Spinning the Analogue Productions mono reissue of Holiday’s Body and Soul, Wyatt’s Miyajima Labs/VPI Industries/Finley Audio-based rig revealed an intimacy, clarity, and wholeness, yes, a depth of soul and life-yearning sensitivity I’d not heard before from this well-loved LP. Senses realigned, brain fully scrambled and resorted. Wyatt’s system repeated these feats on a Japanese copy of Bob Dorough’s Devil May Care, and another LP I know like I know my Shindos, Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell’s ECM classic, El Corazon. What made up this super rig you ask? Old tech, newly reanimated. Sources included VPI HW40 RA Direct Drive turntable ($18,250, above) with a custom Wyatt slate/Baltic ply plinth, Thai-Scandinavian Engineering Bird of Prey tonearm (including J Wand and Straight Wand, SME or fixed base) ($10,750), Bird tonearm ($8750), headshell of aluminum/brass ($375), Miyajima Labs Infinity Mono Phono cartridge ($3475), Miyajima Labs Destiny Stereo Phono cartridge ($7600), headshell washers ($43/3). Amplification consisted of Miyajima Labs Wo-1 preamp ($21,500, above), Miyajima Labs MC-2 head amp ($7850), Miyajima Labs MC-1 head amp ($6950), Miyajima Labs OTL amplifier ($17,000, below), driving Miyajima Labs Prominent OB Field-Coil, open-baffle speakers ($25,500/pair), with DNM Design and Finley cabling. Is this an expensive system? Definitely. Is it a transportive music-and-audio reproduction device of last word, practically Biblical Charlton Heston/Moses-parts-the-Red Sea proportions? Undoubtedly. Magical.
Taipei, Nov. 12 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) Saturday declined to comment on the authenticity of an audio recording of an apparent confrontation between a Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy vessel and a Chinese navy destroyer off eastern Taiwan. In the recording, an officer allegedly on the Chinese destroyer Xiamen can be heard denying the existence of the outer border of Taiwan’s contiguous zone during a radio exchange with the ROC Navy destroyer Ma Kong. The recording, posted on social media, was allegedly made by the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Lady Neeti, which was sailing nearby when the alleged exchange took place. In the recording, a man’s voice can be heard identifying his vessel as the Ma Kong and warning another ship that it is approaching the outer edge of the nation’s contiguous zone 44 kilometers from the baseline. Another man’s voice replies: “Xiamen to Ma Kong, the so-called ’24 nautical-mile (44 km) baseline’ does not exist. Please check your terminology.” “Our ship has the right to sail here. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 3 nautical miles,” the second voice continues. “This is Ma Kong. We are currently sailing on a course of 230 degrees. Please adjust your course as appropriate,” says the first voice, to which the second voice replies: “Xiamen copies.” Asked to comment on the recording, the MND declined to go into details about its military deployments, saying only that it had taken appropriate response measures to all incursions by Chinese military vessels. Meanwhile, Su Tzu-yun (蘇紫雲), an analyst at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, told CNA that the best way to prepare Taiwanese mentally for People’s Liberation Army (PLA) incursions was to make information on them more transparent and readily accessible. Since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan from August 2-3, the PLA has routinely carried out incursions past the median line of the Taiwan Strait and sailed its warships to waters off the nation’s east coast in an attempt to create a new “status quo,” Su said. Taiwan could learn from Japan’s model of issuing missile alerts whenever North Korea fires missiles toward it, Su added. “Just like people in Japan, it would not be likely that Taiwan’s residents would panic over such alerts, but they would develop a sense of crisis that would increase their mental toughness and make them resilient,” Su said. (By Matt Yu and Sean Lin) Enditem/ASG
Today’s E-Paper E-Paper Updated on: 11 November,2022 12:01 PM IST  |  Mumbai BrandMedia | Going by the tagline, @AakashKahanHai, Aakash is an EMMY award-winning Indian Music Producer & Audio Engineer.
He won the award for his field recording and post-production work on the musical “Finding Home: Indiana at 200” and is an active member of the EMMY Awards judicial committee. From Raftaar to Emiway Bantai, King to Dino James, Loka to Naezy, Zaeden and Gully Gang, AAKASH has worked with more than 50 artists in India making a catalog of 100+ songs with a massive number of over 200 Million streams across multiple platforms. Besides hip-hop, AAKASH has worked with the top music labels in the country such as Sony, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music to name a few, along with brands such as Google, One Plus, NBA, Spotify, Maruti Suzuki, Netmeds, and Reliance Group.
When asked about his advice on making music lucrative, he says, “Money management is an essential part of sustaining a successful career in music. I’ve experienced payments to turnaround in 6-8 months in the beginning phases. Try to factor in the time and push for more frequent sales until you have enough leverage to demand upfront advances and better deals. Learn about all the royalty collection procedures including PRO songwriter and publisher registration, mechanical royalties collection, and global publishing administration service, and mention all the negotiable points in your contract. Discuss with the artist early on how they conduct their business; whether they collect royalties or not, and their frequent methods of business. That will put you in a better position when the time comes to negotiate a deal.”
He goes on to explain, “You have to have your back-end in check. That means registering with your local Performing Rights Organization (IPRS in India) as a songwriter AND a publisher and then registering each of your releases to collect your Performance royalties. Sign up with a Publishing Administrator company (Songtrust), that will collect your global Publishing royalties. This ensures that if your song blows up you’ll collect all the royalties it generates. Finally, you can sign up with a competitive distributor that can offer special perks such as being able to re-upload your master audio file and special recommendations for your song to be featured in editorial playlists (Distrokid, Tunecore, Believe)”.
AAKASH believes in empowering musicians and he continues to inspire his followers and young music producers in the country through his exploration of various genres and his active efforts in educating them about music production and the industry. He also conducts workshops and production sessions across India in which he discovers and develops new up-and-coming music producers. You can find him online at @aakashkahanhai
This large scale drawing by David Klaren was inspired by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz. ROCK SPRINGS — The work of Pinedale artist David K. Klarén will be at the Community Fine Arts Center opening on November 12 through December 29. “Shoulders of Giants” is a collection of large-scale graphite drawings on paper, ink drawings on vellum, woodcut prints and wood sculptures. The public is invited to an open reception on Saturday, November 12 from 2-4 p.m. “I often look at, and am inspired by, works of art from the past. I certainly have my favorite artists, art movements, and historical cultures. I have produced pieces across several different bodies of work based on some of these works of art. The artistic giants upon whose shoulders I stand upon in this exhibit represent a timespan from Vic Muniz’ Mickey Nail Fetish (2010) to the cave walls of Altamira, Spain (34,000 BCE),” shares Klaren in his artist statement. Klaren grew up in Pinedale. He attended Sheridan College, Montana State University, and in 1990, earned his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. From 1992–1994, he co-owned Works In Progress Gallery in Delray Beach, FL. And afterward he opened Dire Wolf Studios, his art and custom furniture production studio. Returning to Pinedale in the summer of 1995, Klaren became involved in the local arts and maintains his studio. Klaren has been a board member for the Pinedale Fine Arts Council since 1996 and has served as chairman and co-chairman of the board of directors. He is a founding member of the Pipeline Art Project, a project for marketing and expanding the opportunities of Wyoming contemporary artists outside the state of Wyoming. Klaren was a 2011 recipient of the Wyoming Arts Council’s Visual Arts Fellowship. From 2008 – 2015, David was the Chairman for of the In|Site:Ex|Site Public Art Program (ISES) of the Pinedale Fine Arts Council. ISES administers the public art program in Pinedale, which showcases Wyoming and regional visual artists in a public art context. In 2013 Klaren was chosen for a residency at Jentel Artist Residency in Banner, where he developed his Pedestrian Series of ink drawings, acrylic paintings and wood sculptures. In late 2015 Klaren opened Mystery Print Gallery and Frame in Pinedale. The gallery mounts curated solo and themed exhibitions highlighting Wyoming’s talented and diverse contemporary visual artist community along side work from regional and national artists.
Metro and A Community of Friends, a nonprofit specializing in developing supportive housing, on Thursday broke ground on construction of a new affordable housing development called Lorena Plaza located at the intersection of 1st and Lorena Streets in Boyle Heights. Low-income veterans will receive preference for half of all units in the development.
The joint development project, scheduled for completion in 2024, is Metro’s latest effort to add critically needed affordable housing to the L.A. region and provide new opportunities for Metro customers to live adjacent to transit in their own communities.
A rendering of the complex. Located next to the L Line (Gold) about a quarter mile from the Indiana Station, the development will be home to a four-story apartment building that will include 49 affordable housing units. This includes a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. It will also feature 7,500 square feet of commercial space. Thirty-two of the 49 apartments will go to unhoused individuals and families, another 16 to low-income families and the remaining unit will go to a resident manager.
Of the 48 apartments to be leased, half will go to veterans who are either unhoused or low-income. In addition to housing, the Lorena Plaza project will also provide supportive services to its tenants.
Onsite amenities will include a large community room with kitchen that opens into a private, landscaped interior courtyard with outdoor seating. There will also be a barbecue area, play area for children, on-site laundry rooms, offices for case management staff and property manager, bicycle parking, computer room, fitness center and elevators.
As a part of the original Spanish land grant that established the City of Los Angeles in 1781, Boyle Heights was one of the first neighborhoods to develop outside of Downtown Los Angeles. When Lorena Plaza is completed, it will help the Boyle Heights community maintain its rich history of vibrancy and diversity and help its residents avoid displacement.
Metro’s joint development sites are a gateway to the Metro transit system and hold unique potential to advance community development goals while attracting new riders to the Metro system. In June 2021, the Metro Board of Directors adopted an updated Joint Development Policy with a mandate to build as much affordable housing near transit for those who need it most, as soon as possible.
In 2022, 300 affordable housing units have begun construction on Metro-owned property. This is in addition to the 2,200 existing units already in Metro’s portfolio. Last June, Metro celebrated the groundbreaking of Los Lirios, another Boyle Heights affordable housing development. With the addition of Lorena Plaza, 111 affordable housing units are now under construction in Boyle Heights.
Metro’s overall joint development efforts are designed to help reduce auto use and increase transit ridership by directly linking Metro’s transportation network with housing, employment, retail and commercial opportunities.
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As many of us are making a habit of logging more hours at home, it’s no wonder that we’re also tuning into more podcasts — or even starting our own pods. Sound like you? Whether you’re picking podcasting up as a hobby or a new venture, one thing’s for sure: Low-quality equipment could make or break even the most compelling content, as otherwise interested listeners might be too distracted by background noise. The best podcast microphones will ensure rich, clear vocals, so even if you’re a one-person show, you won’t sound like one. 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If you’re looking for higher quality sound or are recording more than one person and need multiple mics, then an XLR connection is what you’ll want for plugging into a sound system (just note that you need additional equipment to plug in). Location and number of people: If you plan to record by yourself in one location (say, your acoustic-paneled home studio or living room) using your computer or tablet, then a USB mic is also going to be your best bet. But if you have a more complicated setup (such as recording other people or you have additional sound sources), then an XLR mic may be the better option. Condenser vs. Dynamic: These are the types of microphones you should consider for recording audio. For studio-recorded podcasts, a condenser mic will capture the richness of your vocals, but know that they may pick up more background noise. If you expect a lot of ambient noise or plan on recording outdoors, then a dynamic microphone is best. Polar Pattern: This describes the three-dimensional space where microphones best pick up sound. For podcasts, you’ll want to look for a mic with a cardioid polar pattern because it’s more sensitive at the front, less sensitive on the sides, and doesn’t pick up audio from the rear. Accessories: That popping sound you hear when you say “pop” into a basic microphone? A pop filter (also called a windscreen or pop shield/screen) can help your production sound more professional. Other accessories to consider include a shock mount to prevent the mic from picking up movement or tapping, and a mic stand to make it easy for you to sit and record comfortably. Now that you know how to determine which type of microphone is best for recording podcasts, you’re well on your way to becoming a pro host. Whether you’re an aspiring announcer or you’re finally upgrading from a cheap mic, keep reading below to shop our top picks. The MV7 is a modernized version of Shure’s SM7B, one of the most popular vocal microphones of all time. Shure took the SM7B’s iconic design, shrunk it down, and added features that makes it the gold standard for podcast microphones. That starts with its USB connection, which allows you to connect the mic to your computer (PC or Mac) directly. It still has an XLR input if you’d prefer to use a separate audio interface or mixer, but having a USB output streamlines the podcasting process. Shure took this simplification a step further by making the outer rim of the microphone touch sensitive. With a single swipe you can adjust your gain (the volume of your voice on a recording), or how loud you sound when your headphones are plugged into the MV7’s headphone jack. There’s also a touch-sensitive mute button, which is useful when you cough. The MV7 can make studio-quality recordings in just about any room, but what’s surprising is how much of the heavy lifting it does for you. The microphone works with an app (Windows and MacOS) that lets you make quick adjustments on the fly. You also have the option to switch between “near” and “far” settings, which will automatically optimize how you sound based on where your microphone is placed. Whether you’re totally new to podcasting, or want to sound more professional the next time you record, Shure’s MV7 is a single, simple solution. Price: $249.00 $224.00 Buy Now If you’re not ready to make a major investment into your newfound hobby but still want professional-quality audio, then you’ll want to consider FIFINE’s USB condenser microphone. This cardioid condenser mic is great at picking up clear, crisp vocals from its front and sides without any background noise. The microphone also has a built-in volume knob and comes with a 5.9-foot USB cable and desktop tripod stand. Price: $34.99 $25.49 Buy Now If you’re serious about capturing high-quality vocals (be it for podcasting, voice-overs, and more), Audio-Technica’s handheld microphone is a great option. It’s a cardioid dynamic mic, meaning it’s great at picking up sounds from the front and sides and isolating unwanted ambient noise. What’s great is that this podcast microphone has both USB and XLR outputs as well as an analog-to-digital converter. It also has a headphone jack so you can directly monitor sound levels. We like that it includes all of the accessories you need to start recording out of the box, including a shock mount, pop filter, and suspension boom scissor arm by Knox Gear, as well as two 6.6-foot USB cables, a 9.8-foot XLR cable, and a tripod desk stand with folding legs. Price: $94.99 Buy Now If you’re a gamer, streamer or podcast maker, choose the Blue Yeti. You’ve got sound effects and voice modulation software built-in for an added pop to your daily podcast. This means you can alter and distort your voice with a touch of a button. Your voice will sound clear snd all volumes, with minimal distortions, and the microphone’s 50,000+ reviews should let you know just how popular this mic is. It’s got USB connectivity and can easily connect to your PC or even your new PlyStation5 Price: $172.53 Buy Now If you’re serious about capturing high-quality vocals (be it for podcasting, voice-overs, and more), Audio-Technica’s handheld microphone is a great option. It’s a cardioid dynamic mic, meaning it’s great at picking up sounds from the front and sides and isolating unwanted ambient noise. What’s great is that this podcast microphone has both USB and XLR outputs as well as an analog-to-digital converter. It also has a headphone jack so you can directly monitor sound levels. We like that it includes all of the accessories you need to start recording out of the box, including a shock mount, pop filter, and suspension boom scissor arm by Knox Gear, as well as two 6.6-foot USB cables, a 9.8-foot XLR cable, and a tripod desk stand with folding legs. Buy Now Rode’s USB condenser microphone was designed for recording vocals, singing, and musical performances, so it’s great for getting pro-quality podcasts. It comes bundled with Knox Gear’s TX-100 closed-back studio headphones, which plug into the mic’s 3.5mm jack so you can monitor your audio levels in real-time. This podcast-friendly mic also comes with a pop filter, standard stand mount, a desktop tripod stand, and a storage pouch. Buy Now If you’re not ready to make a major investment into your newfound hobby but still want professional-quality audio, then you’ll want to consider FIFINE’s USB condenser microphone. 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