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Friday, November 21, 2014
Timberlake becomes co-owner of audio tech company
Associated Press
Bono gets five-hour surgery after bicycle accident Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File
Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK - U2 frontman Bono underwent hours of surgery and will need intensive therapy after a bicycle accident, his doctor said Wednesday, revealing worse injuries than previously thought. Bono -- whose hits with U2 have included “Sunday Bloody Sunday” -- fell off his bicycle Sunday in New York’s Central Park as the band prepared for a week-long residency on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.” His doctor said that Bono went through five hours of surgery late Sunday in which his elbow was washed out and a bone on his arm repaired with three metal plates and 18 screws. The 54-year-old Irish singer went back into surgery the following day for treatment on his left hand, said Dean Lorich, an orthopedic surgeon at New York
Presbyterian hospital. “He will require intensive and progressive therapy, however, a full recovery is expected,” he said in a statement first reported by Rolling Stone magazine. Bono also suffered a fracture involving the orbit of an eye and injured his left shoulder blade, Lorich said. In an earlier statement on Bono’s accident, U2’s three other members said they expected the singer to make a full recovery and that the band would be playing again soon. It is unclear how the accident
will affect future concert plans. U2 has said it is planning a tour next year, its first since its massive 2009-2011 production that included more than 100 shows at stadiums and other large venues around the world. U2’s only upcoming date is December 14 when the band is scheduled to play in Los Angeles at the annual holiday charity concert of KROQ radio. In September, U2 released its first album in five years, “Songs of Innocence,” triggering controversy by sending it for free to iTunes’ 500 million users in a promotion with Apple.
NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake wants to make sure you have a 20/20 sound experience when you listen to music: He’s now a co-owner of the audio technology company AfterMaster Audio Labs, Inc. AfterMaster, a subsidiary of Studio One Media Inc., announced Wednesday that the Grammy-winning pop star will join the company, which focuses on enhancing and re-mastering audio quality. Its website showcases examples of songs pre- and post-AfterMaster enhancement, including Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” “I’m thrilled to be a part of this groundbreaking company,” Timberlake said in a statement. “The first time I heard audio, post AfterMaster, I knew that I had to be a part of this company and that we had something revolutionary on our hands.” The 33-year-old Timberlake joins the company’s founders, CEO Larry Ryckman and chief engineer Shelly Yakus. Ryckman and Yakus launched the audio technology company QSound along with Jimmy Iovine in 1986. “Justin is an audiophile. He really understands quality audio,” Ryckman said in an interview. “We’ve worked with the world’s biggest artists, and not all of them have a focus on audio quality on their own; they look to their producers and their engineers. Justin
loves technology, completely understands audio and he’s very powerful and respected in the entertainment community.” Timberlake had last year’s top-selling album with his comeback effort, “The 20/20 Experience.” The singer, with a group of other investors, bought MySpace in 2011. AfterMaster’s technology will be offered in a chip that would be embedded in products such as mobile devices, headphones and televisions. It will also be available in software form for computers and streaming services. “We think this is probably the biggest breakthrough in audio,” Ryckman said. “We can take any audio and make it substantially louder, clearer and fuller.” AfterMaster software will be available for licensing on Dec. 1. Products with chips will launch early next year. “AfterMaster takes the audio and keeps it musical and clean sounding, and takes it further than anyone’s taken it before in terms of quality, volume, size (and) depth. Everything about it enhances the audio without changing the intent of the creator,” Yakus said in an interview. The company will announce its “first partnerships in the near future,” Ryckman said. AfterMaster is also launching an online music mastering service next month, where musicians can upload songs, receive a re-mastered version and decide to purchase it.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
Man arrested near White House with gun in car
Modric injury gives Ancelotti Real midfield poser
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North Korea threatens to beef up military capability
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Fish bombing rampant
Sustainability of Nusa Penida water conservation zone at risk
Bali Post
SEMARAPURA - After determined as water conservation zone, the waters of Nusa Penida are not safe from the activity threatening the marine nature conservation. Activities of fishermen looking for fish by coral bombing were considered to rampantly occur around the conservation zone. Lack of public awareness can harm the conservation zone and poses a bitter challenge for patrol team assigned to conduct surveillance. Such condition was recognized by the team leader, I Nyoman Sangging, recently. For few times of making patrol in the sea, he found many violations in the conservation zone. Especially it happened to the core zone and tourism zone that should be free from any exploitation. However, the coral bombings
remained to happen. He said that such threat was once found in a favorite diving site among foreign travelers in the waters of Manta Point, Jungut Batu. He asserted the violation occurred as a result of manta fish hunting. By all means, the hunting was mostly done at night. One of the Jungut
Batu residents, I Made Tono, also confirmed such a condition. He told that many fishermen did fish bombing at night in the waters of Jungut Batu. “The bombing is very hazardous for the survival of coral reefs,” he said. Sangging who is also the Unit Head of Livestock, Fisher-
ies and Maritime Affairs of Nusa Penida subdistrict said that with the restricted equipment owned by patrol team, he complained about the bombings. He acknowledged the restrictedness of facilities and infrastructure became a serious obstacle. Nusa Penida conservation zone, according to him, was very extensive. Thus, it was quite difficult to conduct a thorough patrol until night. Sometimes the weather around the conservation zone was erratic. It was a challenge and the task was quite risky, especially in the area of Manta Point.
On that account, his party planned to conduct a night patrol in collaboration with a number of related parties such as the Navy, Marine Police and local community. The cross-sectoral cooperation should be quickly realized so that the bombing at night could be suppressed. The Nusa Penida conservation zone was inaugurated by the Minister Maritime and Fisheries Sharif C. Sutardjo on June 9, 2014. It spread across the area of 20,057 hectares with a fairly complete coastal ecosystem including coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds. (kmb31)
John Shearer/Invision/AP, File
After determined as water conservation zone, the waters of Nusa Penida are not safe from the activity threatening the marine nature conservation.