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A young protester holds up a sign referring to censorship in schools in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, on Oct. 3. Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters

A new production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York, The Death of Klinghoffer, tells the story of the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship and the murder of an American Jewish passenger by Palestinian terrorists an actual incident that took place in 1985.

The Met has garnered criticism from those who say the opera distorts history and romanticizes terrorism. ThePBS NewsHourrecently reportedon the controversy.

One of the issues raised is whether the protesters calls to cancel performances of the opera amount to censorship. If so, is such censorship justified?

Pleas for sensitivity increasingly are appearing in a variety of realms. Last spring, several colleges have grappled with student requests for trigger warnings, notes alerting students to potentially upsetting content, to be used on syllabi for humanities courses. Proponents argued the warnings were necessary to protect students who might have experienced past trauma, such as sexual assault, from having the experience unexpectedly evoked by course material. Others spoke out against the warnings on the grounds that they threatened intellectual and academic freedom.

Do trigger warnings constitute censorship? Is there a place for censorship if it is done out of respect or sensitivity? Can a work of art ever pose a legitimate threat, either to a persons ideology or their well-being?

PBS NewsHour will address the topic of censorship in a Twitter chat on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 1-2 p.m. EDT. Guests Deborah Caldwell-Stone (@OIF), deputy director for the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, and Justin Peligri (@JustinPeligri), senior columnist for the George Washington University student paper, the GW Hatchet, will weigh in. Follow the conversation and share your opinion using #NewsHourChats.

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WASHINGTON Sen. Ron Wyden says the CIA is trying to blunt the impact of an upcoming Senate report examining the harsh treatment of Al Qaeda detainees by insisting on censoring the pseudonyms used for agency officers mentioned in the document.

The intelligence leadership are doing everything they can to bury the facts, said the Oregon Democrat, a Senate Intelligence Committee member who has been a frequent critic of the spy agency.

The Senate, the CIA and the White House are negotiating over what should be blacked out for national security reasons in the 600-page summary of the report that is set for public release sometime after the November elections.

President Barack Obama and other senior officials have said the CIAs use of waterboarding, stress positions, sleep deprivation and other harsh techniques on some detainees constituted torture. Many current and former CIA officers dispute that.

The Senate report asserts that the harsh treatment didnt work and that CIA officials misled Congress and other government agencies about it. Also to be released is a CIA response, and a separate one by Senate Republicans, which challenge the reports conclusions.

CIA officials say they fear the publication of officer pseudonyms often just a first name such as Roger would lead to the unmasking of undercover officers. Readers could track the same person in different jobs and places, making it easier to discover their identity.

Without the pseudonyms, Wyden says, the report would be much harder to understand because readers wouldnt be able to distinguish different CIA officers. Readers wouldnt know, for example, whether same CIA official had been accused of lying multiple times.

Wyden pointed out that the 9/11 Commission Report and a 2004 report into abuses at Iraqs Abu Ghraib prison used pseudonyms for CIA officers.

I think it is appropriate to redact specific identifying information so the identities of undercover officers are not publicly exposed, Wyden told The Associated Press.

Wyden said the Senate report documents falsehoods, misdeeds and mistakes by the CIA.

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(PRWEB) October 22, 2014

Pixel Film Studios, a leader of Final Cut Pro X plugins and themes, announced today the release of a new plugin entitled ProSharpen, a sharpening media plugin for FCPX

" ProSharpen gives users the ability to choose from two categories giving them total control over sharpening and threshold sharpening " says Christina Austin, CEO of Pixel Film Studios. " Each media file that uses ProSharpen is given added controls to create the look users want.

With ProSharpen users now have full control over sharpening their media. Users may choose to sharpen their highlights, shadows, or a combination of both. Users have control over horizontal sharpen, vertical sharpen, threshold, radius, amount, and more all with in Final Cut Pro X. Each user now can enhance their media in a whole new way all with a click of a mouse.

With ProSharpen users now have full control over sharpening their media, with full control over highlights and shadows. Users have the ability to adjust each publish parameter to better fit there media with a click of a mouse all with in Final Cut Pro X. Each user has control over amount, radius, threshold, levels, rolloff, softness, erosion, and more.

With ProSharpen users have the ability to choose from two categories giving them control over sharpening and threshold sharpening. Users have the ability to sharpen just the highlights, shadows, or highlights and shadows. With ProSharpen users have control over amount, radius, sharpen threshold, horizontal and vertical sharpen, brightness, contrast, and more all with in Final Cut Pro X.

With ProSharpen users have full control over sharpening a particular light tone within their media. ProSharpen gives each user the power to sharpen highlights, shadows, and a combination of both with total customization. With each publish parameter the user is able to make slight adjustments to change the over all look and feel of their media with a click of a mouse.

ProSharpen was professionally designed to work seamlessly inside of Final Cut Pro X. As a FCPX effect tool, each ProSharpen preset can be dragged and dropped onto the users media and previewed in real time. With the published parameters found in the FCPX inspector, users have the ability to make adjustments with just a few clicks of a mouse.

Established in 2006, Aliso Viejo, California-based Pixel Film Studios is an innovative developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple FCPX. All Apple, the Apple logo, Mac OS X, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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