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News: Gordon Wins Statewide Leadership Award
April 22, 2014
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Adams County Township Supervisor Wins Statewide Leadership Award
Robert Gordon, chair of the Hamiltonban Township Board of Supervisors in Adams County, was presented with the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors' 25th Annual President's Leadership Award at the association's 92nd Annual Educational Conference and Trade Show in Hershey in April. The conference attracted attendees from every county in Pennsylvania except Philadelphia, which has no townships.
Each year, the association presents the award, established in 1990, to a township supervisor and a township administrator, such as a secretary or manager, whose outstanding projects or programs have benefited their communities. Township officials and employees who held office in 2013 were eligible.
Gordon received the award, one of the highest honors that PSATS bestows, for spearheading a number of projects aimed at helping both the township and county improve public safety and services. He has been a Hamiltonban Township supervisor for eight years and the board's chairman for much of that time.
Although relatively new to local government, Gordon credits the York Jaycees, which he joined in 1957, with fostering his interest in community service.
"That changed my life really," he said, adding that retirement afforded him the time to devote to public office. He first joined the township's planning commission, later became an auditor, and then made the move to supervisor. "I ran with the objective of bringing Hamiltonban Township into the 21st century."
Gordon relied on two strengths, an ability to secure grant funding and build partnerships, to make that happen.
These attributes have enabled the township to preserve thousands of acres of forestland, improve safety for area school children, develop a new 10-acre municipal complex that includes a modern maintenance building, an emergency operations center, and a 24-hour regional fueling station for emergency and other vehicles, and improve public recreational facilities and local roads.
In addition, as president of the four-year-old Adams County Council of Governments, Gordon led a number of cooperative initiatives while advocating the needs of the county's municipalities and school districts to state legislators.
In particular, Gordon and his fellow COG members are working to improve the financial conditions of the region's volunteer fire companies, which, like others throughout the state, are struggling to recruit and retain volunteers and raise funds. This led to a ground-breaking COG study that has called on all Adams County municipalities to support a special tax for volunteer emergency services.
Gordon was nominated for the PSATS honor by Coleen Reamer, a fellow Hamiltonban Township supervisor and the board's vice chair who praised his work ethic and leadership.
"Adams County is not only changing rapidly but is also moving into a 'new age,'" says Reamer, who is also president of the Adams County Association of Township Officials. "We are fortunate to have Robert Gordon as an advocate for our township, our county, our municipalities, our school districts, and our fire and EMS companies."
In addition to his work with the township and the Adams County COG, Gordon was an original member of PSATS' Grassroots Lobbying Network and has been active in a number of other organizations, including the Adams County Association of Township Officials, the Southwest Adams County Joint Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, the Adams County Economic Development Corporation Board, and the Adams County Transportation Planning Organization.
A graduate of Littlestown High School and York Business College, Gordon and his wife, Joyce, have been married for 58 years. They have five children and 11 grandchildren.
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The Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors represents Pennsylvania's 1,454 townships of the second class and is committed to preserving and strengthening township government and securing greater visibility and involvement for townships in the state and federal political arenas. Townships of the second class cover 95 percent of Pennsylvania's land mass and represent more residents — 5.5 million — than any other type of political subdivision in the commonwealth.


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1-room apartment 24 m2. Partly with sloping ceilings, modern and cosy furnishings: living/sleeping room with 1 double bed, dining table and satellite TV. Kitchenette (2 hot plates). Bath/WC. Balcony. Facilities: telephone, safe, hair dryer. Internet (WiFi, extra). 1 pet/ dog allowed.House/Residence
Child friendly, comfortable apartment block "Falkner", renovated. 100 m from the centre of Längenfeld, in a central, sunny position. For shared use: indoor pool heated (5 x 6 m, pool opening hours: 10:00-19:30). In the house: lounge, sauna, fitness room, massage (extra). Solarium (extra). Playroom, lift, storage room for bicycles, sun terrace, storage room for skis, central heating system. Parking at the house. Grocery 200 m, restaurant 100 m, outdoor swimming pool 700 m. Tennis 700 m, cable car 13 km, ski bus stop 100 m, ski school 13 km, cross country ski track 200 m, ice field 1 km. Nearby attractions: Outdoor Park "Area 47" 26 km. Ski resort Soelden Oetztal-Arena, 13 km, can be reached by free ski bus. The natural thermal baths (Aqua Dome), just 400 m away. Additionally in the wellness area: herbal sauna, infrared cabin, experience-showers, Kneipp basin and relaxation room. For the little ones: children's play area, playroom and climbing room. Please note: For short stays (less than 7 days) there is an extra cost of € 30.-.
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1'170 - 1'600 m a.s.l. >>Laengenfeld is located in the centre of the Oetz valley and is therefore ideally situated for all leisure activities Quiet holiday village with 4'300 inhabitants, 68 km south-west from Innsbruck. In the resort: shops, restaurant, bar. The "Aqua Dome" natural thermal baths opened on the 1st October 2004: Austria's most modern wellness world - 50 000 m2 of warm thermal waters from a depth of 1860m offering also children's entertainment, sauna world, restaurant and medical competence centre.Summer
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Ski-region Sölden 15 km, from 1'350 m. 2 cableways, 5 cable cabins, 19 chair lifts, 8 drag lifts. Snow park, halfpipe. Ski school, children's ski school, ski kindergarten. 50 km cross country ski tracks in the region, winter walking paths 40 km. Toboggan runs. Natural ice rink, curling. Ski bus (free of charge). Further ski-regions: Gries at 5 km.
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Per 250.190(B), when grounding a 5kV rated service disconnect operating at 4.16kV, what is the minimum size grounding electrode conductor for this service to connect the non-current metal parts of the metal-clad enclosure to ground? Assume the largest service-entrance phase conductor is 350kcmil and the equipment involved is fixed equipment.
- 350kcmil aluminum
- 3/0 AWG copper
- 1/0 AWG copper
- 2 AWG copper
Answer: D
Per this new section of the Code, the minimum size of the grounding electrode conductor is based on the size of the largest ungrounded phase conductor. A quick check of Table 250.66 reveals that a 350kcmil copper phase conductor requires a minimum size 2 AWG copper grounding electrode conductor.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Vignettes Contest by fbtb, on Flickr
Vignette maximum dimensions are 16x16 with unlimited height. We will allow some overhang of at most 1 stud on each side. Don't try and be smart and place an 18x18 vignette on top of a 16x16 base. You'll just be immediately disqualified.
Vignette must feature at least one character from the TMNT universe.
Vignette can be any scale: micro, minifigure, miniland. And if you can create a cool miniland-scale vignette on a 16x16 base, you deserve a special prize anyway (there's no actual prize for this, I'm just saying).
Figures in Vignette can be custom made, but you must use official LEGO parts and elements. No custom parts, decals, paint, sharpie markings, or any other foreign object will be allowed.
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Submit at least one and up to three photo(s) to the contest thread. If you submit more than one, your first image will be used for the voting ballot.
- Submission window starts now until 11:59pm PST Sunday March 31, 2013.
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Community Update
Dear Members of the Cooper Union Community,
Since my arrival at Cooper Union in July 2011, I've had the pleasure of talking with many of you about this extraordinary institution and the tremendous opportunities we have going forward as leaders and innovators.
There really is no other institution like Cooper Union. In teaching and working with students and faculty, I've learned more about the texture and nuances of our academic community. Among them is an unparalleled commitment by students to their work. Conversations and relationships are mainly focused on creative work, which is extraordinary. This is indeed a meritocracy. We have a unique set of schools - Art, Architecture and Engineering and an environment that encourages a dialectic of thinking and making. Our location in the dynamic, edgy East Village is a huge attraction.
Our founder, Peter Cooper, was a great thinker who was continually inventing and reinventing. We must address our economic challenges by reinventing ourselves. Our first task during the next three-to-six months is to work together to develop a sustainable financial model that will enable our institution to continue to be vibrant now and forever.
This letter will serve as an update on progress. We have good news to share about new gifts to Cooper Union, and an announcement of members of the Revenue Task Force which will play a significant role in our reinvention process.
This past fall, I advised the community that Cooper Union is operating with significant financial deficits. In the past fiscal year, we had an annual structural deficit of close to $16.5 million. With expenditures of $59.7 million, this represents a deficit of approximately 28 percent. We need to balance the operating budget without selling assets or dipping into the endowment beyond the spending policy. We must examine our cost structure. And we need revenue models that scale to the expenses associated with operating an outstanding academic enterprise positioned to engage the challenges and opportunities of our time.
In the past few weeks, a series of steps have been taken to move us forward:
· Our community has stepped up philanthropically, as I announced during a Presidential address on Dec. 13, 2011. Please join me in thanking our many donors, including alumni, parents, foundations, and friends, for supporting Cooper Union.
· Also on Dec. 13, I announced the formation of working groups, my intention to conduct administrative and academic reviews, and the opportunity to convene brainstorming sessions about Cooper's future. We will proceed with:
o A Task Force on Revenues, chaired by Phil Weisberg, EE '89, CEO, Fx Alliance, LLC with vice chairs Milton Glaser, A '51, Principal, Milton Glaser, Inc., and Eric Hirschhorn ME '89, Managing Director, Bank of America.
o An Expense Reduction Task Force, led by T.C. Westcott, vice president of finance and administration. In addition, an experienced external consultant will conduct an administrative review to make recommendations on our administrative structure and processes..
o An academic review, which I will lead in consultation with internal and external experts, to ensure that we maintain unsurpassed levels of excellence, and that our graduates are exceptionally prepared to make significant contributions to society.
o A set of brainstorming sessions to help us think most optimistically and positively, about key questions, from "What should Cooper Union be like in this world that is changing so fast?," to "How can we make the most important contributions to serving the public?"
· The Board of Trustees issued a summary on Dec. 16, 2011 of 12 years of audited financial statements highlighting the circumstances of our current financial distress. As the Board noted in its detailed report, Cooper Union remains committed to the goal of insuring access to education for students with demonstrated financial need.
The first six months of 2012 will be an intense period as we work together to strengthen this institution and to develop a bold plan of reinvention. Thank you, in advance, for your involvement and your support.
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Big brother is listening to you
With governments and major private institutions beginning to collect databases of voiceprints, certain privacy concerns are inevitably raised. Michael Kramer, the CEO of Voice.Trust, described his own attempt to sell his company's voice biometrics software in France. It took 18 months of negotiations with French regulators, and it culminated in a meeting in Paris where Kramer was grilled by government officials about whether his company might ever provide voiceprints to the CIA or related entities.
In the US, similar questions might be asked of corporations, even those with strict privacy policies, in the wake of the phone companies' capitulation to the US government regarding phone records. Should an intelligence agency or even a police department find themselves with a juicy piece of audio evidence that they can't match up to a name, it doesn't require a huge imaginative leap to see that they might be tempted to secure private databases from banks and other institutions in order to find a match. While that doesn't sound too bad, it could eventually lead to government in possession of massive voiceprint databases that could identify a large percentage of US speakers.
Is that a bad thing? The answer to that might well depend on your politics. It would also be a ton of work for the government to do such a thing, since the various voiceprints would all be generated in different ways and stored in different formats. Consolidating them into some national database of speakers would require substantial time and energy and, quite possibly, cooperation from the five or six companies that design the core verification engines.
Can you hear me now?
Voice verification is here at last and poised to grow rapidly, but it's still a small market. All forms of biometric identification generated $2 billion of revenue in 2006, according to Dan Miller, a senior analyst at Opus Research—and half of that money went to fingerprint scanning. But voice, due to particular passages we've been discussing, has already won over ABN AMRO, Bell Canada, Ameritrade, the Australian government, Volkswagen Financial Services, and (of all things) the US Department of Agriculture.
Dan Faulkner, the director of product management and solution marketing at Nuance, tells Ars that his company's systems have achieved tuned errors of below one percent in real-world deployments with companies like Aeroplan, and other vendors reported similar results in their own deployments. When voice verification is text-dependent, this error rate is further reduced by orders of magnitude. The systems can be quite secure, but they do have their limits.
One of those limits is twins and even immediate family members, whose physiology may be similar enough to confuse the computer. Oliver Geiseler of Volkswagen Financial Services described his own company's use of voice verification for an internal help desk password reset application. Twins, it turns out, were able to defeat the system.
This isn't the sort of thing that keeps security researchers up at night, but it's a reminder that the systems aren't perfect and probably never will be. The hardest choice for companies that roll out the technology isn't finding a decent vendor or a robust implementation, but deciding how much risk they can tolerate, and how much frustration their customers will accept in the name of tighter security.


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Moving House
I think I'll not be updating on this blog soon.
Probably I'll be keeping 2 blogs in the near future, 1 as a dairy, and another for the merchandises.
The dairy is already up, it is located at http://yukikaze.wordpress.com/
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Federal Policies on Grants
- OMB Circular A-21 Cost Principles for Educational Institutions (05/10/2004)
These are the official guidelines for establishing an indirect cost rate with the Federal government. This circular establishes principles for determining costs applicable to grants, contracts, and other agreements with educational institutions. Small institutions should use Section H.
- OMB Circular A-87 Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments (05/10/2004)
This Circular accomplished the same purpose as A-21, but for State and local governments and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments (governmental units). It establishes principles and standards for determining costs for Federal awards carried out through grants, cost reimbursement contracts, and other agreements.
- OMB Circular A-110 Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations (11/19/1993) (further amended 09/30/1999)
This Circular sets forth standards for obtaining consistency and uniformity among Federal agencies in the administration of grants to and agreements with institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations. It establishes Uniform Administrative Requirements.
- OMB Circular A-133 Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (06/24/1997) (includes revisions published in Federal Register 06/27/2003 and 06/26/2007)
This Circular is issued pursuant to the Single Audit Act of 1984, P.L. 98-502, and the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, P.L. 104-156. It sets forth standards for obtaining consistency and uniformity among Federal agencies for the audit of States, local governments, and non-profit organizations expending Federal awards. Most recent amendment increased the audit threshold from $300,000 to $500,000.
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Required Use of DUNS Number on all Federal Grants- Federal Register, June 27, 2003
As required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), all applicants must provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number when applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements on or after October 1, 2003. This requirement applies to renewals of awards as well as to prospective new awards.
The DUNS number is a unique nine-digit identification number provided by Dun & Bradstreet. Each entity, or each distinct physical location of an entity, must be assigned a DUNS number.
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No one may be compensated for more than 100% of their time.
"In no event will charges to sponsored agreements, irrespective of the basis of computation, exceed the proportionate share of the base salary for that period. This principle applies to all members of the faculty at an institution. Since intra-university consulting is assumed to be undertaken as a university obligation requiring no compensation in addition to full-time base salary, the principle also applies to faculty members who function as consultants or otherwise contribute to a sponsored agreement conducted by another faculty member of the same institution." OMB Circular A-21, Section J, subpart 3 (d) (1)
Exception:Grant activities performed during the summer months. "Sponsored agreements during the summer months or other period not included in the base salary period will be determined for each faculty member at a rate not in excess of the base salary divided by the period to which the base salary relates." OMB Circular A-21, Section J, subpart 3 (d)(2)(a)
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For grantees subject to OMB Circular A-21, documentation for salary charges shall be based on either a system of monitored workload or a system of personnel activity reports for professional or professorial staff. Nonprofessional employees must keep personnel activity reports.
Personnel activity reports shall account on an after-the-fact basis for one hundred percent of the employee's actual time, separately indicating the time spent on the grant, other grants or projects, vacation or sick leave, and administrative time, if applicable. The reports must be signed by the employee, approved by the appropriate official, and coincide with a pay period. These time records should be used to record the distribution of salary costs to the appropriate accounts no less frequently than quarterly.
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Financial records, supporting documentation, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the grant shall be retained by the grantee for three years (State grants) or seven years (federal grants) from the date of submission of the final Financial Status Report (unless stated otherwise). When the conditions of a grant award require the grantee to report program income, records relating to program income shall be retained for three years from the date of submission of the last required income report.
If the three-year retention period is extended because of audits, appeals, litigation, or the settlement of claims arising out of the performance of the project, the records shall be retained until such audits, appeals, litigation, or claims are resolved. Unless court action or audit proceedings have been initiated, the grantee may substitute microfilm copies of original records.


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Dems' plan to win the House in 2014
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee expects that President Barack Obama will wield his national political machine on behalf of House Democrats in the 2014 campaign, giving the party a better chance to retake the House from the conservative Republican majority, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel wrote in a memo to his fellow lawmakers Friday.
In the three-page memo, which a Democratic aide shared with POLITICO, Israel argues that Democrats are in a stronger position for 2014 than they were at this stage last cycle.
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Israel stops short of pledging that the party will win the House, instead predicting his committee is on track to "continue defeating Republicans and to send the tea party to the dustbin of political history."
Rather than conceding the conventional wisdom that a president's second midterm election is usually bad for his party, Israel says the GOP's confidence in the "six-year itch" will prove unfounded.
In fact, Democrats are counting on Obama to play an "unprecedented" role in the fight to win the House and keep the Democrats' successful 2012 coalition engaged in the off year.
"In 2012, President Obama was completely focused on his own re-election, as he should have been. But for 2014, he will be able to focus on Congressional races, and he has already made early commitments that are unprecedented and transformational. President Barack Obama has agreed to eight events just in 2013 for House Democrats, with additional support from Vice President Biden and other surrogates," Israel writes. "In addition, OFA's ground game, which was a vital part of the Obama campaign's success in 2012, will now be focused on Congress — energizing the critical 'New American Electorate' that we need to keep engaged through the 2014 elections."
The DCCC and Democratic-aligned outside groups have signaled they hope to use 2013 to soften up closely divided or Republican-leaning districts, so as to put the party and its candidates on better footing when 2014 begins in earnest.
Israel touts Democrats' early recruiting efforts in his memo; the outside group House Majority PAC also recently unveiled a list of 10 Republican lawmakers it hopes to target in the off year, including Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman and California Rep. Gary Miller.
The DCCC evidently welcomes those outside efforts, with Israel mentioning House Majority PAC by name as a key ally.
"Unlike in the 2010 election cycle, where outside spending only existed on one side of the ledger, Democratic allies like House Majority PAC have proven themselves to be successful. In the 2012 election cycle, HMP spent over $40 million in 56 races, and they have already released their top target list for 2014," Israel says.


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Thompson Reuters unveiled the highly anticipated WestlawNext system this month. WestlawNext represents a dramatic change from the traditional Westlaw interface. The most significant change involves database selection. Database selection, an integral part of proper Westlaw use, is not required with WestlawNext. Users enter their searches into a Google-like search bar. The search will run through everything in the Westlaw databases and will return results, in order of relevance, from specific group categories (cases, statutes, secondary sources, briefs, etc.) After these initial results appear, users are able to refine their results by choosing to see only certain categories of information (only cases, only statutes, etc.) Users can further filter their results by jurisdiction, court, topic, etc. Reviews of WestlawNext so far have been generally favorable (See Ambrogi, Soloman, Elefant, Bergus). There is an expectation that the product will be particularly well received by law students and newer attorneys who will appreciate the sleek, Google-like search functionality.
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Jesse Harlan Severs was born on 14 Jul 1901 in Sumner County, Kansas. This parents were Jacob Henry Severs and Eliza Teague. Eliza died in 1906 after the birth of Mary Severs, the daughter born after Jesse.
Jess was married to Katherine Trice in 1925 in Pittsburgh, Kansas. They had two daughters, born in 1927 and 1930. About 1933 the entire family drove from Kansas to California. They had taken out the back seat of their car. They then stacked household goods in there and the two girls sat on them. They averaged 400 miles each day and made the trip in 6 days. I even have a page out of my Grandmother's notebook that recorded the daily mileage and all expenses for this trip. From that time own they lived in Los Angeles County, in Southern California.
Jess died in 1968 in El Monte, California, after working in many jobs, including farmer, truck driver, plumber, and school custodian.
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Its been a bit of a whirl wind around my place the last little while, had family come and stay with us for a few days, friends for lunch and dinner, thanksgiving, birthdays and more. Needless to say I have been cooking a lot.Everything from tofurkey to birthday cake!
It's been fun but I get tired now & then and need a little rest. I am typing with the wood stove burning, drinking a cup of hot chai, as the little one sleeps on the couch next to me. I think about how time passes so quickly....how life passes so fast. It takes time to write recipes and go through tons of pictures, sometimes too much :P


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The latest shocking revelation in the corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, came in court Thursday, as McDonnell testified the couple is living separately and that he has moved into the rectory of a Richmond church.
McDonnell said on the stand that he moved out of his home with Maureen the week before the trial started.
"I knew that there was no way I could go home after a day in court... and revisit things every night with Maureen,'' the former governor said during an often emotional day of testimony that began with an examination of his marriage, which he said is "basically on hold.'' McDonnell is expected to take the stand again Friday.
On the witness stand Thursday, McDonnell revealed what he's never even talked about with his closest friends -- the story of how his marriage disintegrated, seemingly more with each year in public office.
McDonnell said that by 2011, when he was governor, he began to work even later in order to stay away from the mansion and what he called his wife's constant complaints.
The problems came to a head one weekend in early September 2011, when he'd set aside the whole weekend to spend time with Maureen, McDonnell said. When he got home to the mansion, she greeted him with anger, he added.
"We had a real meltdown [that] Friday," the former governor testified.
"She was yelling at me... she had almost uncontrollable anger," he told jurors. "I was heartbroken that maybe this was the end of our marriage, because we just couldn't communicate anymore."
That led to a soul-bearing email from McDonnell to his wife, presented in court Thursday.
"You tell me all the time how bad your life has been with me," he wrote in his email. "I am completely at a loss at how to handle the fiery anger and hate from you that that has become more and more frequent and I am so spiritually and emotionally exhausted from getting yelled at."
A week before the couple's trial began, Bob McDonnell moved into the rectory of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Richmond, because he felt he couldn't go home to his wife after each day in court.
The priest of that church, Rev. Wayne Ball, wrote in a blog post Thursday about how he felt watching McDonnell answer personal and difficult questions on the stand.
Ball has also served as a church lawyer and said Thursday that he "saw three words, 'the whole truth,' in an all new light" now, amid the McDonnells' corruption trial.
"Is there any married person reading this blog who would want to stand up in public and tell the whole truth?" he wrote. "Is there any person at all who would want to stand up in public and tell the whole truth about their life?"
The news that the couple was living separately came after McDonnell testified that as his political career advanced, his relationship with his wife became increasingly strained. Maureen McDonnell grew uncomfortable being in the public spotlight, the former governor testified.
On the stand, Bob McDonnell admitted to purposely staying away when his marriage became difficult.
"It would include staying in the office later," he testified.
McDonnell said that in 2011 and 2012, he frequently went home to find his wife complaining about the staff, a staff he had complete confidence in, and said he couldn't deal with that on top of his other responsibilities.
"I got to the point that I just couldn't come home to that," he said.
Asked if he put his marriage on hold, McDonnell paused and then replied, "Yes, I just couldn't make progress."
But McDonald testified that while he believes his wife had an emotional attachment to former Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams, she never had a physical relationship with him.
The McDonnells are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from Williams in exchange for promoting his company's dietary supplements.
"I'm entitled to be normal... It was fun" explains Bob #McDonnell about driving Jonnie Williams' Ferrari to mansion pic.twitter.com/YmxXdxrGWP
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) August 21, 2014
Defense attorneys have suggested that the McDonnells could not have conspired because their marriage was crumbling and they were barely talking.
Big revelation: Bob #McDonnell & Maureen are not living together, something we've all wondered. He's living w / his priest at rectory
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) August 21, 2014
The former governor first took the stand in federal court in Richmond Wednesday afternoon, saying Maureen McDonnell showed anxiety over her new role as first lady the day after he was elected in 2009. He said the morning after the election, his wife seemed upset.
"She was yelling at me about something. It clearly exhibited some stress of what lay ahead for her in her new role as first lady," Bob McDonnell testified.
On Thursday, he commented on the difference between Maureen McDonnell's public and private personae, saying, "The public part of the First Lady's office was going well.... The private part was a disaster."
Previous testimony from governor's mansion staff members alleged that the staffers were upset by the first lady's anger and demands. Earlier this week, lawyers introduced a letter signed by several staff members who threatened to resign if conditions didn't improve.
McDonnell on Thursday supported previous testimony of his wife's erratic behavior in the governor's mansion, but blamed himself for causing it. He said he tried to help Maureen with the difficulties with mansion staff.
"I would talk to her about things. She would yell at me," he said.
McDonnell said he tried to correct his wife when he heard he speak inappropriately to staff over the phone.
"I'd tell her, 'You just can't treat your staff like that,'" he testified.
"You tell me all the time how bad your life has been with me" : part of an email #McDonnell wrote to wife when he feared marriage was over
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) August 21, 2014
Furthermore, Maureen McDonnell was instructed to put the nutriceuticals distribution business she was so passionate about on hold out of concern over conflicts of interest for the governor.
As testimony turned to the couple's finances, McDonnell said he made the "wrong decision for my wife and our marriage" when he used Maureen's father's inheritance to pay credit card bills.
He also testified that Maureen wanted to use her the inheritance to buy stock for their children.
Testimony then turned to the couple's relationship with Williams, saying that when Williams "piped up" and offered to buy Maureen's inaugural gown, McDonnell "wasn't going to let that happen."
McDonnell said a designer dress would have been at odds with the struggling economy during the recession, which he'd addressed in campaign.
He testified that he didn't know about the dresses from the Williams-funded shopping spree for Maureen McDonnell in New York City until after the federal investigation began.
McDonnell testified he knew Williams was going to show some stores to the then-first lady and her chief of staff, Mary-Shea Sutherland, during the April 2011 trip. McDonnell also said he knew his wife planned to look for a dress for their daughter's wedding and maybe for another dress for the wedding weekend. But he said he didn't know Williams spent $20,000 on the dresses until the investigation began.
The defense also asked McDonnell Thursday why he drove a Ferrari for Jonnie Williams back to Richmond after a three-day weekend with his family at Williams' Smith Mountain Lake home -- a weekend he accepted in order to spend time with his family and something that was customary for donors to offer, he said.
As governor, McDonnell hadn't driven in two years and his children egged him on, he said.
"And look, it was a Ferrari," he said. "I'd never driven a Ferrari. It was fun."
McDonnell explained his wife originally told him Williams had a car he wanted them to drive back for Williams' daughter.
He didn't need the car at Smith Mountain Lake, he said.
"I had the executive protection unit," he explained. "They were going to take me anywhere I needed to go, and I wasn't going anywhere."
But he did drive it at the lake, a mile and back from a brunch.
McDonnell said that he thought Williams' $15,000 gift for the wedding of the McDonnells' daughter Cailin was acceptable.
"I thought if he wanted to provide that gift to my daughter, that was OK," McDonnell said.
However, he said he was upset when he learned the refund from the wedding caterer out of the $15,000 Williams gift went to his wife, not his daughter.
#McDonnell says he thought the golf bag to his son was "a little much" compared to $15,000 wedding check which was ok pic.twitter.com/svgOOf1oPk
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) August 21, 2014
But a new set of golf clubs and a golf bag Williams sent to the McDonnells' son Bobby seemed like too much, McDonnell said. He explained there seemed to be no occasion for the gift, as there was with the wedding.
McDonnell accepted the blame for not reporting a Notre Dame golf bag Williams later gave him, but said in all of his years of playing golf, his golf bags were never expensive and he wasn't sure of the value. Likewise, when learning Williams hosted his sons for an expensive round of golf, McDonnell said he wasn't accustomed to such prices.
The former governor also testified that he learned of a $50,000 May 2011 loan from Williams to Maureen just days after their daughter's wedding.
Maureen McDonnell says she put $30,000 into stock of Star Scientific -- Williams' company -- and $20,000 toward credit, although Bob McDonnell testified he told her there was no need to put that money toward credit at the time.
The former governor said his wife wanted to buy stock for their children as her father had for them when the McDonnells married.
With each gift, donation or dinner bought that the defense described, McDonnell made no promises to Williams, he testified.
"I'd rather be fishing" Bob #McDonnell on his way to day 2 on the witness stand, day 19 of the trial @nbcwashingtonpic.twitter.com/dcvAXXzlWK
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) August 21, 2014
Before court was adjourned for the day Wednesday, defense attorneys also asked Bob McDonnell if he had done anything unusual for Williams' company.
"My administration did nothing for them other than give them access to government," McDonnell said.
Regarding Williams' presence at events at the governor's mansion, McDonnell said his administration was excited about the 200th anniversary of the mansion and wanted to host as many meetings and events at possible to show it off to as many people as possible.
McDonnell also testified about his suggestion that Williams meet with Dr. William Hazel.
In October 2010, when 36 governor's offices were in play for that campaign season, Bob McDonnell traveled to an event in California for candidate Meg Whitman on Williams' private plane.
Williams was on the plane for the five- to six-hour ride back to Virginia and had a PowerPoint presentation about his company and what it finding out about one of its supplements.
"I don't remember if he asked or if I offered, but I told him to see Dr. Hazel -- he was the secretary of health and human services," McDonnell said.
McDonnell testified that he suggested Hazel because he "was the only person on my staff who could really understand what [Williams] was talking about."
McDonnell said Wednesday his administration did advocate for Virginia businesses when it was in the best interest of the state. As governor, he had control of a discretionary fund he used as he saw fit and he could add line items in the state budget to benefit businesses and let the General Assembly decide.
McDonnell spoke of the fine line elected officials walk regarding taking gifts and donations from people.
"If you can't take someone's money one day and vote against their interests the next day, you don't belong in this business," McDonnell said.


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I'm doing an assignment that's a separate class for a program called "MadChoosers" and THIS class creates an array of four MadChoosers called chooserList and the four chooserList arrays are chooserList[0]-to hold proper names; chooserList[1]-to hold adjectives; chooserList[2]-for nouns; and chooserList[3]- for verbs. I am new to arrays...still learning them in class and I understand the "idea" behind them and what not...I get the feeling that my code is wrong, I have been looking at the tutorial on here and that helps a little but when I try to use the same codes for Strings, it doesn't work...this is the code I have so far (I'll post both classes so you can see what's going on)
public class MadChooser { //intstance variables String wordlist[]; int firstEmpty; public static void main(String[] args) { } /*default constructor creates a size 20 wordlist(no strings yet) starts firstEmpty = 0*/ public MadChooser() { wordlist = new String[20]; int firstEmpty = 0; } /*parameterized constructor that takes an array of Strings as a parameter. Set wordlist to this array and firstEmpty to the length of the array (it is totally filled). EC+ 10: instead of just setting worldist to the list passed in, make wordlist a new array of the same size and copy all the Strings over from the other wordlist.*/ public MadChooser(String[] b) { wordlist = new String[b.length]; for (int v = 0; v < wordlist.length; v++) { wordlist[v] = b[v]; } firstEmpty = wordlist.length; } /*parameterized constructor that takes integer and makes wordlist that size (no words in it yet so firstEmpty is still 0)*/ public MadChooser(int a) { a = 0; firstEmpty = a; } /*method add(String newWord) which given a string, adds it to wordlist in the first * empty position, unless the array is full (check firstEmpty against the * size of the array); when you add a new string, remember to update firstEmpty*/ public void Add(String newWord) { if (firstEmpty < wordlist.length) { wordlist[firstEmpty] = newWord; firstEmpty++; } } /*Overload Add with a second method add(String[] newWords) which, given an * array of Strings adds all of them to wordlist(until it runs out of room) * Think abt what the loop needs to look like to make sure you don't run off * either array (there are several correct ways to do this)*/ public void Add(String[] newWords) { for (int i = 0; i < newWords.length; i++) { this.Add(newWords[i]); } } /*Method pickWord(), returns a randomly chosen string from wordlist(it is * possible wordlist may not be full, make sure to only use words from that * are filled in (use firstEmpty); if wordlist has no words, return null.*/ public String pickWord() { int w = (int) (Math.random() * firstEmpty); return wordlist[w]; } /*EC+20: add method find, give String parameter, returns true if that string is already in wordlist, false otherwise. (hint == doesn't work with Strings, need something like "firstString.equals(secondString)" Have the add() method use find to check if a word being added is already in the list if so, don't add it*/ public String find(String h) { if (h.equals(wordlist)) { } return h; } }
public class ChooserList { /*write a program that creates an array of four MadChoosers, chooserList. * chooserList[0] will be used to hold proper names, chooserList[1] will hold * adjectives, chooserList[2] nouns, and chooserList[3] verbs.*/ String[] chooserListNames; //do I even need these? String[] chooserListAdj; String[] chooserListNouns; String[] chooserListVerbs; chooserList = new String [4]; //this isn't working right }
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Scotland boss Andy Robinson has named seven uncapped players in his training squad ahead of the autumn internationals.
Robinson has called on five fresh faces from the Glasgow Warriors and two from Edinburgh. Edinburgh's back-rower Stuart McInally and Glasgow Warriors' Alex Dunbar both travelled with Scotland on their unbeaten tour of the southern hemisphere in June and they could make their debut for the national side come November.
Elsewhere, Robinson has called up Glasgow backs Peter Horne, Peter Murchie, Tommy Seymour and Henry Pyrgos alongside Edinburgh second-row Grant Gilchrist. But while Robinson has opted to blood seven new faces, he will be without a host of proven international players with the likes of Joe Ansbro, Moray Low, Chris Cusiter, Graeme Morrison and Rory Lamont all sidelined due to injury.
Scotland kick-off their November Test programme with a mammoth clash against the All Blacks at Murrayfield on November 11. This is followed up by a match with the Springboks on November 17 and they complete their three-Test programme facing Tonga at Aberdeen's Pittodrie Stadium on November 24. After Scotland face New Zealand, Robinson and his assistants will re-assess the squad.
The squad will assemble at St Andrews on October 29-31 ahead of the All Blacks match and Robinson wants his side to push on from their successful summer tour of the southern hemisphere.
"It's always an exciting time when the Scotland squad comes together ahead of the first Test match of the season," Robinson said. "It's some four months since Scotland last played an international so when the squad reconvenes there'll be an element of renewing acquaintances and reigniting the spark and spirit that was such a key part of our success on our summer tour.
"New Zealand are formidable opponents. They do the basics exceptionally well and play with a pace and ruthlessness. It's no co-incidence that they are the best team in the world. We must look to build on the physical commitment of our players against Australia, Fiji and Samoa."
Scotland squad:
Forwards: John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), Kelly Brown (Saracens), Geoff Cross, David Denton, Ross Ford and Grant Gilchrist (all Edinburgh Rugby), Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Sale Sharks), Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors), Jim Hamilton (Gloucester), Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Scott Lawson (London Irish), Stuart McInally and Ross Rennie (both Edinburgh Rugby), Tom Ryder (Glasgow Warriors), Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan) and Kyle Traynor (Bristol Rugby)
Backs: Mike Blair (Brive), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby), Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors), Max Evans (Castres), Stuart Hogg, Peter Horne and Ruaridh Jackson (all Glasgow Warriors), Lee Jones, Greig Laidlaw (both Edinburgh Rugby), Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Lawson (Newcastle Falcons), Peter Murchie, Henry Pyrgos (both Glasgow Warriors), Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) and Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby)
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Forwards - Alasdair Dickinson (Sale Sharks), Ed Kalman (Glasgow Warriors), Stevie Lawrie (Edinburgh Rugby), Moray Low, Pat MacArthur and Jon Welsh (all Glasgow Warriors)
Backs - Joe Ansbro (London Irish), Ben Cairns (Edinburgh Rugby), Chris Cusiter, Rory Lamont, Graeme Morrison (all Glasgow Warriors), Nikki Walker (Worcester Warriors) and Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors).
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This new key function has been discovered in mice by researchers at the Laboratoire Biologie Fonctionnelle Adaptative (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot) . Published on the website of EMBO Journal on 18 September 2012, this work lends weight to the hypothesis that the brain could be the seat of the initial malfunction leading to obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and dyslipidemias.
Obesity is now considered to be a worldwide 'epidemic' and the related mortality mostly results from secondary metabolic complications such as diabetes, dyslipidemias and cardiovascular diseases (metabolic syndrome). However, excessive food intake alone cannot explain the link between obesity and its associated diseases. It is not only a matter of how much we eat but also how the body is able to deal with this intake, in particular the choice between utilization or storage of lipids and sugars.
Now, a team from the Laboratoire Biologie Fonctionnelle Adaptative (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot) (1) has identified the role played by a group of neurons in the brain (located in the hypothalamus and producing the neuropeptide AgRP (2), which control the fate of nutrients in organs such as the pancreas, liver and muscles. The researchers showed that mice lacking AgRP neurons and fed a normal diet become obese. On the other hand, when fed a high fat (hyperlipidemic) diet, the mice improve their glucose metabolism. These experiments therefore show that AgRP neurons, which are already known to control food intake, also act on nutrient partitioning, especially through their role in orchestrating the pancreas, liver and various types of muscle. The loss of AgRP neurons changes the central instructions that define the balance between the utilization of sugars or of lipids, thus making the animal better adapted to a high-fat diet.
An imbalance in the ability of the brain to coordinate these tissues could explain the simultaneous appearance of metabolic disorders in several organs, as happens in the onset of metabolic syndrome, i.e. the whole set of obesity-related disorders. Understanding these processes could therefore provide therapeutic approaches for the treatment of such metabolic diseases.
To find out more about the Laboratoire Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative team:
(1) Researchers from the Laboratoire de Signalisation et de Physiopathologie Cardiaque (Inserm/Université Paris Sud), the Centre de Recherche Biomédicale des Cordeliers (Inserm/UPMC/Université Paris Descartes) and the Université Catholique de Louvain also took part in this work.
(2) AgRP stands for Agouti-related protein.
"Hypothalamic AgRP-neurons control peripheral substrate utilization and nutrient partitioning"
Aurélie Joly-Amado, Raphaël G.P. Denis, Julien Castel, Amélie Lacombe, Céline Cansell, Claude Rouch, Nadim Kassis, Julien Dairou, Patrice D. Cani, Renée Ventura-Clapier, Alexandre Prola, Melissa Flamment, Fabienne Foufelle, Christophe Magnan, Serge Luquet
EMBO Journal, on line 18 September 2012
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Prime Elevation Speaker
SVS Prime Elevation speakers play any role in a home theater surround sound system amazingly well. Designed to easily mount directly to the wall or ceiling with the Multi-Purpose Wall Bracket (patent pending), the SVS Prime Elevation can be used as a direct-radiating height effects speaker for immersive object-based audio formats such as Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X® and Auro-3D®. With its angled front baffle, Prime Elevation can also be used as left or right fronts, a center channel, side surrounds and rear surrounds to provide crisp, dynamically charged sound in rooms of all shapes with all different architectural features.
Quick Specs
- Tweeter | 1"
- Midrange | 4.5"
- Woofer | N/A
- Freq. Response | 55 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
- Dimension | 9.25" (H) 5.4" (W) 7.9" (D)
Immersive three-dimensional surround sound formats such as Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X® and Auro 3D® unleash the ultimate movie, music, TV an gaming audio experience by incorporating "height effects" emanating from overhead to create a dome of sound that blankets you for a more convincing and believable performance. Prime Elevation is an optimized height effects speaker because it directly radiates full-range sound to the listener without the frequency response limitations and perfect room conditions required of prevailing "ceiling bounce" height effects speaker designs.
Prime Elevation is also a remarkably versatile, multi-purpose home theater speaker that deftly plays the role of front, center, side surround, rear surround and/or LCR speaker when ideal placement in a room isn't possible.
SVS Takes Immersive Three-Dimensional Surround Sound to New Heights
Home theaters running height effects speakers with Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X® and Auro-3D® represent the pinnacle of immersive home audio experiences. The prevailing approach to Dolby Atmos speakers, bouncing sound off the ceiling from below, requires perfect room conditions and frequency response limiting of the speaker and detracts from the experience.
An audio epiphany, Prime Elevation speaker direct radiating with the charged dynamics, pinpoint accuracy and subtle refinement of a high end bookshelf speaker. Place it high on a wall near the ceiling and height effects can be enjoyed at full fidelity in any room, without the compromises of ceiling bounce or in-ceiling speakers. Finally, a height effects speaker designed for breath-taking effects.
Amazingly Adaptable Multi-Angle Wall Bracket Solves Countless Speaker Placement Challenges.
The specially optimized angled front baffle, precisely tuned acoustics, high-end components and innovative Multi-Angle Wall Bracket (patent pending) combine to make Prime Elevation the world's most versatile home theater speaker. Not all rooms are designed to be perfect home theater spaces. Prime Elevation speakers easily mount to a wall or ceiling using the included Multi-Angle Wall Bracket and ceiling mount insert, so you can take advantage of every possible installation location to create the best sounding experience possible. Also included is a universal mounting option with a ¼" 20TPI brass insert that works with many other kits.
As a finishing touch, even the magnetic SVS logo on the front grille is adjustable to accommodate positioning.
One Speaker, Endless Possibilities
Here are the most common Prime Elevation applications. Its versatility as a speaker is only limited by your creativity.
Common ceiling placement locations for the Prime Elevation speakers include:
- In front of the listening area with speakers angled down and towards rear of room
- Behind the listening area with speakers angled down and towards front of the room
- To the left and right of listening area, angled down towards the opposing side
- Directly overhead (for what's commonly known as "Voice of God" speaker with Auro-3D)
If you have a unique room layout and are unsure of the best place to install SVS Prime Elevation speakers for height effects, 5.1 surround sound or some other application, contact the SVS Sound Experts at firstname.lastname@example.com, 877.626.5623 or chat.
Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:
- Rated bandwidth: 55 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
- Nominal impedance: 8 ohms.
- Sensitivity: 87 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
- Recommended amplifier power: 20-150 watts.
Speaker Specs:
- Black Ash, Piano Gloss Black and Piano Gloss White finish options
- Single set of 5-way binding posts
- 1" wide-flared rear-firing port
- Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system
- Magnetic SVS Logo which can be removed and oriented according to speaker application.
- Elastomer stick-on bumper feet (adds 3mm to height)
- Unique SVS Multi-Angle Wall Bracket (patent pending) system that allows speaker to be wall mounted in any of four positions
- 1/4" brass insert for use with included SVS Multi-Angle Wall Bracket and other bracket mounting systems.
- Cabinet Dimensions: 9.25" (H) X 5.44" (W) X 7.88" (D)
- Overall Dimensions: 9.4" (H) X 5.44" (W) X 8.33" (D) (includes grille, binding posts and bumper feet)
- Overall Dimensions: 9.25" (H) X 5.44" (W) X 8.98" (D) (includes grille and SVS Multi-Angle Wall Bracket)
- Shipped Dimensions: 9.30" (H) X 12" (W) X 18" (D)
- Weight Unboxed: 7.8 pounds
- Shipped Weight: 20 pounds
Driver Specs:
1" Aluminum Dome Tweeter:
- FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
- Aluminum dome for exceptional transient response
4.5" Midrange Driver:
- Polypropylene cone for excellent stiffness/mass ratio and pistonic behavior
- Aluminum shorting ring to reduce gap inductance, lower distortion, and enhance high frequency response
- Cast ABS-fiberglass composite basket ensures precision component alignment and excellent thermal transfer
- Vented voice coil former minimizes air compression artifacts
Crossover & Cabinet Specs:
- 2-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards
- Crossover network delivers outstanding phase coherency and time domain behavior
- Tweeter-to-woofer crossover: 2.5 kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)
- Acoustically transparent and FEA optimized grilles minimize diffraction
- Chamfered front baffle and flush-mounted drivers reduce edge diffraction and improved off-axis high frequency response
- FEA-optimized cabinet and extra thick MDF bracing eliminate resonances
- Angled baffle and optimized crossover combine for perfect acoustic performance at any position.
"Dialog was remarkably clear with crisp highs and excellent clarity. Separation was nice, wide and clean. Presence was much fuller than I expected. SVS has created an extremely versatile design that not only performs great from multiple angles but also for multiple channels. Mounting was simple and quick. These are truly all-purpose speakers for today's home theater set-ups. Delivers what it promises – in abundance!"
The Digital Cinema Reviews the Prime Elevation Loudspeaker
"They're versatile, easy to integrate with other speakers, and can help solve placement issues in all sorts of rooms. Eerily realistic. Threw out a large soundstage with greater punchiness. Atmos content displayed an altogether new level of realism. An easy recommendation."
The Next Web Reviews the Prime Elevation Loudspeaker
"Great midrange and treble reproduction. Much easier installation than in-ceiling speakers and delivers much better listening experience than height modules. It's an awesome height speaker, especially if you don't want or you are not allowed to drill holes in your ceiling. It can also be used as a front, center, or surround speaker. SVS Prime Elevation is the most versatile home theater speaker on the market!"
Audio Reputation Reviews the Prime Elevation
"The Prime Elevations sound better than any reflected-sound elevation speakers I have tried. Plus, they do it at a lower price than most. They also beat the sound of in-ceiling speakers. Their performance and price make them a top choice for getting the most out of Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Auro-3D. The best 3D immersive audio experience you can have."
AVS Forum Reviews the Prime Elevation Loudspeaker
"With the Prime Elevation speakers installed, I have grown to appreciate Dolby Surround and DTS:Neural:X up-mixing. I prefer the direct output to ceiling bounce. An impressive speaker and a ready-made upgrade for the vast majority of home theaters and anyone who wants to take advantage of the latest audio surround formats."
High Def Digest Reviews the Prime Elevation Loudspeaker
"A perfect speaker solution for Atmos channels. Far more neutral, precise and better sounding than the competition and I love the flexible mounting. I've reached a caliber in my setup that I never dreamed possible."
Screen Anarchy Reviews the Prime Elevation Loudspeaker
Performed well in a variety of roles…Great option for Dolby Atmos, without the hassle of cutting into the ceiling and routing wire through the walls and ceiling.
LifeWire Reviews the Prime Elevation Speaker
This is one of the smartest and most practical speakers I've ever come across…The perfect height speaker for any Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, or Auro-3D installation...Stunning!
PCWorld Reviews the Prime Elevation
The sound was absolutely extraordinary. They offer so many possibilities, and can adapt to so many circumstances. No matter where we put them, or the kind of audio we pumped through them, they handled everything brilliantly.
The Master Switch Reviews the Prime Elevation
"The Elevations are just too good to use only as height channels…Highly recommended…A 10 out of 10 from me on this one." -Widescreen Review
Prime Elevation Review by Widescreen Review
"SVS has another winner on its hands with the Prime Elevation speaker, and kudos to the company for thinking outside the box to consider the needs of those who don't have the perfect listening space. This little guy can wear many hats…and wear them well."
HomeTheaterReview.com Reviews the Prime Elevation
Hear our president discuss why Prime Elevation is the world's most versatile home theater speaker and how it delivers a highly immersive, uncompromised height effects speaker experience with Tom and Rob on the AVRant Podcast. -AVRant Podcast #467
AVRant Interview with Gary Yacoubian, SVS President
"These are more than just Atmos Speakers. They have a very unique design that's super versatile. A lot of engineering went into this and it will really change how people think about home theater speakers." -HTGuys (podcast)
HTGuys on Prime Elevation
"As a company that stands behind real science in audio, it's not surprising that SVS has come up with an elevation [height effects] speaker that relies on sending the direct sound to the listener rather than the compromised bounce popularized by Dolby Speakers. Very exciting." -Audioholics
Audioholics on Prime Elevation
"As you'll see, its unique design and positioning possibilities make it an excellent candidate to help marry multiple surround and immersive formats available on the market today." -HomeTheaterShack
Home Theater Shack on Prime Elevation
"Adaptable is the term best used to describe SVS's new Prime Elevation speakers. The trapezoidal speakers are flexible enough to be used for a multitude of home theater configurations." -AVProductReviews
AVProductReviews on Prime Elevation
"Because the entire Prime series is timbre matched, the addition of the Prime Elevation to the lineup vastly expands the potential of the system. It's nice to see reflected sound elevation channel option that isn't tied to one specific immersive format." –AVSForum.com
AVSForum.com on Prime Elevation
"While we would all love to have the perfectly shaped theater room, or even dedicated space, it's almost never a reality and that's where a directional speaker like Prime Elevation can make a mountain of difference. I think it's a fantastic idea." –MissingRemote.com
MissingRemote.com on Prime Elevation
"Because many audio and home theater enthusiasts cannot install in-ceiling speakers, the Prime Elevation speakers provide a perfect solution for individuals who want to take advantage of immersive audio formats such as Dolby Atmos*, DTS:X, and Auro-3D." –PoorAudiophile
The Poor Audiophile on Prime Elevation
"Brings immersive sound to life, while offering an insane amount of versatility because of its size and mounting system. I was impressed with the speaker's controlled crispness as volume increased. The Elevations have a breadth of sound and wide dispersion that literally creates a blanket effect. Well done, SVS. Atmos has never sounded this good!"
AV Nirvana Reviews the Prime Elevation Loudspeaker


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A Colorful Fiesta Wedding in Succop Nature Park in Butler, Pennsylvania
Nicole Makrinos (30 and a Spanish teacher) and Roberto Canella (31 and a lawyer and paralegal) honored their respective Greek and Mexican backgrounds by infusing their nuptials with cultural traditions and a vibrant palette of red, pink, yellow and orange.
"You can never have too many flower girls," Nicole says of enlisting the help of four tutu-clad attendants to sprinkle petals down the alfresco aisle. "I wanted all of them to look like little fairies."
Nicole wore an A-line tulle dress complete with a sweetheart neckline and hand-beaded lace appliqué detailing.
The couple tied the knot in a bilingual Mexican lasso ceremony that called for a beaded rope to be placed over their shoulders.
A custom papel picado was strung up throughout the reception space, while table numbers were written in both English and Spanish. For an added pop of color, tables were topped with vibrant zinnia centerpieces made from flowers homegrown by the couple.
The newlyweds shared a sentimental first dance to the Spanish hit "Sabes" by Reik.


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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Lipton Pyramid Teas
A few weeks ago I reviewed Black Pearl, one of Lipton's new premium teas. I wasn't overly impressed.
As I look back over the review, I realize that I skimmed over the fact that Black Pearl was only one of six varieties Lipton was introducing. In fact, I didn't mention it at all. So now I am.
Here's what Lipton has to say about their new line:
"Lipton(R) Pyramid Teas are made with innovative, pyramid-shaped, gossamer tea bags that allow the long leaf tea and real pieces of fruit more room to infuse for greater aroma, color and taste. This is the first premium tea of its kind offered in mass-market retail and grocery stores. Similar premium teas can only be found at online shopping sites at ultra premium prices."
Suggested retail price is $3.49 for a 20-count box.
The other five varieties:
White Tea with Island Mango and Peach
Green Tea with Mandarin Orange
Red Tea with Harvest Strawberry and Passionfruit
Bavarian Wild Berry Tea
Vanilla Caramel Truffle Tea
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- ParisBreakfasts said...
I found you thru blog s'cool & I want to come back and spend more time. Very neat site! Plus I need to bone up for the Festival du Thé end of October..I've written a bit about French teas but this site is encyclopedic.
- R.E.D. said...
The translucent Pyramid tea bag is made of PET plastic, and is not biodegradable.
You take a perfectly good biodegradable product and MAKE IT OUT OF PLASTIC!! I wouldn't be buying these again.
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Softball Players of the Week - No. 8
By Chad Waller, NAIA Director of Communications & Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jordyn Brown (pictured above left) of Concordia (Ore.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week and Natalie Newell of Bethel (Ind.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Hardy and Kim were chosen based on their performances from April 23 - 29 out of a pool of conference player of the week selections among 24 conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings. This is the final weekly award for the 2012 season.
Brown, a 5-foot-6 senior pitcher from Hillsboro, Ore., batted .667 (10-for-15) in six games last week for the Cavaliers. She had five multi-hit games, including a 2-for-3 effort in a 5-4 road win at No. 17 Corban (Ore.) on April 27. Also in that game, Brown collected a double, scored a run and smashed a game-winning three-run homer. In the first contest of the doubleheader against Corban, she tossed a five-inning, 12-4 victory from the circle.
For the week, she led the team with eight RBIs and rapped seven extra-base hits. She posted a 1.400 slugging clip, had five doubles and scored three runs.
Newell, a 5-foot-9 freshman from Goshen, Ind., compiled a 3-0 record on the week to improve to 12-0 in the Mid-Central College Conference. She earned both wins of a doubleheader at Marian (Ind.) on April 23 as she tossed 14 innings and allowed three earned runs. Newell struck out 16 batters, including 10 in the 2-1, game one victory. On April 26, Newell capped her week with a five inning, no-hitter against Taylor (Ind.) as she fanned 11 Trojans. She continued her no-hit streak by pitching three more no-hit innings in the save in game two. In total against Taylor, Newell threw eight innings of no-hit ball while striking out 19 batters.
In NAIA statistics, Newell ranks fifth in batters struck out per nine innings (13.0), 11th in opponent batting average (.171) and 24th in total wins (18).
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
Player Nominees: Kari Kviten, Berea (Ky.); Kelsie Bridgeford, Bellevue (Neb.); Sydney Broderick, Cumberland (Tenn.); Lyndsay Swafford, Ottawa (Kan.); Bethany Armstrong, Northwood (Texas); Courtney Dennis, Central Methodist (Mo.); Hannah Gardner, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Haley Johnson, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Briana DeFlavio, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Shelby Anderson, Williams Baptist (Ark.); Katie Bowers, Huntington (Ind.); Heather Haegele, Jamestown (N.D.); Hallie Minch, Madonna (Mich.); Kami Kuhlmann, Northwestern (Iowa); Bailey Dillender, Campbellsville (Ky.); Katie Rietkovich, South Carolina Beaufort; Nikki Roddy, Reinhardt (Ga.); Kim Frazier, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Mallory Blodgett, William Jessup (Calif.).
Pitcher Nominees: Sarah Elizabeth Cousar, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Lenzie Boring, Evangel (Mo.); Ashley Renaldi, Ottawa (Kan.); Brandi Richards, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Carlie Giarmo, Aquinas (Mich.); Kristina Krupinski, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Karisa Hendrix, Williams Baptist (Ark.); Jennifer Whitehead, William Penn (Iowa); Jessica Bock, Central Baptist (Ark.); Keely Bracelin, Northwestern (Iowa); Kristy Cook, South Carolina Beaufort; Maddie Monroe, Reinhardt (Ga.); Taylor Schmidt, Oregon Tech; Lily LaVelle, Oklahoma City; Kayla Duke, Indiana Southeast; Emily Buhrkuhl, William Jessup (Calif.); Sarah Boyer, Judson (Ill.).
2012 Softball Weekly Honors (Player; Pitcher):
Week 1: Jordan Reynolds, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Brooke Thomas, Union (Tenn.)
Week 2: Brittany Kent, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Kelly Robey, Union (Tenn.)
Week 3: Jennifer Ringle, Lee (Tenn.); Nickayla Skinner, College of Idaho
Week 4: LeeAnn Lopez, Oklahoma City; Maddie Monroe, Reinhardt (Ga.)
Week 5: Brianne Rowley, William Penn (Iowa); Sierrah Garcia, Iowa Wesleyan
Week 6: Charlsie Broome, Shorter (Ga.); Hollind Englert, Bethany (Kan.)
Week 7: Jessica Hardy, Columbia (Mo.); Rita Kim, Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
Week 8: Jordyn Brown, Concordia (Ore.); Natalie Newell, Bethel (Ind.)


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I recently had the chance to watch Pelada, a remarkable soccer documentary that follows two Americans on a journey around the world in pursuit of pick-up games. It's a simple premise, but the experiences and people they encounter around the globe are wonderful to watch. If you consider yourself a soccer fan, this is one documentary that you must seek out.
When the film recently made its South Florida debut, I was fortunate to catch the film at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood with some of the soccer royalty from the southern tip of this great country. In the audience were Thomas Rongen, Fernando Clavijo, Miami FC, Phil Schoen, Ray Hudson and many others. Thankfully, I had a chance to capture Ray Hudson's introduction to the film and I also interviewed the star of the film, Gwendolyn Oxenham.
Below you'll find a 15-minute edition of the EPL Talk Podcast which features both the Hudson introduction and the conversation with Oxenham.
Wherever you live in the world, try to watch the unforgettable film. More information can be found at http://pelada-movie.com/


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Facebook first announced news of its plans for an app store as a way to drive additional revenue streams through payments on the same day it admitted that migration of its users to mobile may negatively affect revenues ahead of the IPO in May.
The App Centre aims to showcase "the best social apps" from across the web and is available on Facebook.com, as well as Facebook's iOS and Android app.
At the moment the service is only available in the US but Facebook is intending to roll it out globally in the "coming weeks".
The centre helps users to discover apps for Facebook or directs them to Google and Android app stores if it has to be downloaded.
It will also allow developers to charge for Facebook apps for the first time and set up pages to promote their product on Facebook.
Consumers will need to use Facebook Credits to purchase the apps, meaning Facebook will take a 30% cut of revenue.
New apps created specifically for the App Centre include Ghost Recon Commander, Jetpack Joyride, and Ghosts of Mistwood.
The news comes in the same week Facebook announced it would be allowing advertisers to purchase mobile specific ad placements, rather then having to purchase them as part of a bundle, as part of the social network's efforts to boost mobile ad sales.
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So why is Yoda's noggin so prominent on the prequel trilogy box? He certainly didn't play that big of a role in those movies. No biggie though - more interested in the discs.
Is everything from the previous DVD releases included in this set?
BTW, go Thunder.
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December 2009
From December 4 through 6, 2009, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, hosted a retreat on the Christmas Gospels that featured the wisdom and insight of Fr. Gregory Jensen. Fr. Gregory was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Eminence Metropolitan MAXIMOS at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, he and his wife live in Madison, Wisconsin, where Matushka Mary works as a lawyer and Father earns his keep as an independent scholar and writer. In this series of lectures, Fr. Gregory reexamines the Gospel passages associated with Christmas, paying particular attention to the various ways in which the good news of Christ's birth was received by those around him.
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