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In the tech industry, convenience and sound quality don't always see eye-to-eye – as shown by accessible and affordable streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music making average sound quality popular again.
'Premium' services like Tidal and Qobuz have tried to balance the scales by offering CD-quality streams, but the best-of-both-worlds aspiration truly lies with hi-res audio streaming.
But we're told that anything worth having is worth waiting for – something we've been reminding ourselves as the arrival of a true hi-res music streaming service has teetered on the edge of fruition for quite some time.
It's been two years since we first got wind of Tidal working with MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology to deliver hi-res audio streaming, and over a year since we first heard the promising consequence at CES 2016.
Changes in Tidal's administration delayed its arrival, but at CES 2017, Tidal launched 'Tidal Masters': hi-res MQA streams, available to subscribers of its £20 per month HiFi package.
MORE: MQA audio - What is it? How can you get it?
What is it?
You've probably heard of Tidal, a music streaming service that's separated itself from mainstream moguls Spotify and Apple Music by offering CD-quality streams at a slightly more premium subscription price.
MQA, first launched by Meridian in 2014 but now a separate company, is essentially a codec technology that packages studio quality music files into a smaller size that's easier to stream and download – without needing huge amounts of bandwidth and claiming to avoid the sonic sacrifices traditionally associated with audio compression.
Tidal says MQA allows it to deliver songs to its subscribers exactly how they were recorded in the studio – regardless of resolution size. If you're already feeling pangs of excitement, you might want to know how can you get your ears around such files.
As well as a Tidal HiFi membership (currently you can sign up for a 60-day free trial), you'll need to download the Tidal desktop app for PC or Mac. While Tidal also has a web player and iOS and Android app versions, Tidal Masters aren't yet available on those platforms.
Alternatively, you can listen via the MQA-ready Bluesound Node 2 streamer, which connects directly to Tidal Masters files (accessible via the Bluesound app), negating the need for a computer-hosted Tidal desktop app.
MORE: Apple Music vs Spotify – which is better?
Before you jump in, some boxes need ticking to make sure you're getting the Masters in all their MQA glory. In Tidal's settings, 'HiFi/Master' quality must be selected under 'Streaming'.
Listening through your computer or laptop speakers, via its 3.5mm headphone output, or through a connected (non-MQA-enabled) DAC gives the Tidal desktop app the reigns over MQA's core decoding, which has a limited output of 24-bit/96kHz. In other words, even if you're streaming a 192kHz file, it'll only be unpackaged to 96kHz.
The benefit of owning (currently limited) kit with built-in MQA decoders, such as the Audirvana Plus 3 computer software – announced at CES 2017 – or Meridian's Explorer DAC 2, is that all decoding is done by the hardware (bypassing the app in this respect altogether), which can unpackage the entire MQA file for playback in its original resolution.
In order for devices to be given the green light, the 'Passthrough MQA' and 'Exclusive Mode' boxes within Tidal's sound output settings must be selected.
MORE: Merdian Explorer 2 review
According to the streaming service, Tidal Masters will typically (although not exclusively) be 24-bit/96kHz, as opposed to the 16-bit/44.1kHz (CD-quality) streams on the hi-fi tier. And there are 30,000 tracks currently available in the format.
However, only a minority (just over 400 albums) are easily discoverable in the Tidal desktop app, found in the album tab under the 'What's New' umbrella, labelled 'Masters'.
A range of musical appetites are accounted for, however while there are new albums available, including Beyonce's Lemonade and Sturgill Simpson's A Sailor's Guide to Earth, plus albums from lesser-known bands such as The Modern Jazz Quartet and Rhiannon Giddens, the majority are back catalogues of renowned artists, from Coldplay and The Black Keys to Pink Floyd, The Doors, Muse and David Bowie.
The other 25,000-odd Masters (such as Fleetwood Mac's remastered Tusk) are buried within Tidal's 40m+ database of tracks.
Nothing on the library interface flags them up, no track or album information gives it away, and they aren't searchable in the search bar either. You'll only know a track is MQA when you play it and 'Master' appears in the playback bar.
MORE: Record labels and streaming services announce support for hi-res music
A file's resolution remains a mystery too unless you own a piece of compatible MQA hardware like the Meridian Explorer DAC 2, which lights up to show whether a track has a sampling rate of 88kHz or 96kHz, or 176kHz or 192kHz.
MQA technology isn't limited to hi-res audio, however. CD-quality files can also be packaged into the codec too, with MQA being a more efficient and better sounding option to the standard WAV or FLAC bundling.
We pick a random selection of 40 MQA albums from the 'What's New' section. According to the Meridian, only nine have a resolution of under 88kHz – the remaining 31 are a mix of 88kHz or 96kHz and 176kHz or 192kHz.
In an ideal world you wouldn't need an MQA-enabled DAC for such enlightenment, or have to search blindly for Masters in the service.
It would be more intuitive for Tidal Masters to have its own section in the main side-bar menu, where they're all discoverable, perhaps even filtered into genres like the rest of Tidal's catalogue.
But it's early days and we expect it will mature with greater functionality along the way.
Sound quality
We try it out with an Apple Macbook Air, a £400 Chord Mojo DAC (also, a Meridian Explorer DAC 2), and a pair of Grado SR325e over-ears (£280), and the Master tracks clearly offer the newfound streaming audiophile a sonic upgrade to the 'hi-fi' (ie. non-MQA, CD-quality) ones.
A 2015 remaster of The Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane (a 176kHz or 192kHz file according to the Meridian) seems a good place to start – and a revealing one at that.
Over the CD quality version, the Master makes more sense of the introductory mash of guitar lines.
It's less disorganised and given more space and expression, can pluck out each intertwining melody, making it sound a lot less like a teenage band's first practice.
As Reed utters "I'm in a rock and roll band", it confidently clings onto the charismatic delivery of the vocal, which is made more compelling thanks to extra solidity.
The strummed acoustic chords that sandwich it carry a greater sense of tangibility, while cymbals can be heard more clearly underneath the fervor.
With Touché Amoré's New Halloween (88kHz or 96kHz – again, as per the Meridian's reading), the idiosyncratic drumming tows the electric guitar-driven melody so that the track's convoluted pattern, mostly lost in the CD-quality version, can emerge.
The greater impact of brutally crashing instrumentals is proof of the Tidal Master's dynamic embrace, as is the extra pithiness and force of drum hits.
Just as you wouldn't make the most of a 4K Blu-ray through a poor-performing telly, the sonic advantages of Tidal Masters won't be as apparent through a budget pair of in-ears plugged straight into a laptop's output, so investing in a good DAC and headphones (not too dissimilar to the standard we're using here) is necessary.
Tidal and MQA set out on a mission to bring hi-res streaming to the masses, and despite taking a while to get out of the gate, their partnership has paid dividends.
As with new technologies, further patience is warranted as we wait not only for support from key manufacturers for more hardware choices, but also other streaming services to get onboard.
As Tidal settles to its MQA adoption, we hope interface developments will follow too.
But for now, the venture has successfully laid down solid foundations from which the MQA and hi-res streaming experience can only evolve.
MORE: MQA hands-on review


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"Each friend represents a world within us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." ~ Anais Nin Vita dolce far niente...
Friday, December 31, 2010
Closing cycles...
I am linking to Paulo Coelho's blog he has just published...
Closing cycles...
Thank you my friends, as I have said before, for travelling the road with me... My road has been bumpy and hard underfoot this year, with many a twist and turn... thank for all the kind words and prayers for Mom and I...
I wish you all a Happy New Year... Rich in health, family, love and life....
until next year 2011...
Friday, December 24, 2010
And now, this morning Franco and I went to friends for a late lunch, we went to Miramar first down at Las Lagunas, how busy? very busy! Everyone was shopping like it was Christmas Eve!!! Oh yes it is isn't it! And yesterday down at La Canada it was the same, difficult to walk a straight line, due to many people going in all directions! And we only went in to get some curtain pole supports... you know, the thing you want most just at Christmas time!!! We also bought a curtain pole of course, which was great fun to carry out of there, the Christmas decs are only about six foot high in some places and our 3metre pole was way higher than them!!! I could see Franco pulling them all down! We managed to negotiate the mall ok though, and fitted the pole in the car, and today, well tonight now I think Franco may put the pole up and we can hang the curtains!!! Well maybe....
Its just a short Blog today, Christmas Eve, below is something that came by way of fb, and I want to share with you all....
God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered come with me. With tearful eyes we watched and we saw you pass away. Although we love you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, he, only takes the BEST. Put this on your status if there is someone in heaven you will miss this xmas...
Merry Christmas everyone... thank you for hanging in there with me this year, its not been easy, but knowing I have friends *out there* who listen, without judgement, [well I can't hear you can I!!!], has been a great help.... I hope all your Christmas wishes and dreams come true... Make them happen.... take care....
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
But before I forget, you must zoom into above photo and check out the *cheeky* chap who is lingering near the castle, and to the right! Actually, know I have told you exactly where is he you won't be able to miss him!
This is the Alhaurín el Grande Nativity, of course, a wonderful piece of workmanship, a bit different this years from the past years.... Which is good, when I took a friend who had never seen it[gasp!] [shock!] [horror!] So was good for me to see something different myself, but just as excellent!
I think maybe a shot video would have been good, maybe tomorrow, if we can get the kayak out and paddle up stream to get to it!
This morning our electric did go out with one heluva bang, but couldn't find anything that had set it off, or rather taken it over its limit, so just put it back on, and it stayed on, gave Franco a shock, not literally, but it happened when he was up stairs and it was the up stairs network that went bang before throwing the whole lot off!
When did I last Blog? Heck a whole week ago! I'm sorry, I am not doing good, all I can think about is my Mom and how she was this time last year, and her Christmas card in absence is.... is... well just tearing at me...
And all the moves I seem to find on TV are sad, its just the simple part of a movie that did it for me yesterday, the movie itself, Noel, was fine, although the bit where Robin Williams said "tell you Mom its ok to let go now" got me going, but right at the end the daughters sat on her Mom's bed in hospital, the Mom took hold of her daughters hand and just held on.... And maybe I should be letting the movie go too because remembering it now, isn't doing me any good either.
This morning Pippa and I got out of the house, turned right, turned right again, then the heavens opened and we turned back around and got back home pronto! We were both soaked through in just a matter of minutes!
We went to Ikea the other day, got some nice smelly Christmassy candles, we haven't replaced the tree lights, so that look cheery, not!
What have we been doing all this week then? Yesterday, work, was very very quiet, but started well... The poor lady opening the rejas first thing, couldn't raise it up and a guy from Mercadona helped, only he didn't really, she hadn't taken out the keys! So up it went with the keys in situ and no way to open the store or reach the keys, this is when us other two arrived and we used a ladder from over the road, I volunteered to go up the ladder, on a slope, in the wet!!!??? And once up there realised the only way to release the keys was to pull the rejas back down, so I suggested we used the top of the ladder to pull it down, this was hilarious in itself! But we got the keys out and opened up the store!
Then a customer came and and told us a store down the road was chucking some things out! And she had told them about us, so I went down to let them know we would be collecting it tomorrow when there were more staff and to thank them.... Only they gave me a bag and said there was one more to come, I carried that back up, went back down and found the last bag was a huge black bin bag full of their unwanted stock! I couldn't carry it and got one of the guys there to carry it for me... Which caused a bit of an argument, they, being Chinese and not speaking a lot of Spanish, and me not speaking much Chinese! It did cause a few problems!!! And once over the Mercadona roundabout I told him thank you, and I'll take it from here, and he just gave me the huge heavy bag to carry... So that was fun!
One of girl got soaked through running an errand for the shop also, so we sent her back out for coffee's... well once your wet, how much more wet can you get??
We had coffee and mince pies and gently steamed....
Monday Franco and I went down to Fuengirola, popped in to see some friends, oh and went to La Trocho, twice, on Sunday we went to the market there and up stairs, as it was open, I saw a lovely coat which Franco said he would get me for Christmas, they didn't have my size and the man said he would bring in a couple of different sizes on the following morning, so we went there, at 10am... his stall wasn't open, nor did it the hour or so we waited about.... and on our return he was open, but didn't have the coats, said they didn't have any other sizes, but took my number in case... oh well C'est la vie...
And as mentioned we went to Ikea on Saturday, busy busy busy there... and later to Miramar in Las Lagunas, also very busy.... I think we went to El Corté Ingles on Monday? or Saturday, oh also we went into Coín on Monday... had some bills to pay for friends, five in all, couldn't pay them in Alhaurín, only town in the whole of Andalucia that you cannot pays the bills from Coín in!!!! When it list the banks, the BBVA which has the bar code reader payment machine in its doorways... even that wouldn't except it!!!
So off we went, four of the bills were just over 20€, but you couldn't put any more than 35€ in notes into the machine... the other bill had a limit of 50€, so we went to the cash desk first, thinking 50's would be ok, but then found otherwise, luckily a bank guy was doing something there already and took the money and changed it into notes we could use!!! We were causing a line up behind us, tough! One woman said, how long are you going to be? Franco turned round and said not long and she said, "I am double parked out there!" Franco said, well there's a car park just under here which is cheap and less chance of getting a ticket!!! Who double parks there car in Spain to go into a bank? Well ok, maybe lots do, but she was English, and we all know it can take half hour just to do one little thing in a bank, you can never expect to walk in go to the desk, and go out again!
The desk in this bank by the way, didn't have any customers at the desk, but there are many many signs saying bill payment at machine only, and it means it, even though we had all the money to pay the bills when we got change the woman wouldn't have offered to take them and the payment there!
Was good to have a coffee afterwards... and a pastry, [for me], and so much change, five bills and tonnes of change from the machine!!!!
Oh yes, also Monday, I had an 8:30 appointment at the doctors, almost forgot, although I still have the bruise to show for it! I have never had a bruise like this from a blood test, and so painful, she tied a piece of rubber round my arm so tight it was agony it was a wonder she got any blood out at all!
Then I had an EKG[ECG] That won't show up anything at all, I was laid out there in the freezing cold with what looked like a set of jump leads on my ankles, wrists and chest, for one minute, and not an irregular heart beat or palpitation moment, in that minute!
Well its still raining... outside and in my heart...
I feel for all my friends who have lost their Mom's this year... five, five other girls all without their Mom's this Christmas, just in my little circle, and thousands of others I know...
So before I bring you all down with me I think a mug of lovely hot chocolate will give me some good happy chemicals, for ten minutes!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
A Chocolate cake is in the oven, well sort of, its my normal crumb cake but with some cocoa powder in, and a couple of bananas which were on their way out, or off! so I chucked them in for good measure...
This morning down town, was cold, until the sun came over the Sierra de Mijas and warmed my back up! Down at Bar Cruz, started off with a té, but followed up with hot chocolate, much bigger glass than the té too! Good old cola cao chocolate powder...
I took some trousers back to the shop today, they were smaller than I thought, or am I bigger than I thought!!! Nah, the first thing I think!
Yesterday in the shop a couple of women were walking around for ages, and one of them bought a belt, and stole a top! We didn't realise until she had left the shop and another customer commented on the top, as she had liked it too, but it had left the building.... how sad is it to have to steel from a charity shop!
It was also like summer yesterday, well maybe not the extreme heat of summer we have here, but it was a wonderful warm day, only its today I have put washing on the line and am waiting for the sun to make it over the town hall and onto our terrace to reach the clothes! I came home and went up there to have a read with a coffee, but after half hour came back down, too cold in the shade, and with wet hair!!
Today, I am going to write out our Christmas cards, infact as soon as I leave you, I am going to do it! I am going to put on a CD, that old classic "Its a Wonderful Life" by Frank Capra...
and I shall do it now!
ps, enjoy the song...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Above and below out side the Globe Inn on the bank of the Grand Union Canal, on the outskirts of Linslade/Lieghton Buzzard, Bedfordshire...
Its a great pub, I was going to say little, but its quite big, there was a log fire burning and that smell was glorious. The food is pretty good too!
This is where I went with friends while I staying over.
Above is next doors[Tony and Kates] cat, the poor thing was seemingly out day and night! In the snow and ice! Patting at the door to come in, but we had to be strong, once in, it would have been cruel to turn it away next time....
This was the terrific view Tony had out of the windscreen on the morning we went up to see Barry in Nottingham.... Fog and snow, snow and fog!
I have just been reading back, and added a bit to a past post, a bit I remember now, but may not one day... I am having real trouble moving forward this week, I know this time last year, I knew it would be a miracle if Mom was still here this year and had thought ahead to now, but this isn't the now I thought I would feel.
I am always a bit of a procrastinator, but, I think I am almost moving backwards now! If I don't get a move on with our Christmas cards they will be arriving in time for Easter! Or not sent at all!
I want to just hole up and get in a little cocoon with warm milky drinks and soft sweet foods, I also want to slap myself out this feeling!
I enjoyed work this morning more than I thought I would, we had a laugh and although it wasn't very busy, we kept busy, and Thursday is the Christmas Bazaar which I am going in for, for just an hour or so...
We have some lovely Christmas lights up in the town so I will take some photos and post them soon. That's as soon as I have taken them!
I also want to take a friend to see the Alhaurín Nativity before she flys off to England for Christmas as I know she hasn't ever seen it!
We have bought the little lad next door his Christmas present, which I am in the mood for playing with! Its a small football table, his Dad will be pleased, he has to put it together first! And it doesn't look like a quick job either!
Talking of putting things off, I planned on writing the Christmas cards yesterday afternoon, put in a CD, The Golden Compass, as it happens, watched it to nearly the end, then fell asleep, woke up and had to find the bit in the CD to watch the last bit! Then came across a game on the PS3 which I couldn't leave alone!
... The Christmas cards? Nope never got round to doing them!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
May you. . .
May you find serenity and tranquillity in a world
You may not always understand.
May the pain you have known and conflict you have experienced
Give you the strength to walk through life
Facing each new situation with courage and optimism.
Always know that there are those whose love and understanding
Will always be there, even when you feel most alone.
May you discover enough goodness in others
To believe in a world of peace.
May a kind word, a reassuring touch, a warm smile be yours
Every day of your life,
And may you give these gifts as well as receive them.
Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.
Teach love to those who know hate,
And let that love embrace you as you go into the world.
May the teaching of those you admire become part of you,
So that you may call upon them.
Remember, those whose lives you have touched
And who have touched yours are always a part of you,
Even if the encounters were less than you would have wished.
It is the content of the encounter that is more important than it's
May you not become too concerned with material matters,
But instead place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart.
Find time in each day to see the beauty and love in the world around
Realize that each person has limitless abilities,
But each of us is different in our own way.
What you may feel you lack in one regard
May be more than compensated for in another.
What you feel you lack in the present
May become one of your strengths in the future.
May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility.
Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience.
May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by
And not be dependent on another's judgement of your accomplishments.
May you always feel loved.
Friday, December 10, 2010
I didn't dare look back to see when I last blogged amigos... Over two weeks ago, *red faced* and sorry, apologies mi amigos.... I don't know where I have been, physically yes, emotionally no...
So....... lets pull up a comfy wing backed chair, each [big room!], in front of the huge log fire, with a mug of creamy hot chocolate, and don't forget the marsh mallows on that for me! And I will begin...
... begin with the fact that I have had to make random notes in no particular order, just when I remembered things I have to tell you....
So, are we comfy? Then I will begin! See how I hesitate, what's the matter with me, I am amongst friends, ok, notes, and the photo above to get me going... Our little Nativity, that I have had since the mid nineties... I got it out of its boxes and put it in place Wednesday, my first real day home, as on my return I had a migraine [what's new], I took out all the people from their cosy homes in amongst the paper trimmings, and one was missing, and another chipped?
I really had to struggle to remember what could have happened, and after a couple of hours, I think when I put them away, in one heck of a hurry before going over to see Mom, and before the 12th night, I must have dropped one of the Kings surfs, and one of the other surfs base chipped... I am not really sure that's what happened, I can imagine I was in a hurry, but I truly have no recognition of putting them away.... You'll notice to the right of the stable, a little white speck of something, with a red top? That's a small snowman candle that has hung out there over the last few years.... He isn't a 'normal' Nativity symbol?
I noticed last evening when the candled flickered, that Mary, Jesus and the Angel's shadows moved on the back wall of the stable, it was a surreal moment until the candle calmed....
As I say Tuesday, lost to me altogether... It had been a nightmare trip home, friend dropped me off at Luton airport on Monday, about 11:30, maybe a bit early, thinking my flight was 2pm, not actually 2:40! So already an hour ahead of myself! Checked in quickly, only .02 over the 20kilo, and straight through the control check upstairs, being allowed into the express check in line! Muy bien!
Then it all went pear shaped[!], apparently our plane, coming in from Gibraltar couldn't land due to fog, so was sent to Birmingham, and another plane had to be found which could land and take off in fog, so it wasn't until 8pm we eventually took off for Spain.
There were many flights cancelled, or delayed, and I couldn't risk leaving my seat in search of food or drink, due to the many people sitting on the floors or just standing waiting for a chance of a seat, luckily I did have water and sweets! So I just sat, relaxed[sort of], and waited!
I cant remember having taken off in such dense fog, once on the run way approach, you could barely see the light from the terminal buildings any more, and when we had arrived, in day light, the top of the control tower was not even to be seen, only the leg!
The seating was changed to 'any seat' so bad luck for anyone who had paid extra for their extra leg room seat etc! But turned out I had a whole row to myself! As did all of us who just went up to the back!
The flight had been ok until the last half hour when we hit cloud over Spain, and the turbulence was awful! Not just up and down, but side to side! A bit of a white knuckle ride thrown in for good measure!
Franco was there to meet me and my rather foamy case, the foam turned out to be my mousse! The whole can had emptied out on route, leaving a few things moussed up and a bit damp! Apologies to other peoples cases ;-)
Once out into the night, now about midnight! The humidity was high, and home, the house felt humid too! It was about half past by then, and about 1am when we turned in...
I woke up with the migraine, and tried getting up about 5pm to get up, having breakfast, but it made me bad again, and didn't try again until Wednesday morning.... spent the day, emptying moussy case and housey stuff....
She looked ok... from a distance, and with the sun in your eyes.... Not me! Well maybe me, but I mean our car! Although up close, the peeling bumper, the poor paint condition, the scrapes and bumps and black ties!... apart from the lean to the left, she seemed to shassay up the road! Or it could have been a swagger! She didn't know she was on the way to be scrapped! Our poor baby car! She did us good for five years though for sure.. yesterday, Franco and I had been to the coast, got some bits and pieces, and home about 3pm! We were planning on staying in but had to go back down to the coast again, with our car, we got a call from a mate who could do the deed... So I drove the rental and Franco drove old Betsy[!] and down we went again!
The suspension finally gave up the ghost a week ago, and Franco had had to rent a car, we couldn't leave our car in the car park much longer, we had found a number in a paper of someone who would give us €100 and take the car, deal with the paper work and sell it on!!!! I one couldn't imagine anyone wanting to buy it, poor thing isn't road worthy any more and I would want some else risking life and limb driving it now! The last few days Franco had had some near misses with it! And also I couldn't have rested, I'm not sure if we would have received yearly tax bills, parking fines or speeding tickets, if not worse!
So hopefully this has been the right route and its bye bye baby, baby bye bye.... to our little Opal Corsa!
I got to walk Pippa yesterday morning, "at last" says Pip! And there was still a noisy cricket chirping away to remind me of summer, but not this morning, this morning there was a wayward wind, it didn't know which way to blow! Rain was for cast, and it has rained, not much, just a light sprinkling, I hadn't even noticed it rain, but just went up onto the terrace and its a bit damp!
This morning in town it was ok, little bit of sun even, but then as I was coming I could tell the rain was on its way... It was just cloud from over the Sierra de Mijas... but it felt heavy....!
We have one of those salt things, orangey and you put a tea light inside, do you know what I mean? Well when I moved the Nativity into place I found it was wet, not inside, but its outside and underneath, like it was melting... Very strange, but its made of salty stuff, I wondered if it was the humidity? I have been keeping a candle burning inside and it seems to be doing the trick!
I have had a couple of funny experiences to over the last couple of days... The first on Wednesday, I was using the little kitchen foldaway foot stall thingy, to give me a little more height to put the suitcase[minus mousse], back up on top of the wardrobe, when it slipped and hit the base of the wardrobe, and broke! Sending me flying! But I caught the case! With my face! And I was left having to just 'oike it up there! Pippa moved... she moved into the other bedroom when it broke!
Then today, I was changing the light bulb on the ceiling light on the landing... Franco had put the only spare bulb we had in there last week, a 25 watt! It was like poor candle light! So I am standing on the chair, and the the light fitting starts to move about a bit... horrible, its like at the market when the clothes are just floating on their rails... Same effect on me, vertigo, or something like! It makes my head swimmy! Anyway, no falling, and all done, we have light, bright light!
I have put up our tree, Franco says it looks a bit sparse... I'll have to get out the rest of the baubles! Not really in the Christmas spirit... And I must do our Christmas cards, cannot find the labels I had written out before I left for England, to take with me... Will probably find them, one day!
I brought a few things from an extra case that we couldn't bring back with us in March, an odd selection of things, wish they were things to do with the family now, the books with family names in etc, and any memorabilia, but I couldn't get to them in Tonys house...
I did bring back a camera of Mom's, I thought there were only 3 or 4 photos left to take and then I would get it processed, but as I turned the next picture, its a 'throw away' type, I have found, Mom had only taken 3 or 4 photos! I wonder what of though? so I will get the film used up as quickly as I can, to see....
In Nottingham, with Barry, they had the giant walk-in snow globe! Not sure if it was the one Mom and I went in at Milton Keynes, but there it was...
While I was in England and visiting family next door to Mom's it was a sad sad visit, I couldn't look at Mom's place, not the front room window, or the back door, it just tore my heart out all over again... When I left and walked away I felt like I had visited my Aunt and not Mom! And in the shops and on the streets where we would go, at every turn I thought I saw her... in one of her hats... just out of the corner of my eye... I have now been to lots of places we would go on my visits over, did it help? No not one iota, and I really thought it would, I was wrong. And just feel bereft all over again.
ok amigos, my notes are used up, and so am I, lots more to tell about my visit, happy things, but for now.... everybody out!


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On my commute to work this morning, $1.88 per gallon caught my eye.
Rarely pumping my own gas, I don't take too much notice of gas prices.
I do recall, however, complaining about the nearing $4.00 per gallon.
So, I am thankful for lower gas prices
and a thoughtful husband who fills up my gas tank.
I'd like to propose a "No Complaining" challenge this Thanksgiving.
I'll be the first to admit, it's more common to complain about something/anything, than it is to be grateful.
If you're up for it, "like" on Facebook for "No Complaining" Thanksgiving challenge.
Facebook friends: May the Psalms draw you near to God.
1 Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. 3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. 5 The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.
6 Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, 7 or he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.
If only you would listen to his voice today! 8 The Lord says, "Don't harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness. 9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did. 10 For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, 'They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.' 11 So in my anger I took an oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest'" (Psalm 95 NLT).


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I : 51.50 ft
J : 13.00 ft
P : 48.58 ft
E : 18.25 ft
Working Sail Area : 928.00 sq ft
The profile creates almost a "sport sedan" look for the 41DS, and its large polished-aluminum windows definitely sets the DS apart from its sister ship. Inside, the headroom has been increased 4" to a spectacular 6'10". The voluminous ceilings are covered with a light fabric called Whisper-Air, which combines with the increased light entering from the sizeable new windows to produce a comfortable, bright and open feel. OceanAire designer shades cover the windows when privacy is desired and add a nice decorative touch. Durable and handsome Everwear laminate flooring is being introduced by Luhrs Marine, the parent company of Hunter Marine, across most of its boating product, but the 41DS will get an exclusive "glossy" version. The standard two-cabin version has an aft master stateroom with queen innerspring mattress, cedar-lined hanging locker, built-in vanity, and a dual-entrance head with shower; the forward guest suite has a wide double berth, built-in vanity, and private head with shower. A three-cabin version is also offered. Galley highlights include a custom stainless steel refrigerator and freezer, dual deep sinks, pantry, gimbaled two-burner propane stove with oven, a glass-fronted lighted dishware cabinet and deluxe Corian countertops. The 41DS maintains the 41's sail plan and hull design. The B & R rig with a large mainsail and smaller head sail is a Hunter trademark, and all the running rigging is within reach of the cockpit to make sailing single-handed a breeze. Furling mainsail is an option. The innovative steel overhead traveler arch keeps the deck safe and uncluttered, and offers a great place to connect a bimini or attach stereo speakers. A more vertical bow profile is utilized to maximize waterline length and decrease pitching motion.
100 gallons of water (2 x 50)
35 gallons holding tank (1 tank)
Aft Head - Electric - Macerator w/Fresh Water Flush
Aft Head w/Separate Shower
Air Conditioning/Reverse Heat - two zone
Hot Water heating
Salon Couch with large pull out drawer
Leatherette salon cushions
Pullman Berth Forward w/Private Head/Shower & Ensuite w/Stainless Sink
Large medicine cabinet in forward Head
Queen bunk in owner's cabin (accepts standard size sheets)
Vanity in Owner's Cabin
12V cabin fan in Owner's cabin
Large Closet with shelves in Owner's cabin
Salon Dinette Converts to Large Berth
Spacious Cockpit with Seating for 8-10
Windows Galore - Tons of Natural Light
Solid companionway doors with custom insert screens
Leaf for salon table
Cockpit cushions
Portable Electric Ice Maker (2015)
4 Line Clutches Port Coach Roof
4 Line Clutches Starboard Coach Roof
8 Opening Deck Hatches w/Integrated Oceanaire Shade/Screens
4 Opening Ports with Oceanaire Shade/Screens
2 Opening Ports in Aft Cabin
Aft Rail Seats with Teak Slats and Cupholders
Bimini with Full Enclosure with Screens in 2015 (excellent condition)
2 additioanl side screens for enclosure 2015
Hunter Stainless Steel Dinghy Davits and Solar Arch
Dinghy: 10' 2" Highfield CL310 Hypalon Inflatable 2015 Aluminum bottom with Bow locker
Fold-Away Fiberglass Cockpit Table w/Integrated Grabrail
Hot and Cold Cockpit Shower
Life Ring Throwable PFD
Magma Infrared Grill with Magma Cover
Outboard: 2015 Honda 15HP Electric Start with battery
Propane Tanks: 3
Watermaker - Aquamaxx New Installation, Never Used (75% installed)
2 Bow Cleats
2 Cleats Aft
2 Cleats Amidships
2 Stainless Steel Grab Rails on Deck
3 Generous Cockpit Lazarettes
4 Winches in Cockpit
5' Draft - Shoal Keel
Bow Thruster - helm mounted joystick
Integrated Line Stowage in Forward Cockpit
Large Locker, transom starboard side
Molded Non-Skid Decks (in perfect condition)
New Anti-Fouling Paint Every Year
New 10 mil Barrier coat in 2015
Propane Locker, transom port side
Stainless Steel telescoping Swim Ladder
Transom seat lowers to swim platform
Folding Lewmar helm wheel
5 Fenders & 7 Dock lines
12V & 110V Electrical panel w/three shore power cables
Balmar Smartgauge Battery Monitor 2015
Batteries: 4 - 6V House Bank (470 Amp Hours)
Batteries: Separate Starter Battery (12 volt)
Entire Boat lighting converted to LED including navigation lights
Solar: 2 x 90 watt (180 watts total)
Airmaax Wind Generator with controller
Xantrex 2000 Battery Charge Controller
Acu-Rite Digital Weather Display
Bose 321 Entertainment System with Speakers & Subwoofer
Chart cards from the Great Lakes to the Bahamas
E120 Raymarine Chartplotter
Glomex TV Antenna with booster
Binnacle Compass
Hunter Marine Tank Systems Monitor
Icom Handheld VHF Radio
Icom VHF Marine Radio IC-M601 with Ram Mic at Helm
Raymarine 6001 Auto pilot with Octopus Hydraulic pump
ST60 Raymarine Wind/Depth/Speed Instruments
JVC 12V stereo in cockpit with Sony Speakers
Raymarine 2kw Radar
Wirie-AP Internet booster (2014)
3-Blade Feathering Variprop - Bronze
50 gallons of fuel (1 tank)
Alternator upgraded 160 Amp w/Serpentine Belt
New Zincs
Yanmar 54 HP 1750 Hours
Automatic fire suppression system
Racor primary fuel filter
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal 2017
Dish Storage w/Drying Rack and Fan
Double Stainless Steel Sink
Stainless Steel Freezer Nova Cool
Hideaway Trash Bin
Professional-Kitchen Style Trash Sweep from Countertop
Stainless Steel Refrigerator Nova Cool
Tappan Microwave
Force 10 - 2 burner stove with oven
Corian Countertops with clear acrylic backsplash
Large built in Pantry cupboards
In floor dry goods bin
200 Ft All Chain Rode - 5/16 (2015)
Anchor Marker Float
Anchor Swivel - Mantus
Nylon Anchor bridle with Mantus hook
Cleat Inside Anchor Locker
Double Anchor Rollers
Mantus Anchor 65lb Galvanized Steel
Simpon-Lawrence Windlass Electric
3 Vertical Battens on Main
64' Air Draft (including VHF Antenna)
All Running Rigging Feeds Back to Cockpit
FinDelta Riding Sail 2017
Doyle Main sail - In mast furling
Furlex Roller Furling Doyle Headsail 110%
Jib reconditioned in 2017 (excellent condition)
Main reconditioned in 2015 (excellent condition)
Selden Rodkicker Boom Vang
This listing is presented to you courtesy of a member of the International Yacht Brokers Association and may be centrally listed with another broker. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


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I woke up early, got everything ready and headed out the door.
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which I got in my Bulu box and tried for the first time.
I was feeling great miles 12, 13, 14...feeling very confident, like I got this! When suddenly it all changed. I mean, one minute I was feeling awesome, the next I wanted to die. (Maybe that is 'the wall'?)
I felt like I had shin splints, which I haven't had in years, then I started feeling like no way in heck can I do another marathon. I just can't do it. I can do half's and LOVE them, but anything more than that is pure torture. Why would I even want to do this to myself?
I decided to sit down for a couple minutes to recoup. I reached out to my IG friends for some much needed encouragement. That helped more than I can say! At that point I had 2 miles to go.
At mile 14, I purposely made sure I ran a 4 mile out and back, so that I couldn't quit early. My car was 2 miles away, so I had no choice but to finish.
So I got up and finished my run. And I didn't die.
I think for next week's 20 I will bring some sour patch kids candy with me. I've used them for a couple marathons before, and that sugar really seems to help.
Saturday evening my legs felt great, hardly even sore. But then my back started hurting! The rest of the day and then all day Sunday I had horrible back pain. It hurts to sit, stand, turn any direction. It's strange! I have never had back pain before, so this is really unusual.
I WILL do this, you guys. I will, I will. I can't expect it to be easy. It's freakin 26.2 miles, after all. It's supposed to be hard. The hard is what makes it great. Pushing through the hard times and not giving up makes me stronger, mentally and physically.
Ironman Louisville was happening here Sunday, so I spent a few hours watching the finish line live stream. That always puts things in perspective for me. If these people can do a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and then run a marathon, there is no reason I can't run a marathon!
Anyone else have back pain after a run?
How do you push past 'the wall'?


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Living in Chennai?
Living in Chennai
Expats living in Chennai will be steeped in cultural history. Chennai, or "Madras", as it used to be known, is the state capital of Tamil Nadu. The British established themselves here in the 1600s and there are many monuments in the city referring back to the colonial era.
The town, back then called Chennapattnam, which developed around the British fort, became an important center for international trade and regional politics. Today, living in Chennai has become a multiethnic and multicultural experience.
India's Fourth Most Populous City and Its People
There are approximately 9 million people currently living in the Chennai metropolitan area. This makes it the fourth most populous city in all of India. Most of the local residents are Tamils, but there are also significant minorities of other demographic groups from South Asia, e.g. Telugu people, Bengalis, Punjabi, and Anglo-Indians.
Most of the population thus considers Tamil to be their official language, with Telugu in a distant second place. If you are an English speaker, though, living in Chennai should not be a problem. This is another lingua franca in the city, especially among white-collar workers, and most people can speak at least a few words.
As far as religion is concerned, you will find some Muslims and Christians living in Chennai, but the vast majority of the population is Hindu. They take their religion very seriously — hundreds of temples are scattered across the city.
This also means that there are plenty of festivals throughout the year, and everyone is encouraged to participate! The biggest of these is Thai Pongal, which is celebrated over a period of several days in January. If you are living in Chennai during this time of the year, you could join the local population in celebrating this Tamil harvest festival.
Sun, Sand, and a Sunday Morning Market
One very enjoyable aspect of living in Chennai is the scenery, in particular its two main beaches, Marina Beach and Elliot's Beach. Unfortunately, as a result of rapid urban expansion, the beaches' once pristine state has somewhat deteriorated.
Marina Beach is the largest urban beach in India, and one of the longest in Asia. It lies to the east of the city, just three kilometers from the center, so it can be easily reached by everyone living in Chennai. The drive along the beach, which runs the length of Chennai, is recommended for its lovely palm trees and numerous monuments. The beach itself is lined with street sellers, hawkers, and entertainers, and is usually packed with people trying to escape the city.
Avoid the water, though, as there is a strong undercurrent that can take swimmers by surprise. Most people will bring a picnic and enjoy the bustling atmosphere on the sand. This is also true for Elliot's Beach (aka Besant Nagar Beach), where it is advised that you remain in the cleaner, northern part of the beach. Elliot's Beach is slightly quieter than Marina Beach, offering a nice respite from the hectic pace of Chennai.
Try to make it to the Sunday morning fish market on Marina Beach. Shopping amongst the locals and trying to bargain like one will give you an excellent taste of what living in Chennai encompasses. Remember to never settle for their first offer!
A Cultural Scene Fitting Chennai's Heritage
Although you might be living in Chennai for a long period of time, you should still experience the cultural sights which the city has to offer tourists and residents alike. One of your first stops will probably be Fort St. George. Built in 1640 by the East India Company, this is believed to be the first British establishment in India.
In the fort you can find St. Mary's Church, one of the oldest surviving churches built by the British in India. To complement this, you can visit various Hindu temples, such as Kapaleeswarar Temple and Vadapalani Temple, to get a truly good grasp of life in Chennai today.
The Madras High Court is also worth a visit. Its impressive architecture is fitting for the world's second largest judicial complex. If after seeing the city you feel like experiencing something more natural, try the Guindy National Park. Located in the heart of the city, this park provides a pleasant and, given its central location, surprising escape from the noise and traffic of Chennai.
A Low Crime Rate, but Teasing and Traffic Remain an Issue
Chennai is relatively safe compared to other major cities in India. The crime rate of the city is significantly lower. Property crimes like pick-pocketing, scams, and occasional muggings are probably the most widespread crimes involving foreign visitors or residents. So, try not to carry large amounts of cash or important documents with you.
However, if you are an expat woman living in Chennai, you may still have to cope with the South Asian phenomenon of "Eve teasing". This is a euphemism for harassment — sexual or otherwise — of women on the streets. The police often turn a blind eye to this sort of crime, and it is therefore best to take preventative measures: Travel in groups, if possible; be alert if you are alone; limit your interaction with strangers; and dress conservatively and inconspicuously.
Living in Chennai should not hold any other significant risks — other than maybe the traffic. Be extremely careful when trying to cross a road, and do not drive yourself if you are not used to chaotic traffic and risky behavior on the road.
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Princess Royal to visit Doncaster next week to open new rail depot
The Princess Royal is set to open a new rail depot in Doncaster next week.
She will visit the town's iPort logistics hub on Wednesday to officially open the iPort Rail Intermodal Rail Freight Facility.
The facility is the first inland rail freight terminal to be opened in the UK for over a decade and is being described as a huge milestone for Yorkshire as well as the rail freight industry.
The 830 acre iPort estate offers 6 million sq ft of buildable logistics space with Amazon currently the largest occupier.
The firm occupies two large warehouses, one of which is the same size as 15 football pitches and 0.5 km in length.
The project is on track to create at least 5,000 new jobs in the region and the facility allows occupiers to move goods in and out of the site via rail.
An average train at iPort will remove approximately 60 HGV lorries off the road, and every tonne of freight carried by rail produces at least 70% less CO2 than if it was moved by road.


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Good graphic design begins with layout, and one of the key principles of design is alignment. Adobe Photoshop CS2 features a grid function you can access by going to View>Show>Grid. This feature makes perfect alignment of design elements a breeze. However, the grid in Photoshop is merely a layout tool, and it will not print with your design. Occasionally you may find you need a grid to use as an actual design element in your graphic. Fortunately there is a simple solution.
Decide the size of the squares needed in your grid. Divide the horizontal size of your grid by the number of squares desired to calculate the size of each square. For example, if your image is 1000 pixels wide and you want 10 squares across the document, each square would be 100 pixels by 100 pixels (1000/10=100).
Go to File>New and set the document size to the size of your square. Using the example in the previous step, the document size would be 100 pixels by 100 pixels.
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Go to Select>Inverse. This should make a backward L-shaped selection along the right and bottom of the square.
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So, one of the nerdy things I've chosen to do with my life is compose a list of parenting strategies that I find fall on the spectrum somewhere from 'useful to keep in the back of your mind' to 'I don't know how I'd parent without this'. (Right now, my list is mostly centered around dealing with toddlers and preschool-aged kids, but since I'm about to have a baby, I'll be compiling a list of those strategies over the next year.) In the hopes that this list might be of some use to someone else, I thought I'd go through and share the items on the list, a few at a time, with my thoughts and experiences tagged on. Here are the first five:
- Use unconditional love and praise. "I love watching you do x." "I love you because you're mine." "I love you no matter what." "It's nice to be here with you." A little kid's life is full of feedback, both positive and negative, verbal and nonverbal, where it's easy for them to link their behaviour to how much their parents love them. I try to regularly use no-strings-attached language like this to express that my happiness in them isn't hinged on their being 'good', but on their being my kid and being themselves. It's especially nice getting this parroted back to you as a little blonde boy slips his hand into yours and remarks confidingly, "I like being with you, Mummy."
- "Leaving well is part of coming next time." For regular outings, remind them that if they aren't able to leave a place well, you will pass up the next opportunity to go there. This is a great, great tool to have in your toolkit. It only takes a couple of reinforcements for your kids to learn that you mean business (for Scout Kid, it was missing out on a special bike ride with his daddy), it's catchy and easy to remember, and it drastically cuts back on the amount of whining that comes at the end of a fun outing. I use it for screen time as well, as that's another situation when the end of the time often results in a lot of whining.
- Involve them. A kid who feels they're part of what you're doing will have no desire to act out. For example, I can literally not recall one instance of the boys making mischief or being defiant while we were baking together. Although I can recall plenty of instances where ingredients were eagerly dumped in at random…
- When their behaviour makes life easier for you, pause and thank them, and tell them in specific terms how that behaviour benefitted you: "Thank-you for being so helpful in the grocery store. When you walked nicely beside the cart, it made it much easier for me to focus on getting the things on my list." "Thank-you for cleaning that up without being asked. Now I finished my work more quickly so we can spend time together." I don't like using praise as a motivator all that much (see #1 above; I want them to know that my love for them isn't hinged on how good they are) but I think expressing it as appreciation instead of praise changes the narrative such that they can see that they're bringing me happiness without feeling the pressure of bringing me happiness or risking losing my approval and delight in them. I've seen their behaviour in a few areas really blossom because of this technique, particularly the areas of 'not being little terrors at the grocery store' and in the area of playing together peacefully.
- Introduce non-verbal communication, with which you can both encourage and check your child silently. You can use the I-love-you sign across a room if your child seems troubled, or in a situation where you can't use words without sounding angry. A stern stare or raised eyebrows can be used instead of repeating an instruction. A thumbs-up can be a moment of encouragement and connection when you're in the middle of something but they're looking for some input. I love especially using a little hand-squeeze when we're walking together to say something like, "Isn't this nice, you and me?" They notice and smile up at me, and squeeze my hand back.
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I do not have a blanket scarf. Seeing you model one makes me want one! So cute:) love the many cozy ways to wear it so stylish. Adds class and finish to a outfit. Thanks for the inspiration for spiffing up an outfit. StephanieReplyDeleteReplies
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Almost right after posting this morning's update about how to help our neighbors recover from this past weekend's tornado damage, I received the following email from my friend Paula Burke of Burke Brothers Hardware:
My sister, Jamie, lives and teaches in an area of Wake Forest that was destroyed by the tornados. Many of her students and neighborhood families lost everything. Many families were not at home when the storm hit, and they are not even allowed back in their neighborhood/home due to the damages. They aren't even able to retrieve pictures, clothes, furniture, nothing. Many are still missing their pets 🙁 Can you even imagine?
The families and students are staying in surrounding churches. I will be volunteering this Saturday and will be bringing donations if you would like to help!
The churches are providing showers and are in need of shampoo, conditioner, toilet paper, soap, kid toys, and anything else you can think of that you'd miss if you lost your home. I am trying to put together some "hygiene kits" with travel size soaps, toothbrushes, etc. so it will be easy for individuals to carry as they find new homes.
Or, if you are like me and have limited funds to donate, you can volunteer time to help 🙂
If you have items you'd like to donate we can arrange a "pickup" – or for those of you close to Burke Brothers you can drop them off there.
Donate funds, donate items, or donate your time. Any of those are great!
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SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University men's basketball team is coming off one of its best seasons in the past 20 years. Despite two last-second losses in the Capital Athletic Conference and NCAA tournaments to end the 2015-16 season, the Sea Gulls bring high hopes, and three former first-team all-conference selections into 2016-17.
"The core of the group from last year, even though we lost five seniors, have improved their level of play," second-year Head Coach Andrew Sachs said. "We have a good nucleus back, but we have a lot of new faces. It's a big learning curve for us right now. We've got a good mix of transfers and freshman, so we're excited, but we have a long way to go."
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The back court is the area where the Sea Gulls lost the most depth, but have great young promise on the roster. With the graduation of Rocky Harris and Justin May, the Sea Gulls lost 44 minutes per game of playing time, but a bevy of young talent will lead the team into the future.
Senior Adrien Straughn will be with the team through Salisbury's contest against Christopher Newport University on December 17, with one semester of eligibility left. The New Carrollton, Maryland native started 19 games last year and averaged 28 minutes per game, dishing out just over two assists per game while scoring 9.9 points per game. He will have the task of getting the younger players comfortable in the system, and will stay on as an assistant coach through the spring semester.
The heir apparent taking over the point guard spot will be Al Leder. The freshman from Bethesda, Maryland played his high school basketball at the Bullis School, but missed much of his senior season due to injury.
"Al is a crafty player and has the ability to make tough plays, he is very hard to trap and turn over, tough to guard coming off ball screens and you can't leave him open because he can shoot the ball," Sachs said. "He has to get use to the speed and physicality at this level but has a toughness that is difficult to teach."
Junior transfer Chris Tan will come off the bench as well, getting valuable experience at the point.
Salisbury is comfortable in the shooting guard spot with 2014-15 first-team All-CAC pick Justin Witmer returning for his senior season. One of the top shooters in the region, Witmer has connected on 40 percent of his three-point tries in his career, scoring 10.6 points per contest a year ago.
"Justin has taken on a leadership role on this basketball team, he has been vocal in practice and wants to go out a winner," Sachs said." He has improved this off season and is poised to have an outstanding senior year."
Freshmen Alex McNaughton and Braedon Dorsey will be in the mix at the shooting guard spot in 2016-17. Dorsey has had a strong preseason and has impressed with his explosiveness and scoring ability.
Jordan Brooks will rejoin the team in early January. He appeared in 26 games, starting eight, scoring 5.4 points per game and hitting 43.6 percent of his shots from the floor last year.
Front Court
At the forward and center positions is where Salisbury brings the bulk of its experience back, with seniors Gordon Jeter and Wyatt Smith leading the way.
Jeter, with inside-out talent, was a first-team All-CAC selection last year, scoring a team-high 13.7 points per game as he shot just under 50 percent from the floor and pulled in 6.8 rebounds.
"I challenged all of the guys to get better and work on their weaknesses during the off-season," Sachs said. "Gordon has worked on his ball handling a lot, and he's gotten stronger. I expect big things from him again."
Jeter will play primarily in the post, but will also see time at the small forward position.
"His versatility fits how we play perfectly, and I think Wyatt goes right along with that," Sachs said.
Smith returns to the court after missing the entire 2015-16 season due to a shoulder injury. His first year with the program, in 2014-15, ended with a flourish from the forward, as he took his game to another level, finishing the year with 14.7 points per game and 7.9 rebounds. In the closing three wins of that season, a pair of CAC tournament victories and the program's first NCAA tournament win in more than 15 years, Smith averaged 24.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
"He's got to knock off nine months of rust from not playing," Sachs said of his left-hand dominant post man, who injured his left shoulder. "But I will say, his right hand has gotten much better. He will help us, for sure, and we are happy to have him back. Last year we relied on the three a lot. We're going to be much more balanced this season. The ball has to go inside a lot more this year than it did last year."
Returners Chad Barcikowski, Chase Kumor and Jack Ferguson are expected to see an increased role this season. Barcikowski was one of the first players off the bench a year ago, averaging over 12 minutes per game in 20 games played, while scoring 6.1 points per game.
"Chad has really improved," Sachs said. "He's been in the system for a year, he can shoot the ball really well, he's worked on his ball handling and for him to make a major impact he's going to have to be able to defend for us."
Junior college transfers Terray Quickley and Barry Bratten bring experience, toughness and more versatility to the roster. Quickley scored 14.3 points per game and pulled down a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game at Dundalk Community College last season. Bratten is a Delmar, Maryland native who scored a team-high 14.2 points last season at Chesapeake Community College and grabbed 7.6 rebounds per game.
Sachs has brought in much needed height for the 2016-17 season in freshmen centers J.P. Krotulis, Nick Gittings, and Max Phillips The trio stands 6-foot-7, 6-foot-8, and 6-foot-9, respectively, though Gittings will miss time early in the season due to illness.
Also coming in to help the front line are versatile forwards 6-foor-7 Lucas Martin who was second-team team all-state last season at Briar Woods High School in Virginia and 6-foor-4 power forward Antwan Pearson who has a high motor on the boards and sports a 6-foor-11 wing span.
Salisbury opens the season on Tuesday, November 15 hosting Goucher College. It's the first of five home games before the end of December, as the Sea Gulls will host the Optimist Tournament on November 18 and 19, opening the tourney with the College of Staten Island, then facing Cabrini University or Johns Hopkins University. The CAC schedule begins on November 30 with the Sea Gulls hosting St. Mary's College of Maryland. The Sea Gulls will then head on the road for two CAC games before finals and will host Christopher Newport University on December 17, just before the winter break.
The Sea Gulls get one of their toughest non-conference tests at the D3hoops.com Classic in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 28 and 29 taking on Ramapo College and the Hardin-Simmons University on consecutive nights. The Sea Gulls will renew their local rivalry with a trip to Washington College on January 2, then head into CAC play for good on January 5 at the University of Mary Washington.
Beginning late January, Salisbury gets a stretch of CAC games playing four out of five at home before hitting the road for their final two CAC games leading into the conference tournament, which begins on February 21.


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New Hope for Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Disease
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Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, a brain disorder that affects a person's ability to carry out routine activities. On average, patients survive about 8-10 years after being diagnosed with AD. Symptoms of AD arise as nerve cells die in areas of the brain necessary for memory, or as nerve cell connections are disrupted. As more nerve cells die, the brain shrinks and memory is lost.
- Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral (ADEAR) Center, National Institute of Aging (2008). Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet. Retrieved 8/1/08, from http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/AlzheimersInformation/GeneralInfo.
- National Institute on Aging (2006). Plaques and Tangles: The Hallmarks of AD. Retrieved 8/1/08, from http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/UnravelingTheMystery/Part1/Hallmarks.htm.
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Ayesha S. Chaudhry and Malinda S. Smith: The Extra Load that Professors of Colour Have to Bear
In Canadian universities, black, Indigenous, and other non-white students increasingly turn for support to faculty members of colour. These professors' disproportionate – and unpaid – emotional labour often weighs on their prospects for promotion and tenure. In an article published on 3 June 2018 in The Globe and Mail, 2018 Foundation fellow Ayesha S. Chaudhry argued that recognizing racism as a fact would be a first step to improve university culture and the experiences of non-white faculty on the job. 2018 Foundation fellow Malinda S. Smith echoed Chaudhry's remarks, emphasizing that non-white professors' emotional labour also "tends to be highly gendered." "The skills that go into performing this kind of work are undervalued," she asserted, "in part because they're invisible and ignored." Chaudhry and Smith concluded that universities need to acknowledge the extra load that negatively impacts the career trajectories of non-white faculty – and of non-white women particularly.
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On March 16, 2010, after a 13-month study, the Federal Communications Commission released to the public and Congress "Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan," containing its policy recommendations for achieving national goals identified by Congress in 2009 legislation, including ensuring that every American has "access to broadband capability."
Create an Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband Network
The Plan addresses the need to achieve nationwide interoperable public safety operations and proposes to establish at the FCC the Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC) to ensure that applications, devices and networks work together so that first responders can communicate with each other. It also recommends that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) undertake a survey to track progress on public safety broadband interoperability, and that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) develop appropriate standards.
The Plan recommends that the Upper 700 MHz D Block be auctioned for commercial use with technical requirements that would make it compatible with the adjacent public safety spectrum. This would make it possible, but not mandatory, for there to be a spectrum sharing partnership between the D Block licensees and the adjacent public safety broadband licensee. The Plan recommends (1) a standard air interface for the D Block—most likely LTE; (2) ensuring public safety roaming and priority access rights on the D Block; (3) development of devices that can operate on both blocks; and (4) having commercially reasonable build-out requirements for the D Block with incentives to promote additional deployment for the benefit of public safety and rural areas.
First responders should be afforded the opportunity to roam on commercial networks on a priority basis in instances where either there is no public safety network in the area or the public safety network is being utilized at maximum capacity at the moment, according to the Commission. The report also recommends liability protection for commercial networks partnering with public safety.
A new federal grant program is proposed to fund both the capital and ongoing costs of the public safety broadband network. The Plan estimates that if 99% of the population is to be covered, deployment of the network would cost $6.5 billion over a 10-year period. A long-term sustainable funding mechanism for the public safety network is also needed.
Other recommendations include: (1) surveying the deployment of public safety broadband wireless networks by Tribal, state and local governments to better understand current public safety systems; (2) ensuring that broadband mobile and fixed satellite services are available in the event of a disaster or crises; and (3) supporting federal efforts to restore broadband and broadcast services during time of emergency to ensure essential services such as NG911 and Emergency Alert Systems (EAS). In regard to the latter, the Plan recommends amendment of the Stafford Act to permit limited federal assistance during time of disaster to private, for-profit entities that support public safety such as healthcare providers and broadcasters.
Promote Cybersecurity and the Protection of Critical Broadband Infrastructure
The Plan concludes that additional safeguards are necessary to protect national commercial communications infrastructure from cyber attack, including Commission issuance of a "cybersecurity roadmap" within 180 days of the Broadband Plan's release identifying the five most critical cybersecurity threats to the communications infrastructure and end users and establishing a two-year plan, with milestones, to address these threats.
According to the Plan, the Commission should initiate a proceeding to extend FCC Part 4 outage reporting rules to broadband ISPs and interconnected VoIP providers, as well as a proceeding to establish a voluntary cybersecurity certifications system to create market incentives for communications service providers to upgrade their network cybersecurity. Additionally, the Commission recommends FCC and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should work together to create a cybersecurity information reporting system (CIRS) to accompany the existing Disaster Information Reporting System. CIRS should be crafted as a real-time voluntary monitoring system for cyber events affecting communications infrastructure with the FCC acting as a "trusted facilitator" to ensure ISP proprietary information remains confidential.
The Commission should expand its international participation and outreach to foreign communications regulators and international organizations to address international cybersecurity activities and issues. An inquiry should be launched into broadband network resiliency in the event of physical equipment failures (e.g. damage to collocation facilities) as well as severe network overloads (e.g. during "extraordinary events" such as pandemics or bioterrorism attacks) to assess commercial networks' preparedness and the ability of next-generation public safety communications systems to withstand such events.
Encourage Next Generation 911 Network Development and Deployment
The Plan outlines the four fundamental purposes of NG911 that will vastly improve quality and speed of response are (1) integration of core E911 functions and capabilities (i.e. automatic number and location identification); (2) incorporation of new 911 access capabilities in multiple formats; (3) increasing system flexibility, redundancy and efficiency for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and authorities; and (4) adding capabilities to integrate and interoperate with non-PSAP emergency responders. To this end, the Commission recommends preparation of a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) identifying costs of nationwide NG911 System deployment and recommending Congress allocate public funding, including creation of a long-term funding mechanism for NG911 deployment and operation, accessibility, application development and equipment procurement and training. The Commission also notes that regulations focusing on legacy 911 systems have hampered NG911 deployment and suggests Congress consider enacting a comprehensive federal NG911 regulatory framework in coordination with the NHTSA report, as well as amending and reauthorizing the E911 Act.
In addition to extending Automatic Location Identification requirements to interconnected VoIP services, the Commission recommends initiating a proceeding to address NG911 accommodation of technologies, networks and architectures beyond voice-centric devices, including IP-based text, video and multi-media communications devices, applications and services. The report notes that consideration of all potential multiplatform technologies will promote accessibility to 911 for non-English speaking people and people with disabilities.
A proceeding is also recommended to explore issues and develop an implementation strategy for deployment of a multiple-platform, redundant next-generation alert system to bridge the gap from the current EAS and CMAS systems to new alerting technologies such as FEMA's in-development Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). This inquiry would enable the FCC to form a new regulatory framework for next-generation alerting, which would include all forms of media, including traditional broadcast, internet, mobile texting devices, and wireline and wireless telephones. As is the case with 911, the report notes that the use of multiplatform technologies would provide alerts to communities that are now poorly served--such as people with disabilities and non-English speakers.
Finally, the Commission recommends the Executive Branch take action by executive order or other formal means to clarify federal agency roles in the implementation, maintenance and administration of next generation alerting systems, including establishment of milestones, benchmarks and accountability measures.
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Fixing Incontestability: The Next Frontier?
23 Pages Posted: 18 May 2017
Date Written: 2017
Incontestability is a nearly unique feature of American trademark law, with a unique American implementation. The concept of incontestability allows a trademark registrant to overcome arguments that a symbol is merely descriptive of features or qualities of the registrant's goods or services—for example, "Juicy" for apples. Incontestability provides a nearly irrebuttable presumption of trademark meaning, which is a powerful tool for trademark owners. Unfortunately, incontestability is not granted as carefully as its power would counsel. Courts may misunderstand either the prerequisites for, or the meaning of incontestability, allowing trademark claimants to assert rights that they don't actually have.
Incontestability needs clearer signals about what it is and when it is available. In the absence of serious substantive examination of incontestability at the PTO—which seems unlikely to materialize any time soon—changes designed to increase the salience of incontestability's requirements to filers and to courts could provide some protection against wrongful assertions. Incontestability can only serve the trademark system if it is granted properly and consistently.
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AMD will release its RD790 chipset by the end of September, with Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology likely to be the first to launch motherboards supporting the new chipset, according to industry sources. The high-end RD790 has motherboard makers eagerly awaiting its launch, and they have listed the new chipset as one of their major product focuses for the fourth quarter, the sources added.
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