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MarketWatch's Laura Mandaro discusses five stocks that insiders have bought recently. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Aisha Price scored four times at Cal Baptist Saturday (photo courtesy Harvard Athletic Communications).
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Six Harvard players tallied goals, including Aisha Price with four, but the Harvard women's water polo team fell, 12-10, at Cal Baptist Saturday.
The Lancers started the game with a 3-1 advantage in the first period, as Devan Kennifer was the lone Crimson player to score in the opening frame.
Cal Baptist scored the first goal of the second quarter, before Harvard began a furious comeback. The Crimson scored four times in the second quarter and four more times in the fourth to pull ahead, 9-8. Aisha Price scored twice in each period to help Harvard gain the lead.
Harvard's offense, which had flourished over the last 16 minutes, was drowned during the final quarter. Elise Molnar was the only Harvard player to find the back of the cage in the frame, but it came with just 40 seconds left and after Cal Baptist had scored four goals to take a 12-9 lead.
Harvard limited the Lancers to 2-of-8 during 6-on-5 advantages, while the Crimson were 5-of-12 with a player advantage.
Aisha Price's four goals led Harvard and Kennifer added two scores. Shayna Price added three assists.
On the defensive end, Kennifer made four steals and Ariel Dukes saved six Lancer shots.
Harvard will be back in the pool Saturday night to take on UC Irvine at 9 p.m. EST.
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Take a tour of Poland
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Despite the heavy damage that Poland suffered in the Second World War, many of its historic buildings have been meticulously reconstructed using much of the original bricks and materials. Its countryside is dotted with medieval castles and wooden churches and filled with ten thousand lakes. The land hides many animals that are extinct in other parts of Europe, including the brown bear, the grey wolf and the Eurasian lynx, as well as being an important breeding ground for birds.


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Famed DU lacrosse coach Bill Tierney ready for "Fan Mail" questions
"Legend" is a word that's thrown around too freely in the sports world. But in the case of University of Denver lacrosse coach Bill Tierney, the word fits.
In 22 seasons at Princeton, he led the Tigers to six NCAA Championships, eight NCAA championship final appearances, 10 NCAA Final Four appearances, 16 quarterfinal appearances including one in 2009 and 14 Ivy League Championships.
Now he's ready for your questions in this week's edition of The Denver Post's "Fan Mail" feature.
Tierney's Pioneers were ranked 12th in the nation in preseason polls. Despite a season-opening 13-7 loss to top-ranked Syracuse, DU believes this could be a special season. The Pioneers' home opener is Sunday when it hosts Vermont.
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Card Annex designer Annette Allen is here today to show off the latest release from Lawn Fawn! The Blue Skies stamp set is part of Lawn Fawn's May mid-release.
Blue Skies is a very trend-forward set, including hot air balloons in two sizes, along with clouds, Project Life-friendly arrows & stars, and some sentiments. Continue Reading →


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EXCLUSIVE: Danny Dyer, Kate Magowan and Josef Altin to star in UK vigilante drama Vendetta from Chata Pictures.
Danny Dyer, Kate Magowan (Stardust) and Josef Altin (Game of Thrones) are to star in urban vigilante drama Vendetta from Chata Pictures.
Shooting will kick off in 2013 on writer-director Stephen Reynolds' UK feature about a former special ops interrogation officer who has to track down a gang who brutally murdered his parents during a home invasion.
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"I'm delighted to be working with Danny again" said producer Jonathan Sothcott. "As far as I am concerned he's the most bankable name in independent film. He's had a quiet few years but his audience hasn't gone away, as evidenced by the 250,000 followers he's gained since recently joining Twitter. We're taking Danny back to basics with this project, having him do what he does best in a stripped-down audience-pleaser that truly delivers."
Chata Pictures, which scored a home entertainment hit with The Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan, recently completed The Fall of the Essex Boys for Metrodome and White Collar Hooligan 2: England Away for Momentum.


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The WonderWash is a hand-powered, portable washer that can clean your clothes in only 1-2 minutes. It's compact size is ideal for apartments, campers, single people, RV's, mobile homes, cabins, and anyone who frequently washes small loads. Weighing in at under 6 lbs, pound for pound it has a much larger capacity than anything else on the market. Electric washers with a slightly smaller capacity can weigh up to 50 lbs. and take up much more space.
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This portable clothes washer will pay for itself in only 1-2 months, as you can eliminate trips to the laundromat and/or a even more expensive laundry service. You can realistically save THOUSANDS of dollars over the life of the machine, plus valuable time you would have spent lugging the clothes to the laundromat and back, waiting for an available washer, etc.
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Gentler on the Clothes
The Wonderwash is much gentler on the clothes, compared to other washers and especially some electric mini washers. It does not have an agitator that can snag the clothes, nor are the clothes subject to tangling and friction as they are with impeller style washers. Your clothes will look nicer and last longer, saving you money, and you don't have to worry about ruining your favorite clothes. Some mini electric washers are extremely rough, leaving large amounts of lint on the clothes, along with numerous rips and tears within a few months or less. This is because they are made by factories that don't have any experience making laundry appliances, and sold by companies without any expertise in laundry.
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The Wonderwash may appear to be a infomercial product developed to make money. But it was actually invented in South Africa many years ago as a practical product for large, low income households lacking access to running water and electricity. Not only did they have to lug water long distances, but washing large amounts of clothes by hand was rough on the hands. The Wonderwash was developed to save water, and uses 90% less water than regular washing machines and is much gentler on the hands, compared to hand washing.
Longer Product Life
With no motor or internal moving parts, the Wonderwash is built to last much longer than electric washing machines. The vast majority of mini electric washers are built to fail in a short period of time, which is easy to understand. These products are developed for markets with extreme price competition and low labor costs, where a few cents can make the difference between making the sale or not. So even if you take excellent care of the product, it will still commonly fail within a few months to a year or so if used on a regular basis. In some cases the products can be improved, but it's often very difficult, time-consuming and expensive so most marketing companies are unable and unwilling to do this.
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Over the years we have made the following improvements:
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"Petersen therapy is across the street from our office. They send us faxes with seasonal trivia and asking us to refer patients. This one came on Thursday. The fax date stamp (March 24, 2011) is at the top."
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- Introduction
- Non-AIDS Events
- The Consequences of Low-Level, Persistent HIV
- Aging and HIV and the Immune System
- Research Is Needed
As a result of tremendous community outcry for more attention to the topic of aging and HIV, Project Inform sponsored a forum on "The Consequences and Management of Aging and HIV" in September 2009. As anticipated, the San Francisco LGBT Center was packed as presentations on the clinical and psychosocial aspects of aging with HIV were presented. Steven Deeks MD UCSF, Peter Carnini MFT, New Leaf and Matt Sharp from Project Inform led the forum.
Our society is aging. Baby boomers are reaching their senior years and the impact on our health care infrastructure is being felt. In California, half of the state's population will reach 65 years old or older in the next ten years.
Due to the success of antiretroviral therapy, people with HIV are also living longer and into their senior years. Today in the UK, nearly one-third of people with HIV are more than 45 years old. In the US, it's predicted that by 2015 half of people with HIV will be over 50. In San Francisco, 27% of people with HIV were over 50 in 2003, but by 2008 40% were older than 50. This growing number will impact social service delivery and affect our already fragile health care system. Providers are generally not sensitive to the concerns and needs of an aging HIV population.
Fifteen percent of newly diagnosed people with HIV are over 50 years old. Since this population is mostly heterosexual, it raises many concerns over the lack of targeted prevention for older people in a society that stigmatizes them as a population of people who don't or shouldn't have sex.
The remaining aging population has been on HIV treatment for a long time and is generally healthier, having returned to work or at least maintained a reasonable quality of life. We know that the cumulative survival rate is going up due to this success, but it is also an odd paradox that many who have been successfully treated and reached undetectability are also now at increased risk for certain diseases commonly seen in the elderly.
The fact remains that life expectancy is lower for those who started HIV treatment late or their CD4 cells never increased as a result of therapy. The Antiviral Therapy Collaborative Cohort Study showed life expectancy has increased due to therapy but has not reached the same level seen in the HIV-negative population. Our work is cut out for us.
The physical effects of aging are well known. However, the consequences of aging and HIV are interrelated. But it is still not completely understood if HIV causes premature aging or if aging makes HIV disease worse. Researchers are looking for answers in ongoing and planned laboratory and clinical research.
Non-AIDS Events
Today, a third or more of deaths most common in older people with HIV are not caused by AIDS. Most of these clinical issues are known as non-AIDS events, which are illnesses not related to HIV. These events are also being seen more often than in the earlier days of the epidemic. Before HAART, the biggest cause of mortality was due to opportunistic infections in people with severe CD4 loss. Non-AIDS events such as cardiovascular disease and malignancies are most often caused by direct viral infection, a sub-optimal CD4 response to therapy and by inflammation.
Despite effective HAART, there remains a low level of latent virus that leads to inflammation which causes some of the non-AIDS events such as heart disease. Also, many of the non-AIDS conditions are also common in older people in general, so as HIV+ people grow older the risks become greater.
Heart disease has long been a concern in HIV, and especially in recent years as the HIV population ages and cumulative data on different markers for heart disease, including heart attacks, are growing. Heart disease is the most important cause of death in the general population and is higher in people with HIV. Heart attack risk is increased with Ziagen or Epzicom although the reason has not been established. Protease inhibitors increase lipids that are associated with heart disease, however newer drugs may be less of a problem. Other lipid-friendly regimens exist, so providers should individualize therapy based on risk factors for heart disease.
More long-term research is needed in people with HIV to understand the cumulative effect of HIV therapy as they grow older.
The liver is the body's critical filtering mechanism. It makes sense that, over time, the liver wears down, especially in co-infection with HIV and hepatitis B or C. Inflammation and low CD4s are related to liver disease. In aging populations of people with HIV alcohol, obesity and poly-pharmacy, or the use of many drugs together, are also factors related to liver disease.
AIDS-related cancers such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma have declined in the HAART era. However, most malignancies occur as people age, and as time passes older people with HIV will be at a higher risk for cancer. In HIV, Hodgkins lymphoma, anal, throat, liver and head and neck cancers are the most common malignancies. These cancers are most often caused by an infectious agent such as hepatitis B or C, or human papillomavirus. Low CD4 cells and inflammation are also related. Today, AIDS dementia is also less common due to HAART because neurocognitive decline is greatly slowed with effective HAART. But some are concerned that many effective HIV drugs do not penetrate the central nervous system, which may lead to mild neurocognitive symptoms that are quite common in older people with HIV. Alzheimers disease and senility have been a big concern in the general aging population, but persistent HIV and inflammation are contributing to these already debilitating and frustrating conditions in older people with HIV.
Bone fractures and osteoporosis (loss of bone density) are also common in older people. Yet, osteoporosis is three times higher in people with HIV. Osteopenia (thinning of the bone mass) is even higher. Long-term HIV disease, inflammation and non-HIV related factors such as alcohol use are all risks to good bone health in older people with HIV. There has been some concern regarding Viread (tenofovir) causing bone disease, however this has not been borne out in studies thus far. Doctors suggest using vitamin D supplements and calcium where appropriate.
Frailty is characterized as unintentional weight loss, exhaustion, low physical activity, weakness and slowness. It includes poor general health, risk of falling, poor appetite, loss of muscle mass and bone demineralization. It is a common geriatric condition but is now being seen in older people with HIV. Again, persistent inflammation and low CD4 counts are related to this condition.
The Consequences of Low-Level, Persistent HIV
Despite effective treatment, HIV persists in small amounts (millions of copies) in various "reservoirs" in the body where it can lay silent in cells that are "asleep." These cells must be activated to release new virus, which in turn starts a normal immune response. Since this is an ongoing low-level response, inflammation can remain as long as virus is present. This low level is not detected by standard tests, but researchers detect it in highly sensitive assays that reach below 1 copy.
Viral proteins released by this persistent virus in the latent reservoir can be toxic to the body and also cause immune activation. HIV persistence is being researched and may lead to what is being called "functional cure."
Inflammation is a normal immune process involving specific cells and cytokines that in HIV are switched on due to chronic immune responses (either due to sub-optimal treatment or low level persistent HIV). Inflammation does decrease w/ HAART but never returns to normal.
A process called microbial translocation is seen within a few weeks of HIV infection and can weaken a person's immune capacity, possibly never being fully restored. After infection, HIV targets CD4 cells in the gut, demolishing a large part of the body's important immune reserves. Then, bacterial microbes travel outside of the gut and enter the bloodstream where the immune system responds to them, activating T cells that are infected with HIV. More HIV is produced leading to further immune damage. This is one of the most important physiological reasons for stopping virus as soon as possible after infection.
Aging and HIV and the Immune System
As we grow older certain aging processes are similar to what chronic HIV does to our bodies. Apoptosis is our natural mechanism to rid our bodies of unnecessary, weak or damaged cells. Apoptosis can lead to suppression of the immune system which can also lead to cancers. It is a process that most likely occurs more often in older people with HIV.
HIV damages lymph node structure and thymic dysfunction, and there is a cumulative effect as people with HIV grow older. Over long-term HIV infection, the thymus loses its function and fewer crucial T cells are produced, causing low CD4 and CD8 ratios and low memory to naive cell ratios. This leads to further immune system damage.
Another process that becomes dysregulated in aging and HIV is called immunoscenecence. This is another word for "immunologic aging" or "exhaustion" of T cells. This can cause a destructive high T cell turnover and may be part of premature "aging" of the immune system.
In HIV disease and in older people the immune system's functional capacity decreases. This is what causes a poor response to vaccines and the TB skin test. Oxidative stress occurs in both the elderly and people with HIV. Over time this can create further suppress the immune system.
Research Is Needed
Although we have made huge progress with HIV therapy, the effects of living longer with HIV despite viral control are still not completely understood. It is clear that this issue requires more research, although it's hard to know if there will be clear answers anytime soon. There are still many unknowns in HIV pathogenesis, technical laboratory issues, new assays needing development and clinical studies will be challenging to design and recruit. Much that scientists are learning about aging and HIV is daunting and most of the news is sobering. Yet people with HIV are gaining years on their lives, and surviving despite critical odds. People with HIV can maintain health through a few practical management tips such as monitoring for and treating underlying cardiovascular disease, screening and reducing risk for cancers, individualizing HIV treatment, appropriate exercise, healthy diets and stress reduction. Importantly, research is promising on immune related therapies and better, less toxic HIV drugs that have the potential to take us into a different paradigm of living with HIV.


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Massive garage sale supports community theater
Shoppers browse, reminisce
Residents gathered Sunday to check out the many items, pieces of clothing and knick-knacks available at the Des Moines Community Playhouse garage sale.
Some people came to browse and reminisce, while others came to find the perfect dress.
"(There's) vintage clothing, costumes from past productions, set pieces, fur coats, really good deals," said Angela Lampe.
"I wore (this dress) in 1995. (It's) very '60s office wear of that era," said Jill Curry.
Others shopped for productions at other theaters.
"We are doing a 'Christmas Carol,' then 'Once Upon a Mattress' and 'Hair Spray Junior,'" said Deb Bracewell Runnels.
The LaPorte family came for a combination of reasons. Heather LaPorte is shopping for things for a shop she is opening in the East Village, while her youngest daughter, Margaux, is getting purses.
"It is really a lot better than I thought. It was really, really fun," said Heather LaPorte.
"I pretend like I'm a movie star," said Margaux LaPorte.


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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:54 pm
Post subject: KEF LS5/1AC Reference series studio monitors
Hello all
I just thought you would like to see these unusual active driven by Quad built amps (According to KEF)
UPDATE: after research from Colin on the forum Now dicovered to be built by HH)
The LS5/1AC's are bi-amped speakers designed in the 1970's and updated by KEF in 1988 .
I bought these off a retired BBC engineer,who was very sad to let them go.
The monitor loudspeaker used by the BBC to judge the quality of its radio and television programmes has been developed by a highly experienced team of research workers and studio operations engineers over many years. Infact the model in current use is the result of thirty years continuous experience in operational broadcasting in which period the best brains and ears in Britain have contributed to its evolution. The basic conception of the BBC Monitor loudspeaker is quite different from most domestic high fidelity speakers in that the latter are usually only intended to give pleasing reproduction of a diversity of available programme material. To this end reasonable variations in tonal balance and colouration are considered admissible or even desirable if they produce aesthetic pleasure and it is not generally possible to control these effects sufficiently to ensure consistent performance between samples.
On the other hand a monitor speaker must produce the programme signal with the greatest possible accuracy without modification of tonal quality and devoid of colouration. Broadcasting and recording organisations use high quality speakers to asses the aesthetic and technical merits of their programmes and guide them in obtaining suitable microphone placing and studio conditions. It has been found by experienced engineers around the world that monitoring on mediocre loudspeakers can result in poorly balanced programmes due to faulty microphone technique as well as to allow technical faults to go unnoticed.
The BBC monitor Loudspeaker represents the best possible compromise between all the various requirements in the present state of the art added to which it has been tested at every stage of its development by subjective comparison between the reproduced sound and the original. In this regard this loudspeaker is virtually unique since no other organisation has access to such splendid facilities for both subjective assessment and technical analysis.
The speaker system employs three units, which together cover the audio range available from present day records and broadcast programmes. The enclosure is constructed from high-grade veneered chipboard of a quality, which has been found by experiment to possess the smallest degree of self resonance of all suitable construction materials. The structure is reinforced by internal partitions which restrict the vibration of the back and sides and also by a metal strut between the front and the back panels. Mudocel damping is applied to the top panel.
The internal volume of the enclosure is 4.7 cubic feet and a small vent resonating with the volume of about 50c/s is used to give a slight boost to the low frequency output. Standing wave effects are damped by internal pads of absorbent material.
The lowest frequency unit is a 15 inch paper cone type with a 3 inch diameter voice coil and PVC roll surround. Its axial frequency response extends smoothly up to about 2 Kc/s and it is relatively free of colouration effects. The sound output for this unit radiates through a vertical slot 7 and a half inches wide to ensure good horizontal dispersion up to the crossover point with the high frequency unit s at 1750 c/s.
Two identical HF units are fitted each having a phenolic impregnated diaphragm. The frequency response extends smoothly up until 13kc/s above, which it dies away in a regular manner. Tests have shown that the output to be free from prominent low damped resonances. The two HF units are mounted in a vertical line above the LF unit in such a way that the separation between high and low frequency sound sources is not noticeable to listeners located over four feet away. Both units are operated in parallel at middle frequencies to increase power-handling capacity in the region close to the crossover point.
Above 3Kc/s the input to the upper HF unit is reduced to induce dispersion in the vertical plane and the phase is retarded as to direct the combined radiation pattern upwards
A thirteen element printed circuit crossover network incorporates facilities for equalising minor irregularities in the LF unit as well as providing for adjustment for relative levels of LF and HF units in 1 DB steps. An additional network corrects the diffraction effect at low frequencies due to the finite size of the cabinet, as well as the low frequency loss due to the motional impedance.
There are two versions, one a floor standing cabinet for studio and control room work and a suspended model for use in television control rooms.
The floor standing speaker model LS5/ 1A is intended to be operated on a 15 inch plinth above the floor which positions the HF unit at optimum listening height.
The plinth is designed to accommodate the equalised power amplifier conveniently beneath the speaker enclosure.
The suspended model is equipped with metal suspension gear, which enables the entire speaker to be tilted downwards at the required angle The LS5/2A requires additional equalisation at low frequencies to compensate for the loss of floor reflections. A suitable equaliser is available which can be incorporated with the power amplifier if required.
Both cabinets are available in a choice of oiled teak veneer or hammer grey lacquer.
SIZE: LS5/1AC 33 X 19x 17 inches
Weight: 82 Lbs
Nominal Impedance 25 Ohms
Maximum input: 35 watts R.M.S
Frequency response : 40 13 K/cs +_ 5db
Directivity index: Better than 54 db up to 3 Kc/s reaching 7db at 10 Kc/s
Calibration Accuracy: The axial frequency response checked against a BBC approved standard sample is adjusted so that the curve of the loudspeaker under test does not differ from that of the reference loudspeaker by more than the following amounts:
50 c/s - 200 c/s +_ 1.5 db
200 c/s 400 c/s 0db
400 c/s 13000 c/s +_ 1.5 db
13000 c/s- 15000 c/s +_ 2 db - infinity
The reproduction of the Loudspeaker under test is also compared with that from the reference speaker using high quality programme sources and white noise.
LF Unit: 15 inch Heavy paper cone with plasticised P.V.C. Roll surround.
Fundamental resonance: 25 c/s
Flux density: 9000 oersted on a 3 inch dia centre pole
Total Flux : 16000 maxwells
HF Unit: 1.5 inch diameter direct radiator with Phenotic impregnated - fabric diaphram
Flux density : 10,000 oersted
Total Flux : 25,500 maxwells
Crossover Network 13 Element printed circuit network employing Radiometal - - cored inductors and closed terminal metallised foil capacitors. - Completely enclosed and shielded in a steel case.
Input Connections : Canon XLR3 . Other connectors can be fitted to suit req.
Plinth: PLS5/ 1A Constricted from heavy plated steel finished in - - satin chrome with amplifier section brackets and heat shield.
Equalised Power Amplifier: Type MA40/LS5/1a . Fixed bias push pull amplifier delivering - 35 watts output over the entire audio range . The input
circuit is arranged for bridging 600 0hms balanced line at
- zero level and incorporates equalisation for the HF loss due - to roll off in the upper high frequency above 3 kc/s An input - attenuator is fitted giving infinitely variable control of - sensitivity. Output impedance of 25 ohms.
Input Connections P.O . Jack No. 500B6 in parallel with Painton 4 pin socket
Type 310035
Output Connection : Terminals
AC Mains Supply 110-140V or 220-250 V 50 c/s adjustable
Speaker units
LF unit : 15 inch (Unidentified)
HF Unit: Very powerful KEF T52. Same as fitted to the KEF KM1 studio monitors. Info :
How do they sound?
Incredibly powerful at all volumes.
Very efficient wall of sould with amazing width and detail
Phenomenal Bass from the huge bass units.
Sweet detailed HF at all levels .
I 'd like to know whether I can bring the amps up to date
I suppose one could replace the caps with more modern equivalents,
they are the first things to start to fade with old age..Any Suggestions
as to who could expertly do the work ?
I'd like to insert some pictures intio this mail but am unsure how to,maybe someone could enlighten me?
Does anyone out there have any further info on these speakers, I would welcome any comms on that front...
Kindest regrds
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:18 pm
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I'm a bit confused by this post. The first sentence implies Quad amplifiers and then you never mention Quad again.
To set the record as straight as I can, I offer the following. The 5/1AC was the KEF active version of the BBC 5/1A. The 1AC used HH power amps with Peter Baxandall designed front end / protection circuits and KEF active filters. The 1A was a passive XO design which came with Radford MA40 valve amplifiers. I don't remember anything about the Radford amps eq, although I guess it was just a bit of bass boost to keep the cabinet size down.
As far as I know the 5/1AC was never used by the BBC but is was widely used by the UK commercial radio stations.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:32 pm
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Hello SG
And thank you very much for your reply
I wrote and spoke to KEF archivists. and they reckon that Quad built the amps.
The updated notes came from a document sent to me by KEF verbatim.
I am really as confused as you are and want to get the true history of these speakers.
The original docs state the BBC origins .
I can send you some recent pics of the amps external and internal views.
I am in the hands of the experts views here .
I would love to know who made them and perhaps you could identify them from the pics
I would also like to put some pics on the site so the forum members can see them
but unsure where and how to do it in the forum.
Best regards
Kef Nut Music Lover with a strong respect for quality vintage HIFI
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:12 pm
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Stirling Stuff!
Any chance of some pictures at all? Interesting debate, I knever knew about the HH amplifiers for a start...
Almost as controversial as NAIMs Electrostatic LS which never made production.
Another KEF Nutter!
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:10 pm
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Hello Proffski
Thaks for the input.
I am just trying to start a debate as a newcomer..
I am very happy to post pictures but unsure how
I could email them to you or SG or Terry and one could add them with the description already on the site:
Perhaps Terry could help
Hello Terry hope all is well
Best regards
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:15 pm
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Ok, I missed that, startingly interesting info!
Have you any more regarding this topic?
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:00 pm
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Hi Proffski
First off as You can tell I'm no expert on speaker technology just a lover of music and the wonderful KEF's.
I own several types much to my wife' and family's dismay but I sadly can't resist protecting our hifi heritage from the unit strippers!
I bought these beauties out of reverential curiosity and rarity value.
I had no idea how good they were until I had opened them up and have now moved them to the den out of earshot of the boss and the neighbours The grand Wagner staging and othe rbig classical works just fills the room with wonderful almost tear jerking stuff produced.
I have stopped watching telly and spend hrs just wallowing in the grandness deail and scale of the lovely music they produce.
My aim if possible is to, update the older electronics in the amps if necessary and possibly the internal wiring,I wait for advise and expertise on that front.
A bit of background:
The Pair I have now were built in the mid seventies and are the updated version which was carried out by KEF in 1988 at the same time as the introduction of the KM1's. the labels on the T52? shows 1988.
The front original configuration as shown in the KEF document
had two HF units in a vertical line above the LF unit.
I have pics that show the original speakers from a Japanese website and their is little else available online about these beast except this rather esoteric japanese sites that worship our old gear.
The new tweeterfitted is the same as the one developed for the KM1 and designed to cope with extreeme peaks of sound like feedback and high pitched loud noises such as tape rewinds etc, obviously it had to be tough to cope with recording or radio studio conditions.
The speakers are built like tanks to withstand been wheeled about they have handles on the sides and castors on the bottom.
Like the KM1's They were designed for the professional market to very high build and accuracy standards often used to monitor live broadcasts in TV and Radio stations.
The sound volumes achievable,not that I ever drive them that hard!,without any distortion is quite astonishing.
The Bass response is bone shattering deep and tight ,when I first got them I went through the regular favourite recordings and was amazed what I had been missing on the bass front,even at very low levels the bass is extended and accurate.
The amplifiers according to KEF were built by QUAD possibly even Meridian according to the archivist. as were the KM1's built in Amps Quad 405 units. however they may well have been specified by KEF and built
by HH according to Speakerguru and I won't argue with him ! javascript:emoticon('
Since SG's suggestion I have spoken to Quad and II have sent them some pics to to see if they can recognise their work, and I'll report back with any views from them.
The output is 75 watts per amp with separate amplification for both HF & LF units.
I would like to bring the amps up to date if necessary and perhaps if someone can help in that respect I would be very grateful as I would love to have them singing at their best .
Hope this is of interest
Kindest regards
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When working on "histories" of BBC speakers you're always going to hit problems where O.B. kit or equipment that may have been used by the O.B. people. Your never going to be sure of "what's in the tin" until you look inside, because keeping it running was/is far more important than specifications and when you have audio and video desks that can turn sows ears into silk purses, why worry.
Regarding HH amplification, I've been informed by an ex-sound/video editor/broadcast equipment designer, that the total amount of HH kit used in the 80's by the Beeb was equal to all other marques, as Quad and other makers kit was too expensive to use as a matter of routine. Although you'll find various brands of amplifier modules were used "to keep it running" however, this rule also involved a degree of cost and if you cannot get it today or from RS or Farnell, don't use it. The Radfords were liked but the frames used to split because the spot welds weren't up to the job!
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Hello Colin
I can send you the pics of the insides of the amps and speakers.
The amps do not look like they have been touched for a while
and who knows who made them?
Sound incredible anyway
I am happy to send them to you ,& other forum members to see if the manufacturer can be recognised.
All the best
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I'll have a gander, but you've missed a trick as the NVCF was yesterday, so, if nobody can work them out by Christmas get some hard copies from Boots to be hawked around the Tonbridge Audiojumble in February
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Are the twin tweeters Celestion HF1300s?
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I think so
Replaced by the KM1 T52's
Can send you pics
if you send me your email address
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"One of the old school of Radio 3 announcers used to eat a full breakfast on the announcers desk while playing discs into the early morning show. If you turned up the LS5/1A (the main mono monitoring loudspeaker) you could hear him cutting the bacon coming over the turntable! You couldn't hear it when monitoring in stereo because we used Goodmans Maxims - very small speakers with no bass response." - Russell Hedges
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It's funny you say that I can hear noises from recordings that I have never heard before mainly from older vinyl and live radio broadcsats.
Very atmospheric and it all adds to the experience
Can hear instument percussive knocks as well , it sounds very intimate with violins dbl basses etc and drums are particularily precise in that respect, a very tactile sound.
Sounds like a party going on R4 today programme J.Humphries coffee mug on the table ,he's a noisy sod on the bass!javascript:emoticon('
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I am very happy to post pictures but unsure how
Perhaps Terry could help
Hello Terry hope all is well
Best regards
It is great to see the activity generated on the Forum. Email the photos to
and I will publish them on the site. If you want to link them to a post in this forum just put in the word <link> in your post, send me the picture, and I will do the rest.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Joe Flacco beat two of the NFL's greatest quarterbacks to get the Baltimore Ravens to the Super Bowl.
Now he's the man with the rich resume going into the biggest game of his life.
Flacco helped end Tom Brady's season one week after he did the same to Peyton Manning, throwing three touchdown passes in the second half and leading the Ravens to a 28-13 win over the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game Sunday.
``We didn't come all the way here to play it safe and hope to win,'' Flacco said. ``We came here and we were in the AFC championship game and you have to go play to win.''
Do that one more time, against the San Francisco 49ers, and he'll add a Super Bowl championship to a stellar postseason record.
He'll just have to outplay first-year starter Colin Kaepernick. Finally, he's the quarterback to beat.
``He's a great quarterback,'' said wide receiver Anquan Boldin, who caught two touchdown passes. ``I don't know why people keep doubting him because the bigger the situation is, the bigger he plays, and he's proven that time and time again.''
The 49ers, though, opened as 5-point favorites for the NFL championship game.
Flacco completed 21 of 36 passes for 240 yards against the Patriots. One week earlier, he completed 18 of 34 passes for a postseason franchise record 331 yards in a 38-35 double-overtime win over Manning and the Denver Broncos. In each game he threw for three touchdowns - and no interceptions.
Brady was 29 for 54 for 320 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. And Manning went 28 for 43 for 290 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
Oh, and Flacco beat the Indianapolis Colts and rookie quarterback Andrew Luck 24-9 in the wild-card round.
``We've always believed in Joe,'' coach John Harbaugh said, ``and for Joe to come out and to have this kind of a game and this kind of a stage three weeks in a row - Luck's a pretty good quarterback, Manning's a pretty good quarterback and Brady's a great quarterback.
``All those guys are great players, but Joe's a great quarterback. And Joe has proven that. He's not just proven it this year, he's proven it for five years.''
Flacco won his sixth postseason game on the road, the most in NFL history. He is the only quarterback with a postseason victory on each of his first five seasons during the Super Bowl era. He's 8-4 in playoff games.
His 62 victories, including the postseason, are more than any NFL quarterback since the start of the 2008 season.
More than Brady. More than Manning.
And now the 18th pick of the 2008 draft out who didn't play at a small-time school - he was a star at Delaware - he's going to the NFL championship game for the first time.
``From the first snap (when) he went against our defense, I knew he was a smart guy,'' safety Ed Reed said. ``He blitzed him and he threw it straight to the sideline out of bounds because he knew we were coming. He's always been a leader (with) more than potential to lead us to where we're going right now.''
It looked like he would lead the Ravens right out of the postseason in the first half when he completed just 6 of 12 passes for 81 yards with no touchdowns. But in the second half he went 15 for 24 for 159 yards with all three touchdowns.
``We hadn't gotten much going on offense,'' he said. ``They do a good job stopping the run and we knew we had to come out here in the second half and make some plays in the passing game.''
The Ravens didn't do that on their first series in the third quarter.
Then Flacco got rolling.
On his next three series he threw touchdown passes of 5 yards to Dennis Pitta and 3 yards and 11 yards to Boldin- all in a span of 10:01.
Just like that, a 13-7 deficit was replaced by a 28-13 lead.
With Flacco at the helm.
``These games are tough to win and we've put ourselves in the position to win these games and, eventually, you're going to push through and play the way you need to,'' he said.
No matter who the opposing quarterback is.
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Hastings Area Guide
Situated on the south coast, Hastings is a historic town in East Sussex. 24 miles east of Lewes and 53 miles south-east of London, Hastings is located in a beautiful spot by the sea, but still has access to the hustle and bustle of the capital. While the character of Hastings may be dominated by the battle of 1066 and the sea, the town has a lot more to offer. There's a growing arts scene in the area, as well as spectacular countryside and charming shops and cafes within the town's meandering old district. So, could Hastings be the perfect location for you? Read our area guide to find out more.
Are there local transport links nearby?
Hastings has great transport links to both London and within Sussex. You can get a train from Hastings to London in around one hour and forty minutes – making the capital a commutable distance away. A new fast road link has also been built enabling getting in and out of Hastings a lot quicker.
Residents can also get a train to Eastbourne in just 30 minutes.
From Hastings, you also have access to the A21, which is a good route up to Tunbridge Wells and can take you on to the M25 and beyond.
You can also access the A259, which takes you along the south coast to Eastbourne and Brighton.
The area is also well-served by buses – you can see a full map of the areas covered here.
What's the local food and drink scene like?
From pubs and bar to restaurants and cafes, Hastings has an excellent selection of places to eat and drink.
For places to eat, some of the highlights include; St Clements, a modern, foodie restaurant with seasonal menus, showcasing the best of local produce, Pomegranate, a stylish restaurant, celebrating the region's delicious food, and The Italian Way, if you're looking for Mediterranean flavours.
If you fancy a drink, The Stag Inn is a cosy, traditional pub, filled with beams, inglenook fireplaces and a great selection of beers. Or, if wine is your drink of choice, there's Porter's Wine Bar, which also has a regular programme of live music.
How does Hastings rate for sport and leisure facilities?
If you like to keep fit, Hastings is a great place to be. The Summerfields Leisure Centre offers a swimming pool, fitness classes, badminton, and MyRide, a spin class, which uses a huge screen to replicate the feeling of cycling through the great outdoors.
If you're a keen golfer, the beautiful Beauport Park Golf Course offers an 18-hole parkland course, just outside Hastings.
There's also Hastings & Bexhill Rugby Club and Hastings United FC, and for those that are partial to the gym, there's the Zeus Gym.
If you're a horse-lover, Pebsham Equestrian Centre offers a variety of lessons and training programmes.
What can you do on a sunny day?
In the town's beautiful seaside location, you'll be spoilt for choice when the sun shines. For starters, there's the stunning Hastings Castle, which is well worth a visit.
There's also Hastings Adventure Golf, which is a great family day out, and also home to the World Crazy Golf Championships.
Just over six miles away in Battle, you can visit the site of the famous 1066, Battle of Hastings. This thriving market town is a fascinating place and alongside the history of the location, there's a bustling centre of shops and cafes.
Or, if you want a lazy day, you could just relax in the sunshine on Hastings beach.
What can you do on a rainy day?
When it rains, there's still plenty to do in Hastings. Blue Reef Aquarium is on the town's seafront, but shows you the ocean from a completely different perspective. With 30 natural habitats recreated and a huge array of underwater creatures, the aquarium is a great day out.
If you're feeling brave, you could also try the Smugglers Adventure Experience, where visitors get to explore the mysterious tunnels, passages and caverns of the smuggling era.
If you're in search of arts and culture, Hastings won't disappoint. The award-winning Jerwood Gallery showcases the best of modern and contemporary British art.
What's Hastings like for food and retail shopping?
Hastings offers plenty of choice when it comes to the weekly food shop. Within the town there's Sainsbury's, Cooperative Food, Morrison's, Iceland and Lidl, as well as several independent grocery stores and bakeries.
Hastings is also home to all the major high street stores, such as Marks & Spencer, Top Shop and H&M, as well as offering a range of independent shops.
The Priory Meadow Shopping Centre is a popular shopping destination, offering a mixture of shops, restaurants and cafes for a relaxing day out.
What does Hastings offer in terms of entertainment?
If you're looking for an evening out, there's the White Rock Theatre, with a programme of musicals, stand-up, ballet and more.
There's also an Odeon cinema, showing all the latest films.
Are there decent local amenities such as libraries and health centres?
Hastings offers residents all the local amenities they could need. Hastings Library provides books, audiobooks, DVDs and music CDs, free computer access and eBooks.
There are also plenty of health centres to choose from, including Harold Road Surgery and The Plaza Surgery.
What's the local traffic and parking like?
Hastings is a fairly quiet location. In terms of parking, there's a wide selection, considering the size of the town.
Parkopedia shows around 20 car parks – ranging from free to up to £5 for two hours.
How well is the area served by primary and secondary Schools?
If you have children, Hastings offers a wide variety of primary and secondary schools to choose from.
For infants, there's the Dudley Infant Academy, rated as 'Good' by OFSTED. For juniors, there's a range of primary schools including, Ore Village Primary Academy and Baird Primary Academy, both of which are newly opened academies. There's also West Leonards Primary Academy
For secondary schools, there's Ark William Parker Academy, Helenswood Academy, and St Leonards Academy.
Around four miles outside the centre, there's Claremont School, a private school catering for children of all ages – from nursery to sixth form.
To find out more about buying a property in Hastings, call or visit the local Andrews branch.
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Windows Drivers Could Be Source of Crashes
Paul Watson, PC Technician
On a Windows computer, nothing is more frustrating than the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Seemingly, they come from nowhere, and could occur when the user is doing something relatively innocuous, like surfing the Web. So could Windows drivers cause BSODs, and how can you stop them?
Windows drivers could be at fault
Windows drivers aren't always the root causes of BSODs, but they can be the cause of specific kind of crashes. Some users have their computers set to restart automatically after a crash. In this mode, you tend to miss the information on the BSOD screen, which can reveal the cause of the crash.
Now, to be fair, most people don't know what "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" means, and that's the kind of message you'll find on a BSOD. So what does this mean, and what can you do about it?
First, if your computer crashes regularly and seemingly randomly, and you want to get a better handle on what's happening, you can configure your computer to stop on a crash, instead of restarting right away. This first step isn't much, but it can give you a clue as to where to start debugging your crashing computer.
To configure your computer to bypass the automatic restart, go to the Control Panel and select System and Security. Under System, choose Advanced Settings. Under Startup and Recovery, uncheck the "Automatically Restart" option. "Ok" your way out of the control panel. After opting out of automatic restarts, a BSOD screen will stay in place until you manually restart the computer.
If you don't want to manually restart, but you still want to know what the apparent cause of your crash was, you can retrieve log files and related splatter from the C:\Windows\Minidump file. You could find several files here, depending upon how often your system crashes. The files will contain, among other things, information about the root cause of your problem.
If you receive the "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" message, however, you can be sure that one of your drivers is not playing nice with the Windows kernel. Debugging driver failures can be challenging, but the log files should be able to identify which applications or services were running at the time of the crash. In some cases, software like anti-virus suites can cause kernel-level driver problems. Generally, these are well documented. Resolving these kinds of crashes may require you to uninstall your current anti-virus software, apply updates or patches, or switch products.
Windows includes a built in firewall and security option called Security Essentials. In many cases, this built in software will enable you to keep your system protected while you debug your crash problem and decide how to fix it.
You can also use Driver Detective to keep your drivers updated. Using outdated drivers can cause problems, especially after system updates have been applied. Driver Detective is one of the most often-downloaded, trusted Windows driver maintenance programs on the market today. Download your copy and automate the tasks of driver updates!
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Harris on Transplantation of Legal Discourse on Corporate Personality from Germany to Britain and the U.S.
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More history on the corporate personality: see my chapter on Dracula and the corporate personality in Gail Turley Houston, From Dickens to Dracula: Economics, Gothic, and Victorian Fiction (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Review of this book by Gill Ballinger:
"Houston's final chapter on Dracula is also rewarding; whilst the Gothic resonances of this novel have been scrutinized in great detail, she brings an interesting perspective to the text through her reading of the economic anxieties it depicts. She illustrates successfully how the novel can be read in the context of the corporate personality and bankerization. Both Dracula and Van Helsing are, she contends, competing for "a complete monopoly on circulation and consumption" (117). Dracula is read in the context of the foreign investor competing, and attempting, to overthrow his competitors. Although this argument is suggestive, it would have been useful for Houston to acknowledge Franco Moretti's Marxist approach to the novel in his chapter "Dialectic of Fear" in Signs Taken for Wonders (1983), specifically Moretti's consideration of how Dracula is "a true monopolist.""
- May 23, 2010 at 6:49:00 PM EDT


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Understanding Indemnities
A well-structured indemnity provision is critical to ensuring both parties are protected in relation to breaches of an asset or stock purchase agreement. When negotiating an acquisition, the parties carefully allocate the risks between them through the use of warranties, representations and covenants. Indemnity provisions provide the mechanism by which those obligations are enforced and limit the parties' exposure to delayed claims. This article will discuss the key terms of an indemnity provision and the considerations that go into negotiating such provisions.
Survival provisions serve as a statute of limitations for claims related to the breach of an agreement. Obligations under the agreement are usually divided into two sets, one set that lasts indefinitely and a second set that lapses within one to three years of the closing date.
The indefinite set usually includes obligations related to corporate authority, government authorization, environmental matters, taxes, employee benefits, related party transactions, and similar matters that could have large liability, could completely unwind the deal, or are completely within the seller's control.
The second set of obligations usually lapses within one to three years of the closing date. These obligations generally include all business related representations and warranties, including those related to financial statements, the sufficiency of assets, the condition of assets, any material adverse changes, and litigation. The time lapse provides certainty to the seller, and breaches are generally discoverable before the time period lapses. The time period is generally set to match the term of an escrow, discussed below.
Almost every party to an acquisition agreement recognizes that there will be small breaches that do not materially impact the operation of the business. Therefore, the parties often create a minimum threshold that must be crossed before the seller will be required to pay damages for a breach. The seller also desires to limit its potential liability. The primary mechanisms used to manage these risks are a "basket" and/or a "cap."
A basket is a threshold amount of damages that must be reached before a party is liable to pay any claims. There are two primary types of baskets, deductible baskets and first-dollar baskets. With a deductible basket, the seller only pays for indemnity claims that exceed the deductible basket threshold. In contrast, a first-dollar basket provides that once the basket threshold is reached, the seller is responsible for all claims, including those used to reach the threshold. Through negotiation, a party can also craft a hybrid of these approaches with different basket thresholds and deductible levels.
A cap is a flat dollar limit on the claims that the seller and/or the buyer may be liable for under the agreement. A seller's liability is often limited to at least the purchase price, though it may be negotiated to a lower amount as well. While the cap may be as high as the purchase price, the ability to collect may be functionally limited to the escrow amount, discussed below. Often, a cap is inapplicable to the certain obligations due to the magnitude of the liabilities that may be covered, like environmental liability. A buyer may also seek to limit his liability for damages, though the focus is usually on the seller.
The parties should also consider how damages should be measured. While terms like materiality and knowledge are carefully negotiated in various representations and warranties, sellers often seek to ignore such limitations when calculating indemnity claims. This increases the likelihood that a basket threshold will be reached. Both parties should carefully consider whether such a provision is appropriate in their particular deal.
All the promises in the world are not worth anything if the seller distributes the purchase price and the buyer has to chase down every shareholder to recover the funds. For this reason, the parties often place a portion of the purchase price into escrow as security for indemnity claims. A common escrow amount is 10 percent of the purchase price, though the actual escrowed amount will depend on the risks involved in the transaction and the bargaining power of the parties.
This summary merely scratches the surface of the complexity related to indemnity provisions. Any party to an acquisition should question their attorney about the risks associated with indemnity provisions and the ways in which indemnity provisions can serve that party's interests.
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San Francisco 49ers Hall-of-Famer Joe Montana is the latest to weigh in on why former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick is still waiting on the sidelines for his next NFL gig. And Montana doesn't think Kaepernick's controversial decision to kneel during the national anthem is the primary reason he's persona non grata in the NFL.
Montana, in New York speaking as part of a partnership with FanDuel's new fantasy golf offering, said he just doesn't think Kaepernick is good enough to be in the NFL.
"People's stands are what they want to do and what they want to believe in. Whether you believe in what they do or not, they have the right to do it. Do I agree with it. Probably not," Montana said of Kaepernick's anthem decision. "Will it cost him a job? No. When you complete 40-something percent of your passes you can't play now. Even at 50 percent you have a tough time competing in that league. So I don't think (kneeling) cost him a job."
According to Pro Football Reference, Kaepernick completed just under 60 percent of his passes while starting 11 games for the 49ers last season. His career passing completion percentage in six seasons is 59.8 percent.
While Kaepernick has said his kneeling would not carry into the upcoming NFL season if he's back in the league, that hasn't stopped him from being vocal on social media. Most recently he tweeted on the 4th of July that he couldn't celebrate a holiday that "intentionally robbed our ancestors" of their independence.


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With the Republican primaries effectively over, the real war has begun. And while the next six months will be marked by talk of tactical shifts, all reports suggest that Mitt Romney's campaign has settled on an initial strategy. Romney HQ will not be picking its battles. It intends to fight them all.
During the past two weeks, Romney's team has sharply countered every movement of President Obama's campaign. The volleys of vitriol, over everything from foreign policy and young voters to the treatment of dogs, augur a general election every bit as brutal and bruising as the GOP primary.
On Thursday, as Vice President Joe Biden delivered a speech in New York extolling Obama's foreign policy and assailing Romney's, the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign delivered a characteristically thorough response. During a briefing for reporters on Obama's "failed foreign policy," Pierre Prosper, a Romney adviser and former ambassador under George W. Bush, said Obama "has shown himself to be ineffective in this area, negotiating many times against himself and many times negotiating from a position of weakness. He's constantly giving while the others take and we get nothing in return. Meanwhile weapons are produced, atrocities are committed, as I said, democracies are being trampled and U.S. influence wanes." The campaign also blasted out an op-ed written by Richard Williamson, another former ambassador, who suggested that Obama's foreign policy had approached "a juncture at which the inexperience and incompetence of a presidency crystallizes in the public mind. In short, we are approaching a Jimmy Carter moment."
As the Obama campaign announced its formal campaign kickoff next weekend with events at colleges in Ohio and Virginia, Romney's team tried to douse still-simmering affections between the President and young voters by arguing that Obama's economic policies had created a dismal job market for graduates. "With one of every two recent college graduates unemployed or underemployed, President Obama won't be able to skate by on empty rhetoric and campaign promises," Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said in a press release.
Continuing the fusillade, the campaign enlisted influential surrogates from both battlegrounds that Obama will visit — Ohio Senator Rob Portman and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell — to blast out statements bemoaning the President's "failed policies." It also distributed a critical op-ed from the Republican lieutenant governor of Iowa, another swing state key to both parties' Electoral College maps. Meanwhile, the RNC, which recently announced it would begin working in concert with Romney's Boston-based campaign, filed a complaint alleging the White House had misused taxpayer funds by casting recent campaign travel as official business. (As the White House noted, when Democrats leveled the same charge against George W. Bush eight years ago, GOP bigwigs dismissed the complaint as baldly political.)
Romney's tit-for-tat strategy has been taking shape since the GOP primary effectively ended in early April. Romney traveled to North Carolina last week to deliver a pre-buttal to Obama visit to Chapel Hill. His top aides appear to have adopted the mantra that every controversy, no matter how frivolous, merits a swift response. After Obama slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon this week, Republican operatives rolled out the hashtag #notfunny in an attempt to juxtapose the President's late-night laughs with Romney's economic message. When Obama adviser David Axelrod invoked tired criticism of Romney's canine treatment, Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom seized on equally silly Republican criticism of Obama for eating dog meat while a child in Indonesia, and tweeted a snapshot of the President with his dog Bo, accompanied by the caption: "In hindsight, a chilling photo."
After a long and bitter primary campaign that raised Romney's negatives, many Republicans have publicly counseled the campaign to lift its tone above the partisan fray and stick to positive themes that can inspire independent voters. (The New York Times today featured a piece detailing the many GOP politicians and observers making this argument, including Governors Mitch Daniels, Gary Herbert and Rick Snyder.) There is also the concern that the frenetic messaging, particularly the petty sniping, will drown out the economic agenda that forms the core of Romney's own narrative.
Of course, all political campaigns — indeed, all presidential Administrations — are buffeted by unsolicited guidance. And Camp Romney has apparently settled on its strategy, at least for now. "This new phase of the campaign is marked by more direct engagement with President Obama and his campaign," Politico quotes a senior Romney adviser as saying. In other words, let no broadside go unanswered. When you have built up the election as an epic clash between American exceptionalism and a declinist villain, a minimalist campaign just won't do.


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