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The dramatic increase in wealth in China over the past few decades has resulted in many new superrich families seeking to introduce the Western world to their children.
Sometimes wealthy Chinese go to the west: for instance, Bo Guagua, the son of ousted Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai was educated at London's Harrow School, Oxford, and Harvard (the man who "fixed" this elite Western education later ended up dead, by the way).
Sometimes Europeans and Americans go to China for jobs in child care and education. For the Western job-seekers, it's a chance to see a different world and get paid while doing it. For the Chinese families, it's a chance to introduce their children to a different language and a different culture.
One British girl used an agency to work as a nanny for a wealthy family in Hangzhou (rich enough to have five Porsches) recently took to Reddit to answer questions about her experience, and her answers are wonderfully candid.
We've included some of her answers below, lightly edited for clarity. Bear in mind these are just one person's experience, and she's also one person who plans to soon leave China.
The money:
"I get paid s***-all. I have all my food, room and pocket money given to me. I also get some treats now and then because the hostmother is a kept woman so I get some beauty treatments and things for free. I also get free Chinese lessons which is good. They pay in part for my flight there too. The experience has been very interesting but the agency has scammed me in a few ways too."
On her family's Western habits:
"[The family tries to fit in with Western culture] and it's sort of embarrassing, especially with the food. And labels, the obsession with western labels on clothes, even if the clothes don't go or look stupid […] The first day I arrived at the family's house they took me to a steak house which apparently is a huge deal (I was mostly veggie in England). It was surreal to be served steak and potatoes and have my favourite Chet Baker song in the background. Very weird. Fast food is also popular and before I came there was a Lady Gaga themed steak house."
On the family's routine:
"It seems to vary family by family. [I've other nanny friends] but mine seems to be the father away all the time apart from one day at the weekend, the mother ferrying her son to all his schools and activities and endless parties and lavish dinners. During the day there's very little to do because there's also a housekeeper. They shop, go the movies and watch TV."
On their wealth:
On her own routine:
"I take the kid to school, come back and work on some Chinese or write, and sometimes I sneak off to model here too. On my days off the family go away to a different city so I walk around singing loudly because I can and maybe meet up with another nanny that lives near me. I also play basketball."
What the kids get away with:
"Pick his nose and wipe it on me? Wave his bare arse at me? Oh and a friend who works an hour or so away has seen the kids be allowed to just piss on the living room floor so they don;t have to move from the television. Occasionally they'll bring him a bucket."
How the wife treats her:
"Oh she's generally sweet to me, really. They are very nice, especially the ayi (grandmother) so I've been relatively lucky. However some things remind me of my status sometimes, like not being taken for medical care etc."
The bad side to the job:
"Many things, not being able to fully discipline the kid sometimes, the lack of freedom as a previously quite independent person and actually China is very dirty and polluted, so I feel quite guilty I get to leave and they just have to dea."
"For example today [the child] came home from the hospital after being in for some kind of very bad cold (when the worlds antibiotics become completely ineffective we will know exactly which country to blame) in his mask and the first thing he did when i knelt down to say hello was wipe his phlegmy coughy mask round my face O_O."
When local guys hit on her:
"[It happens] all the time, but not in a very sleazy way. If I go out they send drinks to my table which I actually don't like and I get people coming up to me in the street but it's not intimidating or anything."
The best and worst things that have happened:
"Hmmm, I kept telling the family here I was sick for about 3 months and they just laughed it off and told me to get over it. Eventually I got a fever and deep pain in my kidneys which was a kidney infection. They wouldn't drive me so I had to walk a few miles to the most vile hospital ever and get examined on a gurney in a room of Chinese people with colds with them thumping me and asking me if it hurt in certain places. I had to pay a buttload and get lots of IV's. Ick."
"The best? The boy can be very sweet and funny and I had a great birthday party here, we went to a Chinese club and I brought twerking to the mainland."
What she'll take away from the experience:
"Meeting young Chinese people and having so much in common with them, even when language was a problem we have had so much fun learning about each others' cultures and helping each other out. I've made amazing friends. How sweet the Chinese are to their kids, watching the grandparents sit by the lake with the young kids is heartwarming. Bonding with a kid who isn't mine and having him give me a kiss goodnight. Lots of good things."
[Please note, the answers have been lightly edited for clarity]
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Tough as Nails at Waiatarua Reserve
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
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Couple married 67 years die a day apart
Franklin and Irene Thrailkill rarely spent a night away from one another.
"They were married for 67 years," said son Dennis Thrailkill, "and they couldn't stand to be apart."
During the past 30 years of retirement, they were inseparable.
Perhaps that's why they couldn't bear to be apart in death.
On Nov. 2, Franklin Thrailkill, a WWII Air Force and Air National Guard pilot and a Kelly AFB civil servant, died in his sleep. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
The next day, Irene Thrailkill, a homemaker, longtime church volunteer and sometimes softball coach, followed him.
She had been battling a stomach virus, her family thought, and collapsed. At the hospital, they learned her organs were failing. Little could be done except ease her pain.
She remained cognizant, talking to granddaughters about favorite family times. Forty-five minutes after receiving communion for the last time, she slipped away, her son said.
She was 90. He was 89.
Their age difference was a running joke in their family. She had no idea until after agreeing to marry him that she was older.
Devout Catholics, the Thrailkills sacrificed mightily to put their six children through 12 years of parochial school. Their summer vacations were to Rockport, where they rented a house for a month.
Franklin Thrailkill worked through it, traveling back and forth from San Antonio, a family member said, while Irene Thrailkill supervised fun. She also fished, a lifetime obsession.
For her 90th birthday, one of her sons took her to Rockport — just for the day. They went fishing, and Irene Thrailkill reached her limit of redfish in two hours. It's all she could talk about.
When he died, Franklin Thrailkill had had Alzheimer's disease for about six years. "He didn't know anyone else," son Dennis Thrailkill said. "But as soon as she walked in the room, he lit up."
That story brought their family joy this week.
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BORN: Aug. 1, 1923, San Antonio
DIED: Nov. 2, 2012, San Antonio
SURVIVED BY: His sister, Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill; three daughters, Patricia Veselis, Diane Jordan and Holly Moher; three sons, Frank, Larry and Dennis Thrailkill; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Irene Jonietz Thrailkill
BORN: May 24, 1922, China Grove
DIED: Nov. 3, 2012, San Antonio
SURVIVED BY: Her sister, Justine Nelson; three daughters, Patricia Veselis, Diane Jordan and Holly Moher; three sons, Frank, Larry and Dennis Thrailkill; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
SERVICES: 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 758 W. Ramsey, followed by burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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Bradley, Suki, Vince, no Jen
There was some bullsh-t story in some tabloid last week, probably STAR Magazine, about how Bradley Cooper tapped out on Suki Waterhouse by not answering her messages.
Well, he took her to the Guys Choice Awards on Saturday so...
I mean if it's one place you want to be single...
Here they are, Coop and Suki, hanging out backstage with Amy Adams, clearly still together. This is why I don't write about reports that originate in STAR Magazine. Because it's a waste of time.
At the show, which airs on Wednesday, Coop presented the "Guycon" award to Vince Vaughn. You know, Vince Vaughn of Speaker City. There was even a Speaker City reunion. And backstage Vince hooked up with Snoop now Lion and Ben Affleck. He did not hook up with...Jennifer Aniston. Oh yeah, remember that?
As for the connection between Vince and Bradley, well, it would have come to you immediately if you live with a man who can recite every line in Wedding Crashers. The quail hunt was pretty funny though. When Coop gets all jacked up over the quail? I read somewhere that he put on 30 lbs to play Sack Lodge. Yes, Bradley Cooper was That Guy. Not a bad career turnaround actually.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—David Valek scored the tying goal in the second period and Raphael Girard made 24 saves as the Harvard men's hockey team came from behind to tie No. 19 Quinnipiac, 2-2, Saturday night at Bright Hockey Center.
Conor Morrison and Valek each brought the Crimson (0-1-1, 0-1-1 ECAC Hockey) back from a goal down with second-period tallies. Harvard outshot the Bobcats (7-3-1, 1-1-1) in the third period and overtime, but neither Quinnipiac's Eric Hartzell nor Girard surrendered a go-ahead goal. Hartzell finished with 23 stops as the Bobcats held a 26-25 advantage in shots.
The Crimson shut down the Bobcats on three power plays, including two in the latter part of the third period. Girard came up big with three saves, and Rence Coassin nearly snuck a shorthanded goal through Hartzell's pads. Hartzell stopped a Killorn backhand immediately following the Harvard penalty kills as the Crimson outshot the Bobcats by a 9-8 margin in the frame.
Harvard had the only two shots in the extra period. Hartzell stopped Valek's shot from the left side on the rush and later slid over for tough save on a Luke Greiner one-timer from the right.
The Crimson won 42 faceoffs to Quinnipiac's 40, led by Killorn's 12-8 mark at the dot. Max Everson led the team with three blocked shots, and Quinnipiac's Zach Davies knocked down five.
The first period nearly passed without any goals or penalties, but the Bobcats changed that in the final two minutes. Jeremy Langlois scored after Matthew Peca backhanded a centering pass from the right side that Scott Zurevinski deflected to Langlois.
The Crimson quickly tied the score in the second period, on the game's first power play. Alex Fallstrom set up Killorn for a one-timer in front, and Morrison was waiting on the right side to cash in on the rebound. Colin Blackwell's would-be go-ahead goal—he knocked the puck in and net off nearly simultaneously—was waved off after video review.
The Bobcats regained the lead, 2-1, when a pass to Cory Hibbeler in front of the Harvard net from Loren Barron bounced off his Hibbeler's leg and into the goal. Valek knotted the game seven minutes before the intermission. Peter Starrett threw the puck to Daniel Moriarty in front. The senior was dumped with a crosscheck from behind, but Valek followed up to poke the puck under Hartzell.


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Will power folding mirrors ever arrive for this wide car? At least 'wide' by European parking standards......
Will power folding mirrors ever arrive for this wide car? At least 'wide' by European parking standards......
Well, they should make it available before the S goes onto the EU-market next year......
I use Volkerize.com when VolkerBerlin isn't available I and found the following thread where we discussed the mirror issue and discovered that they were recruiting a design engineer for exterior mirrors.
That doesn't mean that it will happen, but we are hopeful that this is an indication that they are working on it.
vouteb, I just recently had an email chat with "the" Tesla guy responsible for Europe (at least that's how I read his business card). When I met him at Geneva's motor show earlier this year, he had offered me a personal bet of ten pound sterling that the Model S would have power-folding mirrors when it arrives in Europe. The same guy now conceded that not unlikely he is going to lose that bet (which technically means he owes me a beer or two, which is a small quantum of solace). Mind you that was no official information from Tesla, and certainly not the final word on the issue. Hope is still there, but slowly vanishing...
That's a bummer. I think it's in their best interests to add it at some point. There are many old garages out there that are not very wide. I wouldn't worry so much about it if it were a narrower car.
Ditto that, Cap. It looks like I'm only going to clear my garage by about an inch on both sides. I guess I can't be in too big a rush to arrive or leave.
Are they manual folding?
Manually flipping back just the driver's side should give you a couple more inches. Or you could try my "bumper" idea: strategically placed rubber bumpers that force them to fold before you reach the garage door ...
rtesta, yes. A forum member has actually verified (by way of tape measure) that the "Width (mirrors folded)" as indicated on the Specs page is accurate. (Even though the image seems to suggest that the fenders may be wider than the folded mirrors, this is not actually the case but seems to be an artifact due to the perspective of the image).
Or plan C: just 'bump' the passenger side, since the driver side is accessible by rolling down the window. :)
Brian H: I like the rubber bumber idea. I have a friend that is skilled enough to do it in a way that is aesthetically pleasing. Will have to look into it now. Thanks. I just don't see myself getting in and out of the car to manually adjust in every scenario. That torrential rain from the recent storm here on the East coast comes to mind.
Excellent; pix when complete! I think I'll retain Industrial Design rights for the idea. Maybe request $10 fees from future adopters. Only 8,000 of them and I'll be able to afford a Perf.!
Brian, I back into my garage. Think your bumper idea would work? ;)
A very carefully angled one might; it might have to be spring-loaded, though. |9-/ More of a pusher than a 'bumper'.
Got it; a two-step! Backing past them releases the bumpers, then going forward a few feet again folds the mirrors. Then resume backing.
Unfortunately, re-cocking them, and opening the mirrors again once you leave the garage, is still "hands-on". At least you're spared half your work and the loss of a mirror from time to time!
There are two downsides:
1. I need my mirrors to back into the garage.
2. I'm sure I would rip at least one mirror off the car if I tried this trick.
I did a width measurement today using a small plumb bob and thread.
Measured 86 5/8 inches mirrors out (tesla literature mentions 86.2 inches)
Mirrors in was 77 1/2 inches
Measured "hip" of car at widest point over the rear tire and got 77 1/4 inches or
almost identical to the mirrors" in " width. With 19 inch tires the outside of the tire
is the same width as the fender hip
Accuracy probably a little better than 1/4 inch
What's the legal situation for in Europe WRT replacing the side mirrors with cameras? There's been a lot of talk that the Model X will use cameras to reduce Cx, but there are some legal issues with that in the US.
Two related threads:
- No Power Folding Mirrors for Model S in the future
- Cameras replacing mirrors ("private", i.e., owners and reservation holders only)
I again confirmed no power folding mirrors. Unfortunately, with a 9ft wide driveway with walls on either side and a 93" garage opening, without power folding mirrors I think I will have to return the deposit and move on. I am waiting until the next announcement of possible package changes (hopefully in early December) before I throw in the towel. Not happy about this, but it is also not worth losing a mirror over. I know many must be in a similar situation.
The Model S is 86.2" wide with the mirrors out. If you reach out and pull the driver's mirror in it is 81.75" wide. I have faith in you - you can do it!
brianw31, vouteb, as another European, I'm in the same boat, and I certainly did may fair share to raise this issue to Tesla's attention. In any event -- be sure that you do not cancel until the very last moment!
That's what you indicate, anyway, but I want to stress it once more. Cancelling early won't buy you anything (especially not in the current financial markets), and we won't know for sure before the Model S is in fact "there". There have been positive surprises in the past, be careful not to deprive yourself of a positive surprise in the future. :-)
@vouteb and brianw31, keep the faith! I did a test drive last week and the smile still hasn't left my face. The car truly is incredible. I won't even attempt to describe what it was like to drive it because I won't do it justice, however the first words to escape my grinning face was "holy sh!t"!!! I'm still trying to convince my wife that this is the car for us, so I'm jealous to hear from all you reservation holders and saddened that you're considering dropping your reservation. I would gladly risk losing the occasional mirror to own this truly spectacular car!
Or you can be crazy like me and pay to modify your garage to make it wider. :-)
Or be really really crazy, and walk out to fold the mirrors. . . :-P
I am really with Stark on this, and really jealous at you guys with reservations. Would hate to see you dropping out over such an issue.
@Tiebreaker: I did that at first, but it got old, especially when it was raining. :-)
If they do this, I'd also like to see more adjustment range. When I took the test drive, I wasn't able to get the angle that I've been taught to use to minimize my blind spot. I'd hate to think that the rearview camera is the primary way to see back there.
@Stephen.pace, I did the test drive months ago and had the same reaction you did--it is an amazing car to drive. Unfortunately, modifying the retaining walls to make a 10ft drive is $40K as it would require integration with 150ft of additional retaining wall (which I am going to do eventually, but not for a few years). Once that's done, I could widen the door opening by 4-6 inches, but that wouldn't change the entry as it is already off-set and I would still need to fold the right side mirror. Living in liquid sunshine Seattle, I have no desire to get in and out of a $95K car 9 months out of the year to fold the mirrors just to get in and out of my garage.
At this time, I have decided to cancel and re-reserve and hope they fix it by January, if not I will likely purchase the Lexus ES300h. It's no Tesla in performance or mileage, but it has the MPG of a Prius, better interior storage, and I don't have to buy a new house to fit it in the garage. Hopefully, Tesla will still be in business and fix either the width or the mirror issue as I would certainly purchase one in the future.
brianw31, width will definitely fixed by GenIII (aka 3-series competitor), expected to hit the streets 2015 (in the best of worlds). Based on the little experience we have, Tesla seems eager to fix the details, so there is a vague possibility that at some point they will fix the mirrors, too.
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3 cms on both side....
@Volker, I remain optimistic, but reality is beginning to set in that this likely won't happen. Not really interested in the GenIII and hope that they come out with a S 2.o for the new year, but if not, I do need a more green (i.e. fuel efficient) comfortable car that can go 100 miles a day and I won't wait until 2015 to get it. I will keep my fingers crossed that Elon will come to his senses on several of his idiosyncrasies around the model S.
At least he's not saying "Any color you want, as long as it's black" (his favorite).
@Brian H | DECEMBER 2, 2012: At least he's not saying "Any color you want, as long as it's black" (his favorite).
Yeah, but the "blue" and "green" colors are effectively black. It seems that allot of the decisions for the car's features were based someone's personal idiosyncrasies. If I were designing the car, it would have a totally different set of idiosyncrasies.
But back on topic, I don't personally need the folding mirrors for my garage, although 2 of my cars do have folding mirrors which makes it nice for close quarter parking. Hopefully, someone will be able to offer some aftermarket addition for folding in the mirrors - and I don't mean a string to pull the mirrors in and a stick to fold them back out.
There isn't going to be a S 2.0 for a couple of YEARS, if at all, much less a couple months after production start.
Your best bet is reserving a Model X and hoping Tesla gets the laws changed so they can do away with mirrors altogether and rely on cameras instead.
My guess, by the time TM gets around to mechanical folding mirrors... side view cameras will be permitted.
Maybe that's why no power mirrors - an expectation/hope that they'll be able to get approval on cameras in the not-too-far-distant future. Maybe a retrofit option?
Having lotsa mirrors pranged off would reflect badly.
Keep registering your reactions to the ownership experience team. it appears they are tracking this issue and the one about not having any handles from the roof (commonly known as oh sh!t bars)
Used to be cars only had mirrors on the driver's side anyway.
The flank of the car is almost as wide as the mirrors, anyway.
Odd question...if anyone happens to know.
I guess car manufacturers are required to put external mirrors on each side...But do they have to be 'in use'? Can you legally drive with the passenger side mirror folded? Or would that trigger safety alarms within the car? Has anyone ever gotten a ticket for driving with a folded mirror?
"The flank of the car is almost as wide as the mirrors, anyway."
Not really true. The mirrors add 9" to the width of the car. This is both according to the specs and owners who have verified the specs. Pictures are misleading.


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Those parks have horse trails as do another 12 parks, and trailer parking is available at those parks. They are Bear Creek Lake, Belle Isle, Chippokes Plantation, High Bridge, Holliday Lake, James River, Pocahontas, Shenandoah River, Sky Meadows, Twin Lakes, Wilderness Road and York River. Equestrian trails vary from 2 to 57 miles long. See below for details or click here for a detailed list of all parks' horse offerings (PDF).
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thegreatgwin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 22 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Logo for the natural healing charity ARHF working in Africa needed.
Theme is resonance/waves/healing.
You can see very rough idea/starting point for a logo here: http://www.arhf.nl/images/logo-idea.gif
Website preview: http://www.arhf.nl/index.php
Amma Resonance Healing Foundation
Desired Color Scheme:
Purples (see website menu), blue? Open to ideas. Flexible!
Desired Style:
Something clean, clear, relaxing, healing, wave-like!
Accepted File Formats:
vector, jpg, print ready appreciated.
You will see from this http://www.arhf.nl/images/logo-idea.gif idea that all four letters have an upper and a lower part. The lines separating upper and lower could be connected to each other in the form of a wave.
From the beginning of the first wave to the end of the last half a circle could be drawn below the four letters.
The line of the circle should not be visible, but from the line of the wave down the colour (possibly blue?) could get thinner and thinner until it disappears.
In this way the logo includes both the idea of the wave (fluid, dilution, resonance) as also the idea of the circle (wholeness, healing, globule).
This is just one idea. Would like to work in this direction but am open to and would appreciate your ideas!
Note the current top title Amma Resonance Healing Foundation http://www.arhf.nl/index.php is only temporary and will go.
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re:fresh necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 243 diseños de 73 diseñadores freelance.
re:fresh is looking for a fresh contemporary/sophisticated, distinctive logo design similar to, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, etc.
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Enter the re:fresh design contest, we are looking for a high end fashion logo desigers to submit their designs for a chance to win a cash prize and also possibly work for the brand.
re:fresh is a high end fashion boutique/and brand with a contemporary/sophisticated feel we are looking for a very distintive logo design to brand the store and collection. the direction of the logo is similar to FENDI, LOUIS VUITTON, CHANEL, GUCCI, etc. The re:fresh logo needs to provide distinguished detail that will be the signature of the line.
Key elements/points
1. the brand name is re:fresh spelled re:fresh
2. we would like to play off of the Fendi Logo they have the FF for fendi we would like to see it with the RF for re:fresh with and without text
3. the RF needs to be able to stand alone as well as be apart of the text
4. With the Louis Vuitton element we are looking for LV style print layouts they do with there symbols which are the lotus, flevr, and diamond ; but with the rf for re:fresh with different symbols/images that define the brand and name re:fresh
5. The looks needs to be very clean and sharp
6. You can use lowercase letters for the design of the rf
by entering this contest the contest winner releases to re:fresh llc. all rights to logo and design for lifetime usage by re:fresh llc.
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Ideal-Cut vs. Fine-Cut Diamond Rings
Ideal cut vs. fine cut diamond rings are especially have differences as a term often used when defining the diamond, but what is it?
There is a variety of ideal standards for diamond cutting and they all reflect and bend light, diamonds is based on research. Although the differences between ideal-cut vs. fine-cut diamond rings are these standards have variations are not dramatic.
Ideal Cut
Ideal cut diamond rings are usually an ideal standard who rates means that a diamond segment. This term is used in North America, is an ideal cutting usually refers to the American Standard diamond proportions. To be adopted, a stone cut diamonds diamond quality rates according to how closely the ideal cut is assigned a grade.
Fine Cut
The name "slaughter" is often used in Europe now finely cut criteria in 1939, Germany is a standard created in the so-called School of fine cut, is used to refer to. As it turns out they used different standards in different parts of the world. Also some of the color, clarity and appearance differences are mostly appear.
Ideal Cut vs Fine Cut
tThese two standards in ideal-cut vs. fine-cut diamond rings they recommended İdeal measurements are slightly different.
Crown Height
The American İdeal is a diamond shaped thin-cut diamond than the standard a tall Crown. (Crown round diamond at the top and the bottom edge of the stone or belt is separated from buy.)
Table Diameter
The diameter of the flat top and round diamond is desk generation is measured as a percentage of the diameter. There are other differences between ideal-cut vs. fine-cut diamond rings, but these are insignificant. As you can see, this is quite similar to two cuts and you the ideal shine-and will be able to spot the difference between fine-cut diamond is not possible.


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The Museum of Croydon is part of Croydon Council's Place department. We are responsible for delivering a number of services through our galleries at Croydon Clocktower:
Tells the story of Croydon from 1800 to the present day, through objects and stories of local people.
Home to the 200 items from the Riesco Collection of Chinese ceramics and Croydon's Roman and Anglo-Saxon collections.
Changing displays of works from the Borough Art Collection.
The place to go to find out more about our collections and discover the history of your family, house or local community.
We also run a fun and interactive programme of events, activities & special projects to encourage local people to enjoy and learn from our collections.
As part of our learning service we offer Object Handling Sessions for schools and community groups. Our Handling Collection contains over 300 objects that are meant to be touched. The objects are used with school and community groups to help people find out about the past firsthand. Sessions take place in our Activities Space at Croydon Clocktower or, for an extra charge, we can visit you.
Our team are also engaged in many community outreach projects seeking to forge partnerships and make links between our work and peoples' everyday lives.
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Anna on the way
This is Anna Kendrick leaving Vancouver heading to Toronto for TIFF for one of the most highly anticipated films of the festival. Yes. The one I won't stop yapping about: Up In The Air. It will not make nearly as much money as New Moon, but then again, prestige or profit? Lucky for Anna, she gets to enjoy both. Full Story
Jackson & Christian
They should date. No clue if they're compatible, not sure if they get along. But their names sound good together. And the combination is like a hotness explosion. This is Christian Serratos, ridiculously attractive, yesterday in Vancouver shopping with a friend. Quick check of Christian's IMDB shows no bookings after the Twilight Saga. Full Story


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Ghostbusting isn't cheap, y'know.
That's according to the calculations by CinemaSins—they take movies like Ghostbusters and tally up the monetary value of the damage featured in the movie. Naturally, though, the damages would be different in the year the movie was made, so the $23 million number is what you'd get after adding inflation.
It's a big number, but it somehow isn't as much as you'd think it'd be considering so much of of New York is destroyed, eh?
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Another figure from the Epic movie is a strange looking critter. This tutorial will show you "how to draw Nim Galuu" from Epic, step by step. I wish I had more character information for all but I don't. I can tell you that Nim Galuu is one of the good guys which is plan to see. He is a mustard colored critter that wears a brown colored house-coat. He will be a tad harder to draw than some of the other Epic characters but I'm sure that you will breeze by this lesson with no problems at all. Enjoy this tut folks and stick around to see what's next.
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Auburn police arrest 3 in railroad protest
All released from jail
Auburn police arrested three people on the charge of criminal trespass after they refused to get off railroad tracks in the area of Court Street.
They were attempting to block the tracks, Auburn Police Deputy Chief Jason Moen said in a release.
Police arrested Douglas Bowen, 67, of Porter; Meaghan Lasala, 27, of Portland and Jessica Dowling, 32, of Unity. They were all charged with criminal trespass, Moen said.
Police took them to the Androscoggin County jail, where they were released on $300 unsecured bail.
No trains were blocked by the protest, Moen said.
The protest was run by members of 350 Maine and Maine Earth First, a release said.
"The groups are calling for a moratorium on the transport of the same oil product that caused the tragic train explosion in Lac Megantic, Quebec last month, which killed close to fifty people. While Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the operator of the Lac Megantic train, has ceased oil operations, its competitor Pan Am has continued oil transport through the state uninterrupted, traversing downtowns and rivers throughout Maine," the release said.
Members of the groups also participated in street theater and had a teach-in near the Auburn Public Library in addition to blocking the railroad tracks.


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After wrapping up performances at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom and in The Netherlands at Roadburn Festival commemorating three decades of sonic brotherhood, NEUROSIS has now made its special-edition 30th Anniversary merchandise available for pre-order through Neurot Recordings.
Each of the designs was specially commissioned for the band's landmark shows. The special 30th Anniversary merchandise, only available until now at those performances, are as follows:
- Santos 30th Anniversary t-shirt: Designed by prolific artist and illustrator Santos, the front of this shirt features the six-color poster artwork designed to promote NEUROSIS' 30th Anniversary shows in both the United States and Europe. The back of the shirt highlights an additional four-color design, also by Santos.
- Hooper Mandala t-shirts and hoodie: Designed by Thomas Hooper, the t-shirt designs are offered in both black and grey, and in ladies' styles, all featuring a one-color mandala drawn by Hooper on the front, and the back of the shirt shows the Neurot Recordings logo. The hoodie shows the Hooper artwork on the back, and the Neurosis/Neurot Recordings logo on the left chest.
- Hooper Mandala tote bag: The signature Thomas Hooper 30th Anniversary mandala design is replicated on a cotton canvas tote bag.
- Neurot Recordings logo bag: The Neurot Recordings logo is printed in white ink on a cotton canvas tote bag.
Pre-orders for all NEUROSIS 30th Anniversary merchandise can be placed at THIS LOCATION.
Following their monumental milestone 30 year anniversary shows in San Francisco and at Roadburn Festival, NEUROSIS reveal more live shows in summer.
08/10/2016, CZ - Jaromer, Brutal Assault Festival
08/11/2016 - IT, Brescia - Festa Radio Onda D'Urto
08/12/2016, CH - Le Locle, Rock Altitude Festival
08/13/2016 - NO, Oslo - Oya Festival
08/14/2016, AT - Vienna, Arena (with Tesa & Ufomammut)
08/15/2016, GER - Leipzig, UT Connewitz
08/17/2016, NL - Haarlem, Patronaat
08/18/2016, BE– Hasselt– Pukkelpop Festival
08/20/2016 - FR, St. Nolff - Motocultor Festival
08/21/2016 - PT, Porto - Amplifest


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General Product Questions
How will rFactor be released? Online? Steam?
We have our own online distribution system in development.
What are the minimum specs?
We have not yet completed testing. A non-netburst single core CPU above 3.0GHz with SSE2 would work, but a dual core 2.0GHz CPU would be better. 2GB RAM and either nVidia GeForce 8600 or ATI Radeon x1000 Series with 512MB video RAM will be required to take advantage of some features. rFactor 2 will not run on Windows 98, but will run on Microsoft Windows XP, XP 64bit, Vista and 7.
Will rFactor 2 support multiple CPU/GPUs?
Yes to both.
Have you changed your mind about the user file locations mentioned in a previous interview?
Has force feedback been improved?
The force feedback is now much more correct. We are using a separate thread for physics and this has decreased latency. Right now we are working to refine and match for feeling with the new tire model.
Does rFactor 2 support multiple controllers like rFactor did?
Has triple screens support been improved?
Yes. We now also support nVidia 3D vision and virtual screen angles can be adjusted.
Does rFactor 2 support many of the oval specific rules and regulations difficult to simulate with rFactor?
There has been some improvement in this area.
What are the different series that are going to be included?
We have been working on assets for several different styles of racing that are in various states of readiness. Some of these may not make the initial release, but those that don't will be added post-release as we did with rF1. Of course, we'll also be enhancing the released series in the future with more cars and tracks; so there is plenty of content to come. The series that are nearest completion and should be ready in time are:
1960's Historic Racing (includes both open-wheel and hard-top vehicles)
1970's stock car racing
Renault Meganes and Clios
Modern Endurance Racing (multiple vehicle classes)
Open-Wheel Trainers
Formula Renault 3.5
Formula ISI
This list is not definitive–there's always the chance we could hold something if we feel it's under par. Likewise, we could end up finishing something we didn't expect.
Will rFactor 2 be modding friendly like rFactor? What has been done to improve modding? Open script?
Many improvements have been made to make mods easier to find and install. No open script.
Will there be documentation supplied with rFactor 2 or will we have to figure things out ourselves?
Support will be provided and some documents will be provided both with and after the initial release.
How difficult will it be to convert tracks from rFactor to rFactor 2 and be able to make use of the new features available? What about converting without the new features?
Possible, but it will not be as simple as dragging and dropping. Mod groups are going to want to put in some additional effort to take advantage of the new features available for their work.
Are mods going to be easier to install? Can they be packaged?
We are currently testing our new packaging system.
Will there be an in-game lobby filter to make it easier to find races?
A filter is available but the final criteria is not yet set. You will see server information such as pings for sure.
Will rFactor 2 have a ranking system?
Will racers be more accountable for their actions and can server admins manage them?
An online login system should allow more control.
Can I block someone driving with keyboard from joining my race?
Why is the ability to host a race from within the software being taken out?
To ensure a consistently improved online experience.
Have the mismatch issues found in online games been worked on with rFactor 2?
Will there be driver changes?
The fate of this is tied to rejoins (see below).
Can I rejoin a server after being disconnected?
We've done some work on this, but it may not be ready for deployment of the initial release.
Can we force tire/part changes in hosting rules like many real-world racing series?
Probably not, but it should eventually be possible to see this information in result exports.
What is the multiplayer client connection limit in a race?
The number of drivers that can join a server at any time depends on how many drivers each specific mod supports (up to 64 most likely). Of course other clients can join as spectators if the server allows them…
Can I voice chat with other racers?
There will be no in-game voice chat. We feel other free programs do this very well and with far more features that we would want to implement.
Can I share setups with individuals/everyone in the race?
Are fixed/forced setups supported?
What effects are planned with rFactor 2?
HDR, bloom, new shadows, ambient occlusion, heat distortion.
Has work been done to improve sound such as echoing in tunnels?
We are working on this right now. Both walls and tunnels.
Can we have glowing/reflective numbers for night racing which is easier than doing it now with rFactor?
No plans for this, but you can do this yourself.
Can cars now make proper wheel to wheel contact?
Yes. We have improved collision detection.
How exactly has the tire model been improved?
The tire model is new and one of the most important features of rFactor 2 which will interact with the new weather and real road models. Real life drivers deal with many changes during an event as they can arrive at any turn and can find themselves with more or less grip than they felt on the previous lap. The tire, track and weather model should allow users to experience many of these changes for the first time.
The tire is now considered to be a separate simulated body to the rim, and the contact patch has a huge increase in processing allowing different and constantly changing levels of heat and wear all around and across the tire. Tires will hold a history of what you've done to them and all these factors will give a constantly changing experience in terms of grip, handling and even pit strategy.
The video below gives a basic demonstration of the new tire model and how the contact patch changes shape and holds heat/damage in any abused areas.
Has damage been improved?
We've done some work on this but are not yet sure what will be in the initial release. A new feature which may make it would be that paintwork can be scratched/ripped by contact. Tire damage has also been implemented (see above).
When I change tires (or go onto the grass and make them dirty, etc) will the look of the tires change? Will there be visual tire wear?
There will be both physical and visual wear for tires. Dirt and grass pickup not yet decided.
Will there be any laser scanned tracks in rFactor 2?
Will there be pit crew animations?
We have a new skinned animation system that allows for the addition of animated pit crews, and while it is our intention to add this it will probably not be included in the initial release. We will most likely ship with a minimalistic pit crew and then build on that until we have a fully functional crew for the many different types of cars we expect required…
Will tracks have scripted events like the crew jumping onto the pitwall for the finish, a firework show on the first lap or spectators leaping out of the way on a hillclimb or rally stage?
Again, scripted animation events are something we have in the pipeline, but most likely won't make the initial release. The plan that has been talked about it to have events that can trigger other events, and so on. Our animated pit crews will depend on these triggered events so we'll HAVE to add them…
Can I set points where the green flag would be waved for start/restarts?
Currently, we have internal triggers that tell the starter/flagmen when, and what type of flag, to wave. We will be expanding the flagmen functionality post-release, so we could probably add trigger-driven events to the system easily enough.
Will the weather change during a race? Will it affect grip and visual effects as it does?
Yes to both. Weather will affect both your visual and physical experience.
How will the weather effect the drivers view?
There will be fogging, a wet windshield, raindrops and wipers.
Can the A.I. in rFactor 2 have personalities so that one driver is perhaps more aggressive than another?
Yes. AI can be setup individually and overall. In fact if you really wanted to, each driver can have a preferred line around a race track. You can make individual drivers better/worse in qualifying versus the race or even give someone a slow reaction speed at the start.
Will A.I. in a slower GT class let a faster car through?
Blue flag code has been improved, AI should move away from the racing line in appropriate situations.
Will more information be in the files that keep track of laptimes, aids used, weather, etc?
We are currently setup to export XML files which contain some information, but we will be moving towards a JSON system which should allow extraction of information at a much greater depth.
Can more information be on the results, like tire compounds, number of pit stops, etc?
The JSON generated information will evolve (see above).
Quelle: ISI
rFactor 2 Developer Q&A Fragen und Antworten
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[h=2]Minimum/Recommended System Specs for rFactor 2[/h]
CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 or 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon x2
Memory: 2 GB
Video Card: nVidia 8600 GT or ATI/AMD 3850
Video Memory: 256MB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
DirectX: 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB
CPU: 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon II x2 or better
Memory: 4 GB+
Video Card: nVidia 250 GTS or ATI/AMD 4870 or better
Video Memory: 512MB+
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit, Windows 7 64bit
Storage: 4 GB+
Note: 2008 C++ Runtimes SP1 required (included with installer).
CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 or 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon x2
Memory: 2 GB
Video Card: nVidia 8600 GT or ATI/AMD 3850
Video Memory: 256MB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
DirectX: 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB
CPU: 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon II x2 or better
Memory: 4 GB+
Video Card: nVidia 250 GTS or ATI/AMD 4870 or better
Video Memory: 512MB+
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit, Windows 7 64bit
Storage: 4 GB+
Note: 2008 C++ Runtimes SP1 required (included with installer).
Mein Gaming-PC ist bereit. Also her damit
"Auch wenn es weiterhin kein konkretes Datum gibt und ISI aktuell in der internen Testphase steckt, soll die PC-Rennsimulation nach dem Willen aller Beteiligten noch in diesem Jahr erscheinen."
Will the weather change during a race? Will it affect grip and visual effects as it does?
Yes to both. Weather will affect both your visual and physical experience.
How will the weather effect the drivers view?
There will be fogging, a wet windshield, raindrops and wipers.
thanks for the infomation,
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ACCESS: Enter rental car garage and follow valet signs.
There is a customer service option available for travelers in a hurry to catch a flight out of Pittsburgh. Passengers can choose to have Pittsburgh Airport Valet Parking Service park their cars instead of spending time looking for a parking space or waiting for a shuttle.
The valet facility is located next to the rental car return in the bottom level of the Short Term Parking Garage, only a few steps away from the Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal. Drivers can pull up to the valet kiosk and leave their cars with the valet. Within moments passengers can be well on their way to checking in for their flights and heading to the departure gates.
Valet parking is offered seven days a week, 24-hours a day. No appointment is necessary. All airport parking is patrolled by the Allegheny County Police. Customers are also offered additional services, such as wash, detail and oil change that can be done while passengers are away on their trips.
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Opinion: We're All On the Bernanke Rollercoaster
WSJ Americas columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady on how Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's monetary intimations have caused the market's recent volatility.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Mammoth Cave enjoys the distinction of being the longest cave in the world, with more than 345 miles of explored passageways. In 1981 the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized it as a World Heritage Site and in 1990 as an International Biosphere Reserve. The cave is particularly interesting because the processes that formed it in the first place are continuing. Passageways are being carved out today in the same way as they have been for more than a million years.
Mammoth Cave National Park's surface area of 52,830 acres is characterized by rugged forested hills, high rocky bluffs, and two major rivers, the Green and the Nolin. This serene and largely unpopulated natural setting in Kentucky belies the long and colorful history of the area. Mammoth Cave is the centerpiece of one of the greatest cave regions in the world. The Mammoth Cave area includes numerous deep cracks, sinkholes, underground streams, and layers of limestone rock. These rock layers are eroded and dissolved by underground water. The water drains underground through vertical cracks and horizontally between layers of limestone and eventually forms sinkholes and caves. The resulting landscape, created by the action of water, is known as a karst landscape. Underground water has carved out Mammoth Cave in long, horizontal passageways over the past several million years. The upper passages, dry today, were hollowed out millions of years ago; the lower passages are still being enlarged by the flowing waters of Echo River and several other underground streams. Mammoth Cave's huge vertical shafts, called pits and domes, have been created by groundwater seeping downward through sinkholes or cracks located beyond the edge of the protective hard layer of sandstone that overlies much of the cave.
Water also has been essential in decorating parts of the cave with gypsum formations, stalactites, stalagmites, draperies and flowstone. The delicate gypsum formations occur in some of the cave's drier chambers; the rest of the formations appear in some of the wetter chambers.
Water is also vital to the unusual biota, or animal and plant life, of the region. Above ground and in the cave there are approximately 1,000 kinds of plants and about 500 types of animals. The cave itself abounds with unusual fish, shrimp, crayfish, crickets, spiders, beetles, molds, and mushrooms that live within its cool darkness. Many cave animals, like the blindfish and certain crickets, are blind. Some do not even have eyes. Other animal and plant life lack skin pigments and appear to be entirely white. Both the sightless and the colorless creatures would be unable to survive in the surface environment. They depend on the clean water of unpolluted underground streams to carry their food to them.
Geologists, zoologists, ecologists, archeologists, historians, spelunkers, and ordinary citizens are amazed and thrilled by the size, complexity of history, and environment of Mammoth Cave.


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CONCORD — A former Exeter Hospital technician charged with stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C wants his trial delayed until at least next April, in part because the public defenders representing him say federal budget cuts will force them to take more than a dozen days off in the coming months.
CONCORD — A former hospital technician charged with stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C wants his trial delayed until at least next April, in part because the public defenders representing him say federal budget cuts will force them to take more than a dozen days off in the coming months.
David Kwiatkowski, who has been in jail since his arrest in July, is scheduled to go to trial Oct. 1, but his lawyers filed a motion this week asking that the trial be moved back at least six months. They argue that more time is needed given the complexity of the case, and note that they have only two attorneys and one investigator to sift through more than 10,000 files associated with the case so far.
"The team has barely scratched the surface of the immense amount of discovery already received," wrote attorneys Bjorn Lange and Jonathan Saxe. "There has as yet been no independent investigation by the defense team. That is because the only investigator assigned to the case has spent approximately 243 hours organizing and reviewing the discovery."
The defense lawyers also argue that under the automatic budget cuts that began taking effect in March, each employee in the office is required to take 16 furlough days before October, which amounts to nearly 400 lost hours. In contrast, the prosecution has the ability to marshal "essentially unlimited resources" to investigate and prosecute Kwiatkowski, they wrote.
"It is therefore highly inappropriate for the government to be attempting to prevent Mr. Kwiatkowski from having the time necessary to confront the evidence against him and prepare for trial," the defense wrote, adding that Kwiatkowski himself is unaware of the full scope of the evidence against him.
In a response filed Thursday, U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said he would agree to push the trial back to mid-January, but that the defense arguments about the government's unlimited resources are meritless. A single attorney is prosecuting the matter, while also working on other cases, he said, and his office, too, has been advised of potential furloughs.
He also emphasized that just as Kwiatkowski is owed adequate time to prepare for trial, the victims also have a right to see the case settled in a timely fashion.
"Some of these victims are elderly and/or quite ill," he wrote. "Extending the trial date far into the future may present difficulties for these victims. It could hinder their ability to testify. In fact, victims could even pass away while awaiting the commencement of the trial in this case."
Kwiatkowski, who pleaded not guilty to 14 drug charges in December, is accused of stealing painkiller syringes from Exeter Hospital's cardiac catheterization lab and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his own blood.
Thirty-two people in New Hampshire and a dozen people in other states have been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C carried by Kwiatkowski, who worked at 18 hospitals in seven states before being hired in Exeter in April 2011. For years, he moved from job to job, despite having been fired twice over allegations of drug use and theft.


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If any of this had any truth to it (And out of respect for the Belt's, I'm not saying it doesn't). It would call into question anything and everything that is subjective about the high end. The variables involved(And the interactions between those variables) would be infinitely complex. Audiophilia Nervosa? Insanity? This hobby is insane enough as it is! We don't need to go there!
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By all means, it is the scientist's job to doubt. Yet while science's greatest discoveries also seem to have been precipitated by imagination, the latter quality is apparently no longer in the job description. (Science and chance are also strange bedfellows, but it's only by dint of the latter that we occasionally get visionary men and women of the former.)
Science's credo is to doubt, but journalism's is to keep an open mindand to report with accuracy, and without an agenda. Unfortunately, for good journalism to have the desired effect, it assumes good reading comprehension at the receiving end. (As with Ohm's Law, power can be developed only across an appropriate load.) I have learned from sad experience that one cannot air controversial topics in the 21st century without at least a dozen imbeciles confusing reportage with tacit agreement. (You may recall the twit who declared, famously and wrongly, that Stereophile "endorsed" the Tice Clock simply because we wrote about the poor thing; had he actually read the pieceassuming, again, a minimum sixth-grade level of reading comprehensionhe might have noted that we dismissed the Clock.) Yes, I blame goofy-liberal educators for the decline in the American intellect. Yes, I blame mass-media stultification, too. And, yes, I hope to keep the outrage down to a dull roar this time out.
Here's the thing: Englishman Peter W. Belt makes some of the strangest audio accessories imaginable (footnote 1). I first heard of him in the late 1980s, via the English magazine Hi-Fi Answers, then edited by Keith Howard. There appeared an article about Belt and his accessories, accompanied by a photo of the inventor, apparently with a paper clip attached to his face. That's the sort of thing that leads some people to think, I must learn more about this guy, and others to think, Perhaps there's something good on TV.
The products of P.W.B. Electronics, Ltd., all derive from a discovery that Belt, an electronics engineer, former radio repairman, and England's only manufacturer of electrostatic headphones, made in 1979. A wooden table in his listening room had suffered a spill of some sort, so Belt used a cleaning producthe refers to this as Chemical Ato try to remove the stain. Right after doing so, he and his wife, May, noticed that the sound of their music system was markedly worse than before. They removed the table from the room, upon which the sound improved. Then, out of curiosity as much as anything else, they brought the table back into the room, and the sound worsened againand so it went, back and forth, until the curious relationship between poor sound and the newly "treated" table was beyond all doubt.
Not long after, the Belts happened on an article in a scientific journal that described a compound given off by a certain species of plant when under stress. That compound was, in fact, their Chemical Awhich led Peter Belt to wonder if some negative playback experiences might have less to do with the playback gear than with the reflexive perception of the listener. He further wondered if human beings might be sensitive, in a manner hitherto unexplored, to mixtures of certain chemicals used as danger signals in nature. And, most significant, Peter Belt wondered if he might then be able to identify chemicals that induce not stress but relaxation: happy-face chemicals (other than Scotch, I mean).
Eventually, Belt says, he hit on a compoundcall it Chemical Bthat seemed to have a consistently positive effect on music listeners. He describes applying this substance to the windows in his room, to the fireplace, even to the dustcover of his turntable, all to surprisingly good effect. At first, according to May Belt, the discovery left Peter feeling miserable rather than elated: The notion of improving sound by refining the listener's perceptionsrather than the design and manufacturing techniques to which he was accustomed, given his engineering backgroundwas disheartening. But as one empirical discovery seemed only to trigger the next, Peter's misery turned to enthusiasm. Before long, Peter and May Belt were in the business of offering productsvery unorthodox products, mind youintended to produce patterns of reassuring energy in their users (other than Scotch-drinkers, I mean).
I'll save for the next issue my own experiences with their techniques and productsthe latter exemplified by their signature product, the P.W.B. Cream Electretbut make no mistake: Neither Peter Belt nor May Belt, who has in recent years become the public voice of the family firm, is a charlatan. I say that with utter confidence, for a number of reasons:
Peter W. Belt (82) and May Belt (77) live humbly in Yorkshire, England. They are not bons vivants or world travelers, although May still speaks with excitement about visiting her best friend in Florida a few years back.
Peter Belt has a solid background in audio engineering. He understands the engineer's mindset, and has spent much of his career steeling himself for the inevitable ridicule from those circles.
The ratio of the number of free tweaks openly described by Peter and May Belt (visit www.pwbelectronics.co.uk) to the commercial products offered for sale by P.W.B. Electronics is now something like 30 to 1.
It's obvious from talking to the Belts for more than three minutes that they are utterly without guile. They believe everything they say, and they appear to harbor an almost bottomless wonder and delight regarding the unmade discoveries that await them.
That last one is key: After buzzing around the topic for several years, and even in light of the occasional jokes I have made at their expense (I hope Peter and May will forgive me, but the whole picture-in-a-freezer thing is irresistible), May Belt agreed to let me interview her during the first week of this year.
"She turned me into a newt"
From leeches to trepanation to fluoroscopes to chemotherapy, the medical arts have their share of products and techniques that were developed to save lives, yet themselves pose considerable risks to the patientan irony that's accepted by the majority of practitioners and patients alike. Yet in the perfectionist audio community there lives an elderly couple who suggest that the technology of domestic playback equipment may itself have a deleterious affect on our ability to perceive and to understand the subtleties of sound. The latter irony is arguably less extreme than the former, yet its very mention is enough to provoke cries of Burn the witch! from the villagers with the pointiest hats. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
Thus I began my conversation with May Belt by asking her to tackle the apparent dichotomy between audio engineering and the study of reflexive perception:
Art Dudley: The first products of yours that crossed my radar were the P.W.B. Electret Foilswhich, I believe, were once given away by the magazine Hi-Fi Answers, in little packets attached to the magazine.
May Belt: That's rightattached right to the front cover.
Dudley: Those and other P.W.B. products of that day were intended to affect the gear rather than the perceptions of the listener . . . ?
Belt: No, it has always been perception, from the earliest things that Peter was discovering, which couldn't be associated with affecting the signal.
Dudley: Let's look at that distinction between affecting the gear and affecting one's perception of it: You have observed that, although there is now common agreement that different component partssay, capacitorshave different sounds, the explanations of those differences offered by the engineering community are probably not correct.
Belt: Right. When human beings don't like or react adversely to, say, capacitors of one sort, and we prefer those of another sort, it's not necessary that those capacitors are affecting the signal. It could be our reaction to their being present in the environment. That's the thing that changes the sound. That's sometimes why you can go to a capacitor that you found was the worst-sounding, and you can cream it with our cream, and that will [then] be the better-soundingeven better than the one that you preferred in the first place.
Dudley: Because of the presence of a chemical . . . ?
Belt: I'm not highly technical, but I understand that there are certain things that we could react to. In a transformer, the signal is coming in to one winding, A+B, goes over the gap, and is inverted in the second winding, to become B+A. It may be that we don't like that. We might not like that, but we don't know that we don't like it. If you then put [in] a second transformer, attach it to that, and you've got this B+A going in to the first winding, and [the signal] is induced into the second winding and becomes A+B . . . we may like that!
But an engineer, coming along and deciding that two transformers working together sounds better . . . well, it might not be the signal: It might be us!
Footnote 1: P.W.B. Electronics, 2 Northbrook Croft, Hill View Mount, Leeds LS7 4QZ, England, UK. E-mail: email@example.com. Web: www.pwbelectronics.co.uk.
It would call into question anything and everything that is subjective about the high end. The variables involved(And the interactions between those variables) would be infinitely complex
This does appear to be the way things are. From my Richard Heyser Memorial Lecture that I gave at the 2011 Audio Engineering Society Convention:
"We can't directly experience reality; instead, our brain uses the input of our senses to construct an internal model that reflects that external reality, to a greater or lesser degree. . . evolution has optimized the human brain to be an extremely efficient pattern-recognition engine that uses incomplete data to make internal acoustic models of the world. That same evolutionary development has major implications when it comes to the thorny subject of sound quality."
The brain is used to using incomplete data from which to create its internal models of reality, which in turn means that _everything_ we perceive, not just sound, contributes to our judgment of sound quality, which is what Mrs. Belt is suggesting.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
After reading the follow-up, I'm inclined to think that Art's 14 y/o daughter would make a better reviewer.
If a table with a stain on it - a table I'm not even consciously aware of - would have a significant impact on my music perceptions, then I wouldn't be as concerned about my gullibility as I would be about my susceptibility to substances and subtle aromas. Should I live in a sterile house, or allow my emotional state be held hostage to unseen and unsmelled chemicals hiding in the walls, the drapes, and countless other household things? People like Michael Jackson were afraid of germs and wore gloves. Could Michael have been tuned into a wavelength that others of us are blissfully unaware of unless we try a jar of Belt's magic cream? I think before I smear some creamy substance from a jar onto my prescious amps and music players that that cream is going to have to give me a better high than some of those substances I was acquainted with back in my college days.
It is interesting read of these things and the introspection of the Belts is appreciated but I cannot regard their work as anything more than entertainment in the absence of objective testing. There are many approaches to the study of the mechanisms of perception that can be applied to these phenomena, given adequate motivation and funding. I know the latter is always in short supply but, apparently, no one is sufficiently motivated.
This means that you could send the same piece of equipment out to ten reviewers, and all else being equal(HA!), will give a positive or negative review based on how they personally interact with the chemicals in their particular brand of deoderant... Or how the shampoo residue interacts with the deoderant residue after the reviewer gets a whiff of his wifes perfume residue, and then only when combined with the chemical interactions of the lemony fresh Pledge residue? SHEESH!
I usually just circumvent the all the tweak stuff and just channel Nikola Tesla's cosmic aura for improved audio results.
I'm talking of course about Art's list. I'm still a user/fanboy of roller blocks, tiptoes, and even a little squishy stuff once in a while. Best regards.
I have no difficulty believing that chemical compounds can enhance the listening experience. My own tweak - let's call it chemical "c" - greatly enhances the emotional impact, sweetness, liquidity, and three-dimensionality of my system. Instead of rubbing it on components, or placing it near cables and power supplies, one simply smokes a small amount at the beginning of the session.
The improvement is immediate and undeniable. One becomes deeply engaged with the music, and the equipment "disappears." In other words, it's just you and the music. Thoughts of newer, more expensive equipment are replaced by a contented feeling of, "I can't believe how freaking awesome this sounds!" And, relatively speaking, it's an inexpensive tweak.
I've done tweaks and heard nothing. I've done tweaks that made things worse!. But the three things I do to CD's pretty mach always work magic are: 1) CD Stoplight [green permanent marker is just as effective) on the CD's vertical edges; 2) Bedini Clarifier (the six beam just kills the old Ultra; and 3) CD surface oil (Yamamura Churchill Millennium CD Coating Oil Q-151).
Perhaps the reason you abandoned these tweaks is that your hearing is not what it used to be? All of these tweaks results in reduction of work clock jitter in the D/A converter.


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Welcome to the Wolf Creek Baptist Church website. Please feel free to register and participate. Registration is free.
Wolf Creek Baptist Church serves the community of Wolf Creek, Montana located 26 miles north of Helena, on I-15.
We meet for worship service at the old railroad depot next to the Oasis restaurant. We meet at 10:00AM each Sunday for Bible study and worship is at 11:00 AM.
We also have Bible Study on Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM. We are currently studying the book of Psalms using John Phillips commentary.
Whether you're visiting Holter Lake for the weekend or vacation, fly fishing on the Missouri or other streams or live in the Wolf Creek area we'd love to have you visit.
Wolf Creek Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist Convention affiliated church. We are associated with the Spurgeon Baptist Association of Churches as well as Treasure State Baptist Association of Montana both are associations of Southern Baptist churches that are united to manifest the glory of God above all. What do we believe? We hold to the The First London Baptist Confession of Faith, 1644, 1646, The Second London Baptist Confession (1689, The Philadelphia Confession), the New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833), and The Baptist Faith and Message (1925, 1963, 1998, and 2000 editions).
We preach expositorily book by book through the Bible.
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Taiwan has become something of an afterthought in US policy discussions on Asia's future, a US academic has told a congressional seminar.
Taiwan's strategic location and its unique potential as a Mandarin-speaking democracy to influence the course of Asian affairs has been given "short shrift," Hudson Institute research fellow Eric Brown said.
"Even more worrisome has been the creeping acceptability of the idea that the US's long-established security relationship with Taiwan is placing us on a collision course with an ever-more powerful PRC [People's Republic of China]," he said.
Brown's remarks were released on Thursday in Washington by the Hudson Institute, but were actually delivered two weeks ago to congressional staff members working on Asian issues.
"The US-Taiwan relationship has been a pillar of the security order which has sustained the previous three decades of general peace and unprecedented prosperity in Asia," he said.
According to his prepared remarks, Brown said that there were a number of proposals on offer about how to best accommodate the PRC's growing power so as to reduce US competition with Beijing and maintain peace in the region.
"What's striking is how such proposals almost seem to unthinkingly accept the terms proffered by the PRC, including the question of Taiwan," he said.
Any new agreement with the PRC would necessarily require that the US accommodate what Beijing claims as its "core interests" and that would mean "capitulation on Taiwan and elsewhere in the South China Sea," Brown said.
"The power of such proposals is formidable and they've led to growing calls for the US to withdraw from Taiwan," he said.
"So strong is the desire not only for peace, but for these particular peace plans to work, that alarm has been raised that we Americans won't accommodate the PRC's legitimate and merely regional aspirations," he said.
"Thus, because of American intractability, the argument holds that war in Asia becomes more likely," Brown said.
If the US does abandon Taiwan, he said, and the People's Liberation Army sets up a naval base in the country, it would fundamentally reshape the strategic architecture of the West Pacific.
"We know from the PRC itself that it won't — because it can't — countenance Taiwan as an equal. How then would it treat democratic Japan? Or South Korea?" he said.
The US' increasing isolation from Asia would increase the risk of friction with the PRC and of "outright conflict," he said.
Brown said that a central US task was to work with Asian allies to nudge Beijing closer to democracy.
"This is where I think Taiwan's role is potentially indispensable," he said.
Far from being a strategic liability for the US in the emerging Asian order, Taiwan had a "potentially unique game-changing" role to play, he added.
"As a Chinese-speaking democracy, it has a special opportunity to become a viable model for China's evolution and to help enlighten the political institutions and future course of affairs on the mainland," Brown said.
"I say Taiwan may potentially play this role, but as of now it is not clear it will choose to do so," he said. "There is concern that the democracy on Taiwan may not prove robust enough to remain a pillar of the liberal order in Asia."
Brown said that in the past Taiwan had helped to show China there was a better way forward.


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Lawmakers review bills to address Colo. wildfires
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers moved to tighten requirements for controlled burns Tuesday, but they're struggling to agree on a compensation figure for when the state is responsible for tragedies like a deadly March wildfire southwest of Denver.
A panel reviewing legislation to introduce next year approved bills to implement minimum standards for when the state conducts burns, and a proposal to extend tax credits to landowners who conduct fire mitigation.
The March wildfire in the Jefferson County foothills grew out of control from wind-blown embers from a prescribed burn. The wildfire scorched 6 square miles, damaged or destroyed two dozen homes, and killed three people.
The proposed legislation still needs to be approved by another committee and lawmakers will continue to make changes in the coming year.
Investigators said state officials followed an approved plan for a controlled burn and found no criminal wrongdoing. But victims of the wildfire have expressed frustration about the state's response.
Scott Appel, whose wife Ann died in the fire, asked lawmakers to consider the risks of conducting prescribed burns during windy conditions. State officials have said the forecast did not predict the windy conditions that sparked the fire.
"I would like you to consider as you look at this legislation, I would like to you to consider the clothes that you have on right now," Appel said. "The things you have in your possession, in a matter of two hours' time, are the only things that you have. I would like you to consider that your property is destroyed, your life is destroyed, and everything is gone."
Lawmakers on the panel also considered and rejected a proposal to raise the state liability cap from $600,000 to $1.2 million.
Republican Rep. Cheri Gerou, a member of the panel and representative for the district where the fire happened, said she voted against the proposal because the suggested figure "seemed flippant."
"I think victims in the state of Colorado deserve more careful evaluation of the costs and the impact of loss," she said. She said the figure should be higher.
Deputy Attorney General David Blake said some states have liability caps as low as $1,000, while others are as high as $5 million. At least eight states have no caps, Blake said.
State officials have said the cap is in place to protect the state from paying unlimited amounts in claims.
Democratic Rep. Claire Levy proposed raising the cap to $1.2 million.
"I think it does recognize that we have a number that is frankly ridiculous in this day and age," Levy said about her proposal to raise the current cap.
A separate bill passed this year allows victims of that wildfire to seek compensation in excess of a state liability cap, because of the state's involvement in the prescribed burn.
Blake said the state has received 132 claims, including 17 from insurance companies. He said some of the claims are duplicative, but it's clear that they will exceed at $20 million, well above the initial property damage estimate of $11 million.
The legislative panel is not overseeing the claims process.
Lawmakers on the panel also rejected a bill requiring counties to adopt building and development regulations to address fire mitigation in high-danger areas and to ensure there are roads to accommodate emergency vehicles.
Andy Karsian, a representative of Colorado Counties Inc., said local governments were already doing that and that a state mandate was unnecessary.
Lawmakers can still introduce some of the ideas that the committee rejected when they begin session in January.


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If you didn't know it was there, it would be easy to miss the small town of Dulan (都蘭, also spelled Doulan) as you barrel down the No. 11 Provincial Highway through Taitung County. You might notice an improbably large number of shops selling school bags for the local Dulan Primary School (都蘭國小), but there is little else about the town that would make you pull over for a closer look. This would be a pity, as Dulan is the center of a community that brings together Aboriginal culture, alternative arts, eco-friendly lifestyles, and a variety of recreation activities from hiking to water sports. It is a unique combination that offers something for everyone.
According to the East Coast Scenic Administration Web site, Dulan "is the largest tribal community on the southern East Coast," and a number of archeological finds in the area have led to the suggestion that it is also the "birthplace" of Taiwan's Amis people (阿美族發源地). Sarcophagi, steles and a number of other stone structures dating back around 3,000 years are part of the attractions of the Dulan Site (都蘭遺址) scattered in the hills rising above the No.11.
While Dulan's ancient past is of considerable interest, its primary appeal now is what has been made of the town by a modern generation of Aboriginal and Taiwanese artists and alternative lifestyle seekers. The symbol of this new movement in Dulan is the Hsindung Sugar Refinery (新東糖廠), which, as with many relics of Taiwan's past as a major sugar producer, has since been repurposed as a cultural park. The vast complex of factories, dormitories and warehouses has become an arts venue in which artists exhibit, local produce is sold and concerts and parties are often held.
The Siki Workshop (Siki木雕工作室) is a permanent presence at the cultural park, and many contemporary Aboriginal woodcarvings can be viewed there. A small gift shop called Hao De Bai (好的擺) is an excellent place to buy artwork work by local artists as well as produce such as local honey, handmade vinegar and millet wine.
Another center of tourist activity in Dulan is the Moonlight Inn (月光小棧), located on the slopes of Dulan Mountain. It offers spectacular views of the coastal plains and the ocean beyond. The Japanese-style building, originally a forestry administrative center, became a popular destination for tourists after it was used as a location in the film The Moon Also Rises (月光下我記得), which won best female lead and best screenplay at the Golden Horse Awards (金馬獎) in 2004.
The building has been well maintained and is attractive, though rather too much like a museum replica to provide much sense of history. Located high in the hills, it catches the ocean breeze, and the small terraced garden is a delightful place to enjoy a coffee. A gift shop run by a female artists cooperative offers some interesting knick-knacks and provides surprisingly good coffee.
While both the cultural park and Moonlight Inn are destinations carefully crafted by Taiwan's tourism authorities, there is much in Dulan that has a more independent vibe that speaks to those looking to get away from it all. One of the best-known eating establishments in Dulan is Marino's Kitchen (馬利諾廚房), opened by David Marino, formerly of Taiwan's English-language radio station ICRT. The story of how the former newsman upped roots and started a bakery in Dulan was widely publicized in the media, and the bread, the best-known product of Marino's Kitchen, is very tasty. A variety of Italian-American style food from pizza to pasta is also available, and it is an excellent option for anyone looking for a break from local cuisine.