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Skip to comments.My apologies to Nate Silver
Posted on 11/07/2012 9:08:42 AM PST by Raycpa
My apology to Nate Silver. I doubted your statistics. I assumed you were a smug know-it-all type numbers guy. You were right and you had a right to be smug.
I hear ya. ; )
I said all along that Nate Silver is the ONLY poll analyst worth listening to. Ignore EVERYONE else.
Ditto. I thought he had to be full of sh*t, but damn, his accuracy was uncanny. He was dead-on.
Instead, curse Barone.......
agreed.. he nailed it..
I am so surprised he was right. I expected more of our citizens.
If he knew obama was losing 10 million votes from what he had in 2008 why didn't he speak up?
RCP final poll average of each & every state also predicted each and every state correctly including Florida.
RCP ran a very simple algorithm - called average.
Nate Silver added a lot of weightings and secret sauce and what not.
Both of them ended up with the same result.
Wow, I'm surprised to see so many naive people on Free republic of all places. Nate Silver did not predict the outcome, he used his position to influence it. It came out to be about the same, because that's what they've been working towards this whole time, by discouraging Republicans, harassing them at the polls and rigging voting machines.
In 2008...optimism among many (not me) reigned supreme. All we heard about was oversampling of dems...and anecdotal evidence about record turnout at their individual polling places. Republican turnout as described as mammoth.
Forward to 2012. SAME story...except this time I expected a landslide. All we heard about was "That poll is crap. D+8? YEAH RIGHT!!!" All we heard yesterday was story after story of record turnouts.
It all turned out to be crap. Any FReeper in ANY future elections who talks about a poll being garbage because of their D sample...I will simply remind them of yesterday.
RCP's average in Florida was Romney +1.5, two percentage points away from the final result.
Two surprises for me that threw my analysis off.
1. I never guess D turnout would be almost as high this time as last time. WRONG.
2. I assumed there would be movement towards the challenger as the race ended. WRONG.
I'm still not exactly sure how Silver knew both of those things, especially the second one, or how Axelrod and Plouffe were so confident the election was totally in the bag.
I give them my grudging respect though. Those guys nailed it. I hate them all, but they nailed it.
Shows that, if anything, polls are biased towards republicans. A GOP candidate needs to be up 2-3 points in order cover union and democarat turnout machine.
Let's not go overboard. Likely he just gets Obama's internal numbers handed to him.
You are right. But it's still great. No fancy algorithm, no secret sauce (whatever that means). Nate got 1 state better than them. And even Nate gave Obama just 50.3% chance of winning Florida.
I actually doubt all the polls because I understand a little bit about sampling because I use it for auditing. I'm trained to be skeptical of my own results. I also have a great deal of respect for the polls done and am very hesitant to challenge a poll because the internals seem wrong.
My issues with Nate's analysis was twofold. I thought he was cherry picking which polls to use and was adding bias instead of decreasing it. Second, his translation of his analysis into a certainty factor to the nearest 10th decimal inferred an accuracy level that is not sustainable from the data.
But he was right.
Let's not go too far here. Silver may have his own model, own way of doing things, but when it comes down to it, all Silver did was create a weighted average of poll results. Silver was right, not because he's a genius, but because the polls were right.
Exactly. Nate Silver (and even more, Sam Wong) are just the messengers, the polls they were aggregating wrote the message.
My big take away from the Silver/Wong results over time: the race remained pretty much in the same please since last summer, with most actual eventual voters having made up their minds well in advance of Nov. 6th. and most of the dips and rises for either candidate reflected differences in survey response rates due to partisan enthusiasm.
The outcome, in light of the polling, makes a *lot* more sense if that was the case.
I too said to listen to Silver and was attacked for it. Do NOT question big data and predictive analytics. It is very powerful.
"My big take away from the Silver/Wong results over time: the race remained pretty much in the same please since last summer, with most actual eventual voters having made up their minds well in advance of Nov. 6th. and most of the dips and rises for either candidate reflected differences in survey response rates due to partisan enthusiasm."
That does make sense. To his credit, actually, I believe Silver made the same point a while ago. He commented that some of the rise in Romney's polls after the first debate could have come from Romney voters who, because of Romney's strong performance, were more willing to talk to pollsters.
I'm not sure that all of the poll fluctuations are attributable to differing response rates, but it is a plausible hypothesis, especially given our "endless campaign" political culture. After 2 years of nonstop campaigning, and 24-hour cable coverage of that campaigning, it's certainly plausible that most people made up their minds months ago.
"All we heard about was "That poll is crap. D+8? YEAH RIGHT!!!" All we heard yesterday was story after story of record turnouts."
The "polls are oversampling Dems" argument was really one of the more frustrating things to see repeated over and over, here and on every conservative site. It's like no one understood that the vast majority of pollsters do not weight their polls to a certain D/R/I sample, and it would not make sense to do so (since party ID is flexible, often changes with one's voting preference, and is one of the things pollsters are trying to measure - weighing to a certain party ID target makes only slightly more sense than weighting directly to a certain result).
The simplest explanation for why virtually every poll this season had a party ID spread of D+5 to D+10 is that the party ID spread of the electorate was between D+5 and D+10. Occam's Razor.
Sadly, writing anything like this before yesterday would have been enough to get people zotted around here. Hiding from the facts does not make them disappear. Denying the facts does not help us win. That must be one of the primary lessons we take away from this loss.
Exactly. I remember some on here trying to explain that (that polls just report the weight...not determine it). But...people didn't listen...and unfortunately I was one of them. I repeated that mantra to my friends...and now appear to be a big 'ol idiot.
I do not agree with you. Most models dealing with individuals have a shelf life. Behaviors change. ALWAYS question predictive analytical models.
Nate was right but he could have been right for the wrong reasons. It could have been
Exactly. Silver is a total hack -- he made his mark in 2008 by using campaign polling numbers fed to him by Obama, and then creating some "model" mumbo-jumbo to make it look like and independent prediction. That got him on the NYT staff so he could then use his "model" to influence thought -- all public polls are propaganda, not a measure of reality.
He missed 2010 by a country mile. Getting it "right" in 2012 was more a case of creating the outcome than predicting it.
Perhaps, but it is reasonable to question whether the polling was correct and if there was some common flaw in the polls done by the various polling places.
Lets try a thought experiment. Lets assume I did a random sample of the US population and the results were that I received responses from 90% men and 10% women. Although, such a result is possible for a random sample I would need to question whether my method of selection was in fact random.
When the current crop of polls showed a stronger democrat response than what would be expected, it is perfectly normal to question whether the sampling methods were flawed. Unfortunately for us we do not have access to the actual methods these pollsters use in order to see if they are applying a different methodology. We also have instances in the past where these pollsters have erred.
One such reason that made sense to me that could have caused a common error for all polls was the greater emphasis on cell phone contacts. Being a newer method I could understand that wrong assumptions on who the population was could have an unknown effect on the sample.
Did Nate have a statistical method to determine if the sample internals were representative? Were the samples actually flawed like many thought and the polls were actually wrong but the result was affected by other factors?
Nate ended up being right.
Of course it's reasonable to question whether there was some sort of common flaw in the polls. The problem is that the typical reaciton around here (and on other conservative sites/talk radio/etc.) was not to question whether the polling was correct, but rather to assume that the polling could not possibly be correct, because people simply could not believe that the electorate would look anything like 2008. People took anecdotal evidence of enthusiasm for Romney (and against Obama)--lawn signs, crowd sizes, the sheer hatred of Obama that people see in conservative areas and on conservative news sources--and assumed that this observed enthusiasm could be extrapolated to the electorate as a whole, despite polling evidence to the contrary.
In a way, this election was sort of like a reverse-2004. Just like the Bush-haters on the left, some conservatives--here and elsewhere--have been so blinded by their own desire to get rid of Obama, that they simply could not accept that a (slight) majority of the electorate did not feel the same way.
Only means he was in on the fix. Rats KNEW they would get however many votes they needed from Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Philadelphia, etc. Until voter ID is the law of the land this will continue - rats will never lose another election that they care about winning.
Good luck with that. It happens every election here.
Top 5 poll lies told here on FR:
1. Polls are crap.
2. People lie to pollster.
3. Undecided breaks for the challenger.
4. Republican's do worse on the weekends.
5. The polls are used to demoralize not report.
Absolutes are a problem both ways:
1. SOME Polls are crap.
2. SOME People lie to pollster.
3. MANY Undecided breaks for the challenger.
4. (No contest on this one) Republicans do worse on the weekends.
5. ALMOST ALL POLL SPONSER'S HAVE AN AGENDA AND SOME OF The polls are used to demoralize not report.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (672 votes).
In short: Excellent day and spot on with the organisation- Well done TWH and thanks to alll of the excellent Marshalls who seemed to do a great job protecting us runners from some impatient drivers on the home straight. A lovely course with a challenging hill!Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: 1st time i've done this race got my PB so well pleased, Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Lovely scenery, and the hill wasn't half as bad as its pre-race publicity suggested!In full: Really enjoyed this one - great organisation, plenty of space for changing etc in the sports hall, queues for ladies loos not too long, and a lovely undulating course through the Kent countryside. Wasn't racing this one, just training, so plenty of time and energy to enjoy the views.Only two slight grumbles- the showers at the sports hall hadn't been switched on for us so had to stay stinky through lunchtime, and the brick pavement in Tunbridge Wells for the last 2 miles is VERY hard on the feet! But this was a great race. And a lovely shiny medal tooDate of review: February 25, 2007
In short: excellent race as preparation for FLM, fortunately didn't remember how hard Spring Hill is!In full: nice start this year with the timing chips, very relaxed. undulating is one of those nice understatements. thanks to the organisers a very smooth operation. easy access, easy parking even!Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Great Race - well organised and fits into the FLM training schedule. Plenty of water stops and plenty of marshals. Vey friendly atmosphereDate of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Perfect weather, imperfect hill, thoroughly enjoyed.Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Hilly course is not good for pbs but the route is scenic and varied. The organisation and facilities were excellent.Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Excellent run if training for the FLM. Hilly but lovely countryside.In full: The first 6 miles make you feel like this is real PB potential but then there are 2 hills on 6ish and 8ish miles which really stretch you. But the setting is very picturesque and I'd definitely do it again. If you're training for the FLM then it's a useful test in your build up and far more testing than an flat 13.1 miles.Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Fun RaceIn full: Dun race although I had diarea for the last 6 miles and my stomach is well bad, apart from that it was good.Date of review: February 25, 2007
In short: Good fun and 'the hill' provides a challengeDate of review: February 25, 2007
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How do I select my headphones?
If we have a look at the current offer of professional headphones, we see that there are many different models, designs, impedances etc. How can I select a headphone from this offer that meets my applications and requirements best? What should be considered primarily? Which properties have what influences?
• Transducers
Let us start with the transducers. Headphones need transducers to convert the audio signal into air movements (sound). There are many different kinds of transducers; four different versions are described below:
Electrostatic transducers
The transducer is made of two grid-like electrodes with a diaphragm thickness: < 2 micron) between them, opposing each other directly. Depending on the audio signal the electrodes are always opposingly charged and pull or push the diaphragm depending on their charge. Electrostatic transducers are appreciated by audiophiles due to their extreme precision and low distortion factor. Disadvantages include the high operating voltage, the mechanical sensitivity and the relatively high cost price.
Orthodynamic transducers
Another transducer is the almost forgotten orthodynamic transducer. The transducer consists of two grid-like ferrite magnets that are face to face in a certain distance with a concave diaphragm between them. The diaphragm consists of two layers between which the coil (flat) has been mounted. The diaphragm (coil) is moving between the two magnets (depending on the audio signal), the air is moved and sound is produced. Orthodynamic transducers also sound very precise and have a very low distortion factor. In the 80's this kind of transducer was widely used, but today it is rarely found. The biggest disadvantage was that the small forces of the used magnets could only achieve a small sound pressure.
Dynamic transducer
The third transducer is also the transducer mostly used: the dynamic transducer which is set up like a loudspeaker: on the rear of the diaphragm is a ring coil (sometimes it is also called moving coil), which moves in an air gap of a permanent ring magnet. This transducer provides a high reproduction quality, is mechanically very robust, needs only a low operating voltage and has a lower cost price compared to electrostatic transducers. For these reasons the dynamic transducer is still the mostly used transducer and found in almost every studio headphone worldwide.
(Electro-) Magnetic transducer
The fourth transducer is the magnetic or electromagnetic transducer. This transducer is frequently used in high-quality/expensive in-earphones. The electromagnetic transducer is similar to the dynamic transducer, the diaphragm, however, is the magnet at the same time and the coil is firmly under it (as the permanent ring magnet with dynamic transducers). The clear advantage is the sound pressure. These transducers produce more sound pressure than dynamic transducers, for example. The disadvantages include the higher cost price, the slightly worse distortion factor and the response peak. The response peak (depending on the model) is a defined frequency response which has been raised by some dB's and affects the sound so badly because a certain range has been raised (for example voice range or bass range). This is the reason why 2- or 3-way systems are used for high-quality in-earphones. The complete frequency response can be more flat. (In a 3-way system the response peaks of the three systems are tuned to each other).
• Different versions (designs)
Concentrating on the market for dynamic headphones, we will see that there are big (normal) and very small designs depending on the application.
In-earphones and intra-concha earphones
The smallest designs are in-earphones (also in-ear monitors, briefly IEM) and intra-concha earphones. The difference between both designs is that in-earphones (such as the DT 60 PRO from beyerdynamic) are put into the ear canal like earplugs while intra-concha earphones (such as the MX series from Sennheiser) are only put into the concha in front of the ear canal. As a result in-earphones provide a much higher isolation from ambient noise, what can be of great importance for various reasons.
Let us start with the acoustics. If the in-earphone fits correctly in the ear canal and provides a tight seal, the space between tympanic membrane and diaphragm is closed and very small. The whole thing acts like a kind of spring system (or push-pull mechanism) and the diaphragm can move the tympanic membrane with a small deflection and less power, what results in very good bass response. When this system is not tight, the low frequencies are lost (as is the case with intra-concha earphones). The reason why that is the human ear is less sensitive for low frequencies (below approx. 150 Hz) than for higher frequencies. If we would like to hear low frequencies better, a lot of power has to be raised for the amplification. When using loudspeakers low frequencies can also be felt physically. This is not the case with headphones. Loudspeaker diaphragms are also bigger and more stable (thicker material), which moves a lot of more air compared to headphones. In order to make optimal use of the small power which the headphone system develops, you have to make sure that the headphone or in-earphone seals optimally.
The second reason, why it is so important that the in-earphones seal tightly, is that it is not necessary to set the volume so high to protect our hearing. An in-earphone is "plugged" into the ear, seals against ambient noise and can use the ear canal as a sound box to produce a better sound. Especially the bass response is significantly better than with intra-concha earphones. In order to improve the isolation from ambient noise, sound and comfort for wearing, many manufacturers offer the opportunity to produce so-called ear moulds, which are exactly fit to one's ears and replace the supplied standard ear plugs. Now we leave the in-earphones and intra-concha earphones and have a look at supraaural headphones. But it makes sense to have a closer look at the acoustical operating principles first of all.
• Excursus: Operating principles
Open, semi-open or closed? What is the difference?
As already described, the bass response with in-earphones is very good, because the space between diaphragm and tympanic membrane is "closed". In principle these are closed systems. The conclusion that closed headphones provide the best bass response, however, is not quite right, because the system operates completely different than in-earphones. But this is not easy to explain and would extend this document considerably. The biggest differences between closed and open headphones is the strong isolation from ambient noise (and vice versa, the environment cannot hear what is played in the headphone) with closed headphones and the better spatial sound with open headphones. Semi-open headphones (such as the DT 880 PRO) are more or less a combination of both and try to combine the advantages of both. If we look at it from the mechanical point of view, we find out that open headphones have an advantage to closed headphones: The air volume closed between the diaphragm and ear cap dampens the diaphragm vibration. Pressure equalization can take place with open headphones through the shell which affects the faithfulness of pulse. But the increased dampening of the diaphragm also reduces the risk of uncontrolled vibrations.
The selection of the headphone due to its sound strongly depends on what we want to listen to. An open or semi-open headphone is perfect for classical or jazz music, which doesn't need a strong bass response, but a very high faithfulness of pulse. A closed headphone is ideal for pop or rock music.
Finally the kind of application (where will we use the headphone?) determines the suitable operating principle. If the headphone is to be used in a quiet environment (for example studio) to mix or monitor music, the headphone can freely be chosen according to one's personal taste. If the headphone however is to be used, by the musician for monitoring during recording, a headphone should be chose which attenuates ambient noise and is attenuated so that the microphone does not pick up sound reproduced by the headphone.
Supraaural headphones
Now that we know the differences between open, closed and semi-open headphones, we can return to the supraaural headphones. As supraaural headphones only lie on the ear, the space between tympanic membrane and diaphragm cannot be completely closed. With supraaural headphones you only differ versions with open or closed housing, whereby the use depends on the music style and/or kind of application, as we meanwhile know.
Now we come to the ear pads, which affect the comfort for wearing. In addition to different materials there are different shapes: 1.) The "flat" close version, which is completely closed in the middle (known from old headphones for mobile cassette players). This version is quite rare today. 2.) The ring-shaped, open version (such as beyerdynamic DT 231 PRO), which provides today almost each supraaural headphone. When wearing the "flat", closed version a lot of heat will develop what reduces the comfort of wearing. This problem is almost unknown with the ring-shaped, open version so that the headphone is still comfortable after wearing it for a longer period of time.
Circumaural headphones
The circumaural headphone is the biggest design for studio headphones. The ear pads are large enough to fit closely around the ears to the head. As it were they enclose the ear and do not touch it. This results in a clear difference between closed, open and semi-open operating principles, because depending on the ear pad and the housing the spaces behind the diaphragm and between tympanic membrane and the diaphragm are closed or open.
The different ear pads (material, shape, thickness) also affect the acoustics of the headphone. If the ear pad, for example, does not attach and close correctly to the head, the space between tympanic membrane and the diaphragm is not closed and therefore the sound of the headphone is not ideal. The ear pads that fit most closely, however, are not always the most comfortable or hygienic ear pads. For example leatherette ear pads are easy to clean, but as they fit very close a lot of heat is developed what causes sweating. The sweat is not absorbed by the leatherette ear pads and can be removed with a normal, moistened cloth. Ear pads made of velour or cloth do not fit so closely and therefore are a bit lighter. Heat, however, is also developing after wearing them for a longer period of time. The sweat is absorbed by the ear pad. But this is not very hygienic when the headphone is worn by many different people. This is the reason why ear pads made of velour or cloth should be regularly cleaned. Of course there are other versions such as the gel ear pads which consist of a flexible foil and are filled with gel. When the headphone is put on the gel spreads over the whole area, the ear pad fits perfectly and an ideal isolation is produced. Genuine leather is also used for ear pads and behaves like leatherette regarding the development of heat and hygiene.
• Impedances
After having discussed transducers and acoustical principles, we now must decide which impedance do we need? Headphones are available with different impedances from 16 to 600 ohm and higher, but why?
In order to answer this question, we must return to the beginning; the actual task of a headphone is to convert the received signal into sound pressure. The stated nominal sound pressure level states how successful this conversion will be. The nominal sound pressure level is stated in "dB SPL" and states how much sound pressure is produced at 1 mW (0.001 watt) of electrical power. When we have a look at the nominal sound pressure of different headphones with various impedances, we can see that the number is always approximately the same value. But the source that is connected to the headphone, is different and ranges from a small MP3 player to a high-quality headphone amplifier. Portable devices (for example a laptop) operate with a lower operating voltage than permanent installations (for example a high-quality headphone amplifier). As the principles of electrical engineering teach us we need less power but more voltage with a higher impedance; i.e. an MP3 player that provides an operating power of 3.3 V, for example, will deliver a power of 42 mW to a 32-ohm headphone; with a 250-ohm headphone it is only 5 mW and with a 600-ohm headphone only 2.3 mW. This clearly shows that we need headphones with lower impedance for portable devices to achieve a sufficient output level.
Why are there headphones with higher impedance at all, if a device needs less power with headphones with lower impedance? There are two reasons for this from which the first is the operating voltage once again. In fixed installations (e.g. a headphone amplifier) the operating voltage is much higher, for example 15 V or 18 V. The output voltage is therefore considerably higher as with a laptop or MP3 player. The technical effort to drive high-impedance headphones, is less in this case as if driving low-impedance headphones, because the required output power is not so high (more voltage, but less power at a higher impedance). The second reason is mechanically: mass of the diaphragm and the coil sticked to the rear is less than with low-impedance headphones; and the mass can be moved easier and faster. The reason why is the lacquered copper wire (for isolation) of which the coil is made. It is a matter fact that thinner copper wire has a higher resistance (because less fits through) than thicker copper wire. The magnetic field, which a coil is to produce when an audio signal is present, depends among other things on the amount of turns. In order to achieve this minimum number of turns with low impedance, a thicker (and also heavier) wire is required and because the diaphragm cannot be endlessly light, the moved mass (diaphragm and coil) is relatively high compared to high-impedance system.
• Technical Specifications
Now we only have to explain a few technical specifications: frequency response, distortion factor and nominal power handling capacity.
Frequency response
The frequency response states the lowest and highest frequency, which the transducer can reproduce. These limit values are fixed to the point (the lower or upper frequency limit) where a drop of 3 dB results. Unfortunately, a standard does not exist and often some manufacturers are cheating a little bit. It remains a question, if the headphone really provides a frequency response of 20 to 20,000 Hz. The curve of this stated frequency response is also unknown. Is it linear or does it run up and down? You could see that from the frequency response of the headphone, but it is rarely enclosed because with most headphones it looks quite horrible. The explanation is found further down in this text. Ideally you should rely on your hearing and test the headphones in question to compare them. The best is to compare them with a headphone you already know.
Distortion factor
We have briefly mentioned the distortion factor (also T.H.D. = Total Harmonic Distortion) already at the beginning. Without making it too complicated, the distortion factor (also referred to a T.H.D. = Total Harmonic Distortion) is the proportion of the original signal (fundamental sound) to the sum of the signals, which are not included in the original signal and therefore produced by the transducer itself or by the housing parts (harmonics). As the distortion factor is always smaller or at the most 1, it is mostly stated in percentage. So, the lower this value, the less harmonics are produced by the transducers and/or housing parts. This is what we want; as the harmonics do not belong to the original signal we have no control over them, if some are present.
• Localization
The last topic I would like to mention in this article is the localization, one of the biggest problems with headphones in general. It is a problem in so far that the (headphone) loudspeakers are directly placed on our ears and not around or in front of us, what definitely sounds like that. Over the years many attempts at a solution have been presented, some work better, some are worse, but it did not solve the problem 100%.
Human beings determine the spatial sound or the direction of the sound with both ears. Travel time, frequency spectrum and volume differences are decisive when determining the direction, while the reflections (early and late reflections) of the room where we are located are decisive for the distance of the loudspeakers. But with headphones the sound comes directly into the ear and our head, the ears and the room have no impact any more. The "in-head localization" develops and we have the impression that the source is inside our head, what can be very inconvenient and, most of all, what sounds very unrealistic.
The sound of a linear loudspeaker is also influenced by our head and ears, but we perceive it as linear. This is not the case with a headphone either, because the sound goes directly into the ear; our head and our ears are not affected at all or only a little bit. With diffuse-field equalized headphones we try to solve this problem by capturing colourations, which are caused by the head and ears, with measuring instruments (with a dummy head) and adapt the frequency spectrum of the headphone to them. The description diffuse-field equalization derives from the fact that these colourations are measured in the diffuse field. The diffuse field is the location where reflections are louder than the direct sound. As the mechanical and electronically possibilities are limited, however, the frequency response can never be equalised perfectly. Furthermore, some headphones have also been adapted to personal taste. As already mentioned, directional hearing, depends on the shape of our head and our ears. The dummy head can only represent a non-universal average value. A diffuse-field equalization of the headphone reduces the so-called "in-head localization", but this does not ensure to solve the problem completely. We recommend continuing to test the headphone. At last I would like to mention that there are further headphones which influence the audio signal with a DSP (such as Headzone® Pro and Headzone® Pro XT from beyerdynamic) and "manipulate" our brain. First of all the influence of head and ears are determined by measuring instruments and stored as so-called HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function). This HRTF contains information about the travel times to our head (e.g. how long it takes until a signal coming from the right hand side has reached the left ear after having reached the left ear, etc.). The audio signal is adapted by the DSP (Cross-Feed, HRTF, part of the reverberation chamber etc. is added) and reproduced as stereo signal to the headphone. This is possible with both stereo and 5.1 surround signals minimising the "in-head" localization.
© 2008 Peter Grooff
Product Manager Headzone® / Headphones / Headsets ProAudio
beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG


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ANDERSON – The newborn daughter of Brad and Ashley (Bloniarz) Anderson of Bark River has been named Collyns AnnMarie. Delivered at OSF St. Francis Hospital on Jan. 14 at 8:36 a.m., the baby weighed in at 11 pounds, 7.7 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches long.
Collyns joins big brother, Sawyer, in the family.
Dean and Cindy Bloniarz of Perronville are the maternal grandparents. Paternal grandparents are Mike and Sandy Anderson and Mary and Ron Phillips, all of Bark River.
Great-grandparents are John and Eleanore Bloniarz of Perronville, Katherine Perron of Gladstone, John and Carol Derouin of Bark River, and Phyllis Anderson of Escanaba.
Marjorie Kozlowski of Schaffer is Collyns' great-great-grandmother.
MENARD – Escanaba residents, Tim and Miranda (Baker) Menard, welcomed a son, Bronson John, Feb. 2 at 5:18 a.m. Bronson weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 20 inches long when delivered at OSF St. Francis Hospital.
He joins brother, Parker, at home.
The baby's grandparents are Mike and Mary Baker and Dave and Amy Menard, all of Escanaba.
Great-grandparents are Pat Menard and Max Whitney and Norm Wood, all of Escanaba.
PARLATO – Sophia Briana is the name chosen for the newborn daughter of Brian and Alicia (Tebear) Parlato of Gladstone. Delivered at Marquette General Hospital at 9:48 a.m. on Dec. 28, the infant weighed 9 pounds, 8.6 ounces, and was 22 inches long.
Sophia joins brother, Dominic, and sisters, Emma and Gabriella, at home.
Robert and Barbara Tebear of Escanaba are the baby's maternal grandparents. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Patty Parlato of Wells, and Tom and Mary Ross of Henderson, Nev.
ROBERTS – Daniel Roberts and Patricia Maggart of Escanaba are the parents of a baby boy, born on Feb. 9 at 2:50 p.m. Daniel John III was delivered at OSF St. Francis Hospital weighing 9 pounds, 9.9 ounces, and 20 inches long.
Daniel is the couple's first child.
Bob and Lisa Plough of Escanaba and Mike Maggart of Fenton are the baby's maternal grandparents. Sue Roberts of Escanaba and the late Daniel Roberts are the paternal grandparents.
Great-grandparents are Ray and Pat Hagman, Jerry Peterson, Betty Rogers, and Bob and Barb Plough.
SAUNDERS – Terry and Ellysha (Douck) Saunders of Manhattan, Kan., welcomed their third child, a baby boy, on Dec. 19 at 7:42 a.m. Kaleb James weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long when he was delivered at Irwin Army Community Hospital.
Kaleb joins older brother, Brady, and sister, Kaelynn, at home.
Trisha and Mark Backlund and Terry and Hildie Saunders, all of Escanaba, and Jeff Douck of Appleton, Wis., are the grandparents.
Great-grandparents are LaVerne Douck and Jeanette Flath of Escanaba, Jon and Linda Saunders of Helen, Ga., and Alice Montroy of Petoskey.
WILLIAMSON – Liam Bradley, newborn son of Shawn and Amy Williamson of Escanaba, was delivered at OSF St. Francis Hospital on Jan. 28 at 2:10 p.m. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 19 inches long at birth.
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MARSHALL – It's an essential resource, but water isn't easy to find in southwest Minnesota.
The search for an additional source of water for homes and businesses in Marshall has led Marshall Municipal Utilities north into Yellow Medicine County. While MMU General Manager Brad Roos said the development of a new well field will help ensure a steady supply for the city, sustainable water use is a topic of ongoing concern across the state.
"Finding water sources in southwest Minnesota is a challenging proposition," Roos said. When an underground aquifer can be found, the water is often of poor quality and requires treatment before it can be used. But the search is a vital one for both area residents and the local economy.
"Marshall requires a lot of water for businesses here," Roos said. "It's a wet industry town."
MMU currently has two well fields, with a total of 11 active wells supplying water for its customers. While Roos said those wells are meeting local needs, they are struggling to do so. MMU plans to bring a third well field – located in Sandnes Township in Yellow Medicine County – on line in 2015.
"We felt we had to diversify with a third source and doing so would increase our ability to reliably meet community water requirements," Roos said.
Roos said MMU had been searching for a third water source for the past 17 years.
The two well fields currently in use by MMU are located in Lyon County. One, in an aquifer south of Marshall, was brought on line in 1956, Roos said. The second, in the Dudley aquifer east of Marshall, was brought on line in 1988.
Both fields are still meeting local water needs, but the demands of pumping and current drought conditions put them under increased stress, Roos said.
"Hopefully with the return of some normal precipitation," he said, production will stay strong.
Marshall produces about 1.1 billion gallons of water a year, Roos said. In addition, MMU purchases 100 million gallons a year from Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water, as part of a two-year contract. The water bought from the rural water utility is sold to the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Marshall.
Maintaining a steady supply of water is a challenge faced by communities around the state, not just Marshall, said Jim Sehl, a groundwater specialist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. It's made more difficult by a lack of information on how much water is available and how much of it can be responsibly used.
"Nobody can agree on a true definition of sustainability," Sehl said.
Sehl said the DNR operates about 800 monitoring wells around the state, which are used to keep tabs on groundwater levels. However, they don't give a very complete picture. Thousands more wells would be needed for that, Sehl said.
In southwest Minnesota, finding adequate water supplies has always been an issue, Sehl said. The majority of water used in the region comes from underground aquifers. A combination of factors can lead to depleted water supplies, from increased demand for water for consumption, irrigation and industry, to extreme dry conditions that prevent aquifers from recovering.
State officials said Thursday that a proposal introduced by Gov. Mark Dayton and the DNR could help the state get a better handle on sustainable water use. The proposal, which needs legislative approval, would increase fees for more than 7,000 water permit holders statewide that use more than one million gallons of water a year. Rates would go from an average of about $7.50 for one million gallons of water to $15, the DNR said in its announcement.
DNR officials said the plan would also increase funding to monitor and manage groundwater levels.
Maintaining a steady water supply can also mean big investments in local infrastructure. The DNR has granted MMU a permit to develop the Sandnes well field, and Roos said the utility hopes to have the field operating in early 2015. However, in order to do that, an underground main needs to be built to bring the water to Marshall.
On Wednesday, the Marshall Municipal Utilities Commission received a route study and cost estimates for the water main project. The cost of the main is currently estimated at $13.6 million to $14.4 million, Roos said. Construction is planned for next year.
The cost to build the water main will likely affect customers' utility bills, Roos said, but he does not have specific estimates at this time. It's an issue the MMU Commission will continue to work on, he said.
Even with a third water source coming for Marshall, Roos said practicing water conservation is beneficial for the community. MMU encourages watering lawns on an odd-even schedule by home address number during the summer, and provides incentives for water-saving fixtures like low-flow toilets. Even small changes can add up, he said. An average MMU residential customer uses about 63 gallons of water a day, which Roos said is significantly less than in some other Minnesota cities.
MMU also has a plan for water allocation in case of a shortage, in compliance with state law, Roos said. Depending on the severity of a water shortage, the planned responses range from restricting non-essential water uses, to asking large industrial users to decrease water consumption.


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i am curious what they will do. it could be cool if they went 2 ways: (dreams)
if they actually got to use to molds for the MOTUC
if they did a slight upgrade design, and did toys ala 200x MOTU.
either way, or any way, i can't wait to see what happens.
My sell/trade list - vintage 80's toys - adding stuff all the time! https://www.ebluejay.com/store/Beastor
My feedback thread. http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=202525
Damn, for me too!
uomo libero e guerriero delle schiere Boiche
My pre-Filmation minicomics:
Of course I do commission, after all I have to live!
Chiaramente accetto commissioni, dovrò pur campare...
Cool news - i like the fuerza figures!
Hopefully we get an update soon, what with the New Year and MOTU 30th fast approaching.
I'd be in for this... let's hope they are highly available to the non-Argentine market.
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Jafaristew...the guy that coined the term "200X."
Have we heard anything else about these?
Long Live MOTU!!!!
Now & Forever!!!!
Damn.. i got a whole set of these for trade with a guy here on the site.. 1:1 for motuc figures.. I feel lucky now.
Here are photos of all of them in my collection:
Http://www.rickstoyroom.com My Website - Newly redesigned
http://flickr.com/photos/shdwknt My Toy Collection
No update since September? I'm really curious to see what Top Toys comes up with for Fuerza T 2. I love the first wave and am eager to see where they go with a second iteration.
MOTUC Customs:http://masterenglish.deviantart.com/...#MOTUC-Customs
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1.) they are not from this country.. so few people knew about them when they came out
2.) they where never actually marketed as MOTU -- so unless you knew about them. you would have never known
3.) international figures are typically made on much cheaper card stock and dont seem to survive the years -- if you wherent 100% into collecting and just saw them loose -- you would have thought someones kid went all toy story and bashed them all together after getting crazy with daddys paint.
The fact that they actually will still sell and ship these to the US -- it would be worth the investment for some minty fresh samples.
Http://www.rickstoyroom.com My Website - Newly redesigned
http://flickr.com/photos/shdwknt My Toy Collection
I'd like to see this. Did the original toys have a cartoon to go with them?
I wish I didn't wait so long to get into Video Games...they are so AWESOME! catching up with Xbox 360 and getting onboard with Xbox One.
So any new news yet??
i'm jumping up and down like a little kid hearing this news.
i hope these do get made.
Oh MOTU, Why Can't I Quit You!
My Trader Feedback thread:
still no news about release.
last update: possible versions of "stratos" and "buzz-off," one flocked and"battle-cat" version of fuerza T
I can't wait to see them if they come out. Might be too expensive for me, but I love seeing the pics. Very cool toys.
so will wave two be spector, goldar an the others previously seen? Or are those scrapped in favor of newer ones?
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My Ebay ratings http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...k&myworld=true
My Custom MOTUC's http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/album.php?u=36694
Awesome updates. A new flocked figure would be really cool. And the idea of a Fuerza-T BuzzOff sounds great!
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Please visit my store for custom MOTUC accessories and services.
yes I still hope these are coming!
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JafariStew's ART BLOG!! UPDATED 12.31.16!!
Jafaristew...the guy that coined the term "200X."
guess this is a dead issue?
Man I hate myself for selling the set of Fuerza T figures I had so long ago, damn the great divorce of 2006
the ignore list is my new best friend
I wish I still had my first series set too, but had to sell them to raise money. I thought they were so cool.
Maybe they will put the first wave back i to production
It's your place for Freedom of Speach for everything MOTU, POP, TMNT, , Horror, Wrestling, DC and Batman, and all other properties that are cool.
Is is now up and live please check it out and spread the word please!!!
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A publication claims that USB 3.0 could at last hit Macs.
The addition would allow Apple customers to ditch their $50 premium cables -- and, more importantly, gain access to many more peripherals.
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Move could alleviate Apple owners' woes of limited peripheral selection
These days USB 3.0, an extra-speedy connectivity technology is supported by an increasing number of peripherals like
external hard drives
thumb drives
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Ex-CEO Steve Jobs claimed customers
didn't care about USB 3.0
and it wasn't time for them to be allowed to get it, anyways. Apple instead offers customers Thunderbolt, an early copper-based implementation of Intel Corp.'s (
) upcoming fiber-optic "LightPeak" technology.
LightPeak offers 20 Gbit/s bidirectional data transmission versus up to 5 Gbit/s with USB 3.0. While that sounds like a favorable trade, one relatively minor downside to this arrangement is that Apple customers have to pony up
a whopping $50 USD per cable
, thanks to the slew of microchips inside the complicated design. Further, while an extra $50 on a $5000 computer may not seem that bad, the
lack of selection
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a new CEO
at the head of Apple the rumor has popped up yet again that the company will finally catch up to PCs in hardware by offering its customers USB 3.0.
, "A lot of people have been disappointed over Apple's lack of interest in the USB 3.0 standard, but thanks to a little bird, VR-Zone has heard that the company is still looking at USB 3.0 as a potential feature to add on future products. As to when and how this might happen is not something we know, but from our understanding it'll happen
Intel integrates USB 3.0 support into its chipsets."
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in its
Ivy Bridge
CPU series
, which will launch in 2012. If
's source is correct Apple could be preparing to deliver USB 3.0 slightly ahead of schedule in late 2011.
If Apple does that it'd probably have to go with a third party chip to add compatibility to its stock Intel chipset. That wouldn't be the first time Apple has done this -- its a well known secret that back in 2010 it
hacked at the stock chipsets
to allow graphics switching (similar to Optimus) between the integrated GPU in the Intel CPU core and the dedicated onboard NVIDIA Corp. (
) GeForce GPU.
Hopefully the rumors are true, after all, from our perspective there's little excuse to be peddling a $5,000 computer that lacks USB 3.0 support found in $700 Windows PCs.
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[502] Economic apartment
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•The building is located on a parallel street to calle Feria, where you find supermarkets, shops and an excellent food market (fresh fish, meat, fruit and vegetables).
•The decoration is basic, yet it is equipped with all kinds of amenities to make your stay comfortable.
•We recommend the boulevard of Alameda de Hércules to eat out or to have a drink, only 2 minutes away, with a wide variety of bars, restaurants and cafés.
•Close to the promenade walk along the river Guadalquivir and the theme park of Isla Mágica.
•Surrounded by important monuments: the Andalusian Parliament, the Basilica of la Macarena, the Arabic Walls, the church of San Luis, the tower of don Fadrique, etc.
•Well connected with other areas of the city by public transportation.
•Public parking next to the Andalusian Parliament, about 5 minutes walk from the apartment.
Check-out at 11:00, flexibility depending on the availability.
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From 21:30 to 23:30, there is an extra charge of 25€.
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Great location, with lots o restaurants, cafes and bars around, but not in the middle of the tourist "traps", there is a market right downstairs to buy something and eat it on the terrace or simply to have breakfast in there, 10 minute walk to main attractions
Host was very nice and explained us well all we needed to know about the city.
There is a really nice alley that goes to the river. It has aircon, cutlery, and everything you need.
Overall it was a great experience and it has a great value for money for groups of i would say up to 6 people.
The only downside = one shower only
The flat was in the heart of the city, clean, beautiful and quite.
I would recommend it to everyone!
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We had a lovely weekend in beautiful Sevilla. The apartment was complete and cosy and very centrally located, near Giralda in a quiet street. Perfect communication with Carmen, Rocio and Paco. We will be back!
Nice, clean and in the middle of the city, but very noisy.
First time using Wimdu and it was a great experience. The house was very nice and clean overlooking a beautiful plaza. The beds were comfortable but the sofa bed not so much. However, we were only there two nights so it was fine. The house is spread out in three floors, with the bedrooms on the 1st and 2nd floor, so there is space for everyone. The best part of the house is the terrace and it's location.
Nieves was wonderful and very helpful. She welcomed us, answered all our questions and gave us some great tips on restaurants and bars in our neighborhood. We had a great experience thanks to her. Gracias Nieves!
An excellent apartment close to the Cathedral & the bullring , calle Adriano with a large selection of restaurants & bars was mere steps away from the front door.
The apartment was air conditioned , the TV had a facility to change the Spanish version of many programmes back to the original English language version , hot water was constantly available & the washing machine was a Godsend.
Hugely impressed and would return.
Fine appartment a bit noicy but that's a feature of the Spanish temper.
We had big expectations on this apartment, due to the very high price. We are very disappointed! Improvements have to be done to make this study serious, otherwise stop rent out.
Negative things:
- The study did not have any air-conditioning this must be mentioned in the description of the appartment!!!! Imagine, in July with 30 degrees and three Tapas bars just under our balcony, made it impossible to sleep, because we had to have the balcony door open (noisy until 3 a.m.). With closed door you could not sleep due to the heat.
- The study was quite dirty and non-fresh. Marks on wall paper etc. and we had to clean the bathroom ourselves before using it.
- The stove was in a bad condition. Only two out of four stove plates functioned.
- The sheet was too small for the mattress, so where ending up laying on the mattress itself
- The balcony was very small
- The pots and pans were worn out with broken layer. Must be upgraded (the rest of the kitchen and tools were Ok)
Positive things:
- The study is very close to the beach
- The view from the balcony was very nice
- The study has a washing machine
- If it is too windy on the beach there is a swimming pool included
Terrific location, 5 minute walk from Cathedral. Apartment as described in the website. Carmen and Jesus were great, always available and helpful. Highly recommended.
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Americans don't copy the British healthcare sytem
Americans! Don't copy the British healthcare system!
Posted By: Daniel Hannan at Apr 6, 2009 at 20:44:17
It's difficult not to warm to John Prescott. As part of a Labour Government that lived from headline to headline, he added a dash of authenticity. He may have been oafish, but he was reassuringly human.
Prescott is trying to fabricate a row out of my interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, in which I warned Americans against adopting a socialist healthcare system along British lines. You can watch the old bruiser here. (If you're an American who likes to imagine that the British are eloquent, please ignore that last hyperlink.)
I wonder whether anyone still falls for this sort of stuff. For a long time, Labour politicians had two slogans which they would trot out whenever healthcare came up: "Envy Of The World" and "Free At The Point Of Use". These phrases were not intended to be arguments. Rather, they were ways of playing your trump, of closing down the debate.
Prezza uses both (or, rather, a mangled version of each). The NHS, he says, is Britain's "greatest creation". Really? Greater than parliamentary democracy? Greater than penicillin? Greater than the discovery of DNA, or the abolition of slavery, or the common law? John, the NHS produces some of the worst health outcomes in the industrialised world. Britain is the Western state where you'd least want to have cancer or a stroke or heart disease. Ours is now a country where thousands of people are killed in hospitals for reasons unrelated to their original condition. If this is our "greatest creation", Heaven help us.
As for the second slogan, which Prezza renders as "need and not ability to pay", there is no health system in Europe or North America that leaves the indigent untended. What is at issue is not whether we force poor people to pay, but whether we prevent wealthier people from doing so. The British system treats everyone equally, it's true: we queue equally, we wait weeks for operations equally, we are expected to be equally grateful for any attention we get.
Outside Westminster, the old incantations are losing their magic. Envy Of The World is no longer a charm to ward off criticism. People can see for themselves that Britain has become a place where foreigners fear to fall ill. Yes, all three parties are committed to the NHS: I am a humble backbencher, and speak only for myself. But I wonder whether, as on tax and borrowing, public opinion hasn't overtaken the Westminster consensus.
Let me put it like this. Imagine that, in 1945, we had created a National Food Service. Suppose that, in the name of "fairness" and "need and not ability to pay", sustenance had been rationed by the state. Conjecture that every citizen had been allocated one butcher, one baker, one café and so on. We all know where that would have led: to bureaucracy, to duplication, to surpluses in one field and scarcity in another, to racketeering, to hunger. No one, not even Prescott, is suggesting that we socialise food distribution - even though food is at least as basic human need as healthcare. As those Americans of whom you seem so contemptuous might put it, John, go figure.
I spent ten years in the Army and if that's what we can expect from socialized medicine then I want no part of it. Of course if the government can barely handle providing healthcare to 500,000 active duty soldiers, their families and surviving veterans, then what's it going to do when it has to handle 300 million people?
The government can't even run the Post Office. In case you didn't know the Post Office is in serious financial trouble and they're something like $11 billion in debt. But I guess it's a good thing that stuff like heart and brain surgery aren't nearly as complicated and putting a box on a truck and driving it from point A to point B.
I'd say that we survived over 200 years without nationalized healthcare (not only survived, but we became the strongest nation in the world), there's no reason that we suddenly need it now.
And first, since this deals with politicians and government it should be in the Politics section.
Off the top of my head I can recall two stories of people being left without care; one where a 2 week old infant died while driving from one hospital after being refused care from another because she didn't have a certain health care provider, and another when a farmer lost 2 fingers but could only afford to sew one of them back on.
Plus, my buddy was also refused care because of his insurance and had to drive 25 minutes to a different hospital with a 4" shard of glass in his wrist.
I am in Colombia right now for work and there are medicines here that cost me and my family $500 a month that I can get here for about 400 Colombian Pesos (about $0.15) because they don't have crooked insurance companies running their country.
More untended indigent:
My mom worked for an insurance company for about 2 years and her job was to investigate peoples medical history to find out if they had any medical conditions in their past and failed to reported them, this way the insurance company can use these as an excuse to not provide care. This includes failing to remember that you had pneumonia when you were 6 on those little forms you fill out on your first day of work.
If you have a kid, and it is 100% healthy, and doesn't need any emergency care, you could still walk out with a $1,000 bill. Have fun if it is premature or needs intensive care or you need a c-section etc.
The problem in America is these insurance companies literally running the country. They have a lot of crooked politicians in their pocket, so its not going to be easy to change.
But I don't think we should go 100% socialist, I think we should get rid of all socialist programs in America. Starting with the police, fire department, ambulance services and the post office.
You where doing good until that last tid bit there...
Sounded real good and then BAM! it's retarded
I could probably come up with a million sob stories for why we supposedly need socialized healthcare. My mom is an epileptic and I remember food being pretty scarce in our house as a kid because her medication was so expensive. Then my dad got his neck broken in a car accident and suddenly there were no adults in our house who could work and we were living off of worker's compensation. Eventually, my brother and I had to take jobs during the summer just we could survive.
However, I still think it's a horrible idea for the government to take over healthcare, because I know that it doesn't work.
They can't even competently run the healthcare that they've promised to our soldiers and veterans. There's no way that they are going to be able to take care of the entire American population.
People also need to learn a measure of self-sufficiency, if you run to the doctor every time you get a sniffle, then of course your healthcare costs are going to be through the roof. Most people can solve their own health issues just by exercising, eating right, not smoking, not drinking in excess and NOT over medicating themselves when they do get sick.
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Using evidence to make decisions: does this apply to the government?
- Department of Children's Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
- Correspondence to: Dr Alison Twycross, Department of Children's Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK; a.twycross{at}lsbu.ac.uk
In my May contribution to the EBN Blog (http://bit.ly/1bzuQ7V) I sent a message to Jeremy Hunt, the English Secretary for Health, about nurse staffing levels. Despite compelling evidence supporting the conjecture that patient safety is inextricably linked to registered nurse-to-patient ratios, the Government continue to pronounce that decisions need to be taken at a local level and refuse to set minimum staffing levels. A study published in 2011 suggests missed nursing care may explain, at least in part, the relationship between staffing levels and patient outcomes in the USA.1 Similar findings are emerging in the UK with 86% of nurses in one study reporting that one or more care activity had been missed on their last shift due to a lack of time.2 This is …


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SeaWorld Cited for Endangering Animals, Tanks in Disrepair
Update: Prompted by PETA's complaint about a child who was bitten by a dolphin at SeaWorld, the USDA conducted an investigation and cited the marine park for several violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including the use of expired surgical materials, some almost a decade old. "The use of expired medications and materials … is not an appropriate method to treat injuries, or to prevent, control, & diagnose diseases," the report noted. The USDA also documented that a dolphin tank and the areas surrounding the orca performance tank were in disrepair, including containing cracked and crumbling concrete and rusty beams that could pose a threat to the health and safety of both the animals and workers. The USDA pointed out that the unsafe conditions "might create a health risk if these pieces of concrete fall off into the pool and get ingested, or if they become abrasive" and that they "do not facilitate cleaning and disinfection."
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Following the release of video footage showing a dolphin biting the hand of a young girl at SeaWorld Orlando, PETA submitted a complaint to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting an investigation to determine whether the incident stemmed from Animal Welfare Act (AWA) violations.
Risky Business
The video shows 8-year-old Jillian Thomas feeding fish to the dolphin as part of the Dolphin Cove attraction at the park. When she raises up the paper carton used to hold the fish, the dolphin surges up to grab it, biting Jillian's hand in the process. The girl sustained puncture wounds to her hand, and the dolphin may have ingested the entire paper carton.
AWA regulations require that animal attractions have "sufficient distance and/or barriers between the animal and the general viewing public so as to assure the safety of animals and the public." PETA has also asked the USDA to ensure that if the dolphin did ingest the carton, the animal receive proper veterinary care, per AWA requirements.
A similar incident occurred in 2006, when a dolphin's mouth had to be pried open to free a 7-year-old boy's hand. It was the second time in three weeks that a child had been bitten at the attraction, but SeaWorld refused to change anything.
Amusement or Abuse?
These episodes provide further reminders (as if more were needed) of how little SeaWorld is concerned with safety in its parks—except, of course, for the protection of its ticket sales. Not only has its unwillingness to take necessary precautions caused children to be harmed, it's also resulted in severe injuries and even the deaths of its trainer and the animals it holds captive.
Even if SeaWorld implemented every safety procedure possible, though, life in captivity would still be miserable for the dolphins, orcas, and other animals imprisoned in its parks. Deprived of their families, social lives, and freedom of movement, these smart, sensitive beings grow increasingly frustrated, contributing to the risk for sudden, violent behavior.
Catch Kindness, Free Animals
Unlike SeaWorld, young Jillian is showing compassion—according to an Associated Press article, she prayed for the dolphin who bit her and hopes the animal "didn't get sick from eating the paper carton."
Teach kids to be kind: Please don't ever take your family to SeaWorld or any other attraction that holds animals captive in cages or tanks.
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Turn SeaWorld into a nonprofit facility to nurse marine life back to health and then release. The only "entertainment" should be allowing people to watch them do this.
NO COMMENT CAN EXPRESS HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEMS AMOUNT TO CONCERNING THE CAPTURE,MENTAL TORTURE AND SLAVERY MAMMALS/SEA ANIMALS ARE FORCED TO ENDURE BECAUSE OF HUMAN GREED and EVIL PRACTICES. DOLPHINS,WHALES AND ALL OTHER SEA LIVING BEINGS DO NOT BELONG IN SWIMMING POOLS and CAGES. SHAME ON THE GOVERNMENT AND THOSE LEADERS FOR ALLOWING EVIL PLACES LIKE SEA WORLD TO DO THIS AS A BUSINESS WHICH IS ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF EARNING MONEY and SHAME ON THOSE PEOPLE FOR PAYING THE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE SLAVERY OF GOD'S LIVING BEINGS.
To truly appreciate what it is like for animals who live in zoos, a human being would have to be put in jail for an undetermined amount of time. Locked in his cell most of the day possible with another inmate, possibly not, and allowed to come out for a few hours into a larger caged area. There is nothing like the freedom to move around and go as far as your feet will take you. Just because they are animals doesn't mean they don't know how bad they have it. I think if you like zoos, you should try jail out for yourself. See how much it sucks. The worst feeling in the whole world is waking up there and realizing it wasn't a bad dream, believe me, I know.
Bob is clearly smoking some incredible weed!!!
Bob – you are so wrong. The vast majority of captive dolphins and whales were either wild caught or decedents of wild caught animals. More than 50% of the captive animals die before their natural lifespan in the wild would occur. There is plenty of science to back this up. You cannot blame an 8 year old child for not following rules when Seaworld actively encourages young children to feed the dolphins without following the guidelines on captive cetaceans – there are supposed to be barriers between them, not just a low wall. Read Death at Seaworld, a new book, if you want to be better educated before you make statements that are not backed up by facts.
Please all google THE COVE…a documentary about every year wild dolphins are brutally captured and sent to marine parks around the world…..SEAWORLD is just as much to blame….
What do people expect when animals are confined all their lives and ripped from everything natural to them. The animals revolt!!! I would to if I lived in a confined space. Power to the animals and if they keep revolting, maybe just maybe people will not support ticket sales to see these poor defenseless animals. Oh well that the girl got bit. She gets her freedom, the animals don't
Zoo's are wrong. Although its great fun to see all sorts of amazing animals, its like walking through a prison. And the atmosphere is as such, not including that of us humans. Human nature is a selfish thing, and what makes me angry is that once upon a time, people were accidentally bitten (no harm done) and there was no uproar. I hope the girl is alright but personally it wasnt the dolphins fault. I mean, as if it jumped out of the water to bite the girls hand? Come on, people!
The little girl is only 8 and kids make mistakes and it is lucky that she wasn't more seriously injured. These are large, potentially dangerous, wild animals and children should not be handing them food. I wish that these rotten Seaworld supporters would stop blaming her, she was just being a kid, and as a kid she got caught up the excitement and forgot the rules for a second. As for what bob said, these parks cannot come close to providing these animals with what they need so they should not be breeding them or buying them from live capture operations which are always traumatic and often deadly to the animals that Seaworld claims to love. When Seaworld does "rescue" animals they will not release them even if it is a feasable option. A "rescued" animal is nothing more than free equiptment to them. Because of the breeding program these animals are forced to breed too young and too often which causes physical harm to their bodies, sometimes even killing them. Seaworld insensitively tears apart the families that it creates with it's breeding program just so that it can make more money by shipping them around the world on breeding loans, and so that it can distribute the animals throughout it's own parks to replace the dead ones. This causes social strife which causes stress and aggression and leads to fighting and attacks. Seaworld is a bussiness. Seaworld is about money and the company line and not education or the beauty of marine life.
I think that maybe the person in zoos have the best idea in mind, but they have other people take care of them, so they took a turn for the worse. Maybe if people were t treat them better by playing with them, keeping them together and so forth, they could be a bit happier.
Dolphins are wild animals they were born in the sea they do NOT belong in captivity were they cannot swim were they want! also SeaWorld trains dolphins to do tricks and stunts that aren't natural! Dolphins are forced to do tricks their whole lives! Just for the delight of humans!Poor Dolphins!
You know, it's surprising that everyone on this comment section(and in PETA for that matter) care about the sake of a dolphin than they do an 8 year old girl.
Dolphins are intelligent creatures. It is obvious that he was slashing out in anger. What does anyone expect when you cage animals for amuzement?
I am new to PETA and so happy for the new lifestyle I have but I have a question related to this. Can anyone give insight on how to respond to people who say Seaworld takes in the injured sea life as do zoos? I always assumed that the sea life and animals were from breeding programs. Am I wrong?
SeaWorld posts clear procedures and safety warnings for the dolphin cove, as well as other attractions. It was clearly the fault of the child and its parents for not following the necessary procedures. On a side note, the animals kept in such parks are not simply "taken from their natural habitat." Most of them are unfit for survival in the wild, or have been bred in captivity. Currently, the natural environment of these animals can be quite dangerous, with hunting, pollution, and such. SeaWorld promotes education of the beauty of marine life, inspiring people to protect the animals and their natural habitats.
Seaworld is disgusting!!!
i understand why it is so cruel and inhumane to keep animals in cages for there whole life and anyone who dosent is so oblivious to reality but what really makes me mad is that the people who run the zoos and aquariuoms claim they are doing the best they can to protect animals from becoming extinct when really all there doing is looking out for themselves because they are greedy and all they think about is money!! and im sorry if the dolphin bit there daughter but its not like its caused serious harm or injuris to her or anything its just a couple of marks!! plus the dolphin was obiously going for the food not her hand!!
i understand why it is so cruel and inhumane to keep animals in cages for there whole life and anyone who dosent is so oblivious to reality but what really makes me mad is that the people who run the zoos and aquariuoms claim they are doing the best they can to protect animals from becoming extinct when really all there doing is looking out for themselves because they are greedy and all they think about is money!! and im sorry if the dolphin bit there daughter but its not like its caused serious harm or injuris to her or anything its just a couple of marks!! plus the dolphin was obiously going for the food not her hand!!
Seriously this made soo angry, another dumb thick family take their kids to seaworld yeah teach your kids by taking them to feed captured animals ho are trained to do what they told and the more people that feed them th mor the more money the park gets. Watched th utube footage comments have been disabled wonder why??? The kids father mouthes about is it safe to take your kids to seaworld, has he wondered how safe the animals are??? maybe the doliphin just got pissed off with people being arseholes and having to perform everyday for idiots like that.
Dolphins should live in freedom, they belong to the sea. Please free the dolphins! Let them enjoy their lives, it's their right.
When you so love to put sonething in tanks, try it yourself first. We will see how much you are going to enjoy it…
The only solution is to ban all the places,where animals are kept in captivity!…
remettez les dauphins en liberté ; cessez de les capturer pour distraire des idiots qui n'ont pas compris que le plus beau des spectacle c'est de les voir nager en liberté
Dolphins clearly do not belong in captivity, don't pay in to see these mammals perform stupid tricks for humans. Poor dolphin was probably starving . Sea world disgust me.. If they had any interest in animal welfare they would show insight & compassion. The killings & capture in Taiji Japan needs to stop. These artificial surroundings keep Taiji cruelty alive..
boycott any attractions that holds animals captive
Are all your "show dolphins" able to go back to their natural environment or has SeaWorld made it impossible for them to do so?
I'm sorry that a dolphin bit their daughter..but if you see the last section of the video..it shows..CLEARLY, that it was aiming for the food and not for her hand..her hand was in the way. The dolphin was waiting was the fish from her…it was no body's fault. its merely an animals reaction to food. Stop making a big deal out of it !
Screw you SeaWorld and all your greedy kind!
These animals are not Meant to be captured in captivity but how God made them to be out in the open in The wild to be free.God made animals for us to appreciate not to destroy or Be mean to.he gave them to us for our pleasure n watch them in their own environment for this is their world also and they were here before us.animals are innocent it's the human race that is horrible.
The trainers and the parents should both have been watching the child and the dolphin making sure that no harm would come to either of them.
All these animals belong in their own habitat and NOT at any seaworld! It's not the fault of the dolphin and he/she was only following his instinct, trying to get the fish food, not the girl. So please don't make this bigger than it is and set these and other beautiful animals free!
give it up already, when children or anyone is involved with feeding animals, they should expect to get bitten sometimes, if they dont follow safety instructions.
This child was not supervised! I have fed the dolphins many times and have never came close. Teaching children how to be kind, and be careful is what needs to done. Do you get rid of all the dogs and cats in the world who have bite some child when the child was teasing the animal. The dolphin saw the paper and grabbed.
the dolphin was just jumping up as of pattern. it new the fish were in the container. just as if a dog would if you were feeding it treats and put the treats away and the dog continued to begand look for them.
Sorry but if we humans can take a living creature from its natural environment for our entertainment and financial gain then it is only us humans to blame when things like this happen!


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Growing up in Corsicana, an old gun-slinging town about an hour south of Dallas, Susan Hable Smith fantasized about pursuing a career in art and design in New York City. Her parents were concerned. "They wondered how I would support myself," she says.
Hable Smith eventually moved to Alabama for college and then to California, where she worked as a fashion and accessories designer, but she never lost sight of New York. At last, in 1999, the timing felt right. But then, shortly before her move, she met her future husband, the attorney Peter W. Smith, who was based in New York. Coincidentally, he was ready to leave the city and offered to join her in California. "If you want to be with me," she recalls telling him, "then you need to stay in New York."
In the parlor, an antique Indonesian daybed is upholstered with antique Moroccan wedding blankets, a vintage shipping pallet serves as a cocktail table, the custom-made floor lamp is by Robert Ogden, and the painting is by Jeannie Weissglass; the curtains are of washed linen by Libeco, and the custom-made rug is by Elson & Company.
Corsicana, she says, is a "pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps kind of place." That work ethic paid off in the big city. With her sister, Katharine Hable, she founded Hable Construction, a successful line of textiles and home accessories based on her own hand-drawn designs (they borrowed the company's name from their family's defunct Texas road-construction business). They opened two boutiques, in Greenwich Village and NoLIta. "We hit the pavement running," she says. "New York was fabulous for us."
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