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Mr Paul Wright, CEO, Universal Biosensors
Universal Biosensors (UBI) is a medical diagnostics company focused on the R&D and manufacture of diagnostic test systems for point-of-care (POC) professionals and for home use. UBI's core technology is a disposable, multi-layer test strip, which uses its proprietary electrochemical sensor in order to rapidly and accurately measure biomarkers in the blood.
Mr Paul Wright, CEO, Universal Biosensors, speaks to BioSpectrum about their innovative technology and about how they plan to exploit the lucrative diagnostic markets.
Please tell us about the UBI's technology?
We produce, design and manufacture point-of-care devices (POCD). What we have is the capability and intellectual property (IP) portfolio to design disposable strips by electrochemical biosensors, which are read by hand-held portable readers. The strip technology that we have is low cost that we use once for diagnosis and then throw away. Traditionally, sensors of this type have used a particular style of technology with electrodes on the surface. We have done a simple change and we have our electrodes sitting opposite each other. This simple change has proven to be beneficial.
Our strips, as a result of this use small amounts of blood. Our strips are more accurate than traditional ones because they are able to get more information out of the blood sample and they are robust and low cost to manufacture. We have a simplified manufacturing system as a result of this design. So essentially we have essentially an accurate chip and small sample value system which is very important for POCD.
Our first product is used to test blood glucose to test for diabetes. Our product is essentially sold and marketed by LifeScan, a J&J company that specializes in diabetes care. They are selling the product OneTouch Verio in over 85 percent of the world blood glucose testing markets. It is still very early days and it is hard to say how it is going but what we see is that increased in sales for our products. We are one-of-the-two manufactures of strips. We make the strips here in Australia and LifeScan also manufactures the strip. For diabetes they have the rights and technology to make the strips. We use the same technology for testing things other than glucose on our own. As far as diabetes is concerned, we have partnered with LifeScan.
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|Yak Attack Kayaks and flyfishing = ultimate stealth
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All things considered...
A Sit-On-Top might be your best option...
"Used" would keep the price down but be careful about getting something that's been stored outside in the sun...
Long term UV takes a toll and degrades the tupperwear!
There's a shop in Hyannis that has a bunch of used boats that seem reasonably priced and worth a look...
Let your fingers do the walking first...
There are numerous noteworthy "end-of-season opportunities"...Dealers would rather thin the herd of left-overs...
ChillyDarkDaze = BuyersMarket !!!
Test trial BEFORE you buy unless you're absolutely certain what you want!
Don't skimp on a cheap/heavy paddle...money lost!...You'll only replace it down the road for a light user friendly model...
Good hunting!
Need some help...
I've gotten the ok from my boss (i.e. my wife) to buy a kayak after years of asking!
I need some help deciding what to get. I'm primarily going to be using it for ocean fishing. I'm a big guy 6'4 260 so I need something with some room. I also have big feet (15 wide) so the cockpit needs to have foot space, which I understand can be limited in some boats. Other than that, I'm a guy with a house and 2 kids so money isn't exactly jumping out of my pockets, so whatever I can get on the cheap is good.
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This was on RS forums,
Somewhat lost in the shuffle of the Comic Con hoopla was a tidbit passed along to man on the street Matt Colman. Hasbro is hard at work on a properly scaled TIE Fighter and will probably get it to market sometime in 2006. The progress on this new vehicle has been slow due to budget constraints but it is progressing a little at a time! Good news for vehicle fans who have been fed up with Undersized vehicles for some time.
Big time Hasbro has "budget constraints"? Come on. I will believe it when it's in my hands.
Anyone heard of Matt Colman?


text: After paying taxes for well over 40 years, this year I get a letter from the IRS (Letter Audit). Never had one or anything from them before. Turns out they "misread" some of the numbers on a tax form on my 2010 return. I sent them a letter with copy of the form, six months later they send me an ok, no problem. A month or two later, I get another "letter Audit" on a 2011 item, that again they must of misread? I send them another letter with a copy of the form and I get a letter in 30 days saying they will get back to me if they need any more.....now my adult son gets a letter audit from the IRS.....his accountant says they are really crazy on that one also......I am active in the Tea Party, I support many conservative candidates, I write letters to Congress, and I am a registered Republican....my son is even more active than I am on Conservative issues ..... My question is are any of you getting these harassment letters?


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froofyJIT is now on SourceForge.
froofyJIT is now on SourceForge.
I rewrote the patch to use ccg instead of froofyJIT (to take advantage of being able to directly write x86 code), and posted the new patch on the timidity-talk mailing list. First response:
Does it work on the x86_64?
Oops. Um... no, not really. But thanks for asking.
I released froofyJIT 0.26.
Also, I experimented with using froofyJIT to speed up TiMidity++ -- profiling revealed that when processing Rakhmaninov's G minor prelude, it was spending ~1/4 of its time in do_ch_freeverb(), which is static optimization hell. After some hacking, here's the result: a tidy big patch which reduces the running time on this file by ~4%.
The patch probably isn't suitable for the TiMidity++ mainline though, especially since it's in C++, while the rest of the TiMidity++ code is in ye olde C.
Update: the patch is now stashed in the froofyJIT 0.27 tarball.
Mozilla may soon have... a JIT compiler for JavaScript? (!) I guess that means JavaScript is well on its way to becoming a Real Language™ (if such a classification makes sense).
Follow-up on the JavaScript font rendering effort:
fzort informed me that the glyph rendering was bogotified on Internet Explorer:
After more than half a day of hacking, I finally managed to stop IE from rendering the extra stuff below each glyph, and work around IE's PNG transparency bug... and in the process I also learnt about the clip: rect(...) CSS property. :)
Here's the result.
MarkAtwood: Who exactly wrote that, and where exactly did he write that? I hope it's not another of those "let's attribute this fake quote to some famous luminary" things.
Today I discovered <boost/iostreams/filter/bzip2.hpp>.
Well, after fiddling around with fzort's font-packing code for a few days, I came up with this. Some sort of poor man's dynamic browser font, I guess.
Jimbo the pimp, Essjay the quack professor, SlimVirgin the sexy super-spy, and now SWATJester the undercover terrorism expert (or some such)... I think we have enough material for an action movie. Or a comedy series.
I slapped together a silly text game. It probably can't be counted as open source, but the code that was used to garble the JavaScript can be.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


text: Pretty straightforward question. I know nothing at all about the CW toys, but I think there's at least one re-do of the STAP out now. Wouldn't mind having another one to repaint in some crazy configuration to go with Barney the Redneck Battle Droid (his card says he's IG-97, though he prefers to be called "Barn Dawg").


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Alternate name: Fool Hen
Family: Phasianidae, Pheasants and Grouse view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has mainly dark brown plumage; white feather edges create scaly appearance, particularly on belly and flanks. Breast and neck are mainly black; black throat is defined by white border. Red wattles above both eyes are striking in display. Taiga subspecies have dark tail with rufous terminal band. "Franklin's" has uniformly dark tail, with white tips to upper tail coverts. ADULT FEMALE Either mainly gray or brown, with dark scaling above and white spots on belly. JUVENILE Similar to brown morph female.
Dimensions Length: 15-17" (38-43 cm)
Habitat Fairly common in dense, young conifer forests.
Observation Tips Tame, often allowing close approach; camouflaged plumage makes it hard to spot initially.
Range Rocky Mountains, Plains, New England, Northwest, Western Canada, Eastern Canada, Alaska, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes
Voice Mostly silent.
Discussion Beautifully marked, well-camouflaged grouse. Two forms exist: represented in east by taiga forms (comprising several subspecies); ssp. franklinii ("Franklin's Grouse") occurs in west, from Cascades and Rockies. Feeds on conifer shoots and needles, and berries. Sexes are dissimilar.


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Humble EA Bundle has raised over $3 million so far
There's a new Humble Bundle in town, and it is sponsored by EA. But this is no THQ-esque cash grab; EA will be receiving not even a penny of the proceeds, opting instead to make this a charity drive of sorts.
Dead Space 3 headlines
SimCity buyers can choose one of 8 free EA games as compensation
SimCity buyers who register their copy before March 25 can get one of eight free EA titles on Origin as compensation for the game's shaky launch issues.
Dead Space 3: Awakened DLC gets a trailer
The Awakened DLC for Dead Space 3 has a trailer available, and it's posted below. It's out next on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 from March 12. Thanks, Evil Avatar.
Dead Space 4 cancellation rumour turns ugly following Moore rebuttal
Dead Space 4 has not been canned, according to EA. Earlier today, rumored surrounding the future of the series were questioned after a source of VideoGamer's said sales of Dead Space 3 were poor, causing the firm to pull the plug on Visceral Games' franchise.
Dead Space franchise and DLC on sale through Origin
The entire Dead Space franchise and its DLC are on sale through Origin. You can save anywhere from 30- 50% off. Not a bad deal really. Hit up the link to spend some money. Thanks, szu.
EA's future games will all feature microtransactions
Dead Space 3's microtransaction model didn't go over well with gamers, but it hasn't deterred the publisher one bit. EA's financial officer Blake Jorgensen has revealed all of its games will feature some form of micro-payments.
UK Charts: Aliens Colonial Marines takes top
Aliens: Colonial Marines has shot to the top of the UK charts, netting a bigger opening weekend that fellow space hopping shooter Dead Space 3.
"Horror doesn't fly" in the $60 market, says Bleszinski
In a lengthy personal blog post defending Dead Space 3's action bent, Gears of War creator and self-professed horror fan Cliff Bleszinski has said triple-A doesn't really support true survival horror any more. "The $60 disc based market horror doesn't fly – it's the ultimate 'Campaign Rental' that's played for two days and traded in […]
Dead Space 3 resource 'exploit' similar to theft, claims IP expert
Dead Space 3's use of microtransactions has got a lot of gamers upset and has prompted the games press to question the nature of micro-payments in console titles. However, a supposed glitch was unearthed in the game's 8th chapter – although EA claims it isn't a glitch at all – which supposedly gives players infinite […]
UK Charts: Dead Space 3 takes first
Dead Space 3 has space jumped its way to the top of the UK Charts, toppling last week's champion Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.
Dead Space writer not keen on action but admires Visceral's balancing
Dead Space writer Antony Johnston has described the more action-heavy sequels as "not really for" him, but said Visceral Games has done well to keep horror elements in the mix.
Dead Space 3 "Item Farming" glitch is not a glitch, says EA
EA has said the Dead Space 3 "Item Farming" glitch is not a glitch after all, therefore it has no plans to patch it up.
Dead Space: A Journey Through Terror part three and four released
EA has released the last two of the Dead Space 3 videos in its A Journey Through Terror series. Episode three focuses on core gameplay, while episode four looks to the future. Dead Space 3 is out worldwide on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Dead Space: A Journey through Terror Part 2 - The Art of Scares video released
EA has released the second in its four-part video series of Dead Space: A Journey through Terror. It's below. Dead Space 3 is out in North America and land in the UK on Friday.
Dead Space 3 infinite items exploit found already
Dead Space 3 just hit retail in the States yesterday – check out all of the review scores here – but gamers have already exposed an exploit with the game's resource-gathering mechanic, giving them infinite items. Guess they don't have to pay microtransactions for them after all.
Dead Space: A Journey Through Terror - part one focuses on Isaac Clarke's journey
EA has released the first video in its Dead Space: A Journey Through Terror series which charts the evolution of the Dead Space series to date.
Dead Space 3 - Awakened DLC to release in March
Visceral Games has announced the first DLC for Dead Space 3 will arrive in March.
Dead Space 3 reviews arrive online - get the scores here
Dead Space 3 reviews have started to hit, and we've decided to gather the lot for you below.
Dead Space 3: bearing the burden of its origin
As Dead Space 3 launches in the US and review scores begin to hit the web, Stace Harman examines how Visceral Games' latest stacks-up against its predecessors.
'There is a lot more story to tell': Visceral teases life beyond Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 probably won't be the last game in Visceral's horror series, according to a tease from the game's associate producer John Calhoun. But he couldn't say if Isaac will be along for the ride or not. Mysterious bugger.
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Room for 3-4 in apartment with Garden Sopot
Size18 m²
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- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Dishwasher
- Family/child friendly
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|Andersa, 81-831 Sopot, Poland
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Very nice and spacious Apartment (85m2- 3 bedrooms) in a stlyish tenement house in the Center o Sopot - with private garden. 400 m from the main pedestrian street Monte Cassino and the train station and 800 m from the sandy beach and longest wooden peer in Europe.The house is in the center of Sopot, but it is situated in a safe and quiet neighourhood.All the atractions, shops, bars and restaurants are only 500m away
* The Apartment 85m2 consists of 3 rooms in different sizes (double and single beds)
* bathroom with shower
* kitchen with dining table
* Big garden with a safe place for kids
* Cable TV in every room
* Free Fast WiFi Internet
* Big kitchen with all utensiles.Frige, dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, cooking place etc.
* Free, safe parking place by the house
Sopot is by the beach where all the best restaurants and summer attractions are located.
Sopot lies by the sea in between Gdansk and Gdynia.
Special discounts in nearby restaurants in Sopot for guests
House rulesCheck in after 15.00
|Price for > 3 guests
|$ 12 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews for this host's other properties
The apartment was spacious and fitted our needs perfectly. Piotr was great and answered any questions I had, and made the stay straight forward and enjoyable!
A nice apartment in a quiet area. Perfect for a family of four. A 15 minute walk to the beach. I would absolutely recommend this apartment!
We just came home form Sopot and we had a great time.... The apartment was very big, but low standard. We were 11 people staying there, and it was very big rooms, but nothing more than ok. It was a quiet area, and it was nice to use the balcony in the evenings, because it was so quiet. No traffic almost. It says in the apartment text that it take 8 minutes to walk to the beach, but it's about 20-25 minutes. Very nice person that runs the apartment (Piotr). Another thing that we didn't like was that a houselady was living in the apartment while we were staying there. She didn't bather us, but still, I didn't like it. We also think the price for the apartment was to high with that low standard. We shared kitchen and bathroom with her. But we had a nice holiday, and just love Sopot!
We had a great stay in the apartment. We were 6-7 guys aged 28-29, from Norway.
The apartment is a 5 min walk from Monte cassino street and shielded from any noise from party or the road. Alma grocery store is really close by, and has everything you need in terms of food (both gourmet and normal), drinks etc. The garden outside is perfect for relaxing and bbq.
Piotr is a nice guy and always responding on sms. We met him once, and besides that he didnt "bother us" unncessary by sending sms or showing up at the apartment.
Kristoffer, Norway.
Very nice house, quiet and typical. Owner very friendly. A few minor issues with the laundry.
Casa molto bella, tranquilla e tipica. Proprietario molto cortese. Qualche piccolo problema con la biancheria.
We were very disappointed when we thought we booked a lägnhet at 83 sqm and got a small room. (Now the ad has been changed) In the picture of this room there were three beds. In reality, the fans, a bed and a kind of sofa bed. The room was not cleaned and not in the common bathroom which also had mold on the ceiling and was generally ofräch. It would be a garden, which oksa was, but no trädgårsdmöbler and neither had any mowing grass for a long time. It was more like a parking lot for cars. The room was not isolated and therefore very responsive. We have pointed this out to Vimdu who confirmed the money back and that the ad bled unchanged.
Vi blev mycket besvikna då vi trodde att vi bokat en lägnhet på 83 kvm och fick ett litet rum. (Nu har annonsen blivit ändrad) På bilden av detta rum var det tre sängplatser. I verkligheten fans det en säng och en typ av bäddsoffa. Rummet var inte städat och heller inte på den gemensamma toaletten som dessutom hade mögel i taket och var allmänt ofräch. Det skulle vara en trädgård,vilket det okså var, men inga trädgårsdmöbler och inte heller hade någon klippt gräset på länge. Det var mer som en parkeringsplats för bilar. Rummet var inte isolerat och därför mycket lyhört. Vi har påpekat detta till Vimdu som bekräftade med pengar tillbaka och att annonsen bled ändrad.
We were however very disappointed when we arrived at the apartment we were 2 families totaling 10 people. The first impression from the outside was very good, but when we entered it smelled. The beds were of very poor condition mattresses were poor. The cleaning of the apartment was not satisfactory, the floor was totally exhausted in several rooms actually holes in the floor in one room. There was no living, or there was a but poorly furnished for the purpose. The square and the town was very good, so we were glad that it was summer and nice. Traveling gladly return to Sopot, but will probably not consider this house.
Vi ble dessverre meget skuffet da vi ankom denne leiligheten vi var 2 familier på totalt 10 personer. Førsteinntrykket utenfra var meget bra, men da vi kom inn luktet det. Sengene var av meget dårlig forfatning madrassene var dårlig. Renholdet i leiligheten var ikke tilfredsstillende, gulv var totalt utslitt i flere rom, faktisk hull i gulvet på det ene rommet. Det var ikke noe oppholdsrom, eller det var et men dårlig møblert for formålet. Selve plassen og byen var meget bra, så vi var glad for at det var sommer og fint. Reiser gjerne tilbake til Sopot, men vil nok ikke vurdere dette huset.
Very nice and comfortable apartment and rooms - very well equiped with everything you would need for your stay. Also very very clean - looking like new. The localization was great- just in the center of Sopot in a very quiet and stylish place. The host was really nice and friendly and told me a lot about where to go and what to visit in Sopot and Gdansk.
Would certainly recommend it to everyone.
Sehr schöne ruhige Reihenhaussiedlung mit Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, Wanderwegen... gleich um die Ecke - Schlüsselübergabe, Sauberkeit alles prima. Auch der Strand ist nicht weit entfernt. Würde gern wieder kommen.
1 Punkt muss ich aber trotzdem abziehen, da WIFI nicht gut funktionierte (technisches Problem). Piotr hat uns zwar geholfen mit dem Internetzugang seines Büros. Die Verbindung war aber nur zeitweise möglich.
Auch ärgerte uns, dass Piotr erst einen größeren freien Aufenthalt bestätigte, dann aber einen Tag reduzieren musste. Kommunikation mit Piotr aber schnell.
Sehr schöne ruhige Ferienwohnung, modern und praktisch eingerichtet,
sehr gepflegt, wie frisch renoviert.
Auch an den heißen Tagen, war die Wohnung noch schön kühl.
W-LAN recht flott - nicht so langsam, wie in manchem Hotel.
Strand ist schon etwas entfernt, aber sehr schön - besonders für Kinder geeignet, da es sehr flach ins Wasser geht.
Einkaufsmöglichkeiten sind um die Ecke.
- Quality assured accommodation
- Every host is verified by telephone
- Secure payment via SSL encryption


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Medical Services include consultations with physicians, minor surgery, care of injuries, treatment of minor illnesses, immunizations, and continuation of treatments such as allergy injections.
The Health Center also offers specialty clinics which include gynecology, sports medicine and dermatology.
The mission of the SMU Health Service is to provide quality, caring, cost effective and convenient ambulatory healthcare and health education services in association with other university departments that promote healthy lifestyles and enhance academic productivity leading to satisfying and rewarding college experiences.


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Focus on Funds
Oil, Gas Supplies Rise, Funds' 'QE' Rally Fizzles
It was shaping up to be a rally for the Federal Reserve in the oil market, until a batch of data reminded investors of the healthy-looking U.S. supply.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a rise in crude supplies of 800,000 barrels last week, a contrast to the 2.5 million-barrel decline analysts had been expecting. Motor gasoline supplies jumped by 5 million barrels -- double the estimate -- and distillate stocks jumped by three million -- more than double.
The United States Oil Fund (USO) is up by 0.3% to $31.56 in late morning trading. The United States 12 Month Oil Fund (USL) is now up just a penny at $37.87. The United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO), tracking oil futures in London, is up 0.6% at $79.33. Crude futures had been up 1.4% to about $87 this morning.
Here's where crude oil stood heading into Wednesday, courtesy of the Dow Jones Market Data Group:
Front Month Nymex Crude Oil for January delivery gained $0.23 per barrel, or 0.27% to $85.79.
- Snaps a five-day losing streak.
- Largest one-day dollar & percentage gain since Friday, November 30, 2012.
- Off 40.95% from its record settle high of $145.29, hit on Thursday, July 03, 2008.
- Off 21.85% from its 52 week high of $109.77, hit on Friday, February 24, 2012.
- Up 10.43% from its 52 week low of $77.69, hit on Thursday, June 28, 2012.
- Month-to-date it is down 3.51%.
- Year-to-date it is down 13.19%.
- Off 14.33% from 52 weeks ago.


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3 years since my last entry (6 since my first - though it feels like way, way longer). And wonder of wonders everything is still here, everything works, nothing deleted. How many gig is the database now? Must be huge! If only the rest of the world was as reliable.
Thank you Steven!


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Yamaha SY85
In the early 1990's most synth manufacturer's quest to use digital forms of synthesis to re-create acoustic sounds (as well as analog sounds) led to an onslaught of rather boring instruments. Among the mob of digital synths some stood out such as Korg's M1, Roland's D-50, and Yamaha's SY85. Fading away were the days of Yamaha's FM-synthesis, replaced by Advanced Wave Memory (AWM2). Throughout the 1990's Yamaha used AWM2 in many of their successful products because of its high sonic quality and advanced synth-like editing features. The SY85 was a powerful workstation keyboard capable of some great sounds and full arrangements.
It's a 16-part multitimbral MIDI synth with a nice 61-note keyboard designed to be the main keyboard in your MIDI studio, with tons of sounds and sequencing features built-in. It has a long but narrow 40 character x 2 line LCD display and a 5x5 mode selection matrix which enhances operation by allowing fast easy access to any of the SY85's modes. In addition to pitch & modulation wheels and dual output level controls, the SY85 has eight slide controls that can be used to control a range of parameters while performing for expressive real-time power. Best of all it's got multi-mode filters and a dual-effects processor with chorus, flange, reverb, delay, exciter, parametric EQ, echo, ring modulation, leslie, distortion, etc. The effects can be used in series or parallel, and there are 4 busses to route sounds through them. Other features include a 3.5" floppy disk drive, external memory card slots and two assignable stereo outputs.
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- Demos & Media
Manual - Download the original owner's manual here.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 32 voices
- Oscillators - AWM2 (2nd-generation Advanced Wave Memory)
- Filter - Digital LPF, HPF, BPF, BEF (Band Elimination Filter)
- Sequencer - 9 tracks (8 normal+1 rhythm) 20,000 note capacity, 100 patterns, 10 Songs
- Effects - 2 Discrete FX units, each with 90 effect types (Chorus, flange, reverb, delay, exciter, EQ, ring modulation, leslie, distortion, etc.)
- Keyboard - 61 keys (w/ velocity and aftertouch)
- Memory - Wave ROM: 6 MB.
Wave RAM 0.5 MB.
Expandable to 3.5 MB
- Control - MIDI (16-part multitimbral)
- Date Produced - 1992
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The Wall Street Journal
By: Nick Timiraos
April 1, 2013
The housing market may be coming back, but a growing number of policy makers have expressed concerns in recent months that it's still too hard to get a mortgage.
Federal Reserve governor Elizabeth Duke outlined some of these concerns and their causes in a speech last month. She was quick to note -- as is anyone else who has sounded similar alarms -- that she doesn't want the market to return to the go-go days of 2005 or 2006 when anyone who could fog a mirror could get a loan. "But I also don't think it would be a good idea to go back to the quite restrictive credit conditions of the early 1980s," she said in the speech to mortgage bankers.
The drop in purchase mortgages -- loans for buying a home rather than refinancing an existing loan -- has been most pronounced among borrowers with low credit scores. Originations have dropped by 30% for borrowers with credit scores above 780 between 2007 and 2012, but they've dropped by 90% for borrowers with credit scores between 620 and 680.
Duke concedes that some of the decline is probably due to weaker loan demand. But the trend nevertheless "has disturbing implications for potential new households" because younger borrowers typically have credit scores that are more than 50 points below older borrowers, said Duke.
So why haven't mortgage credit standards eased up even a little bit, as they have for other consumer loans such as credit cards and autos? First, home prices have fallen so sharply that lenders are worried future price declines and job losses will leave them with more defaulted mortgages.
But Duke noted another more surprising cause: the Fed's campaign to push down interest rates means lenders haven't had to work very hard to drum up business. Together with federal efforts to ease refinancing rules, low rates have produced a surge of refinancing business. This has delivered a steady stream of high-quality, low-risk borrowers in an industry that already has shrunk significantly. Capacity-constrained lenders have "less incentive to pursue harder-to-complete or less profitable loan applications," said Duke.
Fed staff research indicated that purchase-loan originations to borrowers with credit scores between 620 and 680 had dropped by 50% over the past 18 months, and such lending to borrowers with credit scores between 680 and 720 had fallen by 15%. Purchase loans to borrowers with higher credit scores had declined "only to a small degree," she said.
The good news: as mortgage rates rise and refinance demand drops, the capacity constraints on lenders will recede and banks will begin to compete for more of those purchase loans. The upturn in home prices could also boost lenders' confidence.
The bad news: Duke identified three "non-market" forces that are keeping lending standards tighter than they otherwise might be and that may be less likely to ease on their own:
-First, banks are requiring tighter rules to guard against the risk they'll have to buy back defaulted loans from government-backed entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have stepped up such demands after they were taken over by the government four years ago. Duke said that an effort by the firms' federal regulator to clarify lenders' potential "put-back" liabilities appears to have been insufficient to keep those worries from weighing on the market.
-Second, new federal and state rules associated with handling defaulted mortgages have raised the costs of mortgage servicing. While Duke said that many of those new rules have been needed to improve borrower protection, banks may find that the best way to avoid having to deal with defaulted loans is to stop lending to borrowers with low credit scores.
-Third, banks face a series of new federal regulations designed to protect borrowers from receiving unaffordable mortgages, but those rules could also keep credit standards tight if banks decide potential penalties are too onerous.
One commonly expressed attitude: If banks want to be tight, let them. If the past decade has taught us anything, the thinking goes, it's that the economy is better off if everyone has to make large down payments and borrowers with only the best credit scores get mortgages.
The problem, says Duke, is that the economy may actually be worse off if the pendulum stays stuck at too tight, just as the economy was crippled when the pendulum swung too far in the other direction. The ability of newly formed households that are more likely to have lower incomes and credit scores to get loans "will make a big difference in the shape of the recovery," she said. "Without first-time homebuyers, the move-up market will be sluggish, new and existing home sales will be more subdued, and purchase mortgage volumes will return only slowly."


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Why would a company help you use less of what it sells? That's the question TXU Energy frames in a new two-minute film. It shows how the company helps customers control their electricity usage and save money via the devices they already use day to day. It also shows the positive experiences this creates.
The film features some of TXU Energy's digital energy savings solutions as seen through the eyes of a young customer who uses them via her tablet computer while she's in a coffee shop. It shares what this young woman is thinking as she finds ways to use less electricity at home so she can save money.
As the story opens, the woman learns she may exceed her own electricity budget thanks to a free alert from TXU Energy. She ponders why the electricity company would help her use less of what it sells as a waiter refills her coffee mug. Then, the film demonstrates why, showing how empowering her to control her electricity usage and save herself money creates a bond between her and the company.
"When people ask us why we help our customers conserve," said Michael Grasso, chief marketing officer, TXU Energy, "the answer is simple: It's about delivering long term value, one day at a time. We know our customers care about controlling their electricity costs, so we give them control through tech tools that fit their lifestyles and make that easy to do. It's one of the ways we're working hard to earn -- and keep -- their business for today and years to come."
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-- The TXU Energy MyEnergy Dashboard, which shows you your whole home's electricity usage and cost by month, day and even hour if you have a smart meter. The dashboard also provides a forecast of your estimated usage and upcoming bill and an estimate of how your consumption compares with homes like yours in your ZIP code.
-- The Brighten iThermostat, an energy savings solution from TXU Energy, is a programmable thermostat that makes it easy to access, change or set indoor temperatures while you're at home or away via a Web-enabled PC, tablet computer or smartphone.
-- The Brighten Personal Energy Advisor offers personalized do-it-yourself tips and how-to videos that can help you avoid wasting energy via air leaks, insufficient insulation, water heater settings, HVAC inefficiency and more.
-- The TXU Energy iPhone(R) app allows you to check and pay your electricity bills, control your home temperature settings via the Brighten iThermostat, access key features of the TXU Energy MyEnergy Dashboard and more. Customers using Android smartphones also have access to the same features via the company's Android app. Both apps can be downloaded for free. The company's iPhone app is available via the App Store, and the Android app is available via Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
The customer in the new film is in good company when it comes to engaging with TXU Energy via the tech tools she uses on screen. Since the beginning of 2011, TXU Energy customers have visited the energy savings solutions over a million times as the company's mobile traffic has more than doubled and continues to grow.
The short film is available online at txu.com/empowered.


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Description Huge head, strong beak, long tail. Brown/gray carapace. 3 keels and small scutes between marginal and costal scutes. Small gray plastron in comparison.
Dimensions 40-80.8cm. (16-32")
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Breeding Underwater. February-April. 10-52 eggs in a clutch. Eggs laid in a flask shaped cavity near water. Hatches after 12 weeks.
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Gaia&Gino is named after founder Gaye Cevikel's nickname and her dog Gino. This distinctive luxury brand was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Founder Cevikel combines her creative, strategic mind with the talents of designers to produce the outstanding Gaia&Gino collections. The line combines contemporary design with a Turkish sensibility by asking design luminaries to incorporate traditional forms and patterns into innovative objects. The choice of designer is essential as their language must be in line with the company's identity: dynamic, organic, emotional, multi- disciplinary, and multi-cultural. The result is magical design elements and room accents, ideal for decorating, gift giving and collecting.
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are down $1.81, or 5.4%, at $31.59, after the company this morning announced it will pay $7.2 billion to acquire the handset business of Nokia (NOK) and to obtain non-exclusive licenses to the company's patents.
While the deal has been a tremendous boost to Nokia, lifting its shares 30% following multiple upgrades of the stock, the reception for the software giant has been quite a bit different.
There is some disappointment that the surprise deal seems to table the prospect of Microsoft moving deeper into its enterprise roots with CEO Steve Ballmer's announcement a little over a week ago that he would will step down within 12 months.
The deal also comes against the backdrop of Microsoft last Friday saying it agreed to give activist investor shop ValueAct greater access to the company's board of directors, and possibly even allow the firm itself to have a board seat. The return of former Microsoft exec Stephen Elop to Redmond, after running Nokia for two years, appears to place him on the short list to replace Ballmer.
Rick Sherlund of Nomura Equity Research, who a little over a week ago raised his rating on Microsoft stock to a Buy just before Ballmer's announcement, reiterates a $38 price target today, noting the agreement with ValueAct effectively takes them out of the picture as far as expressing investor dissatisfaction with the Nokia deal.
"Might there be some greater friction and divisiveness at the Board level that could actually work to the benefit of ValueAct in pushing for greater dividend and share repurchase and broader changes in corporate governance?" asks Sherlund. "We think so."
The decision to push forward with the Nokia acquisition despite the search for a new CEO is likely a source of frustration to many shareholders and to ValueAct. The addition of 32,000 employees on top of Microsoft's existing 99,000 adds considerably to the cost structure and commitment to the handset business. So far, the experience of Microsoft in the hardware business has not been positive, so shareholders are understandably apprehensive.
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets's Ed Maguire reiterates an Outperform rating on Microsoft stock, and a $38 target, today writes that "It's a huge move, worth the risk if executed properly, but the stock becomes a 'show-me' story in the interim."
The deal, using less than 10% of Microsoft's cash, is "not a big bite for Microsoft," he writes, especially with 85% of it coming from the company's overseas cash. But he understands skepticism about Nokia helping Microsoft's mobile prospects is "justifiable":
Nokia has been struggling with share losses for the past several years, seeing its share of the smartphone market decline from 49.4% in 2007 to 4.3% in the fall of 2012. Microsoft was an early leader in smartphones with its Pocket PC O/S, but the company ditched the prior code in favor of a bottom-up rewrite with the release of Windows Phone 7 in late 2010. There has been decent interest from OEMs including Samsung [Electronics (005930KS), HTC and LG and Nokia, but little traction in market share despite good product reviews. When Nokia announced it was committing to the Microsoft platform in February 2011, Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra tweeted "Two turkeys do not make an eagle." It's not clear how much has changed since, except that BlackBerry's (BBRY) decline has cleared out the No.3 spot for Microsoft. According to Microsoft, Windows Phone has over 10% share in nine markets, and is outselling BlackBerry in 34 markets. Nonetheless, progress has been slower than expected and Windows Phone share remains stuck in single digits. The biggest challenge is the lack of a comparable apps ecosystem to rival Apple and Android. It's not the number of apps, which at latest count numbered around 120,000, but the willingness of developers to commit for new apps. Room for a 3rd platform is always a challenge, and Microsoft has not yet shown the intent to take on the corporate market to take advantage of Blackberry's woes – though it's our view this could be the most attractive segment of the market.
The bears on Microsoft stock are even less kind about the deal, as you'd imagine.
Barclay's Capital's Raimo Lenschow, who has an Equal Weight Rating on Microsoft shares, and a $35 price target, is skeptical both of the accretive nature of the deal, and Microsoft's ability to make progress in mobile devices with control of Nokia:
Management stated the deal will start to be accretive to non-GAAP EPS starting in FY15, but we are unsure the assumptions underlying this analysis [...] Management seems adamant that the deal will enable the company to bring more compelling smartphones to market by more tightly integrating the hardware and software. However, we are forced to be cautious on the potential success of this strategy for several reasons. First, Microsoft has yet to prove it can successfully bring to market a compelling device that can gain meaningful traction with consumers, with Surface being the most recent example of the risk of this strategy. Secondly, although Microsoft will acquire the Nokia's product engineering and design, Nokia has been bleeding market share in both the smartphone (~25% share in 2011 down to ~3.5% share today) and overall handset (~25% in 2011 down to 13-14% today) market in recent years, thus there is considerable work to be done to turn the business around. What the acquisition means from a financial perspective, in the near and long term, quickly becomes the most important topic of Microsoft's financial analyst day on September 19th.
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Description Kricogonia lyside, commonly known as the Lyside Sulphur or Guayacan Sulphur, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. In seasons with heavy monsoons, this butterfly is seen in massive migrations which are frequent in Texas but more rare in the southwest. It is also an occasional resident in southern Florida.
The Lyside Sulphur is variable. The upper side of the wings is pale yellow, usually with a black bar on the leading edge of the hind wing and a bright yellow patch near the base of the fore wing. Some individuals also have black borders along the costa and apex of the fore wing. The underside of the wings varies from a greenish color to bright yellow to almost white. Greener individuals have a whitish vein in the center of the hind wing and a bright yellow fore wing basal patch. It has a wingspan of 3.8 to 6 cm (1.5 to 2.4 in).
Dimensions 1 1/2-2" (38-51 mm).
Habitat Meadows & fields, Scrub, shrub & brushlands.
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True puppy love explained
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three columns about children and pets.
I believe it was the day after our 15-year-old border collie-Lab mix died that my two children (ages 8 and 5 at the time) began to lobby for a new dog.
Even though we didn't miss her daily accidents and tumbleweeds of fur and old-age stink, the house wasn't the same without our sweet Sydney. We needed something furry and licky and waggy to love on us again, and of all pets, only a dog is capable of giving that particular ego-boost.
About four months later, my husband pointed out an advertisement in the pets section of the paper; my eyes subsequently oozed from their sockets as I gazed on the three most adorable creatures ever made in the world. They were five-week-old border collie pups, and I knew I had to have one, preferably that day.
I have included the photograph that ran in the paper, as proof that it wasn't a fair fight. No dog-lover in her right mind would have turned from those puppies. My husband and I drove out to the breeder the next day and picked out a pup from the litter (only three were left), and I took the little guy home to surprise the kids when they got home from school.
It was just like an after-school special, the way we all took to the energetic puppy, who we collectively named Harry (in honor of our favorite wizard, Harry Potter). But we soon began to see what it might mean to have a purebred border collie as a pet.
See, the breed was trained a long, long time ago to herd sheep. It's hard-wired in their DNA to be intense, athletic and hard-working. In lieu of actual sheep, they will try to herd anything that moves.
Harry took a liking to our feet. Every morning, by way of greeting, he would attack our moving feet with his little needle teeth. The kids were so traumatized by this that they carried bowls of dog treats downstairs in the mornings to distract him from his smelly prey. He also liked brooms and vacuums and scooters and bikes and small children running through the backyard.
But we didn't truly care about Harry's neuroses, for we already knew him to be the missing piece of our family puzzle. Then came the day that he started vomiting up his food. After a couple of days of periodic vomiting, I grew concerned, but his listlessness was the most alarming symptom. Based on what I knew about border collies, I surmised that a listless border collie pup was a sick one.
I took him to the vet, who told me that his kidneys weren't functioning properly and recommended that I take him to the specialty veterinarian to have some tests done. We all left poor limp Harry at this vet for testing, not quite believing we'd never see him again. The vet called us the next day to tell us that his nine-week-old kidneys were indeed failing (no reason could be determined without an autopsy), and gently suggested that we put him down.
It was one of the saddest days of my life. And yes, I cried for a long while after that phone call. But telling my husband and children, and watching them mourn poor Harry, was much more painful than my own grief.
With Sydney's death, an explanation was easier to give: she was old, she had a good life, we'll get a puppy. But how do you explain the death of the puppy? My mind was aswirl with existential notions about the unfairness of life, but children need something a bit more uplifting, more nourishing, in times of crisis.
My kids fell asleep that night with tear-stained faces, following some blubbery words I spoke about pets and how they teach us about unconditional love.
We learned, alright. But we hadn't learned our lesson about border collies. We picked up Harry's brother – the last of the litter – from the breeder the following week.
To be continued…
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TUPELO – City officials agree Tupelo police will stay off Yakama Indian Nation lands in Washington State.
The City Council approved the decision Tuesday night, apparently as a condition to settle a 2011 lawsuit after federal and local authorities stormed the Indians' reservation two years ago.
The law enforcement assault, which included officers from Tupelo and Marshall County, sought data, documents, money, address books, recordings, antique vehicles and other items federal authorities alleged were significant to their investigation of illegal tobacco dealings.
FBI Agent Matthew A. Bullwinkel of Tupelo reportedly led what they termed "the invasion," although two months later Bullwinkel was dismissed as a defendant.
The confederated tribes and bands sued in March 2011 against Attorney General Eric Holder, the U.S. Department of Justice and numerous other agencies, officials and local jurisdictions involved with the raid.
They insisted that the Feb. 16, 2011, raid – without prior notice – violates the 1855 Treaty With the Yakama.
The treaty, they said, guaranteed that U.S. citizens would not "enter upon" the lands near Yakima, Wash.
The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern U.S. District of Washington State, said the only notice given for the action was a text message to a tribe employee minutes before it occurred.
As it relates to Tupelo, Marshall County and other non-federal officers, they "had no jurisdiction" or authority to "intrude" upon the reservation trust lands, the lawsuit insisted.
"Several of the agents who invaded the Nation are based in Mississippi and Virginia, meaning that the invasion was planned for weeks, if not months, ahead of its occurrence," the tribe noted.
A few Yakama Tribe leaders involved with King Mountain Tobacco Co. were under investigation by the Oxford-based U.S. Attorney's Office as part of a multi-state conspiracy aimed at avoiding federal and state taxes on tobacco products.
The scope of the investigation began to be revealed in early 2009 when two Tupelo area warehouses were raided and millions of cigarette products were seized.
Arrests and convictions followed with property and cash forfeitures coming from the dozen or so defendants.
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MTV announced this afternoon that the "sun will set on the shore" after Jersey Shore's sixth and final season airs this fall. I was planning on reminiscing over the fist pumps, baby bumps, alcohol poisoning, closeted cast members, the awful impression Italy now has of America, domestic disturbances, Guidettes and meatballs, but no– something else caught my eye while reading about the epic conclusion of the Jersey Shore: Each cast member has a clause in his or her contract regarding STDs. More


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The Mentalist Review: Unforgivable ThingsChristine Orlando at . Comments
"There Will Be Blood" brought back one of my favorite Red John minions. I expected to be thrilled, but that's not exactly how it worked out.
Lorelei Martins returned to beat the heck out of Julia Howard and I was surprised Julia's neighbors hadn't heard her screams and called the police.
When the CBI team later watched Lorelei torture and kill Julia via nanny cam, Jane looked as though he might be ill. Was he feeling guilty for letting her go or simply worried about what Lisbon's reaction would be?
When Jane met Lorelei and let her go, I knew he was in trouble. He told Lisbon he trusted Lorelei and Lisbon appeared horrified with the revelation. Lisbon's used to Jane snooping but that he went behind her back to find the second address and then didn't call her after speaking to Lorelei, that got her wheels turning.
Knowing that Jane slept with Lorelei - coupled with the fact that he admitted he trusts her after witnessing her commit murder - it may have eroded the trust Lisbon shares with Jane.
When Jane told Lisbon he only tells her about 30% of what he does, I wondered how much of the 70% Lisbon really wanted to know. But the one thing Patrick Jane has never lied about is that he will do whatever it takes to find Red John. That he was using Lorelei Martins to do it shouldn't have been a shock.
Jane's motives were clear but will Lisbon come to a point where she'll have to choose between Jane's mission and her job?
Agent Kirkland's return made my skin crawl. His relationship with Bertram sent up lots of red flags. We know Kirkland is in Red John's pocket. Was his chumminess with Bertram a sign that Bertram's in Red John's pocket? That Bertram is Red John? Or simply another red herring?
In the end, Jane gave Lorelei what she'd wanted: confirmation that Red John murdered her sister. Unfortunately, she didn't hold up her end of the deal. Not only wouldn't she share Red John's identity, she shot the one other person who could. That was just cruel.
And what the heck was up with Homeland Security taking over the case and custody of a comatose Jason? Didn't we go through this already with the FBI and Lorelei? And why did Lisbon seem so calm about it?
Lorelei wanted Red John all to herself and she got that. Finding her body with a red smiley face above it wasn't a surprise to Jane or the audience. However, hearing Jane mutter, "She had it coming" was frighteningly cold.
Lorelei was one of Red John's more interesting minions and I was disappointed her run ended this way. More so because she seemed to have lost her intelligence and her innate sense of survival in her thirst for vengeance.
Now we're left to ponder if she managed to move the Red John story line forward in any significant way besides the knowledge that Jane had at one time shaken hands with Red John. What's your take? Are we any closer to finding out the identity of the dreaded Red John?
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The previews alone left a pit in my stomach, so it was with great trepidation that I went to the Terrace Theatre last Monday to screen Precious, an intense story of poverty, obesity, teenaged pregnancy, and abuse. Three local nonprofit groups, each specializing in one of the plights depicted in the movie, banded together to promote the screening and host a post-show panel. The story stirred up a powerful emotional tsunami, and most viewers stayed for more than an hour to digest and discuss what they'd viewed. Agents representing the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center, Florence Crittenton Programs of S.C., and Louie's Kids facilitated the discussion that was tinged with a host of reactions—stunned disbelief, horror, anger, disgust, and more. Unfortunately, abuse like that depicted in the film is all too real, and such cases are seen daily by the three participating charities.
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Hey, I want strong type aliases in C++. I've never written a standard proposal before, so here's my attempt.
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Any suggestions, additions, rewordings, and etc... you are able to offer would be much appreciated. After the community reviews and improves it, I'll email it to the standards committee (which are currently accepting proposals for C++ TR2), so it can hopefully be read and discussed at a committee meeting for addition to the C++ standard.
Please download the document, annote it in red, and re-post it here. Alternatively, post suggestions in the thread itself.
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angelfish breeding advice needed urgently
hi there
just before we begin i would like to say hi im new to the forum and this is my first post
anyway i need some advice
i have been trying to breed angelfish but am not having much luck, i have a lovely pair of fish that are good layers (usually lay around 100 eggs every 2-3 weeks or so) and i have been trying different ways of growing the fry with no success at all so far,
1st brood were not expected and so i had no choice but to let parents care for them which was fine until they were free swimming they did a great job up until i put some food in the tank for the parents at which point they seemed to get confused which was food(i just used some flake on this occasion) and which was the fry and they then just ate everything in sight, now i know its not unusual for angels to eat the fry especially when they are new to parenting so i do have a few questions however i will list all questions in a moment in 1 place.
2nd brood, i had a slate in the tank and they parents were kind enough to use it for me so i pulled the eggs and place them in a separate tank with some meth blue and they all hatched out lovely but then they started to die of a and by day 4 of them being free swimming they had all died, i did plenty of water changes and was very careful not to over feed the tank was only very small (only bout 3 gallons) but it was purely to be used as a hatching tank and then after a week of so of free swimming i had a 40 gallon ready to put them in
3rd brood, parents not so accommodating this time they ignored the slate and used the spray bar for my filterso i moved the spraybar to the other end of the tank and put a partition in which all went well and fry hatched ok but then the parents got clever and managed to start sucking the fry through the tiny holes in the partition and ate them all
my tank set up is as follows:
40 gallon tank with sump and weir that has hopefully now been made fry friendly with the use of sponges to cover weir overflow combs, tank is divided in half with 2 dividers 1 is clear perspex with holes in 1 is material screen(similar to net curtain material to stop parent sucking the fry through, no other fish in thank on either side
gravel on bottom in side where parents normally live and glass bottom in other side where i was originally hoping to hatch the eggs in, running a uv steriliser to help keep bacteria to a minimum
4th brood, eggs just been laid on wall of tank so here goes the questions
Q1 obviously im gonna have to let the parents raise the fry this time so lets assume they hatch ok how can i try and avoid the parents mistaking the fry for food when i feed the parents
Q2 if i move anything once the fry are free swimming would it be better to more fry or adults,
q3 how soon do fry need to be separated if at all?
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hi still need help with this as my last 4th brood never got past wigglers before being eaten and now i have a 5th brood from my black super veil tales and also a large clutch from my other breeding pair both laid within 24 hours of each other and both chose to ignore the slates i had provided them, 1 pair laid on my wier box and the other on the fixed inlet pipe so im not able to pull the eggs
plz plz plz any help appreciated
I recommend removing the eggs and hatching them (when possible)
in a separate container. I use a 2.5 gal aquarium.
If you do get the parents to raise the fry, all you have to
do is provide food for the fry, the parents will take care of everything else.
It's better to remove the parents than the fry once hatched.
The fry are very delicate the first couple of weeks and even netting
them can damage them. But if they are swimming with the parents
I'd leave them alone and not remove them.JC
Man I am sorry I am late getting to this: Remove the parents after the spawn. Once the fry are free swimming in the tank make sure you have microfoods in the tank. Keeping a healthy bed of moss or live plants ensures algae is abundant and that allows parameciums and such to exist. Only after a week would I consider feeding anything larger than baby brine shrimp that are decapped. At that time you switch to crushed fine flake.
Also - once the fry are about 3 weeks old, move them to the grow out and the parents back home.
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hi thanks to you both for replying
i had no luck with the spawns mentioned above however i have a new spawn now that has been free swimming for about a day, i managed to pull them when they were laid this time and are currently in a plastic 2 gallon tank that i float in the main parent tank to maintain the temperature
however 1 of my pairs has just laid again this time i cant pull them because its on my inlet pipe from my sump so the main question is if and its a very big if! lol
if they do hatch is there anyway i can let the parents raise them so that i can still feed the parents without them turning on they fry as food
in the past i have managed to get the parents to look after them until they were swimmers and everything was fine till i put some food in the water and then the parents ate all the young along with the flake i fed them
i dont have room to separate the parents from this tank, only spare tank i have isa 40gal that is the grow out tank that im hopefully gonna put my other spawn in
Sorry I don't have any advice for keeping your pair from eating the fry, but I do have a suggestion to make pulling them easier. Angelfish seem to like to lay their eggs on smooth surfaces (like your inlet pipe) If you put a small piece (something like 3x3) of plastic or acrylic in the tank they will likely lay the eggs on that and then you can easily remove it.
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What are you feeding the free swimmers?


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The concerts, Sundays at 1 p.m. throughout the summer, will feature acclaimed guest carillonneurs from across the nation and Europe. They will perform on the University's renowned Class of 1892 Bells , the fifth largest carillon in the country and one of the top ten in size worldwide. These musicians of exceptional talent and passion represent diverse backgrounds from full-time recitalists to weekend performers, including a family physician, a retired corporate executive, a cancer researcher, a Yale University political science student and a psychologist and book author who is also a Princeton alum.
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The Kentucky General Assembly
Understand the process in Frankfort. Meet the people who are making important decisions concerning the finances and policies of this University - your legislators.
Priorities in the General Assembly
Know the issues. As Kentucky's flagship institution of higher learning, with a dual mission as a land grant and research university, our needs are unique. Stay informed about key legislation that will affect this University.
University of Kentucky Advocacy Network (UKAN)
Take a stand. Find out how you can partner with University alumni and friends to carry our message to your legislators. We believe that UKAN make a difference.