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Sleeps 5
Bedrooms 2
Bathrooms 1
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"No, Stargazers is a lovely property ..."No, Stargazers is a lovely property in a fabulous location
- Off road parking
- Ground floor accommodation
- Ground floor bedroom
- Open fire
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Cot available
- Highchair available
- Washing machine
- Broadband / WiFi
Stargazer's Cottages
Hay-on-Wye 2 miles. These two Herefordshire holiday cottages are surrounded by lovely countryside and breathtaking views and are situated on the edge of the Golden Valley, close to the border with Wales and just 2 miles from Hay-on-Wye which is known as the 'town of books'. These delightful Hay-on-Wye cottages have been lovingly converted from a former coach house and have been named after the renowned local astronomer Rev. Thomas Webb who lived in the owner's country house. They are furnished and decorated to a high standard offering comfortable accommodation throughout. Positioned in a courtyard setting, guests can enjoy the well-established garden with patio, a perfect place for enjoying a barbecue on a warm summer evening. These charming Hay-on-Wye cottages comprise Stargazer's Loft, a first floor apartment, and Stargazer's Field House, which is on the ground floor. Many lovely countryside walks can be enjoyed from the doorstep of these cottages, and the Black Mountains, Hay Bluff and Offa's Dyke footpath are all within easy reach. The area offers numerous National Trust properties, golf courses, horse riding, canoeing, cycling and fishing as well as the Literary Festival in Hay-on-Wye. The Royal Welsh Show, Brecon Jazz Festival and many food and drink festivals are also held in the area throughout the year. Two wonderful Hay-on-Wye cottages to be enjoyed all year round.
The property
This delightful former Coach House, dating back to the early 19th century, is a first-class, ground floor Hay-on-Wye cottage and offers two stylish bedrooms, a well-equipped kitchen and a comfortable sitting room with a woodburning stove.
Note: This cottage can be booked with Ref. 6926 to accommodate 9 people.
All ground floor. Two bedrooms: 1 x super king-size double (zip/link, can be twin on request), 1 x family bedroom with 1 double and 1 single. Bathroom with bath, separate shower, basin and WC. Fitted kitchen with dining area. Sitting room with woodburning stove.
- Electric wall heaters with woodburning stove
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, use of owners' washing machine by arrangement, TV with Freeview, DVD, radio/CD, WiFi, selection of books and games
- Fuel, power and start pack for stove inc. in rent
- Additional fuel for stove can be purchased from owner
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Cot and highchair available
- Off road parking for 2 cars
- Lockable bike storage
- Patio with furniture and BBQ
- Sorry, no pets and no smoking
- Shop 2.5 miles, pub 2 miles
- Note: Raised toilet seat and shower stool available by arrangement.
About the location
Hereford 20 miles.
Hay-on-Wye, renowned for its world-famous Hay Festival of Literature, lies on the Welsh/English border, and is a popular destination for book-lovers or holidaymakers wishing to enjoy the leisure activities and beautiful scenery of the Wye Valley. This ancient market town lies on the River Wye in the Brecon Beacons National Park, and is renowned for its many book shops, antique shops, restaurants and cafes. Hay-on-Wye is surrounded by spectacular countryside, which provides excellent walking, cycling, bird watching, fishing and canoeing, together with a variety of tourist attractions, including the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains, The Three Castles Walk, Eastnor Castle, the Offa's Dyke Path, the Mortimer Trail and the lovely walk to Hergest Ridge, the inspiration for the music of both Elgar and Mike Oldfield. The epitome of picturesque England, the ancient city of Hereford lies 20 miles away, with its magnificent cathedral with famous chained library and Mappa Mundi, and medieval bridge over the winding River Wye. A supremely appealing all year round holiday destination.
Region Information
This property offers the following short breaks:
- Winter
- Last minute
- Christmas


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As you know, I really want the following previously announced DOTM toys:
Deluxe Soundwave
Deluxe Que (Michael Bay's substitute for Wheeljack)
Human Alliance Soundwave with Elliot Gould action figure and Lazerbeak in scale.
I also saw as very possible:
Deluxe Dino (red Ferrari)
Deluxe Barricade (white Chicago PD repaint)
Voyager "Dread" (Crankcase or another one that hasn't been offered)
Human Alliance Barricade (white Chicago PD repaint)
Human Alliance Top Spin (to complete the Wreckers Team)
Human "Nemesis" Sideways from ROTF with 2 "Alice" figures (Isabel Lucas, and robot mode)
Human "Nemesis" Rampage (bulldozer) with Ron Witwicky Prisoner and / or Ravage Legends figure re-pack
CyberForce Commander Class DOTM Starscream
Other than Masterpiece or other Michael Bay Transformers products, I don't intend to continue to collect Transformers because I don't have the room, nor the display furniture I even do have the room for right now, and besides toy collecting, I like to travel (often to out-of-state baseball games), go to a lot of rock concerts and select theater shows, and I want to go to the Transformers ride in Universal Studios, the new Star Tours at Disneyland, rent speedboats, and a whole lot more that's made easier by not even getting into TF Prime, inspite of the fact I'll probably like it.
But Peter Cullen does the voice work on that show, huh? Hmmmm. Peter is Optimus Prime as far as I'm concerned. That alone tempts me....

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I finally sould out, and created my account on advogato. So, to paraphrase The Cranberries "Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"
CL is being frozen today. I am cleaning up the MI tree for this beta. (side note: RPM sucks)
I have an opinion that I shall only certificate people that I know personally. So you probably won't see me certificating Alan Cox. (Hey, I am not saying he is not a master! :)
Well, here goes the certifications for today:
I certificated claudio, ruda, gwm, kojima, riel, marcelo, acme and bruder. All of them are some of my fellow co-employees at Conectiva. Riel got a master for his work with Linux MM. Kojima, for his *amazing* work with WindowMaker, and acme, for creating Conectiva Linux. (But don't get cooky guys! :)


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Exhibition website
Extended until 21 May 2017
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 – 1938) is the master of Expressionism. Comprising some 160 works, 'Vibrant Metropolis / Idyllic Nature. Kirchner – The Berlin Years' examines the young artist's groundbreaking creative phase in Berlin from 1911 to 1917. It focuses on the dichotomy between his twin lives in the bustling capital city and on the tranquil Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, where he spent the summer months from 1912 to 1914. The contrasts between these two places of inspiration could hardly be greater; yet the works from that period bear witness to Kirchner's quest for a life remote from bourgeois norms, and for a new, primal form of expression.
The outbreak of the First World War plunged Kirchner into a psychological and physical crisis in 1915 from which he only gradually emerged in 1917, when he settled in the mountains near Davos and embarked on a new phase of creativity. In addition to paintings, drawings, prints, sketchbooks and photographs from Kirchner's time in Berlin, the exhibition also includes a representative selection of his early works from Dresden and some of the first paintings produced in Davos.
The exhibition – the first in Switzerland to examine this fascinating chapter in Kirchner's artistic career – is a cooperation with the Brücke Museum Berlin.
Supported by Vontobel-Stiftung, Bundesamt für Kultur, Ars Rhenia – foundation for the trans-regional promotion of art and culture, A-Charity Foundation, Truus und Gerrit van Riemsdijk Stiftung, Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim-Stiftung and other donors who wish to remain anonymous.


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Entering the double digits doesn't mean an end to toys. Quite the opposite, in fact! Ten-year-olds still love to play and these delightful toys and activities will have them learning fascinating facts, making awesome discoveries and having lots of fun along the way.
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For more than 130 years, Ravensburger has been perfecting the unplugged, indoor activity whole families can enjoy! Puzzles made for every age and interest, and of a quality you've come to love ...
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Introducing a Troop to the adventures of Back Country or Backpacking style Camping.
We discuss some ways to convert your Front country… get out of the car and camp Troop… to a high adventure… get out in the back country Troop.
Check it out at www.ptcmedia.net
Happy Scouting!
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Web Stories
Military, strategic intelligence expert to speak, Nov. 22
Posted November 18, 2005; 01:10 p.m.
Former National Security Agency Director William Odom will speak on "Strategic Drift and Dwarfish Leaders" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Odom, a retired Army lieutenant general, currently is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., and an adjunct professor at Yale University. His outspoken opinions about the war in Iraq and his recommendations that the U.S. withdraw its troops recently have placed him in the center of controversy.
An expert on military, strategic and intelligence issues, Odom served as director of the National Security Agency from 1985 to 1988. He also has been the assistant chief of staff for intelligence, the Army's senior intelligence officer.
Odom has written numerous books, including three recent volumes published by Yale University Press: "America's Inadvertent Empire" (2004); "Fixing Intelligence for a More Secure America" (2003); and "The Collapse of the Soviet Military (1998), which won the Marshall Shulman Prize.
His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, World Politics and
Foreign Policy, among other publications. He is a frequent radio and
television commentator, and has appeared on "The PBS News Hour," CNN,
ABC's "Nightline," NBC News, C-Span and BBC's "The World Tonight."
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


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Family: Sparidae, Porgies view all from this family
Description The Jolthead porgy, Calamus bajonado is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. In Bermuda, it is known as the Blue bone pory, in the United States, it is also known by the Spanish name Bojanado, in Jamaica, it is one of the species known by the name, Porgi grunt.
Known only from the western Atlantic Ocean, Jolthead porgies are found from Rhode Island and Bermuda south to Brazil. They are abundant in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies. They have been collected from beds of seagrass, and commonly swim in clear, shallow water up to 150 feet, (though there have been reports of them as deep as 180 and 200 m) where they are normally solitary, but sometimes appear in schools near reefs. They are thought to spawn in July and August.
Habitat Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes, Ocean or bay shallows, Open ocean.
Range New England, Southeast, Florida, Texas.


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What could be more exciting than celebrating with a decorated castle cake! The baking pan makes it easy.
You can bake and freeze the cake before your big celebration. Tightly cover unfrosted cake and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw and decorate the day before your celebration.
Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.
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Molly E said about: Hillcrest Specialist Cars
Simon is nothing but helpful! My family have all used his garage for 10+ years....
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paul r said about: Sue Ryder Nettlebed Hospice
My girfriend Kate passed away yesterday(Tuesday 30th Oct 2014) having bravely fought cancer for just over a year.The care and attention she has recieved from everyone at Nettlebed has been incredible,nothing is too much trouble,no request unanswered,always there but never intrusive.I have always been made very welcome when I have been with Kate either on a short visit or during her longer stays( especially when accompianied by Birdie,Kates gorgeous black whippet who is always adored and fussed over by everyone she meets). I would like to say a special thankyou to those nurses who were present during Kates final hours,doing everything to make her as comfortable as possible and for Andrea,a very special person who spent time with me after Kates passing,listening as I talked about Kate and our time together.An incredibly traumatic and heartbreaking time made bearable by such a dedicated team of professionals.Heartfelt thanks to you all
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Peter H said about: Hillcrest Specialist Cars
A real find. Look no further than Hillcrest Cars in Nettlebed, right hand side of the petrol station, and you and you car will be well looked after by Simon Hope and the team there....
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Little Marc Jacobs MARC JACOBS SPECIAL Steiff Sweet Dreams Baby Lamb
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Steiff was founded in 1880, and has since been a leader in the classic stuffed animals. This German company, now has more than 8,500 different styles with every single piece being uniquely marked by the Steiff identification markings such as their unique buttons, labels and chest tags. Steiff has been synonymous with Christmas since the company was founded; here you will find some of our favorite styles to choose from. This lamb measures 7.9" and is constructed of the finest plush fabric, made for baby soft skin. Machine washable at 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Made in Tunisia.


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Get an overview of this hotelJamaican resort with famous former guests
+VIP Access™ Hotel
Our customers receive consistently exceptional service at these hotels.See details
Guests favorite property amenities
Green tranquility
This small resort 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Ocho Rios offers a private beach and more than 2 hectares (6 acres) of garden and tranquility for guests 13 and older.
Water sports, spa
No TVs, radios, or clocks intrude between guest and rest. Low-key diversions include sailing, snorkeling, kayaking, and treatments at an on-site health spa.
Tropical air
Air-conditioned guest suites offer spacious verandahs or large balconies designed like open-air living rooms, along with in-room safes, bathrobes, and turndown service.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Jamaica Inn
Hotel Amenities
All-Inclusive Details
All-inclusive room rates at Jamaica Inn are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
Hotel Amenities
Jamaica Inn offers a private 700-foot-long beach with champagne-colored sand. Guests can bask on sun loungers or opt for a thatched shade umbrella.
Named for an indigenous word meaning "Sacred Place of the Earth Spirits," KiYara Ocean Spa offers an all-natural approach to massage, body treatments, facials, waxing, and nail care. Treatments employ fresh ingredients without preservatives and are blended immediately prior to a session. Secluded at the resort's far end on a bluff behind a bamboo gate, the spa offers massage and body treatments in private open-air rooms bordered by dense tropical foliage, with thatch roofs supported by hand-carved wood pillars. (Facials take place inside the spa.) Some treatments employ a rain shower; others an outdoor shower—both equipped with bamboo piping.
Couples massage is offered on a terrace just above the sea; candlelit night sessions are available. Other massage options include one with smooth river stones. Body treatments include Piña Colada Body Polish, Caribbean Cooler (aloe blend), East Meets West (Ayurvedic herbs, local ingredients, rain shower), and Roots Renewal (aromatic Jamaican herbal roots). Facials include Tahitian (noni fruit) and aromatherapy.
A library showcases the owners' family photographs and offers a communal puzzle, board games, books, and complimentary use of a computer with wireless Internet access. Renovated in 2005, the hotel's fitness room offers a treadmill, stationary bicycle, stair climber, and free weights. There is even a meeting room complete with audio-visual equipment.
The property recommends using private car transfers to reach your accomodations. Contact the hotel directly for assistance with transportation details. In addition, "All Inclusive w/Private Transfer" and "No Meals-Includes Private Transfer" rate plans include private round-trip airport transfers from Sangster/Montego Bay International Airport only. Guests should enter their flight details in the Special Request area when making the booking so that the hotel can arrange for the driver to meet them. The driver will be located outside of the airport so once they exit customs, guests should continue to the airport exit doors where the hotel driver will be waiting with a hotel sign. Guests who will be driving themselves can take advantage of free valet parking. Private airport transports are also available for a surcharge for all additional rate plans. Please contact the property after booking with your flight information to finalize this arrangement.
- Beach umbrellas
- Free beach cabanas
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Free valet parking
- One meeting room
- On private beach
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa services on site
- Concierge services
- Fitness facilities
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Total number of rooms - 52
- Number of floors - 2
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Wedding services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Garden
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Year Built 1950
- Free self parking
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Balcony or patio
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Room service (limited hours)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Access via exterior corridors
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Desk
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
This hotel offers complimentary hors d'oeuvres every evening, and complimentary planters punch is served on the beach every morning as well as in the exercise room.
There are a few publications still stating that jackets are required for gentlemen, however, jackets are no longer required. Jamaica Inn's dress code for dinner is a collared shirt (short or long sleeved) with long trousers for gentlemen. Women must also dress accordingly.
Shanty Town - Overlooks the sea. Open for breakfast and lunch.
The Terrace - Five-course gourmet dinner served under the stars.
Main Bar - Decorated with antique furnishings; historic pictures, and memorabilia.
Beach Bar - Located pooside. Beach service offered as well.
A live band plays on the dinner terrace from nightly from 8 PM until 11 PM.
Nearby Things to Do
The Jamaica Inn provides complimentary use of snorkeling gear for exploring a reef just off shore, small sailboats, kayaks, and a croquet lawn.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Fishing on site
- Kayaking on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Sailing on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
Spa Services
Nestled on the edge of a cliff, KiYara Ocean Spa's treatments are drawn from the plants of the island. Drawing on local herbal traditions, combined with modern research, KiYara's treatments are loaded with anti-oxidants, enzymes, and nutrients which protect, strengthen, nourish, and balance the skin.
Treatments are in thatch-roofed huts overlooking the Caribbean Sea and surrounded by tropical gardens. Treatments include a variety of massages, reflexology, and a unique water treatment.
- Hot stone massage
- Thai massage
- Reflexology
- Detoxification wrap
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 1 PM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children 9 and younger are not allowed at this property. All guests older than 9 are welcome.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
The Premier Suite, Lanai room category has 3 locations on the property that cannot be reserved in advance. Guests who book the Premiere Suite, Lanai room category will be assigned the location upon check-in. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A tax is imposed by the city: USD 2 per accommodation, per night
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: USD 24 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Inn Jamaica
- Jamaica Inn
- Jamaica Inn Ocho Rios
- Jamaica Ocho Rios
- Jamaica Hotel Ocho Rios
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 9 years old and younger are not permitted at this property. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- Jamaica Inn is listed in the 2013 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2011 Travel + Leisure 500.
Private Transfer Offer
Book a stay in a "w/Private Transfer" rate plan and receive the following:
- Private car airport transfers


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Tralucent Dreaming
Pros: Visceral bass, great sense of scale, smooth articulate sound, drivers well integrated
Cons: Disappointing build quality, lacks a little high frequency extension, vocals a little unengaging, extremely expensive
*Please ignore the audio quality / comfort / design / isolation / value sliders for this review. As far as I can tell, they seem broken*
This is a universal in-ear monitor with a two balanced armature drivers and a dynamic driver. This earphone costs $1250 IEM with a cable that costs about $800, or as a package together, about $1400. I'm part of an Australian listening tour for this earphone and I spent 2 weeks with it.
Let me say this first: I found this IEM really hard to review for a number of reasons, and all of them are related to the price of this earphone.
The most expensive earphone that I own is a second hand pair of Sony MDR-EX1000, which at the time of release were something like $600 or $700. At that time, people were saying that this was a ludicrous price to pay for an earphone that was not a custom monitor.
In recent times it now seems that $1000 is the new starting price point for flagship universal in-ears.
Whenever there is a high priced product released, there is a rehash of the same tired argument two sides. One side thinks this kind of high pricing is a cynical cash grab. There's another side which is willing to pay good money for what is hopefully an amazing aesthetic experience, and other people who would aspire to spend that kind of money.
Here's my perspective: I'm a student. I'm a believer in the free market. I believe that things are only worth what people are willing to pay for them, and as far as I know, no one is being forced to buy thousand dollar IEMs against their will.
Even putting a dollar price on sound quality is a bit odd because it is as much a subjective experience as a technical one. Buying high end audio is something like evaluating a painting or a sports car. There are technical aspects to the performance of the product. But it's also a lot about how it makes you feel. It is never a completely rational purchase.
I'm actually very hesitant to even talk about pricing or 'value for money' in my reviews, because everyone's preferences and circumstances are different. I don't want to encourage the perception that more expensive things always sound better in audio, because it simply just is not true. At the same time I think it's condescending to say that people who spend X money on so and so product are suckers. It's the kind of knee jerk reaction that seems to start a lot of pointless and boring arguments.
At the same time when a product costs this much, I can't help but get extremely hyper - critical, because at this price point things that might be acceptable in a cheaper product start to seem unacceptable at higher prices.
The best I can do in a review is to compare what I think are similar products in terms of build quality, ergonomics and sound quality, give a personal opinion, and hopefully people can use the information in my reviews and the reviews of others to come to their own decision.
In the case of 1Plus2, I can tell you that while I think it does sound really good, I would not be willing to pay $1250 for it. Here's why.
I made a Youtube video that gives you a look at the 1Plus2 as well as some of my observations about the build quality which are also reiterated below in text. If you like my videos, please check out my channel.
I place a lot of emphasis on build quality and design in my reviews, because I think build quality is a relatively objective thing that people can see and know what they are paying for.
Frankly, for the price of the 1Plus2, the build quality and design is embarrassing. It has a lot of 'boutique audiophile charm', which is another way of saying it seems amateurish.
Starting with the shells, they are quite large, bulky and made of acrylic. This is the material that they make custom moulded earphones with. Acrylic is fine for custom earphones because they are made on a case by case basis, moulded to an individual ear. It would be too expensive to make an injection mould for every individual customer, and the custom shape might be impossible to CNC mill or use some other manufacturing process.
But the 1Plus2 is a universal fit earphone. If you actually look at the internals of the 1Plus2 you can see most of it is empty plastic. I cannot think of any reason why it needs to be made this bulky or made out of this material, except that Tralucent wanted to make it 'look' like a custom moulded earphone and therefore charge the price of a custom for it.
Edit: The intrepid Tomscy2000 (always a knowledgeable one) suggests this reason for the 1Plus2's bulk:
If this is indeed the case I do retract what I say about the 1Plus2's bulk and apologise. I would still like to see it made out of metal though.
Even then, I want to bring up another product I currently have a demo unit for: the Null Audio Elpis. This is a 3D printed hybrid custom earphone from a company in Singapore which retails for about $250 USD - one fifth the price of the 1Plus2. (I plan to have a review up of the Elpis soon).
I bring the Elpis up not because it sounds as good as the 1Plus2. It doesn't, but it sounds better than the price difference might have you believe. I mention the Elpis because it demonstrates that it is not particularly costly or complex to make a hybrid design with a dynamic driver and balanced armature drivers and print it out of acrylic. It also does not need to be this bulky. The 1Plus2 is only marginally better built than the Elpis and it is not a custom earphone. I don't see where the extra money went.
Let's talk about the cable. The cable that I got on this listening tour is the silver/gold MK2 cable which bumps the price of the 1Plus2 up to $1400 or costs about $700 separately. Don't ask me how the maths works there.
I'm not personally a believer in cables making a huge difference in sound quality, but let's leave that to the sound science forum. That aside I have huge issues with the cable because for an $700 product it is very disappointing.
The cable is extremely stiff because it is clearly just heat shrink around a braided wire. The plastic on the connectors is ugly - you can see the mould seams. The connection itself is an older two pin connecter type. People on the listening tour have observed that the right earpiece on this unit will detach easily, and I have found this to be the case as well.
I thankfully have not dropped it, but I would never take this earphone outside where an earpiece could detach and drop onto a hard surface. I would not take this earphone outside anyway, because even though it is comfortable and has okay isolation it is expensive and the bulky high profile design is clearly prone to wind noise.
On the other end of jack has no strain relief and is just a off the shelf part soldered onto wire. The lack of any kind of strain relief is extremely troubling.
Conclusion (Build)
Simply put: I do not think the 1Plus2 feel like a $1250 product. What products feel like a thousand dollars?
Let's take the Sony EX1000. It is a beautifully crafted piece of mag alloy. The cables are beautiful and supple and the connection terminal and strain relief is completely solid. Let's take the Bang & Olufsen H3. It is a beautifully crafted piece of aluminium with tiny vents milled at a precision I have never seen in an earphone. It is $250. How about the JVC FXD80-Z? It is milled out of stainless steel and feels like a tank. It costs $70. I can name any number of earphones that have amazing build quality,like the mag alloy Westone ADV's, or my friend's pair of titanium shelled Audio Technica CK100Pro's, or the AKG K3003.
I have held all those products in my hand and they scream craftsmanship. Even if most of them cost a lot of money, they FEEL like a lot of money.
The 1Plus2 does not feel like that. Personally, I don't care how good a product sounds - at a certain point there is no excuse for a product this expensive not to have an amazing build. Or conversely, I would not feel right about pricing a product with this kind of build at this kind of price. It comes with the territory.
Thankfully, I am much more enthused about the sound of the 1Plus2 than the build.
I did most of my listening on an Objective 2 / ODAC with a mixture of lossless ALAC and high bitrate MP3 / AAC files. I also did some listening on my iPhone 5 and found that that the 1Plus2 is quite easy to drive.
The 1Plus2 sounds quite amazing. I don't know if they sound $1200 amazing (if that even makes sense), but it's clear Tralucent has done a pretty good job of integrating BA + dynamic drivers. Overall, the 1Plus2 sounds clean and smooth, with articulate detail and speed.
Before I heard the 1Plus2 I was a little skeptical about Tralucent's approach of putting the dynamic driver right behind the BA units, because this would mean that the bass and high frequencies will never reach the ears at the same time without some kind of crossover or DSP magic. It doesn't seem like this arrangement has a negative effect on the sound. The 1Plus2 does have a pretty amazing sense of scale that may be an artefact of the tiny travelling time increase introduced to the bass frequencies.
Speaking of the bass, it is immediately the most standout aspect of the 1Plus2. It is exceptionally tight and fast and extends extremely low with great authority. The 1Plus2 actually seems somewhat emphasised in terms of sub-bass - lowest registers hit very hard which gives everything a very big sense of scale.
Using the bass test at Audiocheck http://www.audiocheck.net/testtones_subwooferharmonicdistortion.php
I was able to hear that the driver is doing something audible at 14hz (may just be distortion) but is certainly present and accounted for at 20hz.
At times the bass can feel a little too heavy handed, giving it a bit of a blunt quality on some tracks. The bass of the 1Plus2 suggests the thinking behind the hybrid approach: if you look at the the worst aspects of dynamic driver IEMs in small enclosures, like the SE215 and Westone ADV, they have amazing bass punch but can sound muddy and congested in the highs. Put in a known quantity like the TWFK and tweak a crossover and, hey presto, you have the bass everyone secretly (or not so secretly) loves with the treble that everyone demands.
Of course, the single high bandwidth single driver IEMs like the GR07, RE-400 and Yamaha EPH-100 demonstrate that the hybrid approach still doesn't seem all that necessary to get a powerful visceral bass response with clean treble. This is without all the phase and impedance interaction issues that crossovers introduce.
Mids / Vocals
Mids and vocals on the 1Plus2 do not make a particularly strong impression on me. Actually, the mids are perhaps somewhat recessed in the signature. They are smooth and articulate, but they don't have any particular texture or magic to them that you might hear on something like an Audio Technica CK100 Pro or Sony EX1000.
So vocals are not the star of the show. That's not necessarily a bad thing. The 1Plus2 just sounds measured and competent.
The treble again is smooth and has a kind of brittle sheen / shimmer to it that seems characteristic of TWFK treble. The treble is very fast, and lacks decay to the point of maybe feeling a little tacky at times. Again, all very inoffensive and hard to fault, but not the star of the show. I got the sense that the 1Plus2 lacks absolute treble extension of some of the better dynamic drivers like the RE-400 and GR07.
I was able to confirm this with another test at Audiocheck.net http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php
I am 25 and I can hear the RE-400 and GR07 kick in clearly at the 18-17khz region, whereas the 1Plus2 only becomes clearly audible between 17-16khz. If you think only mosquitos listen to these tones, please keep in mind that the main argument for lossless tracks is that it preserves audio information resolution at these super high frequencies that would be discarded or aliased with lossy algorithms.
If you want to try this test yourself, the site recommends that you download the file and play it to avoid aliasing artefacts from being played through the browser.
In terms of soundstaging, there is a lot said of the very wide soundstage of the 1Plus2, as if they were a pair of full sized headphones. While the 1Plus2 has very pin point accurate soundstage, in terms of sheer width I never got the illusion that I was literally wearing a pair of HD800's or something.
I do feel that the massive sub-bass response grounds the sound and gives everything a sense of visceral scale and authority. Combined with the articulation of the TWFK units, everything does have a great sense of placement and presence.
In terms of the perceived space I would only go so far as to say that the 1Plus2 has a soundstage wider than most IEMs and about as wide as the Sony EX1000 / 7550, which have very wide soundstages thanks to their treble responses and odd ear hanger designs.
If I had the time to do extensive tip rolling with the 1Plus2, I could probably find a tip that would boost the high frequencies and thus create a wider sense of space. Playing around with the EQ I did find that boosting frequencies above 4khz did give a wider sense of space, but only up to a point.
In terms of timbre, while the BA units make the 1Plus2 sound extremely clean, the fast decay and slight lack of treble extension meant that I still did not get the sense of texture or timbre that I get from good dynamic drivers like the GR07, EX1000, RE-400 or 7550.
I think the 1Plus2 sounds particularly amazing with electronic music, where the 1Plus2's strengths in terms of speed and resolution, as well as that visceral bass, really come into play.
Maybe this is my personal preference, but I did not find the 1Plus2 as engaging with vocals or strings as I do with a lot of my dynamic driver in-ear collection.
As I stated before, I think the 1Plus2 sounds amazing, with a combination of characteristics - speed, articulation and bass slam, which make it a great listen. It is definitely one of the best IEMs I have ever heard, but the sound does have some flaws My time with the 1Plus2 does not make me want to sell all my gear to buy one at $1250. After two weeks I did not enjoy the 1Plus2 especially more than my current stable of favourites, though it is very good.
Again, returning to that terrible bugbear of the price. What are you paying for with the 1Plus2?
Are you paying for an amazing build, a piece of quality craftsmanship that is beautifully functional and durable? No, not at all.
Are you paying for amazing R&D, some amazing technical innovation that wasn't just buying TWFK drivers off the shelf from Knowles and putting them in an acrylic shell with a mystery dynamic driver? No you're not.
So you're paying for the sound, which is pretty great. I personally wouldn't pay $1250 for it, because it is impractical for outdoor use and in-doors I may as well buy a full-size headphone for better long term comfort.
But if you like it and are willing and able, then go for it and enjoy some music!
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GUNTOWN – In the Tennessee walking horse world, 3-year-old Nine Gold is a star.
He claimed titles at shows in Germantown, Tenn., and Woodbury, Tenn., last year. They were warm-ups for the main event, the 2012 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville, Tenn.
For the uninitiated, the National Celebration is akin to the Super Bowl, and that's where the brown horse with flaxen mane and tail earned the titles of world champion and world grand champion.
"The odds of him winning this thing were slim to zero," said Bill McMillan, 60, of Guntown. "It was unanimous from all judges on both nights."
McMillan is a veterinarian with McMillan & Cunningham Small Animal Clinic & Equine Center in Saltillo. More than that, he's a horseman, who's been entranced by Tennessee walking horses most of his life.
"My dad got into it, I guess it had to be in the '50s," he said. "We used to go to Shelbyville when I was a boy. In the old days, there were horses everywhere. We would go up there and there were thousands of horses."
McMillan has devoted many decades to reaching this point. It's been a tough road of buying, breeding and training horses in hopes of shaking up Shelbyville with a star like Nine Gold.
"We love horses and training," said his daughter, Shelbi McMillan, 22, "but it kind of knocks you down. It's so hard and so much can go wrong, but that just makes Daddy try harder. He was really persistent. It's been years of being knocked down, and now getting this amazing horse you're blessed with – it's still kind of surreal."
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Nine Gold's mother is Delitefully Yours. She was 21 and too old to carry a foal to term, but she'd been a fine show horse in her day.
McMillan decided to breed her with Whole Nine Yards. After artificial insemination, the embryo grew for a short time in Delitefully Yours, then McMillan flushed it out.
"I'd gotten special training so I could do this myself," McMillan said. "I flushed her and found the embryo under a microscope. It was that small where you really needed a microscope."
Molly, an unregistered quarter horse, became the gestational carrier. Nine Gold needed plasma when he was born, neither mother produced milk and the young colt got his foot stuck in a stall once, but McMillan gently ushered the horse through the challenges.
"We raised him," McMillan said. "I broke him and I rode him every day from February to August, whether I felt like it or not."
Those early training days also involved McMillan's wife, two daughters and son.
"Somebody had to stay out there with a camera and film every day while he rode," Denise McMillan, 55, said. "It brought the family together."
"It keeps the memories of our grandfather alive," Shelbi McMillan said, "and it's kind of gone full circle because Daddy's been taking his grandkids to be around the horse. I don't know. It's just our family tradition."
McMillan suspected he had a champion on his hands, but Nine Gold needed more training than he could provide. He hooked up with trainer Michael Wright out of Reagan, Tenn.
"He said, 'You're going to have to spend a lot of money on this horse.' That meant advertising to get the name out," McMillan said. "I said, 'This horse is going to make you famous.'"
At the stable in Reagan, Nine Gold gets exercise and grooming every day, as well as access to quality medical care. The trainers treat him like the high-quality athlete he is, McMillan said.
"You can feel how powerful he is. It's a natural gait," McMillan said. "He's been good since we got on him, a natural walking horse."
The results bear out that early promise. In addition to his show titles, Nine Gold was named the Walking Horse Trainers Association's 2-year-old stallion of the year, and he won Walking Horse Report's readers' choice award.
Walking horse magazines have featured him in cover stories, and he's been exhibited at shows in Tunica and Asheville, N.C.
"That draws people to come to the show, if you have a world grand champion there," Denise McMillan said. "They invited us to those shows, and the trainer rides the horse on exhibit and talks about his story."
Rare feat
People outside the walking horse world might not realize how special the story is.
Breeding, raising and training a horse like Nine Gold is an expensive and labor-intensive undertaking.
A lot of owners buy horses after they've started to have success on the show circuit. Others handle the breeding and training, while owners fly in to see their horses perform, McMillan said.
"There's a lot of millionaires involved in this," he said. "I'm not a millionaire. I'm a working man, thank the Lord. I work seven days a week."
He's been offered $200,000 for Nine Gold, but turned it down. The horse has many more chances left to shine for McMillan and his family. He won a Spring Fun Show at Shelbyville in May, so he has a strong start on 2013.
"He's going to win everything as a 3-year-old," McMillan predicted.
If all goes as planned, Nine Gold will compete for the next few years, then retire to McMillan's Guntown farm to spend his remaining days trying to sire more world grand champions.
"In the end, we'll probably break even on him," McMillan said.
Thoughts about money are practical, but practicality hasn't driven McMillan's passion for Tennessee walking horses.
The driver was Nine Gold, or the idea of him, anyway. It was that longed-for chance to send a message from Guntown straight to Shelbyville.
"It's what he's wanted all his life," Denise McMillan said. "That's his baby. He gets off work on Wednesdays and goes up to see him."
"You've got to have something you enjoy," McMillan said.
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I am continuing my 3 3/4" vehicle thread series.
This will discuss ONLY the vehicle in the title of the thread (in this case the Outlander Refugee Freighter From AOTC.
I will cover several unmade vehicles for the action figures per week, choosing them from a rotating schedule through the movies and the Expanded Universe.
I'll order it TPM, AOTC, ROTS, ANH, ESB, ROTJ, EU, and then keep going back through the order in that manner.
So here I'm only asking you if you'd buy the Outlander Refugee Freighter From AOTC.
This ship could later be repainted in the Grand Army of the Republic paint scheme (white with red markings) to match it's use in Gennedy's Clone Wars Micro-Series.
The Clone Army, and possibly the Imperial Navy, used these ships converted to military use to land AT-ATs later.
Obviously the toy would not ever be that large.
I propose that the bottom just be hollow and in-accessable.
The top could hold figures and have a separate cockpit section that seats 2.
The vehicle could come with exclusive figures of Padme in Refugee Disguise and maybe the 6-armed waiter droid that yells at R2-D2, and /or a re-sculpt of the Anakin Peasant Disguise figure.
The engines might light up.
The ship's lower space could be made large enough to hold an AT-RT, but even an AT-ST would be pushing it.
How about an AT-RT on a raised platform with a ramp that lowers for it, and a speederbike launcher underneath that's tall enough for the rider to stay on the bike before launch?
I'm not sure what you'd put down there for the civilian release of the craft, but maybe it could be disguised for secret Separatist use and hold a STAP or other small vehicle - that the Republic wouldn't know about? (for a play feature)
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State coach John Cohen has always embraced a gritty, blue-collar approach to baseball that emphasizes toughness.
That's why he has so much respect for the three teams coming to the Starkville Regional this weekend.
Mississippi State (43-17) is the host and No. 1 seed in the double-elimination, four-team regional that includes South Alabama, Mercer and Central Arkansas — three programs from lesser-known conferences that might not have big stadiums or big budgets, but certainly understand how to play high-level baseball.
Cohen knows from experience. He played in college at Mississippi State in the late 1980s, but started his head coaching career in 1998 at Northwestern State — a little-known school in Louisiana that constantly had to fight for respect when facing larger opponents.
The four-year experience left him with a deep appreciation — and maybe even a little envy — for this weekend's opponents.
"The neat thing about schools like this is their kids are mentally tough, they feel like they have something to prove, they have a little bit of a chip on the shoulder and they want to win," Cohen said. "I really admire that. It's funny — when I came back to Mississippi State I wanted our kids to have a little bit of that mentality."
Mississippi State is hosting its first NCAA regional since 2003, overcoming a mid-season swoon to win 10 of its last 14 games.
The Bulldogs shouldn't have much trouble focusing on Friday's first-round opponent Central Arkansas. The Bears (39-20) took two of three games from Mississippi State early this season.
Central Arkansas coach Allen Gum said he was pleased to be headed back to Starkville because his team would be familiar with the park, but he didn't know if past success against the Bulldogs would mean much.
"We were playing great at the time — got a few breaks," Gum said. "We're gonna have to have some of the same things happen this weekend."
Mississippi State first baseman Wes Rea says the Bulldogs have improved since those losses. He also said more than two months in the difficult Southeastern Conference — which put nine teams into the NCAA tournament — has prepared the team for just about anything.
"I personally think it's a good draw," Rea said. "They're going to have a few guys at the top end (of the pitching staff) who are really good pitchers, but as a whole, it won't be anything like the SEC."
No. 2 seed South Alabama (42-18) will play No. 3 Mercer (43-16) in the other first round game on Friday.
The Starkville Regional is the toughest in the country when using the NCAA's RPI rankings as a measuring stick.
But Mississippi State will certainly have one big advantage — a boisterous home crowd at Dudy Noble Field that will almost certainly top 10,000 people during the Bulldogs' games.
"It makes a difference," Cohen said. "Sometimes when you're sitting in the stands, you can think of these kids as robots and that (the crowd) doesn't make a difference. But it does. I've experienced it as a player and as a coach."
South Alabama is no stranger to the NCAA postseason, playing in its 35th regional in school history. The Jaguars finished with a 23-34 record last season, but had a remarkable turnaround to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006.
South Alabama coach Mark Calvi is familiar with SEC competition. He was an assistant coach at South Carolina for six seasons, helping the Gamecocks win a national title in 2010. He said a big crowd and big stage wouldn't change the Jaguars' approach that led to 42 wins this season.
"You stay with what got you here," Calvi said. "If who you are is not good enough to win the tournament, you don't win the tournament. You play to your strengths, and just try to capitalize on their weaknesses."
Mercer is one of the nation's best power hitting teams with 56 homers this season, but that might not be a factor at Dudy Noble Field, which has a reputation as a pitcher's paradise.
Central Arkansas was one of the nation's hottest teams early in the year, but struggled during the Southland Conference regular season with a 12-15 record. The Bears recovered to win the Southland's postseason tournament and grab an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Cohen said every team in the regional has a distinct personality, but one trait is the same: All are playing good baseball over the past few weeks.
"It doesn't really matter about your full body of work," Cohen said. "It matters if you're hot at this moment. Are things going your way at this moment? And if you look at the teams we're playing, there are a lot of things going right for these teams."
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A new coffee roaster opened on Coley Road in Tupelo. Thomas Street Coffee Co., a division of the American Family Association, roasts premium coffee blends from around the world.
So, the name is a little confusing, but the coffee is excellent.
Coffee samples are available though they don't currently brew coffee for sale in the store. Twelve ounce bags of whole or grounded beans are available for $12. Beans are grown by faith-based farmers from around the world.
The store is open 8 a.m. to 4p.m. Monday through Friday. Stop in and say hello if you're in the area.
Tupelo native Kyle Benson has taken over as master roaster.
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CUSTER PARK, Ill. — Mr. Patrick O'Reilly Sr., 53, of Custer Park, Ill., passed away at home with his family by his side Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, due to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident that occurred on Sept. 24, 2012.
Funeral services will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd., Braidwood Chapel, 402 E. Main St., Braidwood at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24. The Rev. Chris Beamsley will officiate. Visitation will also be Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 3 to 7:30 p.m.
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In my front yard there is a small lake that I built a couple of years ago, the purpose was to have a viable system where all the critters could do there own thing, and we could enjoy there company. It has been a huge sucsess, for us and the critters that live in and around the lake.
We had a very well refered team of experts involved in the planning and construction and it went quite smoothly overall with the exception of that one guy from the planning and zoning commison that we had to bury in the bottom of the lake. Enough said on that subject!!!
So it rains and the creek flows and the lake fills up with water, and lo n behold the ground dosen't leak. Viola, a lake is born. Up above the little lake is a 10 acre swamp complete with Largemouth bass. These bass have found there way ( some times with my help) into my front yard, this is good. My wife and I are thrilled when an Osprey or a Bald Eagle take the ocassional Bass from the lake and we have watched many Herons and Hooded Mergansers take the numerous Bass Fry in June and July. But...
In spite of our colder than usual spring the Bass are already "Leading the beaches" in there readiness to begin spawning. The lake has shoulders that I designed to provide the proper Habitat for all the critters. The slope is shallow and extends to the deep for about six feet. This gives ample room for most of the Damsels and Dragon Fly Nymphs and myriad other Aquatic insects to do there thing in warm sunshine heated shallows.
It also, I have just found out, gives the American Mergansers a free lunch that they have probably never even dreamed of around these parts. These two adult males are in Hog Heaven they have females nesting in the swamp and are fishing in my waters (home waters?) three times a day operating in tandem as a tag team cruising the shallows and catching everyone they see. Talk about "I spot em I got em" Jim Teeny never had it this good!
I have watched Mergy's for a lifetime and never saw the like of this it is awe inspiring to say the least. They remind me of King salmon chasing down forage fish. Speed and agility and virtualy never missing. They always fly into the lake and hit the beaches as one, I can not distinguish between the two, so I don't know which one is the top dog. But they always work in tandem until they get a full gullet and then they walk individually back to the swamp ,as they are to heavy to fly.This usually leaves one of them to fish alone for his final fish. Oddly enough there doesn't seem to be as much sucsess when fishing alone.
These Ducks are catching Bass that they can't swallow and I have watched them try and try again and finally just give up and abandon the Lucky Bass. Some times bigger is better!
The last few days the report is that they are flying in and also out, which means they are not cathing any Bass they can swallow, probably a good thing as they were making away with about 9 spawners a day for a week.( that would be about 60 bass)
Well if there are any Bass Pond types out there who managed to suffer through this shaggy dog story I am curious if anyone has witnessed this interaction between Mergy's and Bass before. I suspect in so much as this is not bass country we may have developed an unnatural condition that the Darwinians would be proud of .
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When Nathan "Carnage" Corbett made his GLORY debut at GLORY 11 Chicago against Tyrone Spong there were high hopes among seasoned Kickboxing and Muay Thai fans as Nathan Corbett has been tearing up opponents at Light Heavyweight for years now, but mostly in Australia. He's been the guy that everyone has wanted to switch over to Kickboxing for years, but honestly, his few stints into Heavyweight Kickboxing didn't bear fruit. With GLORY promoting more weight classes it seemed like a perfect fit, the only problem was he ran into Tyrone Spong in the prime of his fighting career and things didn't work out for him.
Carnage came back with a vengeance this weekend at Total Carnage IV from Gold Coast where he met Henriques Zowa from the Netherlands. How did it go? Well, it's Carnage and he's allowed to throw elbows. Carnage scored a stoppage via an elbow strike in the second round.


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Boston Ballet hasn't toured internationally since 1991. In his six years as artistic director, Mikko Nissinen has worked mightily to take the company abroad. Now he's succeeded. The troupe is currently in the last stages of a five-week tour of Spain, with most of the seven venues being the delightful outdoor festivals that are such a popular fixture of Spanish summer life. The reviews in Spain have been largely positive.
I caught up with the company in Madrid, the Spanish capital and by definition the most important stop on the tour. Watching Boston Ballet dance at the 1700-seat Patio del Conde Duque theater was a totally different experience from observing them from the dim recesses of the Wang Theatre, their Boston home. I never feel that I'm close enough to the dancing at the Wang, and the sight lines are so poor that I find myself wagging my head from side to side even when sitting in an aisle seat in the orchestra. The steeply raked outdoor bleachers of the Conde Duque afforded everyone a clear view.
The house was generally sold out during the four-night Madrid run, and the Ballet's reception was nothing short of rapturous — a standing ovation every time. The dancers deserved it. Nissinen has turned this once-provincial group into an ensemble of international stature.
Madrid was appreciative. Nissinen gave numerous interviews to both the general press and to dance publications. An hour-long television program about Boston Ballet was broadcast nationally. It's the kind of attention the company doesn't get back home.
The troupe danced two programs. The first, "Classic Balanchine," consisted of three works by the 20th century's greatest choreographer: Serenade, the abbreviated concert version of Who Cares?, and The Four Temperaments. The second was La Sylphide, the quintessential Romantic-era ballet. At the press conference before the Madrid opening, journalists asked why Nissinen hadn't brought more-contemporary pieces. He has, after all, launched the successful American career of his fellow Finn, Jorma Elo, commissioned ballets by Mark Morris, the most sought-after choreographer on the planet, and given Helen Pickett, a former dancer with William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet, her first crack at creating one of her improvisation-based pieces for a major classical company.
The answer to this question about the choice of repertory is simply that it was requested by the Spanish presenter, Ada Casanovas. The company got to Spain in the first place because Casanovas's ex-husband is a Cuban dancer who knows Boston Ballet principal Lorna Feijóo, also from Cuba. Now that the company has been such a bit hit, she plans to bring them back for an encore every other year.
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Minnesota's middle and and high school students will receive greater support to help them prepare for and stay on track for college success, thanks to a $1.5 million federal grant awarded to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education this fall. This is the third consecutive year Minnesota has been awarded a grant for this purpose.
Minnesota's grant was part of $141 million awarded to states this fall, based on a population formula. With a goal of helping states produce more college graduates by 2020, funding for these grants was approved by Congress in March 2010 as part of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act.
"Within 10 years, about 70 percent of all the jobs in Minnesota will require some form of postsecondary education, whether it's a short-term certificate program or something more," said David Metzen, Director for the Office of Higher Education. "This grant will give schools and community organizations a boost in helping more students get on the path to postsecondary education."
With 2010 funding, Minnesota's College Access Challenge Grant activities will focus on:
- Enhancing the college planning and advising capacity in middle and high schools by counselors so that more students receive clear and consistent counseling regarding college planning and career preparation;
- Increasing the number of low-income students and families who have a working knowledge of postsecondary education opportunities, planning for postsecondary education and financial aid; and
- Increasing the number of low-income K-12 students who have the opportunity to participate in academic enrichment activities to prepare for college admission and success.
The Office of Higher Education is working with the Minnesota Department of Education, professional organizations and community partners to provide opportunities for school counselors, students and their families as dictated by the federal grant.
The components of Minnesota's grant include:
Support for School Counselors
Provide site licensing and training for schools to implement college, career and course planning software through Naviance.
Provide peer group user sessions and mentoring networks for successful implementation of Naviance in schools to improve counselor to student communication and facilitate the college planning process.
Data and assessment training and technical assistance for school counselors to increase understanding and use of student assessment data.
Community Outreach
Events on college access and success for low-income, first generation students and families through a series of informational sessions planned and implemented by the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership.
Support financial aid administrators who deliver presentations on paying for college to high schools and community groups across the state.
Targeted outreach to the African American and Latino communities regarding academic achievement, college planning, postsecondary access and college financing.
Student Engagement
Support participation of low-income students in summer academic enrichment programs by enabling approved programs to subsidize participation for students meeting low-income criteria.
Support participation of students attending 11 urban schools in college tours and after school tutoring by the College Corp. The 11 schools are those with staff funded by the federal GEAR UP program who support students throughout the year with college access information and programming.
Expand and support the state's Intervention for College Attendance Program, which awards competitive grants to community-based college access programs designed to increase high school graduation, college participation and success for low-income students.
The funding was first made available in September 2010 and is only pledged by the federal government for one year. The Office of Higher Education is a cabinet-level state agency providing students with financial aid programs and information to help them gain access to postsecondary education.


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Scientists at CIC bioGUNE and the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) in Bordeaux have undertaken a project for developing 'intelligent' nanoparticles
Singapore: Scientists at CIC bioGUNE and the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) in Bordeaux are currently working on a project for developing 'intelligent' nanoparticles. The research was first published in the online version of the Journal of Controlled Release.
According to the scientists, these polymeric particles act as 'nanomissiles' against determined targets and enable the controlled release in space and time of pharmaceutical drugs, releasing their 'load' only when required. A local magnetic field is controlled by this release of medication.
The nanoparticles are going to be approximately the size of a virus and chemists at the LCPO will be in charge of generating it. The CIC bioGUNE researchers will be responsible for evaluating the efficacy of a model of cell cultures.
Scientists involved in the project have said that the technique that has been developed increases the effectiveness of the treatment, as it deposits the medication directly on the affected organ, thus avoiding side effects.
The system, which is developed by the joint LCPO and CIC bioGUNE team, will enable the controlled release to an organ of a pharmaceutical drug. The nanoparticles that transport the medicine are made of polymer and contain iron oxide. On applying a magnetic field, making use of the presence of iron oxide, 'pores' are opened at the surface of the polymer and through which the drug is released. The localized release of the medication will reduce the effect on the healthy tissue and, at the same time, the dosage used on the cancerous tissue can be made greater.
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December 8, 2010 - Albany Technical College was one of four technical colleges out of 26 technical colleges in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) to be nominated for Governor Sonny Perdue's Technical College of the Year Award.
Judging for the award is based on almost two dozen performance criteria, including enrollment numbers,graduation rate, student retention, job placement rate, cost efficiency, completions in adult education programs, and trends in specialized workforce training.
"Our attention to placement, enrollment, and stewardship has taken us to the top four," said Dr. Anthony Parker, President of Albany Tech. "Early indications for fiscal year 2011 predict that we will perform well again in those areas. The work of our enrollment management committee, strategic planning, and program audits have served us well.
"Our technical colleges in Georgia are critical components of our overall economic development strategy," said Governor Sonny Perdue. "Georgia's technical colleges are emerging from this downturn stronger and ready to meet the advanced, high-tech workforce demands of today's global economy."
Wiregrass Technical College was the finalist for the award. However, Albany Tech did receive a governor's proclamation for its nomination.
"I am very proud to be a part of the ATC team and am extremely proud of our accomplishments," said Dr. Parker. "I look forward to again being evaluated as a part of the best faculty and administrative team in TCSG.


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Right Dr Ed I didn't mention weight pulling. But both using backpack with weight indoors on the treadmill and pulling heavy chains outdoor are useful. After a serious rehab my dog looked like Arnold! An important aspect of rehab is to develop balanced mussel mass.
For weight pulling later on outdoors I have a Pull Harness, tie down bungies with caribiner clips. Make sure you setup lengths of bungies and clips so they won't rub on dogs ankles. and a I cut 10 3' lengths of heavy chain each length weighing 5 pounds. Start with 1 length clipped on per side the increase as needed.
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Chapter 6: Polar System
When graphing numbers, you are accustomed to plotting points on a "rectangular coordinate system", involving "x" and "y" coordinates. However, there is another way to plot numbers, called a "polar coordinate system". This Chapter will introduce you to how to plot numbers on this coordinate system, as well as how to translate a plot from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates, and vice versa.
After this, you'll be introduced to how to integrate your knowledge of complex numbers and their functions into this newly described method of plotting.
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Plots of Polar Coordinates
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Distance Between Two Polar Coordinates
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Transformations of Polar Graphs
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Polar to Rectangular Conversions
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Rectangular to Polar Conversions
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Rectangular to Polar Form for Equations
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Intersections of Polar Curves
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Equivalent Polar Curves
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Trigonometric Form of Complex Numbers
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Product Theorem
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Quotient Theorem
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DeMoivre's Theorem
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DeMoivre's Theorem and nth Roots
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Equations Using DeMoivre's Theorem
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Geometry of Complex Roots
Chapter Summary
This Chapter presented polar plots. Included were topics about how to plot values on a polar coordinate system, as well as how to translate between rectangular and polar coordinates. This was followed by how to describe complex numbers in trigonometric form, and theorems dealing with these relationships, including the Product Theorem, the Quotient Theorem, and DeMoivre's Theorem. The Chapter concluded with sections on how to solve equations in complex numbers and the geometry of complex roots.


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Last Friday's Boston Globe Arts & Performance section devoted (wasted?) an entire page to color photos of the set designed in 2002 by Allen Moyers (who's not mentioned) for Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail ("The Abduction from the Seraglio," or in plainer English, "The Harem Rescue") — a production shared by six opera companies including Boston Lyric Opera, whose current English-language revival is at the Shubert Theatre through May 6. It's an expensive, elegant set, a lovingly detailed theatrical reproduction of railway cars on the Orient Express, the famous train connecting Paris and Istanbul. It would be a terrific set for Murder on the Orient Express or some spy story.
But it doesn't serve Mozart's youthful masterpiece of farce and high-minded ethics. The best comedy is based on logic so absolute it becomes absurd; the more seriously the characters take their plight, the funnier the ramifications. But putting on a train an opera about a Spanish nobleman trying to rescue his lady from a harem forces it into a false absurdity. Belmonte's repeated question — "Is this the Pasha Selim's house?" — makes no sense. (In 1991, BLO had the equally cockamamie idea of setting Rossini's Cinderella opera on a boat.) We should be feeling the danger of characters in a powerless position. Can the Pasha's threats to execute the lovers carry any weight if they're en route to Paris? The elaborate rescue scene itself, a long stretch without any music, is one of the production's few dead spots.
Let's get the worst over with. The aspect of James Robinson's stage business that drives me crazy (as it did in BLO's L'elisir d'amore earlier this season) is that he doesn't trust the music. At the most inopportune times, someone is invariably distracting us from what should be our center of attention. The most moving moment in the opera is Konstanze's great aria "Martern aller Arten" ("Torments unrelenting" in the Andrew Porter English translation BLO uses), in which she heroically refuses to capitulate to the Pasha's threats — which here consist of silks, furs, jewels, and perfume! While she's singing about facing death, Osmin, the Pasha's harem keeper, enters with a large hookah, and Konstanze's servant, Blonde, pours Konstanze's leftover champagne into her own glass and chug-a-lugs it during the long climactic high note. Can this be the right place for an easy laugh?
Since Mozart's glorious score is sung here by an excellent cast under a stylish conductor, gimmicks and half-baked "conceptions" are especially unnecessary. The real star is not the set but Met soprano Mary Donleavy (in her first BLO appearance since her glowing Pamina back in 2000). Her big, warm voice is up to Mozart's heaviest demands, which include two of his most challenging arias back to back. Early on, the fiendish high notes were, though accurate, too loud and shrill; but by "Martern aller Arten" (not quite as high), everything sounded round and juicy. And she's a convincing and sympathetic actress. As Blonde, soprano Amanda Pabyan, a BU grad who made her Met debut as Mozart's Queen of the Night, has impressive vocal chops (including a solid high E) and lively comic timing. But Blonde is supposed to be British, and Pabyan's accent was more Brighton, Massachusetts, than Brighton, England.
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Donald Max Engelman, PhD
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Research Interests
Biochemistry; Lipid Bilayers; Membranes; Molecular Biology; Protein Folding
Research Organizations
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry: Biology and Structure of Membrane Proteins | Structural Biology
Yale Cancer Center: Developmental Therapeutics
Research Summary
Our work is in two areas: interactions of transmembrane helices, and insertion of peptides into membranes. We have discovered a peptide that is soluble in water but can insert itself across a membrane if the local pH is low. This peptide can be used to deliver molecules into cells, driving delivery with low pH. Phalloidin, dyes, and PNAs can be delivered, and research is aimed at finding the rules for transport. We have also found that the peptide can target tumors when injected into mice, and we are pursuing this exciting finding with imaging and therapy in mind. Our studies of helix interactions are now concerned with their roles in viral envelope proteins and single TM receptors, and the use of druglike molecules to modulate the activity of receptors or to attenuate virulence by binding to the TM regions.
Specialized Terms: Helix Interactions; Lipid Bilayers; Membranes; Physical Biochemistry; Protein Folding; Proteins
Extensive Research Description
Folding and Oligomerization of Membrane Proteins
We are interested in how the primary sequences of membrane proteins determine their three dimensional structures, and hence their functions. The folding of integral membrane proteins clearly differs from that of soluble proteins since the membrane environment imposes constraints on polypeptide secondary and tertiary structural features quite different from those imposed by an aqueous environment.
A conceptual underpinning for much of the work in the group is that, for helical transmembrane proteins, the protein folding process can be considered to occur in two kinetically separated and therefore energetically distinct stages. First, transbilayer alpha-helices are formed (stage I) and second, the helices interact within the bilayer to form a specific globular tertiary structure (stage II).
In the case of oligomerization events, monomeric proteins are synthesized and inserted into the membrane, and these monomers subsequently interact in a side-to-side fashion to form complexes that involve helix-helix interactions similar to those found within polytopic helical membrane proteins.
Our most recent work in this area is to examine the association of transmembrane domains (TMs) involved in signaling by receptors that have a single TM, where the signaling mechanism is mediated by TM interactions (see essay below).
Uses and mechanism of pH dependant Tm insertion (in collaboration with the Reshetnyak/Andreev lab, University of Rhode Island)
We have previously observed the spontaneous, pH-dependent insertion of a water-soluble peptide to form a helix across lipid bilayers. We have now used a related peptide, pH (low) insertion peptide (pHLIP), to translocate cargo molecules attached to its C terminus across the plasma membranes of living cells. Translocation is selective for low pH, and various types of cargo molecules attached by disulfides can be released by reduction in the cytoplasm, including peptide nucleic acids, a cyclic peptide (phalloidin), and organic compounds. Because a high extracellular acidity is characteristic of a variety of pathological conditions (such as tumors, infarcts, stroke-afflicted tissue, atherosclerotic lesions, sites of inflammation or infection, or damaged tissue resulting from trauma), the pH (low) insertion peptide may prove a useful tool for selective delivery of agents for drug therapy, diagnostic imaging, genetic control, or cell regulation.
We have recently shown that pHLIP can localize and map acidic foci in kidneys, tumors and inflammatory sites in vivo. In a mouse breast adenocarcinoma model, fluorescently labeled pHLIP finds solid acidic tumors with high accuracy and accumulates in them even at a very early stage of tumor development. The peptide has three states: soluble in water, bound to the surface of a membrane, and inserted across the membrane as an alpha-helix. At physiological pH, the equilibrium is toward water, which explains its low affinity for cells in healthy tissue; at acidic pH, titration of Asp residues shifts the equilibrium toward membrane insertion and tissue accumulation. The pHLIP technology introduces a new concept to detect, target, and possibly treat acidic diseased tissue by employing the selective insertion and folding of membrane peptides.
We are continuing our work on the fundamental mechanism and capabilities of the pHLIP technology.
Selected Publications
Mechanism and uses of a peptide that targets tumors and other acidic tissues in vivo
Andreev, O.A., et al. (2007). Mechanism and uses of a peptide that targets tumors and other acidic tissues in vivo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 104:7893-8.
A monomeric membrane peptide that lives in three worlds: in solution, attached to and inserted across lipid bilayers
Reshetnyak, Y. K., Segala, M., Andreev, O. A. and Engelman, D. M. "A monomeric membrane peptide that lives in three worlds: in solution, attached to and inserted across lipid bilayers" Biophys. J. (2007) In press
Dynamic helix interactions in transmembrane signaling
Matthews, E.E., Zoonens, M., and Engelman, D.M. (2006). Dynamic helix interactions in transmembrane signaling. Cell 127:447-50.
Translocation of molecules into cells by pH-dependent insertion of a transmembrane helix
Reshetnyak, Y. K., Andreev, O. A., Lehnert, U. and Engelman, D. M. "Translocation of molecules into cells by pH-dependent insertion of a transmembrane helix" PNAS 103, 6460-6465 (2006)
Membranes are more mosaic than fluid
Engelman, D. M. "Membranes are more mosaic than fluid" Nature 438, 578-80 (2005)


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Professor of English William Howarth will moderate a panel discussion about Thomas Wolfe on March 6 at 4:30 p. m. in McCormick 101 at Princeton University. The panel is in conjunction with the current exhibition, "'The Story of a Novelist.' Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938)," on display in the Leonard L. Milberg Gallery of the Graphic Arts in Firestone Library through April 9.