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An intercooler is not ground breaking at all, but Perrin's core is different and made to a level different than the competition. When they built their core, they made it as big as possible (not going to 4" thick which is a bit too thick) and still using the FULL opening in the bumper. 4" Intercoolers do work, but the downfall is the thicker it gets the less effective it gets. Given 2 cores with the same volume, a thinner core that is bigger in all ambient directions is better than a super thick one that is smaller on the ambient side. There was enough room to make it 4" thick but it does make it a very tight fit between the bumper and AC condenser. So some of Perrin's descision had to do with fit.
So if you look at our core you can't really even see welds because Perrin made it as wide as they could (while still fitting between the AC lines and being able to connect to the boost tubes). Wider is better as there is more ambient cooling surface. Because of the high IC inlet temps, a bigger core on the Ambient side is important. The hieght of their core is also as big as they felt would still be functional. Perrin could have gone taller but its just that much less of the core that gets air flow. So they made it as big as they could.
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PERRIN 20.75" x 12.375" x 3.625" = 930 cu-in Ambient cu-in 256cu-in
Brand-1 18" x 12" x 4" = 864 cu-in Ambient cu-in 216cu-in
Brand-2 20" x 12.4" x 3.625" = 899 cu-in Ambient cu-in 248cu-in
Perrin didn't purposely make it bigger than others, they made it as best they could, which just happens to be a little bigger.
Perrin found the OEM isn't centered at all, so they fixed that (which is something not everyone has done). The core is not an off the shelf core, its one they designed, and had built. While that does add cost, it does make Perrin's that much better. Next up is the cast endtanks. These are also more expensive to make but flow better and look way nicer! This is not something people do initially on a new core because of cost. But this is the one thing Perrin feels makes their part stand out from the rest.
There are lot of factors that go into making a proper intercooler, price, fittment, installation ease, size and functionality. Perrin feels they have a very good balance of all these things.


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Thanks so much for the snow report on Devil's Slide I'm impressed it only took you two hours to reach Saddle junction in those conditions.
We were blessed to have numerous strong people who wanted to break trail. I did what I could to help put in a snowshoe track but my major role was as navigator because other folks were so much faster The direct winter route from the tram to the summit of San Jacinto is about 3 miles. I don't know exactly when we summited but our speed was well below one mile an hour.
As those hearty souls broke trail from 10 K up, the conga line grew in size. Most of those individuals who were complete strangers yet they felt like family because we were sharing such an incredible day on San Jacinto.
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Lincoln Center Presents Announces November 2012 Programming
The third season of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival continues in November with "The Spirit of the Body," a work by dancer/choreographer Malavika Sarukkai showcasing her exquisite interpretations of South India's classical dance, Bharatanatyam. Accompanied by four musicians from Madras, India, the performances are presented in the intimate setting of the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
Thursday, November 1
Friday, November 2
Saturday, November 3
The Spirit of the Body
Yatra-Seeking: Malavika Sarukkai, choreographer and dancer
Chitrambari Krishnakumar, vocals
Srilatha Shamshuddin, nattuvangam
Balaji Azhwar, mridangam
Sai Shravanam Ramani, tabla
Srilakshmi Venkataramani, violin
Venkatesh Krishnan, lighting and sound
Co-presented with Baryshnikov Arts Center
Baryshnikov Arts Center at 8:30 (450 W. 37th St.)
White Light Lounges at the Baryshnikov Arts Center
This presentation of The Spirit of the Body is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The first Target® Free Thursday in November presents all-round entertainer, pianist, rapper, and Guinness World Record-holder (for the longest concert by a solo artist), Chilly Gonzales playing the U.S. premiere of his Piano Concert No. 1, a new musical work for a 10-piece orchestra, commissioned by Lincoln Center. Two FREE performances.
Thursday, November 1
Target Free Thursdays
Chilly Gonzales: Piano Concerto No. 1 (U.S. premiere)
David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 & 9:30 PM (61 W. 62nd St.)
Children and adults will enjoy this FREE Meet the Artist Saturday, where the Russian-American pianist, singer, and songwriter Sasha Papernik will perform a bilingual program of Russian and American folk music that represents her bicultural world as a first generation child of foreign parents in America.
Saturday, November 3
Meet the Artist Saturdays
Sasha Papernik, I Speak Music: Songs of a First Generation Russian-American
David Rubenstein Atrium at 11 AM (61 W. 62nd St.)
Meet the Artist Saturdays, sponsored by Neuberger Berman.
Major support for Meet the Artist Saturdays is provided by Betty and John Levin. Additional support facilitated by The Honorable City Council Member, Gale Brewer.
Endowment support is provided by The Walt Disney Company.
Conductor Matthias Pintscher will lead pianist Emanuel Ax, musicians from the New York Philharmonic, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, and tenor Russell Thomas in a chamber orchestra arrangement of Mahler's wrenching Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), a musical setting of poems about the transience of life. Although he completed the score in 1908, the composer did not live to hear it performed.
Sunday, November 4
Emanuel Ax, piano
Song of the Earth
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor
Musicians of the New York Philharmonic
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor BWV853, from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book I
Schoenberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (chamber orchestra version)
Co-presented by Lincoln Center's White Light Festival and the New York Philharmonic
Emanuel Ax is the New York Philharmonic's Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence.
Rose Theater at 5 PM (Broadway at 60th St.)
White Light Lounge at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W. 62nd St.)
Lincoln Center Dialogue, the breakfast series that provides an opportunity to hear key leaders discuss significant issues facing American society today, will round out its second season in the David Rubenstein Atrium with a conversation focusing on the issues facing public policy leadership. Moderated by Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy, the session will be aired by WNET, WLIW, and NJ Network.
Wednesday, November 7
Lincoln Center Dialogue
Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Nan Keohane, Laurence S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs
Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, moderator
Topic: Public policy leadership
David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 AM (61 W. 62nd St.)
November marks the launch of Poet-Linc, a fast-paced new poetry slam series in the Atrium featuring high school students from all five boroughs performing their original poetry to the theme "I have a voice." The kick-off on November 8th will introduce the judges of the poetry slams and five competing partner organizations. For the next five Wednesdays, the Atrium will be jam packed with poetry slam contests featuring students from our partner organizations as well as professional special guest poets. Three rounds of competitions will be judged by appointed members of the audience as well as by three selected judges. A Grand Slam performance on Target Free Thursdays' December 13th will determine the first-ever Lincoln Center Poet-Linc Grand Slam Champion. The series culminates with the publication of all the participants work in the chat book, Write Speak Art.
Poet-Linc is presented in Collaboration with Curtis High School, El Puente, Girls Write Now, Global Writes and SAYA!
Thursday, November 8
Target Free Thursdays
Poet-Linc Opening Night Performance
This special performance features poets Darian Dauchan, Erik Maldonado, and Shanelle Gabriel performing new original work.
David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 PM (61 W. 62nd St.)
Poetry Slam Competition Rounds
Wednesdays on November 14, 21, and 28
David Rubenstein Atrium at 6:30 PM
Described as "one of the most highly original dance theatre companies in the world," Ireland's Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre will make its New York debut with the U.S. premiere of Rian. Named after musical director Liam Ó Maonlai's 2005 album, Rian is an exuberant evening-length work combining narrative, theater, contemporary dance, and traditional Irish music in a piece that suggests a communal pub gathering.
Thursday, November 8
Friday, November 9
Saturday, November 10
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre (New York debut)
Rian (U.S. premiere)
Michael Keegan-Dolan, director and choreographer
Liam Ó Maonlaí, music director
Adam Silverman, lighting design
Sabine Dargent, set design
Doey Lüthi, costume design
Denis Clohessy, sound design
Philip Feeney, assistant music director
Co-produced by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and Sadler's Wells, London
The international touring of Rian by Fabulous Beast is supported by Culture Ireland.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at 7:30 PM (John Jay College, 524 W. 59th St.)
White Light Lounges on November 9 and 10 at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W. 62nd St.)
Rian is made possible in part by endowment support from the American Express Cultural Preservation Fund.
Additional support provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov's "unusually broad range of specialties" (The New York Times) will be on display in a program titled "The Unanswered Journey," featuring works from Liszt to Pärt and Chopin to Ustvolskaya.
Thursday, November 8
Alexei Lubimov, piano
The Unanswered Journey
Liszt: Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort, S.203
Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Arvo Pärt: Partita, Op. 2
Liszt: Nuages gris, S.199
Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 5
Mozart: Adagio in C major, K.617a
Mahler (arr. Singer): Trauermarsch, from Symphony No. 5
Liszt: Sursum corda, from Années de pèlerinage, troisième année
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at 10:30 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor)
Irish folk/rock musician Liam Ó Maonlaí steps away from his post as music director for the Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre's production of Rian to perform a solo concert with friends. Hailed by U2's lead singer Bono as "the best white boy soul singer on the planet," Ó Maonlaí is best known as the lead singer/pianist for the Celtic band Hothouse Flowers.
Friday, November 9
Céilí: Liam Ó Maonlaí and Friends
Liam Ó Maonlaí, piano and vocals
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at 10:30 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor)
French master pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to the Great Performers series for his first solo recital in nearly 15 years. Long regarded as one of the premiere interpreters of French piano repertoire, Thibaudet will perform an all-Debussy program to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth.
Saturday, November 10
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
All-Debussy program
Préludes, Book 2
Suite bergamasque
Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 65th St.)
"I've rarely seen anything that melds music, staging, texts, and performance so perfectly into a meditation on humanity's 20th (and 21st) century blues," said The Times (London) about the 2008 premiere of Heiner Goebbels' music/theater work I went to the house but did not enter at the Edinburgh Festival. Incorporating four works by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett, composer and director Goebbels explores the disappointment and melancholy of aging.
Tuesday, November 13
Wednesday, November 14
The Hilliard Ensemble
I went to the house but did not enter
Heiner Goebbels, conception, music, and director
Klaus Grünberg, lighting design and staging
Florence von Gerkan, costume design
Willi Bopp, sound design
Texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett
Heiner Goebbels: I went to the house but did not enter
Originally produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Rose Theater at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 60th St.)
Post-performance discussion on November 13 with Heiner Goebbels in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Large Rehearsal Room
White Light Lounge on November 13 at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W. 62nd St.)
White Light Lounge on November 14 in American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson (Broadway at 65th St.)
This presentation of I went to the house but did not enter is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
In a special concert bridging both Great Performers' Art of the Song series and the White Light Festival, the acclaimed Argentinian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink will give a rare U.S. recital of works by Schumann, Mahler, and Dvo?ák with pianist Anthony Spiri.
Wednesday, November 14
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Spiri, piano
Earthly and Heavenly Life
Schumann: Sechs Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90
Mahler: Frühlingsmorgen
Mahler: Das irdische Leben
Mahler: Das himmlische Leben
Dvo?ák: Oblak a mrákota jest vukol Neho ("Clouds and Darkness"), from Biblické písne
Dvo?ák: Slyš, ó Boe, slyš modlitbu mou ("Give ear to my prayer"), from Biblické písne
Dvo?ák: Hospodin jest muj pastýr ("The Lord is my shepherd"), from Biblické písne
Dvo?ák: Pri rekách babylonských ("By the rivers of Babylon"), from Biblické písne
Dvo?ák: Zpívejte Hospodinu písen novou ("O sing unto the Lord a new song"), from Biblické písne
Mahler: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft, from Rückert-Lieder
Mahler: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder, from Rückert-Lieder
Mahler: Liebst du um Schönheit, from Rückert-Lieder
Mahler: Um Mitternacht, from Rückert-Lieder
Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, from Rückert-Lieder
Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 65th St.)
White Light Lounge in American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson
Thursday, November 15
Target Free Thursdays
Jogja Hip Hop Foundation
David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 (61 W. 62nd St.)
18th-century spells and mantras slip organically into glittering breakbeats as Indonesia's foremost crew stands in the cultural cross-hairs, rapping across language and other borders.
Presented in collaboration with Center StageSM - a public diplomacy initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The Latvian Radio Choir-one of Europe's top professional chamber choirs-makes its U.S. debut in November with two White Light Festival concerts. Under the baton of Sigvards K?ava, the first evening includes a performance of Ligeti's Lux aeterna, the work immortalized in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The renowned Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste will lead the choir in a second concert featuring an all-Arvo Pärt program.
Friday, November 16
Latvian Radio Choir (U.S. debut)
Baltic Voices
Sigvards K?ava, conductor (U.S. debut)
Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach
Lasse Thoresen: Ombres et images
Anders Hillborg: muo:aa:yiy::oum
?riks Ešenvalds: Légende de la femme emmurée
Ligeti: Lux aeterna
Arvo Pärt: …which was the son of…
P?teris Vasks: Ziles zina ("Message of a Bird")
Church of St. Mary the Virgin at 7:30 PM (145 W. 46th St.)
White Light Lounge at Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Saturday, November 17
Latvian Radio Choir
Sinfonietta Riga
Adam's Lament
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
All-Arvo Pärt program
Berliner Messe
Te Deum
Adam's Lament
Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 65th St.)
White Light Lounge in American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson
John Schaefer, host of WNYC's Soundcheck, hosts a pair of FREE weekend discussions with leading artists, authors, and thinkers surveying the physical and metaphysical aspects of the self. Limited seated is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Saturday, November 17
Panel: The Body and the Self
John Schaefer, moderator
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse from 4:30 to 6 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor)
Sunday, November 18
Panel: The Self and Music
John Schaefer, moderator
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse from 3 to 4:30 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor)
Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra in Mahler's moving expression of the struggle between life and death for the closing concert of the White Light Festival. Written during a time of personal tragedy that included the death of his daughter and the discovery of a heart defect, the composer never heard his Ninth Symphony performed. The maestro will lead the Orchestra in a second concert on the Great Performers series the following night: Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an opera-in-concert with one of the work's widely-acclaimed masters in the title role, tenor Simon Keenlyside.
Sunday, November 18
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
On Departing
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major
Avery Fisher Hall at 5 PM (Broadway at 65th St.)
Monday, November 19
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Aidan Oliver, assistant conductor
Simon Keenlyside, Wozzeck
Angela Denoke, Marie
Hubert Francis, Drum Major
Joshua Ellicott, Andres
Peter Hoare, Captain
Tijl Faveyts, Doctor
Henry Waddington, First Apprentice
Eddie Wade, Second Apprentice
Harry Nicoll, Idiot
Anna Burford, Margret
Westminster Choir
Joe Miller, director
The American Boychoir
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, music director
Members of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
David Milnes, director
Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Avery Fisher Hall at 8 PM (Broadway at 65th St.)
Pre-concert lecture by Robert Marx at 6:45 PM
These programs are supported by the Leon Levy Fund for Symphonic Masters.
Symphonic Masters is made possible in part by endowment support from UBS.
This presentation is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow begins his 16th season of What Makes It Great? with an exploration of the first of Mendelssohn's two Piano Trios, the Piano Trio in D minor. It will be performed by the winners of the inaugural Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, the Claremont Trio, the only trio ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Monday, November 19
What Makes It Great?
Rob Kapilow, commentator
Claremont Trio
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Walter Reade Theater at 7:30 PM (165 W. 65th St.)
Tuesday, November 20
Art Baron & Friends in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Sponsored by Target Free Thursdays
Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center***
Monday, November 26
Winter's Eve at the Atrium¡Retumba! David Rubenstein Atrium at 7 PM (61 W. 62nd St.)¡Retumba! is a unique, all-female Caribbean dance and music ensemble that celebrates the human spirit with universal rhythms and resounding music that stirs the rich culture of Latin-European to Afro-Caribbean origins into a feast of folkloric music that can be enjoyed by everyone. This marks the third year in a row that the David Rubenstein Atrium has participated in the Lincoln Square BID's annual Winter's Eve festival.***
Thursday, November 29
Target Free ThursdaysAiley/Fordham Student Dancers (AFSD)
David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 PM (61 W. 62nd St.)
Exceptional dancers from one of the most prestigious performing arts and education partnerships in the country perform an exciting repertoire of works from emerging and established choreographers.Comprised of students enrolled in The Ailey/Fordham Bachelor of Fine Arts Program and The Ailey School's Professional Division, these students come from all over the world to train and perfect their craft, spend their senior year touring with AFSD, giving 8-12 outreach performances annually in the tri-state area. Trained in the Ailey-style of dance, the AFSD students will perform works that integrate Ballet, Horton, Graham-based modern, Jazz, West-African, Dunham technique, and Hip-Hop to present fresh inspiring works.
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We are launching a Twitter-friendly online app this week and require a logo and website look and feel that pulls from Twitter without duplicating it. More Skype.com meets Twitter-ish.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Family and friends mourned the son of movie star Sylvester Stallone at a private funeral on Saturday, about one week after he was found dead in his Los Angeles homes.
Celebrity websites TMZ.com, People.com and others published pictures of the "Rocky" and "Rambo" star outside the funeral for his 36-year-old son, Sage, who was found dead on July 13. The official cause of death is still undetermined pending toxicology results, which could takes weeks.
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Outpatient sleep clinic.
330 adults (171 males) with OSA receiving PAP therapy, including 130 with REM OSA and 200 with OSA not restricted to REM.
REM OSA was defined as a REM apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) / NREM AHI > 2 and NREM AHI < 15. Patients had baseline and post-PAP functional outcomes, including Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Functional Outcomes Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ) scores. We compared functional outcomes, demographic, clinical and polysomnographic features, and PAP adherence in patients with REM OSA and OSA not restricted to REM. Female gender was significantly more common in REM OSA. Age, BMI, neck girth, and baseline ESS, FSS, PHQ-9, and FOSQ were similar between groups. Smoking history and comorbid disorders were also similar except for a higher prevalence of depression and cardiovascular disease in OSA not restricted to REM. All functional outcomes improved significantly after PAP therapy in both groups. Change from baseline to post treatment was similar for all functional outcomes between groups.
The study is the first addressing clinical outcomes in REM OSA using validated measures. Functional outcomes in patients with REM OSA improve after treatment with PAP therapy comparable to that observed in patients with OSA not restricted to REM.
A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 249.
Su CS; Liu KT; Panjapornpon K; Andrews N; Foldvary-Schaefer N. Functional outcomes in patients with rem-related obstructive sleep apnea treated with positive airway pressure therapy. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(3):243-247.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common health problem, affecting 5% to 24% of men and 1% to 9% of women,1–3 and increasing with advancing age.4 The most common presenting symptoms of OSA are daytime sleepiness or fatigue, snoring, and witnessed apneas.5,6 Associations between OSA and a variety of adverse health and social outcomes including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, glucose intolerance, and traffic or occupational accidents have been reported.7–11 Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is the gold standard treatment of moderate to severe OSA.12,13 Patients treated with PAP therapy experience improvement in sleepiness, mood, cognitive impairment, and quality of life, as well as reductions in blood pressure, serum lipids, insulin sensitivity, risk of cardiovascular death, acute coronary syndrome, and atherogenic plaques.7,–15
REM OSA, in which respiratory events occur exclusively or predominately in REM, is estimated to constitute 14% to 36% of all OSA cases.16–19 Previous investigators have found REM OSA to be more common in females, particularly in those presenting with depressive symptoms.16,18,19 REM sleep is characterized by high-frequency irregular respirations, decreased tidal volume and minute ventilation, and reduced responsiveness to respiratory modulation.12 Respiratory events in patients with OSA are often more frequent and longer in REM sleep with more profound oxygen desaturation than in any other sleep stage, yet more resistant to eliciting arousal than respiratory events in NREM sleep. However, the clinical manifestations and response to treatment of REM OSA are poorly elucidated. Specifically, it remains unproven as to whether REM OSA accounts for the same degree of daytime functional impairment as general OSA; treatment outcomes have not been reported.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: The clinical manifestations of REM OSA are incompletely elucidated. It is unclear whether REM OSA accounts for the same degree of daytime functional impairment as general OSA. This study was conducted to characterize clinical characteristics and functional outcomes in patients with REM OSA treated with PAP therapy compared to a group of OSA patients without REM-predominant respiratory events.
Study Impact: Functional outcomes in patients with REM OSA improved after treatment with PAP therapy comparable to those observed in patients with OSA not restricted to REM. While the study's limitations preclude using these findings to alter patient care strategies, we believe these observations are important and may prompt prospective studies addressing treatment outcomes for REM OSA.
Since 2007, all patients presenting to the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Clinic have completed standardized assessments of general and sleep functional outcomes, called the Knowledge Program (KP), at each outpatient clinic appointment. This study was conducted using KP data to characterize clinical characteristics and functional outcomes in patients with REM OSA treated with PAP therapy compared to a group of OSA patients without REM-predominant respiratory events.
This was a retrospective study approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Cleveland Clinic.
Consecutive patients with a diagnostic polysomnogram (PSG) performed at the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2009, were identified. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) age ≥ 18 years; (2) overall apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5/h; (3) total sleep time ≥ 150 min and total time spent in REM sleep ≥ 10 min; (4) treated with PAP therapy; and (5) baseline and at least one post-PAP (30-90 days) clinic visit with completed functional assessments. REM OSA was defined as REM AHI /NREM AHI > 2 and NREM AHI < 15. Patients with an AHI not meeting the criteria for REM OSA constituted the OSA group.
A review of the electronic medical record (EMR) was performed for demographic data, smoking status, comorbid systemic diseases, and comorbid sleep disorders. Comorbid systemic disorders assessed included hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease, myocardial ischemia/infarction, and stroke), heart failure, pulmonary disease, hypothyroidism, and depression. Comorbid conditions were identified through the Past Medical History tab, typically completed by PCPs, and office notes from PCPs and specialists in the EMR.
Polysomnograms were performed using standard guidelines.20 Hypopnea was defined as a reduction in airflow ≥ 50% in the nasal pressure channel for ≥ 10 sec resulting in an arousal or ≥ 3% oxygen desaturation.
PAP titration studies were performed following laboratory protocol beginning at a pressure of 5 cm H2O and increasing by 2 cm H2O for respiratory events and 1 cm H2O for arousals, cyclical desaturations, and snoring, aiming to record REM and supine sleep. PAP titration studies were categorized as optimal, good, adequate, or inadequate based on the quality of the study. An optimal titration normalized the AHI for ≥ 15 min and included supine REM sleep at the selected pressure. A good titration reduced the AHI to < 10 or by 50% if the baseline AHI was < 15 and included supine REM sleep at the selected pressure. An adequate titration did not reduce the AHI to < 10 but reduced it by 75% from baseline or did not record supine REM sleep at the selected pressure. Titration studies not meeting any of the above criteria (including pressure or interface intolerance) and patients who did not undergo laboratory titration excluding autoPAP cases were deemed inadequate.
Adherence to therapy, defined as average number of hours per night of PAP use and ≥ 4 h use on average, was determined by subject self-report at the post-PAP visit and objectively during the first 90 days of treatment, when available.21
The following outcomes were measured at baseline and post-PAP.
The ESS22 is the most widely used questionnaire to assess subjective daytime sleepiness in sleep disorder subjects. Composed of 8 items of daily living, subjects rate their chance of dozing on a scale ranging from never (0) to high chance of dozing (3). Responses to the 8 items are tallied, producing a total score from 0 to 24. An ESS score > 10 is considered indicative of EDS.
The FSS23 is a 9-item self-report questionnaire to evaluate the severity of fatigue in different situations. Each item is graded on a scale from 1 (disagree) to 7 (agree). The total score range is 9-63, and a score ≥ 36 is abnormal.
The PHQ-924 is a self-administered questionnaire based on 9 DSM-IV criteria of depression. Each item is graded as 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). A score ≥ 10 is abnormal, having a sensitivity of 88% and specificity of 88% for depression.
The FOSQ25 is a self-reported assessment measuring functional measures in OSA. It includes 30 items categorized in each of 5 subscales including activity level, vigilance, intimacy and sexual relationships, general productivity, and social outcome. Responses are graded from no (4) to extreme (1) difficulty. The total score is the sum of the subscale scores. Lower scores indicate greater functional impairment.
Analyses were performed using SPSS. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD and categorical variables as n (%). T-tests and χ2 or Fisher exact tests were used to compare differences between groups on continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Paired t-tests were used to compare baseline and post-PAP functional outcomes between groups. Probability values ≤ 0.05 were considered significant.
Subject and PSG characteristics are summarized in Tables 1, 2, and 3. Overall, 330 patients (171 males) were included. One hundred thirty subjects met criteria for REM OSA, and 200 subjects constituted the OSA group in which events were not restricted to REM. Female gender and smaller neck girth were significantly more common in REM OSA. No differences were found between groups for age, BMI, or smoking status, although male subjects with REM OSA were significantly younger than males in the OSA group (REM: 48.9 ± 14.4 years; OSA: 53.9 ± 13.7 years, p = 0.05). The prevalence of depression and cardiovascular disease (including coronary artery disease, myocardial ischemia/infarction, and stroke) was higher in subjects with OSA not restricted to REM.
Sample characteristics
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Comorbid disorders by OSA group
Baseline polysomnographic variables by OSA group
Table 4 summarizes the results of PAP titration studies, modes of therapy, and PAP adherence. Thirty-one subjects (23.9%) with REM OSA and 10 (5%) with OSA used AutoPAP (p < 0.0005). Subjects with REM OSA had fewer inadequate titrations (p = 0.047) and lower optimal pressure (p = 0.035) than the OSA group. Adherence was not different between groups.
PAP therapy and adherence by OSA group
Baseline and post-PAP functional outcomes are shown in Table 5 excluding subjects with inadequate titration studies. There was no difference in baseline scores between groups. Significant and comparable improvement was observed in the ESS, FSS, PHQ-9, and FOSQ total scores for both groups.
Functional outcomes by OSA group
This is the first study to investigate PAP therapy functional outcomes in patients with REM OSA. Our primary finding is that patients with REM OSA achieve measurable improvement in functional outcomes with PAP therapy. These changes were comparable to those observed in patients with more severe OSA not restricted to REM sleep. Our study extends these observations by demonstrating improvements in daytime sleepiness, fatigue, mood, and overall functional status with PAP therapy.
Early investigations of REM OSA were largely limited to clinical characteristics, demonstrating a female predominance of REM OSA, particularly in younger patients.16,17,19 Subsequent reports examined daytime sleepiness in patients with REM OSA, some correlating subjective and objective measures.,–29 Results of these studies are conflicting. Consequently, CPAP therapy may be considered for patients with REM OSA since a subset of affected individuals appear to respond to therapy.30
Yet the clinical presentation of REM OSA remains incompletely elucidated and would be expected to differ from that of OSA not restricted to REM due to differences in arousal responses to respiratory stimuli, with greater intensities required to produce an arousal in REM than NREM sleep.31 In a cross-sectional study of over 1800 subjects with OSA with mean AHI of 38, the NREM AHI and not the REM AHI correlated with scores on the MSLT.27 REM OSA was defined by the lowest quartile of NREM AHI being < 8.3, in contrast to the criteria applied to our sample. The authors proposed an alternative method of disease classification based on state dependent AHI, more meaningful than the overall AHI that can be discrepant with clinical symptoms in patients with respiratory events that are strikingly state dependent. In another cross-sectional analysis involving over 5000 Sleep Heart Health Study participants, in the absence of NREM OSA, REM OSA was not independently associated with daytime sleepiness measured by the ESS, impaired health-related QOL, or self-reported sleep disruption.29 Studies correlating the ESS and MSLT have been conflicting.32 However, a recent report found a clear association between the ESS and the average sleep latency on the MSLT using a survival analysis.33 While we found improvements in the ESS with PAP therapy in REM OSA comparable to OSA not restricted to REM, it is possible that a variety of factors not measurable, such as subjects' desire for treatment and mood, may have contributed to this finding not observed in prior studies.
In our series, REM OSA constituted 39.4% of all patients with an overall AHI ≥ 5 meeting inclusion criteria. Several definitions of REM OSA have been proposed. We used a previously published definition of REM AHI / NREM AHI > 2 and NREM AHI < 15.18 Prior studies using the same definition also found a higher prevalence of REM OSA in female subjects.16,18,19 The proposed explanation for this finding is a protective airway effect by progesterone in NREM sleep and smaller upper airway dimension rendering it more vulnerable to collapse in REM sleep.16,19 Female subjects with REM OSA were more obese than males.16 In the current study, females were more obese in both OSA groups, consistent with prior reports of gender differences in OSA.34–36 Since women with OSA more often present with nonspecific symptoms37,38 and REM OSA, by definition, is associated with a lower overall AHI,17 treatment guidelines are not standardized. Our findings suggest that patients with REM OSA defined in a specific manner benefit from PAP therapy in a variety of functional domains beyond daytime sleepiness and are adherent to PAP therapy comparable to more severe OSA patients.
The retrospective study design of this research introduces selection bias that limits the validity and generalizability of our results. Our sample was restricted to patients referred to the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center main campus outpatient clinic with newly diagnosed OSA who had diagnostic PSG in one of our laboratories, received PAP therapy, and had pre- and 30-90 day post-PAP visits during which functional assessments were completed. This represented only a portion of patients seen at our institution since our outcomes program was in its infancy and not yet launched in locations outside of the main campus facility. Sleep disorder patients were seen by sleep physicians at several additional locations in the community during the time frame under consideration and were not included for this reason.
Our study design also excluded subjects who underwent split-night studies because of concerns that limited REM sleep time would result in incorrect categorization of OSA group. Over the time frame under consideration, 53% of split-night PSGs performed in our laboratories had no REM recorded during the diagnostic portion of the study, and the median number of minutes of REM sleep in the diagnostic portion of split-night studies was 9. Given this, the number of subjects excluded who otherwise would have met the criteria for REM OSA is low, and these cases would have been more likely to be miscategorized given the shorter recording time.
In addition, the current study excluded subjects with REM OSA not offered PAP therapy. The decision to initiate PAP therapy was made on a case-by-case basis by the treating physician and was likely affected by a variety of factors not accounted for in this study, such as physician preference, severity of daytime impairment, and patient desire to be treated. Despite these sources of selection bias discussed, the characteristics of our sample are quite similar to previous reports of REM OSA (although one prior report was from our institution several years prior to the current investigation).16,19
One final study limitation is the reliance on self-reported data for PAP adherence. Our outcomes database was limited to subjective adherence data during the time frame under consideration. Objective adherence data, available in approximately two-thirds of cases, confirmed acceptable PAP adherence in 74% of OSA and 82% of REM OSA subjects, with no significant difference between groups. Therefore, we believe our findings are not likely to be substantially influenced by variations in PAP adherence between groups.
Despite the aforementioned limitations, our study's strengths include the use of a standardized outcomes assessment program and specifically defined criteria for REM OSA. Our study is the first addressing clinical outcomes in subjects with REM OSA using validated measures. Functional outcomes in patients with REM OSA improved after treatment with PAP therapy comparable to those observed in patients with OSA not restricted to REM. While the study's limitations preclude using these findings to alter patient care strategies, we believe these observations are important nonetheless and may prompt prospective studies addressing treatment outcomes for REM OSA.
This was not an industry supported study. Dr. Foldvary-Schaefer has received research support from UCB Pharma, CleveMed, and the American Sleep Foundation. She has participated in the speakers bureaus for Jazz Pharmaceuticals and UCB Pharma. The other authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
The authors thank the Knowledge Program Data Registry of the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH and Nengah Hariadi for providing the data used in these analyses. The study was performed at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
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As part of the Society of American Archivists' 2012 American Archives Month, the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum has announced its final installment of its "Carrousel Chat" lecture series for the year.
On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., Stacy Person, project development specialist in the digital collections group of the University at Buffalo's libraries, will be at the museum to discuss the emerging importance of digital archival collections. Person will explore the many uses, benefits, and challenges of digitizing archives, and highlight some of the treasures of UB's holdings.
As part of the program, attendees will also learn about the museum's own efforts to digitize its archives, including work done this year as part of a grant from the Western New York Library Resources Council.
Person holds a B.S. in psychology from York College of Pennsylvania and earned her Master of Library Science from the University at Buffalo's School of Information and Library Studies in 1995. She has held a number of positions within the university's libraries, technology and management departments since that time, and has served as the director of digital library collections since 2007.
October is American Archives Month, a time to focus on the importance of records of enduring value and to enhance public recognition for the people and programs that are responsible for maintaining this communities' vital historical records. In the course of daily life, individuals, organizations and governments create and keep information about their activities. Archivists are professionals who help collect, organize, preserve and provide access to the portions of this information, which has lasting value.
American Archives Month is a collaborative effort by professional organizations and repositories around the nation to highlight the importance of archives and archivists. The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum's archival holdings include multiple collections that document the amusement ride industry's history in North Tonawanda. Collection materials include photographs, marketing materials, slides, negatives, motion picture film, correspondence, blueprints, mechanical sketches, notes, customer orders and catalogs from multiple Herschell-owned companies dating from the late-19th through mid-20th centuries.
The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum is housed in the historic Allan Herschell Company Factory building at 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda. For directions and further information about special events, programs or group tours, visit www.carrouselmuseum.org, call 716-693-1885 or email [email protected].


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Moving on… Underground Melbourne looking for new editor/bloggerNovember 5, 2013
Due to a relocation the editor of this blog is no longer able to stay in touch with the best new nearly-secret gems to be found in Melbourne.
We are seeking a new editor/overlord/main blogger to run this site. We will not, however, hand the site over to a company looking to promote their own shop or shops – this blog must remain independent. We're looking for someone who is interested in food, culture, ideas, film, books, art, fashion… a span that reflects Melbourne's exciting culture.
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At one o'clock, Mr VJ told her to stop ... he was taking her out for lunch!
They went to the Brown & Forrest Smokery Restaurant at nearby Hambridge. A great place to go for a very reasonable lunch. The convivial atmosphere and red gingham tablecloths give a slightly French feel to it.
|Photo taken from Smokery website
To finish they shared a sticky chocolate brownie with rich vanilla ice cream.
On the way they stopped to look at the amazing light on this rapeseed field. Dramatic stormy cloud all around with the sun just breaking through a chink in the sky and casting a pool of light on this one field.
stopping briefly to view a local auction on the way.
A Fab Friday.
Up bright and early on Saturday and off to the lovely little town of Somerton for the Buttercross Market. WOW, what a day. VJ was rushed off her feet … and got into quite a flap ... thanks Mr Crooked House for your help! Thank you Mary for organising.
Soggy Sunday ... long bath, board games, DVD, popcorn ... nuff said!


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As a little Bonus, I added also some 'Sell all Consumables' Log in to see images!
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ChangeLog v1.07 - fixed due to code change along with ep3 update v1.06 - now possible to sell .moars and equippables eparately, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK v1.05 - Added own version of 'Sell All Junk' to have it work with the exception list v1.04 - Made about 70 times faster by not relying on the original pages functions :P v1.03 - Option to sell only .moars worth less than given flezz - Option to exclude single .moars by Name v1.02 - Settings added - Option to only sell duplicate .moars added v1.01 - made faster (now as fast as 'sell all junk') v1.00 - Initial Releaselivinskull edited this message on 01/20/2010 5:55PM
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that sounds horrible, I wouldn't want to mistakenly sell Falcon Plaques/ saved masterballs / Valuable moar files.
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There will be exception-features soon
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livinskull Posted:
Make it sell only duplicate .moar files please Log in to see images!
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Check it out again, much nicer now, imho Log in to see images!
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It's a bit misleading, as the "exclude" list also includes Junk, but Select All Junk is not affected by the setting.
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Aight, didn't recognize cause no Junk here…
_should_ be fixed
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Great stuff.
The problem I have now, that I'm not sure is within the scope of this project, is that selecting items for sale is still very slow within Firefox if you have a large inventory. I have a fast PC, and when I click the select all equippables, it takes about 2 seconds for each item to be selected in turn. The reason for this is the length of time it takes to recalculate the total sale value, each time an item quantity is changed.meeeeeeeeee edited this message on 08/20/2009 6:56PM
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Maybe not the only problem, as I've been ignoring the moar file page for a while now;
File extracted!
You have enough pieces to extract the same file again 155 more times!
That's Andy male reproductive organs. Other files I only have stacks of about 50. Meh. Plus the other alts I've not bothered with either. Perhaps I should just have unequipped the spider.meeeeeeeeee edited this message on 08/20/2009 7:33PM
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Sorry, nope.
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Seems like 2 typos at once, was late yesterday Log in to see images!
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If the problem really is recalculating the total value, I can't change anything, cause that's still done by the site itself -.-
Don't have that much Items to test, though…
Maybe you should try latest Firefox, if you don't already have, they speed up Javascript things quite nicely^^
And about those .moar files… I also did an 'Extract All .moars' but seems it has gone broken, fixed some things yet, but again, not enough .moar-pieces to test -.-
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Firefox 3.5.2. I was hoping the Javascript update would make a difference, but it hasn't. The only reason I notice now is I'd given up trying to deal with moar files altogether. This is on a new PC – twice as fast as my last one, and now taking only 2 seconds to select an item rather than 4 (i.e. still beyond stupid)
Your script takes out alot of the tedium, but I still get a prompt that it's taking too long to process. So I've been running Firefox in the background while it's locked up for 5 minutes at a time, selecting each item in turn. Chrome/Chromium don't have the same problems with selecting items.
I've got plenty of alts with huge stacks of moar files to test any auto extract script if you're interested.
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I had a TON of .moar files to sort through and it worked perfectly for me. (Thanks.)
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So you didn't encounter any speed problems?
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Oh it took like 20 seconds or so yeah, but it worked. I don't mind waiting as long as it works.Johnny Mac edited this message on 08/21/2009 8:58AM
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Great script, thanks.
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Did a few tests, thought I'd share;
127 item rows (+11 equipped), 48 secs to select 96
204 item rows (+11 equipped), 3mins 56sec to select 184
283 item rows (+11 equipped), 9mins 52sec to select 257
PC is Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67Ghz, 6GB RAM, Vista SP1 64 bit, Firefox 3.5.2
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Angelina Jolie at Cannes Pregnant With Twins Due August 19
Angelina Is Gorgeous, Giggly, Giddy, and Due August 19?!
Angelina Is Gorgeous, Giggly, Giddy, and Due August 19?!
Is there a movie festival going on? Because the only topic at Cannes so far seems to be Angelina Jolie's twins! This morning Angie looked radiant in white showing up for the Kung Fu Panda photo call with her costars, while the interview alongside Jack Black where he divulged the double big news aired on The Today Show. It would seem that Angelina's costars are hell bent on leaking all the baby news, because Dustin Hoffman spilled the beans on a supposed due date — August 19! Seems a bit late, no? In the interview Angelina gushed:
- On being pregnant: "I'm very happy . . . I'm like most women, I love being pregnant." She added that pregnancy makes "you feel like more like a woman than you've ever felt. You just feel like everything about your body is there for your baby."
- On her children's heritage: "They have a real pride in who they are," she said. "Our daughter's very proud that she's African. And our boys are very proud that they're Asian — they know about their country . . . down to their food or their flags or their music."
- On teaching them about the world: "We keep nothing from them when we take them around the world, so they're more resilient than we are as adults." Jolie added that her curious kids "ask great questions about life. They ask questions about war that are poignant and spot-on because they're the questions we should all be asking ourselves."
Check out the video after the jump, but I'm not sure I've ever seen Jolie so animated (heh) talking about her family, the movies, the babies, and how popular Mr. Black is amongst the Jolie-Pitt clan. I can't help but love where she's at right now with her family lounging around happily in France awaiting those two new arrivals.
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If I were writing this review in 2010 or 1983 or 1953, I'd begin with how 3D will revolutionize how you watch movies (and TV)...forever! Of course, 3D today is still caught in the starting blocks when it comes to home use, relegating the importance of 3D capability on Vizio's M3D550SR to "featurette" rather than "feature presentation." While the TV's 3D effect isn't very well-implemented here, at least you get four pairs of glasses in the box, so watching an occasional 3D movie as a family doesn't require any additional outlay or effort on your part.
Meanwhile, the Vizio's 2D picture quality was very good for the price overall compared with other edge-lit LED TVs, highlighted by deep black levels and well-rendered shadows. I did experience problems with the overactive Smart Dimming system and the TV's video processing, but they didn't spoil the positive impression. Vizio's VIA apps are plentiful, the QWERTY keyboard takes more than a few (beneficial) cues from smartphones, and while the TV's look is nothing special, its features are among the best available. In fact, with Vizio's failure so far to release any of the higher-end models it teased at CES in January, this is the company's flagship TV for 2011. The M3D550SR isn't our favorite edge-lit LED of the year, but it still makes a strong showing against stiff competition.
Series information: I performed a hands-on evaluation of the 55-inch M3D550SR, but due to physical differences between the models in the series, I can't apply the results gathered here to the other sizes. The 46-inch version, for example, has a glossy screen and my quick look at its picture quality put it a step below that of the 55-incher. I never saw the 42-incher, but I can't assume it behaves the same as the 55-inch model. For more on the different models in the series, you can follow the links below.
|Models in series (details)
|Vizio Razor M3D420SR
|42 inches
|Vizio Razor M3D460SR
|46 inches
|Vizio Razor M3D550SR (reviewed)
|55 inches
|Design highlights
|Panel depth
|1.5 inches
|Bezel width
|1.5 inches
|Single-plane face
|Swivel stand
It's been said before, and unless something radical happens at CES 2012, it'll be said again: TVs look the same. Take the manufacturer's name off a product and it can be hard to tell your low-end Samsung from your Toshiba from your LG. In this fashion, the M3D550SR is another black, rectangular box with a screen in the middle. The rectangle around the edge is piano-black on the 55-inch model, while the 46-incher is "rose-black," meaning black with a red tint in direct light. The bottom edge is a little different in that the speakers jut angularly out from the bezel in a not-unattractive way. Being an edge-lit LED, the television is slim, and the swivel stand gives it some flexibility.
|Remote control and menus
|Remote size (LxW)
|2.2x6 inches
|QWERTY keyboard
|Illuminated keys
|IR device control
|Menu item explanations
|Onscreen manual
|Other: Bluetooth remote
The remote control, identical to the one found with the 2010 Vizio XVT3SV, not the 2011 Vizio E3D0VX's flipper--is one of the better features of the M3D550SR. Not only does it sport a slide-out QWERTY keyboard but it's also got Bluetooth, so you don't need line-of-sight to control the TV. The keys on the keyboard are a little rubbery, though.
The Settings Menu is sensibly laid out and easily navigable. The menu is left-aligned and can take a little getting used to, as the highlighted option isn't immediately obvious. The Smart TV portion of the interface capability favors the "ticker" method, appearing at the bottom of your screen.
|Key TV features
|Display technology
|LED backlight
|Edge-lit with local dimming
|3D technology
|3D glasses included
|4 pairs
|Screen finish
|Internet connection
|Built-in Wi-Fi
|Refresh rate(s)
|Dejudder (smooth) processing
Vizio traditionally offers an excellent feature set for the price and the M3D550SR packs them in, with passive 3D being the most prominent. Despite its picture-quality problems, it's quite likely that passive 3D will become more prevalent next year--people don't like paying lots of money for 3D glasses and they find cross-talk distracting. The cheap glasses make more sense for consumers who only watch 3D movies on special occasions.
The television is an edge-lit LED featuring local dimming that behaves similarly to LG's LW5600. It uses a series of LEDs along the edge of the TV and dynamically lights them in zones across the screen in response to light and dark content. The only drawback to this kind of technology is that it can cause blooming when trying to illuminate light areas surrounded by black.
|Streaming and apps
|Amazon Instant
|Hulu Plus
|Web browser
|Other: Blockbuster, Rhapsody, and other Yahoo apps
In terms of content, current superstars Neflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Instant are present and accounted for, while other services such as Blockbuster, Facebook, and Pandora are also available. The only missing major contenders are CinemaNow and YouTube. Apart from adding new services, the VIA system is largely the same as we've seen in previous years, and the design feels dated compared with most of the big-name competitors' designs.
|Picture settings
|Adjustable picture modes
|Fine dejudder control
|Color temperature presets
|Fine color temperature control
|2 points
|Gamma presets
|Color management system
The M3D550SR offers a plethora of picture modes, including sports-specific ones like baseball and golf, but if you're looking for even more advanced tweakery, you'll find the TV only offers a 2-point grayscale system, as opposed to the 10 points found on LG and Samsung TVs.
|HDMI inputs
|4 back
|Component video inputs
|1 back
|Composite video input(s)
|1 back
|VGA-style PC input(s)
|USB port
|2 side
|Ethernet (LAN) port
Nothing major is missing from Vizio's connectivity array, although the rare user who needs more than one component-video input will be disappointed.


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The all-time cap leader for the U.S. Men's National Team, Cobi Jones, joins five others in their first year of eligibility for the Player ballot. Chris Armas, Jason Kreis, Carlos Llamosa, Eddie Pope and Danielle Slaton are also on the ballot for the first time. Of the 25 total players on the Player ballot, only Steve Trittschuh is in his final year of eligibility.
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The 2011 Builder ballot includes seven individuals selected by a screening committee and follows the same procedures for election as the Veteran ballot, although the voting pool is expanded to also include select soccer administrators.
Builders are nominated by making their mark in the soccer community in a non-playing capacity while sustaining a major and positive impact on U.S. Soccer on a national or professional level for 10 years. Referees must serve as a FIFA referee for at least seven years to be eligible.
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Taylor Swift has been known to surprise fans with gifts and even visits. Last week, a young English superfan by the name of Lara got a surprise of her own -- delivered by the artist herself.
Lara, who goes by the Instagram name "laraheartstaylor," was hosting an Instagram Live last week when Swift joined and began watching her stream. Her friend recorded her reaction, which included her tearily saying "I have to say thank you for everything, you've actually made my life so much better." Swift proceeded to comment with a heart-eyed cat emoji, while continuing to watch the live stream.
In a second post, Lara revealed that she'd received a DM from Taylor Nation saying she'd be sending her a package. What Lara didn't expect was for Swift herself to deliver it.
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Johnson & Johnson currently has a total float of 2.77 billion shares and moves 7.33 million a day, on average. The stock opened at $99.82 on January 06 and traded between a low of $99.60 and a high of $100.97. The stock now has a 50-day SMA of $101.76 and 200-day SMA of $98.06, and it has a high of $106.50 and low of $81.79 over the last year. Its P/E ratio is 19.3 and its P/B ratio is 3.87.
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of products in the health care field within its Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, and Diagnostics business segments.
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MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – The Tennessee State men's golf team will take to the course for the 2014 Ohio Valley Conference golf championships. After four years of play at GreyStone Golf Club in Dickson, Tenn., the championships will be played at The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals in Muscle Shoals, Ala., for the first time since 2009. The 11-team field will play the Par-72, 7,187 yard Fighting Joe course.
TSU finished eighth last year and was seven strokes out of third place as the final round was rained out. James Stepp and then senior Cameron Scitern tied for third finishing two strokes back. Stepp tied for the lowest score in a round last year as he shot a 4-under, 68 on day two.
The championships will consist of 54-holes over three days beginning on Friday, Apr. 25. Stepp will be the first Tiger on the course at 8:50am. Stepp will be followed by Matt Campbell at 9:00am, Andrew Warner at 9:10am, Codie Welborn at 9:20am and Blake Burgett at 9:30am. TSU will be playing with Morehead State and SIU Edwardsville for the first round.
TSU will face off against Belmont, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Murray State, SIUE, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin and defending champions, Austin Peay.
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"When you are old, another will gird you and lead you where you do not wish to go" (Jn 21:18). So Jesus prophesied St. Peter's death in old age. The saying, however, has always had a gnomic quality for me, as if it applied in some sense to us all. No exegete I have read has ever indicated a connection with any first-century proverb. All the same, it has the ring of folk wisdom, like the Greeks' "Call no man happy until he dies." Scripture offers many models of late old age. Moses dies after praying Joshua's troops to victory. Eleazar goes to a martyr's death, refusing to eat pork at the command of Antiochus Epiphanes and offers to young people an example of nonviolent resistance. Anna and Simeon remain faithful to prayer and to their hope for a messiah. The prophecy of Peter's death is unique for intermingling old age, dependency and martyrdom. Most people will not be martyrs, but, if they live long enough, many will be dependent. For them, letting go and allowing others to take the lead and offer them care poses the last set of life-challenges before dying itself.
We remember people for how they handle their endings. My Grandfather Caccese, when he had lost his fight with cancer, bade farewell to the victory garden he had cultivated behind our family home as he finished watering it for the last time. "Goodbye," he was overheard to say; "goodbye, garden. I will not see you again." A few weeks later he died. In the interim, as in the years of battling cancer, my grandmother and mother were his support.
My Grandfather Christiansen lived with our family from his early 70's until he was 88. Always independent, when he realized his health was deteriorating, he signed himself into a hospital and then, before the family could consult with doctors, into a nursing home. He knew the time had arrived when he would need extensive care. Not wanting to burden my parents, he made his end-of-life decisions with memorable dispatch.
While fear of dependence in old age is especially strong among Americans, our prejudice against dependence is overstated. Healthful longevity, Social Security, Medicare, Meals-on-Wheels and new living situations make independent living possible into late old age. Nonetheless, in the United States family members provide 90 percent of care to the infirm elderly. When the end of life approaches, interdependence is the lived reality.
Families as well as elders may have trouble letting go. Adult children, who are themselves seniors with their own health problems, are often stretched to the breaking point to care for infirm relatives. Reluctant to let go of the responsibility of direct care for their parents, some refuse to acknowledge when they can do no more. Accepting their limits and handing on their duties to others seem to them like filial betrayal. Letting go is something they, too, must learn to do.
Holding on to the end can be inappropriate for both elderly family members and their caregiving kin. Eleazar is a model, but so is Peter. Individualistic Americans do not need their independent streak reinforced. Family patriarchs do not need to be encouraged to hold on to the car keys, Lear-like, in conflict with their caregivers. Aged political leaders need no warrant to hang on, like Spain's Generalissimo Franco, "for the good of the state" until no hint of life remains or, like Strom Thurmond, until their useful political life has long passed.
Interdependence in late-life families provides a primary occasion for parents and adult children to grow in holiness, the elderly by accepting the service of others and adults by providing companionship and service. For both generations, elder care presents an opportunity to grow in profound ways and to discover in themselves and their loved ones resources they have not experienced before. In extreme situations, there may even be opportunity for heroic sanctity. Even then the two generations need to be prepared to turn to others for support and assistance, as inevitably they will also need to turn over their lives and their loves to God.
Extreme infirmity offers another moral: that it is fitting for both elder and family to let go. To avoid surrender as a natural life-cycle development is to forego a religious and moral challenge of great significance; it deprives old age of one of its spiritual, and essentially Christian strengths. "Into your hands..." is a prayer we offer to God, the source of life. It is also a trust we give to those around us.


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Posted 30 Apr 2009