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I still don't have one. I know they are hard to come by. Nicoll PR asked me what color I might want. I said RED....
I sent the B&W Zeppelin back. It was cool but for my office system - I liked my XHiFi better specifically because of the sound of the ribbon tweeters and the external subwoofer.
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Regarding the Meridian F80 -- I own one. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas; when I told her -- here's the nice part -- she didn't even flinch. Great lady; she knows how much I do for her and our kids, and she really likes reciprocating.
Laugh, if you must, at the concept of spending $3K for a "boom box". I have a full Meridian Digital Theater system, which I've pieced together by buying dealer demos, trade-ins, and used gear. I've met Bob Stuart -- a very nice guy who just happens to be a genius -- and have always thought Meridian somewhat unique in the way they are very technology driven, but only when the technology serves the music.
I first bought Meridian gear because it was the only high-end gear I could find that could play both film soundtracks AND music, without compromising either. Of the two, music reproduction is the most important to me. Listening to most any music in Trifield mode through Meridian gear is a revelation. I also admire their systems approach to music, along with the concept of keeping the signal in the digital domain until the last possible moment (at the speaker).
That's just all a qualifier; I've clearly "consumed the Meridian Kool-Aid" but -- though I really like the company, it's people, and their approach -- I honestly expected to be disappointed by the F80. I ordered it with some trepidation.
When you actually see and hold it, the F80 is one of those pieces that just feels right. The first time you take it out of the box you are stunned by just how small it really is. I'd seen all the "Bob Stuart Introduces the F80" videos on YouTube, yet I still wasn't ready for this. It borders on tiny; there are many people who own larger toasters.
It comes quite well-boxed, is wrapped in a very nice Meridian-logo'ed soft bag, and is remarkably heavy for its' size. Every square inch of its' surface is carefully detailed and designed; there is an incredible amount of engineering and design behind this little guy.
The third thing you notice -- after the size and weight -- is the quality of design and materials. Seen in elevation, the curved design of the F80 is quite beautiful. I ordered my unit in Silver, as the other colors were just a little loud for my tastes. Each surface is rendered in slightly different materials, and the combination of textured composite base, smoothly-finished (and nicely painted) arched top, finely textured speaker grille, and smooth black display and control panel -- along with the very nice inclusion of a beautiful, round, analog-feeling knob to control volume -- all these details go together in a very wonderful way.
Seen from above, the F80 presents a footprint that is ovoid in shape. The resulting design is very pleasing; there are very few straight lines on the front panel -- just one, to be exact, created by a horizontal row of control buttons spaced along the front panel, just below the display. Meridian have continued the design language used from the 500-series components; this row of buttons has a look that any Meridian owner will instantly recognize.
This is design of a higher sort; its not all milled aluminum machismo, nor is it high-tech in the way Apple products are. I love Jonathan Ives sense of style, but -- partly because of the nature of computer products -- an old Mac seems dated (though many are still lovely years down the road). The F80, on the other hand, has a design that feels less trendy. I would compare it to the recent products from Aston-Martin, which have both a sense of heritage AND a forward-leaning perspective. The new Astons look right because they honor the past but dont apologize for it by rigorously adhering to it as dogma; they have incorporated new technology that makes it feel as though you CAN have the best of both worlds. This seems analogous to the design ethos behind Meridians crafting of the F80.
The user interface is quite simple given the amount of features it allows you to access. This is one product that may never require most owners to crack the manual; everything is designed and laid out in a coherent and logical fashion.
The display is simply a work of art, in my opinion. It presents everything you need to know in a very clear fashion, and uses typefaces that -- for critical information -- are large and very readable. You can control two different brightness settings, one for when the unit is at rest (if switched off or if youve not pressed a button for 30 seconds) and another when the unit is active. When turned off the unit can display the date and time. This is, quite simply, the greatest clock radio in the history of mankind...
Enough about the look and feel; whats it sound like? As I stated before, I was fully prepared to be disappointed. With the law of diminishing returns, paying this much for something so small seemed -- potentially, at least -- to be a mistake. Now, just to be clear there are number of small systems you could buy for the same money that would offer higher performance in some regards. The person who buys this is buying it because it offers the highest possible performance in the minimum space required to achieve it. If you have room for more equipment you might not be happy with the F80.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for a jewel of a unit that will make you smile every time you see it, use it, and hear it -- and you can afford the price -- the F80 will not disappoint. It reminds me of the Minox sub-miniature cameras my Dad owned when I was a child. They, too, were rounded, and I loved turning them over and over in my hands. Despite their diminutive size there was a heft, weight, and solidity to them that belied their size. Precision instruments all have this feel, I think, and the F80 is one very precise instrument.
The first thing one expects in a box of this size is either no bass or grotesquely exaggerated bass. This is, perhaps, Meridians greatest achievement; the F80 produces genuinely solid, tight, and tuneful bass that seems -- to my ears -- to be pretty flat down to just above 40 hZ. Think about that for a moment; given the amount of the enclosure that has to be reserved for the electronics, disc drive, etc., there is a small space reserved for the speaker system. To get this bass quality from an enclosure of this size is really quite remarkable
The frequency balance seems even to me; the high end is nicely extended without exaggeration, but is -- to my ears, a tiny bit hot or edgy. This may go away with break-in, and seems also to be somewhat related to how the width function is set. The range on the width is 0 to 6; I currently have mine set to position 4, which seems to fit my placement and the room fairly well. The treble seems less strident (an exaggeration in terms) with the width set to 2 or below, but -- with my placement -- I like the imaging better with the width set to position 4.
As regards the stereo imaging; it is not phenomenal in absolute audiophile terms, but it is fairly remarkable given -- once more -- the size of the box involved. The F80 really offers a very credible stereo image; not world class but very respectable considering the compromises involved.
When it comes to placement, Meridian have incorporated a menu setting to allow for just about any situation where it might be placed. There are settings for tabletop, corner, floor, or free-standing installs (if you can call plugging it in and setting it on a table an install).
One word about the tuner; I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the reception on both AM and FM bands. We live at the bottom of a valley, in an area already known for wicked multipath and with a steel roof to boot. We are about 35 miles from the transmitters in San Francisco, with a nearly 3,000 foot peak directly in the way.
Despite these less than optimal conditions, the F80 tuner excelled in both selectivity and sensitivity. On FM I was very happy with the number of stations it received, the clarity with which it pulls weaker stations out of the ether, and its ability to cleanly resolve individual stations situated closely together in the band. The same applies for AM, and it must be noted that most all-in-one products treat the AM band as an afterthought -- which it most definitely is NOT on the F80. Thanks, Meridian!
Im not sure what else to say; as this is not a magazine review I dont feel it necessary to get into specs, the jack configuration, or other minutia that can easily be found online. I hope this gives the reader a better sense of what the Meridian F80 is all about, and what it is like to own one.
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I might be away from my main rig for a while and if so am buying one of these for use while away.
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I saw an ad for this onliune for $1,450. I didn't buy it, but am really considering it...
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The are certain words and phrases that immediately put me to sleep. "The Nutcracker Ballet" is one. "A new film starring Julia Roberts" is another. And, since I was a small child, "The Conservatory of Flowers" has worked like verbal Benadryl. Growing up, I considered this Golden Gate Park botanical garden a punishment for kids who weren't good enough to go to the Steinhart Aquarium.
But then I got older, had kids of my own, started planting tulips in my front yard flowerbox, and began to appreciate destinations for their lack of visual overload. So when my colleague Jennifer Blot suggested that I take my sons to see the Garden Railway model train exhibit at the Conservatory, I was on board.
My glowing review is below. To summarize:
1. The Conservatory of Flowers rules.
2. My young boys liked it. Even the flower part.
I'm calling this a Broke Guy Day Care, because I haven't done one in almost two months, and our family of four was able to get in for $16 total. It would have cost closer to $10 if we lived in San Francisco. More thoughts on the Conservatory are below. Please stick around for the part about the model train display, which will continue to be featured at the botanical garden until mid-March.
— The place really should be called the Conservatory of Leafy Vegetation. I can only remember seeing maybe 12 flowers total before I got to the railway. (I was keeping a close eye on my kids so I may have missed a few …) Still, the real draw for me was the architecture, and the beauty of a structure which benefitted from a five-year restoration that ended in 2003. The humidity and natural greenhouse lighting makes the place feel both spacious and womblike. Even the grating and stonework on the ground was fabulous.
— I've had worse parking spaces visiting a 7-Eleven. Getting to the Conservatory was extremely easy. We went on a busy Thursday two days before Christmas, but found parking across the street.
— I was expecting to take a quick five-minute tour of the place, accompanied by constant grumbling from my flower-hating/train-loving sons. Shockingly, they were completely into the non-train parts. My 5-year-old was constantly raving about the place, to the point that I would consider taking him again when the trains are gone. The highlight for my children was the aquatic plants on the east side of the Conservatory, which includes a huge body of elevated water. (I didn't get a chance to point out the collection of carnivorous plants, which I'm sure would have been a kid favorite.)
— Even though the place was pretty crowded, it was completely serene. There are little nooks and passageways that are covered with foliage, so you really feel transported to someplace exotic, and back in time. There's sort of an Indiana Jones we're-going-on-an-adventure vibe. I think that's a big reason why my kids were so entranced.
— No corpse flower. Bummer.
— The trains are a lot of fun. There's a Southern Pacific train running through a re-imagining of Golden Gate Park, a cable car that runs through more urban San Francisco landmarks and something involving Thomas the Tank Engine which I mostly ignored. Along with the beautiful landscaping, many of the structures are built out of recyclables — including a stereo amplifier standing in for the de Young Museum, a Ferry Building made out of metal utensils and a cheese grater and some unidentified structure (the Superior Court building? … the War Memorial Opera House? … Mitchell Brothers? …) made out of cassette tapes.
— Highlights in the Garden Railway included the Golden Gate Bridge (geographically incorrect, but whatever), the Castro Theater (with "Milk" and Sean Penn's name on the marquee) and a small model of the Conservancy in the Conservancy. Judging by the eye for detail in this place, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a teeny tiny model of the Conservancy within the model, and then maybe a small worm hole inside of that. I'll have to check for that next time.
— I appreciated the fact that kids could get close to the trains, with no restrictive gates. That being said, this isn't a place to dump your kids off or relax while they run wild. In about 12 seconds an ambitious 3-year-old could derail the Southern Pacific, destroy Coit Tower and try to shove a herd of bison up his nose. In other words, it's the Conservatory of Flowers, not the Jumpy House of Flowers. Plan on constant supervision.
— I'm guessing that the hard-core Conservatory crowd views the trains kind of like dance aficionados look at "The Nutcracker" (getting … sleepy …), Pixar fans look at "Cars" or Radiohead fans look at "Pablo Honey." Pessimistically, it's a necessary nuisance so the Conservatory can pay the bills. The thing about pandering, though, is you get new people in the gate. And I'm probably going to be a fan for life.
— Admission prices and hours are here. Note that the Conservatory is closed next Monday. And admission is free to everyone next Tuesday! I love it when a Broke Guy Day Care comes together …
PETER HARTLAUB is the pop culture critic at the San Francisco Chronicle and founder of this parenting blog, which admittedly sometimes has nothing to do with parenting. You can follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/peterhartlaub.

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Well, the hockey gods are not smiling on me at the moment. So far, all three of my Trifecta of Evil have made it past the first round of the playoffs. The Wings, the Sad Red Wings Wannabes (Canucks), and Devils have all advanced to round two, which means I have to watch them more.
With all due luck, the hockey gods will not smile on all of the hubris being slung by some of the bloggers. An amazing amount of PCS (Puffy Chest Syndrome) is on display. Go check it out.
So, let's look see what the GBU has to say:
Turco did not choke. Not one bit. Three shutouts? .955 SV% going into game 7? Folks should shut it. He only chokes against the Avs. Just the way I like it.
Ducks advance. I'm cool with that.
The Trifecta moves on, making having to watch them the only choice I have. I love hockey, but if these three teams aren't losing, I'm going to have a hard post-season.
The way the Flames behaved was dumb as hell. For every step forward the game and league takes forward, asshat moves like this crap takes two steps back.
Seriously, bloggers. You didn't score the goal. Give me a break.
Having to watch the Trifecta. There better be some losing going on.
So, here is the cheering section.
Go Ducks!!!
Go Sharks!!!
Go Buffa-Slugs!!!!
Go Ottawa!!!!
I may have thrown up in my mouth a little.
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Good Puerto Rican food is hard to come by unless you can either cook it, or are part of a Puerto Rican Family. If you don't have your own family of Puerto Ricans to turn to for some of this delicious food, El New Yorican is the next best thing. It's like eating at Grandma's house on the island!
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Part way through our lunch, the band showed up and started playing. It wasn't long before half of the guests were up and dancing. The music is as hard to resist as the food! They were soon joined by some women in beautiful long skirts performing some of the traditional island dancing. We had such a great time!
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If you follow these basic steps, you should come out with a pretty nice cookie in the end. If your cookies still are coming out like crappies, check out the "what's wrong with my cookies" at the end of this article. And last but not least… The Sponge Method-This procedure can vary considerably, depending on the ingredients you're using. The batches should be kept small because the batter is super delicate, in other words, don't double recipes that require this method because your cookies won't come out. This method is generally used for meringue cookies. 1. measure your ingredients 2. let them come to room temperature (for greater volume warm your eggs a little) 3. whip your eggs and sugar together until the desired consistency *soft peaks if you're only whipping whites, thick and light if you're whipping yolks or whole eggs 4. fold in the rest of the ingredients according to the recipe *do not over-mix or deflate your eggs
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH – What's Wrong With My Cookies So, you've followed all the advice, you've measured and re-measured, but for some reason, you still can't make a decent cookie. There are a few common mistakes you may be making.
If…… your cookies taste bad- I would first of all check your ingredients, make sure nothing is expired or spoiled. Also, maybe switch brands. Then ask yourself these questions – Did you forget one of the flavoring ingredients maybe? Were your pans totally clean or is there some mysterious stuff burned on them that you can't seem to scrub off? Did you measure properly? Is there anything burned onto the bottom of your oven that's smoking while you're cooking?
your cookies are tough (and I don't mean they can take a hit)-you may need to switch flours-did you use a bread flour? That is a cookie no-no. Try a more delicate flour, AP flour is good for most, but you can try a pastry flour too.
your cookies stick to the pan- you may have used too much sugar or you need to grease your pan, silly.
your cookies are crumbly-you may not have mixed them properly. This could also be a problem with the recipe such as not enough eggs, or too much sugar, shortening or too much leavening. If you're not a professional, I don't recommend trying to adjust the recipe because ingedients are expensive, time is precious and there are plenty of other cookie recipes in the sea.
your cookies are too brown-you are likely baking them too long or at too high of a temperature
your cookies are not browning-most likely they need to bake longer, you may need to raise the temperature, or there may not be enough sugar in them, this can happen when using a sugar substitute also
your cookies have a sugar crust-either you didn't mix them right, or there's too much sugar
your cookies are hard-you probably baked them too long or at too low of a temperature. The recipe could also be off. If they still taste good tell everyone you were trying a new shape for biscotti and have them dip them in milk or coffee.
your cookies are dry-you probably baked them too long or at too low of a temperature, it could also be the recipe. Again if they taste good go with the biscotti story.
your cookies spread out too much-this could be from too low of a baking temperature, not pre-heating (shame on you, you know your recipe said to pre-heat and if it didn't, well now you know for next time), you may have over greased your pan, just calm it down a little next time and don't get crazy with the spray, you may also be over-creaming
your cookies don't spread (and they should)-you may have your oven temperature too high, you may need more grease on your pan, your recipe may be off-try a different recipe
I hope that after reading this article all of your cookie dreams come true. Happy baking!


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Fall season is under way at Victoria Farmers Market
Nov. 23, 2010 at 5:23 a.m.
Jerry Martin stood beneath a white canopy, organizing vegetables on the table in front of him. From time to time, he glanced up at the ever-graying sky.
"I don't really care if it rains," he said with a shrug. "It keeps things fresh."
Martin, a Mission Valley farmer, was among the producers who set up shop with the Victoria Farmers Market on Tuesday at 2805 N. Navarro St.
The market's fall season kicked off several weeks ago and winter crops, such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, are coming in. Business has been steady but not necessarily booming.
"We're hoping things pick up today," Martin said.
Odessa Thompson's husband, Noah, typically sells at the market, but sat this season out. The husband-wife duo visited Tuesday to pick up turnips and other items for Thanksgiving dinner.
"I can't get out of it," Odessa Thompson said with a chuckle as she spoke about her holiday cooking. "I'm 82, and I can't get out of it."
Santos Aguirre hit the market with her 4-year-old grandson, Ian Flores. She hoped to find pies for Thanksgiving dinner, but didn't see any Tuesday.
"I'll probably come back later to see if they get any," she said.
Not everyone is familiar with farmers markets or even that the vegetables farmers sell there, said James Warren, an Ingleside farmer who sells at the market. He attributed that partly to the growing number of fast-food restaurants.
"People in their 20s don't even know how to cook a lot of the things we sell," Warren said. "It's easier for them to run to McDonald's."
Markets offer benefits, however.
They offer fresher items than larger grocery stores, he said, explaining produce typically comes from the ground the day before it's sold, whereas, with larger companies, many foods come from halfway around the world.
"You lose the nutrients the longer the food is out of the ground," he said.
For Manuel Rivera, the market also offers convenience, since it takes time to find parking and pay for grocery items at a conventional store.
His trips to the farmers market offer more than just a chance to buy fruits and vegetables although he does that, too. They're an experience.
He said he enjoys taking his mother to shop because they get fresh air and visit with area producers.
"It's nice to help them out, too," he said. "Giving $1 here ain't going to hurt you, and you're helping the farmers."


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|U.S. Attorney's Office December 09, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Mark Stephen Longo, 39, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to receiving child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips. The Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. accepted the plea, and scheduled sentencing in the matter for March 19, 2010. As a result of his plea, Longo faces a maximum statutory prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of $250,000, and must register as a sex offender. Based upon an agreement between the parties, Longo is likely to be sentenced to a period of incarceration between 84 and 96 months.
According to the government's evidence, during 2008 and 2009, Longo met between ten and twelve times with another individual in the District of Columbia. During those meetings, Longo and the other individual watched and traded child pornography. In late June 2009, Longo came to the attention of law enforcement when Longo chatted online with an undercover lawenforcement agent. The chats culminated in an agreement to meet the undercover agent at a hotel in the District of Columbia so that Longo and the agent could engage in illegal sex with a 12-yearold boy. Law enforcement arrested Longo when he arrived for the meeting. Federal and District law-enforcement agents later executed a search warrant at Longo's home, where they found 101 videos and 44 photographs of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
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TEL AVIV (Sep. 1)
The Council on Higher Education granted full recognition today to the faculty of Jewish studies of Bar-Ilan University, the institution sponsored by American Orthodox Jews, and named a committee to study recognition of the university's other faculties. The Council is headed by Education Minister Abba Eban.
Such recognition, which makes a school eligible for Government grants, also is being sought by Tel Aviv University following recommendations of a public commission headed by former Prime Minister Moshe Sharett. A decision on the request of the Tel Aviv University will be considered at a subsequent meeting of the Council.


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So it seems like it's been over a year since I've posted anything to Craftster *eep!* Anyway I've been finding it difficult to find the time to craft recently mainly I suppose as I got a new job last year which slowly but surely started eating into my usual crafting time but anyway one day on the way to work I thought to myself "Weren't you going to make a Beemo?", "Didn't you have it all planned and worked out?" and "Didn't you buy all the materials and supplies like 6 months ago?" Then I left it again for a few more months before I finally decided yes it's time to make something again and yes if that means sewing on the train so be it!
My Beemo is mainly made from fleece and small amounts of felt, is completely handsewn and stands at 12 and 1/2 inches tall.
I also added a little butt pocket! You can see it open in the side picture but it has a little popper to keep it closed I just felt that it was something I wanted to give them and just loved the idea of adding more and more to this project.
Overall it took me about a week of sewing about 2-3 hours a day but that was partly due to me drawing the pattern and adding to the project as I went along. I'm hoping to be getting back into crafting again even if it does mean strange looks on public transport as I work on my next project.


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By Jeffrey Bienstock, M.D.Director of PediatricsThe Valley Hospital
May 2, 2013 -- These days, it seems foods and drinks with added caffeine are everywhere –from sodas, to sports and energy drinks, potato chips, candy and now gum. The rapid growth in caffeine-infused foods and drinks has caught the attention of the Food and Drug Administration, which is considering placing limits on food makers' ability to add caffeine. Specifically, they want to investigate the safety of caffeine-infused foods and drinks and their effects on children and adolescents. This trend warrants a look. There are potential health risks for children and adolescents who consume this stimulant. The latest recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is that so-called energy drinks containing caffeine should never be consumed by children. Unfortunately children often confuse energy rinks with sports drinks.
Sports drinks contain carbohydrates, minerals, electrolytes, and flavoring, and are intended to replace water and electrolytes lost through sweating during exercise. Although they may be useful for young athletes participating in prolonged, vigorous physical exercise, they tend to be overused and are usually unnecessary.
Unlike sports drinks, energy drinks contain stimulants including caffeine, guarana, and/or taurine. Rigorous review and analysis of the medical literature suggest that energy drinks are never appropriate for children or adolescents. Because caffeine has been associated with harmful neurologic and cardiovascular effects in children, caffeine-containing beverages, including soda, and other foods with added caffeine should be avoided.
The AAP has issued recommendations that pertain to the use of sports drinks and energy drinks in children and adolescents, but can also be applied to other types of caffeine-infused foods. They include the following:
• Parents need to be made aware of the distinction between sports drinks and energy drinks. The terms should not be used interchangeably.• Energy drinks should never be consumed by children or adolescents, because the stimulants they contain pose potential health risks.• Children and adolescents should avoid routine consumption of carbohydrate-containing sports drinks, which can increase the risk for overweight, obesity, and dental erosion.• For pediatric athletes, sports drinks should be consumed in combination with water during prolonged, vigorous physical activity, when rapid replenishment of carbohydrates and/or electrolytes is needed.• For children and adolescents, water, not sports drinks, should be the principal source of hydration.
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Nowadays, we routinely talk on the best means of treating the problem of styes. But this condition isn't entirely uncommon, though many people still don't know proper ways of dealing with the condition and also averting all cases of reappearance that may occur if proper therapeutic programs are not taken into consideration.
At times this particular infection may be considerably dangerous to an extent that the patient's body may experience certain reactive effects.
Even still, since the condition has been here with us for quite an extensive period of time there has emerged an array of conventional home remedies for styes which may be employed in ensuring that the patient gets full remedy from the condition.
Many scientists have been quick to term this as quite a disagreeable disorder that's usually expressed with some inflamed and itchy hair piece follicle eyelashes. The inflammation could be considerably mild, though it may also become quite some big-time agenda once all eyes are infected therefore necessitating dual home remedies for styes treatment.
No matter how bad the condition may be in any way never seek to squeeze up or remove the swelling mechanically, this second hand interference could result in considerably grave complications that may be very hard to deal with later.
For one to fully prevent this condition from becoming anomalous then s/he has to significantly monitor up hygiene standards by not rubbing the eyes using hands which are dirty. It's considerably important that during treatment process one commences within the preliminary stages of infection before the condition turns out to become detrimental and clearly out of hand. You need to fully consult up with a medic who would eventually let one fully comprehend ways of objectively addressing stye using conventional home remedies for styes therapeutic programs which are sure to work out.
You may make use of simple lotions, body cream or even ointments, as well as treatments on general decoction with fresh calendula flowers. For one to undertake this home remedies for styes treatment it would be appropriate to pour through a single tablespoon of fresh calendula flowers right within a single cup of unsullied boiling water and then place this right inside some water bath system and let it boil up for roughly 10 minutes, afterwards you can now brew up, and filter the entire solution and thereafter this infusion would now be set for full use.
This process needs to be undertaken like on around 3-5X per given day. Yet another considerably excellent method that may be employed is pulling together all the relative indicates within your special lilac leaves for full utility. For one to undertake this process it would be recommendable to first remove through leave pulps and consider applying through this stye component for quite some intermittent times per every given day.
Incase your stye reappears again after preliminary intervention then it would be appropriate to set up some warm compression tabs onto the affected area. One may then use sizable lotion portions and tea extracts or even dry heat system to ensure that the entire procedure is successful. Another very effective means of treatment that could be applied is that of aloe extracts. To undertake this home remedies for styes procedure one needs to squeeze up the product's juice directly from a fresh aloe leaf component while taking heed to take the effect on roughly an interlude of thrice per given day.
Along with this one may as well consider making some considerably calendula compresses and then placing some of this extract right onto the lower eyelid region of ones eye.
Styes are commonly resulted from the small staphylococcus bacteria that have the effect of inflaming up sebaceous glands that are found within the regional eye lashes. Though they take the form of pimples, these blisters should never be pricked since they may considerably spread through bacteria over to other areas in the body therefore causing more infection.


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The key assumption behind the additive heuristic is subgoal independence. We give a recursive definition of the additive heuristic for POCL planning, starting at the level of literals and working towards a definition of heuristic cost for a partial plan.
Given a literal q, let (q) be the set of ground actions having an effect that unifies with q. The cost of the literal q can then be defined as
Existentially quantified variables in an action precondition can be treated as additional parameters of the action. The cost of an existentially quantified precondition can then simply be defined as follows:
The additive heuristic cost function for POCL plans can now be defined as follows:
The cost of ground literals can be efficiently computed through dynamic programming. We take conditional effects into account in the cost computation. If the effect q is conditioned by p in action a, we add hadd(p) to the cost of achieving q with a. We only need to compute the cost for ground literals once during a preprocessing phase, leaving little overhead for evaluating plans during the planning phase. When working with lifted actions, there is extra overhead for unification. It should also be noted that all lifted literals are independently matched to ground literals without considering interactions between open conditions of the same action. For example, two preconditions (a ?x) and (b ?x) of the same action can be unified to ground literals with different matchings for the variable ?x.
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When people hear "Peace Corps," certain pre-conceived ideas appear in their minds. Most people will probably think of vast African plains – a hut on the outskirts of the Sahara being home to a young adventurous American. Some think of South America and imagine motorcycle maintenance to be included in Volunteer Training; perhaps it evokes the image of a lone rider against a backdrop of coffee plantations and a hot sun. Or maybe the vision is one of dynastic China: rice paddies and wide-brimmed hats, peasants who inevitably appear after the word "China" is mentioned.
China is far different than any other Peace Corps country, partly due to the fact that it happens to be the wealthiest. And, though we are serving in the poorer "western" (central) China, the contrast of a wealthier coastal counterpart doesn't overwhelm our high standard of living. In fact, most volunteers serve in cities of several million people – like Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, and Guiyang. We all have running water, electricity, and large apartments. Most have electric or gas cooking options, and everyone has access to the Internet – it's just a question of whether or not we pay for it on our own (about 60% must pay).
But beyond these basics are luxuries that people would hardly expect when joining Peace Corps. Several volunteers have hired people to clean their apartments, slowly teaching them the exact way they want it cleaned. Others have gone further and asked these people to wash their vegetables or make simple meals. What's more surprising is that volunteers are accomplishing this on a $200 Peace Corps living stipend because labor is so cheap in our part of China.
The greatest luxury of all is in Guiyang, where a shower, hot tub, sauna, and 90 minute massage goes for 38 yuan (about $6). I don't hesitate to spend money on this. It's not because I think I've earned it, but because it's there.


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Meningococci are bacteria that cause meningococcal disease. The scientific name for these nasty little germs is Neisseria meningitides. When the bacteria affect the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, the resulting disease is called bacterial meningitis; when they attack the blood, it is called septicemia. Meningococci bacteria are very common and live naturally in the back of the nose and throat in 10 percent of the population without affecting them.
Sometimes, a certain strain of the bacteria enters the bloodstream and causes this awful disease before the body can fight it off. Once the bacterium invades the body, time becomes crucial. Intense antibiotic therapy is needed as soon as possible to fight the bacteria, limiting the chances of debilitating damage to the body such as brain damage, kidney failure, paralysis and death. Knowing the signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease is key to the survival of an affected patient. If the disease is detected early enough, the sufferer has a chance to make a full recovery.
Meningococcal bacteria are not spread easily and can't be transferred by animals, via the air or through swimming pools. The bacteria can't survive outside the body for more than a few seconds and are only contagious by coming in contact with respiratory and throat secretions from an affected person. People living in prolonged close quarters with others are at higher risk. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, close contacts may include members of the same household, a boyfriend or girlfriend, a person who has stayed overnight for at least seven to 10 days and a child who's spent at least four hours in a childcare facility where another infected child stayed.
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Steelhead tactics, brookies, and thoughts on Lake Superior coldwater from guides Ken Petersen and Rob Storrar…
Minnesota's North Shore is perhaps one of the most overlooked fisheries in the Upper Midwest, though there are boundless opportunities for epic fishing and adventure. While it does get a fair amount of attention for steelhead runs and its rugged trout streams, the Shore is often overshadowed by places like Wisconsin's Brule River and the Upper Peninsula, not to mention all the walleyes in Minnesota. And that's kind of a shame.
Ken Petersen and Rob Storrar, the two young, innovative anglers that own and operate North Shore Troutdoors guide service, are on a mission to share what the Shore truly has to offer and to kill the notion that Minnesota's north country is only the land of walleye and bass. Though relatively new on the North Shore guiding scene, there's no lack of experience and skill in this crew of anglers. Ken has been fishing for nearly as long as he's been able to walk and is constantly pushing the limits with innovative steelhead fly tactics on the North Shore (he recently started swinging streamers (and catching fish) on switch rods and fluorescent chartreuse and blue line, much to the bewilderment of local anglers). Most of the thoughts below are his, but Rob adds a few as well. Rob is on the Phenix Rods prostaff (along with a few other companies), fishes bass tournaments throughout the summer, and recently worked the Bassmaster Classic Expo. More importantly, they have a deep passion for the fishery on the Shore and genuinely care about introducing new anglers to the outdoors and sharing innovative fishing techniques. Not to mention they're just good guys.
I was pumped when they graciously agreed to share some of their favorite strategies and tactics for steelhead and some insights on the epic coldwater fishing in northern Minnesota. There's certainly no shortage of spirited discussion on the state of the fisheries and the North Shore steelhead scene, and mostly for good reason, but there's also lots of profound fishing wisdom mixed in. It's a vibrant interview with great fishing tactics and insights on a wild, fascinating fishery with many undiscovered frontiers and plenty of epic fishing adventure.
1) 3 Brothers Flies (3BF): Before we get into steelhead tactics and the North Shore fisheries, tell us a bit about North Shore Troutdoors…
North Shore Troutdoors: The reason we started North Shore Troutdoors is because we wanted to see a change on the shore. We are always hearing the "old guys" talking about when they fished during the 70's and 80's how there were so many fish around you could walk across their backs. Since that time the Lake Superior fisheries have taken a huge hit and have fallen on the back burner of the Minnesota DNR. We aren't in the guiding business for the money, we are in the guiding business so we can introduce more anglers to the north shore of Lake Superior in hopes that we can gain more support in building these suffering fisheries back up.
As for the fly fishing, to make a long story short it is the closest thing I can get to fighting a blue water fish. I have always liked the ocean and catching fish. It is common sense that those fish pull twice as hard as anything we would see in the Midwest so using a fly rod is as close to the ocean as I can get without being there. I also use a fly rod, or switch rod, because I want a challenge. It is really easy to take a spinning rod and go catch steelhead or trout and I am not about that. Fly fishing is along the same lines as bow hunting. I want to get up close and personal with the fish. For me I am not in a hurry to go and catch fish and leave. I like being outside and observing the fish. I like to see what they are eating and where they are moving. It the best feeling in the world when you can take a fly that you made and trick a fish over 20 inches into eating it.
2) 3BF: Steelhead Alley and Michigan's UP tribs seem to get lots of attention when guys start talking about steelhead in this corner of the Midwest. Why fish Minnesota's North Shore and what makes it so special?
North Shore Troutdoors: Minnesota is neglected in the Great Lakes Steelhead scene because of the runs. Our runs do not last as long as the runs in Michigan and the Erie Tribs. We also do not have the variety of fish coming through like you see out east of us. At one time we did have the same runs, and during that time Minnesota's North Shore was just as big as the UP. The runs would start in the spring and different fish would be found entering the rivers almost all the way until winter. Since that time the fishery has been neglected to Steelhead in the spring and Pink Salmon, along with a few coastal brook trout and cohos, in the fall. The reasoning behind this is because Lake Superior is said to be at its capacity. The lake trout, one of the two native game fish in the lake, have rebounded and their population has recovered to above normal levels. With this a lot of the stocking of exotic species, salmon and steelhead, have been removed from the north shore. The French River Hatchery does stock Kamloops throughout the summer to keep the "meat hunters" happy but it does not do a lot of good for the fishery as a whole. (Editor's note – The MN DNR also shares some info on the "band-aid" approach, stream conservation, and the anadromous rainbow population on the "Hatchery Fact Sheet – Duluth Area" under the "North Shore Steelhead and Kamloops Management" section. It can be found here)
The North Shore Fisheries also suffer with stocking because of the lack of funding. There are so many people in the state of Minnesota that are walleye hounds so that is where you see most of the money going. It is incredible to see how bad the Michigan stream stocking programs surpass the north shore. We have one hatchery on the shore that tries to raise cold-water fish but it is falling apart, and it is up in the air on what is going to happen with the stocking. Recently part of our cold-water hatchery was used to raise sucker minnows for muskie rearing ponds which was later suspended, we were told, because of the VHS outbreaks in the Great Lakes. It is insane to think that our fishery's only life line was being used for muskie bait instead of it's intended purpose. (Editor's note – The "Hatchery Fact Sheet – Duluth Area" page from the MN DNR notes this sucker minnow discontinuation under the "History" section. It can be found here)
The reason Minnesota's north shore should be considered with the other greats is because if the access. We have around 60 Tributaries from Duluth to Canada that hold fish in the spring and fall, and for the most part they are all accessible. There is not a lot of private property along the north shore which makes fishing for anadromous fish fairly easy. A lot of our rivers are also a bit narrow and are not really navigable by boat. Anglers are able to walk into almost every section of the rivers on foot which is also another huge plus for the north shore rivers. To top it off, if one river is not producing fish anglers are able to hop in their car and take a five minute drive to the next river. It is truly a unique area to fish for lake run fish.
3) 3BF: Favorite North Shore fish to target with a fly rod?
North Shore Troutdoors: Steelhead is the obvious choice. Fishing for this species of fish is like big game hunting. If you want to be successful in catching these fish you cannot just grab a rod and reel and head into the water. We do a lot of research throughout the winter learning different fly patterns and techniques to try and get the upper hand come spring. There have been a lot of times where we can see the fish and they will not take anything we are throwing at them. This fishery takes practice and a lot of trial and error in order to be successful and that is why I think that steelhead are the best fish to target on the fly.
4) 3BF: N. Shore streams are quite rugged and often have a pretty good gradient. Are there any notable presentation strategies you use on the Shore that differ from Lake Michigan tribs or other classic steelheading venues?
North Shore Troutdoors: I think this is one of the most important questions in the interview. Yes, our streams are rugged and there are a few that are down-right dangerous, but in the end we are all fishing for the same type of fish. Steelhead alley and other Michigan tributaries hold bigger fish because of the difference in water temps and genes, but in Minnesota we still have plenty of fish at or over thirty inches. Part of North Shore Troutdoors is learning about the steelhead in other great lakes and on the west coast during the winter. We have developed new fishing styles and have learned different techniques in order to prove that these fish will react the same as they do everywhere else in the United States and Canada.
When we first started fishing on the north shore we found that there were a few older anglers using a "different" technique. We call it the "Lester Twitch", it is similar to the Kenai Twitch except for equipment. In order to participate in the Lester Twitch an angler needs to get a fly rod and reel, take all the fly line off of it, and replace the line with Maxima Chameleon. You then need to overweight your line with heavy split shot and an egg fly. Once you are all rigged up you lob your rig up stream and bounce it through a run making sure your bounces are abrupt. At the end of the swing you want to give your egg one more good yank just in case there are any steelhead mouths near your hook. If you don't end up snagging, excusing me, "CATCHING" one the first time just keep lobbing it….
Hopefully you have caught onto the sarcasm. We would never use this method of steelhead fishing on the north shore, and we are trying to show people different ways to catch these fish so eventually this style of fishing dies out with the generation. This style of something, I can't call it fishing, was developed years ago for meat hunting. It is an effective way to hook a fish by the mouth or face so it can be taken home to eat. This technique out west is referred to as "flossing" and is used to hook fish who are struggling with a case of lock-jaw. Since steelhead do not have a case of lock jaw, and we haven't kept steelhead on the north shore for quite some time, there is really no need to use this style any longer. We have seen way too many fish banged up in the process and it is not worth it. There are PLENTY of new, very productive methods that can be found on the internet where an old style of fishing like this should be on its way out. We are very fortunate to have social media and a wealth of knowledge at our finger tips and so we should be using these resources to help learn and protect our fishery.
As for our presentations, it's a simple, complicated system. If we are fishing on our own we do not care about the number of fish we catch; we only care about how we catch them. During the winter we research and tie up different patterns to test once the rivers thaw. For me personally, I do not care about how many fish I catch, I want to outsmart them. The only fly I do not use on the shore are egg flies because there are better techniques at catching these fish, and there are more and more studies coming out that say that these types of flies do more harm than good to the fish. When the fish are in the rivers and they are eating eggs they destroy them. When an angler throws an egg pattern through a run on a fly line they inhale them which makes it harder to remove the fly once the fish is landed, which usually does more harm than good to the fish. We focus on quick landing, photo, and releases. We also do not use egg flies because that is what the majority of anglers use on the rest of the shore. These fish are not stupid. We have found that if we change up the presentation we are more successful on catching fish. Plus, if we went out and only used an egg fly every time we fished we would not learn anything different.
I started experimenting with different styles of fishing on the north shore because I was told I couldn't do it. When I first moved here I had bright yellow supra fly line from SA and I was told that there was no way on earth I could catch a steelhead on fly line, let alone bright yellow. That fish was checked off the list that same morning. I was then told I couldn't use a switch rod in our rivers because it was too big so I sold my 8 wt and only fished with a switch rod.
My latest encounter with a steelhead was this spring on the Brule (north shore was still frozen) on the switch fishing a style I was told I couldn't do. I was swinging a fly on a Senyo shank with Royal Wulff Ambush Line (line is florescent chartreuse and blue). I was told that "our steelhead" do not react the same way as their cousins in the great lakes and out west, and, that they would never eat a fly swung through a run on chartreuse line. The angler was wrong and I believe the photo is still on greatlakesflyshop.com if you're curious. (Editor's note: see pic above). For us it is all about the challenge and progression. Rob and I compete with one another while we are fishing together because we want to get better. We take criticism on certain styles of fishing as a challenge. We want to see how far we can push our fishing capabilities so we can better understand how these fish respond during different times of the year.
It's a lot of rambling in this question but to make a long story short if you can present a well placed fly through a run on the north shore you will have success just like anywhere else in the world. Every time we start to put our gear on it is like getting ready to go hunting, and I think any guide will tell you that. Before you can start to fish you need to be able to observe, and if you cannot observe your fishing will lack.
5) 3BF: What are absolute perfect water conditions for steelhead?
North Shore Troutdoors: If its spring time and the rivers are running there will be steelhead. Our favorite times are when the rivers have a bit of color but we can still see the fish moving around. The first major drop in water speed and rise in temperature generally signals a major push of steelhead in the spring so we anxiously await the days leading up to this initial drop. Once ample amounts of fish have made it into the river, the water will tend to fluctuate based on run-off and spring rains. Even in high, fast waters, fish will still be in the river, but they will be much harder to catch and to present a bait to. Because of this we prefer falling water speeds that are coupled with slightly rising water temperatures and some coloration to the water. The only reason we prefer the color is because fish will be less spooky and generally won't get as good of a look at your presentation so therefore will not be as fussy. If we had to pick an ideal day for steelhead fishing we would hope for a warm night that broke into an overcast, but humid day featuring water that had just stabilized after its initial rapid fall following ice out.
We also like it in the fall when the rivers are clear because it doesn't get much better than sight fishing for big fish. At this time period the fish tend to be more aggressive due to the warmer temperatures, and flows tend not to matter as much because we are not coming off of the winter thaw.
6) 3BF: What steelhead setup are you guys fishing on a daily basis?
Ken: I use a switch rod during the spring and fall fisheries. It's a 11' 3" two handed fly rod that I can use for a few different types of fishing situations. If I am going to swing a fly through a run I will use a running line, Skagit head, versi leader (sink tip), and type of streamer. I can also switch the line to a switch line which allows me to run an indicator with flies underneath.
Rob: For me I will use a combination of tactics depending on the day. My favorite way to fish is with a medium heavy bait caster made by Phenix Rods. On this setup I spool 30 pound braid onto a high speed Lews bait casting reel, and attach a 10 pound fluorocarbon leader on a barrel swivel. From there I put a clear center pinning float on the line followed by staggered weights. At the end is our homemade pink worm or plastic spawn imitation. The rod I used last year was a 7'2" M1 Phenix that had ample back bone but a very sensitive tip that allowed for accurate casts yet didn't pull hooks out of a fishes' mouths. This fall and next spring I may be experimenting with an even longer Phenix Rod as well to get a better high sticking presentation.
If I'm not fishing the bait caster I will be experimenting with an 8wt fly rod, and presenting a bead or a nymph below an indicator. Also, in order to stay fresh on all tactics, I will bring a Phenix spinning rod and fish it when the conditions are right or when we have clients coming up that will not be fly fishing.
7) 3BF: What's the biggest/most common mistake you see anglers make when targeting steelhead?
North Shore Troutdoors: There are three "mistakes" we see new anglers making on the north shore, the first being a lack of knowledge. What I mean by this is that anglers new to the area are not reading the regulations and do not know exactly what type of fish they are catching. Because of this, new anglers are handling the wrong species of fish incorrectly, and in turn, it is hurting the fishery.
Another mistake new anglers seem to make when targeting steelhead is crowding other anglers. Growing up in Minnesota I would venture to say that the majority of people grew up fishing lakes or ponds. Docks, boats, and shoreline have always been easily accessible and so that is how most of us cut our teeth with the rods and reels. When an angler switches to river fishing for the first time it is like a deer in the head lights. The water is constantly moving and switching directions, and it is hard to tell where a fish could be holding. We see quite a few anglers that just wait to see a fish landed then run right up next to the person and start fishing instead of reading, watching videos, and observing other anglers' techniques to learn the best ways to catch fish. It is understandable because in steelhead fishing there are very few teachers on the water. In Minnesota we all grew up with teachers whether it be our grandparents, our parents, or our siblings teaching us different techniques at catching warm water species. Never the less it is quite annoying when an angler runs up next to you when you are battling a fish. All it does is screw up the fishing for both people because usually these "runners" take the shortest path to the nearest angler, which is usually right down the center of a run.
The last major mistake we see anglers make on the North Shore is not keeping an open mind when it comes to their angling techniques. Steelhead, stream trout, and salmon are just like any other fish; what worked today may not work tomorrow, and vice versa. Especially during the steelhead season we see so many anglers relying on one technique and closing their mind to other techniques that may be more productive at that particular time. For example there are times that steelhead are on the bottom, suspended, or even riding high in the rivers, and that same old technique that is being used may not be the best presentation at the time being. We experiment day in and day out to learn what the fish prefer on that certain day or during that time span in order to capitalize on fish behavior and preferences. Bringing an open mind to the rivers can really help anglers capitalize when the fishing seems to be tough.
8) 3BF: It seems like steelhead and trout above the barriers get lots of (well-deserved) glory, but they can't be the only worthy pursuits in the Lake Superior system. What's the most overlooked fish(ery) on the shore?
North Shore Troutdoors: The most overlooked fishery on the north shore is pink salmon. Most anglers overlook this fall fishery because the fish are small and a lot of guys do not like the taste of them. We call pink salmon "steelhead training wheels" because it is the best way to learn how to target steelhead. When the pinks are in, the water is clear, and they are everywhere! For the most part you can target the pinks by sight fishing. Anglers are able to walk right up to the fish and see their fly as it floats past. They are able to see how the fish react to the fly based on how it is presented. The fish will let an angler know if the fly is coming too slow or if there is something about it they don't like. An angler can then take the techniques they have learned while fishing for pinks and apply them to steelhead in the spring. This greatly increases the chances of success while fishing for steelhead. Fishing rivers is all about learning. A river is always changing and the fish are always moving. If you aren't learning every time you are out in the water you cannot increase your fish-catching-productivity rate.
9) 3BF: The brookies up there and the rugged, mountainous creeks have always intrigued me. What's up with the brook trout fishery and what are your favorite strategies?
North Shore Troutdoors: The brook trout are everywhere up here but there are certain areas where the big ones hang out. They usually are the smaller of the species of trout found on the north shore but we have battled with a few pushing 20" (native stream trout, not coasters). The best way to find good brook trout is to start walking. Our rule up here is the rule of One. This rule states that the majority of anglers/tourists on the north shore only walk one mile into the river, and because of this, those areas get fished the hardest (this isn't a written rule we just made it up). If you take the time to look at satellite photos and plan a route into the woods before-hand it is a lot easier to find the bigger fish. Our rivers are rugged but there are also deep pools scattered throughout all the way to their headwaters. The best time to catch these brook trout is in the fall when they are feeding and getting ready to spawn. During this time they are at their most photogenic state with their spawning coloration. The brook trout fisheries are a very over looked fishery on the north shore, and we are really working on bringing more people out into our northern scenic rivers to catch these beautiful fish.
As far as tactics go for these fish, nothing really beats a dry fly when the fish are really putting on the feedbag. When the fishing is more difficult, standard nymphs work great. Generally when it comes to brook trout here, the first step is finding the right area that is holding many good sized fish. Then from there it is a matter of matching the hatch and experimenting until you find out what is working best for the day.
10) 3BF: Top 3 steelhead presentations?
Stones, Intruders, and beads. And we can't forget the all powerful pink worm!
3BF: Where can people learn more about your guiding or set up a day of fishing on the Shore?
We can be contacted at www.northshoretroutdoors.com for booking information and fishing reports. We are also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter which we update daily so you can always see what we are doing.


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IMDB Rating: 6.8
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Staring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper
Liar Liar Review: Jim Carrey puts so much energy and pure comedic brilliance into Liar Liar that we hardly noticed how corny and hackneyed was the plot or how wearily didactic was the moral lesson for all fathers who neglect their children for the goddess of success. And really we didn't care. What we loved almost as much as Carrey's rubber mouth and oral blockage (like an overheated boiler fighting not to explode) was the premise, a lawyer that can't lie. Now there's an oxymoron! As Carrey tries to explain to his son Max, lawyers need to lie. Actually he says grownups need to lie, which is a truth that we really do not need to exam too closely here. To laugh at something deeply troubling in our nature is a way of dealing with it. So the genius of Liar Liar is first the talent of Jim Carrey, but second, for kids who come to the realization of adult mendacity for the first time, it is the discovery of comedy as a way to cope.
Why do adults need to lie? is a question that a kid can never figure out, and then by the time he is an adult himself, he can no longer comprehend how important the question once was. Call it innocence lost, or the socialization process. Favorite part of Liar Liar is the courtroom scene with Jennifer Tilly dressed oh so sluttily and her adulterous beaux looking like a model for the cover of a romance novel and Carrey in tatters in his $900 suit. Second would be the bathroom scene in which Carrey tries to tear himself apart (and seems to almost succeed). His flapping mouth between the toilet seat and the bowl was inspired. Give some credit to director Tom Shadyac, who managed to steer the vehicle with Carrey at the controls, and to writers, Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, who wrote some funny lines.
The great comedians totally let themselves go. They are totally on. They go to extremes and beyond. It's like transcending not just the ordinary, but even the imagined. See this obviously for Jim Carrey, one of the great comedic talents of our time, an original who would have delighted Charlie Chaplin with his extraordinary muggings, his blatant audacity and his suburb timing. Directed by Tom Shadyac, "Liar Liar" is the best thing Jim Carrey and Tom Shadyac ever did together and slightly superior than the later "Bruce Almighty".
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"He's really happy to be back. He's always been training with us, but now he's available to help us in the official games, it will be much better.
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Bandwidth fn (= Nyquist frequency). This value indicates the theoretical maximum frequency that can be determined by the FFT.
For example at a sampling rate of 48 kHz, frequency components up to 24 kHz can be theoretically determined. In the case of an analog system, the practically achievable value is usually somewhat below this, due to analog filters - e.g. at 20 kHz.
Measurement duration D. The measurement duration is given by the sampling rate fs and the blocklength BL.
D = BL / fs.
At fs = 48 kHz and BL = 1024, this yields 1024/48000 Hz = 21.33 ms
Frequency resolution df. The frequency resolution indicates the frequency spacing between two measurement results.
df = fs / BL
At fs = 48 kHz and BL = 1024, this gives a df of 48000 Hz / 1024 = 46.88 Hz.
In practice, the sampling frequency fs is usually a variable given by the system. However, by selecting the blocklength BL, the measurement duration and frequency resolution can be defined. The following applies:
It can be seen that condition 2. would apply only to very few signals. The sampling of a signal whose frequencies are not an integer multiple of df would begin and end within a block of 2^n samples with different values. This results in a jump in the time signal, and a "smeared" FFT spectrum. (aka Leakage)
In order to prevent this smearing, in practice "windowing" is applied to the signal sample. Using a weighting function, the signal sample is more or less gently turned on and off. The result is that the sampled and subsequent "windowed" signal begins and ends at amplitude zero. The sample can now be repeated periodically without a hard transition.
As explained in the first part, the sampling rate fs of the measuring system and the block length BL are the two central parameters of an FFT. The sampling rate indicates how often the analog signal to be analyzed is scanned. When recording wav files via a commercially-available PC sound card, for example, the audio signal is usually sampled 44,100 times per second.
Nyquist Theorem
Harry Nyquist was the discoverer of a fundamental rule in the sampling of analog signals: the sampling frequency must be at least double the highest frequency of the signal. If, for example, a signal containing frequencies up to 24 kHz is to be sampled, a sampling rate of at least 48 kHz is required for this purpose. Half the sampling rate, in this example 24 kHz, is called the "Nyquist frequency".
But what happens if signals above the Nyquist frequency are fed in to the system?
For the most, a signal is sampled with a more-than-sufficient number of samples. With a 48 kHz sampling rate, for example, the 6 kHz frequency is sampled 8 times per cycle, while the 12 kHz frequency is only sampled 4 times per cycle. At the Nyquist frequency, only 2 samples are available per cycle.
With 2 samples or more it is still possible to reconstruct the signal without loss. If, however, less than 2 samples are available, artifacts which do not occur in the sampled (original) signal are generated.
Mirror frequencies
In the FFT, these artifacts appear as mirror frequencies. If the Nyquist frequency is exceeded, the signal is reflected at this imaginary limit and falls back into the useful frequency band. The following video shows an FFT system with 44.1 kHz sampling rate. A sweep signal of 15 kHz to 25 kHz is fed in to this system.
These unwanted mirror frequencies are counteracted with an analog low-pass filter (anti-aliasing filter) before the scanning. The filter ensures that frequencies above the Nyquist frequency are suppressed.
Time window
In the case of periodically-continuous signals, the time windowing serves to smooth the undesired transitional jumps at the end of the scanning (see part 1). This prevents smearing in the spectrum. There are numerous types of windows, some of which differ only slightly. When selecting the time window, the following rule applies: Each window requires a compromise between frequency selectivity and amplitude accuracy.
Power vs. Peak detector
Modern high-resolution FFT analyzers offer the possibility to decouple the number of measurement results from the FFT block length. This results in an increase in measurement performance time, especially for high-resolution FFTs. Thus, for example, with a 2MB block length it is no longer necessary to measure and represent more than 1 Million points (bins), but only the number necessary for the display, e.g. 1024.
The value chosen for each FFT bin can be defined in two ways:
Calculations with FFT results
FFTs are mainly used to visualize signals. However, there are also applications where FFT results are used in calculations. For example, very simple levels of defined frequency bands can be calculated by adding them via an RSS (Root Sum Square) algorithm.
Another application is the comparison of spectra. The example below shows an acoustic measurement of a cordless screwdriver. The measured spectrum is subtracted from a defined reference spectrum. This difference is compared against an upper and lower tolerance. The upper spectrum shows a functional cordless screwdriver. In the lower, the acoustic spectrum suggests that the test specimen is defective.
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I love the idea of using poems, but with the letters distorted and looking abstract. As a speech-language pathologist by trade (tho not by heart)the idea really speaks to me. I'd love to have a set of them to play with! Great ideas for the holiday art. Thanks so much for sharing.
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It's great seeing what others are doing with the stencils! I have the first set and love them.
I love blog hopping, I'm relatively new to Art Journaling (I've always been more of a crafter) so visiting the blogs give me inspiration and these templates will certainly help when I do Lifebook 2014. Thank you.
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Trade Secret
by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Cover Artist: Sam Kennedy
Review by Gayle Surrette
Baen Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 9781451639292
Date: 05 November 2013 List Price $25.00 Amazon US / Amazon UK
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Readers of any of the Liaden series books know that Liaden society has a strict code of honor and behavior, and slights of any kind are serious and can be punished by anything from taking your dessert at a dinner to killing you. Jethri Gobelyn was raised on a family trade ship and, when he went to a Liaden trader regarding an on-port trader that was falsely using her name, he disobeyed an order from his family to never deal with Liadens. The false trader was taken care of and Jethri was offered a place on the Liaden trade ship as an apprentice trader.
Now he's been adopted into Clan Ixin as the son of the trader he first contacted, Norn ven'Deelin. Along the way, Jethri managed to insult a scion of a Liaden high house. He then made things worse when he helped a son of the same house, who was being forced to fail at his job as trader, get a better posting and join him in a trade partnership.
However the insulted scion neither forgives nor forgets, and when they meet again at a trade conference, he wants revenge for every real or imagined slight.
Jethri is quickly learning his trade as well as adapting to a culture that he was not born into, and where there are many layers of meaning to nearly every gesture or action. He is also curious about his previous ship and their crew because he's being hunted for something he knows nothing about, that has to do with his biological father. This mystery might also explain why his mother was so cold to him aboard ship and had planned to throw him off before he found a berth on Clan Ixin's trade ship, Elthoria.
The book deals with the various groups that are determined to get information from, or seek revenge upon Jethri Gobelyn. He's got to stay sharp and aware in order to keep on his feet and win free of the complicated web of deceit, deception, and negotiations he finds himself embroiled in.
Clan Korval is mentioned in the book, but doesn't play a part. None-the-less, this is a great addition to the series as Jethri is an interesting character with a lot of backstory and enough current interests to support some more full-length novels dealing with his life and its problems.
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I have had swelling all over my body for 10 years. It is not all the time, just every once in a while. The back of my head will swell up for no reason then my legs and hands then my tounge swells up. Then I have the worst headache for about 4 to 7 days, even my hair hurts. Then my headache seems to go away and I have a problem going to the bathroom. I feel like I have to go real bad then no much comes out. Then about a week later I am fine the swelling goes down and I am back to somewhat of a normal life. I am always sleepy.
Now I have had the same problems going on for a month. I went to the obgyn and she said I had blood in my urine and sent me to a urologist. They did a ct and said I did not have a kidney stone, now he wants to do another ct with dye. He took some blood to see my creatine levels. My skin is aways dry no matter how much lotion I put on. I do not drink sodas, all I drink is water. The last time this happened I was told I drank to many sodas. I was hoping that I would not get this again, but I did. I am thirsty no stop. I drink about 8 to 10 20oz bottles a day. I can drink one right after the other. I have had my thyriod check and that is working fine.
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Canucks Can't Wait For Olympic Break
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The Vancouver Canucks were supposed to be a contender this season, but over the short-term they have been the worst team in the league. They have lost their last six games. They have one more to go before the break as they play Toronto today. This would drop the Canucks out of the playoffs. They are currently ninth in the West Conference. They are one point back of eighth place Phoenix. So what is going wrong?
The first answer to that question is that short-term streaks and slumps mean little. It is easy to put too much attention into short-term trends. However, there are meaningful reasons why they have struggled lately. Injuries are the biggest one. Henrik Sedin is out indefinitely and will miss the Olympics with bruised ribs. Their defensive depth has been tested with Kevin Bieksa, Dan Hamhuis and Chris Tanev all missing time with injury. In Henrik's absence, Daniel Sedin has struggled. He hasn't scored a goal since December of 2013. He has gone 19 games without a goal. Another player the Canucks have relied on in the past is Alexandre Burrows. He hasn't scored a goal yet this season.
A big part of the reason the Canucks are struggling now is travel. The new NHL alignment has more travel than any season in recent memory. This hurts Vancouver more than any other team in the NHL. The west coast teams are the most isolated and have to spend the most time travelling. Vancouver is more isolated than the California teams and has an even bigger travel burden. The Canucks are feeling this. They have less time to rest and rehab injuries and that shows on their injured list. As their stars start to age, this will be a more and more significant burden to the team.
An Olympic break will be a chance to rest and reset things. It might be exactly what the Vancouver Canucks need. They have the toughest travel in the NHL and it has hurt them this season. If they can get back into the race, this break will help.
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