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Finally, one package, I will be upgrading to one of these for sure. Guess my winter project list just changed.....

PORTLAND, USA Exile Audio introduces the SAMSON HARPOON 1K, a 2 Channel 1000 Watt Limited Edition Wake Sports Amplifier.

Thrust Control: In a typical wake sport boat installation this remote controller allows the Captain to adjust the overall volume of his tower speaker output levels. When his rider drops, he simply adjusts the thrust controller back to eliminate the full force of the tower sound. The ThrustTM controller can be remotely mounted in a number of handy locations.

Throttle Box TM Control: An optional add-on remote controller that allows the Captain to actively shape the sound of the tower speakers depending on the real world listener position i.e. wake boarding (far out), wake surfing (close in) or cove (stationary). Whatever the case may be, Throttle Box TM tunes your tower speakers from full throttle (wide open) to Sound Quality (completely engaged). Its so unique; were even applying for a patent. The Throttle Box TM controller can be remotely mounted in a number of handy locations.

http://pdxwakesnow.com/viewtopic.php?p=8949#8949
Wow that sounds really cool! It'll throw a very solid 250 watts at each tower speaker on 4 speaker set ups. What this gonna run about $600
damn to bad this thing is not 500 watts x 2 at 4ohm!
Hey guys -

Yup, HARPOON is a beast power wise. I don't think there is a bigger rated Marine amplifier anywhere. Might be wrong about that, but we threw a TON of power at this design. It's definitely a dedicated marine amplifier made for the wake sports community. I think when people read up on Throttle box they will be pretty blown away. Really gives total control of the sound on the boat!

Hate: Yes, your right on pricing. msrp: $699

Nate: 500W x 2 at 4ohm? whoa? you crazy man. What speaker do you have that handles 500W continuous power? Now you got me curious.

This amplifier is built for guys that want to power 4 HLCD's with one amp and have some dynamic headroom available for good measure!

-Brian
Exile Audio
The NVS speakers are rated for 500 Watts RMS. But they would be at 4 Ohm, so this would be a little weak on the power for a pair of NVS, giving them only 300 Watts to each unit.
Is "Thrust Control" marketing speak for volume knob?
From what I understand from talking w/ Brian, is that there is a volume control in addition to the Thrust Control. Brady explained it best in the first post on how it works.
Thrust control??? correct me if Im wrong but its a remote volume for the amp??

I have this thing on my EQ its called a FADER it works just like a "Thrust Control" LOL I think Ill start calling the fader on my EQ a "Master Volume Blender"
G, I call my fader the "Pimp Mojo Enhancement Control" LOL

500 Watts X 2 at 4 ohms is the standard level of power for speakers like Wetsounds Pro-485 or NVS 1010's. Lots of us are pushing this or more.

Can you bridge two of them to a pair of 1010s and have the controls operate both at the same time?
confused by the throttle box control... is this actually a speed based volume control or more of an eq setting with various presets for how you want the speakers to sound? I guess I'm confused by the use of the word throttle but no description of the role the throttle plays....
Is is always important to have thrust control. Not having thrust control can lead to a premature ej@#*%*tion.

This is serious business. I'm shocked to read people are stooping to this kind of humor.

The 'throttle' feature will allow listeners to go from a more linear sound quality mode for near field listening to a more aggressive mode for long range projection. This EQ takes into consideration the increased noise floor and higher absorption rate of high frequencies over extended distances, yet tames the HLCD for a more tranquil in-close experience. I'm assuming that the EQ hinge and turnover frequencies are ideally tailored for HLCD tower speakers, which would be a first. That pretty much solves the conflict that every HLCD tower speaker manufacturer faces.

The 'thruster' control has the advantage of being a voltage-driven fullrange level control so that the audio signal does not have to make a 'to and from' transverse run in order to put a zone control at the driver's fingertips.

I'd like to see an accessory to follow that replaces the 'thruster' control in the form of a momentary (on)off(on) footswitch that keeps both hands from leaving the steering wheel and throttle.

Pelvis Presley
Earmark Marine
Pelvis Presley...

Just spit my coffee on my monitor.

BTW. Dave could not have articulated it any better.
Oh boy! Look at all the action Ive been missing. For the record, I think Murphys thrust control wins the award. (lol). Guys, in simple terms heres what the Exile amplifier is all about.

POWER for your tower HLCDs and CONTROL. of the sound style and volume of it.

As Exile began rolling out our marine audio products last year, we saw an opportunity to build a unique amplifier that is completely focused on the needs of EVERYONES HLCD speaker setups. There are some great systems out there but they all face the same inherent issues. HLCD technology is capable of delivering huge sound but in a way that doesnt always acoustically couple to the rest of the stereo or is lacking midbass or is running mixed mono or is to bright and lacking bass or needs tons of equalization. The list goes on and on. From an engineering point of view, if one is willing to go to a great effort, these issues can be overcome with design circuitry and thats what this amplifier is all about. The reality is we have invested a tremendous amount design time to create features not found on any amplifier, anywhere. Weve combined that with our proven topology that will let you run big power into 4 or 2 ohm setups.

300W rms x 2 @ 4 ohm
500W rms x 2 @ 2 ohm

[Pelvis Presley says]: The 'throttle' feature will allow listeners to go from a more linear sound quality mode for near field listening to a more aggressive mode for long range projection. This EQ takes into consideration the increased noise floor and higher absorption rate of high frequencies over extended distances, yet tames the HLCD for a more tranquil in-close experience. I'm assuming that the EQ hinge and turnover frequencies are ideally tailored for HLCD tower speakers, which would be a first. That pretty much solves the conflict that every HLCD tower speaker manufacturer faces.

--Well put Presley! Thats exactly what the amplifier does!

[Pelvis Presley says]: The 'thruster' control has the advantage of being a voltage-driven fullrange level control so that the audio signal does not have to make a 'to and from' transverse run in order to put a zone control at the driver's fingertips.

-- Bingo again. Im not sure people understand the coolness of being able to control voltages inside the amplifier from a remote versus running signal to exterior devices cascaded together. In the real world this gives the user a control to chop the sound off from the tower all voltage controlled by the amplifier itself. If anyone wants a detailed explanation pm me.

Nate and Mike mention standard levels of power for the 485 or 1010s. Well guys, these are mono arrays of multiple high-end specialty drivers. On the 485 its rated at 300W RMS (according to the mfgs website), which means you could drive 2 of these systems in stereo from 1 HARPOON amplifier and control the tower volume by the thrust controller and shape the sound as needed by the throttle box controller. You would not want to use this amplifier as a mono amplifier with one of these systems because it would be 3 times too much power for its rating. Im not real sure what to tell you about the 1010s because when I checked the site it lists a spec of 400-500 rms. I dont know if thats a clerical error or what, but rms / rms continuous power ratings are not specd in a range.

Good reading on this subject if anyone cares to indulge.
http://www.bcae1.com/voltages.htm

Assuming for a moment that the 1010s are 400W rms continuous power, the HARPOON amplifier would be slightly under powering the setup at 4 ohm. But you always could use an impedance matcher and drop the HARPOON down to continuously see a 2 ohm load. Then presto you have 500 x 2 rms and still have the built in tower control and sound shaping ability as mentioned above.

I also should point out that there is no such thing as one amp does it all for every installation. No way! What Exile has created with the HARPOON is a dedicated marine amp delivers huge power for tower setups and user controls for the caption. This is a serious amplifier.

Peace!

-The Motley Crew
Exile Audio.
I felt like I just read a marketing flyer... Brian what tower speakers have you tested these on? Any real world results? Impedance matcher?

Werent you the Boston rep that claimed everything they made was the best and now youre an exile rep and everything they make is the best?

(Message edited by norcalmalibu on December 15, 2009)
Somewhat hesitant to get into this but since NVS was mentioned I guess Ill try to add something. Firstly, I for one try not to provide an opinion on anything I dont have any experience with. Marketing is Marketing but the people on this board rarely will let any just Marketing slide by ..they know better.
As far as the link about RMS ranges, people here will also quickly realize that the information pertains to Amplifiers, not speakers. If that was the intent then fine but I inferred that it was directed to NVS speakers providing a Range of RMS power. My position is that Amps provide power and right or wrong are measured in RMS Watts and or Peak Watts. This measurement is based on what the unit can provide based on a FIXED resistive load (a simple measurement)and at a fixed input power. This is the only way a sinlge output number can be obtained.
However speakers, since they provide a resistive load (not fixed by the way) can handle a range of power that the manufacture determines will 1) provide minimum acceptable performance, 2) a maximum that could be either a target power and or 3)a value by which if passed can damage the unit. If you prefer to have evidence of someone else providing a Range for speaker power handling, try this http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs_pages.php?page_id=35 JL Audio has been doing this for years.
Lastly, Id be happy to evaluate the Harpoon amp on each of the NVS products and then provide my opinion. Please include one of the "impedance matcher" devices mentioned.

Have an NVS Holiday,
Duane
So I should address David's comment about some of us getting slap-happy in this thread.

Wakeworld is somewhat inconsistent when it comes to manufacturers or dealers posting plugs for their own products. I am aware of others that have had threads pulled for posting what is really an unpaid advertisement. Maybe there was some funding applied for this posting but it appears in the forum so I would guess not? Assuming there was no funding, the most appropriate thing might be to just delete this entire thread. It seems the PDX wake folks have been doing a fair amount of free marketing here on wakeworld. At this point I would like to see a PDX wake header that clearly indicates they are a sponsor or they should be called out. It just seems weird to see a product in the paid advertisement header of this page that appears to be in direct competition to the products described by the originator of this post.

May the THRUST be with you...
Is the inference here that the PDX Wake guys are affiliated professionally with Exile? I've always understood that they are friends or acquaintances as well as users if their products but nothing more. Am I just being naive?
Well since Brianinpdx's email address in his profile is brian@exileaudi o.com then I think you are being naive...

Just one more thing...that really has no bearing on anything, I just thought it was funny. Brad's quote in his profile. "If you are ever in Portland. Check us out at pdxwake.com" Maybe it's just me. I thought it sounded funny.
To much drama over this whole thing. Pdxwake is a consumer from the NW who runs Exile gear. Nothing new about that. Ive noticed information on this amp on several of the forums which is a result of pumped up people. I suppose thats a great thing, but the info he put up was that of an active Exile press release on www.motodash.com. He did not write this this - Exile did when it was sent out to the Newswire. Motodash is a site that regularly posts info on new marine / car / home gear.

As for the slap happy stuff, no worries.. It's all in good spirit as I would expect from the crowd. If this thread is causing to much conflict, take it down. It's not a big deal. If anyone wants info on the amp, pm me. After all, its just an amplifier, and as such I dont think it will cure world hunger or fix the US economy.

Just my 2 cents. On a lighter note, have a happy holiday and stay safe!

-Brian
Ya, Wakeworld is turning into "Hateworld".

Something new comes out and the haters hate.

Peace Brothers! Get your dry suites on and ride that hate out of the blood. It has to be the winter blues.
Mike, please don't take my initial comments or tone seriously. I was just setting up my own punch line. By all means, get slap-happy.

BTW, I'm pretty sure you can still buy an AccuMatch transformer from Voodoo Acoustics.

Pertaining to the marketing issue, I agree that there are abuses but I couldn't stomach a forum that was the sole domain of just a few.

Besides, I'm paid for all my contributions. Just kidding.

David
Earmark Marine
I have to agree with Mikiski. Does exile pay for advertisement on this board or what?
Who cares!! It's a freaking amp, if you like it great, if not that's fine too. If David thought it was an issue he would take care of it. Why do we have to question the motives of the OP? But really, who cares?

I'm still unclear as to what exactly this thing does, is it just another amp, does it have features that are not available elsewhere? Are these extra features something that we need or want? Can someone please explain the features of this amp in regular non-stereo geek terminology? I have three Apline PDX 4.150 amps on my boat and can't imagine ever needing more..
Oh I was assuming that PDX referenced an area of Portland. I realized that Brian works for/owns Exile but wasn't going to assume a connection with the PDX Wake guys (Brady and Diggs) outside of what I previously mentioned. Could it have been a poorly veiled attempt to circumvent the advertising rules her on WW? Sure. Do I give two schitts? Nope, just wanna know about all the new and cool stuff?

Honestly, I think all the policing of this we need is already in place.
Can someone please explain the features of this amp in regular non-stereo geek terminology?
LOL. Sam Im with you I was laughing at David's first post." linear sound quality mode" and "noise floor and "higher absorption rate of high frequencies" I had to call him to get a explanation of what the hell he was talking about. I was like David, your gonna have to dumb it down. If I can't understand what the hell your talking about then I don't know how the average guy's gonna understand.

I hope Im off base here but IMO all the hype/intrest about this amp is due to people not clearly understanding what this "Thrust Control" is and how it would work in a system. Mabey this was part of their plan? LOL put it out there with some vauge details and then let everyone ask what the hell is that and how does it work?

Someone from the company comes in and say's "Ooo I'm glad you asked that question" Let me answer it by copying and pasting a page from my marketing flyer.

Wow! I posted this as I was running out the door to Seattle on Monday. I really just thought it was cool, and that it was going to change my winter project agenda. I have explained in the past my desire to control my system for different activities. I actually had four volume controls on my system last year. The tower was always an issue to adjust for different activities.

I am hoping that this new design, which appears to have some control qualities is going to make it easier for me.
Sorry for sharing my excitement.
To address the affiliation:
I can tell you I am a pdxwaker and can tell you the site is not a for profit site, so I certainly doubt brady is seeking any financial gain from posting on here. pdxWAKE is a local site for portland and supports local wake related businesses, events and a way to get acquatined with others with similar interests. He has Exile gear and is stoked on it. I am sure there is nothing more to it than that unless I am out of the loop too.

I know the reason I started visiting wakeworld was to learn about products and how to care for my boat. I have learned a ton. Not sure why that has to change?????

Carry on.....
Voltage based volume control = FAIL
Tower only speed/voltage volume control = FAIL
Thrust Control = lame marketing

I have an HSE revolution automatic RPM based volume control. It changes the volume exactly as I would do with my hand when my rider falls and when we pull him back up, without removing my hands on the steering and throttle. Everyone that has driven my boat with this addition loves it. It attenuates the entire system 36db when very smoothly whenever the RPMs drop below 1800 and raises it back up whenever they exceed 2000. You guys just tried to copy it and failed.

I also have a WS-420 EQ. It does everything I need to adjust my system for any listening situation or music content abnormality.

You PDXwake guys should help Dave Williams out by purchasing some add space and stop freeloading off his website. If I sound bitter, it's just because I don't like freeloaders. "started visiting WW to learn about products and how to care for my boat" = BS. You guys came here on a mission to shamelessly promote your businesses very aggressively.
Wow...Did you kick your dog too when you walked into the house? I'm sure Dave is aware of this thread, and we all know how he feels about people using WW to advertise their product without paying for it.
One conveniently installed tower speaker zone control knob is not a substitute for the sophistication and versatility of an automatic volume control plus an equalizer. But its $600 less considering cables, adds zero noise and doesn't extend the audio cable's path at all. At minimum its a good option for some.

The variable sound shaping circuit has the ability (similar to Yamaha's famed 'continuous volume' control but for a different application) to compensate for both listening level and distance in a single, inexpensive and conveniently located control. If (and the question remains) they nail it, then we might have a control that uniquely addresses the common characteristics of HLCDs in a way that multiple bands of a graphic equalizer with fixed frequencies and Qs cannot. I understand what Exile is after and while its not completely original the adaptation is very innovative. I'm looking at this feature with an open mind and hoping it actually turns out as useful as the vision.

I'd hate to see new ideas and new products squelched or censored.

David
Earmark Marine
Looks like a great amp. I was sold on the JL 600/hd but this new Exile amp has me thinking twice. Great price as well.

A while back I was looking at a Supra from the Portland Area. It was tricked out with numerous Exile amps. I ended up passing on the boat but a friend bought the boat instead. I had a chance to listen to the system...wow. I gotta say i was impressed. Thanks for the info PDX Wake.
Whoa Mikeski. Now I am not even a part of this thread, but hold on a second.
pdxwake.com is not a for profit site. pdxwake does not even really sell anything. It is a webforum and a place for local people to learn and meet. An occasional t-shirt or sticker to help pay for food at an annual wake event to get the local community together. Local dealers and businesses pitch in money for that event also to make it happen. For you to think that pdxwake makes money or is trying to advertise on this board you are crazy. Seriously. Drop me an email off this thread so it can carry on offline and I would be happy to explain any and every action we have had on this board.
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Summer wines at BNFB
When I walked into Big Nose Fully Body on a warm summer day last week there were three new wines on the counter: a Greek white, a French rosé, and a Lebanese red. That about sums up the diversity at this charming neighborhood shop.
If I were a movie reviewer, I'd give the shop two thumbs up, way up. Or if I were Robert Parker, I'd give it a 95. By any rating system this shop scores high. I would love to have this shop right around the corner from my house.
The shop doesn't have an enormous selection but it does have a great selection. And with almost as many different wines as there are days in the year, and conveniently located near the F line subway station, locals should consider this their own cave. Moreover, the wines are not only ready to drink but they are priced to drink. Only a few champagnes seemed to crack the $25 mark (but there were even some sparklers for under $10).
Pat does not buy her wines from an importer such as Greg nor does she buy them directly from a producer such as Susana. Instead, she buys them from about 25 distributors who act as intermediaries between the producers and the retailers. Although she works with a couple of big distributors such as Lauber, she works mostly with smaller distributors who have niche specializations or smaller, more focused "books" as their portfolios are known in the trade.
For example, she recently had a wine from California at a restaurant and inquired about who was the distributor, hoping to get it for her shop. She learned that it was distributed by Angels Share in Brooklyn and since that's the location of her shop, she thought it would be a snap. But in the end the distributor didn't have a listed phone number so she put it on the back burner. A few days later, she got a call from one of the two principals at Angels Share asking if he could be of assistance.
In the end, the California wine was too expensive for her shop, but Angels Share also had some Spanish wines that she liked (including the Castillo de Fuendalejon, the bottle in the bag, which I purchased at the shop and review as my wine of the week this week).
Wine distributors in New York state offer discounts for larger orders, Pat explained to me. They quite often offer a price for one case, but then discount that by about five percent if she takes three cases. Five, ten and 25 case orders all get steeper discounts but those are rare for Pat's small shop. The shop's temperature controlled basement stores some wine inventory that Larry, the assistant manager, keeps assiduously arranged.
But even though it is a small shop trading on a convenient location and knowledgeable staff, the prices are still good. Pat says that sometimes she wants to stock a wine that is too expensive, she will offer at a lower price than the normal markup. And she sometimes scrounges the distributors' lists to find any interesting wines they may be trying to move and offers those at reduced prices as well.
The distributors come and pour their wines for her to sample at the shop. If she wanted, she says that she could have as many as three a day visiting her, each pouring five or six wines. While this might be reason enough alone for some entrepreneurs to purchase a wine shop, Pat says she tries to keep them at bay until she has a gap to fill. "I taste every wine that is in the shop," Pat said.
Since she is also a wine writer, she writes up her impressions of a wine and hangs a tag in front of each bottle. Parker scores? Not in this shop. "Scores won't tell the customer whether the wine will go with chicken salad for lunch," she said.
The shop's window display (and street scene in reflection!)
Oddly enough, given her background at IBM in e-commerce, Pat never really thought about selling wine through the web. "There's just not enough space for shipping boxes," she explained. "Occasionally our email newsletters get forwarded and we get requests, which we try to honor, but it is logistically difficult."
About five percent of sales are rosé wines in the summer and white wines climb to parity with reds. Before I trundled off to the coffee shop next door, Pat suggested a few summer picks:
* Routas, rosé, 2004, province, $9.
* Castello de Bossi, 2001, $16 (closeout)
* Pierre Boniface, white, vin de Savoie (of course!), $12
* Notios, Pelopennisis, 2004 (white) – just in, as yet unpriced.

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These are my new little-iro-iro collections...I just bought a small amount of flower design fabric, a nice cotton fabric (it's actually an upholstery fabric) and I matched it with creamy fabric. Plain but there's actually a design on the fabric.
So, from these fabrics combination, I've came up with these 6 limited edition items. A tote bag, a drawstring bag with handle, a cosmetic pouch box, a shoe bag (Japanese style), a triangle coin pouch and a double tissue case.
All will be available by today at little-iro-iro shop (it might take some time because I'm putting my youngest son to sleep now, at this very moment :)
All details will be at my blogshop, ya! Feel free to browse thru my blogs...


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My garden hasn't seen a frost since last winter. So yesterday, brazenly, I planted out the sweet peas I was given recently by a friend.
The concept of planting out after all risk of frost has passed is rather lost on me. My garden hasn't seen a frost since last winter and, while temperatures are set to fall again next week, I doubt conditions will be cold enough to do any damage.So, yesterday, brazenly, I planted out the sweet peas I was given recently by a friend. Sown in autumn and nurtured over winter, these plug plants of 'Gwendoline' have been bulking up nicely in my kitchen. But they were starting to get leggy. I pinched out the tips, hardened them off for a few days and, yesterday, popped them in the soil. They don't look too happy at the moment, but I'm sure they will survive. I love sweet peas. They remind me of my mum and granny, being small and finding little vases of sweet-scented blooms in every corner of the house. Growing them now is like a nod to childhood and summer holidays, to barbecues, overheard conversations between elderly relatives, and granddad returning from the garden with a bucket of runner beans in one hand, a bunch of sweet peas in the other.'Gwendoline' is a Spencer type, producing large, frilly, magenta-pink flowers with a good scent. I've also sown seed of 'Cupani', one of the oldest sweet pea varieties, which has smaller, pink and purple flowers with an intense fragrance. Like my granddad, I grow them up an obelisk with runner beans, and also on the gate that separates my garden from the cycle path beyond it. I can't wait to sit in out on warm summer evenings and smell their fragrance drifting in with that of the honeysuckle and jasmine. Summer is well on its way.
07/03/2014 at 15:21
Gosh, you've inspired me. I have about 30 pots of healthy looking sweet pea sown in Autumn. They've been out of the greenhouse for approx 3 weeks and I shall plant them this weekend. Thanks!
07/03/2014 at 18:55
There's a lot of misunderstanding about sweet peas.....they're not frost tender bedding plants, they will survive many degrees of frost.
I would just add, they don't like cold biting winds.
07/03/2014 at 19:01
Our night temps in the south west are forcasted to go down to 1c next week, I shalln't be putting mine out yet.
07/03/2014 at 19:05
Lyn wrote (see)
Our night temps in the south west are forcasted to go down to 1c next week, I shalln't be putting mine out yet.
But they are hardy annuals and as such not affected by frost.
07/03/2014 at 19:49
Tried it before David, they were not good, maybe its the high altitude or the strong winds, but they seem to benefit from being held back until April. I havent even sowed the late ones yet.


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Restored Jaguar to race up Mt. Washington
Bill Greene / The Boston Globe
Likewise, the Climb to the Clouds race at Mount Washington is coming out of a 10-year hibernation, in conjunction with the Auto Roads summerlong 150th anniversary celebration. Dowd, who has raced the Beast to the summit more than a half-dozen times, said he was thrilled with the news that this classic rally event first run in 1904 was returning.
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What does the intelligence quotient scale really measure?
What is an average score? How high can a person's IQ be? When
did we first use this particular measurement of intelligence?
We'll start with that last question.
The imperial examination system in China, established in 605
during the Sui Dynasty, may have been the first large-scale testing
of mental abilities. It was used to choose the best candidates
for administrative positions in the Chinese bureaucracy. In the
19th century testing of mental capacity became common in France.
In 1904 psychologist Alfred Binet was commissioned by the French
government to create a testing system to differentiate intellectually
normal children from those who were mentally deficient.
From Binet's work the IQ scale called the "Binet Scale"
was developed. With psychologists Victor Henri and Théodore
Simon he developed the Binet-Simon test, which was first published
in 1905. The term "Intelligence Quotient," came from
the very similar German term Intelligenz-Quotient (or Intelligenzquotient),
which was first used by psychologist William Stern. The acronym
"IQ" is used most often now. Lewis M. Terman revised
the Simon-Binet IQ Scale, and in 1916 published the Stanford
Revision of the Binet-Simon Scale of Intelligence (also known
as the Stanford-Binet). The following scale resulted for classifying
IQ scores:
Over 140 - Genius or almost genius
120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence
110 - 119 - Superior intelligence
90 - 109 - Average or normal intelligence
80 - 89 - Dullness
70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency in intelligence
Under 70 - Feeble-mindedness
Modern tests are designed so that the average (mean) score
is 100. The standard deviation is usually 15, and about 95% of
scores fall within two standard deviations, which means that
most of us have a score between 70 and 130. Here is a more detailed
breakdown of the distribution of scores:
50% of IQ scores fall between 90 and 110
70% of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115
95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130
99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140
An IQ under 70 is considered as "mental retardation"
or limited mental ability. 5% of the population falls below 70
on IQ tests. The severity of the mental retardation is commonly
broken into 4 levels:
50-70 - Mild mental retardation (85%)
35-50 - Moderate mental retardation (10%)
20-35 - Severe mental retardation (4%)
IQ < 20 - Profound mental retardation (1%)
Genius or near-genius IQ is considered to start around 140
to 145. Less than 1/4 of 1 percent fall into this category. Here
are some common designations on the IQ scale:
115-124 - Above average
125-134 - Gifted
135-144 - Very gifted
145-164 - Genius
165-179 - High genius
180-200 - Highest genius
The scoring of an IQ test is not the same for everyone, because
age is used in determining a score. Intelligence quotient is
determined by the "intelligence age" (IA) in relation
to the chronological age of the person being tested. IQ scales
can differ from each other (Americans use scales with IQ values
above 200), but the mean value of most scales is an IQ of 100.
This represents normal intelligence.
Think you are smart? Well, if your IQ is 130, that puts you
ahead of 98% of people. Of course that means there are still
140 million people who are smarter than you (the other 2%). Also,
recent research shows that if a person is anywhere within the
range of normal intelligence, a person's level of self-discipline
is more predictive of success than their specific intelligence
quotient. In other words, don't take your score on an IQ test
to mean too much.
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Wrapping up the current season of Opera Philadelphia productions, celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade makes her Opera Philadelphia debut.
In A Coffin in Egypt, Von Stade takes the stage as a 90-year old matriarch looking back on her long much-lived life, filling the intimate Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, starting Friday, June 6.
The formidable Von Stade, who was lured out of retirement to star in this production, fully commands the stage in the lead role of Myrtle Bledsoe, an embittered grand dame who has outlived her philandering husband, two children, and most everyone else she's known.
As she reflects on her past, these and other characters come to life, including a gospel chorus that adds soulful harmonies to the one-act chamber drama.
A Coffin in Egypt is the third production from Opera Philadelphia's American Repertoire Program, which is dedicated to producing new American work.
The opera is based on the play of the same name, by Pulitzer Prize-winning Horton Foote, who wrote 52 plays and won two Academy Awards for his screenplays for Tender Mercies and To Kill a Mockingbird. Foote's play The Trip to Bountiful has similarities to A Coffin in Egypt: both center on an elderly female protagonist and both are infused with uniquely Texan banter.
Tickets, starting at $21, are available online and for a sneak peek of the production, check out the video below.
A Coffin in Egypt
When: June 6-15
Where: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad Street
Cost: $21-$136
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I believe I last wrote about poop back in July. So it's high time to talk about it again. (Just be thankful my children are aging out of the Effluvium Years. Honestly, I have no idea what I'll write about anymore.)
When we last discussed toilet training, 21-month-old Maxine was quaking in terror of a poop she'd accidentally made on the floor. She thought it was a frog. From this, I deduced that she was not quite ready for toilet training.
At 30 months, she still didn't seem particularly interested. I'd occasionally ask if she wanted to try sitting on her potty, but she always answered brightly, "I'll do it on Sunday!" Most of her little friends became potty veterans while she continued blithely on her Huggies-clad way. But I was unconcerned. (The nice thing about having more than one kid is that you stop sweating the small stuff. If Max wants to wear a Dora the Explorer pull-up under the chuppah, she can be my guest.)
But a few weeks ago, Max announced, apropos of nothing, "I want to wear big-girl panties like Josie." I put her in an old pair her sister had long outgrown. (I'd designed them myself. Josie had wanted Minnie Mouse panties; we couldn't find any; I illegally downloaded pictures of Minnie from the Web — sorry, Great and Powerful Disney Empire, please don't lock me up in Intellectual Property Dissing Prison, because then who will empty Maxine's potty? I printed my ill-gotten graphics gains out on iron-on heat transfer paper, carefully cut them out with an X-acto knife and ironed them onto pairs of K-Mart panties. Would I go to these lengths for my second child? I would not. Because I love her less.) (I kid! I would not go to these lengths because there's still half a giant box of Costco diapers in the bathroom closet, and they weren't free, you know.)
On Day 1 of Operation Evacuation, Max wanted to wear panties, but did not want to sit on the potty. (Josie, more fashion-oriented than Maxine, almost immediately understood that if she didn't pee in the potty, her beauteous Dora panties would get wet.) Bribery quickly solved Maxine's problem: I offered her three M&Ms if she'd pull down her pants and pull up a seat. (Better mothers use sugar-free, fat-free motivational tools like stickers, puzzles and hugs, but they can bite me.) Maxine loved getting to dig through the bowl to find the blue M&Ms, her favorite color. (Woe betide anyone who simply tried to hand her three blue M&Ms.) Once she was sufficiently incentivized, to use the horrific non-English of marketers and consultants, we quickly dialed it down to one M&M for a well-aimed pee, two for a pottied poop.
To my shock, the biggest difference between potty training Josie and potty training Maxine was…Josie. Josie did most of the work in training her sister. When Max yelled, "I need to pee!" Josie shot into action. She grabbed Max's hand and they ran to the potty. She pulled down Max's pants, got her settled, read her book after book while they waited for action. Josie celebrated every success, jumping up and down and cheering. She even emptied and washed out the potty. She loved reporting to Grandma and Bubbe on Max's progress. Part of her incentivization (kill me) came from the fact that she got an M&M every time Max produced, but that was a minor joy. The big deal was feeling important, feeling like a guide to the grownup world. In fact, she had a hard time coping with the knowledge that Maxine could use the potty without her. Like a urinary Kubler-Ross, she cycled through denial, bargaining ("if Max makes a poop and two pees while I'm in school, can I have four M&Ms when I come home?" which meant that at least she was practicing arithmetic) and acceptance.
For the first couple of weeks, we batted about .700. When we left the house, I brought our little folding travel potty and a change of clothes. The only terrifying moment came in a skanky Toys R Us in Brooklyn, where we went to get Josie her first big-girl bike. I'd left the potty in the car, because whoever heard of a toy store without a bathroom? Toys R Us in Brooklyn, apparently. When nature's call came, it necessitated a mad race back out of the store, with its narrow, slow, shoplifter-discouraging escalators and funnel-type guarded exits, through the Fulton Mall, hurling ourselves down broken escalators and around corners to a filthy bathroom while screaming, "Bathroom! Bathroom! NOW!" to every sleepy security guard and sullen milling teen. We made it. Max peed in the foul bathroom. As we made our way back to the toy store (where Daddy, who occasionally reverts to being 13, was waiting in line for a Nintendo Wii), the pretzel vendor who'd given us directions asked eagerly, "Did she make it?" Upon being told she had, he hollered, "Yay!" and gave both girls a little Dum Dum lollipop. It was a Moment.
Maxine's potty-to-panty average kept improving. She began offering me M&Ms every time she used the bathroom. "You love when I pee in my big-girl potty!" she crowed to me. I got cocky. At this point, I should really know better. Anything you're self-congratulatory about as a parent generally turns around to bite you: The talented baby who learns to sit up early, then doesn't walk until he's 15 months old; the 6-year-old who can pontificate beautifully on the week's parsha but picks his nose like a banshee and eats paste. But I never learn. I laughed at an item on the Web about a little British boy who got a potty-training seat stuck on his head and had to be taken to the local fire department to have his head lubricated and professionally de-pottied. I forwarded the item merrily hither and yon. A week later we went to a birthday party at a YWCA in New Jersey, where in all the excitement Maxine pooped spectacularly in her panties, probably while I was bragging about how great she was doing with potty training. I brought my now-fragrant child to the kiddie bathroom. While I was rinsing out the vile panties in the toilet (I know, gross, but I didn't want to use their sink!), I heard a shriek and turned around and saw Maxine with the little removable padded Big Bird potty seat stuck solidly on her head. She lurched around like Peter Boyle in "Young Frankenstein" for a while, screaming, until Jonathan forcibly yanked the thing off. We dabbed antibacterial ointment on the abrasions on her ear and forehead.
Presumably there will be more misadventures along the road to complete bathroom reliability. And there will be setbacks and disappointments, as well as triumphs, in Max's life in general. That's the straight poop. Welcome to parenthood.
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Trapped by fear of failure: Republic's players labouring under manager bereft of vision
Rather than aim high and allow for a fall, the side is fixated on avoiding mistakes at all costs
A dejected Robbie Keane after the Sweden game. Photograph: Inpho/Kieran Murray
A few minutes before the 2009 Champions League final is due to kick off at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Pep Guardiola gathers his Barcelona players together in the dressing room and turns down the lights. He has something he wants to show them.
The players fall silent as Guardiola rolls the video. They hear the thudding whirr of rotor blades. They are floating above a Roman nightscape, the ancient capital's great buildings lit up and glorious, the Colosseum, the dome of St Peter's, the Olympic Stadium itself.
Now they are deep inside the stadium, moving through a tunnel towards the light. On either side, silhouetted gladiators chant and raise their fists. The gladiators become a crowd of football supporters with arms aloft. The players see the face of Russell Crowe as the gladiator Maximus, teeth gritted behind his steel mask. Russell Crowe's fingers are trailing through ears of wheat as Lisa Gerrard sings the nonsense lyrics of Hans Zimmer's Now We Are Free.
The huge figure of Didier Drogba appears, bearing down on Barcelona's goal, but Victor Valdes takes his shot in the midriff and springs back up to block the rebound. At Stamford Bridge Drogba shoots again, Valdes saves again and grabs the net in celebration.
And so on, with moments from Gladiator interspersed with images of Barcelona players running, leaping, shooting, scoring, celebrating. Now We Are Free segues into The Barbarian Horde and an image of the Colosseum at dusk cuts to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. As Russell Crowe battles Joaquin Phoenix's evil, white-clad Emperor Commodus, Barcelona slam six goals past Real Madrid.
The music now is Nessun Dorma. The players see their own faces in close-up, they're in the tunnel, gazing out at the stadium lights beyond. The gladiators enter the arena as Pavarotti sings the climactic Vincerò! which most of those players would have understood means, "I will win!"
As the screen fades to black, a message appears: "We are the centre of the field, we are our precision, we are our effort, we are attackers who defend, we are defenders who attack, we are our speed, we are respect for our rivals, we are every goal we score, we are those who always seek the opposing goal. WE ARE ONE!"
Before Friday night's World Cup qualifier in Dublin, the Irish team watched a different kind of pre-match video.
Giovanni Trapattoni showed the players clips of the 0-0 draw against Sweden in Stockholm. He wanted them to see "how many opportunity we had in Sweden. Three great opportunity. Missing the goal. In front of goal. Shane Long . . . "
Indeed, Long's miss that night sticks in the memory, the run, the shot, the ball ballooning high over the bar. You imagine it sticks in Long's memory too, though he probably tries not to think about it too often.
Trapattoni, presumably, had his reasons for dwelling on those misses: to show the players that they could create chances against Sweden, and to remind them that they shouldn't miss those chances.
This was the wisdom, condensed from 40 years of experience, that Trapattoni sought to impart: Don't miss. Score.
It sounds rather obvious when you think about it. You wonder how long Trap spent weighing the value of reminding his players that the point of football is to kick the ball into the goal, against the risks of sending them out to play with images of failure fresh in their minds.
Only Long can say for sure how Trapattoni's video made him feel. All we know is that on Friday night he looked like a player who was too anxious not to make a mistake.
The worst moment of his night came in the second half, when he got into space on the right with the ball invitingly positioned for an early cross that could have given the unmarked Robbie Keane a simple chance from point-blank range. We've seen Long expertly exploit similar situations for West Brom, hitting first-time crosses with conviction.
Quality counts
This time he hesitated, tried to cut back on to his left foot, and the chance was lost.
In Trapattoni's view, it all comes down to quality. As he told the press on Saturday, either you have a Platini or a Tardelli or a Messi, or you don't. The teams that don't just have to accept that they won't win many games against the teams that do.
Four years ago in Rome, Guardiola had Messi, and other match-winners besides. He evidently thought that even Messi might benefit from some cheesy emotional manipulation to put him in a can-do frame of mind. He could have showed his team clips of them missing chances against Numancia, where they had lost their first league game of the season; he could have reminded them not to miss those chances again. For some reason, he chose to focus on the positive.
Trapattoni says he's done a "great job, not a good job" in steering Ireland to fourth in the group. That's how bad he thinks these players are. He believes they are so limited that there's little point even trying to fool them into thinking they're better than they are. All he can do as a coach is remind them of the rules and send them out to face the inevitable.
We can only hope that the next manager of Ireland believes that these players, whatever their limitations, are worth a little more effort.


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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:01:50PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote: > I had a small group, some of them not feeling confident about posting > on the main list, and we had a lot of specialized stuff to discuss. > It made sense to me to combine the specialized aspect with mentoring > the less-confident people. It beats me why it _was_ a contentious > issue. It never seemed to me that the people who responded, and I, > were talking about the same things. :( > I have encouraged new people to post here, and I've been disappointed > with the response to those posts. Does anyone say, "Welcome to Debian- > Women, X! Great to see you here. I can see that Y is important to > you, and I'm sure there will be someone here with the expertise you > need, or who can refer you to it. ;)" So, hmm, you may be right that this is a strategy that debian-women needs to adopt in order to scale up much beyond its current size; for my part, though, that seems to demand a greater mental commitment than I'm able to give for tracking of who is or isn't a newcomer. I guess there may be a culture gap as well; the sort of reception you describe is certainly one I would expect to see (and be inclined to offer) in response to a "first-time poster" post introducing oneself to the list, but if I posted to a new list with a technical comment (which is what I remember seeing from new posters, as I try to reach back in my memory to recall those posts that prompted vague reactions of "hmm, I don't recognize that name"), I would expect a technical response. A lack of pleasantries wouldn't phase me in the least. And I'm sorry if this comes across as being overly clinical, but I also have to wonder whether something like this is scalable and sustainable. I'm all in favor of people being friendly to one another, and I think debian-women has been a shining example of how Debian *could* be in this regard; but I also think that a "welcoming committee", as it were, is very hard to scale to a list like debian-devel, so if the desired outcome is that debian-women is a gateway for getting women involved in the larger Debian community, then I think it's important that we focus on strategies that *don't* lead to making debian-women a much more warm-and-fuzzy place than we can ever hope to see happen on (e.g.) -devel. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I will move the world. firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.debian.org/
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Thousands of courses taught by other institutions have been reviewed at the University at Albany so that the appropriate equivalency is given when a student transfers the credit to UAlbany. However, this is a dynamic process, as courses change, numbering systems are updated and changes are made to General Education programs and requirements.
You may have questions about how a particular class has transferred to UAlbany.
- If a class is missing from your Transfer Evaluation Report you may contact Undergraduate Admissions – (518-442-5435). Please be prepared to indicate the school, semester, and course that is missing.
- If a class transfers in as a generic course (XXX010), but you believe it should meet a specific requirement in your major or minor, note this for consideration by your advisor. You may be asked to provide syllabi or other course materials to support your request.
- If your Degree Audit does not use a particular transfer class to satisfy a General Education Requirement you may ask for further consideration. Any classes that satisfied a General Education requirement at another SUNY institution will satisfy that same requirement at this campus. However, if the class did not satisfy a Gen Ed there, we cannot use it to do so here, unless it transfers in as an exact equivalent to a class that satisfies the requirement here.
- The general education transcript (GETA) from your SUNY school will indicate which general education requirements you completed there. If any of these are not indicated as satisfied on your DARS, you can bring your GETA to the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, in LC 30, when you arrive on campus.
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How UTSW Ensures Patient Safety – Proper and Frequent Hand Washing
The complexity of care in a hospital setting increases the risk of health care-associated infections (HAIs). Some HAIs are caused by the spread of bacteria on the hands of medical staff and can be reduced by following best practices for infection control by adequate hand washing.
Why Is This Important?
Proper hand washing can reduce the occurrence of HAIs. Hand washing using soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer is required of all medical staff when entering or leaving a patient room, as well as before and after patient contact. Patients and visitors should also clean their hands often to help prevent the spread of infection.
UT Southwestern monitors compliance to its hand-washing policy. High-performing hospitals maintain a hand-washing compliance rate of greater than 90 percent.
UT Southwestern Average Hand Hygiene Compliance
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The graph illustrates UTSW compliance with hand washing policies in effect at its hospitals, clinics, and procedural areas combined.
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Manhattan cops have arrested the heartless brute who allegedly mugged an elderly woman and stole her heirloom wedding ring in her elevator, authorities said.
Freddie Keitt, 33, was picked up Tuesday night.
"The person we were looking for in this case was seen looking suspicious by Stuy Town security. They detained him and cops arrested him," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
The homeless ex-con was linked to three other elevator robberies, and took part in lineups at the Manhattan Robbery Squad yesterday, police said.
"He made statements implicating himself in all four of those robberies," Kelly added.
Keitt is suspected of robbing a 58-year-old woman at gunpoint in Far Rockaway on Dec. 4, police said.
Last Saturday, he allegedly mugged Yvonne Sherwell-Demakopoulos, 85, of her purse and wedding ring in the Meatpacking District and also robbed a 28-year-old woman in the elevator of an apartment building in the East Village, cops said. On Sunday, he allegedly targeted a 22-year-old woman in a Gramercy Park building.
Keitt was charged with robbery in three of the four cases, cops said.


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The fourth heart-stopping novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series. Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers.
Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown?
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"Brilliantly terrifying...so exciting I had to stay up all night to finish it." (Daily Mail)
"Jeff Harding Awesome"
Jeff Harding's entertaining narration.
I enjoy Alex Cross books and the story was very good.
Raj Ghatak was very poor, with robotic, bland narration.
"Long and Tedious"
Not the best storyline from Patterson. Really two stories strung together for over 120 chapters!
Alex Cross role seems to have been as the storyline punchbag.
Little suspense but overdone gruesome murders ugh!
"Exciting tense Thriller so typical of James Patterson"
Love Alex Cross he always solves his cases he always keeps his cool brilliant listen
"generally ok."
the narraters voice is annoying and the story line a little predictable at times but ok to listen too.
"Cat and mouse"
Brilliant story but then it's James Patterson read it before but enjoyed again after several years a good story never gets old just ready for the next one and to hear about Christine Johnson
"Horrific narrator"
The slow drawn-out drawl absolutely ruins it for me. I couldn't listen to it for more than an hour. Guess I'll have to read the book.
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Episode 32: Alex Mar on Modern Witchcraft in America
When I hear the word "witches" I think of Salem, black cats and broomsticks. But according to our guest this week, Alex Mar, the real life world of witches couldn't be farther from those storybook images. Her gripping book, Witches of America, explores not…Read More


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Kickstarter in the real world
So, this is really interesting. First Root Farm, our CSA here in Concord, is doing a Kickstarter project to buy a fancy new tractor.
This is the first time I've seen Kickstarter used in the world outside of media and technology products. Outstanding data point.
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Earnings Forecast for Investor's Profile: JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Oracle, Pfizer, Nokia, and EMC
Mar 18, 2013, 09:00 ET from EarningForecast.com
HONG KONG, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EarningForecast.com has issued consensus earnings forecast reports for the following companies: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and EMC (NYSE: EMC).
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM): By the end of trading session, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) shares dropped 1.92% (or US$0.98) to US$50.02 with more than 60.90 million shares traded, compared to its average volume of 23.21 million shares. The central bank approved JPMorgan's plans for share buybacks and dividends. Observing comprehensive analysis of JPMorgan could help investors avoid big lost in investment. Check JPM earnings forecast report below.
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Sindicato Unificado Nacional de Policía
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"Fernández-Aráoz does a great service with this wonderful book, teaching us how to accomplish the first task of any exceptional leader: get the right people on the bus, and into the right seats. His enduring passion, deep practical experience, and analytical methods make his approach refreshing and powerful."
– Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great
"Fernández-Aráoz has captured the essence of building great teams with a masterful and entirely practical study of what goes into getting people selection right."
– Jack Welch
"Too many people say 'people are our most important assets' but then don't act on it. In this important and eloquent book, Fernández-Aráoz provides compelling evidence for why making great people decisions is essential for anyone who aspires to become a great leader or build a great company. If you follow the sage advice he offers in this book, you are sure to make great people decisions."
– Nitin Nohria, Dean, Harvard Business School
"No matter your business or product, your service or strategy, it's all done with people. Great results only come when great people fill the right roles. In Great People Decisions, Fernández-Aráoz clears away the fog of myth and fad that has long clouded people decisions, bringing passion, sound experience, and wisdom to these all-important questions."
– Daniel Goleman, best-selling author of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence


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Paul, the octopus, became very famous during the soccer world cup in South Africa. Now it is Polly Emerald which is in the news. It is a massive stone and one of its kind. The 1,040 carat emerald heads to auction this weekend on August 29 at LiveAuctioneers.com. The Polly Emerald is being offered for sale by the Government Auction.com.
You may estimate the importance of the precious stone by the fact that it is going to be a single lot auction. And another fact that indicates the confidence of the seller in the emerald and its value is that there would be no reserve price fixed for Polly and it would go to the highest bidder. The gemstone has been appraised by a GIA certified appraiser and the value of the stone is estimated around $454,000. Some might consider it to be the reserve price and start bidding beyond that threshold.
LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for this special auction, which will consist of the lone lot selling at 6 p.m. Pacific, 9 p.m. Eastern Time. As mentioned earlier, there would be no reserve price but a value estimate from an appraiser. Phone bids will also be accepted. Absentee bids will be allowed but with a deposit of $50,000.


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The grave is one wrong step away.
Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans' voodoo queen just keeps on giving - leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.
Centuries ago, Heinrich Kramer was a witch hunter. Now, every All Hallows Eve, he takes physical form to torture innocent women before burning them alive. This year, however, a determined Cat and Bones must risk all to send him back to the other side of eternity - forever. But how do you kill a killer who's already long dead?
Jeaniene Frost, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, lives with her husband and their very spoiled dog in Florida. Although not a vampire herself, she confesses to having pale skin, wearing a lot of black, and sleeping in late whenever possible. Aside from writing, she enjoys reading, poetry, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking, and traveling - by car. Airplanes, children, and cookbooks frighten her.
Love in vein: listen to another Night Huntress novel.
©2011 Jeaniene Frost (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Praise for the Night Huntress series: "Frost's dazzling blend of urban fantasy action and passionate relationships makes her a true phenomenon." ( Romantic Times)
"one grave at a time"
loved it...loved it loved it!!... have been reading all 6 books... and just love cat and bones... and the rest of the characters!! so funny at time that you cant help laughing out loud!!! the romance between cat and bones is brillent,i'm just sad now that its all over!!!! if you love vampire books with romance these are the books... thank you, brillent read........
"another good story"
at the end of each new story in this series I wonder what on earth the author can come up with to make the next installment interesting and new, and every time she doesn't disappoint.
ghosts, supernatural tracking and the doosch bag government agent I knew had to show up sooner or later, makes for another cracking story.
I wonder if doosch bag will be the baddie in the next book....
"Not my favourite"
This isn't one of my favourite so far. The story is okay but not great, and it lacks the page turning quality of the previous book. Don's replacement is just tedious and adds nothing to the story at all. I also have to say that Gilbert's narration is gradually getting worse. Some scenes are just cringe worthy to listen to, and for some reason she decided to completely change the way she voices Bone's part way through this book. Still like the series and will get the next book, but if it's like this one I won't be bothering with the next.
"Good but have read better from Jeaniene Frost"
Love this series so much. Lots of passionate scenes between the main characters, and brilliant reading from Tavia. The main baddie is a ghost in this one... it's not really my thing. I preferred the other books in the series. Still awesome to hear about Kat and Bones and co. though. But I did drift off a couple times rather than being totally enthralled by it.
"Good but not as good as the rest"
I enjoyed this book but it just did not engage me in the same way the rest of the series has. Have the characters run their course, author run out of story lines for them or was I just not in the right frame of mind. I will leave it up to you to make up your minds?
"Amazing Series, Amazing Narrator!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I can't get enough of of this series! I've listened to the entire series about 4 times now and continue to go back for more. It has everything...action, romance and comedy! The narrator is fantastic! Wish she narrated everything I listened to!
"Tavia Gilbert has ruined me!"
Jeaniene Frost delivers once again. I love how Frost has continued to develop the relationship between Cat and Bones. It's nice to see a character grow and change, but it's even better when that character is self aware enough to realize the change.
I do have one problem with all of the stories in the Night Huntress World and that is Tavia Gilbert. Her reading is so well done that she sets a high bar for other narrators. Each and every character has a unique voice, even as the universe expands. The only other narration that comes close is that of the Lords of the Underworld series. I'd give her performance 6 stars if I could.
"Purely Amazing"
Without a doubt Frost,one of my favorite authors,didn't disappoint. True romance,supernatural creatures, sexy tasteful love-making scenes, & great action. All the books are a true must read.
"It NEVER gets old"
I love love love this series. Jeaniene Frost is an amazingly talented writer. Her imagery jumps off the page. Tavia Gilbert is one of the best narrators around. She brings the book and the characters to life. Every character is distinct and she puts her all into the performance. Now I have read/listened to all of her Night Huntress books and the story never turns bland or boring. Some authors at least one dull book in the series. I have to say she does not. Every book delivers great story, lots of laughs, awesome fight scenes and hot romance. Each book grabs you from the very start and take you for a wild ride. This is a fun series to start and follow.
I must say I am a Jeaniene Frost Fan for life... I love everything she has written... and will continue to buy and read what ever she produces. I am definitely addicted to Cat and Bones and their friends.
"Another GREAT Book!"
Another addition to the great series.
I don't know what to say other than a great book and interesting enemy in it. and that our ghost is at least happy here.
you have to get it and have a listen
"I love this series"
I'm sure that the Night Huntress novels are a bit over the top for some readers. It is definitely a romantic adventure. I thoroughly enjoy the characters, romance, humor and adventure. I highly recommend the series and can't wait for the next novel "Up From the Grave."
"Excellent installment!"
Frost never disappoints and this installment is no different as Cat and Bones set out on a ghost hunt. Frost always introduces fun and fascinating new characters and has a contagious sense of humor. Thanks for writing yet another wonderful book. Tavia Gilbert is perfect as always.
I just loved this book and the whole series. The world they live in is similar enough to our own that it makes you feel like this could actually be happening somewhere. The characters have depth. The relationship between Cat and Bones has grown and I just love seeing them like this. I"ve read the whole series multiple times and I think this book is the perfect next step in the series. And my favorite scene....lets just say that Superman and Lois Lane can eat their hearts out!! My only complaint in the whole thing was at the end of the book I didn't want to stop reading. Jeaniene Frost...Please hurry with your next book from this series. I just luv Cat and Bones (and wish I had a Bones of my own!).
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In the wake of a brutal hate crime, Chile's national legislative body has passed the nation's first comprehensive, gay-inclusive antidiscrimination law.
The Chilean Senate approved the bill 25-3 Wednesday, The Santiago Times reports. It will prohibit "distinction, exclusion or restriction that lacks reasonable justification" and is based on race, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, ideology, political opinion, religious beliefs, participation in organizations or lack thereof, sex, gender, sexual orientation, appearance, health, or disability.
"The law will allow arbitrary acts of discrimination to be punishable by sanctions and/or fines and will further empower courts to rule against discriminatory actions that will now be illegal," the paper reports.
The bill was first introduced in 2005, but legislators took little action on it in ensuing years, as it was opposed by religious leaders as a possible first step toward legal same-sex marriage. But supporters stepped up a push for it this year after the killing of Daniel Zamundio, believed to have been targeted for being gay. In March he was beaten by a group of attackers, reportedly neo-Nazis, who carved swastikas into his body and burned him with cigarettes. He received severe head injuries and a broken leg, and lay in a coma for three weeks before he died. Four suspects have been arrested.


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After much trial and tribulation, the Austin plastic bag ban is here! Starting today, those filmy, annoying single-use plastic grocery bags are no longer available at grocery store check-outs in the city. Addie Broyles did a great write-up on the specifics of the Austin bag ban, which has some interesting loopholes. There's also a lawsuit challenging the ban.
I'm personally in favor of the bag ban. I find plastic grocery bags to be wasteful, and I hope that eliminating them from store counters will cut down on litter around the city. Reusable bags are not quite as convenient as the throwaway type, but they typically hold more groceries and are more comfortable to carry in from the car. Plus, they can be very stylish! Here are some of my favorite places to get reusable grocery bags around the city and on the web.
Almost every local grocery store sells reusable bags at check-out (duh). Usually a few vendors at the Citywide Garage Sale also sell handmade fabric grocery bags. I also like to shop for bags at Ten Thousand Villages on South Congress. They usually have several sizes and varieties of fabric or reusable bags and totes that although pricy, are stylish and durable. Bonus: these bags are made by artisans in developing countries who are paid fair wages for their work.
If you make your own bags, or have a nice friend to do it for you, Fabricker and The Common Thread have the prettiest fabrics in Austin. They're also locally owned! If you don't have a nice friend to make grocery bags for you, Taskrabbit can be a great way to find someone who can do that for you. The service isn't targeted towards creative types, but since there are so many talented creatives in Austin, I have had success finding them there. Austin quilter Gina Pina also has a lovely selection of custom sewn bags and pouches on her online shop. She uses stylish, colorful fabrics, and her work is stellar. The only drawback is that her bags are on the small side– not perfect for replacing grocery bags, but they're just right for cosmetics, jewelry, and smaller purchases.
Whether or not it lasts, the Austin bag ban is a good thing. in my opinion. It's good for the environment, good for crafters, and a good way to add a little style to your weekly grocery shopping.


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Letters: Skeptics of immigration reform
7:32 pm, Friday, February 1, 2013
On the brink
Regarding "Texas GOP cool to immigration plan" (Page A1, Tuesday), Republican Senator John McCain is quoted as saying that the amnesty plan supported by him and three other Republican senators is all about "elections. … The Republican Party is losing support of our Hispanic citizens."
Put aside the curious notion that a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal aliens will benefit anybody other than the Democratic Party. Why would McCain purposely make the Republican Party look like a bunch of hacks grasping for votes while the nation wallows in an economic crisis unlike any since the Great Depression?
Embracing this distraction is to be expected of the Democrats: They have every reason to change the subject when it comes to government spending, and if Republicans want to gift-wrap millions of additional voters for the Democratic Party, it would be crazy for them to say no. From Republicans, though, it is downright bizarre: It is legislative malpractice for our elected officials to be distracted by this issue when our nation is being ruined by berserk government spending; yet these Republicans not only went down this road, they led the way. Even more bizarre is the inevitable outcome if the immigration reform they have proposed is successful: hundreds in billions of additional government spending. One can only hope that Texas Republicans can help haul the party back from the brink of self-destruction.
Pete Smith, Cypress
Too generous
The editorial "Reform Now" (Page B8, Wednesday) contains the statement that "net immigration is at zero." That may be true but if so, why is it so?
Is it because our border is that secure, as the federal government would have us believe? Or is it because jobs are now hard to find and people are just not interested in coming here to look for work, or are returning to their home country because they are not able to find work here?
If it is the latter, then an uptick in the U.S. economy will be a magnet for many people to try to cross the southern border illegally.
Let's add another aspect to the debate on immigration. The rule that anyone born in the United States is automatically a U.S. citizen needs to be changed. Why do we reward two people who came to this country illegally by granting citizenship to their child? That child should become a citizen of the country of its parents.
Philip Tereskiewicz, Houston
When we hear the buzzwords "pathway to citizenship" or "earned citizenship" it is blanket amnesty plain and simple, and the politicians know it and hope enough of the public is gullible enough to swallow it, which they are.
The Democrats are salivating at giving amnesty. They know it will create a large voting bloc for them that will make the Republicans who go along with this amnesty irrelevant, ending the Republican Party as we know it and betraying what conservatives there are left.
Of course the government wants to make money off everyone they can, so it will "fine" those it gives amnesty to. That old RINO (Republican In Name Only) John McCain, R-Ariz., has proven he has been a closet Democrat all along. The Democrats can have him. He is one of them.
Bill McDaniel, Houston


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AXA Gulf launches first-of-its-kind Sure Health; enables second opinion on medical treatment
As a step that offers unmatched peace of mind to customers, AXA Gulf – one of the largest non-life international insurers in the Middle East – has launched in the region, Sure Health the first-of-its-kind Health Offer that gives to the customers the option to go for a second medical opinion for severe health or medical conditions.
AXA Sure Health is a unique program in association with AXA Assistance which will offer a second medical opinion from a worldwide network of internationally accredited, recognized and highly-qualified specialists who will extend their expertise, advice and opinions on the specific medical condition.
AXA Gulf leveraged on the presence of some very prestigious medical experts in Dubai and on the recent release of the Elite network of AXA Assistance – List of the best teams and medical networks for the main pathologies – to launch its offer.
Wholly-owned by the AXA Group, AXA Assistance is now one of the world's leading assistance providers. With the support of an international network, AXA Assistance delivers immediate solutions that leverage its considerable expertise and a wide range of innovative services with a strong focus on medical.
The Sure Health offer is part of AXA's strategy to help customers take informed and right decisions about their health. This new offer is fully embedded in AXA Gulf strategy to respond to customer needs as healthcare turn out to be more and more accessible in the region it has become very difficult to know "who is the best" to treat your medical condition.
As a step further and if the situation so requires, AXA Sure Health also offers assistance to the customers in booking an appointment with the specialists for a face-to-face review of the medical condition.
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The Flyers host a hot Washington team looking to rebound from their slow start. Both teams are in need of points as they near the half way mark of the season while resting in the middle of the division.
What a difference two days makes.
Alexander Ovechkin scored a hat trick and added an assist while Braden Holtby stopped 21 of 22 shots as the Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1.
It was less than 48 hours ago that Troy Brouwer swung his stick in disgust after the Caps gave up two goals and in the third period that started with a 2-1 Caps lead.
Brouwer would net the game's final goal off of an Ovechkin helper in the closing minutes of the third period.
The third period that the Caps played today was as good a period as the Capitals could have hoped for: they stayed out of the box (save a delay of game penalty, the 10th delay penalty in 17 games), outshot the...
It might have come against another one of the worse teams in the league, but who gives a damn.
Half price pizza from Papa John's will always taste sweet.
The Capitals recorded their third win of the season and their only shutout of the year against the Florida Panthers with a 5-0 win (Caps win by 4+ goals and Papa Johns in the DC/MD/Northern VA area give you half price on your slice, look up the deal, y'all).
Last night was the first time that all that phantom 'better play' became tangible.
Alexander Ovechkin looked like a new player--better yet, the Ovechkin of old, who flew around the ice as fast as he could. And he didn't just stick to the on...
So let's talk about the ending. The Caps just lost 3-2 after leading 2-1 coming into the third period.
It's great that Alex Ovechkin scored again on the power play and for our own selfish purposes, it's fantastic that Joel Ward scored again. Wardwatch lives another day and we're all the better for it, every one of us.
It's great that the Caps were better on the penalty kill. They killed off all but one of eight penalties that all came in the first two periods.
But that third period.
That was bad.
It wouldn't have been so bad had the Caps not lost the previous game by the same score by giving up two goals in the third period.
You ...
Remember a few days ago after the Capitals lost 4-1 to the Winnipeg Jets and this writer told you to panic?
Hit the pause button on the painic.
The Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2, their first win of the season.
It's the first win of the season for the Caps.
It wasn't a perfect win but a lot of things looked better.
Maybe the Capitals are understanding bettter what Adam Oates wants from them, the system that he runs.
The shortened training camp was always going to be a bigger problem for any team with a new coach.
One game doesn't prove that everything is all better, but a few things did improve from the first four gam...
The Washington Capitals lost their season opener to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-3.
It was just 3-3 at the beginning of the third period but the final third was most certainly lackluster for the Caps.
Let's talk about some things real quick, shall we?
This is the first game of the season under a new coach. After a six-day training camp. On the road.
Now is not the time to panic. Just hang loose.
There are going to be growing pains.
The sooner those growi...
It seems like so long ago when Detroit last won a game, an entire week and a half ago if you can believe it. The Wings last win was against Los Angeles on March 9th. It feels like so much longer though. The Wings did not win one game on their California road trip and now have lost their first game at home against the Washington Capitals. What do you think is keeping the Wings from playing like the Wings?
The Wings fell behind 3 to 0 in the first period and played catch up the rest of the game. There was a lot of talk before the game about how good of a player Alex Ovechkin is, which he proved early on in the game. Ovechkin scored on both power play...
Jason Chimera leads the Washington Capitals with 8 goals. Not Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin or Nicklas Backstrom, the man who had just 10 goals all of last year does.
With his overtime winner over the Winnipeg Jets tonight, Jason Chimera now is two goals shy of last season's total after just 20 games. How's that for secondary scoring.
The Caps also got goals from Alex Semin and Nicklas Backstrom in addition to Chimera's two tallies. Semin scored his 6th goal of the season just one game after being benched by coach Bruce Boudreau.
Alex Ovechkin hit the scoring sheet on a beautiful pass to setup Semin's goal in the f...
Jason Chimera scored two goals including the overtime winner on Wednesday night as the Washington Capitals edged the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 at the Verizon Center.Washington opened the scoring 5:23 into the 1st period as Alex Semin took a pass from a streaking Alexander Ovechkin and beat an out of position Ondrej Pavelec.The Jets tied the game just past the 13-minute mark when Kyle Wellwood made a nifty pass in the neutral zone to Nick Antropov, who dished it to captain Andrew Ladd who put home his 7th of the season to tie the game at 1.Twelve seconds later, Jason Chimera scored his 7th of the season on a pass from Brooks Laich at the half boards and once aga...


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