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he reality of Operation Majestic 12 (MAJIC 12 or MJ-12), and the highly classified documents associated with it, has been a disputed question in ufology for more than eighteen years. Books and papers have been written. Claims have been made that everyone knows the documents were fraudulent, or that no ufologist besides me accepts that there was such an organization set up to deal with crashed saucers by President Truman and that the original three documents are genuine. These are the Eisenhower Briefing Document (EBD) dated November 18, 1952, the Truman-Forrestal memo (TF) dated September 24, 1947, and the Cutler-Twining (CT) memo of June 14, 1954. I don't think anybody else has spent as much effort trying to determine the legitimacy of the MJ-12 documents as I have; hence this review.
For the average person with an interest in conspiracies and UFOs, Randle's book would at first appear to be the definitive work on the subject. He concludes that, while there was a crashed saucer retrieved near Roswell, New Mexico, in July, 1947, and that there must have been some sort of oversight committee established to deal with it, that all the MJ-12 documents are frauds and that there was no Operation Majestic 12. These findings are consistent with past articles and viewpoints that he has published. The cover gives a subtitle of "The True Story Behind the Government's UFO Conspiracies." There is a big "TOP SECRET" in red, and a yellow-on-black "RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED INFORMATION REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME!"
A much more careful review of this book, in conjunction with reading such other sources as References 1-5, leads one to a very different conclusion: namely that "Case MJ-12" is more a work of propaganda than of investigative journalism. These are strong words, but the facts seem to support the notion that Dr. Randle was guilty of very selective choice of data, sloppy research, and strong bias. Despite the cover's claims, I could find no recently declassified information and there is much that is simply untrue.
However, in December, 1950, Ike was prevailed upon by President Truman to take a leave of absence from Columbia and to accept the position of Commander Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers In Europe (SHAPE). The job, to create effective military forces for NATO, was of extraordinary importance in the budding cold war with Russia. He took command in April, 1951, with the almost impossible task of organizing an effective force out of longtime enemy Germany, England, France, and the USA on the well devastated European continent. He was thus based in Europe until he returned to the USA in June of 1952 for the Republican convention, and the presidential election of November 4, 1952. It seems very doubtful, to say the least, that Ike would have been on the distribution list for any of the eight TOP SECRET EYES ONLY documents listed on page 6 "Enumeration of Attachments" of the EBD. For some reason, this page isn't included in "Case MJ-12" though pages1-5 and 8 are. The pages printed also do not include the 3-hole punch marks on the original prints. Each had a dot in the middle seemingly for a pin on which the pages could be quickly placed for photography purposes without having to reset the 35 mm camera. Since photographing classified documents and having a camera in a classified area are violations of law, the photographer would have understandably been in a hurry. A fraudster would have plenty of time. Page 7 just says, "Attachment 'A'" and is also not included. Page 8 is the TF memo.
Strangely, Randle remarks, "There would be so many important things for Eisenhower to learn about the state of the world, things he needed to know as President, that the landscape wouldn't be cluttered with what we in the Army called 'nice to know information' especially when he already knew about it."
This is a very good argument for why Ike's files, in the five years previous, would NOT have been cluttered with highly classified papers about a TOP SECRET/MAJIC
It seems strange that Randle spends so little time dealing with the makeup of the MJ-12 group as listed in the EBD. Their names are listed on page 2 of the EBD in an appendix, but, because this is a paperback book, the print is very small. He doesn't call attention to the fact that the group had six civilians and six military men: two each for the USAF, the US Army, the US Navy. There were five scientists covering a wide range of specialties and the new Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal. It was truly an all-star cast. All had been tested in the crucible of war. All also did very well after the war. Their capabilities were either known directly to MJ-12 member Dr. Vannevar Bush, who had been director of the old National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, and the war time Office of Scientific Research and Development, under which was the development and military utilization of the Atomic Bomb, the proximity fuse, radar, and many dozens of other important new technologies. Bush also headed the Joint Research and Development Board, postwar, which was named by General Twining in his famous September 23, 1947 memo about flying saucers, as one of the groups that should be kept informed.
The other scientists included Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, who succeeded Bush as head of NACA and was Chairman of The Aeronautical Sciences Dept. at MIT; Dr. Lloyd Berkner, a close associate of Dr. Bush at the Carnegie Institute; Dr. Detlev Bronk, an aviation physiologist and later head of the National Academy of Sciences and many other committees; and Dr. Donald H. Menzel, a Harvard astronomer who supposedly was a thorough UFO sceptic, but whom I discovered led a very busy Military Intelligence life.
The Military guys (Generals Vandenberg, Twining, Montague, and later Walter B. Smith; Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray; and Admirals Hillenkoetter and Souers) were all well known to General George C. Marshall who had been wartime Chief of Staff and in 1947 was serving as Secretary of State, and who even came back after a long illustrious career to serve as Secretary of Defense in 1950. Truman considered him the outstanding living American. Randle doesn't discuss the fact that this was truly an all-star cast. George Elsey, who worked for Truman the entire time he was President, told me he could think of no reason why Truman would not have selected any of these people. Aside from on page 2 of the EBD, there is no mention by Randle of Dr. Hunsaker, Dr. Berkner, General Montague, and not much about Twining or Vandenberg. Menzel is singled out for comment as noted below.
Randle also doesn't mention the special significance of the dates in the EBD. November 18, 1952 was the date, not only of a meeting between Truman and Ike at the White House as a kind of welcoming and how to facilitate the transition. It was also the date when Ike received briefings on national security matters in the vault at the Pentagon. We do know that at least MJ-12 member Nathan F. Twining, the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, was there. Interestingly in Ike's book "Mandate for Change," while he mentions the meeting with Truman, there is no mention of the high security briefings at the Pentagon afterwards.
The EBD mentions that "On 07 July, 1947, a secret operation was begun to assure recovery of the wreckage of this object for scientific study." Back in December, 1984, it wasn't known when the document was received; but according to Flight Logs for MJ-12 member General Nathan F. Twining and his pilot (obtained by me years later), that was the date Twining flew to New Mexico. He visited Alamogordo, Sandia, and Kirtland, but not Roswell. He was accompanied by five top military technologists, and left New Mexico on July 11. He was interviewed by the press during that week about flying saucers, and it was clear from his answer that he had been tasked to dig into the flying saucer question. Just a random date?
Randle claims that the most convincing reason for saying the EBD is a fraud is the fact that it lists "Briefing Officer: Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter." But RHH was only a rear admiral and certainly would never have called himself Admiral, Randle claims. Randle admits that generic titles (General for Brigadier, Major or Lieutenant General; Colonel for Lt. Colonel and Colonel, etc.) are used, but surely not in this instance! However, in a group of half civilians and half military (Army and Navy and Air Force), rank would not matter. MJ-12 member Sydney Souers was listed as Admiral, but was not as a full Admiral. Generals Twining, Vandenberg, Montague and Smith were all called General, but none had four stars in l947.
An earlier complaint by Philip Klass about Hillenkoetter was that he is listed as Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, but that he signed his letters RH Hillenkoetter (which I had supplied him) and didn't like the name Roscoe. The Truman Library had sent
Rather surprisingly, Randle makes no mention at all of a detailed analysis performed by a world class linguistics expert, Dr. Roger Williams Westcott, to evaluate whether or not RHH had actually written the Briefing. At the suggestion of attorney Robert Bletchman, I had obtained about 27 items written by RHH from the Truman Library to provide a database. Dr. Westcott concluded, "In my opinion there is no compelling reason to regard any of these communications as fraudulent or to believe that any of them were written by anyone other than Hillenkoetter himself. This statement holds for the controversial presidential briefing memorandum of November 18, 1952, as well as for the letters, both official and personal." His letter and very impressive background credentials are presented in Ref. 2, which Randle has.
Kevin doesn't approve of the CT memo either; but, unfortunately, he doesn't include even the text, no less a copy, for the reader. His biggest complaint is the use of the security marking TOP SECRET RESTRICTED. This, indeed, is not very common. The naysayers claim that this is a combination of the highest and the lowest security markings and so is a non starter. It is strange that Kevin ignores a statement made by General Accounting Office people looking for Roswell-related information. They stated in an overview of their Roswell-related activities:
Date: December 7, 1994. Ms. Laura Jackson and I reviewed records pertaining to the Air Force's atomic energy projects and certain mission and weapons requirements. These files were classified up to and including Top Secret. The period covered by these records was from 1948-1956. There was no mention of the Roswell Incident. No information pertaining to the assignment was obtained. In several instances we noticed the classification Top Secret, Restricted used on several documents. This is mentioned because in past references to this classification (Majestic 12) we were told that it was not used during this period.


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Happy International Stout Day! What, you probably thought that March 17 was International Stout Day. Whether it once was or it wasn't, as of this year November 3 is now the official day to celebrate our favorite black beer.
We have beer blogger Erin Peters to thank for it. Erin, a.k.a. The Beer Goddess, planted the stout flag on November 3 with her website http://stoutday.com. There you can read about the history of stout and check out events in your area dedicated to celebrating stout.
So, how does one celebrate stout? For my part, I plan to drink stout. I happen to have a batch of homebrew stout cooking right now but it's still a few days away from being ready to bottle so that's going to have to wait. (I'm hoping to serve it on Thanksgiving.) I'll probably pop over to my favorite local beer store and pick up a sixer of the good black stuff.beer international stout day stout

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Without a Satirical Tone, A Seemingly Racist Tweet From the Colbert Report Sparks Twitter Outrage
The tweet in question was intended to tie in to Wednesday night's episode of The Colbert Report in which they discussed the hypocrisy of the Washington Redskin's owner Dan Snyder, who responded to criticism by creating a foundation to help provide more opportunities for "Original Americans."
But without room to adequately reference that announcement in a satirical way per usual of the program, the words alone came across as simply racist. Thus an outburst of negative responses from the show's Twitter followers:
#CancelColbert because racism disguised as satire is unacceptable. @StephenAtHome @ColbertReport— Cullen (@RadiCullen) March 28, 2014
#CancelColbert because these "jokes" once justified exclusionary acts, internment camps, atom bombs, napalm, and the murder of Vincent Chin.— Bhaswati Chattopadhy (@BhaswatiChat) March 28, 2014
stop saying "it was a joke" as if a joke can't be harmful. yeah, it *was* a joke. *and* it's harmful.— Black Girl Dangerous (@BlackGirlDanger) March 28, 2014
The Twitter account later Thursday night clarified:
For the record @ColbertReport is not controlled by Stephen Colbert or his show. He is @StephenAtHome Sorry for the confusion #CancelColbert— The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) March 28, 2014
#CancelColbert - I agree! Just saw @ColbertReport tweet. I share your rage.
Who is that, though? I'm @StephenAtHome
http://t.co/e0Pqz7U7i9— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) March 28, 2014
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Macaulay may be no Kipling, but Horatius at the Bridge is still amazing.
Oblivion makes great use of a stanza from Horatius (not, obviously, the lines quoted in this post's title). Much like The Dude's rug, it really ties the film together.
Yes, it does star Tom Cruise. Yes, it is in a bleak, blue-filtered post-apocalyptic future.
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Angel questions for a friend
Ok. A friend of mine is dying to buy an Angel. Like the rest of the country though, he can't afford a new one and is looking at used models.
The last time I owned an Angel was back in 01, when I bought it new and sent it off to Cobra for installation of their pixie dust. I got rid of it sometime in 05 and haven't really kept up on them as I should have.
I know there are about a dozen models out there since I owned my blind LCD...so my questions are relatively generic in nature. Remember, he wants to buy used:
Are there any particular models to stay away from? Why?
Are there any particular models that stand out from the others? Why?
If you gave a particular model as one to buy, what might it fetch if let's say it's stock or only moderately upgraded? [Let's say barrel, detents and bolt...]
If you gave a particular model, is there an after market board that takes a 9V battery [instead of those huge Euro ones that I remember]? Link to the board?
He has a Myth reg...which boasts a typical output of 600-650 psi. When I owned mine, it required a low pressure tank reg [actually, it came with a huge freaking "AngelAir" manifold]. Is the Myth "low pressure enough" to operate a typical Angel that requires LP bottle regs or should he get the $13 LP reg kit that lowers the OP to 400-450? Is it low enough pressure or should he get something lower than that?
Any helpful information is greatly appreciated.
Re: Angel questions for a friend
The A1 resale is in the crapper so you can pick up for cheap....say $350 with with magno valve.
I have owned the A1 three different times and really liked them. The only problem with them is they are highly anal on lpr settings. A gauge set is pretty much a must unless you enjoy having the bolt stick forward. So either find one that includes the gauge set or be prepared to fork over $50 so you can keep it running.
If your looking for a more carefree angel the G7/G7 fly platform is always referred to as the "workhorse" of angels. Only requires a couple drops of oil in the ASA and its good to go. On the plus side A1 uses newer barrel threads so you can get G7 UL backs for like $20 bnib now.
G7 requires rechargable battery unless you can find a tadao board but those are fairly rare as they were not mass produced. The A1 takes a regular 9V.
Any angel requires either a LP tank or buy a reg adapter and put on a different reg. Yes it will run on HP but the velocity will be all over the place on the G7 and my not go below 300 fps and on the A1 your going to get bolt sticking forward.
Back to gun whoring.....
armedfuture (8:12:32 PM): I'm a big angel
paintball6684 (8:16:09 PM): more like out of control, raging ginger
armedfuture (8:16:40 PM): noooooooo...........
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You can't just poke a hole in your building's envelope and run broadband cable through it. First, you must assess the circuit power level per Table 830.15 to determine if it's low power or medium power. For low-power circuits, run cable that is type BMU, BM, or BMR. For medium-power circuits, run type BLU or BLX [830.40].
What if the utility-supplied cable doesn't match what you need to run? In that case, you'll need to build and install an interface box on the outside of the building, and connect the different cables inside that box. An interface box is generally advisable anyhow, so you can separate utility cabling from premises wiring outside the building rather than running utility cabling into your building. If the utility needs to replace its cabling, utility technicians won't need to enter your building to do so.
A common problem with broadband cabling is it's grounded instead of bonded. That is, the cable shields tie to a local ground rod. This does nothing for you. In our next issue, we'll see how to fix this problem.


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Sowing the seeds of future success
To emerge from the recession in a strong position, you need to identify opportunities that develop your business – and implement strategies that distinguish you from your competition.
From creating new products to expanding into new markets, this is the time to strengthen your business model, so you're ready to grasp new growth opportunities as they start to arise.
Achieving this requires a sustained focus on operational effectiveness, making strategic acquisitions and gaining share in the right markets.
EY's multi-disciplinary teams can provide you with integrated, objective advice to help you control costs, increase efficiency, evaluate opportunities and improve transaction outcomes.
So you become a more agile organization, that's better equipped to respond to change, enter new markets and sustain a successful business in the future.


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Game Show Host Geoff Edwards Dies at 83
Mar 6, 2014 9:54 AM EST
Game show host Geoff Edwards, who emceed such shows as Jackpot! and Treasure Hunt, has died, The Associated Press reports. He was 83. Edwards died Wednesday at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., of co… Read more


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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Molecular switch controls melanin production, may allow true sunless tanning
Increasing melanin without UV exposure could reduce risk of skin cancer in several ways
Discovery of a molecular switch that turns off the natural process of skin pigmentation may lead to a novel way of protecting the skin - activating the tanning process without exposure to cancer-causing UV radiation. In their report in the journal Genes & Development, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cutaneous Biology Research Center (CBRC) describe how blocking the action of this switch - an enzyme called PDE-4D3 - in the skin of mice led to a significant increase in melanin production.
"The primary goal of inducing melanin production in human skin would be prevention of skin cancer, since all the common forms are known to be associated with UV exposure, " explains David Fisher, MD, PhD, director of the hospital's Department of Dermatology and an investigator at the MGH CBRC, who led the study. "Not only would increased melanin directly block UV radiation, but an alternative way to activate the tanning response could help dissuade people from sun tanning or indoor tanning, both of which are known to raise skin cancer risk."
In 2006 Fisher's group showed that the metabolic pathway leading to UV-induced pigmentation is controlled by cyclic AMP (cAMP), a molecule known to regulate many important cellular processes by carrying messages from the cell surface to internal target molecules. Using a strain of transgenic mice with red hair and melanocytes in their epidermis - common mice have none of these melanin-producing cells in the outer skin layer - they found that inducing cAMP production in the animals' skin led to significant pigmentation. But since the drug used in that study cannot penetrate human skin, they needed to investigate an alternative approach.
Because most drugs act by blocking rather than stimulating their target molecules, better defining the pathway leading from UV exposure to melanin production could identify a step limiting melanin expression that, if suppressed, would increase production of the pigment. The strength and duration of the signals carried by cAMP are controlled by PDE enzymes, which break down the molecule after its message is delivered. Detailed analysis of the melanin expression pathway identified PDE-4D3 as the regulator of cAMP activity in melanocytes. The transcription factor activated by cAMP induces production of both melanin and PDE-4D3, and the enzyme in turn modulates the pigmentation process by breaking down cAMP.
The researchers confirmed role of PDE-4D3 in controlling melanin expression by applying several agents that block PDE production to the skin of the transgenic mice with epidermal melanocytes. After five days of treatment, the animals' skin had darkened significantly, while treament of control mice with no epidemal melanocytes produced no effect.
"Although PDE enzymes degrade cAMP within all cells, different members of this enzyme family are active in different types of cells," Fisher explains. "We showed that PDE-4D3 is particularly important within melanocytes, and while the enzyme may have a role in other cells, a blocking drug that is applied directly to the skin would probably have limited effects in other tissues." Additional research is needed to identify drugs that penetrate human skin and safely block PDE-4D3, he notes, and his team has already starting searching for such agents.
Fisher is the Wigglesworth Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. Co-authors of the Genes & Development study are lead author Mehdi Khaled, PhD, and Carmit Levy, PhD, both of the MGH CBRC. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Melanoma Research Alliance, the US/Israel Binational Science Foundation, the Adelson Medical Research Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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Germany joins the Aurora Exploration Programme
Germany joined the Preparatory Phase of the European Space Exploration Programme Aurora. It thus becomes the twelfth country participating in the programme (*), which allows scientists and industrial companies from Germany to participate in the Aurora Programme.
This decision has been warmly welcomed by ESA and unanimously endorsed by the eleven other Aurora Participating States at the 18th Aurora Board of Participants meeting held in Paris on 12 July 2005.
"After the recent decisions of France, Switzerland and Canada to increase their contributions, this decision further strengthens the Aurora Programme and creates a positive momentum for the upcoming decisions at ministerial level", said Daniel Sacotte, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration. "With researchers from other countries currently not yet participating in Aurora, such as Denmark, Finland and Norway having also shown interest to take part in ExoMars related scientific teams, there are good chances that the number of ESA member states finally joining Aurora will increase even further".
The Preparatory Phase of the European Space Exploration Programme Aurora started in 2001. It aims at defining a European framework for the exploration of Moon and Mars and to prepare a robust and sustainable European Space Exploration Programme. The ExoMars mission, scheduled to be launched in 2011, features a Mars lander and a rover that will carry out exobiology and geophysical analysis of the Martian environment. The mission is being defined and designed during the Preparatory Phase along with the preparation of the European contribution to a possible international Mars sample return mission and other studies and technology developments to prepare for further exploration missions of the Solar system.
A proposal for the next phase of the European Space Exploration Programme will be submitted for decision by ESA member states at the upcoming ESA Council at Ministerial level in December in Berlin and will feature the ExoMars mission as a major programme element.
(*) Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
For further information, please contact:
Piero Messina
Aurora Exploration Programme
Directorate of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration
ESA HQ - Paris
Tel: +33 6 87715126
Dieter Isakeit
Erasmus User Centre and Communication Office
Directorate of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration
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Coffee. A beverage loved by so many, but blamed for making breath smell less than pleasant. Many affectionately refer to this coffee induced bad breath as coffee breath. What if I told you that contrary to popular belief coffee is not to blame for bad breath, but actually might help inhibit bad breath. Thats right, according to a study at Tel Aviv University in 2009, coffee contains an extract that actually can hinder the bacteria that leads to bad breath.[1,2] So why does it seem like after drinking coffee a foul odor can be found on the breath? According to Mel Rosenberg, a breath specialist at Tel Aviv University, people blame coffee for bad breath because coffee makes the mouth dehydrated.[1,2] A dehydrated mouth can lead to potent breath when mixed with substances like milk.[1,2]
Moral of the story " maybe think twice before you blame your coffee for your bad breath.
Here are some tips to help combat bad breath. http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/change-your-breath-from-bad-to-good
To read the full article on bad breath and coffee, click on one of the links below.
1. CNN.com-http://articles.cnn.com/2009-06-30/health/coffee.bad.breath_1_bad-breath-taster-s-choice-aroma?_s=PM:HEALTH
2. MSNBC.com- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31548174/ns/health-health_care/t/dont-blame-coffee-your-morning-breath/#.Tjv4-GEogwc
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Resources from the Sterling Morton Library
The Sterling Morton Library provides an extensive collection of circulating books on gardening to all who visit the Morton Arboretum. Click here to view our electronic catalog and see some of the titles. Don't go far if you want more immediate information; the Plant Clinic here at the Arboretum provides online resources on gardening from design to planting. We also provide web resources below and links to gardening blogs, resources, and more information!
Horticulture care from the Morton Arboretum's Plant Clinic - Find all kinds of useful information for gardeners provided by the Morton Arboretum's Plant Clinic. From seasonal gardening, advice on animal damage, mulching, pruning, planting and soil, to choosing an arborist, delve into the Plant Clinic's gardening resources.
Web resources and tools
National Gardening Association - Offering zone finders, dictionaries, expert advice, and gardening reports, the National Gardening Association's tag line is "Help us grow the next generation."
Garden Planner 3 - Want to lay out a plan for your garden before you start putting down roots? This online tool allows you to design and lay out your garden virtually!
USDA Home Gardening - This section of the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library provides links to resources for the home gardener. Navigate from here through related USDA resources on commercial gardening, forestry, lawns, and crops.
Hort Corner - Plant care and selection guides, gardening tips, garden calendars, and master gardener links provided by the University of Illinois Extension.
American Nurseryman - Offering articles on gardening and commercial horticulture since 1904, American Nurseryman makes their issues available online from 2009.
Garden Rant - Lauded for infusing gardening with humor and a lot of opinion and topping many "best gardening blogs" lists, Garden Rant delivers gardening tips and ideas, opinions, and a little gossip.
A Way to Garden - Featuring gardening tips, guides, recipes, and more from Margaret Roach, a garden writer of 25 years who also writes for Martha Stewart Living, Newsday, and has published 3 books.
This Garden is Illegal - This blog is written by a gardener based in Cleveland, Ohio who "waxes on and off about her garden, the flowers, what she wants to do in her yard and how it all fits into her everyday life."
Royal Horticultural Society Blogs - This RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) site collects and displays content from all RHS blogs. Navigate through to also see gardening forums, find gardening advice, and plant information!


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Mark your calendars and click here tomorrow morning, beginning at 9am PST, to snag an early preview of Benefit's Instant Beauty Kits. They'll be coming to Sephora as an exclusive in August, but Benefit is allowing fans access for 48 hours. I got a sneak sneak peek and all I can say is WOW. Major props to the brilliant product development team at Benefit. These kits might just be my fav yet. The Lip and Cheek Instant Beauty Kits pair High Beam, a Tint (Bene, Posie or Cha Cha), a Box o' Powder and the matching Ultra Plush Lip Gloss. For only $28 — can you even stand it? The sizes are deluxe, so you get plenty of product for your dollars.
In addition, Benefit has a new Complexion Kit featuring, for the first time in a kit, Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation. Those will be available for $30 during the Flash Sale as well.
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Introduction to the GoldenEar Technology TritonCinema Two Home Theater Speaker System
While I was at CES 2011 last January, I had the opportunity to listen to a speaker demonstration from a company called GoldenEar Technology. The man doing the demonstration was none other than Sandy Gross, the co-founder of Polk Audio back in 1972 and Definitive Technology with Don Givogue in 1990. GoldenEar Technology is the next venture for Don and Sandy and their goal is to create outstanding speakers at an attainable price. Sandy demonstrated the new GoldenEar Triton Two Tower speakers which contain an innovative tweeter technology based on a folded ribbon design instead of a traditional aluminum dome tweeter.
I sat back and listened as Sandy played some of his favorite demo tracks on the Triton Towers. While the environment in a hotel suite is not optimal for a speaker demo, I remember how nice it was to escape from the noise of the show and just listen to some great music. I recall the Triton Towers sounding wonderful with a large and detailed soundstage. I immediately asked Sandy about getting a sample for review and, after many months of waiting, a pair of Triton Two Towers arrived at my house along with a SuperSat 50C center channel speaker and a pair of SuperSat 3 surround speakers. GoldenEar sells the complete set of five speakers as a home theater speaker system called the TritonCinema Two System which I'll be covering in this review.
- Triton Two Towers
- Design: 3-way with built-in 1200 Watt Subwoofer Amplifier
- Drivers: One Folded Ribbon Tweeter, Two 4.5″ Mid/Bass, Two 5″ x 9″ Woofers Coupled to Two 7″ x 10″ Passive Radiators
- MFR: 18 Hz – 35 kHz
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
- Efficiency: 91 dB
- Power Handling: 20 – 500 Watts
- Dimensions: 48″ H x 5.25″ W (front) x 7.5″ W (rear) x 15″ D
- Weight: 60 Pounds/each
- MSRP: $1,250/each USD
- SuperSat 50C
- Design: 2-way
- Drivers: One Folded Ribbon Tweeter, Two 4.5″ Mid/Bass, Two 4″ x 7″ Passive Radiators
- MFR: 60 Hz – 35 kHz
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
- Efficiency: 92 dB
- Power Handling: 20 – 200 Watts
- Dimensions: 4.75″ H x 27″ W x 2.5″ D
- Weight: 7 Pounds/each
- MSRP: $500/each USD
- SuperSat 3
- Design: 2-way
- Drivers: One Folded Ribbon Tweeter, Two 4.5″ Mid/Bass
- MFR: 80 Hz – 35 kHz
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms
- Efficiency: 92 dB
- Power Handling: 20 – 200 Watts
- Dimensions: 12″ H x 4.75″ W x 2.7″ D
- Weight: 5 Pounds/each
- MSRP: $250/each USD
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Design And Setup of the GoldenEar Technology TritonCinema Two Home Theater Speaker System
The left and right channels in the TritonCinema Two System are handled by a pair of Triton Two Towers, each of which comes with a 1200 Watt GoldenEar ForceField subwoofer built right into the speaker cabinet. The Triton Two Towers arrived securely wrapped on a pallet in two very large boxes. Each speaker carton weighs about 75 pounds and requires a bit of patience to carefully unwrap and cut through a lot of packing tape.
The Triton Two Towers are 60 pounds each and come with a base which screws into the bottom of the speaker cabinet using four screws. Once the base is attached, the speakers can finally be placed upright. The Triton Two Towers are four feet tall including the base, and only 15″ deep.The front of the speaker is 5.25″ wide and increases to 7.5″ wide in the rear. Looking at the speaker from the front, the Triton Two Towers remind me of the edge of an airplane wing, as the front edge of the speaker is curved. The top of the speaker is both slanted and curved, which also helps to minimize the apparent size of the towers.
The Triton Towers are well made and attention has been paid to the little details. The base itself has a piano-gloss-black finish and the GoldenEar logo is inlaid into the base and is smooth to the touch. The base has four rubber feet which I appreciated on my wood floors. A set of spikes comes with the towers if you want to use them on carpet. The top cover of the speaker has a gloss-black finish, matching the base.
Removing the top cover gives you a view of how the speaker cover or sock is secured.
The speaker sock is secured with two independent fasteners. The first fastener allows for the tension on the drawstring to be taken up just by pulling the drawstring and sliding the fastener. Once the sock is tight, you can further increase the tension on the sides by using the small ace-bandage-style clip which provides that last bit of tension to make sure there are no wrinkles in the speaker covering.
You would normally not take the sock off the Triton Towers, but I decided to do so to see just how the speaker was constructed. Pulling the sock down the speaker reveals a perforated plastic cap at the top of the curved baffle.
The speaker cabinet is made from MDF and is only 11″ deep without the curved front panel. The perforated front panel is made from metal and reveals the driver complement underneath.
Each Triton Two Tower contains two 4.5″ cast-basket mid/bass drivers arranged in a D'Appolito configuration surrounding the high frequency tweeter.
The GoldenEar ForceField subwoofer in each speaker is comprised of two 5″ x 9″ long-throw quadratic subwoofers.
The subwoofers are coupled with two 7″ x 10″ planar infrasonic radiators which are mounted on each side at the bottom of the Triton Two Towers.
The radiator has a rigid surface and moves inside a rubber suspension like a traditional driver. The radiators help extend the bass response of the speaker by making use of the back wave generated by the subwoofers. The small panel with all the screws, just above the radiator, allows access to the interior electronics of the speaker.
The rear panel of the Triton Towers provides one set of speaker-level inputs and an input for LFE (low-frequency effects) from a receiver or processor. A volume control for the subwoofer allows for the adjustment of the subwoofer level. An IEC jack is also included for a removable power cord.
Each speaker has an Auto On/Off feature which automatically turns on the 1200 Watt DSP-controlled digital amplifier when a signal is received. The LED illuminates when an audio signal is fed to the speaker.
The next speaker in the TritonCinema Two System is the SuperSat 50C which is used as the center channel speaker in a home theater configuration. The SuperSat 50C is 27″ wide, 4.75″ high and only 2.5″ deep.
The speaker case is made from aluminum and is finished in piano-gloss black and weighs about 7 pounds. The driver complement on the SuperSat 50C is similar to the Triton Two Towers and contains two 4.5″ cast-basket mid/bass drivers arranged in a D'Appolito configuration surrounding the high frequency tweeter.
Here's a close-up of the drivers in the SuperSat 50C. You can see the Multi-Vaned Phase Plug (MVPP) on the mid/bass drivers, which GoldenEar says helps the speakers achieve a smooth linear response.
Similar to the Triton Two Towers, the SuperSat 50C also includes two smaller 4″ x 7″ quadratic planar low-frequency radiators which help to increase the bass response of the speaker.
The rear panel contains one set of speaker-level inputs and has two keyhole slots for mounting the speaker on a wall or cabinet.
Since the speaker enclosure is curved, GoldenEar includes a unique mounting bracket which hugs the curved contour of the speaker enclosure while allowing for height and angle adjustment using a screw leveler.
This mounting bracket allows for the use of the SuperSat 50C on a flat surface and allows the speaker to be angled towards the listener for optimal performance. The SuperSat 50C also comes as a SuperSat 50 which can be mounted in a vertical position. The only difference between the 50C and the 50 is the orientation of the tweeter in the cabinet and the position of the GoldenEar logo.
The other two speakers in the TritonCinema Two System are a pair of SuperSat 3 which can be used for surround or rear channel applications, or both if you buy an extra pair. The SuperSat 3 is 4.75″ wide, 12″ high and only 2.7″ deep.
The speaker case is made from a non-resonant marble-powder -infused polymer and is finished in piano-gloss black and weighs about 5 pounds. The front covers on the SuperSat speakers are held in place by magnets and are easily removed by firmly pulling on the edge of the cover where it aligns with the speaker housing.
The driver complement on the SuperSat 3 is similar to the Triton Two Towers and contains two 4.5″ cast-basket mid/bass drivers arranged in a D'Appolito configuration surrounding the high frequency tweeter.
The rear panel contains one set of speaker-level inputs and has two keyhole slots as well as a threaded insert for mounting the speaker on a wall or cabinet.
The SuperSat 3 won't stand up by itself, so GoldenEar includes a very nice curved bracket which installs into the lower key-hole slot on the speaker. The bracket fits perfectly against the bottom of the speaker, contains a small wire guide to help in running speaker cable, and even comes with small rubber feet built into the bracket.
All of the speakers in the TritonCinema Two System share a proprietary tweeter design which GoldenEar calls their High Velocity Folded Ribbon (HVFR).
Unlike a more conventional aluminum dome tweeter, which moves back and forth to push air, the material in the HVFR tweeter squeezes the air between the folds in the ribbon to produce sound. The origin of the HVFR design goes back to the "Heil air motion transformer" which was invented by Oskar Heil and patented in the 70's. While material science has come a long way since then, the diaphragm in the GoldenEar tweeter is a folded high-temperature film which moves inside a very strong neodymium magnetic field. Sandy explains that "the folded material has a much larger surface area than a conventional dome tweeter and this gives the GoldenEar HVFR tweeter greater dynamic range and lower distortion while the smaller folded footprint gives it greater dispersion than an unfolded ribbon of similar diaphragm size.This technology results in better impedance matching with the air in the room."
I followed Sandy's advice on setting up the speakers and kept the connections really simple. I connected my speaker cables, plugged the Triton Two Towers into the wall and told my processor that I had Large left and right speakers with no subwoofer. I then adjusted the volume of each speaker's subwoofer to a blended 75 dB using the test tones in my processor. That's all there was to it. If you haven't used a set of speakers with built-in subwoofers then you might be hesitant to rely solely on the speaker cables as the only connection. The beautiful part of using this recommended approach is that all the work has been done for you by the engineering team at GoldenEar. You don't have to worry about phase or crossover issues and you shouldn't have to worry about what the bass management settings in the processor or receiver are doing if you have set the front speakers to Large without a subwoofer in the system. If you feel like you might be missing something or just have to use two extra cables, the Triton Two Towers do allow for the connection of a separate LFE input from the subwoofer outputs on your processor or receiver. This connection method is supported and does require that you still set your front left and right speakers to Large, but you do get to tell the system that you have a subwoofer.
For speaker placement, I followed the GoldenEar recommendation and placed the Triton Two Towers into a basic triangle configuration with the distance between the speakers matching the approximate distance to the main listening position from each speaker. I pointed both speakers toward the listening position with the speaker axes crossing just behind the listening position. I placed the SuperSat 50C above my TV and angled the speaker down toward my favorite listening position. I used the pair of SuperSat 3 speakers as traditional surround speakers and placed them to the side and slightly behind the main listening position.
The GoldenEar Technology TritonCinema Two Home Theater Speaker System In Use
For my listening tests, I was using an Anthem Statement D2 processor, Rotel RB-1080 and RMB-1095 amplifiers, and cables and interconnects from Cardas, Monster and Emotiva. I used an Oppo BDP-95 as my reference media player.I followed GoldenEar's recommendation and let the speakers break in for about 60 hours before doing any serious listening. I also ran the speakers with Anthem Room Correction (ARC) which, as I expected, really smoothed out the bass response in my listening room. GoldenEar also suggested that I don't overcorrect the speakers with ARC and recommended that I set the maximum EQ frequency in ARC to approximately 1.5 kHz as compared to the default of 5 kHz. I did follow this recommendation and my perception was that this really opened up the midrange relative to using the EQ frequency all the way up to its default setting.
The first thing that struck me when listening to music with the Triton Two Towers is their amazing sense of imaging. The Tritons are able to recreate a large soundstage but at the same time they provide an exceptional amount of precision and detail. I never found myself focusing on one speaker or the other, but instead I was always engrossed in the sound that was beautifully positioned in front of me. On track four, Don't You Remember, from Adele's 21 CD, the music starts with the strumming of a guitar that softly fades behind Adele's vocals. The Triton Two Towers captured the subtle details of the guitar with ease. The intensity of the track increases as the drums start to complement Adele's soulful voice. The Triton subwoofers produced a realistic bass response in my room that blended with the music without ever overpowering or distracting from the performance. Details in the music and in Adele's voice were abundant and the Triton Two Towers just disappeared into the background.
On the Ray Charles: Genius Loves Company CD, track six, "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?" with Bonnie Raitt, the Triton Two Towers easily allowed Ray Charles and Bonnie Raitt to be center stage in my room. Vocals were exceptionally textured and notes lingered effortlessly as the duo sang this great song. There was clear placement of instruments in the soundstage. From the detail in the electric guitar, to the snap of the drums and percussion instruments, the Triton Two Towers did an amazing job of bringing to life the warmth of these wonderful duets with Ray Charles. Sandy says that he calls this ability of the speakers to put the musicians in your room, "suspension of disbelief".
I was really amazed at how I could listen to the Triton Two Towers for hours without experiencing the listening fatigue that often happens with speaker systems. This experience was consistent for me regardless of listening volume. I shared that observation with Sandy Gross and he explained to me that the reason for the lack of fatigue could be found in the ability of the HVFR tweeter to produce sound without much of the "hash or noise" that is produced from typical aluminum dome tweeters.
For high resolution music content, I explored an exquisite Blu-ray disc titled Chris Botti in Boston. If you don't know who Chris Botti is, he is an exceptional jazz trumpet player and an amazing entertainer. This concert was performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 2008 and features performances with artists such as Sting, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Katherine McPhee, and Steven Tyler to name a few. In addition to gorgeous video, the disc contains a reference quality 7.1 channel (96 kHz/24 bit) Dolby True HD soundtrack. There is easily something for everyone on this disc. On chapter five, Josh Groban performs Broken Vow and the Triton Two Towers in combination with the SuperSat 50C formed an expansive soundstage which showcased Josh Groban's amazing vocal range. On chapter seven, Chris Botti and Mark Whitfield perform a rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. While many people only know this song as the love theme from the first Shrek movie, this version is exquisitely beautiful. The Tritons captured the wonderful interplay of Chris Botti's trumpet with Mark Whitfield's elegant guitar work. The Tritons rendered each note from both instruments with ease. The high notes never sounded harsh and the long, slow notes from the trumpet and the picking on the guitar would effortlessly linger in the room and then quietly fade until another magical note took their place. On chapter 15, Billy Kilson performs on the drums with accompaniment from Chris Botti, Mark Whitfield, and the Boston Pops Orchestra. Billy Kilson's drum work was just mesmerizing. I was really pleased with how well the Triton Two Tower subwoofers were able to create strong, subsonic bass response while not overpowering the performance. I was also impressed with how well the SuperSat 50C blended into the sound stage. The ability of the SuperSat 50C to contribute to the bass performance felt as if another small subwoofer had been added to the mix. The Tritons were positively addictive when it came to producing the beautiful music from Chris Botti and his friends.
I've never had the luxury of having a separate room for music and another for home theater, and I've always felt that speakers that perform for music do just fine for movies as well. I was definitely not disappointed with the TritonCinema Two System when it came to movies. The SuperSat 50C performed well in terms of bass response and overall vocal clarity. In Win Win, Paul Giamatti deals with family challenges and second chances. The Triton Two Towers and the SuperSat 50C presented the movie's dialog with great detail and I especially loved the appropriate transition to Bon Jovi's "Have a Nice Day."I was already very pleased with the Triton's bass response with music, and I was curious how the Triton Two Towers would handle some extreme subwoofer challenges.
In the opening minutes of the movie Priest, which is kind of a wild-west meets postwar-apocalyptic-vampire movie, a family is threatened by an unknown assailant. I was watching the characters eating dinner in a small cabin when my entire listening room begins to quake from the deep subsonic bass coming from the Triton Two Towers. I was shocked at just how much bass was coming from these relatively small towers. After shaking the room for more than a few seconds, the bass promptly comes to a dead stop as the vampire enters the room. The Triton Two Towers and the Super Sat 50C had no trouble producing this incredible bass and grabbing my attention for this scene.The SuperSat 3 did a great job with the sound effects in this movie, and I also enjoyed hearing some of Mozart's Requiem on the sound track from this film.
In Transformers, Dark of the Moon, the TritonCinema Two System did everything I could ask for in recreating this sci-fi spectacle from director Michael Bay. While the story and the acting may not be the best, this movie is all about special effects and of course sound effects. When the paratroopers are approaching Chicago, there is a scene where the rotors on the transport plane sound like they have just ripped through the room. This scene is an excellent test of bass response and the Triton Two Towers and the SuperSat 50C produced more than enough bass so that each turn of the rotor blades could be felt pushing air throughout the room. From the mayhem of the battles, the crashing of buildings, to the laser cannon blasts that could be felt throughout the room, the TritonCinema Two System managed to effectively recreate this movie in all its sci-fi glory.
The GoldenEar Technology TritonCinema Two Home Theater Speaker System On the Bench
The distortion measurements were taken with the microphone at one foot from the mid/bass driver for the 100 Hz, 1 kHz, and THD+N vs. Frequency tests. The measurements were taken with the microphone at one foot from the tweeter for the 10 kHz test.
Triton Two Tower Measurements:
At 100 Hz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured 0.45317%.
Since the Triton Two Towers have built-in subwoofers, I wanted to see how the speaker performed at a much lower frequency. At 50 Hz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured at 0.87512%.
At 1 kHz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured a low 0.33780%.
At 10 kHz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured 0.47793%.
This graph shows THD+N vs. Frequency with 1 kHz set to 90 dB. Distortion is generally low throughout the spectrum but rises as the frequency approaches the lower limits of the built-in subwoofer at 20 Hz.
SuperSat 50C Measurements:
At 100 Hz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured 5.53330%. This gives you a sense for the limits of the passive radiators. Although the speaker is rated at 60 Hz, it has higher distortion values at lower frequencies. GoldenEar recommends that a high-pass filter be used with the SuperSat 50C to redirect bass to the very capable Triton Two Towers. In this case, a filter of approximately 120 – 140 Hz would be appropriate.
At 1 kHz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured a low 0.39071%.
At 10 kHz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured a low 0.39596%.
This graph shows THD+N vs. Frequency with 1 kHz set to 90 dB. Distortion rises as the frequency goes below 140 Hz.
SuperSat 3 Measurements:
At 100 Hz and 84.6 dB output, THD+N measured a high 34.09903%. Although the speaker is rated at 80 Hz, it was not able to produce low distortion output at low frequencies in my tests. I did not drive the speaker to 90 dB in this test since I was very close to clipping. These results weren't surprising since the SuperSat 3 is not intended to drive bass frequencies. GoldenEar recommends that a high-pass filter be used with the SuperSat 3 to redirect bass to the Triton Two Towers. In this case, a filter of approximately 160 – 180 Hz would be appropriate.
I wanted to see how the SuperSat 3 performed at a more reasonable low frequency, so I re-ran the test at 160 Hz and 90 dB output. THD+N measured 5.60427%. This result reinforces the benefit of filtering bass away from the SuperSat 3 and to the Triton Two Towers.
At 1 kHz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured a low 0.34857%.
At 10 kHz and 90 dB output, THD+N measured 0.50947%.
This graph shows THD+N vs. Frequency with 1 kHz set to 90 dB. Distortion rises significantly as the frequency goes below 200 Hz.
Conclusions About the GoldenEar Technology TritonCinema Two Home Theater Speaker System
Sandy Gross, Don Givogue and their team at GoldenEar Technology have done an outstanding job creating the GoldenEar TritonCinema Two System. The entire system can easily be used to create a multi-purpose theater for superb performance with both music and movies, and the Triton Two Towers can certainly stand on their own as the cornerstone of an excellent two-channel system. Each speaker is well built with strong attention to detail. The outstanding drivers coupled with the exceptional performance of the High Velocity Folded Ribbon tweeter gives each speaker in the system the ability to reproduce sound with wonderful clarity.Together, the Triton speakers produce a sound stage that is thoroughly enjoyable and frequently addictive. I certainly enjoyed the opportunity to experience the TritonCinema Two System speakers and highly recommend them. If you are looking for new speakers, by all means give the GoldenEar Technology speakers an audition.


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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - In an all-New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship bracket, the MIT women's volleyball team emerged with the title after defeating Smith College in the semifinals and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Coast Guard advanced to the championship match after posting a 30-20, 32-30, 30-24 victory over Springfield College. Arlis Reynolds copped Tournament MVP honors while Caroline Jordan was selected to the All-Tournament Team.
The Engineers (14-3) kicked off the weekend by cruising to a 30-10, 30-21, 30-16 victory over Emmanuel College. Jordan led the way with 13 kills, putting her in the MIT 1000 Kill Club and becoming only the second player at MIT to tally both 1000 kills and digs. She also posted a .667 hitting percentage (18 kills, one error, 18 attempts) as the Engineers hit .406 as a team. Rose Zhong and Briana Stephenson each posted nine kills as Reynolds paced the defense with 13 digs. Carrie Buchanan was Tech's most prolific scorer, notching four aces on 22 attempts without an error. In two games, Amanda Morris contributed in every category, finishing with 26 assists, four digs, two aces, a kill, and a block.
Despite blowing a double-digit lead in the first game, MIT recovered to defeat Williams College, 28-30, 30-23, 30-23, 30-21. Austin Zimmerman quarterbacked a diverse offensive front, registering 49 assists. Jordan along with Frances Rogoz and Stephenson each reached double-figures in kills. Jordan had a team-high 17 while Rogoz and Stephenson added 12 and 10, respectively. Alexandra Huston-Carico and Zhong each contributed nine kills. Reynolds paced MIT's defense with a season-high 31 digs, which also set an Institute record for digs in a four-game match. Efforts by the Ephs to funnel their attack at MIT's right side were countered by Zimmerman's 18 digs while defensive specialists Buchanan and Lindsay Hunting each added 11. Stephenson had one of her best blocking performances of the season with two solo and four assisted blocks. As a team, the Engineers continued to be dangerous from the service line, dropping 13 aces with only six errors for the match.
In semifinal action, MIT escaped the opening frame against Smith, 34-32, which was marred by sloppy play. After settling down and regaining the rhythm that characterized their win over Williams, the Engineers cruised to 30-21 margins in the second and third games to clinch a spot in the final. Reynolds continued to amass digs at a spectacular pace, finishing with 18. Buchanan also reached double-figures with 10, while she along with Reynolds combined for seven aces without a service error. Zimmerman dished out 38 assists while connecting most efficiently with Stephenson, who totaled 10 kills. Rogoz paced Tech's attack with 12 kills as Jordan recorded 10 of her own.
The Engineers closed their invitational by sweeping Coast Guard, 30-26, 30-22, 30-20. Jordan scored 11 kills to lead MIT while Zhong tallied nine. Rogoz served up six aces and added eight kills. The most commanding performance for MIT came from the backcourt, as Reynolds collected 26 digs, giving her 88 for the tournament in 13 games. She also handled the bulk of the serve receive duties with 73 receptions and a .945 performance.


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The last time Vandalia traveled to Southwestern, the Birds clipped the Vandals with a late score, ruining the team's playoff hopes in 2010.
This time around, the Vandals will be looking to assure themselves a spot in the postseason, but the Birds will again be looking to play spoiler.
An unpredictable team so far this season, Southwestern is 3-3, and comes into the game with the momentum of back-to-back upset road wins against Pana and Staunton.
After two big wins in the past week, the Lady Vandals will have their toughest challenge to date this weekend at the Highland Tournament.
On Friday night, Vandalia will play a pair of games, taking on O'Fallon at 6 p.m. and Carbondale at 7 p.m. Both games will be played in the west gym.
On Saturday, the Lady Vandals have three games, playing Wesclin in east gym at 9 a.m., and Highland (11 a.m.) and Breese Central (noon) in the west gym.
The Vandals achieved another of their season goals on Tuesday by advancing the sectional tournament as a team.
Led by regional champion Blake Swofford, who had five birdies, the Vandals shot a 346 to place third and advance to next Monday's Carterville Sectional.
Swofford shot a 71 (-1) and won the tournament on the third playoff hole against Marquette Catholic's Brian Gibbon. Both shot par on the first two holes, but Swofford secured a birdie on No. 3 to secure the victory.
Vandalia's soccer team celebrated its seniors on Tuesday, during halftime of a 6-1 loss to Lincolnwood.
Colin Ledbetter scored his second goal of the season on the fourth assist of the year from Jussi Craycroft.
Blake Torbeck had 10 saves in-goal, while Bailey Cearlock added three for Vandalia (0-15-1)
After the game, coach Walt Kinney commented on each of his seniors.
South Central finished its first season as a member of the National Trail Conference undefeated after shutting out Windsor, 10-0, last Thursday.
The victory gave the Cougars (14-4-1) a 9-0 conference record.
Seniors Dan Diss and Shawn Meyer combined to fire a one-hitter, striking out 10 batters and walking just three.
Dylan Smith and Kyle Bray paced the offense, with Smith going 2-for-2, with two RBI, and Bray going 1-for-3, with a double and two RBI.
After a week with three matches, the Lady Vandals tennis team will be making its final preparations for Saturday's South Central Conference Tournament in Roxana.
Beginning at 9 a.m., Vandalia will be looking to place some individuals on the all-conference team.
"Hannah (Blythe) has a chance to slip into the top two (in singles), but it all depends on what the other coaches do," said coach Kevin Schroeder. "We have a shot in doubles, too."
Vandalia eighth-graders
fall at Altamont
The Jr. Lady Vandals fell to .500 on the season after a 28-14 loss at Altamont on Tuesday.
Emma Meyer led the team in scoring with eight points, while Anna Miller (four) and Jensen Hollinshead (two) also scored for Vandalia (3-3).
The seventh-grade score was not reported.
Jr. Lady Vandals
suffer second loss
The Vandalia Jr. High eighth-grade girls basketball team took its second loss of the season last Friday at Edwardsville Liberty, falling 27-17.
The stat leaders of Vandalia's fall sports teams are all listed below. Statistics are calculated using stats taken in-person when possible. For other games, coaches reports are used.
Many athletes that spent their high school years in Fayette County have moved on to play for college or professional teams. Below are the athletes who recently made headlines.
Taylor Parrish • Sophomore • Franklin
•Sept. 25 – Parrish, a Vandalia grad, played in one set of a 3-0 loss to Mount St. Joseph (Ohio). She had one kill, one assist and one dig during the match, which dropped Franklin to 5-12 on the season.
St. Elmo senior Garrett Bartels had a hit in each of the first two games of the National Trail Conference Tournament, including one last Friday during an eight-inning, 2-1 win against Beecher City.
Senior Connor Beasley (6-3) struck out 11 batters over eight innings to earn the win, and Dalton Parks doubled and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
On Monday, the Eagles traveled to St. Anthony and lost, 9-1.
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Energy engineering students at Pennsylvania State University recently audited the energy usage of a local business through the school's Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP).
Students in EGEE 494A found two leaks in the compressed air system of a facility owned by Kurtz Brothers, a distributer of school supplies, equipment and furniture.
"Monty Kunes, Kurtz Brothers president and CEO, said one of the leaks would have been difficult to detect without the specialized equipment and he suspected the machine would have continued to leak air unnoticed if it weren't for the energy engineering students," according to a university news release.
"It's a win-win for us," said Kunes of the free audit, in a prepared statement. "It's a learning experience for the students and Kurtz Brothers receives a full, extensive report of what they discovered. Their analysis will help us improve our systems and become more energy efficient."
Jonathan Wise, one of the students who participated in the audit, said he took the class to get some real-world experience dealing with the theories he learned about in his other energy engineering courses.
"It's a class that attempts to incorporate concepts learned over the years, utilizing that information for problem-solving, and I definitely feel this PennTAP project has done that," Wise said, in a prepared statement. "A lot of what we have learned in the classroom has manifested into real world experience."
Sarma Pisupati, the faculty mentor for the course, said that many of his students have never seen an operational manufacturing facility in person.
"Although the students know the theories to some extent, it's always good to have guidance from a PennTAP expert," said Pisupati. "This really works out well in both training engineers and helping industry solve its problems."
In 2013 PennTAP provided technical assistance to organizations 273 times, often with student participation. "Clients have reported more than $7.7 million in economic impact and 72 jobs created or retained," according to a news release.
"This is a chance to get students into real world applications, where they apply the principles they learn in class and put their theories into practice," said Denise Bechdel, energy, environment and worker health team lead for PennTAP. "This will prepare students to be tomorrow's sustainability leaders."
More information about PennTAP is available at penntap.psu.edu.
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Drink number one – rook coffee.
If we exclude water, then coffee ranks first among all drinks. 3 billion cups of this drink is drunk annually. Including rook coffee. According to statistics, Americans rank 18th in the number of coffee consumed per year. This is 4.4 kg of coffee per person per year. The first three places are: Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden. They consume about 10 kg of coffee per person per year, which is 4-5 cups of espresso per day.
How much coffee do you consume?
The benefits and harm of coffee.
Lets formulate unscientific conclusions:
Why do we drink rook coffee?
● coffee gives pleasure
● coffee raises the tone and gives vigor,
● coffee saves from falling asleep,
● coffee improves mood.
Why not drink rook coffee!
● coffee can increase the pressure
● coffee can lower the pressure
● coffee can cause heartburn,
● coffee makes your teeth yellow.
The main thing is the measure and quality of the product used. Then you will feel good!
How much rook coffee do you drink?
A cup in the morning, a cup before dinner, a cup at dinner, a cup in the evening, a cup at dinner … So?
Reduce the number of cups consumed or the volume of each cup you drink and you will feel great!


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Submit requests electronically via the ILLiad interlibrary loan system.
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Google has unveiled the latest Android-equipped Nexus device, the Nexus 4. Australians will be able to order the smartphone, which will run Android 4.2 ('Jelly Bean'), from 13 November.
The LG-manufactured Nexus 4 will be available from Google's Play store for $399 for the version with 16GB of storage; the 8GB version of the Nexus 4 will cost $349.
The phone supports HSPA+, but has no 4G connectivity. It's equipped with a 4.7-inch Gorilla Glass 2 touchscreen that has a resolution of 1280x768 pixels (320 pixels per inch compared to the 326ppi of the iPhone 5's 4-inch display).
The Nexus 4 comes with front and rear cameras (with resolutions of 1.3 megapixels and 8Mp respectively), a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip, 2GB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chip, which has four cores and runs at 1.5GHz. The phone includes built in wireless charging when used with a compatible charging mat.
Australians will also be able to order the Nexus 10 Android tablet from 13 November. The 16GB version will be available for $469 from the Play store; the 32GB version will cost $569.
Neither version of the 10-inch tablet offers 3G. The Nexus 10, which like the Nexus 4 runs Jelly Bean, has a 10-inch, 2560x1600 (300ppi) Gorilla Glass 2 display and runs a dual-core A15 CPU and a Mali T604 GPU. The NFC-equipped tablet has 2GB of RAM and dual cameras, and weighs a shade over 600 grams (compared to the approximately 650 grams of the fourth generation iPad).
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.


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- NCS Multistage announces the grand opening of their Technology Center, located in Southeast Calgary
- Jason Kenney, Rachel Notley begin formal transfer of power in Alberta
- Canada Weekly Rig Count Remains at 66
- Lower price discounts to boost Q1 oil profits but uncertainty hangs over sector
- U.S. oil drillers cut rigs for first week in three
- Tellurian's Driftwood Receives Order Granting Authorization From FERC
- Upstream Exploration Announces Successful Recompletion, Total Company Production Reaches New Milestone
- Foothills Exploration Inc. Announces Appointment Of Tara Roberts To The Position Of Vice President Of Business Development
- Federal government extends deadline to make Trans Mountain decision to June 18
- Alan Tambosso: Collateral Damage Caused by the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision to Overturn the Redwater Decision
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Duff McKagan + Mike McCready Lend Their Talents to Seattle Supergroup Walking Papers
When Jeff Angell and Barrett Martin decided to form a new band, they didn't have to look very far for support. As two longtime members of the Seattle music scene, with time served in bands like Mad Season and Screaming Trees, they only needed to reach out to some old friends. Some very famous old friends.
The new band, christened Walking Papers, needed a bassist, so Angell and Martin enlisted the services of ex-Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver member Duff McKagan — and when it came time to record guitar solos for their debut album, they reached out to Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, who had previously worked with Martin in Mad Season. They didn't stop there, either; the new record, due in October, also features brass work from trumpeter Dave Carter, trombonist Ed Ulman, and sax player Dan Spalding.
While we'll have to wait a couple of months to hear the full-length results of their efforts, Walking Papers have already released their first single, 'Your Secret's Safe with Me,' currently streaming at the band's Facebook page. Check out a video of them performing 'Two Tickets and a Room' — and read the album's complete track listing — below:
Walking Papers, 'Two Tickets and a Room'
'Walking Papers' Track Listing:
'Already Dead'
'The Whole World's Watching'
'Your Secret's Safe With Me'
'Red Envelopes'
'Leave Me in the Dark'
'The Butcher'
'Two Tickets and a Room'
'I'll Stick Around'
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An HIV-Anniversary ER Trip During Sick Season
January 27, 2014
Four years ago on Jan. 8 I was diagnosed; yesterday Myles my three year old and I spent a good two-plus hours in an emergency room waiting room waiting to see what was going on with my husband Keanen.
Keanen has been sick since the day after Christmas (he and Myles are negative). My mother in law was sick on Christmas, she hung out Christmas Eve and we didn't see her Christmas day other than to watch us opening stockings and attempt to eat her breakfast.
We dragged out Myles' present opening all day waiting for her to feel better and come down. He got one present an hour; if he liked the one he opened he had more time in between the next present. It actually worked out well and helped the day to be more exciting for him, less hectic for us. More than half of his gifts were donated from Life Long AIDS Alliance and BABES in Seattle. Being the sap that I am, I cried when I saw what strangers bought for my little boy, just because his mommy has HIV. But that's another blog for another day.
Myles and Keanen went up to her bedroom Christmas evening to bring her a present. I did not.
Since being diagnosed I am horrified of sick people other than Myles. When Keanen gets sick (which is all the time) I avoid him like the plague. I keep Myles away and sometimes I sleep in Myles' room to avoid being breathed on. Keanen wants to be taken care of, and I look at him and think If this knocked you on your ass it could kill me; that's a risk I will not, cannot, take.
So Jan. 8 he's still sick. He seemed to get better, and then he was worse. Fever, coughing, chills and sweating; cough medications make him speedy not un-cough-y. With no medical insurance it's hard to know where you can even go. I drove him to work Tuesday morning; his job does not offer medical insurance nor does he get any paid holiday or sick days off. He's a contracted worker on one of the Microsoft campuses. He had more than a week off for Christmas/New Year's, unpaid. His boss told him to go home early that day and go to the doctor; he texted me just as Myles and I got home.
We got dressed, ate breakfast, packed a bag for a waiting room-filled day. We're good at this, thanks to Papa. I know as soon as we're in a waiting room Myles is hungry. I bring snacks, drinks, crayons and coloring books. We take Nash our doggie potty, we grab a blanket for Keanen and we get back into the car. We picked Keanen up and drove all the way back toward home. The first place we tried was an urgent care just down the street. It was packed, with half of the people wearing face masks. We waited about ten minutes when his name was called to go to the front desk and fill out paperwork.
No insurance -- no treatment. They turned him away and let him know we could only go to an emergency room. So we get back into the car and drive to the closest emergency room. Yeah free parking! We were excited -- sad but true, on one income it's the little things sometimes.
Keanen didn't even get to sit in the waiting room; he was put into a private room immediately. Myles and I found seats and began our wait. It was a nice big room with one TV; we got to watch ESPN football, Super Bowl predictions and playoff matchup babble, with no sound. It felt almost like an airport, from the lighting and weird chairs to the fake plants that made up the décor.
No one came out to get us; a sketchy guy with shifty eyes went into and out of the bathroom we are sitting next to, about ten times in an hour. He did not look sick; he looked like trouble. I tried to avoid eye contact with him, or letting him know I was watching him.
I checked my phone maybe every 30 minutes, the WIFI sucked, if you were not playing on your phone it did not keep you logged in. So you got no messages until you checked your messages and had to log back into the WIFI.
Myles got cranky, wanting to run around with two unattended children in the waiting room; their mother was busy talking on her cell phone. He got mad and cried when I let him know that he could not run around, he had to sit with me on a chair, we were not at preschool or a playground.
I began to realize it had been almost two hours since Keanen checked in; my brain freaked out. The reason I assumed that Myles and I had NOT gotten sick hit me like a brick in the face. He has IT. I have given him HIV, and now he's got pneumonia, he will be admitted, and everyone including myself will blame me.
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Well, given my post where I revealed that (probably) the penultimate scene is the wedding.
Barry will NOT be changing the timeline/going back.
In the pix I posted, Wells is NOT in them. But Firestorm's 2 halves are. Proof then that the timeline hasn't been changed. (And Barry's mom is still dead).
If that scene truly is the penultimate one, and given that since Wells isn't in the scene, he's been "defeated", that lends a lot of weight to that indeed being the penultimate scene.
We are therefore left with an addendum shocker as the final scene. Given that most this season have involved Wells/Thawne, I wouldn't be surprised if the season didn't end with a huge cliffhanger/twist involving him.
And what better way to end the season than first having a happy wedding and then following that up in the very next scene with some kind of massive tragedy/shock.
Grant says that there is a huge twist re RF. My tuppence worth is on Eddie and Barry being twins (as in the comics) (meaning Eddie's dark secret is that he was adopted) and the RF twist therefore being that RF is Barry's great, great, great, great (insert enough great's for 400 years) nephew.
(iirc I don't think it's ever been in the comics that RF and Barry are blood related).
If Barry goes back in time and saves his mother he will change everything. I think he goes back in time but does not save his mother instead he finds out who
kills his mother and gets his father out of prison. Then the start of next season Wells will be gone and the it will be Cisco, Caitlyn and Barry in star labs and they
will bring in a new side kick for Barry maybe Ronnie?
Here's hoping they make Tommy the Dark Archer because of this
I doubt they will do a full scale timeline shift on the flash that effects arrow, i could see a small timeline shift if the flash were to visit arrow but the showrunners write this show so that you dont have to watch the other to understand whats happening.. if they did that alot of the fanbase that doesnt watch the flash would tune in next season and be like "WTF" did i miss a season?? whats happening? my guess is somehow something barry or someone close to caitlyn does something that involves ronnie dying, we know that ronnie will not be around for much longer because the actor that plays him is leaving, they already introduced Jason Rusch so that is more then likely who will become the other half of firestorm later at least in the spin-off. Caitlin will slowly start to turn over season 2 into her killer frost persona because for the 2nd time she has lost ronnie and he was always the fire to her ice... so the big twist will more then likely be ronnies death
How many more episodes of the flash before the finale? I think 2 and the final 2 will be a 2 part finale.
Don't think Barry will save his mother, but may do something to get his father freed from prison.
Also, think Barry will save the original Dr. Wells and his wife perhaps.
Hoping we get to see the future showing RF and Flash going back in time in the first place.
Also hoping Eddie doesn't die or turn bad.
Promo photos episode 23 have appeared online. it looks like Harrison wells gets locked up with all the metahumans That could be where episode 23 ends Leaving us all wondering will Barry's father be release from prison.
My guess is it'll end with Barry coming back to the present into the middle of a battle between Vibe and Killer Frost.
Barry will go back in time but will not save his mother. He will though find out who killed his mother and get his father out of jail.
It's fun to read last years speculations, especially how this years Finale ended.


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Sweet Potato, Tarragon, and Goat Cheese Omelet Recipe
How to make the best meal of the week even better.
- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:45 minutes
- 5 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped tarragon
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 12 eggs
- 5 ounces goat cheese
- Chopped fresh parsley, to garnish
In a 10-inch non-stick skillet melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium high heat. When butter has melted add onion and cook until onions just begin to brown, about 4 minutes. Add sweet potato, tarragon, and 1/4 cup water and cover with a lid. Cook, stirring often until sweet potato is fully cooked, about 15 minutes. Place cooked sweet potato in a bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper. Wipe out skillet.
Beat 3 eggs in a large bowl and season with salt. Heat butter in the skillet over medium high heat until melted. Add the beaten eggs, and using a rubber spatula to gently move the edges of the omelet. Once the edges of the omelet are cooked but the center is still a bit runny, add 1/4 of the sweet potato and 1/4 of the goat cheese down the center of the omelet. Fold each side of omelet over the center and carefully lift or roll onto a plate. Repeat with remaining ingredients and garnish each omelet with chopped parsley. Serve.
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