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Moberly Regional Medical Center's Healthy Woman organization will be hosting a urologist and a YMCA employee at their program next Tuesday (Aug. 13), at the Lodge in Rothwell Park.
Said program will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Joshua Holyoak, MD — a new Urologist on the MRMC medical staff — will be the main presenter. His program, entitled "We're Talking Stones, and Not the Rolling Kind," will focus upon "everything you ever wanted to know (or didn't) about kidney stone prevention and treatment," as well as "questions the men in your life should be asking their doctors, but probably aren't," the Healthy Woman release notes.
The local YMCA's Jill Wondell will also be on hand Tuesday, teaching practical yoga moves to the group.
The event is free to the public. All are welcome to come and bring friends.
RSVPs are a must. Persons may do so by calling 269-3296, or by visiting www.moberlyhospital.com/healthywoman.
Healthy Woman hosting kidney stone discussion, yoga move instruction
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In fact, most viewers probably left the theater impressed by the educators he documented, the ones who cared enough to fight: the Michelle Rhees, David Levins, and Mike Feinbergs of the world (all fellow Teach for America alums). I'm here to argue that glorifying these teachers and the schools they've created undermines our end goal of fundamental change in the way we educate our children.
If we want to make real, long-term progress in schools, we need to create a system that's beneficial to students and sustainable for educators.
At best, the unrealistic expectations set forth by the Teach for America world and acclaimed by the mainstream media drive competent, passionate teachers to other careers; at worst, it drives them to ill health, cynicism, and crushed morale. I knew dozens of teachers who fell into that first category. I, unfortunately, fell into the second, until I picked myself up by my bootstraps and moved to a small private school in Silicon Valley.
Trying to turn 65 fifth-graders into model readers, writers, students, and people is an enormous challenge in and of itself; when you tack on poor academic foundations, troubled home lives, and a slew of emotional and behavioral problems, you get a picture of the miracle expected by charter school teachers.
No one ever talks about what it takes for schools to achieve the kind of success that's plastered all over the media. I'll tell you; it takes the blood, sweat, and tears of every teacher on staff. It takes waking up at 5 a.m. and traveling on a bus to a school that smells like urine; having to shell out money for basic necessities like drinking water; working 12-hour days, Saturdays, summers. It takes being a teacher, counselor, warden, nutritionist, coach, friend and parent wrapped into one very exhausted package. It takes a school run by naive 20-somethings with no dependents and no obligations outside their work lives.
A friend of mine recently moved to the Bay Area from New York, where she taught for six years in a renowned charter school. Over the course of her last year, her principal took leave for a mental breakdown, and the dean was hospitalized twice for kidney problems stemming from exhaustion. Is this what we now expect from our educators?
Though I worked nonstop for the entire school year, the founder and CEO of my former school, Deborah Kenny, refused to write me a letter of recommendation upon my resignation. To add insult to injury, I only received a few hundred dollars of a prospective bonus because the students' test scores fell short of perfection. Students, keep in mind, who had entered the school reading three to four grade levels behind, 90 percent of whom had improved to at least a fourth grade reading level by the end of my year with them.
Students who consisted of those who wanted to learn, those who didn't want to learn, and those who threw chairs at me. My colleagues, who had also sacrificed their lives at the altar of charter school education, were dealt the same blows. Yet Deborah Kenny, the school administrator made famous through the efforts of her teachers, didn't cut into her own paycheck; a New York newspaper reported she paid herself $400,000 in 2009, making her the highest-paid charter school executive in New York City.
Through Teach for America and the charter world, we have placed the burden of failing schools on the backs of privileged 22-year-olds. Not only do we expect them to be miracle workers, we make them feel extremely guilty when their efforts fall short of the miraculous. Why do we expect nothing from our community? Our parents? The students themselves? Why is no one held accountable but teachers?
I am a teacher. Some might even call me a good one. I make a fraction of what my peers make in the worlds of law, business, and medicine. No one expects my lawyer friends to be freeing innocent prisoners from death row, though they make at least four times my salary. But since I am in a helping profession, I must defend myself from the sanctimony of people like Davis Guggenheim, Wendy Kopp, and Deborah Kenny — all of whom know the solution to public education, none of whom currently teach. As Stephen Colbert said to a humorless Kopp on "The Colbert Report," do as I say, not do as I do, right? That never goes over well with my students.
Sabrina Strand fulfilled her Teach for America commitment at J.H.S. 126 in Brooklyn, N.Y. before teaching at Harlem Village Academy. She now teaches at Pinewood School in Los Altos Hills. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's degree in teaching from Pace University.
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Wise Men Distracted
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... A chick named Kate stumbled across a guild unlike any she had ever encountered. After a brief conversation over some wings and beers, she quickly realized these were not the typical noob guilds she was accustomed to dealing with. These guys were smart and saavy, cool and collected, rich and beautiful... basically the most interesting guild in the world! They had mastered every facet of the game called Urban Rivals, and probably life too. And what's more, they were incredibly humble... Well Kate knew instantly that she just HAD to join this guild somehow. After years of arduous training (and hazing), she finally was able to call herself a proud member of Wise Men Distracted. And all was good for many years, until one day the Wise Men found out that Kate was a cheating little tramp who betrayed WMD by secretly awarding Cr's to noobs that didn't deserve them. Can you believe it?! So the Wise Men used their Wise Powers and transformed Kate into a lvl 1 noob, and banished her from all guilds permanently. Nobody ****'s with WMD!
We are wise (most of the time), men (and women! - still looking for 3-gendered aliens to join), and distracted (not that distracted... oooh... I have another life in Candy Crush... be right back)...
care to join us?
Send your inquiries along with a 100K clintz processing fee to your favorite WMD admin (processing fee waived for appropriately wise and unwise, distracted and not-so-distraced applicants).
Naah, I am just giving competition to daexen because I love Merm.
What kind of joke is this? You create a recruitment thread and expect me to look after it for free, Daex?
Know what, I am gonna invite Babs and Bauldy here and have threesome fun, like our own vandalised Rec threads
"Send your inquiries along with a 100K clintz processing fee to your favorite WMD admin"
lol epic recruiting tactic, you must get all the new players
(jokes and sarcasm all in good fun)
Excuse me, all this is bullshit, and I am the sole recruiting 'agent' that the founder of WMD, Daexen HIMSELF has appointed.
And I would like to correct Shank's statement that all is not in good fun, and Daexen was serious when he said about the 100K fee, but as an agent, I do it for 99, 995 K, and you save a precious 5 clintz, and i guarantee that if I can't place you in WMD itself, I will get you a place in 'Little Dora's Pandora's box' or 'Awayuki Girls' guild, for just 5 Cortez extra as a bonus fee.
"oh jeepers mister that sounds great!" the little shanks in me loves dora the explorer
Okay, accept my secure trade 99995 clintz and 5 Cortez for my 50 clintz, you'll be magically transported there. Guaranteed.
Oh i thought that was a good joke trade i dont even have 5 Cortez
Business is business, now I am trying to find It customers
Btw, Miagi, why don't you go visit XC in my absence and fuck em all upside down?
Im starting an event for DvF for October/Halloween gotta stick around for that, i stay busy in this guild as often as i can spare time
Me, I don't care. Ever since i saw Icarus like 5 years back, and Manfred, 4 years, iknew, our guild is safe. They are mega egotits, but are brothers, and are awesome players and awesome men. 9I met them as boys). One is doing his engineering, and the other )Manfred) is grounded till he gets into his medical school.
I am a happy mom and I can afford to visit, fly around, and even take a few toyboys
Haha, yes, we should make our guilds good first, then we branch out.
Good outlook!


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Crestron Introduces HD V-Panel Touchscreens |
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 | |
The new V-Panel control panels from Crestron - the TPMC-V12 and TPMC-V15 – bring high definition video to the touchscreen market. In addition to controlling HVAC, security, lighting and A/V systems, the newest releases from Crestron will allow you to enjoy all your digital media without the need for a separate computer.
"TPMC V-Panels blend cutting-edge control and graphics technology with style, and deliver a powerful combination of control and multimedia functionality," says Crestron's Vincent Bruno."These new touch screens bring an amazing interactive control experience right into our customers' living room." The new V-Panels introduce streaming video, web browsing, PC applications and media players and even a 2-way VOIP intercom. They're shipping now in both 12 and 15 inch sizes and are available from authorized distributors. |


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Waking up early is not something I do easily. Usually requires a can or two of Diet Pepsi and a shower. Today didn't change anything. The usual routine got me out of bed and ready for the day ahead.
Since most of the places I had wanted to hit were closed on Sunday, I had to cram in as much as possible into one day. I had plans to drive into Keokuk, IA and find some of the racing heritage I had heard so much about, but that was a pipe dream at this point.
The first stop of the day was to my friends junkyard just a few towns over. This is my favorite junkyard to visit. It is nothing like what we have in Chicago. There are a few newer cars in the yard, but most of it is all 30's through the 80's. Lots of vintage metal in there. Nothing really rare, except for a few exceptions.
I had visited this yard many times 5 and 6 years ago. I had stripped out as many of the cool Mopar parts as I could. Going through that yard front to back many, many times. But even with that, some thing surprised me.
Walking the yard, I found the back barns still full of mostly Chevy parts. Rows upon rows of radios, carbs, etc. Wish I knew more part numbers, see if anything there was rare.
Making my way into onto the center road of the yard, I noticed a garage just off to the side. I thought to myself, "I don't remember this garage, I wonder what's inside?" I was pleasantly surprised by the answer.
There was a 67 Nova SS and a Pontiac Catalina Convertible with 8 lug rims. Two rare cars if I remember correctly.
I spent the next few hours walking the yard. Rediscovering what I had found years ago. Sadly with the price of scrap skyrocketing, some of the worst vehicles have disappeared, including the only E-body in the entire place, a 70 Challenger and a 63 Plymouth Fury convertible.
I walked through mud, snow, ice and almost anything else you could think of. It was just incredible to be going through there again. So many cool old cars, from a Torino GT to a 73 Charger. I wish I had more time, but I knew that time was short if I was to make it to my friends place out near Carthage and still make it home before midnight.
Realizing it was after Noon, I walked faster and missed large swatches of the yard where to the best of my memory wasn't anything too special. I walked the main row ducking in and out of rows to catch a quick picture of an Imperial or Mustang.
I was at the end of my little junkyarding adventure. I knew the owner had put away his 69 Chevelle SS 396 car into a tractor trailer. Lo and behold I found the trailer! Unfortunately it was WELDED SHUT. I completely understand, but just a disappointment for me. But like he said, it is to protect his stuff from us "nosey" people. Couldn't argue with him there.
I said my goodbyes, and wished them well and departed on good terms with everyone. Next stop was Carthage, for what I hoped would be a good time, and it was.
Here's a cool old gas station in Macomb, IL.
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SuperBird in the Barn: The Junkyard
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text: Report: The Most Pirated Games Of 2009Luke Plunkett12/28/09 10:30pmFiled to: PCPiracyNewsTorrents777EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Sales figures can be an impressive thing, but so too can the figures showing how many times a game has been pirated. OK, maybe not "impressive". "Disappointing" might be a more suitable term. Advertisement Actually, looking at the sheer scale of numbers on display here, change that to "very disappointing". TorrentFreak have hit up all the major public BitTorrent trackers and recorded how many times a particular game has been downloaded, and the figures are, if correct, frightening.Modern Warfare 2 on PC, for example, may have disappointed at the register, but according to TorrentFreak's figures it's been downloaded 4.1 million times. Now, that's not to say there are 4.1 million illegal copies out there. There's bound to be duplicates and errors in the tracking. Nor is it suggesting that Activision have somehow missed out on 4.1 million sales of the game, because as common sense dictates, a copy pirated does not equate to a lost sale. Advertisement But still.Add in the 970,000 copies illegally downloaded on Xbox 360 and you're looking at a lot of people playing the game for free. Advertisement Sponsored Other popular titles with pirates in 2009 were The Sims 3, Street Fighter IV, Prototype and New Super Mario Bros.TorrentFreak's charts can be found below, though for some reason (because the PS3 games can't be easily copied?) PS3 games were not included. Modern Warfare 2 Most Pirated Game of 2009 [TorrentFreak, via IGN]Reply777 repliesLeave a reply


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Will Justice Mukul Mudgal's report help cleanse and restore faith in the IPL, which is already being viewed by some as a choreographed event, wonders Karthik Parimal.
The report put forth by Justice Mukul Mudgal is touted to strike at the heart of Indian cricket, and apparently, it could have lasting ramifications on the sport in the country with what's to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan (involvement in betting and passing on team information during Indian Premier League [IPL] 2013), the son-in-law of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, have been proved. That he was a team official of Chennai Super Kings [CSK] at one point of time was also proved. The fact that this piece of information was relentlessly glossed by the franchise is what's noteworthy.
A few months after the spot-fixing controversy in the IPL came to the fore, Michael Hussey, in his book Underneath the Southern Cross, wrote as follows: "Our owner was India cements, headed by Mr Srinivasan. As he was also on the board of the BCCI, he gave control of the team to his son-in-law Mr Gurunath. He ran the team along with Kepler Wessels, who was coach, and I assume one of the reasons they chose me to play for them." Hussey's statement mirrored the general perception of the rest, but the franchise maintained otherwise. Despite the accusations and due evidence floating around in the open, they bagged the 'Fair Play' award.
At the conclusion of the season, umpteen promises were made to rinse the tournament from the lowest of its rungs up. A 12-point program called "Operation Clean-Up" was initiated by the BCCI, but it's safe to say, after almost eight months since its first draft, that it's yet to fully take off. Just two days prior to the coffers being emptied and greens showered on even the modest of players during the auctions for the seventh edition of the IPL, Justice Mukul Mudgal's report sent ripples across the fraternity; or so one thought. However, the event unfolded sans any drama, grabbing plenty of eyeballs in the process.
There is no talk of scrapping the franchise yet, this despite the rulebook vividly presenting a point to do so. Nor is there a hint of worry, at least to the naked eye, among the paying public with respect to the authenticity of the tournament this time around. This could imply one of two things. As long as entertainment is churned out on a nightly basis for over 45 days, what transpires behind closed doors or in the dressing rooms is not of concern to the viewers who eventually have their time and money's worth. Or, they've placed their trust in the powers that be and expect a tournament purged of wrongdoers from this season onward. Looking at the level of priority assigned by the head honchos to the issues prevalent, the latter seems least likely.
Tongue-in-cheek comparisons with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where contests are choreographed, have long been doing the rounds on the social media. Some don't mind watching the IPL with WWE-tinted glasses. In fact, just twelve days after the spot-fixing controversy and allegations of betting, a 60,000 strong crowd turned up for the finals, a fact that was proudly underscored by Srinivasan. Knowing the Indian audience's weakness for the sport, matters of utmost importance will continue to be swept under the carpet, for none will instigate a commotion as long as they're entertained. The upcoming edition, by all means, could proceed like there was never anything wrong with it in the first place.
It's at times like these you tend to understand the purists' stance on the abridged version of the game and leagues such as these in general. Nothing beats the sound of a red leather meeting the willow for them, and while the slam-bam cricket is something they'll never take to whole heartedly, the haphazard way in which the tournament is being run is sure to keep them at bay for good. Agreed, IPL helps bring a new audience to the game, but it should make sure it doesn't turn away the loyalists.
Twenty20 as a format or a league like the IPL is not a taboo. It is what provides security to players at lower hierarchies of the game, while simultaneously spreading it to different parts of the world. Roping in money is a must for a sport of small pool such as cricket, but the inability to weed out troublemakers and the insipidity in tackling the problem head-on is what's baffling. Why cannot a model be devised based on how this issue is handled in the English Premier league (EPL) or the National Football League (NFL)? These two leagues are larger and much more complex, yet they keep corruption in check more often than not. If such bodies can be transparent yet stringent, why can't the IPL? One hopes this report is treated with the respect it deserves, even if it rattles the core of Indian cricket, due changes are made, and faith is restored in the sport.
(Karthik Parimal, a Correspondent with CricketCountry, is a cricket aficionado and a worshipper of the game. He idolises Steve Waugh and can give up anything, absolutely anything, just to watch a Kumar Sangakkara cover drive. He can be followed on Twitter at https://twitter.com/karthik_parimal)


text: Nintendo Might Bring 2D Zelda Games Back In 3DLuke Plunkett11/10/11 3:30amFiled to: The Legend Of ZeldaThe legend of zelda: a link to the past3dsNintendoNewsTop2641EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Ocarina of Time might not be the only Zelda game we see brought back to life on the 3DS. Nintendo talisman Shigeru Miyamoto has been thinking about bringing some older games to the handheld as well. Advertisement In an interview with GamesRadar, Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma said "Well actually, even Mr. Miyamoto himself has been talking recently about going back to the 2D Zelda games, in particular the ones that were designed with multiple levels to the world like A Link to the Past, and taking those 2D graphics and recreating them in 3D so that you could get a sense for the depth of those worlds.""That's something that might be interesting to do, so I would say there might be a possibility of something like that in the future." Advertisement Note he doesn't mean recreate them entirely so they look like Ocarina or Wind Waker. He just means taking the 2D games and giving them a 3D effect. Which...might be cool, I guess, but how many times can people be expected to buy Link to the Past? SNES, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console, there comes a time you've played a game enough, you know?Skyward Sword producer Eiji Aonuma hints at 3D remake of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [GamesRadar]You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at email@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.Reply264 repliesLeave a reply


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Tonya Larson: Power Stretch and Sculpt
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Dove "Family-Approved" For All Ages
Tonya Larson's DVD's instruct the viewer of many exercises programs. This DVD shows the way to help your body through a series of stretching exercises to sculpt your body into a healthier you. With her easy- to-follow leadership, the viewer will enjoy the easy relaxing work-out as they participate [...]


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Rough Buff Pass challenges riders
Daimeon Shanks brought his special climbing attire.
High drama at rabbit show
Children compete for prestigious Best in Show ribbon
The Routt County Fair's open rabbit show had several youths teeter-tottering on their toes Wednesday wondering whether their rabbits would win the prestigious Best in Show ribbon.
Event connects nonprofits with foundations in state
Next month, representatives of major foundations from across the state will stand in an empty field near Granby.
News in brief for Aug. 18
Tickets on sale for benefit concert with Marcovicci Tickets are now on sale for a benefit concert featuring cabaret singer Andrea Marcovicci performing "If I Were A Bell: The songs of Frank Loesser."
The Record for Aug. 18
Tuesday, Aug. 17 1:18 a.m. A woman reported hearing her neighbor's dog barking for more than 30 minutes in the 200 block of Hill Street. The woman later said she heard glass breaking and a thump and thought she saw something fly out the window. Officers arrived and found that the dog had jumped through the window. A report was taken.
Going back in time
During the rest of the year, you can walk through the past at Tread of Pioneers Museum. But on one day of the year, Tread of Pioneers Museum staff will try to lead you through the looking glass into the way they imagine the Old West to be.
Top bronc riders return to 'Boat
Pat Mantle Memorial highlights final weekend of rodeos
It's something cowboy Bryan Costner has wanted to win from the first time he climbed on the back of a bucking horse.
Revisions proposed to plan
Housing authority wants to relax West of Steamboat plan requirements
City and county leaders hope new affordable housing guidelines for the untapped areas west of Steamboat Springs will have 20-20 vision.
Hayden approves student activity fees
Incoming Hayden band students have to pay $50 for uniforms while student athletes do not pay for uniforms.
Funds OK'd for tennis center
Council votes to spend additional $792K to replace facility
Reasoning that it would cost more to delay, the Steamboat Springs City Council voted 6-1 this week to spend an additional $792,481 and move forward with replacing The Tennis Center at Steamboat Springs.


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Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons touched down in South Africa on Monday without his rumored love interest supermodel Petra Nemcova and immediately released a statement about his fact-finding tour. "I am here because the most important and powerful Muslim minister and the most important and powerful Jewish Rabbi I have met in my lifetime – The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and Rabbi Marc Schnier – both, individually, told me to come here," Simmons told AllHipHop.com in a statement. From South Africa Mr. Simmons traveled to Botswana and visited the Jwaneng Diamond Mine, the largest and richest diamond mine in the world by value, with Dr. Benjamin Chavis who is part of the fact finding mission. Upon returning to the United States, on December 5th Simmons is scheduled to hold a press conference at New York City's Mandarin Oriental Hotel at 2 p.m. There, along with wife (or is it ex-wife) Kimora Lee Simmons, Scott Rauch (both co-owners of Simmons Jewelry Company a partnership with DeBeers) and Dr. Benjamin Chavis (co-chairman of Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit Action Network), Simmons will "announce major historic initiatives pertaining to Africa and the diamond industry." Let's hope so. I've already expressed my initial opinion about the trip, but as always am hoping he proves me wrong.
Video of Russell Simmons' African diamond trip
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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/14/nvidia_tri_sli_launched/
Nvidia rolls out 'tri-SLI'
Not quite 3x performance
Posted in The Channel, 14th December 2007 11:31 GMT
Nvidia has launched its anticipated 'Tri-SLI' technology as "3-way SLI", allowing gamers to connect not one, not two but three graphics cards in co-operative rendering harmony.
They have to be Nvidia GeForce cards, natch, but when connected deliver up to 2.8 times the performance of a single GPU. That, the company claimed, is enough to allow games 60fps frame-rates at a resolution of 2560 x 1600 with 8x anti-aliasing enabled.
Nvidia's 3-way SLI: one mobo, three GPUs
Or Crysis at 1920 x 1200 with all the DirectX 10 eye-candy turned on.
As expected, 3-way SLI works on systems build upon Nvidia's nForce 680 SLI chipset, and requires three GeForce 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra cards. A special three-card connector links the three add-in boards.
Oh, and you'll need an 1100W power supply with six six-pin PCIe power connectors... phew.
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"Save America's Treasures" has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington's tent.
65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
In the summer of 1936 a young man named Beryle W. Shinn was picnicking on a hillside near San Quentin, California, on the north shore of San Francisco Bay, when he found a metal plate approximately five inches wide by eight inches long. Thinking it might serve to cover a hole in the floor of his automobile, he picked it up and kept it, and only later did he notice that one side was covered with writing. Dr. Herbert E. Bolton of the University of California, to whom Shinn took the plate, then deciphered the inscription: Read more »


text: The Ultimate Instructional Video for Turning a Book into a Secret StashMatthew Rogers6/01/11 4:30amFiled to: DIYClever Usessecret stashstashhideHiding stuffSecretBooks16EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink We've shown you a couple of methods for creating a hollowed out book stash before, but it's not too often that somebody takes the time to document their own effort on video. It turns out there's a reason for that; it takes about 15 hours of hard, paper-cut-laden labor to build one out of a larger book, which is what you'd need to store anything more substantial than a couple of CDs. Making a Book Safe | YouTube via InstructablesReply16 repliesLeave a reply


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Norcold Portable Refrigerator/Freezer - 86 Can Capacity
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- Hermetically Sealed Compressor with built-in low voltage protection
- Electronic Temperature Control Panel displays the internal temperature and allows you to set desired temp
- Indicator light alerts you to installation issues
- Separate refrigerator-only section prevents freezing of select items
- Battery protection with three settable levels prevents battery drain and automatically turns back on when voltage returns
- Easy-to-clean, removable wire basket for convenience
- Stainless-steel interior prevents stains and improves cooling
- Durable and corrosion-proof plastic exterior with heavy-duty removable handles
- Included DC cord with cigarette lighter plug
- Optional adaptor allows AC Operation
- Optional carrying case helps protect refrigerator
- Easily reversible and removable Hinge Lid
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Twitter limits (API, updates, and following)
Why have limits?
Limits alleviate some of the strain on the behind-the-scenes part of Twitter and reduce downtime and error pages. For the sake of reliability, we've placed some limits on the account actions below.
Current Twitter limits
The current technical limits for accounts are:
- Direct messages (daily): The limit is 1,000 messages sent per day.
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"American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush"
The book American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips is on my list of things to read. Here's the blurb from Amazon:
The Bushes are the family nobody really knows, says Kevin Phillips. This popular lack of acquaintance-nurtured by gauzy imagery of Maine summer cottages, gray-haired national grandmothers, July Fourth sparklers, and cowboy boots-has let national politics create a dynasticized presidency that would have horrified America's founding fathers. They, after all, had led a revolution against a succession of royal Georges.
In this devastating book, onetime Republican strategist Phillips reveals how four generations of Bushes have ascended the ladder of national power since World War One, becoming entrenched within the American establishment-Yale, Wall Street, the Senate, the CIA, the vice presidency, and the presidency-through a recurrent flair for old-boy networking, national security involvement, and political deception. By uncovering relationships and connecting facts with new clarity, Phillips comes to a stunning conclusion: The Bush family has systematically used its financial and social empire-its "aristocracy"-to gain the White House, thereby subverting the very core of American democracy. In their ambition, the Bushes ultimately reinvented themselves with brilliant timing, twisting and turning from silver spoon Yankees to born-again evangelical Texans. As America-and the world-holds its breath for the 2004 presidential election, American Dynasty explains how it happened and what it all means.
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MathGrapher is a graphical calculator for functions of the form F(x) and F(x,y) containing up to 20 subfunctions and 150 numerical and 100 named constants. Cartesian as well as polar coordinates can be chosen and functions can be represented in patametrized form (2D). F(x,y) can be represented in 2D and 3D by Shaded surfaces, Contour plots and Cross-sections through Contourplots. In the 3D viewer you may rapidly vary the viewing angle, distance and shading of the 3D surface using your mouse.
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Eucalyptus harvesting leads to more trucks on road 07-16-12
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Big Island police wish to inform the public that harvesting and trucking of eucalyptus trees along Highway 19 has begun and will increase the number of trucks on the roadway, especially from the Laupāhoehoe area to Kawaihae.
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An East Toledo woman died two days after she was hurt in a two-car accident on Miami Street, police said.
Cheryl Williams, 48, of 1648 Bond St. died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Sgt. Paul Kerschbaum said. She was a passenger in a car driven by James Schnabel, 52, of Rossford.
Mr. Schnabel was driving south on Miami about 8:30 p.m. Friday after exiting I-75 as Dalton Wilkinson, 17, of West Toledo was exiting I-75 from a different direction. Mr. Schnabel was in the inside lane and Mr. Wilkinson was in the merge lane. Their cars collided when Mr. Wilkinson was trying to turn left into a driveway in front of Mr. Schnabel s car, police said.
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DIY: Fashionable Camera Straps @ Lomography Gallery Store NYC Greenwich Village
2012-03-21 1 Share TweetCome and craft with us! Get ready for the bright summer fashions by jazzing up your boring old camera strap.
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Lot 308: Idealized Smoker's Chest #2
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"Sex and the body, Lucas's perpetual themes, might seem opposed to Conceptual art, which is an art of ideas not forms. But what 'Conceptualism' means in art nowadays is not dematerialized form but content apprehended in a rather distanced way. That is, distanced from what the subject initially appears to be. The audience has been taught to understand that a typical work by Lucas will have something standing for something else: objects standing for a body -- because nowadays, it is assumed, there's no way to see the body except through the matter of everyday life" (M. Collings, "Get Hold of This", in Sarah Lucas, London 2002, pp. 53-55).
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Background with Pat!
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April 17
More population genetics of polyploidy!
I did a literature search today and found several interesting papers. I picked two for next week, but in the interest of time, I think we should focus on the first one (Walsh paper). The Comai paper can be background reading for people who want to do a little polyploidy catch-up (like me). Both Genetica and Nature Reviews Genetics are available online through the library.
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April 24
Ploidy shifts with Pat and Brian.
The yeast haploid superiority article (Zeyl, 2003, Science below) dovetails nicely with the Walsh reading from April 17 and the Otto review from April 10.
A recent paper on gene duplicate evolution in Teleost fish should further expand on experimental observations related to evolution specific to polyploid contexts.
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May 1
Speciation with Dena
Great paper from the Solti, Pires, and Leitch groups from a meeting proceedings at Kew Gardens. Demonstrates that in this case the species barrier was not overcome just once in a freak accident.
Polyploid tree frogs unite to form a complex interspecies swarm. Demonstrates recurrent polyploid formation can play a role in animal polyploid speciation too. Go frogs.
May 8
Contemporary polyploidy hybrids with Debra Ayers
Abbott and Lowe paper on Senecios (HTML): http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00333.x
Urbanska paper on Cardamine: http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/g6977375111059p4/fulltext.pdf
Plus unpublished nuggets on local spartina and tumbleweeds!
May 15
The triploid bridge with Brian
With so much new stuff to be discovered (mathematical models of polyploid establishment under mixed asexual/sexual breeding schemes) I decided to settle on some steady material.
- For a review on the origins of polyploids I offer up the first (of two) reviews by Justin Ramsey and Doug Schemske (1998, or here). The sections about triploids and the triploid bridge are all I think we should focus on. There is a lot of meat in this review.
- The second is a paper by Brian Husband that looks at the effect of triploid fitness on the evolution of polyploidy in populations.
- Last is a paper from the Comai group looking at the existence of variability in both triploid and aneuploid fitness. There is a methods paper in the plant journal (Henry 2006) and a previous paper in Genetics (Henry et al., 2005) that mirrors some of the figures presented in Ramsey and Schemske for maize (or Satina and Blakeslee 1936/37 for Datura).
The triploid bridge is not just for evolution. It gets used by breeders ocassionally, and talked about often. I have linked a paper by Carputo et al. on the uses and usefulness of the "EBN", one of which is to make odd-ploidy hybrids as a bridge to allow gene flow between isolated species. I don't think there will be time to discuss it.
June 6
Polyploidy in Animals
The time has to come to put on our zoology glasses and examine polyploidy in animal species. I've picked two papers, one of which was on the initial "suggested readings list" passed out at the beginning of class.
Mable, B. K. 2004. 'Why polyploidy is rare in animals than in plants': myths and mechanisms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82:453-466 (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00332.x). If people are interested, they can read the original paper "Why polyploidy is rarer in animals than in plants revisited" (Orr 1990; although if it is being revisited, there must be an older paper with a similar title).
Le Comber, S. C. and C. Smith. 2004. Polyploidy in fishes: patterns and processes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82:431-422 (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00330.x.)


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Adapters: Iain Softley; Stephen Jeffreys.
Personnel: Daniel Healy, Andrew Knott (vocals, guitar); Oliver Bennett (vocals, drums); Paul Stacey (guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Joe Giddy (cello); John Hogg (harmonica); Charlotte Glasson (clarinet).
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Inspired by the Beatles' days playing in Hamburg and the '90s movie of the same name, Backbeat tells the story of their rise -- as well as the love triangle between drummer Stuart Sutcliffe, photographer Astrid Kirchnerr, and John Lennon -- through a mix of songs that would have been in the band's set lists at the time. This original cast recording features versions of songs the Beatles famously loved and covered ("Please Mr. Postman," "Twist and Shout," "Money"), as well as their first original songs ("P.S. I Love You," "Love Me Do," "I Want to Hold Your Hand"). Of course, nothing can compare to the real deal, but Backbeat's homages have enough authenticity and affection to please Beatles fans who like musicals, too.


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The Mayfair Community Development Corporation is getting a much-needed financial boost.
The CDC held a news conference on Sunday morning near Frankford and Cottman avenues to announce a partnership with Allegheny Iron and Metal Corp., based at 2200 Adams Ave. in East Frankford.
The city Department of Commerce recently chose five CDCs for a program that allows them to partner with businesses. The companies receive tax credits, and CDCs receive $85,000 of a company's business income and receipts tax per year, for 10 years.
Tom Forkin, vice chairman of the CDC, described the sum of $850,000 over the next decade as a "substantial economic boost."
Forkin reached out to Allegheny sales manager Bill McKeown, who discussed the proposal with Charlie Dolaway, president of the 114-year-old company.
Dolaway thinks his company's investment in the CDC is a wise one.
"At least we know where it's going," he said.
The CDC will keep clean sweep manager Jim Berghaier while hiring Suzann St. Marie-Galliani as corridor manager and Mia Hylan as program director/office manager.
In addition, it will team with the Mayfair Business Association to develop a Frankford Avenue Business Improvement District, from Rhawn Street to Harbison Avenue. It will also increase the number of neighborhood festivals and markets.
The CDC will continue to try to rehabilitate blighted homes. And it will partner with the Mayfair Civic Association and Mayfair Town Watch on local needs.
"The money will be spent right here in Mayfair," said CDC chairman Joe DeFelice.
To supplement the money from Allegheny and the funds already in its account, the CDC will seek grants.
Elected officials in attendance at the announcement were City Councilman Bobby Henon, state Reps. Kevin Boyle and Brendan Boyle and city elections commissioner Al Schmidt.
"Mayfair is a can-do neighborhood," Henon said.
DeFelice said the contributions from Allegheny signal a "rebirth" of the CDC.
The CDC was once a potent force in Mayfair, thanks in large part to former state House Speaker John Perzel. It built a large community center and managed the Devon Theater, among other initiatives.
However, the CDC started to struggle when Perzel lost power and state funding dried up for community and economic development projects across Pennsylvania.
The CDC no longer runs the center or the theater, and was fortunate when a judge dismissed it as a party to a slip-and-fall lawsuit against the Devon.
DeFelice said, thanks to Allegheny, the CDC will be more active again.
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The 160,000-square-foot building includes an Innovation Center showcasing TI's latest technology, collaboration spaces, an employee courtyard, a fitness center, outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, and a walking path around the building.
The 7-acre site at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 59 and University Boulevard will house 375 employees who work in TI's embedded processing business. The staff relocated from TI's 45-year-old silicon wafer factory about five miles away in Stafford that was shut down last year. Both cities are southwest of Houston.
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Oregon History: Mixed Blessings
Progressivism waned with the onset of World War I. Oregonians and other Americans began to tire of crusades. The entry into the Great War tested the resolution to continue problem-solving. Peace and commitment to its maintenance were casualties of both the war and the postwar world.
Industrial strife mounted when worker expectations remained unrealized as prosperity increased after 1900. Alienated, fearful, and distrustful of the establishment, some workers gravitated toward the Socialist Party and militant labor unions. The West Coast Shingle Weaver's Union as chartered by the American Federation of Labor and the International Union of Shingle Weavers, Sawmill Workers, and Woodsmen sought recruits. The Industrial Workers of the World grew by the thousands when disgruntled loggers and mill workers enlisted in its ranks. Known to most by its initials, IWW, the union was perceived by management as the "I Won't Work" contingent. Free speech fights, confrontations, strikes, and demands for better working conditions and higher wages became the tense legacy of workers and management on the eve of World War I.
Illustrative of the tensions were the vigilante actions of the businessmen of Bandon. In 1913, enraged by the publication of Social Justice, they seized its editor and publisher. Dr. Bailey K. Leach had used his newspaper to denounce vigilantism, the Boy Scouts of America as a paramilitary organization, and perceived thought control in the public library, which refused to accession Socialist literature. A mob grabbed Dr. Leach, placed a noose around his neck, and "deported" him from Bandon. Beaten and left barefoot on the North Spit at Coos Bay, having been compelled to kneel and kiss the American flag, he walked through the sand dunes and up the Umpqua River to the office of Governor Oswald West to complain of his treatment. An investigation mounted by the State Supreme Court led to the disbarment of an attorney in Marshfield. Leach was lucky. When IWW organizer Wesley Everest was deported in similar fashion from Coos Bay, he went to Centralia, Washington, to promote the union. In 1919 he was seized by a mob, castrated, and hanged from a railroad bridge. No one was charged with Everest's murder. To many, the rousing hymn of the IWW, "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum," justified violations of civil liberties and the law.
To counter the growth of labor unions and the Socialist Party, the federal government took control of spruce production in western Oregon and Washington. Deemed an essential material for airplane manufacturing, spruce became the assignment of the U.S. Army's Spruce Production Division. It assumed responsibilities for logging, lumbering, and filling orders. In 1917 General Brice P. Disque took command of troops who erected mills at Coquille and Toledo, Oregon, and Vancouver and Port Gamble, Washington. The Spruce Division produced 54 million board feet of airplane wing beams in Oregon and left a modern electrical sawmill and extensive railroad network in Lincoln County, which, in time, passed into private ownership.
The federal government also created the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. Ostensibly an employer-employee union, the 4-Ls recruited thousands of workers who pledged not to strike and to help the nation in its production of war materials. The Emergency Fleet Corporation, a federal agency, contracted with yards to turn out vessels for the war effort. Shipbuilders in Portland, Astoria, Tillamook, and Marshfield produced steel and wooden-hull vessels for the EFC. Fort Stevens at Warrenton took on new life since its primary construction during the Civil War and Spanish-American War. Troops drilled and trained on its parade grounds; some departed with other Oregonians for service on the battlefields of Europe.
World War I was a mixed blessing for Oregon. Initially it stimulated the economy with the production of war materials, foodstuffs, and ships, but it set the stage for the collapse of shipbuilding and the falloff of lumber production in the 1920s. Everywhere were signs of trouble: few housing starts, instability in banking, speculation in the stock market, and migration. More than 50,000 people left Oregon following World War I. Opportunities beckoned elsewhere.
[Also see Oregon at War! World War I and the Oregon Experience, a Web exhibit by the Oregon State Archives]
In a sense, Oregon made their transit possible. Between 1911 and 1922 state, county, and local funds helped build the Columbia River Highway. The Columbia Gorge section, designed by Samuel Lancaster, an engineer brought in from Tennessee for the assignment, ran eastward with gentle grades and sensitive integration with the environment to open access to scenic waterfalls, hiking trails, and spectacular vistas between Portland and The Dalles. Modern construction techniques including steel-reinforced poured-concrete bridges created the region's first paved highway. In 1913 Oregon created the State Highway Commission. Four years later it expanded its membership and the legislature began steady appropriations to "Get Oregon Out of the Mud." The "good roads" campaign took on real life in 1919 when Oregon enacted a gasoline tax. The first state in the country to pay for roads through a gas tax, Oregon embraced the automobile age and began construction of the Pacific Highway. From its crossing at the Interstate Bridge across the Willamette, the route ran south via the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue Valleys to California. Paved in concrete, its gentle course ran through productive farmlands, crossed rivers on major bridges, wended its way up the slopes of the Siskiyous, and confirmed Oregon's commitment to good roads.
Road construction led to legislation in 1921 promoted by Governor Ben Olcott to authorize the State Highway Commission to acquire rights-of-way for scenic conservation and roadside forest preserves. In 1922 the state accepted the gift of Sarah Helmick State Park in Polk County. These actions received legislative direction in 1925 with authorization to acquire lands for park purposes for waysides and natural areas. Governor I.L. Patterson in 1929 named the first State Park Commission, which worked closely with Samuel H. Boardman, the state parks engineer, for building a land base of state-owned park properties.
Although highway construction helped one sector of the economy, the advent of automobile traffic sounded the death knell for steamboats on the rivers and, in time, Oregon's electrical railroad system. The Oregon Electric Railway operated daily trains over 122 miles of track by 1912 between Portland and Eugene. A "No Soot-No Cinders" route, the commuter line also ran west to Forest Grove. The Southern Pacific's Red Electric began connections in 1914. It ran from Portland to Corvallis via Lake Oswego and Newberg. A branch line swung west to Hillsboro, Forest Grove, and McMinnville. For a time, travelers had the choice of ten departures from Portland and at least two from McMinnville. The efficiency of the electrics and the interurban lines was eclipsed by cars and buses. The 1920s were a time of transition. Smells of draft animals and the clacking sound of horseshoes mixed with the swift movement of electrical railroads and gasoline-driven cars and trucks. In time the familiar "Galloping Goose," the solitary passenger-mail car that ran on many of Oregon's short lines, disappeared. Residents of Friend, Shaniko, Prairie City, Cherry Grove, Bull Run, and other small towns would have to travel by road, not rail.
Wartime stress, emphasis on patriotism, distrust of German-Americans, eugenics campaigns championed by Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair, and anti-Catholic bigotry created fertile ground in Oregon for the rise of the American Protective Association, Federation of Patriotic Societies, and the Ku Klux Klan. With a combined membership estimated at more than 64,000 Oregonians, these organizations fed on the fear and distrust of residents in a period of social flux and uncertainty. Although minorities were few in number, racism and bigotry were imported ideas. They came with newcomers from other parts of the country and grew in soil that already nurtured suspicion and tendencies to vigilante action. Chapters of the Ku Klux Klan formed in Tillamook, Medford, Eugene, and Portland, as well as many other towns. Robed Klansmen paraded in the streets, ignited crosses on hillsides, nailed American flags to the doors of Catholic schools, and intimidated African-Americans.
The Klan, FOPS, and Scottish Rite Masons sponsored a bill, passed in 1922 in the general election, to compel all children to attend public schools. The overtly anti-Catholic measure threatened to close all parochial schools and military academies. The state Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional in 1924 and the U.S. Supreme Court concurred in 1925. The Ku Klux Klan found a strange champion in the Oregon legislature. Kaspar K. Kubli, speaker of the House of Representatives, happened to possess winning initials and became a rallying point for efforts to drive through the Alien Property Act of 1923. The law prohibited Japanese from purchasing or leasing land in Oregon. The legislature also passed a law forbidding wearing of sectarian clothing, namely priestly vestments or nuns' habits, in classrooms.
A number of historians have written about the flaws of the 1920s and the nation's serious engagement with public-sanctioned bigotry. While some of the laws were overt, much more went on quietly but consistently. Oregon Indians, who became citizens of the United States in 1924, were forbidden to purchase alcohol, though some applied for a special card that certified their entitlement to drink. Oregon realtors declined to sell homes in certain areas to minorities. Oregon developers wrote into deeds restrictive covenants that prohibited holding ducks and geese and sale of the house and land to anyone of Chinese or Japanese ancestry. Large neighborhoods of Portland--Garthwick, Dunthorpe, Eastmoreland, Westmoreland--and Lake Oswego were kept "white" for decades by subtle but effective discrimination.
One of the hard-fought agendas of the 1920s was the encouragement of public power. In 1930 Oregonians approved the creation of public utility districts. The action shook some of the well-established utility companies, for they now faced the prospect that if their rates and actions were out of line with public interest, voters could set up their own company, and vie for hydropower rights on a stream or build a sawdust-fired electrical plant and offer service to consumers.
The 1920s were a period of rapid adjustment from wartime preparedness and boom to an uneven and deteriorating economy. Oregon moved from progressivism to the rise of selfish interests and secret societies that threatened liberties and promoted bigotry. Yet, in spite of following strange paths, the state laid the foundation of a fine highway system, state parks, and competitive rates for electrical power.


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6th November 2012, 10:44 PM | #91 |
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Why not simply dial it in?
The solo chip amp is highly sensitive to current, especially at feedback, so here's some dials for you.
Note: Variable resistors made from multi-turn trimpots--solder 2 out of 3 pins together before use, and then you have a 2-pin variable resistor--check with ohmmeter before use. Setup: (LM1875 non-inverting amp--see the datasheet) ♦ The input load resistor is a simple 10k. ♦ The input cap is 2.2u (like Nichicon ES 2.2u and 4.7n polyester bypass) ♦ The NFB cap is 470u (consider 1u or smaller electrolytic for bypass, or a 22n or smaller polyester dip cap for bypass, but don't use polypro). ♦ The 2 amp board power caps are also 470u, and they can be exactly the same model and same bypass efforts that you find attractive for NFB cap. ♦ The feedback resistor is 10k series to 250k and Parallel that 250k with a 100K multi turn trimmer (creating a 72k variable resistor)--total Range of variance is then 10k to 82k. ♦ The feedback-shunt resistor is a 1k series to 2.2k and Parallel that 2.2k with a 10k multi turn trimmer (creating a 1.8k variable resistor)--total Range of variance is then 1k to 2.8k. Adjust: Although the trimmers have been restricted to decent values, please be careful to avoid setting the gain outside the range of 10x to 40x. You'll need to use your ohmmeter between settings. Divide the feedback and feedback-shunt and then add 1 to find the gain setting. These two dials vary both gain and feedback current, and thus a vast variety of differences is possible, and the choice is yours. Reason: Turning a dial could be easier than hours of soldering different resistor values. After dialing in optimal resistor values, we could then replace trimmer arrangement with nearest value ordinary resistor instead. Alternatives: Dialing in feedback settings is not the only way to fine tune LM1875. External compensations can be added for that job. That is doable, but I couldn't possibly explain it. In this case textbooks can be really helpful. Much textbook material for small signal op-amps can be applied to LM1875 since it is a simple op-amp.
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6th November 2012, 11:04 PM | #92 | |
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7th November 2012, 02:31 AM | #93 | ||
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All of the caps that are located on the amplifier board are important. If there's no other means to test the quality of caps, you can install a sample as your NFB cap and literally eavesdrop on the quality.
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7th November 2012, 02:35 AM | #94 | |
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LM1875 is not a new toy for me. I don't expect it to sound like a high end amp. It is not even the chip I have achieved the best system with. But the real problem with my current implementation is probably the input opamp. I have achieved several outstanding chip amp systems, and all are with pure class-A front ends. I choose opamp here so it can become a "benchmark reference". May be I should use B1, or DOZ preamp? My current opamp input stage uses dual-opamp socket (2xopamps in one package). I don't have enough inventory for this. Last night I tried several opamps form 0.3 to 15V/us, and I have to accept that (in that circuit) the best sound was given by an Analog Device opamp with 1.8V/us. While Sanyo Oscon on the feedback path gave cleaner sound, the bass sounds "colder" and I don't like. |
7th November 2012, 06:27 AM | #95 | ||
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Well, they're quite good and indeed the quick trip to hi-fi; however. . . Actually, my favorite amplifiers are the wild dynamics Circlophone and also my old TDA7294 (with rather excessive fine tuning). Quote:
However, if you've got the unavoidable urge to stack another op-amp in front of the power op-amp, try nesting/composite topology to negate insertion loss. Instead of reducing quality, nesting/composite topology can make improvements. ah! That also includes more control over the sound of your power op-amp. P.S. Other answer: DOZ is close. I like the very similar MooseFet triode simulator preamp since it is very clear and so easily adaptable to suit a vast variety of personal preferences.
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There has been many blind tests around since Gainclone popularity some years ago. The winners have been always the overture series. I wish I could make a TDA7294 to sound good. Because I like the mosfet sound of it. Quote:
First one, is a TEA chip, no more than 2W, driven by a preamp similar to the MooseFet (but better of course). At that time, I have tube amp and several Alephs (So you know that the benchmark is not that "low"). Second one, TDA2009 chip, no more than 3W for 0.1% THD, driven by a preamp similar to DOZ. Another one was not really a "success", LM3875 with triode preamp, with power supply full of chokes. Inspired by JLTi I guess. But chip amps are just chip amps. I do this just for fun because I have the parts scattered all around the house. |
7th November 2012, 09:53 AM | #97 | |
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The non-inverting topology allows virtually any Zin value to be adopted and there is absolutely no value in increasing this further. It's the source that may need a buffer. The source must be capable of driving the cable and the Rin that follows. That Rin can and should include RF filtering and should also include a DC blocking capacitor. If you have a vol pot driving a cable expect there to be problems. vol pots cannot properly drive cables. Sort your source and remove the buffers from the front end of the chipamp. There is one exception. Inverting topology Chipamps. These can have a lowish Rin. Few sources can drive these directly. Here a "converter" is a real performance benefit. See Cordell's jFET LTP "converter".
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7th November 2012, 11:12 AM | #98 |
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Well, do it.
TDA7294 non-inverting amp: Pair 220u amplifier board power caps and a single 2u polyester rail to rail. 47u (or 68u) for bootstrap 10k for input load resistor 10k for mute (no cap) 22k with 10u timer for standby 60k (120k||120k) for feedback resistor 2.7k for feedback-shunt resistor 220u (or more) for NFB cap 1u (or less!) for input Output zobel is 10n with ~8R Add RF filtering to input cap Use a stiff power supply (20,000u per rail, 3a per chip) Use less voltage than max (under-volt)
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7th November 2012, 11:25 AM | #99 |
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Nobody mentionned LME498XX chips + discrete outputs.
A choice i prefer when some power is required compared to paralleling plain chipamps. |
7th November 2012, 11:52 AM | #100 |
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That proposal is mentioned many times. Maybe it is just not in this Thread.
I never recommend paralleling and/or bridging of chipamps.
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I had an heart attack 3 months ago, with in the last wek i notice that i have a knot on my lower right leg an it have a little pain.I had a stante put in an at the time the stante was put in I had a stroke on my right side. Could this knot have any thing to do with that. I also had triple bypass a week after the heart attack.
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SAN FRANCISCO – For a UCLA program looking to get a jump on the Pac-12 and the 2012 season, the new year will begin half a day early.
UCLA (6-7) views the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against Illinois (6-6) at AT&T Park Saturday afternoon not so much as extension of the current season but as an opportunity to step toward a promising future under newly hired head coach Jim Mora.
"In terms of building our program up and taking a next step as a football program I think is a big factor in that," Bruin quarterback Kevin Prince said.
"It's important," UCLA tailback Johnathan Franklin said. "A great way to start off fresh for the New Year. We know how good we are and how great we can be. We just have to come together."
But the Bruins were not great and only occasionally good in four underachieving seasons under Rick Neuheisel, who was fired last month after going 21-29 at his alma mater.
"It's been up and down, a rocky road," UCLA interim coach Mike Johnson said.
That path placed the Bruins in the embarrassing position of having to petition the NCAA for a waiver to play in a game that is the consensus pick as the 2011 season's worst bowl, Exhibit A for those pushing for a playoff system and a reduction in the number of bowl games. The website SBNation.com was not alone when it recently asked if Saturday's game was the "Worst Bowl Ever?"
"We don't want to be a 6-7 program applying for bowl bids," UCLA cornerback Andrew Abbott said. "We're not that type of program. We want to get back to the top of college football and not just 6-7."
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The Bruins' inconsistent 2011 season and preparations for the Illini, however, have raised further questions about whether UCLA is really ready for change. The Bruins were consistently criticized for folding in games under Neueheisel, a criticism some UCLA players admit was valid.
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Then Bruin players enraged their new coach (and a number of their own teammates) on Dec. 20 by skipping practice under the guise of a senior-led tradition known as going "over the wall."
Bruin players weighing a similar exit Saturday might want to reconsider. On the other the AT&T wall awaits a place more chilling than even an icy Mora glare: McCovey Cove.
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