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Please help- Horse losing weight, need advice 4 Attachment(s) Hey all. I posted a thread in the beginning of winter talking about how Drifter was losing weight and I couldn't get it to stop. I got back great advice about feeding regimens, blanketing and nutritional alternatives to the grain he was on. Well he has just gotten worse and I am looking for some more help. Equine nutrition is really not my forte. When I bought Drifter last year around this time, he was about a 2 or 2.5 on the body scale. He improved dramatically with the right food and work and looked great going into the winter. He was actually a little chubby at the beginning of the season because he had been laid up due to an injury. He is probably back at a 2 now. I have been working with my vet because of the dramatic weight loss. I have been researching as much as I could. We scoped him again even though he was eating and not showing other signs of ulcers, but I wanted to make sure his hadn't returned. My vet said that area was fine. His teeth have recently been fine and his fecal count did not show anything out of the ordinary. I also ordered bloodwork which my vet said did not show anything wrong. That does put my mind slightly at ease because I have been terrified that he has cancer or some other weight loss causing disease. Personality wise he is the same. Not acting depressed, lethargic or sickly. He is out 24/7 in a group of geldings in a 200-300 acre pasture. I am not sure on the exact size. They're normal pasture is 100 acres, and the BO closed off the back 40 acres and opened up the gate to the cross country course to allow the geldings more grass. He is not at the bottom of the totem pole. He gets along with most of the other horses. No insane amounts of bullying to stress him out. He is on unlimited pasture with 24/7 access to all the hay he wants. He is fed a mixture of Strategy, beet pulp and Purina Senior. The strategy is the only way I can get him to eat his beet pulp and Purina Senior. I have recently added cool calories to his diet per vet's recommendation. We have started out at 1oz per feeding,and are working up to 2oz per feeding.He is also on the SmartGut supplement due to his history with ulcers and Tri-Amino to help him regain some of his muscle. My vet is of the belief he is just a TB with high metabolism. He thinks I unfortunately waited too little, too late when getting Drifter a blanket earlier this winter (he had already dropped before I realized he needed one). He has recommended putting Drift's blanket on anytime its 60* or below. If ii is below 50, Drifter is brought in and stalled and given unlimited hay. He is NOT in any work right now. The last time I really rode him was about 5 or 6 weeks ago. I ended up falling off and suffering an AC joint separation so Drifter has not been worked in a while. I do not plan on working him now until I can get his weight back up. I have been following the new diet for the past 3 or so weeks now. The management plan (stalling, blanket, etc) has been in place for a week and he seems to be doing slightly better. How long should it take to see real results? How do I know if what I am doing is not working? I am sick with worry. He looks awful and it makes me want to cry with frustration because I just cant seem to be able to help him. Can a horse being too cold really cause this dramatic of a weight loss? It rained yesterday and i ran out to the barn to get him up only to find him shivering so hard I was afraid he was having a seizure. I brought him in, toweled him off until he was dry, gave him a warm mash and put his blanket on. I put him in a stall and he was fine and he has been in all day today and night as well since it has been raining. This is our last cold snap of the year supposedly and I am hoping the warmer weather will bring with it a new Drifter. My vet recommended I begin managing his feed for winter before the actual cold sets in next year, to help him be better prepared and to start blanketing him immediately. I have class until noon tomorrow but my vet is coming back out around 1 to give Drifter his shots and check him over once again. is there anything else I can talk to him about? A disease or condition that needs to be ruled out? I just want to make sure I cover all of my bases and am truly getting him the help he needs. Any and all advice appreciated. Below are some few pictures of him. The first 3 are from around 2.5 weeks ago when I first contacted my vet freaking out. I had been busy with school and had not made it to the barn in about 4 days. When I finally made it out, that greeted me. The last pic (eating in the food trough) was taken earlier this week as a comparison. As you can see, he IS looking better and there IS improvement but I think that picture misleads a little bit and makes him look better than he actually does. He is still very thin. Attachment 149489 Attachment 149497 Attachment 149505 Attachment 149513 |
How much of the strategy, beet pulp, and Purina senior are you feeding? I would be upping the feed slowly to 8-10 lbs splitting the senior with strategy or feeding more senior if you can. Is there a senior brand he is more willing to eat? He would probably benefit from the protein and calories from alfalfa hay or cubes if you can get a hold of any. Also, the cool calories is only 250 calories per ounce, so unless you can feed larger amounts of it you're better off adding alfalfa and upping concentrated feed. |
6 Attachment(s) Thank you for the response sky! Sorry it has taken me a while to respond. I actually typed up an answer to you the other day and then had my computer die before I could post it. This week has been busy and I have actually moved Drifter to a new barn due to some issues I was having with my current barn owner. The vet came out last Friday and placed him at a 2.5 on the body scoring chart after running his hands all over him. He said the grass in our pasture wasn't doing anything for him. There were round bales available, but Drifter was getting bulled in his pasture and would not eat them roundbales when other horses were near. That contributed to his weight loss. He also thinks this past winter was too rough on him and that I was too little too late when it came to blanketing. I was so afraid of over blanketing, that I did not realize that his lack of winter hair (since he is a TB) meant he NEEDED to be blanketed. Drifter burns calories FAST when he is outside because all he wants to do is run around. My vet put him on majority stall time with unlimited timothy/alfalfa mixed hay. He also gets 3 feedings a day now. I had not been riding him or working him at all, but he insisted he start to get 20-30 minutes of work a day at least so that he can start to once again build muscle. The feed program he outlined with me is as follows: Am Feeding: 2.5 lbs soaked alfalfa cubes 4 lbs Purina Strategy 2 lbs Purina Senior 3 oz Cool Calories 2 1/2 flakes timothy/alfalfa mixed hay (if he is out of hay) Mid Afternoon Feeding: 1 lb soaked alfalfa cubes 2 1/2 flakes timothy/alfalfa mix PM Feeding: 4 lbs Purina Strategy 2 lbs Purina Senior 2 oz cool calories 2 wells (60 grams) of Smartgut 1 well (20 grams) of TriAmino 4 flakes of hay (lasts him the night) He also gets about 3-4 hours of Turnout in the evening while I clean his stall. The vet said to turn him back out in the pasture in about 3 weeks once he has gained enough weight where he can afford to lose some. We are making progress. It has only been a week, so it is nothing tremendous, but the progress is there. His coat is looking more vibrant and less dull and his personality is coming back. He loves his stall surprisingly enough. He has a neighbor who is injured and on stall rest and they get a long great. He has a jollyball he likes to smack against the wall and he has been acting quite content. My vet did however express if we cannot get him to have gained a good amount of weight back by the end of June, he will do more blood tests to check for more underlying causes. Hopefully that will be unncessary since Drifter appears to be doing better. Here are some pictures to show his progress. We did some light walking/trotting in the arena for work tonight. The jumping pictures are from earlier this week when my vet came out to check for any kind of disease that would be affecting weight. We were free lunging him so he could watch him move (I believe he was looking for gait changes that might have been a sign of EPM, lyme or other such things) and Drifter kept taking himself over the low jump another rider had set up earlier. He was able to do it however, which made me happy. He is getting his spirit back. Hopefully the new barn will help. Attachment 155033 Attachment 155041 Attachment 155049 Attachment 155057 Attachment 155065 Attachment 155073 |
WOW you can see a big difference in him already x |
Thanks Glenknock! The weird thing about him though is that he gains just as fast as he loses, and some days he looks thinner than others. I swear I fed him this morning and he looked AWFUL only to be greeted with him looking halfway decent before working him lightly tonight. He has a ways to go still I know. My vet was out today looking at drifter's injured neighbor and he looked Drifter over as well as I got him out. He said his butt muscles are still basically non existent along with everything else, but that he is starting to get some fat over his ribs. They are still EASILY noticeable however, especially when he is moving. His hips are a little more rounded, but still stick out. The most noticeable difference so far seems to be in his withers. They are filling in nicely and are not so skinny and stuck out. It is a work in progress but hopefully we will keep getting there. I hate it happened. The plan for next winter is to blanket him as soon as it gets cold and to start feeding him more immediately. That way hopefully he won't lose as much. He weighed 1250 pounds at the end of November. He was down to 1000 last Friday when he was weighed. I just hope the gaining trend continues and that it is not a sign of some bigger problem. |
I would use that weight tape more often, maybe weekly to keep tabs on his weight. This horse really needs to have your eyes on him often-hope the barn isn't too hard for you to get to often. |
Agree Cacowgirl. He is getting a weekly check by the vet, along with a weekly picture to track progress. I am also keeping a journal about what he eats and how he appears that day along with mood, personality, energy level, etc. I am working closely with my vet and I will spare no cost in helping him Posted via Mobile Device |
And the barn is about 10 minutes away from me. I am there 2x a day. Before class and after and during lunch as often as I can make it. Posted via Mobile Device |
You and the vet have done some great detective work. Yes, he is cold because he doesn't have enough meat on his bones and his immune system is compromised but that can be corrected:-) The main things being: 1. You have to make sure he is getting 2% of his DESIRED weight in quality hay/forage every day. Make sure he's getting round bale time and you can also make up the difference by feeding him well soaked hay cubes or pellets. At this point, I might suggest going to Tractor Supply and buying Standlee brand timothy/alfalfa cubes. Next to soy, alfalfa has the highest amount of amino acids; something he needs for muscle maintenance. If you're able, feed him his feed pan stuff at least three times daily. Pushing too much down him at one or two feedings isn't going to help his digestive tract. Measure out with a household measureing cup, one pound of the tim/alfalfa cubes and soak them down into wet grassy mush. 2. You may not like this one because it's really pricey but: Ditch the Smartgut and put him on "Succeed". If you can afford to try it for just two months, it may possibly make a huge difference. It's a very expensive PREbiotic but this stuff works miracles to right all the wrongs in a horse's GI tract. SUCCEED Digestive Conditioning Program Equine Supplement SUCCEED Equine You can buy directly from the compay or, Valley Vet carries Succeed in both tubes and meal form. I used the tubes the first three months, until my horse's digestive tract got squared away then I put him on the meal because it's $10 cheaper for the same amount. Succeed Supplement Freedom Health (Supplements - Digestive - Ulcer Control) I know because my 25 yo has been on it since May, 2012. He has hind gut ulcers and this stuff (plus feeding him #1 above, 3 - 4 times daily) has got him gaining weight back and he hasn't colicked since last October. I could probably take him off the Succeed but I am scared to death, so I contintue to pay $90/mo and I eat hot dogs:-| Those are my thoughts -- basically he needs more forage and he desparately needs his digestive tract to get back in order. That means NO GRAINS - especially no corn as it's full of starch and hard on the stomach. Hope this helps:D |
What a sweet face! Im not going to comment on the strategy and senior....well, maybe only as much as stating there are better feeds out there. He gets too much per feeding. If he would be eating this divided in 4 meals, he could utilize it better. I am wondering...how and where does he get his feed, in a stall or out in pasture. If out, is somebody there who makes sure HE really eats it? Or does he eat inside and can't wait to go back out to his buddies and therefore eats too fast? Do you have access to Nutrena or Triple Crown feeds? The Nutrena Life Design feeds are fortified with probiotics and other goodies, especially the Senior, and did wonders for my 300 lbs underweight mare, together with free choice alfalfa- mix hay. Plus the strategy is quite high in non-structural carbs, 28%, the Nutrena LD senior has 20%. Cool Calories....there are better choices....oil, ricebran, for example. Then flax, adds fat, all omega fatty acids, help with a lot of different things. So, there's room for improvement;-) |
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Last week I commented off-handedly that the D7100 was starting to grow on me. I feel I should elaborate a bit on this, especially as I've been using them for another week thanks to their owner's generosity.
In my view, these headphones don't lend themselves to "the audiophile experience." In that respect they're somewhat counterintuitive when approached from that paradigm: they function best not plugged into an external amp, but rather straight from one's source such as a MacBook Pro or DAP. They reward a certain inattention. I've been getting the most out of them by using them as a pseudo-portable of sorts, taking them in to work to listen to in my office or using them for movie watching when I'm at home. My opinion of their sound in general is largely unchanged: still too much bass, too much bellow, too much of an assault on the senses with certain material and more routine, prolonged listening. For those sudden cravings of aural stimulation however, I'm finding they lend themselves to such a task provided one is in the right mood. They occupy the same niche in this hobby as the Edition 9.
Their form factor has grown on me as well. I'm still not drawn to them as one is drawn to a beautiful object by any means, however their design has a certain satisfying lunacy to it. It doesn't quite work, but in that sense it works. There's a definite expressiveness and purity of form to be found in its contours, as if one were looking at a concept sketch rendered on a whiteboard, pulled into the third dimension and actualized. As such, a cursory glance in their direction as they rest on my bed's top sheet carries with it a certain familiarity now; it's as though the "hamburger 'phones" have become something of an iconic signifier. They're like Denon's logo.
Having them in-hand, their sturdiness is more readily ascertainable. I most definitely prefer their cable system---with its forgetful jacketing and detachable connectors that click in place with satisfying tactile feedback--- to the former Denon's fixed, twisty nightmare-fodder.
For better or worse, I don't really see the D7100 as an audiophile headphone so much as an upscale expression of the celebrity headphone. While it lacks the obvious endorsement, it nevertheless carries with it that certain appeal to a particular "lifestyle," part of a new breed of products I've been seeing with increasing regularity: a certain middle ground between these formerly disparate realms of consumerism.
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Come on... come on MF... you can say it.... just say it... I LIKE THE D7100s!!!!!!!!


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Cover Tune Grab Bag – "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
So, here's the second installment of "Cover Tune Grab Bag". Because of the overwhelming number of songs requested in our previous post, songs will be randomly selected to be covered. So if you're waiting for that special song, let us know in the comments here and we will try to get to it. But forRead More


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By Michael Aneiro
It's getting so redundant writing about how the junk-bond market keeps setting record-low average yields each passing day that this blog deemed it not even worth mentioning how said yield fell to a brand-new low of 5.37% at the end of the day Wednesday, per a benchmark Bank of America Merrill Lynch index, because the following day would most likely bring something lower still. And you know what? It did. 5.31%. A market that had never seen an average yield below 6% before January of this year is now homing in on 5%, and it's only April.
Focusing next on bond prices, the average junk bond breached 106 cents on the dollar for the first time ever, landing at 106.07 cents, up fro 105.90 at day-end Wednesday, which, of course, was a new record, until the next day when it wasn't. The market had touched its previous 2013 high of 105.77 cents back in January.
These price levels are significant, as this blog has noted before, because many junk bonds are callable at 103 cents on the dollar beyond a certain date, so investors holding bonds trading at 106 risk a principal loss. Many junk bonds also include protective covenants that allow bondholders to sell them back to the company at 101 cents in the event of a takeover, as seen when Dish Network Corp. (DISH) recently made a $25.5 billion offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), which sparked an immediate selloff in Sprint bonds, which of course had been trading above 101 cents on the dollar, because that's what bonds do these days.
The junk bond market's 2013 return has already eclipsed the 4% mark, weighing in at 4.26%. Not bad for a market that entered 2013 yielding barely over 6% and coming off a year in which it returned 15.6%. So keep on riding this artificially Fed-fed wave until it crashes somewhere, like on the rocky shores of 5%. Or doesn't.


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PCHS catcher Morgan Mason arrives safely after stealing third base against the Union Tigers on April 12. Mason is one of seven freshmen on the Warriors' 14-man roster. In the photo, left to right: PCHS Head Coach Rich Walther, Union Tigers third baseman Austin VanMeter and Mason.
PCHS pitcher/infielder Wes Felton hustles safely to first base in game one of a doubleheader with Union on April 12. Felton struck out 10 batters for a no-hitter in game one. At the plate, the senior standout hit two singles and walked.
PCHS first baseman Judd Walther cleaned off the bases with this three-RBI double in the first inning of game two against Union on Saturday afternoon.
PCHS third baseman Brandon Hammons was safe on first after Union Tiger first baseman Micah Crites couldn't handle the throw.
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HARRISON, NJ (May 30, 2013) – The New York Red Bulls today announced that they have signed Red Bulls Academy defender Matt Miazga. Miazga becomes the eight academy product to sign with New York's first team via the Major League Soccer Homegrown Player rule. He will be added to the Red Bulls' roster after he passes a physical."
"I am extremely happy to have signed Matt Miazga on a professional contract for the New York Red Bulls," said Red Bulls Sporting Director Andy Roxburgh. "Matt, a gifted centerback for the U.S. Under-18 National Team and a graduate of our youth academy, is one of the brightest prospects in U.S. Soccer at his age and in his position and we will do our best to help him realize his undoubted potential. From the outset, I declared our intention to encourage and promote local talent and adding Matt to our roster despite competition from European clubs, provides further proof of that commitment."
"I had other offers, but I chose the New York Red Bulls because that is where my heart lies," Miazga said. "One day, I hope to play for the first team in Red Bull Arena in front of our wonderful fans and contribute to the club's success in MLS. I want to thank my family and our youth academy coaches for helping me to realize my dream."
Miazga, hailing from Clifton, NJ, was most recently called up to the U.S. Under-18 team for the 19th Annual International Juniors Tournament in Portugal that took place last week. He was a member of the Red Bulls Academy since 2009, when he played for the club's Under-14 squad. The 17-year-old was part of the Under-16 Red Bulls side that won the U.S. Developmental Academy National Championship in 2012 and most recently played for the Under-18 team. He has also featured for his country at various U.S. Youth National Team age levels.
The other former Red Bulls Academy players who graduated to the New York first team were: forward Giorgi Chirgadze (signed: Sept. 2009), forward Juan Agudelo (March 2010), midfielder Matt Kassel (Jan. 2011), defender Sacir Hot (Jan. 2011), defender Connor Lade (Dec. 2011), goalkeeper Santiago Castano (Dec. 2012) and Moreno (Dec. 2012).
Matt Miazga
Position: Defender
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185 pounds
Day of Birth: July 19, 1995
Hometown: Clifton, NJ
Last Club: Red Bulls Academy Under-18
How Acquired: Signed on May 30, 2013 via the MLS Homegrown Player rule.
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Behind That Door: The Promise Land
The news I heard this morning that The Beer Warehouse was closing its doors brought the memories flooding back. Of course it was Matt that first introduced me to the secrets and mysteries of The Warehouse. That first time in, early one Saturday morning (it was only open Saturday mornings), I wandered around staring in awe at all the possibilities. The sign by the door gave the pricing, wonderful in its simplicity: $10 per domestic case, $15 for a case of imports, and $50 for a loaded up blue tub. Cases of beer were stacked high, alongside scattered six packs, cans, bottles, 40s, and every so often a puddle of spilled beer and a pile of glass. The smell of stale beer and the way my shoes stuck to the floor reminded me of my old frat house.
It did not take us long to develop a tried-and-true two-pronged strategy for getting the best out of a trip to The Warehouse. One person would stand by the stack of beer that was being collected, while the 'runner' would wander looking for undiscovered stash of good stuff. Standing guard was most important, as if you did not fiercely guard what you were planning on taking home, other wanderers would find their way over and take it. I was turned away from many a pile by a salty 'That's mine!', accompanied by an icy glare. In my experience, one could easily come to blows for pilfering another's stash, as I once witnessed. Scouting around for the take was more fun and where the glory was at. It can be best described as a scavenger hunt where your goal was to find a 6-pack of Newcastle Brown Ale amongst 50 cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon, MGD and Old Milwaukee. It required a keen eye and a methodical touch that left no case unopened (you could easily find a case that said Miller Lite on the outside that was filled with Sam Adams) and no bottle unexamined for possible damage (much of the beer sold at The Warehouse was either approaching its quality date or had been damaged in transit, thus the propensity of broken glass). And no matter the day or time or how picked over the stash of the day appeared upon first glance, if you looked hard enough you could always randomly find something good, whether it be a couple Pilsner Urquels left in a case of broken glass, a 6-er of Breckenridge Vanilla Porter lost in a corner, or that one time I found a lonesome 4-pack of Duvel. The good stuff was always in less supply, but there was also less demand.
We didn't come in to a trip to The Warehouse with any preconceived notion of how much money we were going to spend or how much beer we would come home with, as by the time you got in the door all that planning went out the window. There might be too much Heineken Dark to pass up, or the proprietor may call out that everything is 2-for-1. Our discovery of the wonders of the blue tub, not unlike cavemen discovering fire, also threw all possibilities and economics out the window. It took our Warehouse experience to a whole new level. The exact stats of our best take during the blue tub era escape me right now, but it was 3 years ago that we brought home about 20 cases of beer for a mere 60 bucks. I think I am getting a little misty....
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You never knew what was going to happen at The Beer Warehouse.
Today's take, my last one ever: 52 beers and one large random bottle of corked (yes, a real cork!) belgian ale (really from Belgium!) for $20. Not a bad mornings work. This just brings home the fact that it is all over now. I am sure the sting will wear off after the first couple of times I purchase beer at retail prices, but I cannot help but mourn just a bit. For now, the dreams are just that. All I am left with is a fridge full of cheap beer, a scrapbook in my head full of memories, and one large blue tub, empty. Empty.
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Just back from Manchester, I could only go for the first day of the Convention, due to child care commitments.
The Stop the War demonstration had about 2500 people on it, maybe a few hundred more. It was lively enough, and should be regarded as a successful regional mobilisation, largely from the North West. However there is a law of diminishing returns operating, of the same usual suspects marching through empty streets around the Labour Conference venue.
Then on to the convention of the left, there were a several hundred people there, I wasn't able to count. Also, as the organiser of the second session, I was unable to get to the opening rally because I was meeting and greeting the speakers.
My comrade Pete, who came up with me from Swindon tells me that there was a good and fraternal atmosphere, in the opening session, with a willingness to explore differences in a fraternal way.
The session on the break up of the UK sadly started late due to the earlier session overrunning, so we only had an hour, which was a shame as some people had travelled a long way for it. There were about seventy people at this session
A special thanks to all the panel speakers, Chris Harvie MSP from the Scottish National Party, sociologist Rupa Huq, Gregor Gall from Scottish Left review, and Leanne Wood AM from Plaid Cymru. The important thing for me was that the Scottish and Welsh speakers were able to explain what was happening in their nations, for an audience largely of the English left. It was also useful that Rupa was able to express the reservations that some people feel that demands for an English parliament feels to her to smell of the exclusionary politics of Enoch Powell.
It was clear from the meeting that there are some big culture gaps to overcome. Firstly, that people in England have little feeling for how advanced the process of disengagement with the union is in Scotland and Wales; and many people in Britain are only just starting to think about the issue of what woul happen if scotland voted for independence. What sort of country would England be?
There was interesting input from the floor with worries about English national identity being identified with the far right, and also the confusion we all have about the relationship between Britishness and Englishness.
But as second culture gap, is the inability for some on the left to basically engage in real world political debate, we had a few contributions along the lines of "Speaking as a Leninist…." Or "speaking as a revolutionary Socialist I believe… ", followed by a three minute extract sounding like a bad English translation of a ninety year old speech from a debate about the national question in an obscure part of the Czar's empire.
Some of the contributions seemed barely coded, in the sense that they stressed the support for the right for the Scots to secede, but spent most emphasis on stressing the downside of such a separation.
But the English left need to wake up and smell the coffee. The independence referendum is probably in November 2010, and the options will be Yes or No – and no messing with mr in-between
Thanks again to all the speakers, and it was so nice to meet you. Sorry that i had to rush off so soon, and I hope we have an opportunity to catch up for longer at a future event.


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A recent conversation about Depeche Mode got me listening to some of their albums again, Violator in particular. What a fine, fine album. I'll never tire of this record. The now worn cassette which I've had since I bought it in 1990; that beautiful, austere cover: the red flower on the black background…the small grey field in the corner and the cursive title.
I was listening to it again this morning in the car; threading my way up the 5 and on to the 134 west. "Waiting for the Night" came on. I always seem to listen to this song twice. I started thinking about what a masterpiece of a song this is. I started thinking that in a way, it's got something in common with some of what The Beach Boys were doing on Pet Sounds: taking pop music and turning it into pure art; reinventing the form. The Beach Boys wrote exquisitely arranged songs using all sorts of unconventional instrumentation, densely constructed vocal parts, and unorthodox structures. They defied pop conventions even while writing stunning pop music. Depeche Mode managed the same thing, except their defiance of tradition lies elsewhere. In stripping the beat out of the tune altogether, it becomes somehow more naked; more honest. In contrast to the Beach Boys' rich strata of sound, "Waiting for the Night" is built largely around a very spare synth arpeggio, with David Gahan's vocals providing almost all of the melody. Fleeting details appear and disappear–a tintinnabulating arpeggio works in counterpoint to the main line–a sort of oboe sounding instrument is briefly introduced, recalling the earlier single "Everything Counts;" ghostly shreds of Gahan's voice shimmer in the background. In many ways, the music anticipates some of the very uncommercial ambient electronic music that was soon to come while remaining firmly wedded to a very traditional pop song format, with a melody so plainly beautiful and direct that it's impossible for me to not want to hear it again and again. The bridge in particular is otherworldly.
All of that is fine. The main thing is, it's a moving piece of music…as is the whole album; almost conceptual without obviously appearing to be so; without trying to be anything other than what it is: a collection of great, honest songs whose sum total is even greater than its parts.
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Hey, I tried searching around the web for this first, but can't seem to find it. Jeff played this glitch art game on Unprofessional Fridays one time awhile back that looks like digital artifacts and messed up polygons. I think it was in early development at the time.
Anyone know what one I am talking about?


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Analysts expect higher profit for Walt Disney when the company reports its third quarter results on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of $1.17 a share, reflecting a rise from $1.03 per share a year ago.
The consensus estimate has risen over the past month, from $1.16, but it's below the estimate of $1.21 from three months ago. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of $4.18 per share. Revenue is projected to eclipse the year-earlier total of $11.58 billion by 5%, finishing at $12.17 billion for the quarter. For the year, revenue is expected to come in at $48.48 billion.
The company's profit has been growing for the past three quarters. In the most recent quarter, profit increased 4% year-over-year. Going back two quarters, net income rose 33% in the first quarter and 12% in the fourth quarter.
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Pittsburgh health supplements retailer GNC Holdings Inc. raised its outlook for full-fiscal-year results, driven in part by strong sales gains at established stores.
The Downtown company this morning reported profit of $62.2 million, or 60 cents per share, in the third quarter, up from $48.7 million, or 45 cents per share, during the same period a year ago.
Excluding certain one-time expenses, profit would have been $63.2 million, or 61 cents per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had been looking for 58 cents per share.
Total revenue of $621.6 million in the quarter was up 15.5 percent over last year's $538 million, the company said.
Sales at U.S. corporate stores open at least a year rose 9.8 percent, while same-store sales at domestic franchise locations were up 14.3 percent.
GNC now expects revenue to grow 18 percent for the year, up from its earlier projections of 17.5 percent. Adjusted earnings per share for the year are targeted at $2.29 vs. a projection issued in July for $2.21.
The company's shares were trading at $36.49 at mid-morning, down more than 5 percent.
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Campari has unveiled the photographs for the 2014 Calendar which is entitled 'Worldwide Celebrations'. The calendar is the 15th edition in the prestigious collection and stars Hollywood actress Uma Thurman enjoying 12 intriguing and vibrant festivals from around the world.
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A 68-year-old Chinese man said he wound up in the hospital due to an over-enthusiastic celebration for a gambling game win.
The man, identified only as Hong, told China Daily he was so excited about winning a game of mahjong Monday, he slapped the table, which caused him to fall from his chair and fracture his leg.
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WWE: Who's Soul Will The Undertaker Claim At Wrestlemania 30?
With Wrestlemania 29 in the books now and The Undertaker's legendary undefeated streak intact, where does the Dead Man go from here? We know he still has it...after the match with CM Punk, which should easily be match of the night and possibly a contender for match of the year (thanks to both participants), The Undertaker will more than likely disappear into the darkness for another year. With the passing of Paul Bearer and the great tributes paid to the late and great manager, what is left for the Phenom? There aren't too many superstars left for him that could be a worthy challenge. Kane? As much as I would love to see them duke it out for the finale of their feud, with Paul Bearer passing, it may be best that their feud dies and if they have to be seen together, let them be the Brothers of Destruction again in some sort of tag team environment. Stone Cold Steve Austin? Some of the best feuds back in the day involved the Texas Rattlesnake and The Undertaker. However, as Austin hasn't wrestled in years and even if he could give us one last match, sources say that Austin would love to wrestle CM Punk as he has tremendous respect for Mr. Cult of Personality. The Rock? Well, they have fought off and on over the years but as big as the Rock has become in Hollywood, I'm not sure it would be wise for the Undertaker to fight him. The Rock doesn't seem to work every week that is the buildup towards Wrestlemania. Case in point, this year, the Rock only worked a handful of appearances as he was out promoting G.I. Joe: Retaliation. The Shield? As credible a threat as they have become, I don't see a 3 on 1 match being set up. However as of now, it looks like they may be setting up a Undertaker/Team Hell No versus The Shield in the near future, based on their confrontation from the latest RAW. John Cena? The face of the company for the last decade. Though The Undertaker and Cena faced each other back in the day, they have never met on the grandest stage of them all. Frankly, it would make the most sense for them to set this match up at Wrestlemania 30. However, it would be more memorable if they finally turned Cena heel instead of the squeaky clean Cena we are accustomed to seeing. Regardless of who The Undertaker's opponent is, he will give us his best as he always has. I would love to see the streak go for 25-0 but that would be 4 more Wrestlemanias and frankly, I'm not sure Taker has that many left in him. So, perhaps it is wise to call it quits after the historical 30th Wrestlemania. Besides, the Undertaker can say he was part of three decades worth of Wrestlemania...and whatever the outcome, the Undertaker will go down in history as an icon, a locker room leader, and ultimately, a Phenom.
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Compensation Of Rs 10.51 Cr In 191 Cases Awarded In Manipur : NHRC
NHRC report to SC lists 191 fake encounters
Source: The Sangai Express / Dhananjay Mahapatra (Courtesy: The Times of India)
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The Supreme Court, which relentlessly strove to bring to book perpetrators of the fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat, has an explosive situation on its hands as the National Human Rights Commission informed it that 191 fake encounter killings took place in the country in the last five years.
Appalled by the attitude of the Manipur government in responding to over 1,500 alleged fake encounter killings in the militancy affected state in the last three decades, a bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana P Desai had asked during the last hearing, "Is there a war going on within? Is this the attitude and orientation of a state to say that if they are killing my men, we will kill them?" .In response to Manipur's alleged unaddressed extra-judicial killings, the NHRC in an affidavit said in the last five years, from 2007 to 2012, it had received 1,671 complaints/information regarding fake encounters.
"The commission in the last five years has awarded monetary compensation to the tune of Rs 10.51 crore in 191 cases," it said in an affidavit.
The commission awards compensation in the range of Rs 5-10 lakh to the kin of victims if it comes to the conclusion after inquiry that it was a fake encounter.
The bench headed by Justice Alam had in the past minutely scrutinized Gujarat government's attempts to put a veil on facts in the Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter killings and had ordered CBI probe into them, resulting in filing of charge-sheet against former minister Amit Shah, in addition to former senior police officials.
The NHRC mirrored the experience of the apex court in dealing with the two Gujarat fake encounters.
"The only handicap is that in all the cases, respective state governments invariably take more than reasonable time to submit magisterial enquiry report, post-mortem report, inquest report and the ballistic expert report," it said.
"Due to this delay on the part of the state governments in complying with mandatory requirements, the delay occurs in all the matters, as for want of these reports even the commission cannot draw any conclusion and cannot take any view in the matter as to whether the death took place in a genuine encounter or it was a fake encounter," the human rights body said in its affidavit.
NGOs 'Extra-Judicial Execution Victims Families Association of Manipur' through Neena N and 'Human Rights Alert' through Babloo Loitongbam had requested the court to set up a Special Investigation Team to inquire into the extra-judicial killings in the state.
Another petition by Suresh Singh through advocate S Biswajeet Meitei alleged that continuance of AFSPA had led to a spurt in extra-judicial killings and sought its withdrawal from Manipur.
The NHRC gave its response to the 71 cases of alleged fake encounter complaints it had dealt with relating to Manipur of which only three have been closed.
In one case killing of Thangjam Manorama Chanu on July 12, 2004 the commission had recently recommended payment of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the victim but the defence ministry is yet to comply with it.
Though the commission's guidelines require states to complete mandatory inquiry reports within three months, many cases of alleged extra-judicial killings reported from Manipur have been pending with the NHRC since 2007 as the state has not provided the key investigation reports.
Of the 68 pending cases, five incidents dated back to 2007, 17 to 2008 and 19 to 2009, the NHRC said.
To enable it to deal with such cases expeditiously, NHRC said, "It would be appropriate if the Supreme Court directs all the states to strictly comply with the guidelines/recommendation issued by the commission without fail, both in letter and spirit" .


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What is a good age for an eventer? I know I'm posting a lot, but I really need some answers at the moment because I'm looking for a new horse to do eventing with and I'm not exactly sure what I need. The horse I'm looking at at the moment is a 12 year old Hanoverian gelding with lots of training. He's pretty much perfect, but I was just wondering, is 12 a good age for eventing? Or are younger horses generally better? I'm just starting out, and I've heard that its best to learn from older experienced horses, so he seems like a good option. I just wanted to hear some other opinions... |
12 is a fine age! Still plenty of years left in them! Posted via Mobile Device |
My mare is 18 and still doing training level. Age is not a huge factor, in your position definitely look for something that knows its job and is reliable. I wouldn't go for a young horse yet since you're still learning about eventing. Green+Green=Black+Blue Good luck! |
It totally depends on your purpose, your own experience, etc. For what you want, certainly older is better, and 12 is just about perfect because the horse DOES have a great number of years potentially left in there and because it's old enough to have done something, be a good teacher, etc. If the horse is perfect, by all means, go for it! |
12 is by no means an old horse. I would rather an older horse whenstarting out than a younger horse. My gelding is 15 and still acts like a 5 yr old. There was a horse at London Olympics called Lenamore, he was 20 and still very competitive at 4* level! Caroline Powell retired him earlier this year. |
Agreed that 12 is definitely not old! I would put age a little farther down the list behind the training and experience you want your horse to have. The horse sounds like he would be a good fit, so don't let anyone tell you that 12 is "too old!" |
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- Randomized positioning of mines can make or break a perfect score.
- Lacks inspiration for the genre; doesn't aspire beyond it visual presentation.
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While playing Towers N' Trolls by Ember Entertainment, I caught myself thinking, 'Nice! A tower defense game that goes back to the basics!'. Unfortunately, not long after that, I was still thinking the same thing, but this time it had a slightly more sarcastic edge to it. This may sound mean-spirited, but let me explain...
What you get in Towers N' Trolls is a tower defense title that acts as almost a text-book definition of how to execute a game in the genre. You have your basic tower types, each with their respective upgrades - these upgrades are sadly not outlined clearly, so it's up to trial and error to work out whether or not you get a damage, range, speed or increased effect from the money you invest.
Then you have your monsters, ranging from fast and squishy to slow and tanky, with a few in-between, though in a surprising twist, some will suicide themselves in to your towers to damage them, providing you with a cash-sink to distract you from upgrades or new tower placements.
Throw in a smattering of features already popularized in the genre including chests that can be opened by being destroyed (Ala, The Creeps), a few active traps that can be placed down to even the odds, zones that provide boosts to your towers and the occasional 'mine' and you've got Towers N' Trolls in a nutshell.
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We had a very informative teleseminar on alkaline water and the group buy on IONIZERS tonight! Watch here for the recorded seminar tomorrow, and the prices / offer of a free shower filter (removing chlorine, etc.) tomorrow–the DEALER PRICES are good through Fri. midnight.
On to more green smoothie ingredients you should try:
Aloe vera
Aloe vera is an inexpensive extra ingredient is something I would encourage everyone to use in green smoothies, except pregnant women until further testing is done for that population. I keep an aloe vera plant in my windowsill for quick and effective treatment of burns or scrapes. (You simply cut a spear from the plant, slice it in half, and rub the inner pulp on the sunburn or stovetop/curling iron burn for dramatic healing.) You can buy these plants in nurseries, and they grow wild in some climates, such as in Arizona.
Aloe vera has been extensively studied for its immune-stimulating effects, and hundreds of research papers have been published documenting some very interesting benefits. One I find most interesting is the fact that it contains Vitamin B12, one of the only plant-based sources of this nutrient, so adding this ingredient to smoothies can help vegans and vegetarians achieve complete nutrition. Additionally, the plant has anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties. It heals ulcers and reduces asthma symptoms.
I often cut a large spear, wash it, and throw it in my green smoothie as well. Having your own plant is inexpensive, compared to the slightly processed and nutritionally inferior product you can buy in health food stores. (It's still excellent nutrition, in the jug from the health food store, just not as powerful as a spear from the raw plant.) A small amount is best, as you can overdo with this ingredient and cause too much bowel stimulation, especially if you are new to green smoothies and transitioning from a fairly typical American diet.
Ginger is an ingredient I add to my smoothies almost daily. The most inexpensive place I find to buy it is Asian stores, and I always pick some up when I stop by the Asian market for my cases of young Thai coconuts. The unpeeled ginger "roots" last a few weeks in the fridge. (I also look through their interesting greens selection while I'm at the Asian market and take home some cabbages, for variety in green smoothies.) Fresh ginger is not actually a root, but rather an underground stem. You peel the brown outer layer off and add an inch or two, or more, to any smoothie. It adds a lovely flavor, but it also has powerful anti-inflammatory, digestive-function strengthening, and anti-nausea properties. It's a great natural remedy for motion sickness, morning sickness, and intestinal gas. If someone struggles with feeling nauseous while starting a green-smoothie habit, I recommend adding as much ginger as you can. It is a warming herb and helps stimulate blood circulation and promotes decongestion, and it can help knock down a fever.


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Silver sounds like it would be a great cheap alternative to the OPI silver shatter that is coming out. I love the look of the orange and turquoise (if it is different to the China Glaze turquoise shade). They would be so cool to do an orange and turquoise manicure ad then go over them in the coordinating crackles on the opposite colours.
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@Arash - It kind of gives a crackled effect over nail polish. Basically you apply a normal nail polish and let it dry. Then you apply the crackle polish and it cracks as it dries... like the image on the lids of the nail polishes above!
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Variation in pediatric and adolescent firearm mortality rates in rural and urban US counties." Pediatrics. 2010;125(6):1112-8.
"Suboptimal restraint affects the pattern of abdominal injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2003;38(6):919-23.
"Skateboard-associated injuries: participation-based estimates and injury characteristics." J Trauma. 2002;53(4):686-90.
"The rural-urban continuum: variability in statewide serious firearm injuries in children and adolescents." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156(8):781-5.
"Passenger compartment intrusion as a predictor of significant injury for children in motor vehicle crashes." J Trauma. 2009;66(2):504-7.
"Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes." Ann. Surg.. 2004;239(1):127-31.
"Optimal driving conditions are the most common injury conditions for child pedestrians." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004;20(9):569-73.
"Incidence and clinical significance of abdominal wall bruising in restrained children involved in motor vehicle crashes." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2004;39(6):972-5.
"Fatal child cervical spine injuries in motor vehicle collisions: Analysis using unique linked national datasets." Injury. 2009;40(8):864-7.
"Factors associated with clinically significant head injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes." Traffic Inj Prev. 2010;11(6):600-5.
"Evaluation of a child with pre-existing disabilities after a traumatic event." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2002;18(3):197-9.
"Estimates of the incidence and costs associated with handlebar-related injuries in children." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156(9):922-8.
" "Delta V as a predictor of significant injury for children involved in frontal motor vehicle crashes." Ann. Surg.. 2006;243(1):121-5.
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What is HEVC and h.265? The future of 1080p movie streaming explained
Video compression is essential for home entertainment. Without it, we'd be stuck in a world with just a few dozen TV channels. Since digital was first introduced in the UK, we've had compressed TV - it's a really great way of getting a lot more out of the broadcast capacity we have, and it's why we went from five terrestrial TV channels to more than 30.
But, current compression schemes like h.264 - or MPEG-4, as it's known - are still not as efficient as they could be, which is why we're now seeing the introduction of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC or h.265). Right now, h.264 is hugely popular and used by the likes of Apple for its iTunes movie and TV downloads and it's also the codec used by Sky and Freeview for HD TV services.
What h.265, HEVC adds is a compression system that can reduce the capacity needed for 1080p video by as much as 50 per cent - actual percentages might be in the mid-30s. This will allow streaming video to increase in quality, without using more of your precious internet bandwidth, and for Blu-ray and TV broadcasts to take advantage of 4K video and perhaps higher-quality 3D.
At this point, it's worth explaining how video compression has changed over the years. Our, now largely redundant, analogue TV standard (PAL) uses 25fps, but to save bandwidth those 25 frames are stretched out to 50 half frames, or fields. This technique is called interlacing and is a form of temporal compression. It works by creating two fields which each contain half the total picture. That form of compression is clever, because it doesn't really reduce the amount of information sent, but it reduces the amount being sent at any one time. This is important, because it allowed analogue TV to fit into a restricted 6MHz of broadcast spectrum. The way your eye, and particularly ow CRT TVs worked, meant it was never really obvious that it was happening.
Digital compression is a lot more sophisticated. It looks at each frame of video, works out what moves and what does not and uses this information to compress the video. Shoot a scene where a person walks across a static frame, and this is easy to compress. Put simply, the encoder will understand that 90 per cent of the scene doesn't change from frame to frame, so only pays attention to the changes. It's much more complex than that, obviously, and if you're interested, there are plenty of white papers online that explain it in much better detail.
The actual differences in how h.265 encodes video over h.264 are reasonably small, and the principals, at least, are the same. The changes make it practical to encode larger frame sizes, like 4K2K and even 8K4K. The upshot is that full HD video could soon, realistically, be done in 3G bandwidth. But it's also going to be big news for the likes of Netflix, which demoed 4K streaming at CES this year. It's likely years off, but the idea of sending 4K over internet connections could render the whole point of broadcast TV as pointless, not to mention disc-based formats, which have been on the wane for a while now.
Delivery of high-definition material over 3G and 4G is also important, especially for those who don't have access to a fast, fixed-line service. That includes parts of the UK, but also across Africa, where it's very likely that there will never be a fixed line infrastructure in many of the countries on that continent. It's also exciting to think that perhaps one day soon we'll stream 1080p video to our phone, then wirelessly mirror it to our TVs with no need for other expensive hardware.
So HEVC is the next step, and will almost certainly become popular very quickly. Specifically, Blu-ray needs a new codec to allow it the capacity for 4K. As always, this will need new players, but the good news is that it will also likely be paired with a jump to larger Blu-ray discs. Even while Blu-ray was being launched, it was clear that in the future there would be 100+GB discs coming. These would likely be incompatible, but if you're buying a new player to use HEVC, then why not also jump to a more modern version of Blu-ray too.
In fact, there hasn't been much from the Blu-ray Disc Association on the subject of 4K. We asked Panasonic at CES if that was the direction in which the firm was going with 4K to support its OLED screen, but it said it was up to the disc association, what happened with the format. It's clear, however, that this is one very good way of getting 4K video to consumers, although appetite for another upgrade is likely to be small, especially given Blu-ray's comparative low sales compared to DVD.
Of course, the downside to new codecs is that they're not easily supported on most hardware. The more efficient the codec, the more processing power it generally requires and that means that, even with a firmware update, current set-top-boxes and Blu-ray players won't be able to play content encoded with HEVC. When it comes to computers, this isn't an issue, as most modern machines will have the power needed to handle the format, especially with players that leverage the GPU to perform hardware decoding.
Another downside is that no matter how efficient your video encoder, audio is now the thing that takes up masses of space. With HD audio that is a bit-for-bit replica of the studio soundtrack, video is actually the easier side to deal with. While Dolby Digital can be quite compact, step up to DTS and you'll see a size jump in the audio file size; move to Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD MA and you'll see the size of the combine files go through the roof. Of course, Dolby Digital has always sounded amazing, so in streaming services, the move to HD audio might be further away than the move to high-quality 1080p video.
It might be a long time until you see HEVC/h.265 in the flesh, but it seems to us like it's going to be a big deal, perhaps even more so than h.264. If it's used in tandem with the slowly increasing broadband speeds in the UK, we could see people on slower connections get video that rivals any over-the-air broadcast. That will give everyone access to a potentially unlimited library of material. Existing broadcasters may find that it's cheaper for them to ditch broadcasting, and move to an online model.
Change like that doesn't happen overnight, and until everyone in the UK has decent bandwidth, there's no way any broadcaster is just going to give up on that tried-and-tested system. Hopefully though, h.265 will make 4K and 8K broadcasts a real possibility, and while you'll need new hardware, there's a good chance that your next TV will have it all built in. Maybe even your mobile phone.
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Play-by-play covers psychological moves more than physical ones; a pic that stretches past sports.
Boom, baby! Hitting from the top of the key, Dan Klores' basketball docu "Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks" pays playful tribute to the 6-foot-7 Indiana Pacers marksman whose trash-talking made his mid-'90s playoff meetings with the Knicks particularly memorable. Footage of these classic contests is thrillingly edited by David Zieff, while even talking heads — including John Starks and Spike Lee, Miller's rivals on and off the court — have a spring in their step. Bouncy play-by-play covers psychological moves more than physical ones, resulting in a pic that stretches past sports. ESPN airs the docu in March.
Knicks fans may find "Winning Time" hard to take, but many others will jump at the chance to relive a long-running competition that played off tensions between rural and urban culture. An unpopular draft pick in '87, the charismatic Miller had to win the support of Indiana spectators en route to winning games, his trademark taunts inspiring the Pacers while driving the Knicks nuts. A treasure trove of footage spans from milky tape of Miller's high-school games to hilarious shots of Knicks cheerleader Lee unwittingly inspiring his nemesis from courtside. — Rob NelsonWinning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks
An ESPN Films presentation, in association with Boom Baby Prods., Shoot the Moon Prods. Produced by Dan Klores, David Zieff, Charles C. Stuart, Gail D'Agostino, Reginald Miller. Directed by Dan Klores.
Camera (color, DV), Greg Andracke, Claudia Raschke-Robinson; editor, David Zieff; music, Bob Golden. Reviewed at Sundance Film Festival (Spotlight), Jan. 24, 2010. Running time: 73 MIN.
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For this discussion, we will consider the costs of installing a ductless or "split" air conditioning system in a 2000 square foot home. The average price for the equipment and installation of a system sized appropriately for the cooling needs of a home of this size ranges $1800-$7000. This would include the outdoor condensing unit and the air handlers 1 as well as the necessary lines, but does not differentiate between single, double, triple or quad zone systems. Generally, the costs and performance of such systems are as follows:
Additionally, the costs given do not include such things as the addition of heating functions and lines, the removal of old HVAC equipment, and the managing of existing ductwork that is no longer required. These would vary from project to project, but must be taken into consideration when developing the budget.
To install a one to four room system begins with the creation of an opening in the exterior wall of the home, and the running of refrigerant and electrical lines into the rooms in which the wall or ceiling air handlers 1 will be installed. This running of the lines is where the bulk of the labor will focus. Installers may increase costs if attic or basement space is very difficult to work in, or if special efforts must be made to get supply lines to the area of the rooms in which the air handlers 1 will be mounted. The air handlers 1 are mounted high on a wall or in the ceiling per the choice of the homeowner, and there are no costs differences in equipment selection.
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