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While I don't condone the entire MESSAGE of this video, it is creative & a good watch.
I do condone making the most of the life that we're given, just without the "stick it to the man, I ain't followin' yer rules" overtones.
While I don't condone the entire MESSAGE of this video, it is creative & a good watch.
I do condone making the most of the life that we're given, just without the "stick it to the man, I ain't followin' yer rules" overtones.
No secret here that I've been a big fan of a kid that calls himself "Devinsupertramp". He's made videos that have graced the pages of this blog such as this:
And, like all artistic genius', he had his "misses". But it's SO NICE to see he's back to putting together something that rocks. Here's his latest piece on the Winter X Games. So rad.
There's a lot of pressure when it comes to the last post of the year (at least, I feel a lot of pressure. Maybe it's all in my head, but it's there… I'm sure you can feel it, even now… can't you?)
I mean, you wanna put something out there that's gonna capture the essence of the entire year, and put a cute little bow on it.
Yep. That's what you gotta do… put a bow on it…
How about a video?!
How about the top Youtube Video of 2011 that doesn't involve Rebecca Black or music videos, cats or dogs, or people being dumb.
Here it is:
Alright. I'm sure you feel ripped off after all that build up. So, for those that are still reading this, here's a video that I missed this year that's pretty sweet. Youtube's Top Travel Video of 2011:
Happy New Year's to all. May 2012 be incredible.
Some of "you" know that we're preparing to be career missionaries in N'Djamena, Chad (a short video of what we'll be doing is on our "About" page, if this is news to you.) And the whole experience has just been weird.
Once we started having kids, our "plans" were to live in our little house in quiet Stanwood, Washington forever & go through sports leagues & graduations & grand-kids… the whole "American Dream" thing. Then our "plans" got weird.
God began moving in our hearts through His Word & through books & sermons, and before we knew it our "plans" changed & we were considering giving them all up to follow Him to some city we couldn't pronounce in a country we'd never heard about. Definitely weird.
What's even weirder (if that's even a word, which it apparently is because spell-check hasn't told me differently) is that as we started giving up these "plans" and these "things" that we thought we couldn't live without, God began showing us that He is actually better than any plan we could come up with and He's MORE satisfying that any thing we could own. All things we knew in our heads, but never had the opportunity to experience in our hearts & daily lives.
So more weirdness ensued (can't believe "weirdness" is a word…) – we left our house & sold NEARLY everything we own – literally E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G! We're down to beds, clothes, & memorabilia. Utter weirderocity! (ha! Take THAT spell-check!) And, it's actually really freeing and feels really nice! You should try it!
Believe it or not, even more weirdness came as friendships started to change. We knew this would happen once we left, but it has consistently been weird to see this change happen so prematurely. And, it's totally understandable, knowing that we'll soon be gone people will move on & try to replace us so that they can go on with their lives.
The hard part of this equation (as we've now experienced & have read in books) is that we won't replace them! We'll still hold onto them as our dear friends and everything will stay the same (in our minds) and then we'll find that they've gone through life almost as if we don't exist & we'll go through life looking forward to getting back to relationships as they used to be! A weird paradigm indeed.
But, through all this weirdness, God has been more than gracious to us to fill in the gaps in our hearts as we've let go of "plans" & dreams & friendships & Americana and He's replaced it with exactly what He's said – peace. God is so cool. And we're just ready – we're ready to go, ready to follow Him to a country that no one wants to go to, we're ready to say our "good-byes", and we're ready for our lives to get even weirder.


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Baroque pop as a style originated in the mid 1960s as the flipside of sunshine pop. It used similar orchestrations but was infused with a melodramatic edge which differed. Much of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds would fall into this category, as would a lot of the later work of Phil Spector. Scott Walker is another important figure in the genre. Others include:
-The Beatles
-The Association, particularly owing to Curt Boettcher
-Burt Bacharach
-Serge Gainsbourg
-The Left Banke
-The Millennium
-Nirvana - the original UK-based band lol
-Harry Nilsson
-Van Dyke Parks
-The Free Design
-Judee Sill
-The Zombies
-Emitt Rhodes
Modern baroque pop, characterized by an infusion of orchestral arrangements or classical type composition within an indie or indie pop setting, is often referred to as chamber pop, and sometimes chamber rock.
Popular baroque pop artists today include:
-Kate Bush
-Antony and the Johnsons
-Fiona Apple
-Arcade Fire
-The Dears
-Metallica (the "S&M" album)
-Badly Drawn Boy
-Richard Barone
-Belle & Sebastian
-Andrew Bird
-Jon Brion
-Broken Social Scene
-The Decemberists
-The Divine Comedy
-Jeremy Enigk
-Final Fantasy
-Wolf Gaffigan
-The Hidden Cameras
-Kings of Convenience
-Jens Lekman
-Sondre Lerche
-Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
-Mean Red Spiders
-Mercury Rev
-Naked Raven
-Neutral Milk Hotel (now on indefinite hiatus)
-Joanna Newsom
-Okkervil River
-Peter Bjorn and John
-Matt Pond PA
-The Sharp Things
-The Shins
-Duncan Sheik
-The Sleepy Jackson
-Elliott Smith
-Regina Spektor
-Sea Wolf
-Sufjan Stevens
-Kevin Tihista
-The Unicorns (now defunct)
-The Velvet Teen
-Very Secretary
-The Visible Men
-Rufus Wainwright
-Patrick Wolf
Next time I will discuss:
Fugue Pop, Dirge Pop, Madrigale Spirituale Pop

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Have you ever noticed that from the moment you get off your bed in the morning till the time you lay to sleep at night, one person or the other is trying to "sell" something to you? Of course, it may or may not be literal selling, but someone is trying to make you think, speak or act in a certain way. For instance, if you live in a populated place like Lagos and you have the traffic to contend with on your way to work in the morning, you may find bus conductors trying to persuade you to board their vehicles. While one is trying to convince you that the bus is just waiting for you to move, another is trying to make you see that his fare is cheaper. After finally making your choice and you are seated for the ride, you suddenly see a passenger (at least so you thought until now) stand up to tell you about this "all powerful," "hyperactive" and "multi-functional" drug. At the beginning of his speech, you look around and find that most people are like you- uninterested. But the man starts with prayers that people feel compelled to say "amen" to, since no one wants the reverse version of those words. Before you know it, people are trying out the free samples, buying the drug or penning down the number of the salesman for future contacts.
Do we have to mention all the billboards and other advertisements you see on your way? Every advertiser is trying to make you see that one product is better than the other. How about your friends at work? They too try to influence your decisions on things like where to take lunch, what to do during the weekend, brands of products that befit your status, etc. Face it; your day is practically full of persuasion!
What then is persuasion? Michael and Suzanne Osborn define persuasion as "the art of gaining fair and favourable consideration for our points of view." Let's do a little breakdown of this definition. The first thing we must know about persuasion is that it is an art. It is a creative process that depends on its creator. No two people can persuade the same way. Also like art, it must be developed. I have no doubt that some people are naturally persuasive, but just like talent is refined by knowledge, so is persuasion. Persuasion should be fair. If we want people to see things from our point of view, it is only fair that we respect their own points of view too. False information should not be presented as true just for the sake of swaying people to our side. Favourable consideration means that we attempt to make people appreciate our views and preferably adopt them. Please note that the word "consideration" is as important as the word "favourable." Consideration suggests that we aim at making our audience pay attention to our points to the extent that they consider them worthy of their time and attention.
According to Aesop, "persuasion is often more effectual than force." While you may force a horse to the steam, making it drink will be another matter entirely. Henry David Thoreau, an author, poet, development critic and also a notable activist in the abolition of slave trade, also rated persuasion highly. He said, "Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces." His point here is that when you melt a thing, you can mould it again, but when you break it into pieces, chances are that all the parts will never be complete again. The person you win through persuasion will most likely respect or admire you, while the one you win through force will most definitely resent you.
Persuasion makes use of a lot of techniques to convince the audience, but if you ask me, persuasion thrives predominantly on emotional appeal. In the continuation of this article, we shall examine elements of effective persuasive speeches such as facts, figures, illustrations, etc. Nevertheless, we must establish at this point that most of the decisions you make after listening to a persuasive speech are emotional. Why would a youth decide to abstain from sex after listening to a talk on HIV/AIDS? It's because he/she is afraid of death; fear is an emotion. Why would you decide to part with your hard earned money after listening to a speech on motherless babies? It's because of pity or compassion; pity and compassion are emotions. Everett Dirksen said that "the mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion."
Learning the art of persuasion is one of the most important investments you can make into your life. Every day of your life, you are either persuading or you are being persuaded. Both ways are cool; just don't be ignorant of the process. I observed in my e-book titled 'How to turn information into money' that information provides you with the platform for creativity. If you are not aware of what others have done, you may spend your entire life creating an invention that is already selling in the market. Also, information is most effective when you adapt it to your specific situation. Hence, the knowledge of persuasion will give you an edge in your career and other areas of your life. As we explore existing information about this invaluable speech together, prepare to 'customize' it for your personal use, and you'll be surprised at the results. Do have a blessed weekend.


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Well for no start up cost which is also a problem for me as well there are some out there that you can make work and that are not scams. They do take work though. There is selling things on eBay (but with their listing fees there is still technically money being put in with possibility of no sales). There is Bonanzle which I personally love because you can sell things from your closets, attic, kids clothes they grew out of, things your family and friends need to clean out and don't want anymore AND they don't charge you to list so you are HONESTLY not paying anything unless you make money, something called a final value fee when you make a sale and even better it is a very low one at that.
There is couponing for cash. Which still you would want to use Bonanzle or craigslist or some women use just garage sales to sell the stock they build up. Best places to do this is CVS & Walgreens. You collect your coupons every Sunday get organized and each week set up plans to do the extra care buck deals & register reward deals at CVS & Walgreens. You can get most items free or for pennies on the dollar. Especially high priced shampoos and other H&B items that you can then resell for a couple to a few dollars each and some people make a killing that way. If you really get into this you are going to want a spare room or garage to store all of your stock as your building it up. This is also a way to save money on things you need like razors, tampons etc. I have not had to actually purchase a razor or tampons, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, cleaning products, cold medicine, and much more in months now by using coupons and sales. It is time consuming and takes a while to really fully get the hang of it. I am not a pro yet but have saved hundreds upon hundreds of dollars doing it and made money on the items I did not need and resold them. I did not even have to buy diapers for about 2-3 months because I had gotten them all free combining Walgreen's sale, Walgreen's coupon in their rebate book, and a coupon they had in their pharmacy red flier thing a while back. Some parents wound up getting enough diapers to last them until their child is through potty training (those are the coupon queen pros lol).
If your looking for something that you can make spare cash here and there and can write a little. Try http://associatedpress.com it wont make you rich by far but by writing articles for them the money does add up over time. Same as http://epinions.com both of these are not scams but they are not full time employment type things either.
I have also made money on http://cashlagoon.com probably around 60.00 or so now if I remember correctly. And http://fusioncash.com I made 68.00 on there. They both are sites that do pay out. It is tedious and boring and a lot of clicking and you will want to make separate email accounts for each of them and ONLY enter your home phone number for the survey site (example cash lagoon) to confirm your account to get paid DO NOT off site when doing the surveys and sign ups, so you do not get telemarketing calls. Another smart tip with these is to clear your cache between the offers you do. I only do the completely free offers. Sometimes there will be some that do not credit. Don't fret it. This is something to do when you have a bit of time to sit and click, click,click away. At first you will think "All this clicking and I get what a quarter" but trust me it adds up.
If you are looking for something more full time there are jobs with no investment you can do from home with internet access that is anything higher than dial up connection and a phone line. I think there is one that a friend mentioned to me where you can do the data entry without even a phone line to start out. I am looking into those more but I am compiling the list for myself and will blog about it as well. You apply to these like you would any other job. They either hire you or they don't and you do not pay them to work for them. I know people who are doing at least 5 different ones (different people). I am planning on getting into it but have not gotten the places to apply or made the list just simply because my son was still too little and I did not know how I would do it with him screaming in background if I had to do calls.
Just this morning I found out about work at home opportunities with 1-800-flowers. Its in states that they have regional offices. It is worth looking into if it's in your area or not as they offer positions from home for about 9.00 an hour 30-40 hours a week. The job is to take calls for peoples orders and customer service.
They are out there I promise you. Yes there are some places you have to make an investment even if they are legit. I cannot personally do those as I do not have the money to invest BUT not every place that asks for money is a scam. You just have to look at WHY they are asking for money. DO they send you a start up package? Samples of a product things like that. Then it is a reasonable request that they do not want to just send these things to everyone for free, they would lose a lot of money that way.
Research is important. Especially if it is something you are going to be investing money in or a lot of time. Make sure it has worked for someone else and you see proof of it before jumping in. And in todays economy its best not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Take it from a mom 2 inches from going under constantly for about a year now. Things are just crazy right now and we have to do whatever we can to make ends meet. We also have to stick together and try to help each other out when we can. Like the Bonanzle site I belong to I have made over 30 sales there with things that I did not need that I just had in my house, and some left over from days of selling on eBay. Nope I am not striking it rich but I did not have too much to sell either. Don't think you have NOTHING to sell, you can sell old books, old clothes, trinkets, costume jewelry all kinds of things so if you need to make some cash and possibly turn it into a business it is well worth a shot especially since you can list and not pay anything to do so. Or if your crafty or have a unique product of your own such as an e-book or any service like Tarot reading, banner making, website building etc. it is also a very good bet. You need to be able to offer great sales in todays economy to compete with other sellers. The money I am making goes towards bills so I am hoping to win the referral thing over there this month to help with Christmas. Everything helps.You will find more blogs by me here in the near future about working at home, about Bonanzle, and about how to start selling books on amazon too. I will even be blogging about some off the wall little business's I have had over the years off the internet as well as on.
Come Sign Up For Bonanzle HereBonanzle is a place you can list items for sale for FREE and a place where you can find awesome deals. Plus by using my referral link and my user name KimsKorner you are really helping me out too. Simple sign up and I appreciate it. Plus I know your gonna love it!


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The BioEnergy Science Center reaches 500th publication
Among the reported discoveries toward inexpensive and reliable production of cellulosic ethanol are new approaches for engineering non-food crops for biofuel production, reengineering of microbes to produce advanced biofuels such as "green" precursors from biomass, and the development of methods to grow non-food biofuel crops on marginal lands so as not to compete with food production.
As one of three centers in the Department of Energy's Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Program, BESC has made substantial progress toward understanding, manipulating and managing plant cell walls' resistance to being broken down for fuel production, called recalcitrance . Many Populus and switchgrass genes that affect plant cell wall recalcitrance can now be modified and many of these genetic changes tested have resulted in improved deconstruction potential.
"Publication in the scientific literature is an important measure of success for this project and for our sponsors," said BESC Director Paul Gilna. "This body of work is a reflection of both our team's growing impact on the field of biofuels research and of the project's increasing credibility within the scientific community."
The 500th article is one in a collection of articles emphasizing BESC collaborative work in a book, part of the Wiley Series in Renewable Resources, titled 'Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals.' BESC researcher Dr. Charles Wyman at the University of California-Riverside is the book's editor.
The book's 23 chapters from top researchers in the biofuel field include nine chapters by 13 current or former members of BESC.
BESC work has been featured in significant scientific journals including Nature, Science, Nature Biotechnology, PNAS and Energy and Environmental Science. The collection of BESC publications has been cited more than 3000 times in other scientific publications. This extensive body of work has also contributed to the success of 117 invention disclosures and 36 patent applications for BESC.
BESC is an 18-partner consortium consisting of more than 300 members from university, industrial and private foundation associates studying ways to generate biofuels. More than 150 of BESC's publications have integrated collaborations among the eighteen partners of BESC, and more than 160 have included collaborators outside the center.
In the next five years, BESC researchers will focus on bringing new methods and discoveries to maturity, developing new lines of research, and accelerating the transformation of scientific breakthroughs into new technologies that can transition to the marketplace.
Visit the BESC website at bioenergycenter.org for a comprehensive listing of all publications with links to the articles where available and a searchable database of available intellectual property.
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There are only three books in my IMM this time. This is mostly because of the heat wave that has decided to attack the universe - and my house. Since Borders is closing I am going to have some more IMM's than usual, although some - like this one - won't have many books in them. This time in my mailbox I have gotten:
Fallen by Lauren Kate [http://laurenkatebooks.net/]
Eon by Alison Goodman [http://www.alisongoodman.com.au/]
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce [http://www.Jacksonpearce.com/]
I haven't had much time on my hands to do some reviewing, but I am going to start a To Be Rev'd (To Be Reviewed) pile and I hope to get started on that soon.
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During a discussion at the family dinner table, my wife made a statement to which I responded,
"But you don't know that's true, it's just an allegation, and we all know who made these allegations…"
My son stopped eating and looked up to interrupt with
"Was it an alligator?"
It got a big laugh – yet, when you think about it, it is true, allegations must be made by alligators.
This sort of thing keeps my mind sharp. Having children is similar to working beside a non-English speaker as it highlights the language's peculiarities. The three most recent at work being "writing down", "Filled out" and "iteration".
I had to explain that when a car is too expensive to repair, for insurance purposes, it is called "Written off", and when something is being sold cheaper, often because it is damaged slightly, it is "written down". It's just an accountancy thing.
Forms may be filled in or filled out. Both mean the form is completed.
The word "iteration" is used a lot where we work. It means a process is repeated. So you get the original thing and after that, a number of iterations. No wonder my Polish colleague wanted to know what reiteration meant.
Reiteration and iteration mean the same. I prefer iterate because it seems strange to say a number of reiterations.


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In the arena of life, it isn't about how many times you get knocked down, bruised and battered as it may be...but that you keep getting up and going in to the arena knowing exactly what it is that you are about to face. I mean holy sh*$! Your area can be big, your arena may be small, but get your as in there and fight. Nothing in this world that was ever worth anything came to you easily. We have all had to fight for what we knew, somewhere deep in the depths of our souls that we deserved. We all deserve contentedness, and some of us have to fight a lot harder than others for it. Keep the fight going my friends. We will rise...though it may from ashes like Phoenix, we shall rise!
I hope this post has helped inspire you. You are brave. You are strong. You are worthy. You are enough.
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News Corner: Currency Trade Tips
Posted by cvbasheer on January 27, 2010
· Today at 3:00 pm we have the UK Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) Realized Sales expected to come out at 11 vs. 13. The survey is carried out to 160 retail & wholesale companies to get a relative rate of current sales volume. CBI Realized Sales is a leading indicator of consumer spending because retailers and wholesalers are directly influenced consumers buying levels. This data is less effective but a higher deviation might move the market for short term profits. If the data comes out at 8 or less then sell GBPUSD for 25 pips. If the data comes out at 16 or more then buy GBPUSD for 25 pips.
· At 7:00 pm we have the US New Home sales expected to come out at 372k vs. 355k. The number of new single family homes being sold during the previous month. This is one of the leading indicators of economic health. If the data comes out at 400k or more then buy USDJPY for 25 pips. If the data comes out at 340k or less then sell USDJPY for 25 pips.
Important Data: Market Insight
· At 11:15 pm we have the US Federal Funds Rate expected to come out at 0.25% vs. 0.25% What it is?
The US Federal Bank would decide the interest rates in which the banks lend the balances held at the Federal Reserve to other banks overnight. Short term interest rates are the paramount factor in currency valuation – traders look at most other indicators merely to predict how rates will change in the future.
Federal Reserves Policy makers are considering adopting a new benchmark rate to replace the one they used for 2 decades. Since the Lehman Brothers collapse, the central bank was unable to control the interest rate since September 2008 as the US Federal Bank had injected 1 trillion $ to prevent the economy from collapsing. The central bank needs to have an effective interest rate policy to raise the interest rates from low in order to check & control the inflation.
The Federal Open Market Committee is likely to maintain its pledge to keep interest rates exceptionally low for an extended period in a statement during the interest rate decision. The Fed probably wont raise interest rates from record lows until the November meeting, according to the median of 51 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists this month. We except the rates to be the same but the Federal Open Market Committee would decide a new strategy other than the Quantitative Easing Program, if there is some other strategy it would move the market. Please be careful trading this data as the market would be very volatile during this data. Market Call:
· Yesterday the Euro plunged during the Asian Session but there were no major movements during the Euro and US sessions which had a consolidated range and closed to 1.4070. Intraday support for EURUSD is 1.4025 and intraday resistance for EURUSD is 1.4130. The trend of EURUSD is still looks bearish until the resistance of .14130 -1.4140 is not broken. GBPUSD
· The Sterling fell against the dollar due to less expected data of GDP which marked that the UK can come out of recession later than the other countries. GBPUSD bounced from an intraday resistance of 1.6262 and fell to a low of 1.6093. The intraday support for GBPUSD is 1.6090-1.6085 and intraday resistance for GBPUSD is 1.6200 & 1.6262. USDJPY
· The Japanese yen is getting weaker against the dollar as the USDJPY dips to a low of 89.13 during the Asian Session today. The USDJPY fell from 90.55 acting as a good resistance, we would recommend selling around these levels after the Japanese Yen retraces. GOLD
· There is a good resistance seen in the gold at 1103-1104$ an ounce. The gold retraced against the dollar from a low of 1085 and touched a high of 1102$ with the resistance levels created on 25th & 26th Jan. We would recommend selling when it bounces the resistance levels and intraday support of 1085$.


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Barack Obama administrative department has put a halt on new PC, Laptops, servers, storage and networking equipment purchase across all US federal agencies till next year. The White House office management is hoping to patch up a broken ordering system by blocking all purchase orders made from September this year( yet to be confirmed)
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has temporarily put a hold on new desktops and notebooks while it sorts through what it says are thousands of new system orders every year. The OMB revealed in its latest media interaction that because agencies lack a standardized way to order, maintain, and replace their IT infrastructure, officials are forced to seek out their own contracts and purchase orders to get new IT gear. The lack of standards are forcing the head of federal agencies to purchase high end equipment for even low-end computing jobs and this is where the investments are going haywire.
"There is no need for thousands of contracts to purchase common laptops and desktops", said the OMB in its order late last week. Therefore, OMB is prohibiting agencies from issuing any new solicitations and directing civilian agencies to transition their expenses for laptops and desktops to three existing best value government-wide acquisition vehicles.
While the new PC purchases are put on hold, OMB said it would ask a group of experts selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a way to reduce the number of contracts and purchase orders agencies hand out and figure out best practices for cutting the costs of new PC purchases.
The team will also seek to develop templates for standard notebook and desktop PC configurations that meet the needs of most federal employees. Those systems could then, in theory, be ordered in bulk from a single supplier.
The hope is that a new purchasing plan will create a standard system and set of guidelines that agencies will be required to follow when they wish to cycle out their current PCs in favor of newer models.


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You think your designs looks shitty? You're probably doing some of the most common web-design mistakes we will be reviewing and solving here…
1. Let your content brief
Does your website look like this?
Not so bad? Still, even this terrible "design" can be transformed into nice-looking site. First thing you need to understand what content must have enough space "to brief".
What I mean is margin and padding. Users don't read text. They scan it. And you can help them to do it by separating different content areas with white space. Also, don't make text lines too long and increase line-height. I recommend using at least 1.4em or 130% of standard line-height. This is easily achievable with CSS:
p {line-height:1.4em}
2. Divide content to blocks
You must understand, that information have to be separated into "blocks" and not mixed up. One nice example is Smashing magazine's website:
They have clear areas:
- Top navigation
- Content block
- Advertisments block on the right
- and last but not least Footer area
This principle helps you to attract viewer's eyes where you want them to look and helps to scan website as I've already mentioned above.
3. Color theory
Various colors calls different feelings. And remember: What looks beautiful to you, doesn't necessarily have to look the same to majority of your viewers.
Color in design is very subjective. What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and other times due to cultural background. Color theory is a science in itself.
When designing your next project, try to use colors that fits your goals best. Do not use more than 3-4 colors in one design. Otherwise this might end as in our first example…
Some sources to read:
4. Keep it simple
Just give users some big shiny buttons to click on… Users do not want to search for links or forms/content on your page. It have to be clearly visible. And don't ever make it too complex.
You need users to fill in some forms? Make them short then. If you have to get some additional information, split your forms into tabs. And don't force them filling unnecessary input fields as well. Simplicity is the answer – less is always better.
In this example a massive form has been divided into 6 tabs. And the form does not look so terrifying anymore.
5. Do not ignore CSS3 and HTML5
More and more browsers are now compatible to these new thingies. Rounding it all up is much faster (on page load time) with CSS3 compared to images. Rounded borders, text and box-shadows, gradients, multiple background images and so on… This is a power of CSS3.
HTML5 through is a bit more confusing. It's in fact (in my opinion) the revolution in web-development. You can view it's benefits and live demonstrations on html5demos.com. Just go out of your comfort zone. This is the way to stay on-date and improve your knowledge as well as never getting bored with doing the same things all the time.
We are all bad web-designers. There is always plenty of space to improve. Just keep trying, making mistakes and fixing them up. Good luck on your next (better) web design.


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(BQ) Part 2 book "Snustad principles of genetics" presents the following contents: The techniques of molecular genetics, genomics, applications of molecular genetics, transposable genetic elements, regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes, the genetic control of animal development, population genetics, evolutionary genetics,...
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The current control problems present natural trend of increasing its complexity due to performance criteria that is becoming more sophisticated. The necessity of practicers and engineers in dealing with complex dynamic systems has motivated the design of controllers, whose structures are based on multiobjective constraints, knowledge from expert, uncertainties, nonlinearities, parameters that vary with time, time delay conditions, multivariable systems, and others.
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Since the beginning of human history, people have wondered how traits are inherited from one generation to the next. Although children often look more like one parent than the other, most offspring seem to be a blend of the characteristics of both parents. Centuries of breeding of domestic plants and animals had shown that useful traits - speed in horses, strength in oxen, and larger fruits in crops - can be accentuated by controlled mating. However, there was no scientific way to predict the outcome of a cross between two particular parents. ...
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More Shows! And Delta Nights.
First and foremost here's a clip of Chelsy and I singing a song that my great friend, and forever music partner, Jon Williams and I wrote several years ago called Delta Nights.
Eh, I just wanted to post this video here.
I do have a short show tomorrow (12/6/16) at People's Brewing Company here in town, and a long bar music gig on Saturday (12/10) at 6th St. Dive. Come make me feel good for having people to sing to. So I don't go home feeling sad & lonely. zzzz.


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The parade should start any time now. I already see the two huge kidney-shaped balloons, each held back from flying away by teams of over a hundred volunteers. Members of the Royal Renal Band are blowing up their bagpipes (a sound both magnificent and deeply annoying). I'm particularly looking forward to the award winning barbershop quartet, the Dialysis Dandies, who I understand are on a float that is designed to look like an enormous diseased kidney. It's not every day you see a working fountain on the back of a flatbed truck. Last year's close order drill by the Marching Nephrologists All-Star Band was a huge hit, and anticipation is high.
While cynics may say that all this fun isn't worth a load of fetid dingo's kidneys, and others want to rush though the parade to get to the eating contest, I would focus on the real meaning of the day. Remember to eat good, healthy food, watch your salt intake, exercise, get to a healthy weight, and drink water. Or you could skip all that, get sick, suffer, and die. Have a great day!


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This is a cream-filled coffee choux bun and is my reward for undergoing my first ever mammogram.
I was a little horrified a few weeks ago when I got the letter in the post 'inviting' me to come along for one. It just underlines that I'm not getting any younger. Weirdly, my mother had asked me only a month or so before if I'd had a letter yet but I scoffed at her. 'I'm only 48', I said, 'they only ask you once you hit 50, and I'm not 50 for AGES yet....'. Then the letter arrived. I'm so old.
I know what's involved, they stick your bosoms into a machine and squish them flat, but I had no real idea as to what it was actually like to have this done. So I asked around. My sister-in-law said it was excruciatingly painful. This was not good. I began to have The Fear.
I asked the women in my favourite message board on Ravelry and the general consensus was that while it can be painful for some people, for the majority it's more uncomfortable. The discomfort also seems to be connected to where in your cycle you are, and the size of your boobs in general. Smaller boobs = more pain. This was more heartening since my matronly boob shelf is cumbersome and about as far from perky as you can imagine. It has never done me any good and gets in the way. Clothes don't fit me properly because I'm top-heavy. I have to wear the most industrial sports bra on the planet in order to reduce the likelihood of giving myself black eyes when I go running. Of the blokes I've dated over the years, absolutely none of them have been boob-oriented, and, of course, I can't have kids so, all in all, they've been a bit of a waste on me.
I decided not to worry too much about it but take some painkillers an hour or so before 'just in case'. The Ravelry gals also suggested that I should treat myself to something afterwards. It being a fibre-related messageboard, a trip to the nearest wool shop was the top choice. But I pointed out that my nearest wool shop was 15 mins drive away, but delicious, delicious cream cakes would be in walking distance.
My appointment was for 2pm this afternoon in a mobile unit, parked in the car park of my nearest Sainsburys. A very fancy mobile unit, it turns out. All wood panelling, carpet, piped music and friendly staff. What happens next is that you go into the little room with the machine and stand there topless. A kindly lady with (hopefully) warm hands flops each of your boobs, one at a time, onto a 'plate' (for want of a better word) and then she lowers a clear plastic panel onto it, flattening it as much as is just about comfortable for a few seconds while she takes an x-ray.
And with that, I trotted across the carpark to Sainsburys and headed straight to the cake department and brought home that bun at the top of the page which I've just forced into my gaping maw.
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Inspired by the past superbowl, herein, I shall post movie trailers of the movies that will turn out to be totally worth watching.
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Battle L.A.
I gotta be honest, this is the movie I'm most looking forward to, and it was the trailer that did it.
On the surface, it seems like pretty standard fare: Aliens invade, the military retaliates, hilarity ensues. The presentation is what sets it apart. Independence Day meets the best parts of District 9. It looks absolutely amazing. I think this movie will absolutely destroy people in the theater, and be moderately highly praised as an absolute gut-punch of a movie, setting a very high bar for the rest of the summer.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Another one I am seriously looking forward to.
No Kira Knightly, no Orlando Bloom, no stupid forced melodrama, no cliffhanger sequel bullshit, just Jack Sparrow doing what Jack Sparrow does best. How Johnny Depp hasn't won an Oscar for his portrayal of Mr. Sparrow, I will never know. He's always the best part of what he's in, and if he's the majority of it (Like in the first movie), it will be fantastic. This movie will do spectacularly at the box office, and be praised for being an absolute blast to watch, and maybe even, like the first movie, somewhat smarter than anyone expected. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.
Transformers 3: Dark Of the Moon
First one was fun, if a little dumb. Second one was just dumb. With this one, there's no writer's strike bullshit, so there's absolutely no reason why this can't be at the very least, competently written, right?
I'm a huge Transformers nerd, and it's interesting to see the franchise being taken in different directions than it has been, during it's storied history. The bit about the lunar landings, and how they were motivated by a transformers crash site on the moon is interesting, as is the idea of an all out Decepticon invasion. Nothing like that ever happened in the cartoon; the closest we got was in the comics, and that was pretty darned cool, even if it was completely undercut by horrible writing.
At the very least, this movie certainly has more story to it than the previous two, and wether or not it will be any good remains to be seen, but I'll be watching it closely, regardless. Even if it's bad, I'll be in the theater. Being a Transformers geek, I am forever doomed to this fate.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
The three movies to watch for this summer
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Battle LA looks really cool, I'm looking forward to that.ReplyDelete
Penelope Cruz makes a hot pirate, and I'm glad Geoffrey Rush is back.ReplyDelete
The Transformers movies made me want giant robots, but only delivered Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox with any sort of consistency.
transformers is gonna be awesomeReplyDelete
Love the auto-tune song that accompanies the Battle L.A. trailers...music makes all the difference in a good trailerReplyDelete
Only one Id really watch is the Battle LA one. I dont care for the Transformers movies and Pirates has been meh.ReplyDelete
Actually, Augustine, that is a vocoder. Not Auto-Tune.ReplyDelete
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And so it is, that our band of intrepid adventures met, and set out on their first journey together. It started with a man on a horse, riding in to the village of Heldren, wounded, and nearly dead of frost bite. Yuln, and Ulfren mercenary, told the tale of an ambush on the caravan of Lady Argentea Malassene, as she was heading home from Zimar to Oppara, after a scandal caused her to call off her betrothal.
Our adventurers were approached by the head of the village council, and after some bargaining, convinced to investigate, as they had no active militia. As they traveled to the ambush site, they came upon a strange scene. Snow, Ice and frost all around, in the middle of summer! The ambush site was a mess. Bodies lay everywhere, pierced with needle like ice, and the captain frozen as a warning, and hacked to pieces. While investigating the site, they found and slayed two animated corpses, perhaps left as a trap and a warning to anyone being too nosy?
They took the non-broken wagon, and retrieved the dead so they could be put to rest and properly disposed of as to prevent an outbreak. As the party rested, a pyre burnt in to the night to dispose of the dead.


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Overwhelmed. Keeping my head together.
I recently lost my last grandparent. Grandma was a dear, wonderful woman--and now she's gone.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
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Police. Racism. Crime. Death. Protest. Unjust. These are the words infiltrating our ears on a daily bases in America. Recent events have sent a shock wave across the country, having everyone rethink our police force and the state of racism in America. The case of Eric Garner has recently come to the publics attention, and has left many people outraged not only in America, but around the world. The events that are taking place around the country include evaluation of laws and civil dis-obiendence.
Laws are an institution of the state. As explained in class, laws can be a specific statue or they can follow the rule of law. Rule of law is basically the idea that law should govern a nation and that those laws should be predictable, non arbitrary, transparent, and consistent. Although laws are generally a good thing, trouble exists within laws. There can be bad laws, like the recent Religious Freedom Restoration Act that is trying to be passed in Michigan legislation. Or, there can be good laws such as anti-discrimination laws, right to a fair trial, and the amount of force police officers can use. The problem with good laws is that they can be abused and/or unenforced.
In the situation involving Eric Garner, these good laws have become unjust. In order for a law to be just, the law must be consistent, the law must be applied to all, and enforces sameness. For Eric Garner, the laws were not consistent. Like many other African American citizens, Garner was arguably targeted not only for his crime, but for his race. Although Jim Crow laws are no longer is affect and laws state that people can not be discriminated because of race, racism still happens everyday.
The police officers that ended up killing Garner misused the law of using appropriate force on suspects, therefore making it unjust. Not only did they put the man in a chokehold, but they also sat on his back. The police officers involved used unnecessary force to handcuff Garner, especially when he already had his hands up in the air.
Lastly, the right to a fair trial was denied to the Eric Garner case. It was decided that there would be no indictment in the Eric Garner case, meaning the police officers would never have to take responsibility for his death, even though his death was ruled a homicide and the police officers did break protocol.
The injustice of Eric Garner's case has began a wave of protests across America. Most American's are furious that the case was not indicted. Their protest can be considered civil disobedience because people are causing public announce, and disturbance, by marching in the street and chanting, "I can't breathe," but they are doing the right thing. If laws are unjust, they must be fought against, or no change will come.
Martin Luther King Jr., believed that the United State had the foundation of just laws, but peoples enforcement of laws and some of the statues are unjust. He believed that in order to change the laws to be just, you ought to not obey them, and fight against them peacefully. The protests taking place going across the country are following Martin Luther King's beliefs. As people march peacefully, they are living the words of MLK and bringing justice to America and the world.
For Eric Garner and many like him, justice came too late or not at all. Hopefully, through the American people, change can be made. No one deserves to die for no reason at the hands of an officer. No one deserves to be discriminated against because of their skin. No one should be ignored when they say "I can't breathe."
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The Goss Family
Jim, Anne, and Eason
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sunday School Sip N See
Thank you to our wonderful Sunday School class at Hernando United Methodist Church! They had a Sip N See for Eason and another child that arrived within the last year for our "sunday school family". It was a very special day to be with our sweet new friend Colette and to be with those that prayed so hard for baby Eason! We are so blessed!
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Hugelkultur is raised garden beds that reduce or eliminate the need for irrigation and fertilizer.
We started this project to become more conscious about healthy urban living, where our food was coming from, how it was grown, and how we could reduce our carbon footprint by not relying on supermarkets, while supporting local farmers markets. In 2011 we learned a lot about indoor gardening from within a loft in downtown Atlanta, GA. Since then we've moved to a house and although we have new obstacles ahead we are still Growing Within.
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Acritus perkinsi is a species of Aeletes, described by Scott in Sharp & Scott in 1908.
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Book: Lucid
Author: Adrienne Stoltz | Ron Bass
Started: July 19, 2014
Finished: July 22, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Own or borrow?: Library
Synopsis: What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever?
Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different–except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other.
The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream. They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiraling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever.
This is a dazzling debut that will steal readers' hearts.
This book, man. This was creepy and confusing and sad but so good. I really at one point in time was contemplating the meaning of life while reading this book. Never let anyone tell you YA literature doesn't matter because this book matters.
Everything about this book was fantastic. From the characters, to the intertwining of the characters, to the plot, to the dialogue, to the ending, and everything else. But ~~that ending.~~ Seriously, I finished this book a few days ago and I'm still not over that ending. I even had an in depth conversation with the friend that recommended it to me because I was trying to wrap my head around it.
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The characters: Maggie is a rich girl living in New York City with a distant mother, a cute little sister, and a dead father. Sloane, on the other hand, lives with her mother and father and two bothers. The two girls are very different. And have never met, yet they dream they are each other. Sounds interesting, right? Well it is. I was hooked. Both characters were so well written that it was hard to imagine them as characters and not real people. I did get a little confused with all the minor characters in each other's lives so the characters get 4.5 stars from me.
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Since writing my last blog about things I am going to try to do and not try to do, it got me thinking I should get back to reading more. Before my world got consumed with social media I use to devour books weekly but now I am ashamed to say I have a pile of half finished and not even started books by the side of my bed. So this week I have rediscovered the joys of reading and that great feeling of desperately trying to keep your eyes open just to finish the chapter you are on (the complete opposite of feeling wired after just checking your emails of facebook status for the millionth time before bed).
So I thought I would share with you some of my favourite running books I have on my shelf.
Once A Runner by John L Parker JR
Probably one of the best running books ever written. Published in 1978 it tells the story one many quest to become a champion and captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner. Everyone should read this!
The Long Hard Road Part 1 & 2 by Ron Hill
Ron Hills journey from lad to champion. Reading his books just makes you want to get out there and work hard.
Born to Run by Christopher Mc Dougall
Some might say the ultra running bible but all in all a good read
The 50 Greatest Marathon Races of All Time by Will Cockerell
This is a big old hard cover and was a present some years ago, but I absolutely love it. Full of some great stories I was unaware of. One of those books you can dip in and out of when you have some free time.
Running with the Legends by Michael Sandrock
Another present but again totally love this book. Its a whopper but packed full of biographies of some of the greatest running legends in history. Including training techniques, coaching, motivation and perspectives of 21 legends. Great running bible.
Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
I only include this book as this is the one I am reading at the moment and I am flying through it. I heard about this guy on a podcast. He basically transformed himself from sofa slouch to endurance junky and can be found on the cover of many magazines. Again a pretty inspirational book, hard to put down.
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Though the twins just turned four, they still enjoy the occassional nap (don't we all). We've found, though, that if we change the name 'nap time' into 'quiet time' they are much more likely to comply and lay down.
Here is Genna after several hours of 'quiet time' - which evidently involved reading every Curious George book ever written and snuggling with a pair of beanie baby cats. I think we need to further train her on the proper usage of pillows. She seems to prefer to lie on them with her whole body rather than just with her head. We have so much to teach them that pillow-use has been relegated to second-tier priority status. That's our fault.
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Quiet Time
Posted by Raging Wombat at Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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I love love love that picture! She looks so big but still so snuggly when she's sleeping, it makes me want to hold her. I can't wait for our trip! I gotsta get my loves on! That's definitely one for her baby book.
- 3:47 PM, June 26, 2007
- Raging Wombat said...
Yes. Snuggly in the extreme!
- 11:36 AM, June 27, 2007
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YESSENIA STORING, Petitioner,v.THE HONORABLE RICHARD WEISS, Judge of the SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, in and for the County of MOHAVE, Respondent Judge, MYRON STORING, Real Party in Interest.
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¶1 Yessenia Storing ("Mother") seeks special action relief from the trial court's temporary and final orders granting Myron Storing's ("Father") petition for modification of child custody[1] and parenting time.[2] For the following reasons, we conclude the court abused its discretion in treating Father's "emergency petition" as a request for modification on a permanent basis. We therefore accept jurisdiction and grant relief in part.
¶2 Father and Mother divorced in April 2012. The decree of dissolution provided that Mother and Father would have joint custody (with equal parenting time) of their two children, ages 7 and 11.
¶3 On January 10, 2013, Father filed an "Emergency Petition for Order to Appear to Modify [Mother's] Parenting Time; In the Alternative, Petition for Expedited Hearing to Modify [Mother's] Parenting Time and Order to Appear." Pursuant to Arizona Rule of Family Law Procedure ("ARFLP") 91(D) and A.R.S. § 25-414, [3] Father requested that Mother's parenting time be modified immediately, subject to a later hearing to be set by the court. In support of his petition, Father cited several incidents, including Mother's arrest for extreme DUI on December 5, 2012, and statements Mother allegedly made to the children impugning Father's character. Father argued those instances demonstrated that it was necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the children that parenting time be "immediately modified." Father also petitioned the court to modify "parenting time" to provide that "Father shall be the exclusive and sole legal decision maker for the minor children and further shall have sole and exclusive parenting time with the minor children, subject only to restricted and supervised parenting time" by Mother. Father also requested that Mother be ordered to pay child support after any modification of parenting time.
¶4 On January 14, the trial court signed Father's proposed order, which modified parenting time "on an emergency basis." The order also modified the decree such that Father became the "exclusive and sole decision maker for the minor children." Father was also granted primary parenting time, subject only to supervised visitation with Mother during two four-hour periods each week. The order was to remain in effect until February 4, when the court would hold a 90-minute evidentiary hearing "to determine whether or not the modified parenting time orders shall continue in effect as a permanent parenting time order of the Court."
¶5 On January 24, Mother moved to quash the temporary custody order and to dismiss Father's petition. In her motion, Mother argued that Father's petition failed to meet the requirements set forth in ARFLP 48 and A.R.S. § 25-411(L). According to Mother, Father's petition did not comply with those requirements because the factual basis for the petition was insufficient to warrant the court's temporary custody order. On the same day, Mother filed a response to Father's emergency petition, denying the majority of Father's allegations.
¶6 The court used the majority of the time allocated for the February 4 hearing to conduct in camera interviews with the children. Because only twenty minutes remained available for presentation of evidence, the court discussed various options with counsel. Mother's counsel expressed her client's desire to move forward with presentation of at least some evidence, explaining that "first of all[, ] that this hearing is being held outside the time frame of an emergency ex parte order. So something needs to be done. We need to have it. And it can't be delayed significantly given that my client hasn't even had a chance to put on her evidence." The court declined to rule on Mother's pending motion to quash/motion to dismiss, indicating that Father still had additional time to file a response. After approximately twenty minutes of testimony from Father's witnesses, the court agreed to give the parties an additional 50—60 minutes on February 13. Counsel for Mother asked the court if it had given "any thought" to changing the temporary orders. In response, Father's counsel urged the court to leave the "current emergency orders" in place pending the continued hearing, which the court agreed with.
¶7 At the continued hearing on February 13, the parties presented additional testimony. During closing arguments, Mother indicated she understood the proceedings were being conducted according to ARFLP 48 and were not for a permanent change in custody. Mother argued it was not clear to her that "a real petition has been filed to modify custody on a permanent basis." Father countered that his motion was brought pursuant to Rule 91(D) and therefore was intended to be one for permanent changes to the custody plan. Near the close of proceedings, Mother requested that the court set a trial date regarding permanent changes in custody.
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I am now in search of improved sonic quality (on a budget).
Which would be what ? $1k ? $2k ?
Creek Destiny Integrated vs. Current Aragon System
In terms of my budget, around $2K, either new or used. I am interested, if it exists, in search of a more "musical" sounding solution. I do not picture myself as a "tube" person, but power is not my priority. Does a more musical product in this price range even exist, or does my search end here with such limited financial resources?
I haven't heard your speakers and the match with them would be the most critical factor for you, I'd guess, but I have owned a few amplifiers in your price range that I can comment on.
The McCormack, Audio Refinement and Sim Audio solid state amps I've had have all been wonderful, musical, versatile and trouble free.
The only way I've been able to make a significant difference in musicality in the same price range is by going with tubes. I have an AES amp/preamp combination and, for the last week, a Rogue Cronus integrated.
The two tube setups are quite different. The AES is 15 watts of triode sweetness and the Cronus is 55 watts, more dynamic and less fluid than the AES but still more 'musical' than any of the solid state amps.
Following up on Sfar's advice -- you can get some of the tube magic by mixing a tube preamp with a solid state amp. Solid state amps like McCormack DNA-125 with high input impedance generally offer best match for tube preamp -- I've owned a DNA-125 with conrad-johnson (PV10 and PV12) and Eastern Electric Minimax tube preamps -- really nice combinations, both musical and powerful. I'm not sure how well your Aragon amp would get along with a tube pre.
Another suggestion -- buy a used Naim Nait 5i integrated -- see Robert Harley's Absolute Sound review, which gets it right (google "naim nait harley review" and go to the PDF posted by one-hifi dot com). I have been very happy with my Nait 5i -- it has changed the way I listen to music. I'm no longer constantly trying new combos of amps and preamps -- just enjoying listening because it sounds right. (I've owned Creek integrateds, but the smaller ones, not the Destiny, so I can't compare to the Nait 5i.)
Thank you for your help! My Sonus Faber Electa's state in the liturature a suggested power rating of 55 - 150W. I have read about the virtues of tubes, but I am concerned about maintenance and too little power to produce good low level slam and articulation. However, maybe these concerns are bogus. I am brand-new to this site, and am very grateful to hear from people for their experience and suggestions. I think I am still biased towards a more musical solid state solution to the Aragon for 2K.
My interest in the Creek is a result of a "Class A" review of the product and the price. Another integrated, the Ayre AX-7e received a similar rating and I can find a used one for about the same price as a new Creek. I still am unable to audition either of these products and would be interested in opinions. Lastly, the bottom line, would I be significantly upgrading the musicality of my Aragon system with either of these, or is any improvement realized, not worth the investment?
Buy a used Nait 5i for a good price on Audiogon (they have been going for ca. $850 - 950 depending on condition). Treat it well. If you don't like it, you can sell it at minimal loss. These amps hold their value, for good reason.
You might also go to the Naim forum. You will need to register to search but it's easy to do. Not all posters to the forum are proselytizers for Naim -- you can usually get opinions from a variety of perspectives. Here's the URL (substitute period for [dot]):
http://forums [dot] naim-audio.com/eve
I had a Naim 5i for several months. Wish now that I would never have sold it in my jumping around testing different amps. It has a very immediate yet natural sound for a solid state piece. It was connected to Talon Peregrine X Mark II speakers and made great sound just short of the better tube units I have had. The Talons are simply fantastic speakers that allow you to get super fast and down to 20 hz bass with 95 db efficiency and a coherency throughout the frequency spectrum that makes other Dynamic Speakers (I still admire the Advantgard Duos and Trios) sound broke. Prior to the Talons I had B&w 801 series 3 for 8 years. They needed oceans of power to gain control over them. Never again will I buy speakers that hold you hostage to power hog amps that do NOT have the immediate, delicate, fast and detailed sound a smaller amp with simpler circuit can buy you.
I've used a Aragon 24K (P&G volume, improved PSU) for a couple of years and was pretty happy with it. Then I bought an Audio Research LS-2 preamp and realised that the Aragon wasn't as good as I thought and had been holding back the potential of the system for a long time. So I suggest to try some other preamps in your system and listen if you hear any improvement. The 4004 seems to be pretty good, so I'd hold on to that. That being said, any older (power)amp might benefit from some TLC. Have the caps checked and replaced if necessary, adjust the bias etc. That might improve things as well.
Thank you, Satch. I have the exact same Aragon preamp you have described. Others have suggested Tube amplification as an option for improved musicality. Perhaps a tube preamp may give me some of that "Tube Magic", that is if my 4004 can reproduce, with some accuracy, the sonic qualities of a tube preamp.
Anyone with some additional thoughts on this? Does a decent preamp exist for around 2K? Is a tube or hybrid a good idea, or should I stick with a better SS connected to my 4004?
I have an Aragon 2004 Mk II with a Conrad Johnson PV10BL tube preamp and couldn't be happier. Speakers are Magnepan MG12. I also had good results with a Bottlehead Foreplay 2.
I've seen many others using the Aragon 2004/4004/8008 amps with tube pres and maggies so I would say there's no problem there. You could get a used CJ preamp for a lot less than 2K to see if it works for you without jumping in with both feet.
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Thank you! I think I am getting closer to the audio quality I am seeking.
Taking the advice of a previous response, I brought my 4004 into a very experienced electronics repair shop and requested a tune-up for my 4004. The technician, with over 20 years of experience in this area, managed to get in contact with two Klipsch engineers from the former Aragon. The Aragon engineers provided him with schematics and recommended parts replacement/improvement for the amp. Upgrade is under way now for what I consider to be a very reasonable expense ($300.00) and is claimed to produce a much more musical amp; I'm really excited to hear it upon return!
So, like you, others have mentioned the target I may consider is going after is a pre-amp that may better my Aragon 24k SP. Your recommendation is greatly appreciated.
Now, to find the right pre-amp.. I have no high end dealer in town, or even close, so I appreciate your suggested solution and would welcome suggestions from others as well.
Again - Thank you!
To clarify, $375.00, mostly parts costs. The technician provided me with some really interesting information regarding the history of Aragon amps and their evolution. I am verbose by nature, so I'm not going to get into specifics here, but for those who own an Aragon amp, you may be interested in learning more about this. When the work is completed on my amp, I'll share my perceived results.


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Francesca Bray is a historian and anthropologist of science, technology and medicine. Her interests range from medieval Chinese farming illustrations to the iconography of toilets in contemporary California. Her first book was the volume on Agriculture in Joseph Needham's series Science and Civilisation in China. Since then she has worked at the CNRS in Paris and the University of California; she is now Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Her books include Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China (California, 1997), Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical knowledge in China: The Warp and the Weft (Brill, 2007, co-edited with Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann and Georges Métailié), and Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations Reconsidered (Routledge, 2013). She is especially interested in developing comparative approaches that offer alternatives to Eurocentric accounts of science and technology, working on exploratory projects with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Chinese Academy of Science, serving on the editorial boards of Technology & Culture and East Asian Science, Technology and Society, and as President-Elect of the Society for the History of Technology.


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Mia's 2nd birthday party was a huge success! We were surrounded by lots of family and friends, whom of which we love to death. There is no greater feeling than to have MOST all of those who you cherish and hold close to your heart, all in the same room, at the same time, celebrating YOUR childs life!! So humbling. We are blessed! Here are a few pics of her big day :)
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