text:
HD Websites in Adobe Muse CC 2014
Smarter HD Websites
HD Handling of Placed Images
HD Handling of Background Images
The HiDPI (on/off) Button Widget
In-Browser Editing Anywhere
HTML Heading Tags for Improved SEO
The Benefits of Dropping Internet Explorer 7
The release of Adobe Muse CC 2014 includes significant improvements in both the application and the HTML/CSS code it generates, continuing our pattern of improving the quality of code with every release. Prior versions of Adobe Muse CC were built on Adobe AIR. Adobe Muse CC 2014 is a 64-bit native application and requires a 64-bit operating system. Users will begin seeing differences immediately as the interface has been updated to support high definition screens and provide freedom to arrange windows and palettes as in other Adobe applications. More significantly, we've added several improvements to the code generated by Adobe Muse CC.
Smarter HD Websites
Adobe Muse CC 2014 introduces support for Creating High Resolution Websites that render high-resolution images on high-resolution devices, standard resolution images on standard devices without the performance penalty of loading the high-resolution images, and an optional HiDPI (on/off) Button Widget that can be placed on a page to enable site visitors to disable HD rendering when viewing from a high-resolution device on a slow network.
On a High Definition (a.k.a. Retina) display the area occupied by one pixel on a standard display is replaced by at least four pixels. That is, each pixel is at most half as wide and half as tall. Therefore, taking full advantage of all these tiny pixels requires just as many pixels in the images displayed on a website. However, four times as much data means roughly four times as long to load that data and website visitors are impatient. The tendency of site visitors to abandon a site and give it negative reviews after only a couple of seconds is well documented in articles by the New York Times, Radware, KISSmetrics, and others.
Many HD websites have two problems:
- They download both the HD image and the standard resolution image, resulting in five times as much data even on standard resolution devices.
- They do not give site visitors the option to disable the HD rendering on HD devices running on a slow network.
For HD enabled websites, Muse automatically generates standard resolution and 2x resolution images and then loads the appropriate version for the device from which it is being viewed. Images that are Placed into a Muse layout are exported as HTML  elements. Images that are imported as background fills are exported as background-image CSS properties. In both cases, the images are imported into Muse at half their natural dimensions. At export time, an image is generated at half-resolution for standard displays and the high-resolution image is exported for high-resolution devices. The image that is rendered by the browser is determined based on the properties of the viewing device and whether or not HD rendering has been disabled using Muse's option HiDPI (on/off) Button Widget.
HD Handling of Placed Images
Images Placed into Muse are exported as  elements. The standard resolution images are referenced by default in the 'src' attribute. The 2x resolution image has the same name as the standard resolution image with "_2x" appended and is referenced by the 'hidpi-src' data property. At page load time, if the device pixel to html pixel ratio is at least 1.5 and HD rendering has not been disabled using Muse's optional HiDPI (on/off) Button Widget, then the 'src' attribute will be updated to reference the HD image.
Default HTML for HD Image

HTML for HD Image on HD Display with HD Enabled
alt="Loren at home" width="230" height="153"/>
HD Handling of Background Images
Images imported as background fills are exported from Muse using 'background' or 'background-image' CSS properties.

background: #FFFFFF url("../images/loren.jpg") no-repeat left top;
background-size: contain;
.hidpi #u74
background-image: url("../images/loren_2x.jpg");
Rendering of the high-resolution background images on the page is achieved by adding the 'hidpi' class to the html element as follows:

When viewed on a standard resolution device, the HD images are completely ignored thereby avoiding a performance penalty.
The HiDPI (on/off) Button Widget
Anyone who has attempted to watch an HD video on the web over a slow connection knows it is not enough to automatically switch to serving up HD content based on the resolution of the display. Ultimately, the site visitor needs to be given the option to disable HD content. Adobe Muse CC 2014 solves this problem by providing an HD Button which can be custom styled within Muse. When present on a page of the site, visitors who are viewing on a high resolution display can toggle the rendering behavior of the site by clicking the button.
In-Browser Editing Anywhere
With the release of Adobe Muse CC 2014, the In-Browser Editing feature is available for any site that is published using the built-in FTP Upload feature.
One of the Muse team's goals is to give designers the freedom to publish anywhere. Adobe Muse CC 5.0 introduced In-Browser Editing on sites published to Adobe Business Catalyst, where site owners could replace images or make changes to text from within the browser. That is, the content of the site could be updated without using Adobe Muse CC. When an Adobe Business Catalyst site was opened in Muse, Adobe Muse CC would merge any edits made via In-Browser Editing back into the Muse document.
In the future we plan to add new custom form features which can be used by sites published to any hosting provider supporting PHP. In addition, we plan to make it easier to publish to your favorite host directly from Adobe Muse CC.
HTML Heading Tags for Improved SEO
HTML heading tags (e.g., h1, h2…) clarify the page content structure, thereby improving SEO and accessibility. In previous releases, heading tags could only be specified using paragraph styles. Now, they are directly accessible from the Text palette.
The Benefits of Dropping Internet Explorer 7


text:
Dyed and washed one piece at a time in a boutique dye house in Los Angeles, every piece has an incredibly soft hand feel and exclusively rich color that makes it unequivocally, unapologetically, Flaneur. Experience Matisse, in shades made just for you, shipped in 7 days.
Wash & Care
Shipping and Returns
Dyed to Order
Dyed to order, just for you
Just as the freshness of an apple or an orange plucked right from the tree has no comparison, we feel the same way about our custom color sheets and duvet covers. Dyed after you place your order, they're yours--and only yours. Not waiting on a shelf or pre-packaged, custom color bed linens from Flaneur are freshly picked, just the way you like them.
Lived-in style
Effortlessly soft, custom color bedding from Flaneur feels luxuriously lived in. Premium bed sheets, duvet covers, and pillow cases are infused with the gentle handfeel usually only found from wash after wash. This feeling is yours, fresh and new.
Zero shrinkage. Zero bleeding.
The perfect size, the perfect color. Luxury bed linens that will stay just as they were when you first made them part of your bedroom. Like the first time, every time.
DNA-Tested 100% Supima Cotton
We plunged the depths of the world of cotton, searching for only the best, the most luxurious cotton which we would call the heart of the custom color bed linens from Flaneur. We found it in Supima® cotton--unequivocally beautiful and decadently soft. We had to make sure every piece from Flaneur was the pinnacle of perfection, so we test it at its core--its DNA.
100% Biodegradable Sewing Thread
Natural, earth-friendly. Meticulousness that's nearly invisible--100% biodegradable Lyocell® sewing thread. We accept nothing less than the perfect finishing touch to complete the luxury bed sheets of Flaneur.
A Zipper That's High Fashion
Sought after by fashion brands around the world, the Swiss-made Riri® zipper creates a sleek, almost "seamless" experience from open to close for our custom dyed duvet covers.
Thoughtful Craftsmanship
A Golden Weave
Master weavers employ the 1-ply, 1-pick premium weaving method to create our luxury bed linens, a process that is more time-consuming, but a refined one with a proven record of beauty that leads to no pilling and an unparalleled handfeel.
The Flaneur "Corner
Our art is in our attention to detail. No corner is "cut" in our premium bedding, instead, it is meticulously finished, on every custom dyed piece. From the sleek French seams and triangle stitches on our sheets and ties on the duvet covers, at Flaneur we find beauty in truly being complete.
Hidden Perfection
From the box used to keep the needles, and the hand-rolled metal tube used to hand-sew French Seams, these tools of art are passed through generations to create luxury bedding. Passion and pride are in every thread--and every corner. From our dyers to our weavers to our sewers, every thought is of you, with Flaneur in your home.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
President's Circle Philosophy
The President's Circle is the preeminent donor community of the Chicago Botanic Garden, providing its most loyal members the opportunity to make a deeper connection with — and contribution to — the mission of the Garden.
Members are invited to participate in exclusive intergenerational events, programs, and travel opportunities that provide unique access to the Garden, its leadership, and invited guests.
Membership in the President's Circle is open to households who make a contribution of $1,500 or more to the Annual Fund. The President's Circle provides the most important source of operating support to the Garden.


text:
keltor wrote:
How much did they want for the Craigslist bass?
Man, that burnt part sure adds to the tone!
keltor wrote:
How much did they want for the Craigslist bass?
Man, that burnt part sure adds to the tone!
9600man wrote:
Am I missing something? What are not supposed to believe? A banged up bass guitar with juvenile drawings and words like, "pussy guide" on it? Is it by some famous person?
No, it's just been ruined by some empty-headed idiot.
I started using Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar last year. I've found it to be a great learning tool so far.
But I've been stuck on barre chords for months now. Most of it is the physical aspect - gaining the hand and finger strength to perform the barres. I've found Hal Leonard's Barre Chord book to be an invaluable supplement to the Gibson DVD's.
But each resource teaches the "proper" 5th string barre technique a little differently. For sake of argument let's say the major-A chord shape (fingers 2, 3, and 4 on one fret) is impossible for me to do up and down the fretboard.
That leaves finger 1 to barre strings 1-5 and finger 3 to barre 1-4.
The Gibson/Steve Krenz method is to just barre those straight on. The Hal Leonard method is to bend finger 3 at the knuckle and bend the rest of the finger backwards as you barre strings 2-4 and mute string 1.
And yet another method is shown in this YouTube video where she just plays the middle strings and doesn't bother muting stings 1 and 6.
Like most things I assume the right way to do it is the way that works best for me. But what say the group? Is one method more right than the other?
Last edited by SeismoJones on Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:13 pm
If it sounds good and works for the tune AND IS PLAYED CLEANLY (no choking notes), it's the right way. It all really depends. Sometimes you want the full six string strum, sometimes you just want the notes on the middle strings. Sometimes some combination of 'em. Eventually, that'll become a function of preference versus ability. There's no academically right way. I use the ring finger w/ bent knuckle to do the A shape whilst barred with my index. After all these years, getting all six strings to ring out cleanly that way is utterly doable.
IMO, don't agonize over the right way and just keep practicing 'til you get all ways down clean.
Barre chords totally elude me as well. I can't get them clean and ringing out without what seems to be excessive pressure in my fretting hands and even then it doesn't work.
The b string lines right up with the second joint of my index finger so I can't get any pressure on the string. I have pretty thin hands but so do a fuckton of other guitarist so I guess I'll have to try to adjust my hand/finger a bit.
Sometimes you want the full six string strum
I'm specifically speaking of 5th string barres where you never want string 6 and by most accounts, you don't want string 1. But point taken.
Anybody else into Rocksmith? I did the demo and got a cable. Liked it enough to buy it and some of the DLC.
Cons: took a while to get used to the games, find difficulty adjusters, and the precision on some things is odd.
Pros: pretty much any guitar or bass song they have you can learn if you devote the time. I could always play the bulk of Cult of Personality by Living Colour and bits of YYZ. Now I can almost pull them off- little more practice. Also chord and scale minigames (although I wish the scale minigame was 2 octave.
I bought Rocksmith shortly after I bought my first guitar - a little over a year ago. I found it to be over my head at the time. Maybe I'll fire it up this week and check it out again.
I bought it for the PS3 in the living room but I now have the Xbox 360 in my guitar area - I assume I could use the cable I have and just buy the Rocksmith disc for the Xbox?
As far as I know it is the same cable for all of the platforms, with the little USB connector thing on the end for X-box/PC.
That is correct, the cable works for all versions: PS3, XBOX360 and PC.
I bought it for my wife cause she's interested in bass but doesn't have any clue what to do when practicing by herself.
I've tried it and honestly I feel like I can learn a song faster by looking up the tab for it or a video lesson type thing on Youtube.
I'd already tried it before and knew that going in but I might get into all the mini games. I can definitely see those being usefull cause I tend to just learn songs rather then working on technique and scales and such.
I so wish it used note and string names and didn't move the neck around.
It seems like a neat tool, but the frickin' lag absolutely kills it for me. There's enough of a delay between hitting the note and it showing up in the game that I have to think ahead and consciously strum before the notes on screen get to the target - and constantly reminding myself "hit the note a quarter-second before I should have to" is enough timing and planning that it ruins any joy or spontaneity or productive learning that the game may be able to offer.
I've been through all the tips and tricks online to reduce the delay, even to the point of digging out my old receiver and re-hooking up the optical output, and it's still not enough to be usable.
Which sucks because I paid a bunch of money for it and have put in literally less than an hour of play time - which isn't going to increase short of a patch to fix the issue.
if you're using a plasma or LCD be sure you set the picture mode to game, it cuts down on the image enhancements and reduces latency
this game is interesting, too bad the cable is sold out everywhere. Can you use a different usb interface with a guitar line in like a mbox or eleven rack? I could get the software on steam easily enough, just that blasted cable!
I have a usb cable and a stereo 1/4 cable, what needs to be spliced where?
It would be crazy that they wouldn't have factored in a setting to take into account the delay... It would have been simple to play the music say 700ms ahead and then simply score your input with the 700ms second delay... I believe Rockstars guitar whatever (haha guitar Hero) does it, same thing happened to me, went to some friends, tried it, the picking and the image were simply not synchronized, and it was fairly easy to fix it using the in game options. Would be surprising if there would be no way to do it...
I've never played with the lag/timing in RS and never have any issues that bug me.
I'm just using the older component cables with stereo rca running to my stereo. I don't even have game mode set on the TV.
Maybe try traditional rca instead of optical? No where in the the suggestions does it talk about using optical, wouldn't that be another processing layer?
GirgleMirt wrote:
It would be crazy that they wouldn't have factored in a setting to take into account the delay... It would have been simple to play the music say 700ms ahead and then simply score your input with the 700ms second delay... I believe Rockstars guitar whatever (haha guitar Hero) does it, same thing happened to me, went to some friends, tried it, the picking and the image were simply not synchronized, and it was fairly easy to fix it using the in game options. Would be surprising if there would be no way to do it...
That's a different problem – you can absolutely set the video / audio delay to sync them up exactly. But no matter what there's going to be some lag between hitting a string – signal gets to cable – converted to digital within the cable's hardware – signal sent to PS3 – (assorted processing to figure out what's going on) – shows up in game and on screen. You can't avoid that, and it's going to be a longer delay than just hitting a button on a controller because of all of the processing involved. We're only talking fractions of a second here but that's the difference between acing a song and missing every note.
So even if video and audio are exactly in sync, you can still have delay issues. Lots of people and gaming setups don't seem to have much of a problem, but for whatever reason mine does. The internet is full of people having the same problem and tons of discussions on how to work around it, but for some folks with particular combinations of hardware the answer is just "too bad" even after trying every fix and tweak and crackpot theory. I'm one of those people.
Apparently the lag issue is much, much better with the PC version so I've been keeping an eye out to see if it shows up super cheap somewhere. Perhaps that's doubling down on frustration but hell, I already have the cable and am nothing if not stubborn.
The first problem I had with RockSmith is that the drivers kept messing up, so it didn't always register when I played a note. I've since learned that the way it has you learn songs - by playing a simplified version of the song - isn't the way most teachers would have you learn a song. Most teachers have you learn a song at a slow tempo, then as you can play it, speed up that tempo. It works because as you do something, neurons in your brain are making connections. If you do things in the wrong order, you're learning how to do it wrong.
You can set the difficulty on any of the songs or riffs to 100% manually and then use the slow down. It is not intuitive to find though.
I agree. I don't like the easy and ramp up (except on some of the songs I don't give a crap about).
Hey what do you guys think about Chapman guitars? Worth ordering from US/Canada? I was thinking about the ML-1, I like the idea of the guitar, but I'm definitely wondering if in the end it's worth it over a similarly priced Ibanez or the such locally... I already have a Fender Strat, an old Ibanez RG170 who's whammy bar has broken off (the cheap metal block where it screws in screws in broke off...!), so I'm half looking for an eventual replacement.
Locally, there's also Godin which is made right here in Canada, but, from little I've researched, they unsurprisingly seem more expensive (less bang for the buck?) then china/Korea/etc made guitar, and the way the Chapman is being advertised, seems pretty much the opposite; high quality at very affordable price, where Godin would be good quality but at made in Canada prices...
Girglemirt, they look very nice, you need to play before you buy though. What is your budget? Maybe we can recommend some things, I'm guessing you're after a super-strat?
Hmm while a super strat sounds nice, already got a decent one, guess I'm more looking at a versatile and just generally good guitar. I'd like to keep say under 600$, but if there's something crazy at 700 or whatever budget can go up without much issue. But even when I said 600, 400 would be better, if I can get something good.
I can't try the chapman though, I'm in Canada! Chapman is a musician that basically works in a UK instrument shop who make a lot of youtube vids reviewing gear, in 2009 or such he decided to get a bunch of custom guits built, and he asked the interwebs what they'd like to have, then made 300 or so of them, sold, everybody was happy. These guits were basically very good neck/body with crap electronics that were intended to get replaced. The new batch is more solid overall, with better pickups and although more expensive is more complete as is.
They're made in Korea in a factory which makes guits for other brands, there's a couple hundreds made, shipped to UK, and they ship worldwide, which means trying it is basically impossible. There's some reviews and it does seem to sound nice, but like you said, I should try first...
For the style... I've never had a Les Paul or Gibson, but was happy with the Ibanez. I think the Gibson clean tones are very... Dark/muddy and not very acoustic guitar sounding? So maybe I'm a bit reluctant going this direction. I like to play some Floydesk sounds, and I think a LP/Gibson lacks a bit there, so maybe further down the road to roundup my guit line up, but for now more looking for something more versatile.
As for Strat, with the single pickups, they're not metal nor distortion machines, so again, versatility being the name of the game my Ibanez I think did everything fairly well, quite fond of it actually, but I think at least neck double pickup is a must, no?
Your Ibanez is a super strat, it means a strat shaped body but usually 24 frets and not the classic three single coil pickups.
A muddy clean on a les Paul is one of two things, bad pickups or bad amp settings. They can be lovely and sparkly through the right amp.
In terms of brands see if you can find Lag or Hagstrom guitars anywhere near you, both are very good guitars for the money. I'd happily have one and replace the pickups at a later date.
I have just got a Les Paul junior style guitar with a single P90 in the bridge made by Gordon-Smith guitars here in the UK. It would be slightly outside your budget but it is the most responsive guitar I've ever played. If I set my amp right I can get warm acoustic, jangly clean and hot lead sounds just by adjusting the tone and volume. I'm seriously considering selling my Les Paul and having this as my only guitar, and I love my Les Paul. Of course I don't gig very often so I don't need different setups for loads of different covers but I would happily use this to gig in my soul/blues/rock band covering Otis Redding to The Black Crowes.
The same guitar with a single humbucker would be very close to you top end, slightly over, and they are fantastic guitars. You'd have to factor in shipping and taxes (taxes may actually work out cheaper for you, their website prices include 20% vat we have to pay which you'd get back) but they are well worth it. Have a look:
it's the GS series that would probably come in very close to your budget. They are very friendly too, I had long chats with both John and Lynda Smith on the phone and by email. Site is a little confusing, occasionally pictures don't match up so make sure you read the spec (its mainly making sure you get the right cutaways). You'll find a group on facebook, there's two, think it's the larger one you want, lots of pictures and chat. Seriously, I own a Gibson Les Paul that I love, but I'd swap it in a heartbeat for a Les Paul copy made by these guys.
This guy works closely with them and may be able to help bring one in close to you top budget including shipping:
http://www.rguitars.co.uk/ he also has Lag guitars on there but you'd be better finding a local dealer for them.
Of the Hagstroms I really like the Ultra Swede. It's a smaller body than a les Paul, a very fast neck and has a coil split switch (almost always wrongly called a coil tap). This switch basically splits the humbucker in half which will give you a brighter tone more akin to your strat. Again, I would happily gig this guitar, the coil split gives you loads of tonal options and it plays very well along with being nice and light for long sets. I'd want to replace the pickups and electronics, but I'd want to do that on pretty much any production guitar these days, the stock pickups are fine and I'd happily use them if I had to.
To sum up, the Gordon Smith would give you the best value for money, and would be a guitar you could keep for life. You won't get a better standard guitar than it, they're handmade, there's a short video on YouTube about it. Something similar from other luthiers would cost three times the price, I know because I contacted many when deciding what to get. It will however be the top of your budget and you usually have to wait 4-6 months. It also won't have as good a resale percentage as a bigger name brand guitar, but I honestly think if you played it you'd never want to sell it. Going through Richard's guitars MAY speed that up if he has something on order you want, he regularly orders guitars and then sells them on but will get something specific for you if you need him too. He also knows about posting guitars to make sure they get there in one piece. This would be my first choice, as long as the spec and price are ok with your budget/requirements.
The Hagstrom is a great guitar, in budget, offers loads of tonal options and will feel quite similar to your Ibanez, but you'll have to find a dealer. I'd happily gig one of these guitars in a very varied set and the construction on the few I've played was great, better than much more expensive big name guitars. This would be my second choice.
the Lag is really very similar to your Ibanez, you would definitely need tonplay this as you may prefer a similar Ibanez to it. This would be my third choice.
Feel free to PM me.
All of these guitars would have the cool factor of not many people owning them around you, and we all like that don't we? Hagstrom actually have a long history with their older guitars being very much sort after, it's a retro name many guitarists will know.
I'll try get a picture of my GS up for you to have a look at tomorrow.
One last thing, what amp do you use?
Came across this, pretty awesome
Satch's rig for wormhole wizards
EJ's rig for his Hendrix tour
I'm going to just put this here; if you haven't heard of Sleep or High On Fire, watch and be amazed...
Rig rundown of Matt Pike.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of both Satch and Vai, but sometimes simplicity and tube watts are all you need. I could kill a man for that SLO-100.
(not really, but I do lust badly after one)
Patterson_hoop: thx! I'll try to lookup these suggestions. I have around 10 amps in total so I can get a lot of sounds, from Fender, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Vox, etc. But don't worry they don't take too much space, They're all modeled on my Line 6 Spider 4 I think it is not the current model with the looper but the one just before that I think.
I spy ns10's!
What do you guys do when you want to play your electric guitar in another room?
I have a Fender Mustang I amp that I keep in my guitar area in the garage.
But I work from home, so during the day if I'm on a conference call or need to be in front of the computer, when I have the itch to play I might bring the guitar into my office. I have an iRig that I just plug into some computer speakers but if you've ever used one (or maybe it's just me) the sound leaves much to be desired. It's often very static-y, not to mention that I can't figure out how to turn distortion completely off.
So I was thinking about getting another cheap amp for the office - like a $60 Fender Frontman 10g or something like that.
But even at the low price I hate to get another amp that will be used so rarely, especially considering that once my guitar playing ability gets decent enough, I'll probably want to upgrade from the Mustang I as my main amp and then maybe I can move that one into the office.
What are you guys using for a 2nd amp?
Play unplugged. It'll do wonders for your technique.
That said I have a Bugera v5 for my "at home" amp, though even that goes into the isobox so I can crank it. If I just wanna noodle/play I do it unplugged.
Play unplugged.
I have a hard time telling if all the strings of my chords are ringing out when unplugged, unless I'm acoustic.
Keep doing it 'til you no longer have a hard time telling it.
Steve is always very patient with the thousand interviewers he has to see.
Also, now that the thought has crossed my mind, he sounds like Ace Frehley.
Metaxa wrote:
I have one, it does all it says it does. Can't get a clean sound out of it, but other than that, it's nice.
Keep doing it 'til you no longer have a hard time telling it.
I play my electric as an acoustic all the time when I'm just messing around between other tasks or when people are asleep.
dammit Kustom, y u make your cab/speaker use nonstandard 6 hole mounting? y u make mounting the replacement wgs vet30 a tomorrow problem? grr.
Protools 11 came out today, there's a free trial but you gotta have an ilok.
(Beta tester for some time, including doing some production mixes using beta.)
ProTools 11 is a nice upgrade - end to end 64bit for ProTools itself, offline bounce - in a number of cases this has been saving us a couple of hours in a big project. Some of the plugins that bogged things down no longer affect the usability of protools itself.
All in all it's more of a - hey it runs faster upgrade than anything else. But most importantly it runs properly on my rMBP15 now.
keltor wrote:
(Beta tester for some time, including doing some production mixes using beta.)
ProTools 11 is a nice upgrade - end to end 64bit for ProTools itself, offline bounce - in a number of cases this has been saving us a couple of hours in a big project. Some of the plugins that bogged things down no longer affect the usability of protools itself.
All in all it's more of a - hey it runs faster upgrade than anything else. But most importantly it runs properly on my rMBP15 now.
It completely hates my 002 console, I will miss it.
Kloro wrote:
Metaxa wrote:
I have one, it does all it says it does. Can't get a clean sound out of it, but other than that, it's nice.
How would you describe the feedback it generates compared to a regular-sized amp?


text:
Supreme Judicial Court (April 19, 2011)
In light of the 2008 statutory amendments that decriminalized possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, the odor of burnt marijuana, standing alone, no longer provides probable cause or reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify an exit order from an automobile.
On June 24, 2009 around 5 P.M., the defendant was a front-seat passenger in an automobile parked with its windows down in front of a fire hydrant in the Hyde Square neighborhood of Jamaica Plain in Boston. Two plainclothes Boston police officers watched as the "driver" lit a small cigar commonly used to mask the smell of marijuana. As they approached the car, the officers could smell a "faint odor" of burnt marijuana. After observing that the driver and the defendant were nervous, the police ordered both men out of the car. When asked by the police officer whether he had "anything on his person," the defendant replied that he had "a little rock for myself."
The police seized approximately four grams of crack cocaine from the defendant, and charged him with one count of possession of a class B controlled substance, G.L. c. 94C, § 34; possession of a class B controlled substance with intent to distribute, G.L. c. 94C, § 32A; and committing a controlled substance violation in a school zone, G.L. c. 94C, § 32J.
Prior to trial in the district court, the defendant moved to suppress the crack cocaine. The judge allowed his motion, finding that the police had no basis to order him out of the car. The Commonwealth petitioned a single justice for an interlocutory appeal, and the defendant filed an application for direct appellate review. The Court granted the defendant's application to decide an issue of first impression: what impact, if any, does the decriminalization of the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana have on search and seizure case law.
Massachusetts legal precedent is clear that the distinctive smell of marijuana alone provides probable cause to believe that criminal activity is underway. However, the enactment of a 2008 voter ballot initiative changed the status of the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana from a criminal offense to a civil infraction. See G.L. c. 94C, §§ 32L-32N.
In this case the validity of the "stop" was uncontested; parking in front of a hydrant is a civil traffic violation. It is the validity of the exit order that is at issue. The Commonwealth argued that, despite decriminalization, the odor of burnt marijuana still provides the police with probable cause or, at minimum, reasonable suspicion to believe that a crime is occurring, which justifies the exit order to the defendant.
An exit order to a passenger in a validly stopped vehicle is proper when:
1) "[A] reasonably prudent man in the policeman's position would be warranted in the belief that the safety of the police or that of other was in danger." Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 429 Mass. 658, 661 (1999); or
2) There is reasonable suspicion that the defendant was engaged in criminal activity separate from any offense of the driver; or
3) There are "pragmatic reasons, e.g., to facilitate an independently permissible warrantless search of the car under the automobile exception to the warrant requirement."
Here, the Court found that the exit order could not be justified by any of the three circumstances outlined above. The Court focused on whether the officers had reasonable suspicion to believe that the defendant was engaged in criminal activity. The Commonwealth argued that the following facts bolstered the suspicion of criminal activity initiated by the smell of burnt marijuana: 1) the stop's location in a high crime area; 2) the defendant's nervousness; 3) the cigar smoking.
The Court disagreed, noting that the facts "must demonstrate a suspicion that the defendant possessed more than one ounce of marijuana, because possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is not a crim. We conclude that, to order a passenger in a stopped vehicle to exit based merely on suspicion of an offense, that offense must be criminal." The Court also disagreed with the Commonwealth's argument that the officers had probable cause to search the vehicle. "It is unreasonable for the police to spend time conducting warrantless searches for contraband when no specific facts suggest criminality."
Finding that the exit order could not be justified, the Court affirmed the allowance of the defendant's motion to suppress the crack cocaine.


text: Christmas morning is one of the most magical moments of the entire year. With the excitement of going to sleep on Christmas Eve, and waking up to a Christmas tree filled with sparkling lights and surrounded by highly anticipated presents, why not keep the celebration going? Christmas Day brunch can either be a sleepy breakfast, with a few tasty treats and hot coffee, or a spread of a few of your favorite casseroles and frittatas for a sit-down affair. We've got Christmas brunch ideas for every type of Christmas morning. If there's one thing we love most about Christmas, it's the opportunity to serve delicious meals on a whim, with minimal preparation time, so you can get back to enjoying this special day with your loved ones. With our these Christmas brunch recipes, you will have a quick morning feast everyone will love! From sweet rolls to strata, we have all the best Christmas brunch ideas that will transform your lack-luster breakfast into a magical experience.


text:
You can write your dream in a 140 characters and then see it animated.
What I liked about it? The idea of making you think of your dream, the beautiful background music, the imaginative way of representing our dreams, EVERYTHING.
After typing in your dream, you can share it via Twitter, facebook or even embed it, like I did just below:
My dream was: I wish one day all nations would be united in peace, helping each other overcome their difficulties and learn to respect their differences.
- have students talk in pairs about their dreams for the world or fot themselves, then ask them to write about their dream in a maximum of 140 characters. They use the site and share the link or embed their dream in a class blog below the original dream they wrote.
- You can also have students write their dreams show the video to sts in class, and have sts guess from the images what the original words were.
*** If the music disturbs you while reading the blog, click on the SOUND ICON to turn it off.


text:
(visited by Bob & Nan Doubleday)
10-Feb-2002 -- This was a fun confluence and only required hiking 0.26 miles through the woods. There was a wide spot in the shoulder of the road where we were able to park. Even though we were in the woods, the GPS was tracking many satellites and our accuracy was 21 feet when we zeroed out.


text:
In our country the state requires car insurance, but the owner does not benefit from it at all. If the car hits a person and this accident leads to him being injured or dying, his family refer the case to the insurance company and this leads to the family of the person who has been injured or killed receiving compensation. This compensation does not affect the owner of the car in any way, whether positive or negative. What is the ruling on that? Please note that the family of the deceased have forgiven the owner of the car and the state is ruled by manmade laws.
Commercial insurance is a forbidden kind of contract, and it is haraam in all forms. It is not permissible for anyone to participate in it unless he is forced to do so. We have explained the ruling on this in the answer to question no. 8889 and 39474.
The fact that it is haraam to participate in insurance does not mean that it is haraam to take one's rights from the insurance company if it is required to pay to someone who has been affected by an accident.
Based on this, there is no reason why one should not take the diyah for one who has been killed by accident or injured in an accident from whatever entity the those who are entitled to it have been referred, whether by the killer or the court, whether it is an insurance company or otherwise, because those who are entitled to the diyah are people who have a right, and they are not responsible for the other party's dealings with the insurance company.
We asked Shaykh Ibn Jibreen about taking compensation from the insurance company and he replied: That is permissible, because these companies are committed to bearing costs incurred by the one who is insured with them, and there is no reason to refrain from doing that so long as they are obliged to pay compensation. All that the one who caused the accident has to do – in the case of a death – is offer the expiation for accidental killing, if the accident was caused by a mistake on his part.
And Allaah knows best.


text:
At Manchester Wood we offer an assortment of TV stands in solid wood. From our Mission Media Stand to our Slate Top Media Console Table, the array of options offers you American made entertainment consoles at quality prices. Made in the USA furniture is our pride and creed, it flows through each part of the process and each material used here. Our solid wood TV stands hold no difference to that formula. They're solid wood, built to last, and arrive with not only Free Shipping Always, but also our Quality Guarantee.
Try to find solid wood furniture items like this at a big box store, and you'll come up short. The quality of our wooden TV stands coupled with our affordable prices makes no sense for the high volume, high profit return model of most major box stores. Instead at Manchester Wood we've decided to offer you the best Made in the USA furniture at the best price because that's what makes sense; and our media stands hold to that testament… and more. The average solid wood stand at Manchester Wood can handle over 500 pounds, and most are wide enough to handle the big flat screens with enough storage space to take care of the rest of your media.
So when thinking about your next media console or media stand look no further than Manchester Wood. We offer exclusively TV stands in wood, and when you use our product you'll know why. Shop our Media & TV stands category today.


text:
Produced from 1970-1974, the Bolwell Nagari had good looks and performance potential. Sadly, kit car-quality and the fuel crisis did it in.
Five obscure autos to test your car knowledge
September 9, 2012
Think you can name every automotive marque and model that is or was? Don't be so sure.
Rob Sass at Hagerty has compiled a list of five cars that go so far beyond obscure, they're practically mythical. Bolwell Nagari, anyone?
Head over to Hagerty and read the whole article, then let us know how many of those cars you've actually heard of. No cheating!


text:
Jake Diekman had two strikes on Steve Lombardozzi when he broke off a breaking ball over the outside of the plate.
Lombardozzi, a .266 hitter in 778 major league at-bats, reached out and slapped the ball into shallow right field for a leadoff single in the sixth inning.
"He allowed a guy in a defensive situation to hit probably the only pitch he could hit," IronPigs manager Dave Brundage said.
"The pitch selection to Lombardozzi could've been better," Diekman acknowledged. "I probably should have came heater-in."
A walk followed, and the 28-year-old left-hander — who until Thursday had been in the Phillies bullpen since the middle of...


text:
Advanced Search |
Search Tips
2" Round Aluminum Louver - Black Finish with Insect Screen - Bag of 6
Primary Uses:
We promise to never spam you, and just use your email address to identify you as a valid customer.
This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!
Click the button below to add the 2" Round Black Aluminum Louver with Insect Screen (Priced Per Bag of 6). Item# 2" RLBL-100 to your wish list.
All prices are in USD
Copyright 2018 VentMyHouse.com.
Sitemap |
Shopping Cart Software by BigCommerce


text:
Generate loud, rich sound from micro speakers
Keywords:volume? sound quality? micro speakers?
Simply limiting the output power makes for a poor user experience, and doesn't protect against blocked speaker ports or high ambient temperatures. Temperature measurements can help but do little to improve sound quality. High-pass filters reduce the speaker excursion at the resonant frequency but cut out too much bass.
Feed-forward techniques can improve bass response but on their own aren't enough and the can be a reliability risk. Additionally, clipping and low battery voltages can degrade sound quality even further.
Speakers come full circle
Speakers and phones have developed hand-in-hand for over 150 years. The first speakers were used in telephone receivers, shortly afterwards they branched off into sound reinforcement and grew larger and more powerful.
In the 1980s and 90s things came full circle. Modern mobile phones have two speakers. One, still called a receiver, is in the earpiece. The second is for sound reinforcement, for things like ringtones, music playback and hands-free calling.
Micro speakers try to bridge the gap, aiming to produce room-filling sound from a tiny volume. What began with a move to play better polyphonic ringtones has now grown toward using a cellphone instead of a home stereo. These speakers are caught between two opposing trends, more output power and smaller size. As these trends accelerate, speaker designers are starting to look for new and innovative ways to get the best possible sound.
Modern micro speakers have a permanent magnet and a voice coil that is attached to a diaphragm that pushes the air to create sound. The entire speaker is enclosed in protective box that provides the "back volume" for the speaker to push against and project the sound from the speaker.
Output limited by temperature
The first way to get more sound out of a speaker is simply to put more electrical power in. Small micro speakers rated at ? Watt can generally handle many times that for very short periods. All the extra power going in has to come out somewhere, though.
Figure 1: Dissipating too much heat can tear the voice coil apart.
Maximizing efficiency converts as much power as possible into sound. However, much is still wasted as heat in the voice coil. This 'self heating' is directly related to the current in the voice coil. If the temperature climbs too high, the glue holding the voice coil together can be torn apart (figure 1).
The speaker is cooled by conducting the heat out through the membrane, case and other components and by the cooling effect of moving air from the sound waves themselves. Lower frequencies generate more air movement causing more cooling and hence allowing higher powers.
This relation breaks down if the speaker port is blocked, the air movement is restricted or the ambient temperature rises. If the air cannot cool the coil, the internal temperature rises much faster than expected, and the speaker can be damaged in a few seconds. The relationship between coil temperature, power level, frequency, duration, ambient temperature, and airflow is complex, and is virtually impossible to reliably predict.
Speaker excursion
Because micro speakers must be small, it is easy to move the diaphragm further than the maximum allowable excursion (typically around 0.4 mm). As speakers get thinner, the excursion becomes smaller, which is a major restriction on output sound level.
A speaker's biggest excursion problem comes at and near its resonant frequency. At the resonant frequency the membrane moves easily, so small amounts of power can push the speaker beyond its limit. Micro speaker systems normally add a high-pass filter at around 1000Hz to reduce the excursion. This can minimize the impact of the resonance peak, but losing the bass significantly degrades the sound quality.
The resonant frequency can change dramatically over the operating conditions, too. Temperature, aging, a poorly designed phone case, and changes in the acoustic environment like blocking a speaker port will all cause shifts in the resonant frequency. Wear-and-tear on the phone case can also cause leaks in the speaker's back-volume. Any of these changes can cause speaker failure in a fixed-filter system.
Clipping and power supply sag
A 2 VRMS power level corresponds to a 2.8 V peak amplifier output. Nearing this level causes clipping and distortion. For higher frequencies, where excursion is not a problem, this is the main issue affecting sound quality.
|Related Articles
|Editor's Choice
|Related Articles
|Editor's Choice


text:
New record for Storify as US bus monitor Storify gets more than 1.5m views
Digital storytelling platform Storify has announced that a Storify produced by US journalist and student Ben Doernberg, which curated the latest responses and reaction to a video in which a bus monitor is seen being taunted (there's more on this story from the BBC at this link), has hit a new record for Storify by recording more than 1.5 million views.
At the time of writing the number of views stood at 1,575,345. More than $650,000 has also been raised after an Indiegogo page was set up to give the bus monitor a holiday.
See the Storify about the record here.Tags: bus monitor, Digital storytelling, storify, us
Similar posts:
- AdAge: News sites can survive with 200m page views a month, says report
- Five stories to inspire you to try Storify – which anyone can now join
- LA Times breaks web traffic record with 127m page views
- Japan quake sends record audiences to broadcast and online news
- Storify adds slideshow view for blog posts, presentations and broadcasts


text:
CREWS_NS: Scheduling Train Crews in The Netherlands
We present a system, CREWS_NS, that is used in the long-term scheduling of drivers and guards for the Dutch Railways. CREWS_NS schedules the work of about 5000 people. CREWS_NS is built on top of CREWS, a scheduling tool for speeding the development of scheduling applications. CREWS heavily relies on the use of AI techniques and has been built as a white-box system, in the sense that the planner can perceive what is going on, can interact with the system by proposing alternatives or querying decisions, and can adapt the behavior of the system to changing circumstances. Scheduling can be done in automatic, semiautomatic, or manual mode. CREWS has mechanisms for dealing with the constant changes that occur in input data, can identify the consequences of the change, and guides the planner in accommodating the changes in the already built schedules (rescheduling).
Full Text:PDF
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v19i1.1351
Copyright © 2018, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved.


text:
WHITING, NEW JERSEY -- Panasonic 52 inch plasma TV, after one and a half years of working started to fail. We contacted Panasonic in the beginning and was told by techs how to reset. This procedure was accomplished twice until the TV failed completely (10 blinks). Again, Panasonic was contacted and suggested we contact a recommended repair shop for repairs. The first shop failed to get back to us though we contacted them three times. Finally we sent the TV out for repairs at another shop along with a deposit of $75, and these guys were great! They were very friendly and helped with contacting Panasonic. The shop contacted us saying the TV was fixed but required a $500 payment.
We contacted Panasonic about the amount and after a long period of time, due to Panasonic review, said because we were out of the warranty period of a year they could only reimburse $150. We were floored by their insult! After the amount of the TV, wall mount and TAXES we had over $2000 in this TV. Plus the fact we have been without this TV for almost 6 months!!! Even if they would have made the offer of splitting the cost as would any decent Company this would be resolved.
The customer call center in Virginia contacted us saying that the offer was it, and if we didn't take it there was nothing else they can do. They also stated we should have bought the extended warranty! Really...! Is that because they sell a known defective TV? I'm sure someone buying a TV today should expect a 10 years of service with moderate use. We have repeatedly contacted Panasonic on this issue and they fail to get back to us without using the Customer Call Center with whom we do not ever want to talk to again.
We are trying to go up their ladder of administration with our displeasure within Panasonic but they seem to really protect their managers, no means of contacting anyone other than the CCC or Panasonic's general Call Center. To add insult to injury we bought another TV, same model about 3-4 months after this purchase and are expecting the same failure and lack of help from Panasonic.
We will pass the word to all of our acquaintances and their contacts to beware of any Panasonic products. This might be a small action but it will grow. As tough as times are you would think that a Japanese Company would do the right thing to keep their reputation of quality a priority. WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PANASONIC PRODUCT EVER!!!
Decided to take the money and run. Running fast from Panasonic, once these TV's are gone we will not purchase another. Sad!!!
I purchased the Panasonic TC-P50G10 in June 2009. It worked great for about 2 months. It failed THE FIRST TIME in August 2009. While we were watching the TV screen went black/red, then almost immediately completely black. No power hits, surges, etc. All other electronic components in the house were fine. The TV was under warranty so Panasonic sent out a service technician from a locally authorized Panasonic service company to repair.
Panasonic's policy is to attempt repair of the unit first, so they came out 3 times to replace various SD boards in the unit. After 3 visits, they took the TV back to their shop, and subsequently called me to let me know the unit was not repairable. Panasonic then authorized a replacement unit, which I received in early October 2009 (note my TV was out of commission for 2.5 months during this process!!!).
The 2nd unit worked until Aug 2011, when the EXACT same thing happened. One, or more of the SD boards failed AGAIN! I called Panasonic Technical Support / Customer Service (they don't have a separate customer service department), who informed me that the unit was out of warranty and I would have to pay to have it repaired. I paid $85 to have a service technician evaluate the unit, who estimated repair cost at $351 to replace 2 of the SD boards. I called Panasonic and complained loudly, and they offered to give me a $200 credit towards the repair... but I have ZERO faith that the unit will be fixed after replacing 2 SD boards after my initial experience.
I paid $1,400 for this TV and the replacement unit is not even 2 yrs old... the service technician told me that these failures are common for Panasonic TVs. Is that what $1,400 buys you these days??? A TV that breaks twice and is unusable after 2 yrs??? Unbelievable!!! I will NEVER, EVER buy another Panasonic product.
DALLAS -- I purchased a 50 inch Plasma TV from Best Buy September 24, 2011. The TV stopped working March 3, 2012. Less than 6 months! Panasonic scheduled a technician to come out on March 6th. Technician calls me two hours after he was supposed to be here to tell me that he is running behind and oh yeah, the part is on back order! I immediately called the service center and they could provide no help. I am now being told that the part may not come in for at least 3 weeks! No one knows when the part will arrive. I am past frustrated and angry.
I spent a lot of money on this TV and it's inoperable and of absolutely no used to me five months out!! Panasonic has lost a customer for life. Please, whatever you do, do not buy a Panasonic. Needless to say, they have be over a barrel, I am at their mercy in regards to the repair of my TV. Never again! Stick to Sony or Samsung.
I have a brand new Panasonic Viera 58 inch 3D plasma TV. It is less than 60 days old. It stopped working and I contacted Panasonic. A repairman was sent out who took my TV as he could not fix it. I was told the part to fix the TV was backordered 21 days. I called and complained as it was a brand new TV. To wait another 3 weeks to get it fixed is not right.
I was not satisfied with the response so I contacted the executive offices of Panasonic thinking surely someone would help me expedite the part to fix my TV. My goodness it is Christmas and my entire family is coming over and we have no TV. The person I spoke with ** was not helpful and was short with me. He basically told me they had 30 days to repair the TV. So I spent thousands of dollars on this TV, 3D DVD and now I have nothing for the holidays. Merry Christams Panasonic. I won't ever purchase a product from your organization again. I am so so disappointed.
I purchased a PanaSonic TCP42S2 - 42" 1080p plasma HDTV VIERA at Best Buy in Everett, WA on July 10th, 2010. I did this after considerable research (Consumer Reports, Cnet, independent reviews, neighbor bought one and liked it) and after only 10 weeks it displayed a 3 inch wide black stripe right down the middle of the screen. I called up Best Buy and was told that they could only ship it to Panasonic (actually a Panasonic authorized repair center as I later found out). I requested a replacement, i.e. Best Buy get an RMA number from Panasonic so Best Buy could give me another set while shipping the original to Panasonic but was told that couldn't be done!
After a week of waiting I called Panasonic only to be told they had no record of receiving the set. I requested Panasonic to simply contact Best Buy to give me another set but was told they couldn't do that. I have now been waiting for two weeks for "parts to arrive to repair the set" and now appear to have an open ended repair completion date! I have nothing but dissatisfaction with Best Buy and Panasonic both! They both have poor customer service and Panasonic apparently, reviews not withstanding; has poor quality control or simply poor engineering.Even if I eventually get my TV back, I will expect it to simply fail again probably right after the warranty expires.
DO NOT, repeat DO NOT buy at Best Buy and DO NOT buy a Panasonic product! A long time dissatisfied Best Buy/PanaSonic customer!
In mid July of 10, my Panasonic TV stopped working. After going through all the checklists I concluded the thing needed work by a technician. I contacted Panasonic directly and gave them a host of numbers and specifications, primarily that the problem identification feature showed 6 blinking red lights. They advised me that they would order the necessary part and have a technician come out and install it, and not to worry because I'm under warranty since the TV was purchased on August 8th of 09. Further, that the part could take three weeks... (HUH?)... It's been over four weeks so far and still NOTHING!
I asked what kind of part they needed and amazingly they told me they didn't know, that the technician would have to advise me on that, even though they were ordering the part. Bottom line, it is now into the fourth week and NOTHING... A week ago I called Panasonic and was advised that the part had been shipped to the technician. I waited three days because they said it would take that long to get there. When I called they said they hadn't received it. When I called Panasonic back I was filled with platitudes and apologies and "I understand" and all that but still nothing. I told the customer service rep, they should either fix the TV or get me a new one...
They were supposed to call me back yesterday. NOTHING! The warranty runs out on the 8th of August. Now I'm beginning to think the TV won't be covered because of the small print in their contracts if and when the part comes in. I realize they probably have to order parts from Asia someplace, but this is unacceptable for a company like Panasonic to lie, mislead and fail to provide support for their customers. Next time it'll be a Sony.
07094, NEW JERSEY -- I purchased a Panasonic plasma TV on November 6, 2011 direct from Panasonic. It was delivered on November 15, 2011. I was travelling a lot during that time, so I didn't turned the set on until December 15, 2011. Well, it played for about 2 hrs. and turned off and would not come back on!
After trying several things unsuccessfully, I called Panasonic's customer support. Unfortunately, no luck with the set. The customer support representative open a claim on the TV because it is still under warranty, since I just purchased it. The TV was picked-up by a local authorized repair center. They have replaced parts and the set is still not working properly. I spoke w/ Panasonic's customer service on January 13, 2012 and was told parts are on backorder & may not be received for another 3-4 weeks! I think bought a lemon!
GEORGIA -- My parents are retired and have a 55 inch LCD Panasonic TV and it's in the shop to be repaired. It's only like 5 years old. I am very disappointed in Panasonic and their TVs. I have a Sony that has lasted longer than that. I would like Panasonic to at least help my parents in buying a new one or to get the old one fixed for it's going to cost about 250 dollars. For that cost they could buy a new one and they are on a budget and can't afford it. I am not asking for a hand out. I am asking for a company to make things right so my parents and myself will continue to purchase Panasonic equipment. Thank you for your time. I hope this goes to someone that cares.
I purchased a 50 inch plasma TV, TH50PX80U, from the local Sears store here in SC for 900 bucks, December 2008. And in February 2010 while sitting and watching the set it went black, could not power it back up. Called Panasonic, they said it was out of warranty. Took it to the service guy who said the power supply went out amongst other components associated with the power supply. Cost of the repair is 541 bucks. Would think that a set would give you more than 13 months of service. So if anyone knows of an ongoing issue with this, would be great to get the info out to the public.
Just 4 months after spending over $2000 on what I thought was a very good television it had a major failure. The service techs diagnosed it as a bad panel (for a plasma TV this is the entire screen) and they said they see it all the time with Panasonic TVs. Still under warranty they took the TV into the shop for repair (expected back in 2-3 days). The part was on backorder and the TV was not repaired for 6 weeks.
Several calls to customer service always got the same response... "We will look into it and get back to you." They never did. To top it off they sent me a customer satisfaction survey. I gave them a scathing review and not even this elicited any response from the company. Used to be a good company that looks to have lost their way. I'll never buy from them again.


text:
Did you read today's front page stories & breaking news?
From the Wires
Steinway Statement on Antitrust Investigation in Switzerland
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 29, 2012 12:45 AM
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Steinway & Sons, a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: LVB), today announced that it has been informed by the Antitrust Commission of the Swiss Confederation (WEKO) that WEKO has initiated an investigation into Swiss dealers of Steinway & Sons and into Steinway & Sons Hamburg due to alleged violations of unfair competitive behavior in the distribution of grand and upright pianos. Steinway & Sons has so far no concrete information which competitive behavior is the subject of the investigation and is not aware of having violated Swiss Antitrust Law. Steinway & Sons will cooperate with the Swiss authorities to help clarify the facts as soon as possible.
About Steinway & Sons
About Steinway Musical Instruments
SOURCE Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
Latest AJAXWorld RIA Stories
Subscribe to the World's Most Powerful Newsletters
Subscribe to Our Rss Feeds & Get Your SYS-CON News Live!
SYS-CON Featured Whitepapers
Most Read This Week


text:
Google's Android and Apple's iOS operating systems are undoubtedly the most popular mobile platforms, and a new report has compared both app stores to see which one raked in more cash this year.
While Google's online app store is showing rapid growth, Apple's marketplace more than doubled these profits. According to app analytics firm Distimo, the Google Play Store's combined daily revenue has grown by 43 percent. Apple's, in contrast, only grew by 21 percent. In terms of growth over the entire year, Apple's App Store has seen an increase 51 percent in the 20 nations analyzed by Distimo. This includes Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the US.
When it comes down to it, although Google's store showed the most growth with its combined daily revenue, Apple smoked its competitor. The App Store earned $15 million in average daily revenue in November while the Google Play store only reached $3.5 million. Apple's success can be largely attributed to in-app payments, seeing as this accounted for 69 percent of its overall revenues. This number is up by 16 percent compared to January 2012, the report said.
This surge of in-app purchases has caused app prices to slump down by 8 percent compared to last January for Apple's iPad. However, as of last month, app prices were up by 16 percent for the iPhone, according to Distimo. The analytics firm noted that some app publishers are still seeing great success using a paid-only strategy, and this year 35 percent of revenue from the top 10 publishers resulted from one-off fees.
Despite the iPhone's popularity, Android dominates an overwhelming portion of the smartphone market share. This is why it comes as no surprise that Apple's iPad accounted for most of the iOS platform's revenue growth. Daily revenues for the iPhone increased by 40 percent, while apps for the iPad saw a 71 percent jump.
Instagram placed as number one on Distimo's list of the top 10 apps for Apple's App Store, while Street View took this number one spot for Google's Play store. Other runner ups for both platforms included Facebook, YouTube and Gmail.
Editors' Recommendations
- You can now search the Apple Store app using your voice
- To save the Mac, the App Store needs more than just a redesign
- 'Fortnite Battle Royale' is coming to Android, but not the Google Play Store
- Appy birthday: A brief history of the App Store's first 10 years
- When we run out of room for data, scientists want to store it in DNA


text:
It's ideally suited for high throughput screening, reaction monitoring or routine analysis. With the push of a button, an operator can obtain high quality information regarding the identification, composition and molecular structure of samples in a single acquisition. Revolutionary in terms of its performance, ruggedness and flexibility, the RamanStation offers users the most versatile sampling interface, coupled with powerful software, giving users instant access to high performance Raman spectroscopy.
The 400F version of the instrument comes with fiber optic probe capability.
Manufacturer PerkinElmer, Inc.
Be the first to review this product


text:
Are you trying to find somewhere to permanently unlock for your Irish iPhone locked to 3 Hutchison, Vodafone, O2 or Meteor? iUnlox is the industries leading IMEI iPhone unlocking service provider. We offer 100% safe and permanent official iPhone unlocks, processed by Apple and completed in iTunes.
All prices are displayed in UK Pounds Sterling (GBP). Currency conversion prices displayed on this page may differ slightly to those offered at checkout due to fluctuations in exchange rates. Click on flags below to convert currency.
The network your handset is currently locked to will dictate both the cost and time it takes to process your order. We state an approximate delivery time frame (excluding weekends) for order completion. The quoted times are based upon the average times it has taken to process orders in the past. Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for full details.
If you are located within the European Union we are required to charge you additional VAT by law.
Join our affiliate program and start earning BIG money promoting our iPhone Unlocking service TODAY!
If you don't know which network your iPhone is locked to, or you suspect it may be blacklisted, we highly recommend ordering an IMEI look-up service prior to requesting an iPhone unlock - it could save you a lot of time and money!


text:
Duke is first foe for Danes in NCAA tourney
UAlbany takes on Blue Devils in opener
ALBANY — The prize for winning the America East Conference Tournament was delivered to the University at Albany men's basketball team just after 6 on Sunday night.
A few minutes into the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS, the Great Danes learned they had won an all-expenses paid trip to Philadelphia later in the week and a chance to play one of the most storied teams in the history of the college game.
UAlbany, seeded 15th in the Midwest Region, will play powerhouse Duke, the second seed, at the 20,328-seat Wells Fargo Center (formerly the CoreStates Center, First Union Center and Wachovia Center). UAlbany (24-10) and Duke (27-5) will play on Friday afternoon at 12:15. Wells Fargo Center is the home of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers.
"I've been watching the selection show since I was a little kid ... to see your team name up there on TV just really means a lot," UAlbany senior co-captain Blake Metcalf said after the Danes jumped up and high-fived each other after seeing who and where they were playing. "This is an amazing opportunity for us."
Of course, it would be a colossal upset if UAlbany were to win this game. Duke has won the national championship four times, the most recent in 2010. The Blue Devils have been to the NCAA Tournament 36 times and have an overall record of 92-32.
UAlbany will be going to the NCAAs for the third time under coach Will Brown. The Danes also went in 2006 as a 16 seed (losing to UConn 72-59) and in 2007 as a 13 seed (losing to Virginia, 84-57).
Duke is ranked No. 1 in college RPI (Rating Percentage Index) and first in the land in strength of schedule. UAlbany is 131 in the RPI and 279th (out of 347 schools) in strength of schedule.
"This will be a tough task," UAlbany coach Will Brown said in the Hall of Fame Room on campus where the Danes' players, coaches and family and friends gathered to watch the show. "Duke has arguably the best basketball coach in the world. When you think college football, Notre Dame comes to mind. When you think college basketball, Duke comes to mind."
As daunting as the challenge might look, No. 15 seeds have knocked off No. 2s before. It happened twice last year, and it happened to Duke. The Blue Devils were sent spinning out of the tournament last March by Lehigh, 75-70. Also, Norfolk State, a 15 seed, upset No. 2 Missouri 86-84.
The Danes are aware of what happened to Duke last year, so they know that Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski won't be looking past UAlbany and a Sunday game against either Cincinnati or Creighton.
"I think that plays to our disadvantage," UAlbany grad student guard Jacob Iati said. "When was the last time in (NCAA) history that a second seed lost twice in a row to a 15 seed? I am sure they are going to be really revved up."
The Danes are scheduled to be on the practice floor Tuesday afternoon at 1. Brown gave them Sunday off, the day after UAlbany upset Vermont 53-49 in the America East Conference Tournament in Burlington, Vt. The Danes, seeded fourth in the America East, became the lowest seed to ever win the tournament.
Brown said his team will leave for Philadelphia by bus on Wednesday. He said they will go into the game thinking they can win, just like they did in 2006 when they gave UConn a giant scare.
"I am sure we can (win) but we will have to play our best game of the year, and they would probably have to struggle," Brown said. "We have to prepare like we can beat Duke. They are the best team in the country in my opinion, and we are going to have to play our best basketball to hang around."
More Information
UAlbany vs. Duke
When, where: 12:15 p.m. Friday, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
email@example.com • 518-454-5415 • @tjwilkin


text:
Homes for sale in La Plata County are priced higher and stay on the market longer than others in the region and the state, according to real estate data released this week.
The report, released by the Colorado Association of Realtors, is the first-ever compilation of local real estate data from the entire state, said Don Ricedorff, a real estate broker with the Wells Group.
Previous reports by the statewide association reflected only a sampling of home sales, but the newest report uses data from about 90 percent of the Multiple List Services, or MLSs, in the state, making it the most complete and accurate picture yet of the states real-estate markets, Ricedorff said.
The list was born from a desire to give more accurate and localized market information than non-Realtor or national-scale sources were providing, said George Harvey, a real estate broker in Telluride and past president of the Colorado Association of Realtors.
The effort was consumer-driven, to enable people to do comparison shopping with more accurate data, he said.
The data show that homes in Southwest Colorado and in Durango were on the market much longer than Colorado as a whole.
According to year-to-date statistics for the third quarter, La Plata County homes were on the market an average of 218 days between 2010 and 2012. The average for Southwest Colorado was 191 days while the Colorado average was 103 days.
Part of the reason is that second homes make up a significant portion of La Plata Countys real estate market, Ricedorff said. Second homes or vacation homes in areas like the Glacier Club or Rockwood Estates stay on the market an average of 378 days while properties in Durango take an average of 186 days to sell.
Another reason is market size, Ricedorff said. Colorados statistics are heavily skewed by metro real estate markets that are larger and include more buyers, and more populated areas lead to inventories that move more quickly than a smaller rural areas like La Plata County, he said.
Home prices in the county also were higher than the state or region. Since 2010, median home prices have been an average of $44,000 higher than the state, according to data for the first three quarters of the year.
So far this year, the median sale price for Colorado homes was $270,000 while the median sale price in La Plata County was $300,000.
Ricedorff said the areas local amenities combined with a geography that limits increased development pushes up home prices.
Since 2010, median home prices during the first nine months of the year have varied in La Plata County and statewide.
County home prices declined 2 percent during the last year and stayed relatively flat between 2010 and 2011. In Colorado, the median home price for the first three quarters of the year dipped slightly in 2011 then increased by 10 percent in 2012.
Meanwhile, the numbers of homes sold locally and statewide have been on a steadier, positive trend since 2010.
An increase in properties sold is a good sign for the community, Ricedorff said.
For a healthy community, the number of homes sold (as opposed to median prices) is the best indicator, he said. It means the population growth is stronger and employment is stronger.


text:
4 posts in this topic
Recently Browsing 0 members
No registered users viewing this page.
Similar Content
By Starym
We're 4 for 4 in this first week of Battle for Azeroth and as we head into the weekend we see Azerite armor outer ring requirements reduced on the Heart of Azeroth, Affliction Warlock Deathbolt fixes, Conquest removals until PvP Season 1 starts, Brewmaster PvP fixes/nerfs, the removal of two belt enchant from PvP, and a bit fewer fixes for professions and quests than usual.
August 17 (source)
Azerite Gear
Substantially lowered the Heart of Azeroth level required to activate the outer ring of Azerite armor obtained from World Quests and Mythic dungeons. Classes
Warlock Affliction Deathbolt will now correctly deal increased damage if cast immediately after casting Unstable Affliction. Creatures and NPCs
Slickspill should be much easier to loot now. Items
Fixed an issue where 'Bygone Bee' Almanac's cooldown or duration would be affected too much when hitting multiple enemies. Player versus Player
Sources of Conquest such as the World PvP Call to Arms quests, PvP Island Expeditions, Skirmish, and Battleground queues will award Honor until Battle for Azeroth: Arena Season 1 starts. Players who currently have Conquest will have the currency converted to Honor once they log in. Miniaturized Plasma Shield and Personal Space Amplifier engineering belt enchants can no longer be used in Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. Fierce Gladiator is once again available to players who have earned the Fierce Gladiator: Legion Season 5 achievement. The War Mode Air Supply Drops in Tiragarde Sound should no longer fall in unreachable locations. Monk Brewmaster Incendiary Brew now adheres to line of sight restrictions. Double Barrel will no longer stun targets multiple times per Keg Smash cast. Professions
Cooking Fixed a bug that prevented Pandaria Banquets from granting the intended skill levels to Pandaria Cooking and Way of the Grill. Quests
Fixed a bug that caused the miners to not respawn as intended for "A Shot at the Dark Iron". Fixed a bug where missions required to unlock hubs on the other continent were expiring quickly. Riding Macaw is no longer unfriendly to Horde for the world quest "Swab This!". Hexlord Raal is now reliably present to offer "Pa'ku, Master of Winds". "The Lord Admiral's Lament" and "Bloodied Sentinel's Glaive" can now be turned in to Kayla Mills World
Flight paths unlocked through missions should now reliably appear as valid destinations on the flight map. Previous Patch 8.0.1 Hotfixes
August 16 August 15 August 14
By Stan
Game files contain a male character model named "ThinHuman" with various customization options. The model provides a good example of how Kul Tiran Humans would look if they weren't all chubby.
Blizzard probably uses the character model to generate NPCs for the outdoor world, same thing we've seen with the Lightforged Draenei on Argus before they have been added as an Allied Race. It would be really cool to see this as a customization option for Kul Tiran Humans, what do you think? Here's an overview of all "ThinHuman" customization options:
Skin Color
Hair Color
Hair Style
By Starym
The fall season of 2018's Arena World Championship is bringing two new BfA arenas to the table, Mugambala and Hook Point, set in Zandalar and Boralus, respectively. 6 cups await this season, with each bringing a $10,000 prize pool and a whole bunch of AWC points, so check out the full schedule and requirements to join in the competition:
Arena Fall Season (source)
The Arena World Championship is a 3v3 tournament that takes place in the iconic battlegrounds of Azeroth. In this Fall Season, we are introducing Mugambala and Hook Point, two asymmetrical arenas which were released in the Battle for Azeroth expansion.
Mugambala is set in Zandalar, a region that was once a part of ancient Kalimdor and the birthplace of troll civilization. This arena features an upper level, and a lower level with a large pillar in the middle. Hook Point is an area in Boralus, where only the bravest battle for the right to call themselves true Kul Tirans! It features four pillars for players to dance around—one with a shark hanging from it—and two smaller pillars. This season, there are six Cups up for grabs—three in North American and three in Europe—each with a prize pool of $10,000 and an increased amount of AWC points on offer, more than any season this year!
No Arena ranking is required for teams of three to four people to sign up. Once you are deemed eligible to compete, you will have access to the Tournament Realm, where you and your teammates will have the ability to create whatever class, talent, and gear combinations you see fit, to practice taking down all who oppose you! If you think you have what it takes, sign up here, and check out the table below for the cutoff times for each of the Fall Season Cups.
Remember, the top three point-earners of the year from North America and Europe will earn a spot at the Arena World Championship Global Finals at BlizzCon, where they will fight on the biggest WoW esports stage of the year for their share of the $280,000 prize pool.
If you're coming back to World of Warcraft for Battle for Azeroth and want to see how the pros handle the new PvP talent system, join us! The Top 8 from each Cup in North America and Europe will be broadcast live on Twitch. Watch as the greatest heroes from across North America and Europe adapt to the changes—it might give you some tips and tricks for your own Arena adventures!
AWC Fall Season Schedule
Event Signups Close Play Begins Top 8 Broadcasts EU Cup #1 September 3
(18:00 CEST) September 12 September 14 & 16
(19:00 CEST) NA Cup#1 September 3
(18:00 CEST) September 12 September 15 & 16
(19:00 CEST) EU Cup #2 September 17
(18:00 CEST) September 26 September 28 & 30
(10:00 CEST) NA Cup #2 September 17
(18:00 CEST) September 26 September 29 & 30
(19:00 CEST) EU Cup #3 September 24
(18:00 CEST) October 3 October 5 & 7
(19:00 CEST) NA Cup #3 September 24
(18:00 CEST) October 3 October 6 & 7
(19:00 CEST) Check out the Warcraft Esports site for current standings, the global broadcast schedule, and the latest news about AWC, and follow @Warcraft for all things Battle for Azeroth!
By Stan
Today's roundup of blue posts covers Allied Race boosting through Recruit-a-Friend, the Azerite system, Flight Master's Whistle working in Legion zones & more.
Allied Race Recruit-a-Friend Boost
If your play an Allied Race and your friend grants you levels through RaF, you will be ineligible to receive Heritage Armor.
Blizzard (Source)
Receiving granted levels from Recruit A Friend would make the character ineligible for the heritage armor set.
If your friend grants levels to one of your Allied Race characters, it makes your character ineligible to receive the Heritage Armor.
If you grant levels to one of your friend's characters, that won't effect your eligibility for the armor.
But only the recruited player accumulates levels that can be granted, so that would be your friend. If they were to grant any of those levels onto your Void Elf, that would make your Void Elf ineligible for the armor.
Azerite System Underwhelming
It's too early to consider the Azerite system underwhelming. Quest gear only contains generic traits and Azerite Armor from raids has better traits.
Blizzard (Source)
Surely im not the only one who feels this way? The azerite gear is essentially the netherlight crucible. Most traits are passive and boring. Does it get better as the xpac goes on or..?
Some of the default Azerite items from questing don't have a lot of variety because you're still leveling up. Once you're at 120 and getting them from vendors, WQs, and dungeons you start seeing a lot more variety and some pretty neat stuff.
Like there's one for Ret that reduces the cooldown of Divine Steed and it gives a speed buff to your entire raid when you use it. Which I thought was pretty rad.
It's definitely early, but I'm eager to see how it plays out and how this system shapes up as well as what else we might do with it. It has potential, and I'm pretty excited about that alone as a player.
Unintended Conquest Cap
A bug in the Battle for Azeroth pre-patch caused players to receive Conquest from certain PvP activities, but that was never intended outside of Seasons.
Blizzard (Source)
With the Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch, we incurred a bug that caused some PvP activities to reward Conquest. Conquest was never intended to be accessible while the season is not active, and while Conquest did appear for some players on their Character Currency tab, it wasn't useable. There aren't any items that can be exchanged for it in-game right now.
We'll be deploying a hotfix soon that will change any activities that are currently awarding Conquest to award Honor instead.
When BFA Season 1 begins, players will start earning Conquest as planned. At the same time, we'll convert any unintended Conquest that players earned during the post-season to Honor or gold.
Additionally, new one-time PvP quests will get reset when BFA Season 1 begins. We want to make sure you can complete those quests to earn Conquest from them as intended. These quests are located in the same place where you turn in Conquest quests, so they should be easy to spot.
We apologize for any confusion this may have caused, and we're working to make the fixes and conversions as seamless as possible.
We look forward to everyone engaging with the new Conquest System upcoming in Season 1 of Battle for Azeroth! Click here to learn more.
Thank you! Flight Master's Whistle
Flight Master's Whistle will be upgraded to work in BfA zones when you unlock world quests. If you didn't play Legion or destroyed your whistle, you'll receive a new one that will work in Legion zones as well.
Blizzard (Source)
When you unlock Battle for Azeroth world quests, your Flight Master's Whistle gains the ability to work in the new lands. if you didn't play Legion or destroyed your whistle, you will receive a Flight Master's Whistle that works in Legion and Battle for Azeroth zones.
By Nireas
I usually sim my characters to get the best possible results. I enjoy the process quite a lot and since I reached 120, I wanted to find out the best build of the spec. (Note, I didn't want to find out what to play, but rather how my own build fares in comarison.) I rarely mind a 1-2% difference. If it goes above 2%, I really mind a change. What this thread is about is mainly to bring something in the attention of those who help making the class guides, especially the talent choices. To my surprise, I was awed to find out that certain talents outperform previous "Standard" choices in the endgame, probably due to the stat squish.
The Frost go-to build (top dps) would probably be along the lines of <Icy Talons / Cold Heart - Runic Attenuation - Frozen Pulse - Gathering Storm - Breath of Sindragosa>. What I found out primarily was that after the removal of legendaries, Cold Heart severely underperforms at most given situations resulting in a major dps drop due to the low mastery. Gathering Storm also suffers from the same problem and most of the times, Frostwyrm's Fury is better overall. The biggest surprise of them all, however, was that Inexorable Assault overperforms quite a lot, and is the first reason why I made the topic. I then started simming with the above in mind and I came across a build that some would not consider on par with top dog builds around the meta, which is the use of Horn of Winter which overperforms both its other two options when using the Breath build. Talent Sim can be seen here. Another intresting thing, which I loved, was that the 2nd best build uses Obliteration as a lvl 100 talent and no other build surpassed it (Other than the first one, obviously). So, I encourage frost players out there to give their other, less common talents a try. To the class guide author(s), I believe that the two "underdog" talents will earn their spot in the class guides.
Thank you for your time reading this.


text:
I'm still here. Been living in Humboldt County California for a little over year, now. I miss doing self portrait projects. Sorry for being such a stranger.
VIEW 4 of 4 COMMENTS
Hey! I was in Humboldt for five years and just moved back to the bay. I am bummed I never knew you were around when I live there!


text:
Two new states saw their filing deadlines pass this week: Ohio and Indiana. This means retirement/recruitment season is already done in 8 states. This allows us to take a detailed look at the state of play in all 27 of these state's House races, as well as their two Senate contests. (Note: Next up is North Carolina, with a February 26th deadline.)
Ohio: No retirement, 7 races to watch
All 18 of Ohio's congressmen (10 Democrats and 8 Republicans) will seek re-election. Of them, a third look like they will have to fight off a competitive challenge come November, 5 of them Democrats in OH-01, OH-13, OH-15, OH-16 and OH-18. OH-12 is probably the only GOP-held seat to watch, though OH-02 could still be worth monitoring as the district has produced many fireworks in recent cycles. However, a lot depends on what happens in the May primaries, as at least two candidates highly touted by the NRCC face very crowded fields in which their victory is far from certain.
Rep. Steve Driehaus of OH-01 is arguably the most endangered of the state's incumbents as he is sure to face former Rep. Steve Chabot, whom he defeated two years ago, in the general election: No other Republican filed. Next on the list is probably OH-15, in which state Senator Steve Stivers should have little trouble securing the Republican nomination for a rematch over now-Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy. The trouble for Stivers could come in the general election: former Hilliard Mayor David Ryon has filed to run as the Constitution Party candidate and he could draw a substantial share of the vote because of conservative mistrust towards Stivers. (In 2008, two conservative candidates totaled more than 10% of the vote, helping Kilroy defeat Stivers.)
OH-16 is home to yet another Democratic freshman, and while Rep. John Boccieri looks in a better shape than his colleagues 5 Republicans are going after him. The front-runner is financial consultant Jim Renacci, whom the NRCC is hoping will self-fund; Renacci also used to serve as Mayor of Wadsworth, a small town of about 18,000 people. Yet, Renacci should face a tough primary against a crowed field of 4 other candidates. In particular, two of his opponents (Matt Miller and Paul Schiffer) ran in 2008 and received 42% and 10% of the vote - showings that are all the more impressive given that they came against a state Senator who secured the nomination with just 47%. In short: Renacci is in no way certain of winning the GOP nod. I'd guess the NRCC will turn away from the district f Renacci loses.
In OH-18, Rep. Zach Space long hoped he would not have to face a top-tier GOP opponent, but those hopes faded back in September when state Senator Bob Gibbs agreed to jump in. In a district George W. Bush twice won by double-digits, this could be a tough challenge to overcome. The twist: there are a total of 9 candidates seeking the Republican nomination, including 2008 nominee Fred Dailey (the former head of the Ohio Department of Agriculture), former state Rep. Ron Hood, and candidates who have never ran for office but who should enjoy support among Tea Party activists (The Chillicothe Gazette has a full rundown). When we are talking about this crowded a primary, as little as 15-20% could get you the nomination and all bets are off as to who could emerge as Space's opponent.
Last is OH-13, which is the week's big surprise as the GOP is only able to put Rep. Betty Sutton on its list because of a last-minute decision by auto dealer Tom Ganley, who dropped out of the Senate race to announce he'd run for the House. To be sure, this is a blue district that gave John Kerry and Barack Obama double-digits victories, and if Republicans defeat Sutton they are likely already on their way to a House majority. But Ganley should nonetheless be quite a headache for Democrats: He was willing to spend more than $1 million of his own fortune on the Senate race, money he'll now use against Sutton, potentially forcing the DCCC to play in this district rather than devote those funds to the state's many other vulnerable Democrats. A key question: Can Ganley survive the primary? A surprise can't be ruled out i a 6-way field filled with political novices, but Ganley's money should carry him through.
Democrats are targeting a seat of their own, OH-12. The filing deadline is all the more newsworthy here that Rep. Tiberi has been the subject of some speculation rumors, but we now know for sure he is seeking re-election. In the general election, he is sure to oppose Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, who would have had far better chances in the previous two cycles but who we should nonetheless keep track of. Finally, there is OH-02, a staunchly conservative district the GOP has struggled in because of Rep. Jean Schmidt's persona. But the Democratic state legislator the DCCC was touting dropped out in November, leaving the party in the hands of a trio of candidates: Surya Yalamanchili, a political novice whose claim to fame comes from a bout on Donald Trump's The Apprentice, PaulDavid Krikorian, who got double-digits running as an independent in 2008, and Jim Parker.
That leaves us with 11 districts which will almost certainly not host competitive races.
Democrats Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), Dennis Kucinich (OH-10), Marcia Fudge (OH-11) and Tim Ryan (OH-17) should be safe. It should be noted that Kucinich didn't draw a single Democratic opponent in OH-10 despite the fact that he had to face a few relatively competitive primaries in recent cycles. Furthermore, I have read that the GOP might look to contest Marcy Kaptur's seat (but it would be a huge upset for former Food Town CEO Rich Iott or former Toledo Police Chief Jack Smith to defeat the longest-serving woman in Congress in a district that gave Obama 62%.
In addition, OH-06 has to be a disappointment for the GOP. This is a district that twice voted for George W. Bush and went for John McCain in 2008, albeit very narrowly; it's also a district represented by a sophomore Democrat. And yet, the NRCC never made noise about challenging Rep. Charlie Wilson. As a result, the incumbent's chief challenger is the man he already crushed in 2008 (62% to 33%), former Belmont County Sheriff Ohio Richard Stobbs. While repeat candidates are sometimes successful, it is difficult to go from a 29% defeat to a victory (even Nancy Boyda had not lost by quite that much in 2004), especially considering also made an unsuccessful run for this seat in 2006, this time losing in the GOP primary. This is one potentially tough district that Democrats should be able to hold.
Republican Reps. Michael Turner (OH-3), Jim Jordan (OH-4), Robert Latta (OH-5), Steve Austria (OH-7), John Boehner (OH-8) should be safe. All represent slightly-to-staunchly red districts, though OH-03 is competitive enough that Democrats should have a chance when Turner retires. Another Republican who looks safe despite the fact that John McCain just barely won his district is Rep. Steve LaTourette (OH-14); his main Democratic opponent is former appeals judge William O'Neill, who was already the party's nominee in 2008. LaTourette lost by more than 20% that year, making it hard to see how he could lose to the same candidate under so much more favorable circumstances.
There were no surprises in Ohio's statewide contest: Rob Portman and John Kasich are likely to coast to the GOP nominations, Ted Strickland will represent Democrats in the Governor's race, and there were no major last-minute entrants in the Brunner-Fisher battle for the Democrats' Senate nomination. That said, the last-minute entrance of two women, one of which has done work for Fisher, has led Brunner's camp to accuse its rival of foul play.
Indiana: Uncertainty reigns
Indiana's filling deadline was supposed to be met uneventfully, but Evan Bayh's last-minute retirement announcement upended the landscape by forcing Democrats to figure out how to replace him. Yesterday's deadline came and passed with no Democratic qualifying for the Senate ballot, which means a party committee will be able to choose a general election candidate after the May 4th primary results in a vacancy. Meanwhile, there will be 5 Republicans battling for the GOP nomination: former Senator Dan Coats, state Senator Marlin Stutzman, former Rep. John Hostettler, plumbing company owner Richard Behney and Don Bates Jr.
While all 5 of the state's Democratic congressmen are running for re-election, one district could still open up if Baron Hill, Brad Ellsworth or Joe Donnelly are tapped to run for Senate, an additional headache for the DCCC to think about. All three Democrats filed for re-election, despite speculation that Ellsworth might not do so and put pressure on the party committee to give him the nod. The Republican fields, however, are locked in all three districts.
If Ellsworth does not move to the Senate race, he would be heavily favored to defend IN-8 as the GOP field is rather underwhelming. If Ellsworth withdraws before the primary, the Democratic nominee will be state Rep. Trent Van Haaften, the only other Democrat who filed (in coordination with Ellsworth). If Ellsworth withdraws after winning the primary, there will be a vacancy on the House ballot that the state party committee will be called to fill. While an open seat would be tough for the DCCC to defend, the fact that the GOP did not have time to recruit a top candidate will help Democrats; heart surgeon Larry Bucshon would be a credible Republican nominee with a good shot at winning, but other GOPers would have given the party better odds - not to mention Bucshon can't be sure to win the 8-way primary!
If Hill does not move to the Senate race, he should face a top-tier race in IN-9 against whoever wins the GOP primary: Attorney Todd Young and former Rep. Mike Sodrel would both be strong general election challengers. If Democratic officials want to tap him for the Senate race, they'll have him stay on the May 4th House ballot and withdraw after the primary to avoid having the nomination go to one of two little-known candidates. In IN-2, Rep. Joe Donnelly is the only Democrat to have filed, so for him to move to the Senate race would make for a fairly straightforward transition at the House level. Republicans are looking to contest this seat, with state Rep. Jackie Walorski and three other candidates seeking the nomination.
The six other districts are unlikely to change hands. Democratic Reps. Visclosky (IN-1) and Carson (IN-7) are safe, as are GOP Reps. Burton (IN-5) and Pence (IN-6). It is worth keeping an eye on IN-3, where Rep. Mark Souder is facing doctor Tom Hayhurst who has been attracting some buzz, but however unimpressive Souder's hold on the seat has been Democrats aren't in a position to win a district that voted for Bush by 37% in 2004 in this environment.
Finally, IN-4 is sure to host a highly competitive race - but only in the GOP primary. Just as we expected when Rep. Steve Buyer announced his retirement on January 29th, Democrats are not in a position to compete in a district that gave Bush a 39% victory in 2004 (McCain only won by 13%). On the other hand, a total of 11 candidates are seeking the Republican nod, a crowded field headlined by Secretary of State Todd Rokita, Greenwood Mayor Charles Henderson, state Senator Brandt Hershman and state Senator Mike Young.


text:
Get advice on how to cope if your child has an eating disorder, including what to expect and dealing with mealtimes.
Your son or daughter may suddenly become withdrawn, touchy or even rude, which can make talking with your child very difficult – especially if they still can't accept they have a problem.
But talking about their condition is essential for their recovery, so keep trying.
They might come across as angry or aggressive, but deep down be feeling scared or insecure.
It might be difficult for them to express their feelings, so be patient and listen to what they're trying to say.
It can help if you:
Get advice on how to talk to your teenager.
Mealtimes can be particularly difficult. You may find the following advice helpful:
If your child is having treatment for their condition, the treatment team will play an essential part in their recovery. But don't underestimate the importance of your love and support.
It may help to:
Speak to your GP or one of the health professionals in your child's treatment team about your role as parent and carer. Get their advice on what you can do at home to help.
If you need further support, there are a number of charities and organisations that can help you. It's important the whole family understands the situation and has support.
You may find these links helpful:
You can also ask your GP about support groups for parents caring for someone with an eating disorder.
Find out about services for people with eating disorders.