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A belated report, since right after the AXPONA show I went on vacation to Europe, but now I'm back.
Among other great sounds at AXPONA 2017 (for a good part experienced together with WBF member Madfloyd [Ian] and his wife Linda), for me personally the highlight was the room with BorderPatrol electronics and Volti Audio speakers. Cables were by Triode Wire Lab. It was a highlight both in absolute terms, and in terms of performance/price ratio -- the whole system probably did not cost more than $ 25K (!).
I have been a fan of BorderPatrol since a few years now, since I got the MB external power supplies for my parallel push-pull triode amps, see also my review at WBF here:
So I was very interested to hear their room, and talk with BorderPatrol's Gary Dews who, as expected, is not just an extremely competent designer but also a nice fellow.
He specializes in low-powered triode amps that get their magic from those external power supplies (all models come standard with them, in variations) that are intended to drive highly efficient speakers. The pairing with Volti Audio's horn speakers seemed perfect.
The first thing that struck me was how uncolored the sound was. There was NO typical horn coloration. Seriously. Greg Roberts from Volti Audio (another nice fellow whom I spoke with in that room) does an actual demonstration of the lack of coloration in this video:
I had already seen the video, but you only believe it fully once you actually hear the music through those speakers. Voice track after voice track, I just couldn't hear the dreaded horn coloration. Voices just sounded very natural, like through a great conventional speaker. Sibilance also seemed very natural, by the way.
The second thing that struck me was how effortlessly dynamic the sound was. They played Reference Recordings' Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninow, and the climaxes were as dynamic as I have ever heard. My own system (link see bottom of post) is also enormously dynamic, but what stood out was the effortlessness with which dynamics swoops were portrayed. My system has also been called effortless by people who have heard it, but this was yet in another league. A considerable difference between orchestra live and home reproduction is usually that effortlessness of dynamic swoops, and the system in that room came as close to bridging that gap as I have ever heard; that includes very large speakers driven by monster amps (in fact, the gap left seemed to be really small). It might not be quite surprising, given the 100 db sensitivity of those Volti Audio Rival horn speakers:
which of course can be driven with consummate ease by that BorderPatrol amp (of the dynamics of triode amps nobody needs to convince me ). The amp was the P20, a 2 x 20 Watt push-pull 300B triode design. It was in its most basic configuration, powered by a single MB external power supply. It scares me to think how the dynamic performance would be even further enhanced by dual MB power supplies (I have them, one for each of my triode monoblocks), or even by the monstrous EXS power supplies as the sample in this review:
The review of the room by Part-Time Audiophile Scott Hull:
speaks of 'blow-your-hair-back dynamics'. Yeah, that sounds about right, not exaggerated at all (at that link you can also see beautiful pictures of system and room). The dynamics were tremendously helped by three other things:
1. An incredibly gutsy, ballsy tone, with tremendous power and weight, but not at the expense of pronounced treble extension which was phenomenal. The sound had an enormously physical, visceral impact that I hadn't heard from any of the 'big' systems in the show to quite that extent. It made the orchestra sound quite real. That tone puts most systems to shame. I also noticed how on a jazz track the drums had remarkable power and weight, closer to the real thing than I may have heard from other systems, even though the gap with the real thing was still considerable. That simple drum playing without solo was more impressive than the drum solo that I had heard earlier in the show on one of those 'big' systems (very large speakers driven by high-powered amps).
2. Phenomenally fast transients, which also made the just mentioned drum playing so impressive.
3. A really huge soundstage. How that impression could be created I don't quite know. The room was one of the smaller ones, with the system set up on the wide side. This did not allow for much actual spatial depth, something that I enjoy in my own room, but width and height seemed great and ambience information from the concert hall came though.
Imaging was impressive in its specificity and presence. Center voices were portrayed with great palpability and pin-point imaging -- through speakers that are rather wide. Given that I have monitors in my system, powered by competent and quite refined electronics, I am used to some imaging magic, but this came close.
Gary Dews told me that this system was all about tone and dynamics, and his BorderPatrol electronics teamed up with the Volti speakers for a highly successful expression of both.
Saxophone tone was also great, usually a sore spot for digital. And get this: the gutsy and weighty tone, the tremendous dynamics and transient speed, and the large soundstage came all through a BorderPatrol NOS DAC priced around 1400 bucks. No joke. It was really confusing.
By the way, this is a Redbook 16/44.1 DAC only. The performance from the Redbook CD format surprises me less; I find so-called hi-res completely overrated, all the musicality and resolution you need is already available in Redbook format which I exclusively play as well. If Redbook sounds limited, then recording and or DAC/system are at fault.
A review of that DAC by Scott Hull is found here:
The review states:
After having heard the DAC it would not surprise me if that is not an overstatement, but of course I'd need to make my own direct comparisons.If youll pardon the hyperbole, at $1,850 with all the bells and whistles, this DAC blows the doors off of just about everything else. And no, not just in its weight class. I mean just about everything else. To clearly better it, I have to go to extraordinary lengths (and budgets) and thats crazy.
Was the system perfect? No. Timbral resolution was very high, but probably not on the highest level possible (unfortunately, I didn't bring some of my own CDs to test). Jazz cymbals though, for example, sounded tremendously resolved. As mentioned, spatial depth was lacking, a room constraint. Also, while bass was tight, double bass did not sound quite as free as I would have wanted; but that also seemed rather clearly a room constraint, even though additional limitations cannot be excluded until listening in a better room.
But while the sound may not have been perfect, the system was to me the musically most involving of the systems I heard at the show (which was an admittedly limited sampling, but did involve some of the 'big' players). Track after track, it consistently sounded 'live' and alive.
As for amplification, the system was on familiar terrain for me (c.f. also my own system), I didn't need any convincing in that respect. The system though got me seriously thinking about horn speakers. I never thought I'd say that, but here it is. There was a no disadvantage of coloration, but the known advantage of effortless dynamics, coupled with great tone and imaging specificity.


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Taxed tips: Another NH revenue grab
May 14. 2013 6:51PM
The Department of Revenue Administration is asserting a peculiar and unjustified authority to tax businesses on compensation other people pay to their employees. Some state senators are rightly trying to correct this. Meanwhile, the governor is unhelpful.
The state primarily taxes businesses in two ways: through the business enterprise tax and the business profits tax. Part of the BET is a tax of .75 percent collected on compensation paid to employees. Tips from customers obviously are not part of the compensation offered by employers. Yet the DRA asserts that businesses must include tips when calculating the BET on employee compensation.
This type of misapplication of the law is a large reason why trade groups such as the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association (NHLRA) exist. The NHLRA has brought the issue to the Legislature, and some senators are trying to pass legislation to clarify that the BET does not apply to tips.
The DRA says that the tip inclusion always was anticipated by the law, but the law was vague so the point was clarified in 2008. The catch is that it was not consistently enforced. The DRA has begun trying to enforce it this year.
It is doubtful that tips were meant to be included in the BET calculations all along. It is bad policy. It taxes businesses for money that in most cases never went through their accounts. The law needs to be clarified so that businesses do not have to pay taxes on other people's money.
That is pretty easy to see. Gov. Hassan, however, is leaving her options open. "We want to ensure that all taxpayers are being treated fairly," her spokesman told this newspaper yesterday. Will she let this policy stand so it can bring in more revenue? Maybe, and that should trouble every restaurant owner in the state.

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I finally got my new Silhouette Cameo machine in the mail last Friday and I spent all weekend playing with paper, like a little kid. I've been a contributing artist on the Silhouette site for over 3 months now, but since I wanted to start designing some 3D shapes, I really needed to get a hold of one of these machines, to make the cutting and assembling that much easier. But, boy, I was not prepared for how much fun I was gong to have with this! I literally stayed up all night Saturday designing, cutting and assembling fun little treat boxes for all my loved ones. Check these out!
sets of 3 candles for $1!!) and now check them out!
Of course, after I snapped this picture I thought... hmmm... I should've slipped a sheet of vellum behind the cut outs, to diffuse the light a bit. So I ran out to Hobby Lobby (yes, it was a crazy weekend!) and got a few sheets of vellum. Then when I got back home, I had another idea for a luminary, so rather than taking the ready-made ones apart, I just made a new one. How sweet is this? I just adore this look! Sydney immediately claimed it for her room. :)
The possibilities are endless with this machine! I made these adorable Nordic Mitten cards and gift tags...
gift card holder...
...and these adorable flags to slip into gift bags this Christmas. This also helps me use up all those left-over paper straws from the kid's parties!
Guys, I think I've found my new obsession (like I needed another one!). All of my 3-D cut files are currently available as digital downloads on the Silhouette Online Store. They are only $0.99 each! (and the Christmas-themed ones are currently on sale for 75-cents each!)
These are SVG files and can be used on most machines, like the Cameo, that cut files for scrapbooking or card-making. After the New Year, we will put my shapes on our site, so you can get them directly from us for use on other machines.
Happy Holidays, all!!


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Picture it now - Santa's reindeer are ill and the sleigh has been grounded because of silly health and safety issues. In this grave hour of need, old St Nick needs an alternative to deliver joy (gadgets) to the world. Luckily, there are ways he could replace the lack of magic with manoeuvrability and speed.
Martin Jetpack
The stuff of dreams, one group of people decided to make the jetpack a reality. Known as the Martin Jetpack, this flight-granting gadget would be perfect for letting Santa navigate rooftops down into chimneys, complete with presents in tow.
F-117 Nighthawk
While meant to deliver bombs and not presents, the F-117 Nighthawk could bring children joy while keping Santa hidden. It's near undetectable, capable of flying very fast, can deploy flares if any of the anti-Santa non-believers turn up in fighter jets and it looks awesome - especially if it was painted red.
No doubt Santa approves of Star Wars and its gravity-defying modes of travel. While us silly earth people still lack the technology for such vehicles, the Hoverbike would at least provide Santa with a viable reindeer alternative. Sure, the range is limited and the noise is probably intolerable but do you want those presents or not? Jeez.
Jetpacks are all well and good but Santa needs to do his rounds and consume millions of mince pies before the big day, and traditional vertical designs are limited by their speed. That's not such an issue for the Jetman and its wonderfully simple design made up of wing, man and jet. What can go wrong? In fact, Santa could just ask Yves Rossy to do his job instead.
Hoverwing Flying Hovercraft
At £150,000, the Hoverwing Flying Hovercraft is out of the reach of most people, but for a man who can defy time, it's probably a non-issue. This opens up the possibility of this particular vehicle, which can cruise on both land and sea, making it perfect for navigating the globe. It even has space for Mrs Claus to come along too - although nobody likes a back-seat driver.
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At Thursday's Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization's board meeting, elected officials will discuss how to spend the region's share of state transportation funds.
This is the first time regional leaders have met as a board to discuss transportation needs after a summer recess. The Chesapeake meeting begins at 10:30 a.m.


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From 5 – 13 May, Zero Carbon World will be attending EcoVelocity, a showcase of the latest in cutting edge technology from the world's leading car manufacturers.
EcoVelocity also gives you the opportunity to test drive the newest low carbon and electric vehicles.
EcoVelocity takes place at the ExCeL exhibition and conference centre at the heart of the new Green Enterprise District in London's Docklands.
You will be able to find us on stand EV202 where you can meet the Zero Carbon World team who will be happy to talk electric vehicle charging and show you samples of our free charging stations.
If you are interested in installing a charging station in your hotel or bed and breakfast but can't make the event, please do get in contact with us via the Free Charging Stations page.


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The Urban Water Institute's people resources include over 60 faculty experts including, scientists, engineers, sociologists, and economists. These experts are active in water-related research, education and engagement on a wide range of topics from aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry to water treatment and water policy.
Our team includes industry experts who serve on the Institute's industry advisory board, a K-12 outreach coordinator, communications specialist, development officer, event coordinator, alumni and philanthropic donors.


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Roughly 5am and laid out on an ER stretcher in downtown Detroit. Hooked up to an IV with steroids to fight off a violating case of Pneumonia, I was lounged and listened to a masked crack dealer laying beside me, enthusiastically muffled, connected to an asthma machine. "You sound like Danny De Vito, you from New York huh? How the fuck they sell crack out there with all those cops?". This dealer goes on the tell me how if you make more that 10k slinging in his neighborhood you have to cut in the cops, the curruption and jailing of Detroit's mayor, and how he was passed out on a sofa in the trap, high as fuck on some banger weed, post dome from a customer. "Woke up in shock an shit, unable to breathe an called an ambulance cause I was gon die".
After hours of that type of talk it was 8am. Time for discharge, a cab back to the Detroit hotel /casino I was staying at for a few successful hands of black jack, to get in the game for a full day of shooting of the following video…
RIME & 1xRUN PRESENTS: "WRAP SHEETS DETROIT FANTASTIC"
In Detroit the streets be wild and only the most thug motherfuckers come out on top, falling on both sides of the law. Veteran detective Rimessy Foley diffuses terrorists attacks, lays the hammer down on sucker mc's, and comes up on dealers and crackheads. But at the end of the day he always finds time to artfully violate his paper work and rewrite the Arrest Sheet.
"Sit around long enough and you're bound to come up with something interesting. Whether it's an all night drawing session, or a series of half-joking ideas blurted out in brainstorming meetings at the 1xRUN headquarters to come up with something new for a promo video.The only agreed upon point was that if we're going to put out a video, we might as well have fun making it. Our main goal was to create something obscenely retarded, but cool. Whether it's on found arrest sheets or in a three minute online video, a bullshit story thrown out there should come across as amusing, somewhat offensive, and (hopefully) viewable." – Rime
Arrest Sheets by RIME
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|Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley
The course Birmingham-Southern golf calls home just happens to be a part of one of the most popular and legendary golf circuits in America: The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's course at Oxmoor Valley (above).
A part of an eight-facility, 378-hole golfer's dream that is the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Oxmoor Valley offers a dynamic and challenging, 54-hole golf experience sure to challenge the most advanced golfers. Three distinct courses make up Oxmoor Valley. The Ridge Course offers roller coaster fairways, heavy tree cover and 150-foot elevation changes. The Valley Course, dotted with picturesque lakes and beautiful, rolling fairways, is capped by the 18th hole, a 414-yard, par-4 nicknamed "The Assassin." The Short Course is a selection of pure one-shotters which offer severe elevation changes as nearly every hole plays downhill. The Short Course is listed by Golf Digest's Places to Play as one of the nation's Great Value courses in the public category.
In addition to Oxmoor Valley, Birmingham-Southern golfers have playing privileges on a number of Birmingham's best courses, including Shoal Creek (site of the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships), Old Overton (host course for the Jerry Pate Invitational Men's Collegiate Tournament), Woodward, Hoover and Riverchase.


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Tall, square, solid and stylish Dinham Hall is the epitome of a grand Georgian family home. Furnished with beautifulperiod antiques the house is now presented as an elegant 13 Bedroom Guests Accommodation with its outstanding ELLIOTTS Brasserie.
This late 18th Century mansion stands prestigiously in the heart of historic Ludlow opposite the impressive Medieval Castle; an enviable location with splendid views of the Castle ramparts, Whitcliffe, The Teme river valley and the town rooftops.
A gem of an hotel, Dinham Hall provides guests with ready access to the town's broad streets, narrow lanes, graceful buildings and mellow beauty. You will enjoy restful lounges warmed by open log fires in winter and pretty terraces and water features perfect for Al Fresco dining in summer.
Ludlow Town offers the discerning visitor an eclectic mix of quaint shops - boutiques, tearooms and gift emporiums not forgetting the world famous butchers and purveyors of Fresh Produce. Regular Fayres and Markets are held throughout the year. The market square is just 50m away.
Dinham Hall offers on-site Car parking.


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Why do you need or want a winch well that is simple answer. When you first buy your car or project it might not run. Having a winch to pull up your vehicle will be a life saver especially if your alone or don't have the necessary muscle to push the vehicle into place. The winch and trailer will save you money as you move your car around from shop to shop as you are working on your vehicle. Another advantage is that you can load a vehicle by yourself as long as the winch is working properly.
While at SEMA we seen a submerged winch in a booth that caught or attention and it was the Mile Marker Recovery Gear booth that had the winch operating under water during the show. After talking to them we learned that they had a variety of winches depending on your needs. From 2,500 pounds to 18,000 pounds, Mile Marker has a winch to get the job done. Seeing is believing and this was the case for the Mile Marker product.
When you start traveling you might not need a winch because your car is done but if your car breaks down you might be wishing you had one. With that said let us show you how we add a winch to our existing trailer.
1. This Mile Marker winch was ready to be installed.
2. This trailer was perfect for hauling but will be better once we add this heavy duty winch to it.
3. The first thing to do to the trailer was to find the center so we can bolt the winch in the center.
4. We did a visual look on the best place to mount our winch and after looking at the situation this was the best place to mount our winch plate.
5. We started off by doing some preliminary measurements.
6. Since we wanted a straight cut we used a band saw.
7. We made a design and marked up all of the drilling that was going to be needed for the winch plate to bolt on.
8. Since we had a drill press we drilled out our metal pieces before welding it together.
9. We marked the trailer where we where going to be welding.
10. We bolted our winch plate to the bars that we where going to be welding this helped assure that the winch plate bolted back on.
11. We had to clean off some of the paint off the trailer to allow us to weld and make sure that there was a good penetration and bond when welding.
12. The mounting bars where tacked onto the trailer.
13. With a good ground it was time to run some good beads.
14. We added support by adding a cross bar from the bottom of the trailer to the mounting bars.
15. We used some Eastwood etching and high build primer to cover the exposed bare metal.
16. The winch plate was ready to be installed.
17. The guide rollers was bolted onto the winch plate this will help keep your winch cables from getting tangled.
18. The Mile Marker PE4500 was ready to go.
19. Using the supplied hardware the winch was bolted on.
20. It was time to start the simple wiring or powering of the unit.
21. Using our Optima battery we powered up the winch.
22. So with a new Mile Marker winch and our Mac Tie downs we was ready to use it to load up our trailer.


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CBS was in control of Tuesday's ratings race, sweeping the night in key demos behind timeslot-winning drama trio "NCIS," "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "Vegas." NBC ran second among young adults, getting good mileage out of a "Voice" recap special, while CW saw a solid return for "Hart of Dixie."
Most shows dropped off on the second Tuesday of the television season, though Fox's "New Girl" and ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" held steady at their same-night levels of last week.
According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, CBS' "NCIS" was Tuesday's No. 1 show in adults 18-49 (3.6/11), adults 25-54 (5.0/13) and total viewers, coming in down about 12% from its premiere. It was followed by "NCIS: Los Angeles" (3.1/8 in 18-49, 14.9 million viewers overall), which is having a surprisingly easy time beating its competition, and came within 10% of its premiere rating.
And closing out the night, "Vegas" (2.1/6 in 18-49, 12.1 million viewers overall) dropped off by 16% week to week but remained the hour's broadcast leader in all key categories. It was premiere week's most-watched new series.
CBS dominated Tuesday in total viewers, nearly matching the combined deliveries of ABC and NBC.
Elsewhere, NBC aired a "Best of the Blind Auditions" special of "The Voice" (2.9/9 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall), down from last week's original but good enough for a solid second-place finish in the hour. It was followed by rookie comedies "Go On" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 6.0 million viewers overall) and "The New Normal" (1.7/5 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall), both of which have been picked up for a full season.
The comedies were down from last week when they had a stronger "Voice" lead-in, but each delivered pretty good retention of their lead-in.
Fox won the comedy battle in the 9 o'clock hour as "New Girl" (2.8/7 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall) was up slightly to open up a larger advantage over "Go On." At 9:30, "The Mindy Project" (1.9/5 in 18-49, 3.7 million viewers overall), after looking OK in its premiere, dropped off about 20% week to week to rank third in the half-hour among 18-49 but remained ahead of "New Normal."
The opening hour wasn't pretty for Fox, with "Raising Hope" (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.9 million viewers overall) opening its season deep in third place but in line with what it was doing when it aired in the leadoff slot last spring. Given its depressed lead-in, new 8:30 p.m. comedy "Ben and Kate" (1.6/5 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall) didn't look so bad but nonetheless was down more than 20% week to week.
ABC opened with a low-rated "Dancing With the Stars" special (1.3/4 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall) and then was more competitive in the 9 o'clock hour with a "Dancing" results show (2.1/5 in 18-49, 11.8 million viewers overall). The show remains well off last year's pace, though at least it managed to match the 18-49 average of last week's two-hour Tuesday opener.
At 10, "Private Practice" (1.6/4 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) was down 16% from its series premiere of last week, finishing slightly behind in demos to NBC's "Parenthood" (1.7/5 in 18-49, 4.5 million viewers overall), which was within a tick of its week-ago 18-49 score.
CW is getting its season going with a couple of premieres this week, including Tuesday's second-season opener for "Hart of Dixie" (0.7/2 in 18-49, 1.6 million viewers overall), which was in line both with its premiere on Monday a year ago and with what "90210" delivered in the Tuesday opening hour on the comparable week a year ago. In adults 18-34 (0.8/3), "Hart" topped the delivery of its final seven episodes of last season.
The drama was followed by music competition "The Next" (0.3/1 in 18-49, 1.4 million viewers overall). Vet "Supernatural" returns tonight, and five other CW dramas will kick off next week, including "Arrow" on Wednesday.
Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS, 2.9/8; NBC, 2.2/6; Fox, 2.0/6; ABC, 1.7/5; Univision, 1.5/4; CW, 0.5/1.
In total viewers: CBS, 15.1 million; ABC, 8.7 million; NBC, 6.0 million; Fox, 4.0 million; Univision, 3.6 million; CW, 1.1 million.


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November 28th: Artisan du Chocolat Christmas Pudding Couture Box
The Christmas reviews are well underway here on JCM and I'm delighted to bring you my thoughts on this Artisan du Chocolat Christmas Pudding Couture Box today (Website See HERE). A few weeks ago one my contacts at Artisan contacted me saying they had some very special lines of chocolates lined up for Festivities this year. The sound of these 'Christmas pudding flavoured couture chocolates' certainly got my attention, and I was very pleased indeed to receive a box just over a week ago.
I'm sure to the disappointment of no one we have somewhat of a photo frenzy going on today. You guys can thank the 'Old Man' for that, he got very keen with snapping away with these and I can't say I blame him. If you take a peek at the score chart below you will see I have awarded Artisan a 10 out of 10 for their product presentation. These were nothing short of stunning looking and I can't say enough good things about the quality on show here. My whole family agreed that this was a beautiful box of chocolates - everything from the suave outer leather box, opening mechanism and the chocolates themselves just oozed class and sophistication of the highest order.Once we built up the courage to disturb the elegantly packed box there was only one thing left to do and that was to run these milk and dark Christmas pudding flavoured chocolates through the JCM taste test. With expectations sky rocket high I have the disappointing news to report that I was totally underwhelmed with my first taste. Opting for one of the milk chocolates I was surprised at the total lack of flavour generated by the inner Christmas pudding centre. Not to be perturbed I straight away tried another, thankfully it was about a hundred times better - phew :D Yes indeed, like the first one I tried, their were no qualms with their chocolate whatsoever. It delivered a delightful fresh, crisp creamy cocoa flavour base and melted with a soft, flowing mouth feel. To my relief, with the second chocolate, the stodgy cake filling was packed with different festive flavours, with elements of cinnamon, nutmeg, sweet citrus fruits, nuts and salt providing a taste journey that was multi-depthed and compelling. The dark chocolate variety were heavily favoured by the 'Old Man' who said that even in the chocolates where the centre Christmas Pudding filling was more subdued, the richer, earthier cocoa flavours were more than compensatory.
Overall this was a highly enjoyable box of chocolates and one certainly worth taking note of for Christmas this year. On the balance of things it was agreed by one and all that it's positive features in it's glorious presentation and unique Christmas Pudding concept, vastly outweighed it's only negative in the consistency of it's flavour strength delivery. There were definitely more chocolates packed to the brim with the desired Christmas Pudding flavours, but just as my unlucky first experience panned out there were instances where other chocolates in the box were equally as flavourless. This Russian roulette style flavour strength may suit other options better, but for a box of chocolates that is presented with such grandeur it would no doubt of been better if they had a little more consistency given just how wonderfully tasty they were at their best. So would I buy them? I sure would! Their looks sell them alone.
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There are some recipes you can't remember tasting for the first time because they have always been in your life. This is one of those for me. I just remember eating them growing up, and loving them immensely. I've already confessed my love for cherry pie filling, so maybe that plays into it. But, I don't know, it feels like more than that.
In some strange way, I identify with these Cherry Squares -- they're not fancy, but they're a little elegant. They're not complicated, but they're not too simple either. They're a little old fashioned, but never outdated. But most of all they're completely delicious, which is why you should try them. Right now.
My favorite thing about them, apart from the cherries, is the almond extract in the batter. Almond and cherries are MFEO (made for each other). {Name that movie and you get a gold star} So yummy!
Aunt Sonja's Cherry Squares
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lg. can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling
Cream butter and sugar together until very light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then beat in the extracts. Gradually mix in the flour until well incorporated.
Spread 3/4 of the batter in the bottom of a 9"x13" pan lined with parchment paper. Scoop cherry pie filling over batter in pan.
Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over the cherries. (I often use a small cookie scoop and spread the globs out a bit with my fingers.)
Bake at 375 for 45 min. Let cool completely before slicing and serving.
After being baked and sliced into squares, they can be frozen for up to three months, if you're so inclined.


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Gameranx: "The developers of Epic Games talked about how the Xbox 360 has more to offer to developers in spite of its age."
Gears of War is tired.. they are good games, but a little overrated in my opinion.
If anything this does look strikingly visually good. The intensity does show through as well which in fact is the first thing I saw as a difference from previous games. Unfortunately it also looks like most people will pass it it by. It could be the best one yet in action terms
I will be getting this game for sure . I think the Gears Of War games are a blast to play. And I have played all 3 previous games in the series.


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Who will prevail in a style showdown of Gossip Girl stars at the premiere of Sherlock Holmes? That you'll have to tell us - and really, there's no wrong answer.
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Virtual Offices Help Small Firms Play Bigger
Your staff roster may consist of "me, myself, and I," but that doesn't mean you can't cast a big shadow. In fact, your one-person firm can have access to the same professional office resources that larger firms enjoy, sending a signal to clients that you're a legal force to be recognized. In a digital age where the traditional rules of business apply less every day, small companies everywhere are proving that, with the right tools, they can compete on a level that belies their size. As a case in point, the virtual office—which provides a prestigious address, local phone number, staff support, and the option to use fully equipped office space and meeting rooms—has become a powerful ally for small law firms with big aspirations.
What's more, solo law practices and many other entrepreneurs are finding that virtual offices don't just create the impression of success—they have proven to be a critical asset in helping promote real growth as well. Here are ten ways that virtual offices can help your small firm accomplish big goals.
Be cost-efficient. Whether it's your first office or a foray into a new market, high-rent real estate with all the bells and whistles can severely erode your small firm's bottom line. There's the cost of the square footage itself, but there's also the build-out of the space, the purchase of furniture and office equipment, monthly utilities, and myriad other fixed and ongoing expenses that can end up costing you thousands of dollars. With a virtual office you can avoid these expenses altogether. In fact, a virtual office is 80 percent more cost-effective than leasing your own office space, and it can save you as much as 50 percent over traditional executive suite costs.
Play the image game. Sometimes where you are is as important as who you are. Call it unfair, but some clients may choose only to work with a firm in the "right" part of town. Although leasing traditional office space in a booming business district may be beyond your means, establishing a virtual office in the same area can give you a permanent address and phone number at a prestigious location. So while you're working from home in the suburbs, your prospects' calls go to the shiny new office tower downtown.
Get out of the house. Working from home full-time has its fringe benefits—it's as close as you can get to cost-free, it comes with a kitchen, and there's no commute. The problem is your living room isn't the best place to hold meetings with clients or conduct a deposition. In addition to a "virtual" presence, some virtual office programs also give you access to ready-to-use day offices or conference rooms, allowing you to meet privately in a professional setting.
Provide better service. In addition to winning over location-conscious clients, an office in the right spot can help you better serve the clients you already have. Establishing a virtual office near major clients, for example, can provide a meeting place or a drop-off point that's more convenient than your regular office. And the easier it becomes to work with you, the more likely clients are to remain loyal and refer potential clients.
Stay flexible. Looking past the start-up costs of a traditional lease, there's also an element of risk involved. A multi-year contract may lock you in to the space for several years and impose penalties for vacating early. But depending on how your practice performs, you might find yourself seeking more space or, in a downturn, trying to cut even more expenses. Either way, rigid lease terms work against you. On the other hand, virtual offices offer the flexibility to scale up or down quickly, leaving you unencumbered to make the decisions that are best for your business.
Be productive anywhere. Where do you go to meet with clients or get some work done when you're on the road? Unlike big-firm lawyers, who may have access to branch offices in cities across the country, sole practitioners often have difficulty finding a suitable place to meet with clients or remain productive while traveling. Some virtual office programs offer anytime access to business lounges, offices, meeting rooms, and other facilities throughout the country or the world. So wherever business takes you, you'll always have an office.
Stay focused. Consider the time commitment involved in leasing and maintaining traditional real estate. In addition to the up-front time investment to find and set up a space, there is the ongoing effort to pay the bills and deal with everyday hassles such as a broken water cooler. It all takes time that any attorney would be better off spending on billable projects. By comparison, a virtual office can be set up and running the same day, with none of the distractions that keep revenue out of your pockets.
Keep in touch. For professionals who are always on the move, it can be hard to predict where you'll be from one hour to the next. And with no assistant to track you down, important messages may go unanswered until it's too late. Virtual offices address that problem as well. During business hours, a receptionist answers the phone in your firm's name and handles calls at your request. For example, you may have an important customer that you want put through immediately, while all other calls should be routed to voice mail. Even when you're burning the midnight oil, advanced phone systems offered by some virtual offices can be programmed to send calls to multiple numbers, so you'll never be out of reach.
Get help without headaches. For solo attorneys, hiring a full-time assistant also means becoming an HR manager: posting job openings, paying a salary and benefits, and dealing with performance issues. Not necessary with a virtual office. Most programs include receptionist support to answer calls, forward mail, and greet guests while you're in the office, and many even offer light administrative support, such as data entry, on a by-the-hour basis.
Become a tech titan. Most big companies take for granted modern business machines such as high-powered copiers, but small entrepreneurs may balk at the cost. Virtual offices can level the playing field because they also provide access to a business center with equipment that rivals that in the headquarters of Fortune 500 companies. Many of these business centers boast the latest copiers, scanners, fax machines, high-speed Internet access, and advanced telecommunications services, all supported by an on-call IT team. Some centers even offer videoconferencing studios that can be booked by the hour, so you can meet face-to-face with clients or colleagues around the world.
In an age where perception is reality, your office plays a role in telling your clients who you are. Backed by a virtual office, you can project a "big firm" image without the big-firm costs or the hassles of full-time leasing.
Virtual Offices at Work:
Virginia Lawyer in Five Places at Once
David Zachary Kaufman is a one-man law firm, but you'd never know it by his multi-office presence. A business and commercial litigation lawyer based in northern Virginia, Kaufman also has practices in Maryland and Washington, D.C., serving clients across a footprint of roughly 8,000 square miles.
How can one person possibly cover so much ground? Kaufman credits virtual offices for his ability to be in many places at the same time.
"Having a regional presence helps me grow my business and offer better service to my clients, and I could never do it without a virtual office arrangement," says Kaufman.
Rather than lease and outfit traditional office space everywhere he wants to be, Kaufman pays a small fraction of that cost to use virtual offices at local business centers. In addition to his regular office in Fairfax, Virginia, he has virtual offices in Tysons Corner, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Baltimore and Rockville, Maryland. The virtual offices allow Kaufman to maintain a permanent address and phone number in each area without paying for full-time office space that would sit empty most of the time.
When clients call, the receptionist at each business center answers in his company's name and forwards the call to Kaufman, wherever he may be that day. During off-hours, the virtual office phone system seamlessly integrates his home office, regular office, and virtual offices so he never misses an important call.
When it's time for in-person meetings, the virtual office locations provide on- demand access to fully furnished and equipped offices and conference rooms.
"I don't need a full-time office in each city, but I do need a place to meet with clients and conduct depositions when I'm there," says Kaufman. "So being able to use office space on an as-needed basis is much more cost-effective."
Using office space only when needed also helps Kaufman set up shop at prime locations without the sky-high real estate costs of leasing downtown space on a full-time basis.
"For example, the business center I use in D.C. is right across the street from the federal and local courthouses—it's an ideal location," he says. "Even more importantly, the Tysons Corner offices are very close to some of my best clients."
Kaufman's success isn't always about working harder—it's about working smarter.
Virtual Offices at Work:
Illinois Lawyer Benefits from "the Impression of Bigness"
Alan Pearlman, a solo lawyer practicing family and criminal law in the Chicago area, believes in the value of powerful business tools. Pearlman writes a nationally syndicated column called "The Electronic Lawyer," where he reviews technology products that help lawyers work faster and smarter.
And he puts the efficiency mantra to work in his own 35-year-old firm. Rather than bear the overhead costs and time commitments of a full-time office lease, Pearlman finds that a virtual office suits his firm fine.
With a virtual office, his firm's listed address and phone number are at a fully furnished business center in his hometown of Oak Brook, Illinois. But Pearlman chooses to work most days from home, where mail and phone calls are forwarded from the virtual office location. The arrangement is far less expensive than a traditional lease yet still gives him a professional space to work or host meetings when necessary.
"I spend about two days a week at the business center, using private offices or conference rooms to meet with clients," says Pearlman. "The facilities are excellent and the business center staff is always helpful."
In addition to managing incoming mail and calls, employees at the business center help Pearlman with outbound mailings, making copies, ordering supplies, and other administrative work.
"You have an assistant when you need one, but without having to manage an employee," says Pearlman.
The virtual office program also allows Pearlman to widen his reach beyond his hometown. With access to a network of business centers all over the world included in his virtual office package, he can go to his clients as easily as they come to him.
"If I need to see a client in South Chicago, or even in another city or at the airport, I can invite them to meet me at the closest business center," he says. "My clients often think I'm a bigger firm than I am because I have access to all these great facilities. I'm just one person, but the virtual office gives the impression of bigness."
Guillermo Rotman is CEO of The Regus Group Americas. The Regus Group, PLC, is the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, operating a global network of more than 950 business centers in 400 cities and 70 countries. For more information, visit www.regus.com.


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We are a family looking for help to take care of our father. He is 82yr and had a stroke, and is in a wheelchair. He can walk with a cane in a short distance with assistance. He lives in the historical district of Schenly Farms, one block from the University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Medical Center, and within walking distance from our church. With this paid position, we are offering free housing for those who can and are willing to move in his house, especially for those who are relocating to the Pittsburgh area. Experience is not necessary but preferred, anything from RN, CNA, PT, OT and especially nursing assistant/aid. Our father Mikhail Khalil was a chanter in the church for over 50yrs before his stroke. We are from Syria and speak both English and Arabic, we welcome Syrian Refugee's.
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Can police really predict crime before it happens?
Every field undergoes its own data revolution. Retailers like Wal-Mart now know to stock Pop-Tarts during hurricanes, because that's when toaster pastries sell best. Baseball teams know that a player's value has more to do with his on-base average than home runs. Political science tells us that campaign speeches don't affect electoral outcomes as much as economic conditions.
Police departments have long been in the data game, with such efforts as CompStat. But there's a new twist: They're not just using statistics to assess the past. Now they're trying to predict the future. In November 2009, the National Institute of Justice held a symposium on "predictive policing," to figure out the best ways to use statistical data to predict micro-trends in crime. The Los Angeles Police Department then won a $3 million grant from the Justice Department to finance a trial run in predictive methodology. (The grant, like the rest of the 2011 federal budget, is pending congressional approval.) Other police departments are giving predictive policing a shot, too, from Santa Cruz, which recruited a Santa Clara University professor to help rejigger their patrol patterns, to Chicago, which has created a new "criminal forecasting unit" to predict crime before it happens.
The phrase "predictive policing" may conjure images of Tom Cruise in Minority Report, the 2002 movie in which he arrests people for "pre-crime." Civil libertarians can rest easy. "This is not about predicting the behavior of a specific individual," says Jeffrey Brantingham, an anthropology professor at UCLA who works on the research team that's partnering with the LAPD. Rather, predictive policing deals with crime in the aggregate. "It's about predicting the risk of certain types of crimes in time and space," he says.
Predictive policing is based on the idea that some crime is random—but a lot isn't. For example, home burglaries are relatively predictable. When a house gets robbed, the likelihood of that house or houses near it getting robbed again spikes in the following days. Most people expect the exact opposite, figuring that if lightning strike once, it won't strike again. "This type of lightning does strike more than once," says Brantingham. Other crimes, like murder or rape, are harder to predict. They're more rare, for one thing, and the crime scene isn't always stationary, like a house. But they do tend to follow the same general pattern. If one gang member shoots another, for example, the likelihood of reprisal goes up.
In a paper slated for publication in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the team of UCLA researchers working with the LAPD compares this kind of repetitive crime to earthquakes. The initial crime is the first tremor. Subsequent crimes follow like aftershocks. We don't know exactly where or when the after-crimes will occur—or if they'll occur at all. But we can create a predictive model based on probabilities. Police departments can then feed real-time crime data into these models and organize patrols based on the likelihood of certain crimes occurring in certain places. The LAPD plans to test this method in the coming months, pending federal funding, possibly by examining violent crime in South Los Angeles and burglaries in the San Fernando Valley, according to Capt. Sean Malinowski, who is heading up the project.
That doesn't mean police can prevent every kind of crime—only the more predictable kinds, like burglary or auto theft. (Researchers call crimes that presage other crimes "self-exciting.") And even then, some robberies could be truly random. But predictive policing could reduce crime on the margins, according to the authors of the UCLA paper. They calculate that compared to "hotspot" policing—which bases patrols on past crime trends, rather than current incidents—predictive policing could raise the rate of crime that's predicted (as opposed to unforeseen, and therefore unprevented) by several percentage points.
That may not sound like much. But these days, with national crime rates at historic lows, reductions are on the margins. "The low-hanging fruit has already been taken," says Brantingham. Predictive policing done right also allocates resources more efficiently, which can't hurt at a time when departments are getting lopped in half due to tight budgets.
Skepticism is warranted. For example, how is all this different from CompStat, the computer statistics program pioneered by Bill Bratton when he was police commissioner in New York City? The big difference is that CompStat is more retrospective than prospective. It collects crime numbers from previous weeks or months and uses them to evaluate a police department's efficiency. Cops could then use those trends to inform future patrolling. But they were still using old data, rather than current data. Predictive policing collects data in real time and uses it to map probable hotspots in the near future.
But isn't a lot of this stuff intuitive? If a crime occurs on a particular block of Compton, can't the LAPD just keep a closer eye on that area in the days after the crime? Sure, says Brantingham, but intuition can take a police officer only so far. In a city as large and complex as Los Angeles, it's hard to perform predictive policing by gut alone. Statistical models may simply confirm police intuition 85 percent or 90 percent of the time. "It's in the remaining 10 or 15 percent where police intuition may not be quite as accurate," says Brantingham. Malinowski calls the data "another tool in the toolbox."
Data-driven law enforcement shows that the criminal mind is not the dark, complex, and ultimately unknowable thing of Hollywood films. Instead, it's depressingly typical—driven by supply, demand, cost, and opportunity. "We have this perception that criminals are a breed apart, psychologically and behaviorally," says Brantingham. "That's not the case."
It's a common saying that when someone gets killed, he becomes a statistic. So does the killer.


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Genealogists as a whole are fairly myopic about their online usage. Not just because of the age of our eyes, but because we focus on a small set of comfortably familiar resources and largely ignore many other valuable online research sources. As I keep poking around, every once and a while I find that there are huge unmarked areas of the online genealogical map waiting to be explored, but largely ignored by the genealogical community. One of my current examples is the vast Australian National Library online collection called Trove. But then I found a whole other connection that I had not previously known about.
Trove.nla.gov.au is so large, it makes large databases look small. Presently, it has over 340 million Australian and online resources. But size is only helpful if it has what you are looking for.
Now, in ordere to explain the connection, I have to move around the world to the much, much smaller Maricopa County Public Library District here in Arizona. Where I live, I am about the same physical distance from the main Mesa Public Library as I am from the Maricopa County Southeast Regional Library in Gilbert, Arizona. So, of course, I check back and forth between the two libraries to see which one has what I am looking for. I am usually looking, not so much for genealogy resources, as books on photography, computers, computer programs and such. But the Maricopa County Library has an online resource specifically for genealogy. It is where I can get access to the online database HeritageQuestOnline.com. This site in only available to those who have access through a library card at a participating library, but it is otherwise free. Now, Heritage Quest is valuable because it has a copy of the entire U.S. Census from 1790 to 1940.
OK, now I need to do a side note. This explanation may take a while but it is worth reading. You may have access to these resources by means of your own local or county public library system and not know it. You may want to pay something extra to get a library card from a library in a large city in your state or province to get access in that way. In asking around, most people can get a library card from some library if they take the time to find out how to do it.
On with the story. So for some time, I have been using my Maricopa County Library District card to gain free access to Heritage Quest Online and have even taught a few classes on the database. Now, Heritage Quest Online is part of ProQuest. Not too long ago, I noticed that the genealogy link for the Maricopa County Library District included additional resources; Ancestry.com Library Version (for use in the library, which I already knew about) ProQuest Obituaries and Gale Genealogy Connect. These last two were a surprise. The ProQuest Obituaries site is limited to specific newspapers and could be helpful to some, but not to me. The Gale Genealogy Connect was an entirely different matter. This is a rather large collection of hundreds of digitized genealogy books, most of which are still under copyright and not generally available online elsewhere, such as a book I recommended yesterday to a patron.
So, this is where Cengage Learning comes in. Cengage Learning bought Gale Research and the Gale Group in 2007. See Wikipedia:Gale (publisher) for more details. So guess what? One of the major components of the Trove.nla.gov.au website is Cengage Learning, an international company in 35 countries. See Wikipedia:Cengage Learning.
Then I ran across references to the Gale resources on Trove. So now the circle is complete. What I have discovered is that there are these huge online resource libraries that work through the library system and are not generally available online unless you connect with a library. Here is the deal, if you start poking around in your local, county or state library system, you just might find that there are all these genealogy books and resources available that you weren't aware of.
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This research tentatively suggests that one option for increasing the use of algorithms is to give people constrained ability to intervene. In the same way that NASA gave the first astronauts limited control, with sometimes poor but thankfully not disastrous outcomes, we can allow people to tweak the output of the algorithm.
Surveys on attitudes about self-driving cars suggest an opportunity of this nature. While over three quarters of Americans are afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle, the majority stated that they want some automation in their next vehicle. It is a degree of control they want, not complete control. How constrained could this control be? A big red stop button on the dash of the new self-driving car? And does that button have to be connected to anything?
Another study by Dietvorst ( working paper ) suggests a different strategy—changing what the decision maker perceives to be the default. When experimental subjects were asked what they would require to shift from their own judgement to that of the algorithm, they tended to assess the accuracy of the algorithm against the bonus threshold they were trying to meet, not against the weaker performance of their own judgement. However, when the algorithm was the default and they were asked what they would require to shift to their own judgement, they were substantially more likely to use the algorithm and performed better on the task.
When the algorithm was the default and they were asked what they would require to shift to their own judgement, they were substantially more likely to use the algorithm and performed better on the task.
This study is a limited and preliminary result, but it illustrates the central challenge to this approach—the difficulty of manipulating the default across numerous domains. But on the bright side, once an algorithm becomes the default, there will be a barrier to sliding back to the old option. There appears little demand for elevator operators today.
So now to another side of this story.
John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. Image: NASA/Wikimedia Commons
The third Mercury flight was taken by John Glenn in what would become the first orbit of the earth by anAmerican (although he was also preceded by a chimpanzee). When Glenn was flying over California, the automatic attitude control and the gyros, which controlled the capsule's orientation, started to go haywire. Glenn's attempts to reset the gyros did not solve the problem. The automatic firing of the thrusters from the capsule trying to right itself was chewing up the fuel supply.
That Glenn was drifting around in circles did not matter at this stage of the flight—it only mattered at the critical point of re-entry that the blunt end of the capsule be pointed in the right direction. Too steep an angle of attack and the capsule would burn up; too shallow and he would bounce off the earth's atmosphere and remain in space. He also needed fuel at the time that angle would be set.
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The new algorithm prioritizes active interactions like commenting and sharing over likes and click-throughs ( passive interactions )—the idea being that actions requiring more effort on the part of the user are of higher quality and thus more meaningful. Rather than passively scrolling through the News Feed and occasionally pausing to "like" a photo or an article, Facebook wants users to be inspired to engage in conversations with each other.active interactions passive interactions
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In his announcement, Zuckerberg wrote, "Pages making posts that people generally don't react to or comment on could see the biggest decreases in distribution. Pages whose posts prompt conversations between friends will see less of an effect."
This means brands should create quality content focused on sparking conversations between users. Try including questions in your posts, or writing about timely, relevant topics that users are sure to have an opinion on.
The point is, users will be more likely to see your Facebook posts if their friends and family are commenting on it.
If a user takes the time to hit the "love" icon vs. the "like" icon, your content will receive a minor boost in the News Feed. Just as in life, "loving" is a more valued emotional signal than "liking."
The same goes for all Facebook's reactions: Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry. Facebook wants to see those "active" emotions.
The algorithm not only favors comments, but also replies to comments. These signal that a piece of content is inspiring conversation between users. (Remember, Zuckerberg deems "conversation" the most important outcome of this algorithm update). That means you want to be publishing content that inspires users to tag their friends in comments and start a conversation.
If a user shares a piece of content to their wall, that's great. But what's even better is if they take the time to send it to a friend (or a group of friends) over Facebook messenger.
Diagnostic work-up of cardiovascular autonomic failure (adapted from Fanciulli ). CNS = central nervous system; CRMP-5 = collapsin response mediator protein 5; DAT = dopamine active transporter; HbA1c = haemoglobin A1c; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; I-MIBG = I-metaiodobenzylguanidine; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PCA-2 = Purkinje cell cytoplasmic autoantibody type 2; SPECT = single-photon emission computed tomography; SS-A = Sjogren's syndrome-associated antigen A; SS-B = Sjogren's syndrome-associated antigen B.
Diagnostic work-up of cardiovascular autonomic failure (adapted from Fanciulli ). CNS = central nervous system; CRMP-5 = collapsin response mediator protein 5; DAT = dopamine active transporter; HbA1c = haemoglobin A1c; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; I-MIBG = I-metaiodobenzylguanidine; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PCA-2 = Purkinje cell cytoplasmic autoantibody type 2; SPECT = single-photon emission computed tomography; SS-A = Sjogren's syndrome-associated antigen A; SS-B = Sjogren's syndrome-associated antigen B.
The results of interictal EEGs are normal in syncope. 410 , 430 An interictal normal EEG cannot rule out epilepsy and the EEG in epilepsy must always be interpreted in a clinical context. An EEG is not recommended when syncope is the most likely cause of TLOC, but it is when epilepsy is the likely cause or when clinical data are equivocal. The EEG is also useful to establish PPS, if recorded during a provoked attack.
Computed tomography and MRI in uncomplicated syncope should be avoided. If neurological examination points out Parkinsonism, ataxia, or cognitive impairment, MRI is recommended. In cases of contraindication for MRI, computed tomography is recommended to exclude brain lesions.
No studies suggest that carotid Doppler ultrasonography is valuable in patients with typical syncope.
An acute or subacute onset of multidomain autonomic failure suggests a paraneoplastic or autoimmune cause. Screening for specific paraneoplastic antibodies is recommended: the most common paraneoplastic antibodies are anti-Hu, while others are anti-Purkinje cell cytoplasmic autoantibody type 2 and anti-collapsin response mediator protein 5. 431 Seropositivity for any of the above-mentioned antibodies may therefore prompt further investigation for occult malignancy (e.g. whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose−positron emission tomography). 432
Seropositivity for antiganglionic acetylcholine receptor antibodies is the serological hallmark of autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy. 433 , 434
Patients who have failed to resolve recurrent CDI despite repeated antibiotic treatment attempts present a particularly difficult challenge. Clinical investigations of patients with recurrent CDI have shown significant disruption of the intestinal microbiome diversity as well as relative bacterial population numbers. Instillation of processed stool collected from a healthy donor into the intestinal tract of patients with recurrent CDI has been used with a high degree of success to correct the intestinal dysbiosis brought about by repeated courses of antibiotic administration [ 358–361 ]. Anecdotal treatment success rates of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for recurrent CDI have been high regardless of route of instillation of feces, and have ranged between 77% and 94% with administration via the proximal small bowel [ 358 , 362 ]; the highest success rates (80%–100%) have been associated with instillation of feces via the colon [ 360 , 363–366 ]. By March 2016, >1945 patients (reported as single case reports and larger case series) with recurrent CDI had been described in the peer-reviewed literature (J. S. Bakken, unpublished data).
Despite the large number of anecdotal reports that have consistently demonstrated high efficacy of FMT, the first prospective randomized clinical trial that compared the outcome of standard antibiotic therapy to FMT was published in 2013 [ 367 ]. In this unblinded trial, van Nood and collaborators randomly assigned 43 patients with ≥2 recurrent episodes of CDI to receive either a standard 14-day course of oral vancomycin (13 patients), vancomycin with bowel lavage (13 patients), or a 4-day course of vancomycin followed by bowel lavage and subsequent FMT infusion administered through a nasoduodenal tube (17 patients) [ 367 ]. The primary endpoint was initial response without relapse for 10 weeks after completion of therapy. The investigation was terminated early after interim analysis, due to the marked difference in treatment outcomes. Thirteen of the 16 (81%) patients in the FMT arm had a sustained resolution of diarrhea after the first fecal infusion; only 7 of the 26 (27%) patients who were treated with vancomycin resolved their CDI ( P < .001). Four additional randomized trials of FMT have been published through 2016 [ 368–371 ]. One of these trials compared FMT to antibiotic treatment [ 368 ] and the other 3 compared various refinements of the FMT product [ 370 ], delivery of the product [ 369 ], or FMT to autologous FMT [ 371 ]. In general, the reported efficacy of FMT is lower in most randomized trials than in nonrandomized reports. The largest of these randomized trials reported an efficacy of approximately 50% for one FMT delivered by enema, which increased to 75% for 2 FMT administrations and approximately 90% for >2 FMT administrations. Patient selection, proximity to recurrent CDI episode, and antibiotic treatment prior to FMT all likely influence response to FMT.


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We continued to walk the flow of the 2009 PGA Show looking for the best new innovative products of the year. Here are a couple notable items:
Once again this year there are several more performance tees to take a look at. First from Evolve Golf, originators of the high performance tee category with the Epoch tee. Now from Evolve Golf comes the release of the Vireo, which has marks to ensure that you have teed the ball to the ideal tee height so that you can consistently hit your drivers sweet spot. Evolve Golf also has recommendation for the specific tee height for each driver model. Vireo golf tees are made from recycled and renewable materials.
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As always there were numerous new training aids and accessories. The Big Putt training aid is a new and easy way to improve your putting. The Big Putt is the perfect tool to practice those 2 tom 8 foot putts. The practice ball provided with The Big Putt is 35% larger than a regulation golf ball, but has the same feel as a high quality golf ball. Your mis hits will be magnified and provide immediate feedback. The larger ball will promote a smoother accelerating stroke rather and decelerating at impact. Due to the size of the ball, when you switch to a standard golf ball the cup will seem larger and improve your confidence.
The RoboCup is an ingenious automatic ball return robot. This is definitely one of those items where you'll say,"Why hasn't someone thought of this before? The RonoCup gives you the convenience of practicing on any putting surface that has a standard or practice depth golf hole. Simply place the RoboCup in the golf hole and balls that drop in are automatically returned to you to a maximum of 14 feet. It is a very cool and fun device.
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Terrell Thomas returned an interception 65 yards to set up a go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run by fellow comebacker Andre Brown, and the New York Giants won their third straight game, 24-20 Sunday over Oakland. The error-prone Giants (3-6) handed the Raiders (3-6) their first 17 points on first-half turnovers. But they got 115 yards rushing by Brown in his first game this season, and another big defensive game to keep their season alive.
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British singer/songwriter and multi-Grammy award winner Adele pays a warm welcome to World Cafe Live for this Friday's free at noon concert.
At 22 years old, the accomplished soul sensation was inspired by the works of Etta James, Jeff Buckley and Jill Scott from which she developed a powerful voice of her own. Enrolling in the BRIT School (which produced artists such as Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Imogen Heap, and Leona Lewis), Adele perfected her sound by the time of graduation and emerged as a soulful songbird and myspace sensation in 2007 and 2008.
In January 2008, Adele made her premiere on XL Recordings with her full-length debut, 19. Masterfully weaving blues, jazz, folk, pop, and soul into a creative tapestry, 19 introduced Adele's knack for lyrical sincerity. Later nominated with The Mercy Prize, 19 debuted at number one on the UK album chart and quickly attained platinum status. Branching out from the successful seed planted by 19, Adele's sophomore album 21 explores similar topics of love, life and struggle. But with a few more years of experience to line the album, she admits that her handling of such experiences has been more honest and patient and that the 21 has reflected that.
With singles such as "Rolling in the Deep" hitting number one on the charts before the album was even released, Adele has become an inspiring global sensation. You do not want to miss the opportunity to see her perform live!
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PARKING NOTICE and Directions
Free parking is no longer available for XPN Free At Noon shows, metered parking on Walnut Street is limited.
Public transportation to XPN Free At Noon is recommended. For more information on parking in the area visit World Cafe Live.
Find more information on directions and public transportation here.
Serving People in Need - Help Drive Hunger from Our Communities
When you come to XPN's Free At Noon Concerts, bring a can of food to support Philabundance, Delaware Valley's hunger relief organization. We have drop-off boxes to collect canned goods for the needy. Current priority items include: canned pasta, chili, beef stew, tuna, mac & cheese, ready to eat cereal, pork & beans/ baked beans, green beans, corn, fruit cocktail, creamy peanut butter and/ or grape jelly (plastic containers only), and boxed sugar. Thanks!
WXPN and NPR Music Live Friday Free At Noon Concert Archives Include:
Dr. Dog, Carrie Rodriguez, Annuals, DeVotchKa, Adele, Angel Taylor, Winterpills, Sharon Little, Ollabelle, Andrew Lipke, The Low Anthem, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sean Lennon, Chris Smith, California Guitar trio, Joan Osborne, Disco Biscuits, Damien Rice, Cold War Kids, Marc Broussard, The Slip, Arlo Guthrie, Alice Smith, The Dears, Barenaked Ladies, and more...
WXPN Free at Noon Photo Gallery at Flickr
Click to visit our gallery for photos of the Free At Noon Concerts! Previous concerts include Hall & Oates, O.A.R., Citizen Cope, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kaki King and many more!