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Great Barrier Reef Expedition Cruises - Zero Single Supplement - Weekly Departures
Price $A1740 - A$4780
We've sourced a great special with Coral Expeditions on board their recently refurbished expedition vessel , Coral Expeditions II. The vessel has a maximum of 44 guests and will take you on a 3, 4 or 7 night exploration of the amazing Great Barrier Reef. You'll have your own cabin with ZERO single supplement - thats right you pay the twin share rate for your own cabin. All meals included (prepared on board using fresh and local ingredients) , use of snorkelling equipment, comprehensive sightseeing, return airport transfers from airport to port, presentations from on-board Marine Biologist. Prices start from A$1740. Departures every week. Departs from and returns to Cairns.
See the brochure for special solos prices on Cape York and Arnhem Land sailings too.
Cruise prices:
3 night Cairns - Pelorus Island - Cairns $1596 (Cabin) $1846 (Stateroom) $2046 (Upper deck stateroom)
4 night Cairns - Lizard Island - Cairns $2096 (Cabin) $2396 (Stateroom) $2596 (Upper deck stateroom)
7 night Cairns -Pelorus Island - Lizard Island - Cairns $3322 (Cabin) $3816 (Stateroom) $4176 (Upper deck stateroom)
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Coral Expeditions Terms and Conditions
Cabin is secured by paying a deposit of 20% of the fare. The balance of the fare is due thirty (45) days prior to departure.
Notification of cancellation must be received in writing. At the time we receive your cancellation the following penalties will apply:
14 – 30 days prior to departure – 30% of the relevant fare
7 – 13 days prior to departure – 60% of the relevant fare
no show – 6 days – 100% of the relevant fare
We strongly recommend that all passengers purchase cruise cancellation and interruption insurance as protection against any circumstance which may force you to cancel or leave a cruise while in progress.
Upon payment of the fare for the Cruise (which is described in the brochure) and the confirmation of the booking by us or our authorised travel agent a Contract is concluded
between the carrier and the passenger concerning the Cruise in terms of these Cruise Ticket Conditions.
In these Cruise Ticket Conditions:-
"brochure" means promotional material published by Coral Expeditions with reference to the Cruise.
"carrier" means and includes Coral Expeditions, the Ship, the Ship's owners, operators,managers, charterers, agents, sub-contractors and employees.
"Coral Expeditions" means Coral Expeditions (NQ) Pty Ltd (A.C.N. 010 908 417) of 24Redden Street, Cairns , Queensland, Australia.
"Cruise" means the passage agreed to be undertaken by the carrier in the Contract.
"passenger" means each person purchasing or accepting the Contract entitled to board theship for the Cruise.
"Queensland" means the State of Queensland in the Commonwealth of Australia.
"the Ship" means the Cruise Ship used by the carrier to conduct the Cruise.
"Unexpected Event" means any act, circumstance or event beyond the control of the carrier caused or arising from but not limited to acts of God, public enemies, government restraint,riots, strikes, lockouts, labour troubles, epidemic, civil disturbances, perils of the sea, harbours, rivers or other navigable waters, fuel shortages or abrupt and unexpected increases in fuel costs, collisions, stranding, fire, lightning, storm, rough and adverse sea conditions, tidal waves, cyclones, theft, barratry or any other crime by any person, faults or errors of navigation or management of the Ship or any other vessel, explosions, breakage of shafts or any defect or unseaworthiness in hull, machinery or appurtenances, equipment, furnishings or supplies of the Ship or launches or vehicles or any defect of the carrier's premises, fault or neglect of pilots, tugs, crew, agents or independent contractors, port closures, delays in allocation and permits to berth the Ship at ports on arrival and seizure of the Vessel under legal process.
Where the brochure contains particulars of our conditions or policy concerning reservation procedures, bookings, cancellations, refunds of fares and itineraries for the Cruise then the brochure so far as they relate to those matters forms part of these Cruise Ticket Conditions and if there is any inconsistency these Cruise Ticket Conditions shall prevail.
Passengers do not have the right to transfer their rights and obligations under these Cruise Ticket Conditions. The fare paid shall not be refundable except as permitted in these Cruise Ticket Conditions and the carrier will not be liable to make any refund to the passenger if the passenger fails to embark on the Ship for the Cruise.
The carrier will endeavour to follow the Cruise itinerary as described in the brochure and the passenger accepts that the carrier has the right to vary the itinerary or cancel the Cruise if the carrier considers that this is necessary as a result of some Unexpected Event or prevailing inclement weather conditions and the passenger accepts that the passenger will not be entitled to any compensation or a refund of the fare paid should this occur except as is provided for in these Cruise Ticket Conditions.
The passenger admits a full understanding of the nature and character of the Ship and the scope of the activities contemplated by the passenger during the Cruise (including those relating to off Ship activities such as excursions in the Ship's tenders, snorkelling and diving) and assures and undertakes to the carrier:-
that they are in good health and well able to undertake the Cruise and the contemplated activities;
that they will effect travel insurance sufficient to cover any limitation of liability against them imposed by these Cruise Ticket Conditions should they wish to do so;
that they accept the risk that they may suffer from sea sickness;
that they have disclosed any physical or mental disability requiring special attention (including the use of a wheelchair) or treatment at the time when the reservation for the Cruise was made;
that the passenger accepts that a medical certificate certifying fitness for travel may be required at the carrier's request and if any passenger has had surgery less than three (3) months prior to sailing that passenger must submit a letter from a qualified physician stating that he or she is fit to travel and the carrier reserves the right to deny passage if a passenger requires care and attention which the carrier cannot adequately provide and this decision may be made by the carrier in its sole discretion;
The carrier reserves the right to refuse or deny participation in activities or programmes either aboard the Ship or off Ship which are sponsored or promoted by the carrier to any passenger who has a past or present medical condition that may present risks if the passenger participates in those activities and any decision in this respect may be made by the carrier in its sole discretion;
Any charges incurred by passengers for medical reasons including but not limited to physicians, surgeons, hospitals, off Ship accommodation, medication, diagnostic facilities, air ambulance evacuation or ground ambulance shall be the sole responsibility of the passenger;
for the safety and comfort of passengers smoking is not permitted in the Ship except on open deck spaces outside all air-conditioned and sealed areas of the Ship; and the passenger agrees to indemnity the carrier from and against all claims, costs, charges, fines or penalties arising as a result of any claim made against the carrier in this respect.
The liability of the carrier to the passenger is limited with respect to both personal injury and damage to loss of property to the full extent permitted by law and in terms of these Cruise Ticket Conditions. The carrier accepts no responsibility or liability to the passenger for loss, death, or delay of, or injury to any passenger or loss, damage or delay to a passenger's baggage, personal effects or other property arising from or caused by an Unexpected Event. These Cruise Ticket Conditions remain in effect for all periods when the carrier is under any responsibility to the passenger or the passenger's property. No variation or waiver of any term or condition of these Cruise Ticket Conditions will have any effect unless they are in writing and signed by the carrier. No undertaking, guarantee or warranty is given or shall be implied as to the seaworthiness, fitness or condition of the Ship. In addition to any other limitation of liability contained in these Cruise Ticket Conditions the carrier shall have the benefit of any statutory limitation of liability available in Queensland including but not limited to the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989 (Cwth).
All baggage brought on board the Ship by a passenger remains in the possession and control of the passenger during the Cruise and must be stored and kept in the cabin allocated to the passenger. The carrier has made recommendations with respect to baggage in the brochure. Baggage should be prominently marked with the name and address of the passenger. The passenger must not bring on board the Ship in baggage or otherwise any dangerous or inflammable substance including any prohibited drug or non-prescribed drug. Liquor laws prohibit passengers from bringing supplies of alcohol or liquor on board the Ship. Baggage remaining unclaimed on arrival of the Ship will be stored at the passenger's sole risk and expense. The carrier is not responsible for money, jewellery, documents and any other valuables which passengers keep on their person, in their cabins or in their baggage and the carrier strongly recommends that passengers obtain adequate insurance to cover any loss or damage in this respect. In no event will the carrier's responsibility or liability to the passenger for loss of baggage or personal effects exceed $100.00 and the passenger agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the carrier from and against any claims made against the carrier in excess of this amount in this respect.
The carrier will not be liable to passengers for any injuries or damage which occur while the passenger is participating in recreational activities aboard the Vessel or otherwise including but not limited to passenger participation in snorkelling or scuba diving programmes, swimming and all excursions. By utilising these facilities passengers agree to assume all risks associated with those activities and fully release and discharge the carrier from any and all claims, demands, damages, causes of action, present or future, resulting from or arising out of the passenger's use of or participation in those facilities. The passenger may be required to sign a release or waiver prior to undertaking these activities and the carrier will be entitled to refuse to allow the passenger to participate in those activities if the waiver or release is not signed by the passenger prior to participation in those activities.
Should any provision of these Cruise Ticket Conditions be contrary to or invalid by virtue of the laws of Queensland or the Commonwealth of Australia or for any other reason the relevant provision will be deemed to be severed from these Cruise Ticket Conditions and shall be of no effect but all remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. So far as these Cruise Ticket Conditions constitute a contract for the supply of services then and in no event shall the liability of the carrier to the passenger for a breach of an express or implied condition or warranty in that respect exceed, at the election of the carrier:
an obligation on the part of the carrier to supply the services again, or;
the refund or payment to the passenger of an amount equal to the fare paid by the passenger for the Cruise.These Cruise Ticket Conditions shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Queensland and the passenger agrees that any claims or disputes between the passenger and the carrier in connection with these Cruise Ticket Conditions shall be commenced, filed and litigated before a Court of proper jurisdiction in Queensland and if possible in the City of Townsville.


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Part# L24005
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OPGI Price: $25.99
Part Type: (R) = Authentic reproduction of the original GM product
Years: 1978-87
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Music Ministry
Woodmont's Chancel Choir
The Chancel Choir performs approximately 50 anthems per year in the 11:00 A.M. service, in addition to special services, seasonally. Anyone who enjoys singing is welcome to join us. We rehearse from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. each Wednesday (except during the summer months) in the choir room. For more information contact Michael Graham at .
Woodmont's Handbell Choir
The Handbell Choir rehearses each Tuesday evening during the school year from 6:00-7:00. We play a wide variety of music that enhances worship, and are always learning new music and techniques. Our group includes both professional musicians and non-music readers, a combination of which we are very proud. Anyone can learn to play handbells, so if you have an interest, contact Kathy Hart at .
The Woodmont Consort
The Consort provides special music during Sunday morning services several times per year. The consort's primary instrumentation, two strings and three woodwinds, is unique, utilizing some of Nashville's finest musicians. Arrangements occasionally include piano, guitar or voice. Don Hart arranges for the ensemble and conducts.
The Gospelaires
The Gospelaires is a bluegrass acoustic band founded and led by Woodmonter David Regen and dedicated to the preservation and performance of ol' timey gospel songs. The group is composed of doctors, lawyers, professional musicians and one cowboy. They perform quarterly at the 9:30 A.M. Sunday service and during special events.
Jubilation Youth Choir
Jubilation is our youth choir for grades 6 – 12. Rehearsals are on Sunday evenings before Youth Group, from 5 – 5:45pm in the choir room. They will be singing quarterly in both 9:30am and 11am services, Hanging of the Greens, and Youth Sunday. Jubilation is for students who want to use their love of music to worship God, all levels of experience welcome. For information, please contact Jubilation youth choir director, Moriah Domby Pirtle at .
Grace Notes Children's Choir
Grace Notes is our children's choir for ages K-5th grade and focuses on praising God through song. In addition to healthy vocal singing, children learn to read music, play percussion instruments, and experience music improvisation. They rehearse on Wednesday from 5:30-6:00 P.M. in the Choir Room in the Kid's Commons, and sing quarterly for worship services and special occasions. For more information contact Catie Pratt at .
Cherub Choir
The Cherub Choir is for children ages 3-K. They meet every Sunday during the school year at the beginning of the 9:30 Sunday School hour in the 3 year old Sunday School classroom. They sing quarterly and for Hanging of the Greens in December. Cherub Choir is directed by Abby McLean and accompanied by guitarist, Jamie Huling. For information, contact Abby McLean at .


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I find it interesting that everyone seems to think that Caps would take Bats so easily as he's x2 speed, strength, etc.
If we're talking straight hand to hand, then yeh, Caps probably takes it.
But seriously, since when has Bats been the type to stand there and go toe to toe with suped up enemies? He has a huge array of tricks up his sleeve for dealing with guys that are above the normal strength of humans.
And what you CAN guarantee is that Caps hasn't seen hardly any of the tricks that Bats would throw his way.
A round shield and a stiff punch isn't going to make Bats shake at all. lol..
As for the whole match up: JLA all the way. I read the Avengers for years, but against the JLA (hell, even Supes, Flash & Bats alone) Cap and crew would get all smacked to doody. And if Supes is pissed for some reason (Thor macked on Lois), and is moving at full speed with eyes blazing, forget about it.
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South Africa's finest chefs and restaurants were celebrated at the annual Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards which took place on 15 November 2015.
The event took the term 'Sunday lunch' to a different level altogether as guests tucked into the finest food and wine at the SunExhibits Centre at GrandWest in Cape Town, eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winners.
Not surprisingly, Luke Dale-Roberts' The Test Kitchen took the Restaurant of the Year award (for the fourth consecutive time). Margot Janse's The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français walked away with the Service Excellence Award (for the second year in a row). Scot Kirton of La Colombe won the Eat Out S. Pellegrino Chef of the Year Award and the winner of the Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award was the late Liz McGrath.
Talent to watch going forward includes Carmen Muller of The Tasting Centre at Rupert & Rothschild in Franschhoek and Lloyd Jusa of Five Hundred at The Saxon won the Wine Service Award for top sommelier. The gorgeous Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenhort took the Boschendal Style Award.
While the list was dominated by the Western Cape restaurants, Gauteng made a solid showing with Five Hundred at The Saxon taking fifth spot and Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient holding down seventh place. Luke Dale-Roberts certainly had a good evening with The Test Kitchen walking away with the top accolade and The Pot Luck Club restaurant in Woodstock taking ninth position.
Judges included Eat Out Editor and Chief Judge Abigail Donnelly, award-winning chef Jackie Cameron, celebrity TV chef and writer Siba Mtongana, and MasterChef SA judge and superstar chef Benny Masekwameng.
Abigail Donnelly said the competition was tough and standards incredibly high. "It's been a phenomenal judging season with seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy fantastic food. South African dining really is of a world-class quality – I am honoured and humbled to have experienced such excellence this year," she said.
Here is the list of the top 10 restaurants:
- The Test Kitchen
- La Colombe
- The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français
- Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenhort
- Five Hundred at The Saxon
- The Restaurant at Waterkloof
- Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient
- Terroir
- The Pot Luck Club
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02/10/2013 11:15amA friend has launched a website on behalf of embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow, who faces allegations he was part of a high-level bribery scheme.
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02/10/2013 4:51pmPresident Barack Obama's use of unmanned drones to kill Americans who are suspected of being al-Qaida allies deserves closer inspection, lawmakers said Sunday as even some of the president's allies suggested an uneasiness about the program.
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CISA Emergency Farm Fund
CISA's Emergency Farm Fund was established in 2011 in partnership with Whole Foods Market and Equity Trust, as a response to the damage suffered by farms in western Massachusetts due to Hurricane Irene. Through four rounds of loans since its opening, the Fund has distributed $221,000 in loans to twenty-five farms.
The Emergency Farm Fund application period for losses due to the drought of 2016 has ended. For additional drought-related resources, click here.


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Purpose of an Internship
An internship is one of the best ways for students to gain hands-on job experience before graduating from college. The purpose of an internship is to train and help students develop skills related to their career field. Internships are not staff positions, so most are unpaid. Paid internships do exist, but they are extremely competitive and uncommon in today's economy.
If you are planning to apply for a paid internship, your grades and academic record must place you at the top of your class. In many cases, unpaid internships may require the same standards, so bring your 'A' game.
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Finding Geology Internships
When searching for geology internships, the first place to look is your career center or career coordinator's office. Your career coordinator will have listings for internship opportunities in your local area, across the U.S., and abroad. While your career center can be a valuable tool in your search, it is not the only tool. Your career center also assists the hundreds of other students seeking an internship, so you will have to do some digging on your own.
The next stop in your search should be school clubs. Check with your school's geology club, scientific field club, or other relative clubs for prospects. Visit each office for details. To broaden your search, visit your state or local geological society website or office (where possible). To locate your local or state geological society, use your favorite search engine. Simply enter your location + "geological society" for official web addresses.
Do not hesitate to visit geological societies in other states or the U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey (USGS) at http://www.usgsgov. Remember, some internship's may last the entire school year, while others may last for one summer only. If you don't mind spending the summer in another state or even abroad, flexibility might help you secure a geology internship even faster. Use the same steps to locate other state geological societies.
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Geology Internships: Councils, Societies, and Institutes
Internship opportunities are plentiful through various councils, societies, and institutes. You may browse through an extensive list of opportunities at the official Washington and Lee University Department of Geology at http://geology.wlu.edu/intern.html.%20The%20following%20is%20just%20a%20preview%20of%20WLU's list.
National Council for Science and the Environment
Geological Society of America Internship Information
National Air and Space Museum Summer Internships
Lunar and Planetary Institute
National Energy Technology Laboratory Professional Internship Program
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There are a number of online and offline sources for internship opportunities that offer hundreds of listings and contact information. It is perfectly fine to submit a letter of interest and any relative credentials to companies that do not advertise for internships. Some might be willing to extend an offer if they like what they see. If possible, pick up a copy of The Internship Bible, Peterson's Internships, or The Best 109 Internships. For used or discounted copies (either will get the job done), try Amazon.com.
To narrow your online search, stick to recognized names in and reliable websites such as:
- www.idealist.org (excellent for internships with environmental groups and other non-profits)
- www.internshipprograms.com
- www.internabroad.com
- www.volunteerinternational.org (volunteer opportunities abroad)
Tip: If you come across s site or source you do not recognize or the source requests a small "fee" to deliver a list of internships or to access the website, please research the source. If you cannot find a working phone number, a physical address (not a P.O. Box), or any information online about the source, chances are it is not a reputable source. Please visit The Riley Guide for tips on avoiding scams at http://www.rileyguide.com/scams.html.
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I am an Assistant Professor of History at National University of Singapore. I am also currently the Editor of the World Legal History Blog which is part of H-Law (on Humanities and Social Sciences Online), and a board member of H-Law.
I have been invited to give talks on my research at New York University, Cornell University, University of Toronto and Harvard University. In May 2017, I was invited to give a keynote talk at the workshop on "Rule, Resistance and the State/s: Perspectives from Islamic International Law and International Relations," held at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, Finland.
After receiving my PhD in History from Princeton University in 2012, I held the Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career Fellowship in Islamic Studies at Washington University in St. Louis till 2015. I was a Research Fellow in the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore in 2015-2016.
At the moment, I am preparing my book manuscript on mobile Muslim merchants in the Indian Ocean which is based on my doctoral dissertation which won a Book Prize from the Al-Wehdah Arab Association of Singapore in 2015. The book, tentatively titled Fluid Jurisdictions, explores how members of the Arab diaspora utilized Islamic law in British and Dutch colonial courts of Southeast Asia.


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David Wilson holds up a Leica M6, marveling at the camera's timeless design and precision-tooled quality. It is the same reverence he displays as he carefully chooses his words to describe his Ferrari 355 Berlinetta and its classic engineering and style. And it is the same respect he wants his customers to have for the loudspeakers that bear his name. The designer of the $225,000-a-pair WAMMs, which for 20 years have fetched the highest price of any consumer loudspeaker, insists that a connoisseur appreciates the design and styling of a high-performance product, whether it is a Ferrari or a WAMM. He calls both "industrial art masterpieces" with a soft-spoken manner that is part professor, part clergyman.
Understated and controlled seem like dubious characteristics for the man responsible for reproducing loud, booming, and searing sound. In an industry full of showmen, Wilson maintains a measured, low-key style. He prefers to let his speakers imitate the original, keeping the musicians—rather than himself—in the spotlight. A friend jokes that Wilson, 57, does a great Cagney impression, referring to a buttoned-down demeanor that, while pleasant, is always in check.
The fact that Wilson owns a race car but does not race reveals his appreciation for how products are crafted rather than the thrills they deliver. Wilson has carefully selected and tweaked each component of his speakers, from the wiring to the cabinet finish. The mission of Wilson's speakers is to reduce recorded music to its pure, original sound. His goal is not perfection, but accuracy, capturing the music's true characteristics as it is recorded.
Standing in his Provo, Utah, office in front of candy-apple red WATT/Puppy speakers, over which hangs a framed photo of his Ferrari of the same color, he slips an Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong LP out of its sleeve. He carefully brushes it with a well-worn Decca record cleaner and places it on the turntable. He warns of the pops and hisses, sits back in his suit and tie, and quietly taps a toe. "The musicianship transcends all the recording flaws," he says with respect.
Wilson's appreciation for music goes back to his teens, but he did not start out in the speaker business. He earned a degree in zoology from Brigham Young University, then went on to a career in medical equipment design and patented several innovations for Cutter Labs (now Bayer), including an intravenous feeding system for chemotherapy patients. On the side, as an outlet for his love of music, he and his wife, Sheryl Lee, began recording church choirs in 1975. Two years later, they released a commercial LP of pipe organ music, launching the Wilson Recording label. Audiophiles who heard it were impressed by the quality, and the Wilsons were hired to record other choirs and chamber music groups. Neighbor Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead even asked them to record a few sessions, and in return they accepted backstage passes to Dead concerts. The couple is deeply religious and still chuckle about keeping a safe distance at the rear of the stage from the Dead Heads. "We were careful not to venture out into the purple haze," recalls Sheryl Lee.
Making loudspeakers was not part of the plan. They merely wanted speakers to accurately re-create the sound they heard in church, so Wilson modified a commercial speaker to control time, timbre, orchestral balance, and vocal harmonics. He discovered a principle he later patented, called adjustability of the time domain. It enabled him to compensate for distance differences between the speakers and the listeners, and for the differences in listeners' heights for any given room, by manipulating the placement of the speaker drivers. That premise became the foundation for the first Wilson Audio Modular Monitor speaker—the flagship of the Wilson line—and it remains the focus of WAMM loudspeakers today. The result is the installer's ability to tailor the sound to the characteristics of the listener, improving the sound's clarity.
As Wilson tweaked the WAMM design, their home became an ad hoc engineering laboratory. "He started hanging things from the ceiling with aircraft wire," Sheryl Lee recalls of the electrostatic modules in the living room. "I was studying group delay," he says in defense.
"He's very scientific about how he designs loudspeakers," says Elliot Fishkin, president of Innovative Audio, a high-end audio/video salon in Manhattan. "He's not just sending out boxes, and that's unusual in this industry," says Fishkin, referring to Wilson's revisiting and reworking product designs to make speakers better, rather than having an ego that dictates that the best has already been made. The result, according to Fishkin, is better products. "David is coldly objective," he says. "And I mean that in the best way."
When the Wilsons perfected the sound, they borrowed $17,000 and built a $28,000 speaker—the prototype WAMM. They sold two pairs in the first week of 1982, enough for Wilson to quit his pharmaceutical job. Over the next 20 years, the Wilsons would sell 54 more pairs.
Their promising start was short-lived. In 1983, the economy stalled, many music enthusiasts jettisoned LPs for CDs, and a retailer's rumor that the fledgling company was difficult to deal with jeopardized the future of Wilson Audio. "We lost our home and everything we had worked for," says Sheryl Lee, the company's first business manager and now vice president. The couple moved their four children, two of whom would later join the business, into a rental home while still eking out a living making pipe organ and piano recordings. "Now we're here and they're out of business, so that's gratifying."
During "the dark period," as Wilson calls those lean times, he had become frustrated with the sound of studio monitors, which, master tapes revealed, did not accurately reproduce the music's sound. On an R&R trip to Mexico in 1985, David devised a studio monitor concept that eventually revitalized Wilson Audio. On an airplane napkin, he sketched out the specs for the WATT speaker (Wilson Audio Tiny Tot), a sub-$10,000-a-pair monitor speaker whose affordable price pleased his business manager. "I had said, 'Couldn't we sell something in between records and the WAMM?' " says Sheryl Lee. The product, sold alone and with the companion Puppy woofer modules ($10,600 a pair), secured Wilson's position as one of the preeminent names in high-end audio.
Nevertheless, it is still the WAMM that sets Wilson apart. Series VIII, projected for later this year, could cost as much as $275,000. Because the WAMM is modular, you can upgrade your system with mid-bass driver technology advances that Series VIII offers. The Maryland homeowner who bought the first WAMM upgraded the speaker at half the cost of a new one. "You can't do that with a Ferrari," boasts Wilson.
WAMM owners receive a lifetime warranty on the system and a house call from the designer, who person-ally sets up the speakers. "I don't do the heavy lifting, though," Wilson says with a smile, but he makes certain the speakers are tuned exactly for the customers' listening tastes and for each acoustical space.
"I always ask [WAMM clients] to pick five recordings they like and to position themselves as they would during a typical listening session," says Wilson. "I listen to those recordings, and I already have an idea about their musical tastes, age, personality, and how long [he or she] listens to music in a day." With that information, along with where they like to sit in a concert hall, he positions the modules to the listener's "sweet spot" and recommends volume levels.
A few miles from their office, the Wilsons' own home, a 9,000-square-foot French contemporary overlooking Provo, is a musical showcase. The 40-by-30 listening room doubles as the parlor, and couches and chairs are sandwiched between WAMMs on one end and Sophia loudspeakers flanking a Yamaha Disklavier player piano on the other. Acoustics, clearly, is the priority. The double doors are in the center of the wall opposite the fireplace to avoid bass leakage, and the ceiling slants upward from one end to the other to reduce the bass-canceling effects of standing waves. Sound diffusers, which look like ceiling sculptures, are above the piano. "This room has been chosen as one of the top 10 rooms in the country for listening," says a prideful Wilson, referring to honors from professional audio trade magazines.
Late one October evening, Wilson devises a competition between his Sophia loudspeakers and comparably priced competitor's speakers. He plays a passage from Gershwin's "Embraceable You" on the Disklavier to establish the live sound. Then he plays an audiophile-grade Hyperion CD of the song on the Sophias, which produce a sound very close to the original. On what he likes to call the "opposing" speakers, however, the arpeggios sound a bit muddy and vague.
For the WAMM concert at the opposite end of the room, the 78-inch-tall main modules are angled toward the listening throne, and two refrigerator-size subwoofers stand in each corner. Nothing is quite like the overwhelming presence of the WAMM—both in size and sound. Close your eyes and you are in the recording studio with Guy Clark on "Stuff That Works" or in the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas for a resounding performance of John Rutter's "Requiem." The sense of space transports you as you marvel at the clarity, detail, and faithfulness of the sound. Listening is effortless, and the music is palpable.
Although Wilson's dedication to faithful music reproduction is unquestionable, some critics say his speakers, though exceptionally accurate, "lack a musical soul" and the colorless reproduction can become fatiguing to the ears. At least one detractor has said his speakers are "hideously expensive." Wilson maintains that customers get what they pay for, and defends the six-figure cost of his speakers by pointing to superior parts that ensure faithful musical reproduction and product longevity. He has a stack of textbooks flagged to charts and explanations outlining how each component contributes to accurate sound reproduction.
For example, many of the same premium materials for the $225,000 WAMMs go into the $7,500-a-pair CUBs, including the $7.50 film capacitors, even though other makers use 22-cent dielectric capacitors. The benefit, according to Wilson, is lower sound distortion. For the cabinets, he uses a $14-per-unit dense material rather than the 60-cent medium-density fiberboard that some of his competitors use. Then, every cabinet undergoes a 12-stage process, including a marine-grade gel coating to protect against humidity, four coats of color, a catalyzed acrylic clear coat, wet sanding, and a final polish, which creates a finish that is more automobile than audio.
"Every layer is examined in depth and executed at the highest possible level," says Wilson, before veering into another Ferrari comparison. "I saw a magazine review several years ago comparing a Corvette C5 to a Ferrari 550 Maranello—a $40,000 car versus a $225,000 model. The editors' conclusion was that the Corvette was almost as good as the Ferrari because they did zero to 60 within a fraction of a second of each other." Wilson takes as much issue with that line of thinking as he does with an audio reviewer who puts a $319-per-pair speaker in the same category as his $11,700-a-pair Sophia loudspeakers.
Incidentally, the Sophia name marks a break from the Wilsons' rather uninspired product names. "We can be self-deprecating about the names we've chosen for our other speakers," he says, "but we decided that anyone spending this kind of money wants a name that's more sophisticated, inviting, and real. And Sophia worked better than Sylvester."
Rebecca Day is a contributing editor on high-end audio and home entertainment.


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New York City's tallest office tower had a flurry of leasing deals recently as several television and radio stations signed on as vertical tenants. Rather than occupying conventional office space, the broadcasters signed 15-year leases for space on the tower's 204-foot tall antenna.
Two major networks — NBC and ABC — signed leases for riser space, and both plan to broadcast both analog and digital (HDTV) signals from on high. A total of three FM radio stations also are leasing space on the antenna now.
"The Empire State Building, in addition to its favorable height, is centrally located to serve the required New York television broadcasting activity," says the building's spokesperson.
Prior to the World Trade Center's completion in the early 1970's, the Empire State Building was the primary site for most New York television and radio broadcasters. The 9/11 attacks returned the Empire State Building to the top spot as New York City's tallest building again, and since then many broadcasters have sought out space on top of the building's towering antenna.
Leasing revenues from the latest wave of tenants will help the Empire State Building finance a $6 million upgrade that will see reinforced steel beams added to the giant mast and antenna on top of the building. The building's owners are also adding more electrical capacity to the top of the building, while converting office space on the 77th, 78th and 79th floors into transmission stations to accommodate broadcasters.


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The following review was originally posted at Roleplayers Chronicle and can be read in its entirety at http://roleplayerschronicle.com/?p=20891.
The Unspeakable Oath is a magazine dedicated to Cthulhu Mythos role-playing, not just standard Call of Cthulhu. This concept is brought to fruition quite well within issue #19. Not only do you get some of the to-be-expected style content for Call of Cthulhu, you also get content for Trail of Cthulhu and Deltra Green and a new ultra-light rules system called Cthulhu Dark. The best part about all this is that everything is in the style of the Cthulhu Mythos and can be farmed for all aspects of Cthulhu gaming. The Unspeakable Oath continues to be the ultimate handbook for Cthulhu role-playing.
I love the direction The Unspeakable Oath continues to take. It does a wonderful job of incorporating new Mythos material while expanding upon existing material. It also shows love for the entire gambit of Cthulhu role-playing by incorporating Delta Green, Trail of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, and reviews that focus on content outside of Call of Cthulhu in addition to the Call of Cthulhu content. I'm truly looking forward to perusing future issues.
Publication Quality: 10 out of 10
The Unspeakable Oath is a beautiful magazine. The layout is wonderful, the formatting is superb, and the illustrations are beautiful; I especially love the covers they continue to use. This magazine sets an excellent standard for those looking to create similar products that incorporate a multitude of content. Also, this format of product allows you to obtain a lot of valuable content at an extremely low price.
Mechanics: 10 out of 10
What mechanics within The Unspeakable Oath 19 are perfect, especially Cthulhu Dark. They do a perfect job of grasping the Cthulhu Mythos and its inherent concepts through new spells and bestiary along with presenting a number of great objects to seed your adventures.
Value Add: 8 out of 10
The Unspeakable Oath 19 has a ton of content for the Keeper, but very little content for the player. I understand the desire to present tools and scenarios the Keeper can quickly and easily incorporate into the regular game sessions, but offering a little love to the players is a good way to keep them coming back to the magazine. This is especially difficult if the Keeper plans on running one of the given articles inside the magazine and ensures the players do not read it. However, there is still a lot of great, valuable content.
Overall: 9 out of 10
The Unspeakable Oath is a great way to get your Cthulhu Mythos fix for a low price. For Keepers, it presents you with a ton of great content for your regular game sessions without having to buy piles of expensive books. While creating your own is rewarding and a lot of fun, sometimes the rushed Keeper needs something fast. With the incorporation of non-standard Call of Cthulhu content, Arc Dream Publishing and the crew is showing how much they appreciate all aspects of Cthulhu role-playing and not just the one system that started it all.


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Hifab is the leading project management consultancy in Sweden. We support our clients in all stages of construction projects, from early stage strategic guidance through planning and execution. Since 1947 our ambition has been the same – to help realize our clients' ideas.
We provide our services all over Sweden and for all types of building, infrastructure, industry, environment, energy and process technology projects. Hifab's engagement in international development projects spans some 20 countries worldwide.
We have approximately 400 employees. In 2015 the turnover was 450 MSEK, of which 70% in Sweden and 30% in international assignments.


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To find Airbus A330 seating charts, visit SeatGuru.com, SeatPlans.com or SeatExpert.com. Alternatively, some airlines, such as Lufthansa, provide A330 seat plans on their websites, and others, such a US Airways, offer A330 seating plans during the online flight reservation procedure.Continue Reading
The Airbus A330 comes in two different categories: the A330-200 and the A330-300. Each category has several different versions, and the cabin layout varies according to the carrier. US Airways, Aer Lingus and Lufthansa are examples of airlines that fly several different versions of the A330.
To find a specific A330 seating chart on SeatGuru,com, select Find Seat Map on the home page and enter the airline and flight number. Alternatively, select Browse Airlines, and click on an Airline to view its fleet of passenger jets. The A330 is located under Widebody Jets. The color-coded seat plans show the configuration of each cabin, including the location of exits, rest rooms, galleys and closets. Users mouse over an individual seat to see its row number and to read further information about amenities, such as on-demand TV and power plugs, and any potential problems, such as limited recline, lack of a window or close proximity to a galley.
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Distance from Blocksburg, CA to La Puente, CA
Driving distance between Blocksburg, CA and La Puente, CA is 625.16 miles (or 1,006.10 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Blocksburg, CA you would reach La Puente, CA in about 10 hours 9 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Mitigating Risk in Light of Retail Data Breaches- SecureState to discuss cyber liability and transference of risk during upcoming webinar
Jan 30, 2014, 07:56 EST
CLEVELAND, Jan. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A key element of any risk management strategy is the transference of risk, and Cyber Liability Insurance (CLI) is becoming an increasingly popular way for organizations to do that. Unfortunately, in many cases these policies provide inadequate, or even zero coverage in the event of a breach.
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SecureState, a management consulting firm specializing in information security, is conducting a webinar on Friday, January 31, at 2 p.m., which will cover what business leaders need to know about Cyber Liability Insurance (CLI), and how it can be used to strengthen an organization's overall security risk management strategy.
"After reviewing several policies, and checking them against required security controls, we've found that businesses who have attempted to insure their problems away, rather than building a mature security program are often left holding the bag when they experience a breach," Anthony Catalano, SecureState Senior Advisory Consultant said.
Purchasing a cyber-liability policy is actually a good idea, but these policies are ultimately bound by checklists and attestations that are riddled with misstatement, which is referred to in the insurance industry as material misrepresentation.
"Material misrepresentation is a misstatement to a question asked during the application process that is so important that, had the truth been known, the insurance company would not have issued the policy or would have issued it with a higher premium," Chris Clymer, SecureState Advisory Manager said. "If material misrepresentation is confirmed by the insurance company, it will usually void the policy and coverage retroactively to when the policy was signed."
It's absolutely critical that business vet and understand their policy. Businesses can start by reviewing all the requirements they must uphold in order for the policy to be valid, and by working with their insurer when they have questions.
To learn more about cyber liability and security, register for the webinar: http://engage.securestate.com/cyber-insurance-webinar
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Seb hails character
Sebastien Bassong was delighted with the way we held firm to claim our second three point haul in the space of three days despite once again going down to 10 men.
Sebastien Bassong was delighted with the way we held firm to claim our second three point haul in the space of three days despite once again going down to 10 men.
Following Jermain Defoe's dismissal in our 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Boxing Day, Younes Kaboul was given his marching orders in Tuesday's 2-0 home victory over Newcastle.
Seb came off the bench against his former club to fill the gap in the centre of our defence and see us through to a perfect end to 2010.
And the defender believes our performances in the face of adversity over the last two games says a lot about our character.
He said: "We held on with 10 men again just as in the Villa game. I think we're good when we're playing with 10 men!
"I think it's bad luck, I don't know. But the most important thing is to stay compact and press them, to get the ball, pass it and move. That's what we did well so I'm glad about it.
"We know we have strength when we pass the ball quick. We're strong and we have technical players so that's what we used and I think we deserved the win.
"It was a tough game. I came on and I was ready having been watching the game. The whole team defended well. We were compact and solid at the back and we didn't drop off too much. That's the way to keep a clean sheet."
The win leaves us at least momentarily in the top four of the Premier League and on a run of 10 games unbeaten going into 2011.
Seb believes we must stay focused ahead of Fulham's visit to the Lane on Saturday and maintain our form.
He added: "We're in good form, we've just got to carry on, keep working and stay with our feet on the floor. Working is the main word and then we'll see what's going to happen in the end.
"It's another London derby, it's a home game and there's no other option apart from winning. We've got to win, that's it."


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So this summer I just started wakeboarding and was alright for a beginner. Once I went out with Keith and a bunch of the girls he taught us all to jump the wake. Now we were pretty pumped about it because none of us had done it consistantly, can't wait for next season... Thanks Duck!
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Jack M. Dodick, MD, in private practice in New York City
Dr. Dodick was a third-year resident at Manhattan Eye and Ear in June 1967 when Dr. Kelman did his first phaco. The procedure lasted just under four hours.
"It's interesting that phaco was not readily adapted until 10 years after its introduction," Dr. Dodick said.
With time, handpieces—3 lbs. at the time of Dr. Kelman's first surgery—became smaller and made more efficient. Phaco needles also became smaller, Dr. Dodick said.
"In the early days, a 'beer can' capsulotomy was performed, and at times this led to an extension of a radial tear with an unintended opening of the posterior capsule," he said. "With the advent of capsulorhexis, this complication decreased."
The introduction of nuclear disassembly techniques, such as chopping and prechop, made the procedure more efficient, faster, and helped to reduce the amount of energy needed.
Among various innovations, Dr. Dodick believes the introduction of viscoelastic material was a major step in further improving safety and efficacy.
"They would assist us by helping preserve corneal endothelium in dense lenses and requiring extended ultrasound time and in short axial length eyes with shallow anterior chambers," he said. "The use of iris hooks and later other pupillary expanders aided in addressing small pupils and a floppy iris."
Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, adjunct professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology, and founder and attending surgeon, Minnesota Eye Consultants, Minneapolis
Dr. Lindstrom performed his first phaco in 1977, 10 years after Dr. Kelman performed his first procedure and at a time when fewer than 1% of cataract surgeries were phacoemulsification.
"The equipment was quite primitive compared to today," Dr. Lindstrom said, describing the careful set-up required and the common occurrence of corneal edema due to corneal endothelium damage that was not yet well understood.
The evolution of techniques and technical advances—including better fluidics, the use of viscoelastic material, and a continuous capsulotomy—all made a difference in phaco's safety and efficiency, Dr. Lindstrom said.
"We used to have a lot of post-occlusion surge issues that doctors learned how to manage one way or another, and we used a high bottle height," he said.
The introduction of pulse and torsional phaco, the divide-and-conquer technique, stop-and-chop technique, and nuclear disassembly at or below the iris plane all were major steps for phaco, he noted, while also looking to the future.
"We're still trying to decide if femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery is a mainstream advance," he said. "It hasn't crossed the chasm yet to middle adopters."
However, some handheld methods for anterior capsulotomy intrigue him, as does the idea of lesser use or even no use of ultrasound.
"A lot of surgeons are finding that for many lenses, you can do the procedure with no ultrasound, especially if you disassemble into many pieces," he said.
"For younger surgeons, ultrasound will go away," he said. "We'll probably move away from phacoemulsification to phacoaspiration."


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This Trundlecast is the second installment of our empath evening. Last cast we heard the young man who claimed to channel Charley and this week you get to hear what our local Trundlefiles think of the night. Also, our announcer was kidnaped so that the Trundle Manor grave digger can introduce his Villain Problems segment! Enjoy!
Thank you to Little Devil for letting us photograph him relaxing in his chair and thank you to Bryan Vamp for the intro music!
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Hello to all members of the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative,
In an effort to create more of a collaborative community, we are reaching out to get your feedback. Would you please take a moment to reflect and write to us about your ideas for and experience with PAC? As a volunteer-run organization, our Board and Committee members seek to engage and serve our community as best we can. We plan to continue to grow and to provide exhibition opportunities and art education to our members group and the community at large. Your feedback matters. It is invaluable to help us grow as an organization dedicated to the furtherance of the arts. You can answer one or any or all of the following questions. Thanks very much!
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Pawtucket Arts Collaborative is dedicated to supporting, promoting and developing the highest level of the arts for the community and its artists. We do this by creating awareness, education and involvement through our members.
On October 25, 2000, 25 artists led by Pat Zacks met at Slater Mill for the first time to establish goals, bylaws, membership dues, a mission statement, a logo, and a web site and formed Pawtucket Arts Collaborative. More History, year by year, click here.


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It is with heavy hearts that we announce that a car accident claimed the life of Bob Simon. He informed households across the nation on current events and foreign affairs when he worked as a CBS New foreign reporter and "60 Minutes" correspondent. Simon was only 73.
Many shared their shock and grief over the award-winning newsman's death. When asked to respond, executive producer of 60 Minutes, Jeff Fager, said,
It is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him in a car accident, a man who has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times.
Unfortunately, car accidents are all too common in New York City. Our attorney David Perecman believes that Simon's death is a reminder of the inherent dangers associated with driving. According to research gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an average of 33,561 people were killed in 5,615,000 police reports that were submitted in a year. Auto accidents are a leading reason for death in people aged 5 to 34, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to news reports, Simon was in the backseat of a Lincoln Town Car when a livery cab hit a Mercedes-Benz. Because the Mercedes was stopped at a red light, the impact of the cab caused the former car to crash into barriers separating north and southbound traffic.
Simon sustained neck and head injuries and later died at the local hospital he was transported to. Initial investigations show that Simon was not wearing a seatbelt. Speeding was also a determinate for the extent of the crash. Unfortunately, speeding is one of the main reasons for car accidents in New York. NHTSA reports that 30% of speeding crashes result in fatalities.
Simon's loss will be felt by many. He leaves a long legacy of succinct investigative journalism. He worked with CBS News for almost 50 years. He received over 40 awards, including 27 Emmys and 4 Peabody awards. Since 1960, Simon visited high risk areas with major conflicts to inform his audience. He will be sorely missed.


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The Different Ways To Bench
The notion that there is one way to perform a bench press is just not valid. If you are bench-pressing for a competition, then the "proper" form is dictated by the rules of that event. Power-lifting has a set of rules that describe exactly how a bench press should be performed, and in the context of that sport, there really is only one proper way to do it - the way that keeps you from being disqualified!
For general training, however, there are many variations that serve different purposes. So let's get started. The traditional flat bench press involves lying on a flat bench and grasping the bar slightly outside of shoulder's width. The bar is unracked, then lowered slowly to touch the chest. In a bench press competition, the bar may have to sit there for a specified period of time. The person benching then drives the bar upward and completes the repetition with arms perpendicular to the floor and locked out or just slightly bent.
For power-lifting, which requires moving a very heavy weight, the bench press is more than just a chest exercise. Any type of bench press movement will involve the shoulders and triceps to a certain extent. During a power-lifting repetition of the bench press, the lower body also comes into play. The legs are used to drive the torso into the bench for stability. The shoulders are retracted and the back is flexed to further keep the torso stabilized and also to provide more surface area against the bench to support the load. A slight arch in the back is not uncommon as the entire body is used to drive the bar upward.
Some people focus on the bench press as a chest exercise - the goal is to increase mass in the chest. They wish to minimize the involvement of the shoulder and triceps and even the lower body. For this variation, you can lift your legs off the ground and keep them bent or crossed in the air, to eliminate their involvement with the movement. Biomechanics tells us that the best grip to target the chest will place your wrists over your elbows when your upper arm is parallel to the floor. In other words, your arms should form a perfect right angle when your elbow is level with your shoulder.
The bar at this position may be slightly above your chest, and you would not need to go below this point (doing so increases involvement of the anterior deltoids or front of the shoulder and triceps). You would start with your upper arms parallel to the floor, then drive the bar upward, pausing just short of lockout, then return to the start position. Avoiding lockout and not bringing your upper arms below parallel will maximize chest involvement, minimize shoulder and triceps involvement, and maintain constant tension on the chest (when you lockout at the top, the tension shifts to your elbow joint and off of the chest).
By elevating the bench that you are pressing on, you shift emphasis to your shoulders. As the bench becomes more inclined, more tension is placed on the deltoids. While this means more shoulder involvement, it also means less chest involvement. Lowering the bench to a decline will shift tension lower on the chest. Keep in mind that, as a muscle, the chest cannot "selectively" contract the upper or lower portion - the entire muscle performs work against tension. The change in angle, however, can shift more tension overall to the chest, by reducing the tension that is handled by stabilizer muscles or other secondary movers. Since the chest is stronger than the shoulders, most people can press the heaviest weight in a decline. The load that can be handled decreases as the bench moves into a sharper incline.
Grip has an important function with respect to bench press. When you grasp the bar at exactly shoulder width or less, you are forcing most of the angle of motion to occur in the elbow joint rather than where your upper arm meets your body. This means that more tension is shifted to the triceps muscles. A close-gripped bench press is often considered a triceps exercise, even though the chest is still somewhat involved (any movement of the upper arm with respect to the torso will involve the chest).
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Keep in mind that with an extremely narrow grip, it might be beneficial to rotate the arms so that the elbows stay close to the sides. This minimizes tension on the elbow joint - many people performing narrow grip bench presses find that they feel tremendous stress in their elbow joint. Keeping the elbows close and arms rotated slightly (the bar will be above the abdomen rather than the chest) will reduce some of this stress.
Grasping the bar with a reverse grip also changes the way that work is distributed during the movement. Many believe that a reverse grip bench press places more tension on the triceps, and can serve to build the "belly" of the triceps muscle. Since your arms move through the same range of motion as a traditional bench press, most of the same muscles are involved. The reversal of the grip, however, shifts the emphasis through phases of the lift, and therefore involves the triceps through a larger range of motion. Keep in mind that a reverse grip makes it extremely difficult to manage the bar when it is over your head. You should always have a spotter unrack the bar for you when performing this movement, or load the bar onto a rack and lift directly from the rack or pins.
Dumbbells vs. Barbells
Using a dumbbell rather than a barbell will require your body to stabilize the dumbbells. This will involve more muscle groups and therefore provides a different stimulus than a barbell bench press. It is always good to balance dumbbell movements with barbell movements.
The dumbbell movements help work stabilizer muscles and improve coordination, while allowing imbalances to be addressed - for example, if the left side of your chest is larger than the right side, you can perform one armed bench presses to work on correcting that imbalance.
Barbells eliminate the involvement of many stabilizer muscles and require less coordination, so a heavier load can be used to place more tension on the chest muscle. The dumbbell will also allow a fuller range of motion - but be warned, the lower you allow the dumbbell to travel, the more torque you place on your shoulder joint (stress) which can be dangerous, especially for someone with weak shoulders.
As you can see, there are many variations to the bench press. So which one is right? It depends on your goals! Incorporating a variety of movements is the best way to stimulate all muscle groups that are involved in the bench press. It also forces your central nervous system to constantly adapt to the new stimulus, which will help avoid plateaus. Alternating between dumbbell and barbell movements allows all aspects of the bench to be perfected.
Remember, however, that in order to perform an exercise a specific way, you must practice it that way. If you are benching for a competition, you must include presses that follow the competition guidelines in order to maximize your ability to execute that variation of the movement.


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Homes for Sale in Irvine Terrace in Corona del Mar | Corona del Mar Houses for Sale
Irvine Terrace is a beautiful community which is located in Corona del Mar. Irvine Terrace in Corona del Mar is located right off Coast Highway. It is bordered on the north by Pacific Coast Highway, Bayside Drive, Jamboree Road and Avocado Avenue. It is in a very desirable location, and very close proximity to Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Balboa Island, and the Village of Corona del Mar.
There are approximately 390 homes in Irvine Terrace. Many of the homes have been updated and remodeled, or completely rebuilt. Irvine Terrace in Corona del Mar was originally developed in the mid 1950's. There are beautiful single family homes, and single story homes, many of which have sweeping ocean and Newport Harbor views. And of course on a clear day, Catalina Island as well.
In Irvine Terrace, there is the Irvine Terrace park which is maintained by the city of Newport Beach. The location of the park is at Seadrift Drive at Evita Drive. Irvine Terraces park includes: barbecues, picnic tables, full basketball court, two tennis courts, and an area for a small baseball diamond or for two small soccer fields. This park is a good location for picnics and birthday parties.
There are many different architectural style in Irvine Terrace, however as stated above, the homes are single story. The schools for the Irvine Terrace are Lincoln Elementary in Corona del Mar, and Corona del Mar High School.
Irvine Terrace is a beautiful community to walk and enjoy the Corona del Mar climate. Walk to the Irvine Terrace Park and enjoy the amenities there.
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Usually, working in an office gives you a reprieve from a brutal summer –- typically, the hotter it is outside, the cooler the corporate air conditioning keeps the building. But I'm thinking back to a particular summer, a particular week of this particular summer, when the air conditioning broke in the office I worked in.
Just as bad as the temperature was the office funk. The heat made everything in the office smelled spoiled: the bodies with too much perfume, the breath, the stagnant, uncirculated air. The "spoiled" odor wasn't simply my imagination; it seemed to be emanating from Jane's locker underneath her desk.
Our office was a small, tight-knit satellite off the bigger building of the US headquarters of a massive, multi-national corporation. Yes, you know the company. Our little part of the world was home to the marketing and service functions for a particular line. It was a good job -– there were no millionaires, no BMWs or Benzes in the parking lot, but everyone enjoyed a decent standard of living.
Like Jane, whose cube was stinking to high heaven. She was in her 30s, unmarried, but a devoted daughter and beloved aunt. She'd gotten into some financial trouble that she wouldn't talk about, so she didn't have a car. She rode the bus and bummed rides. Sometimes she went shopping before work and, in a hurry, stashed her groceries with her bag under the desk. On at least one occasion, she'd let cheese or cold cuts languish into a sickening funk. But Jane had taken some time off to see some friends and family in Las Vegas, and the key went with her.
Jane's cube was adjacent to Rachel's –- Rachel was a little slip of a girl, no older than 25, who'd recently joined the team and we were already ribbing her about being a diva. She'd groused about the smell for a couple of days. She wasn't just being sensitive –- the heat made the spoiled smell worse and it hung in the air, fighting its way into all of our noses.
She called Jeff, one of the building guys, to discuss what to do. Rather than go through official channels, which could take who knows how long –- and hey, if they'd already been unresponsive to three days worth of pleading to fix the air conditioner, why would they hustle at the request to come over and unlock a cabinet that none of us had any business poking around in? Jeff decided to pop the lock and dispose of the moldering bologna himself.
It was a slow day in the office, and a few of us gathered around Jane's cube. Jeff tinkered a bit and the drawer rolled open, revealing a bundle of gray blankets. The stench was horrible, driving the more sensitive of us into the bathroom, conveniently right by Jane's cube. But suddenly, all of the comedy went out of Jeff's face. He stole up the bundle and ran to the door of the lunch patio and yelled that no one should follow him.
Maybe some of us sensed what was coming next, but I didn't. We crowded around the window, looking at Jeff outside. He unwrapped the bundle gingerly, like he was carefully, contemplatively removing wrapping paper from a gift. Then everything exploded.
I don't know if I heard Jeff scream out and jump back first, or if I saw the tiny arms, shoulder and head. Unquestionably a baby. Just as quickly, Jeff covered the bundle and Burt, a department supervisor, physically came up and dragged us away from the window. But it was too late: the seven of us who were there already knew, and two of the older women cried. I was bewildered and numb
The cops were called and showed up relatively quickly, but first there was much conjecture. No one could believe it. No one could believe Jane –- so pink cheeked, well liked and perky, could have had anything to do with this. Had the baby been born alive? Where? None of us even thought that Jane had been pregnant. Maybe someone from the early morning cleaning crew did it? It would have been so easy, especially since Jane's cube was the first one outside the women's bathroom. It was easier to believe this than think that a colleague -– a close colleague who most of us had known for years -– had anything to do with this thing.
An investigation was opened, and Jane was extradited, whatever you call it, tracked down in Las Vegas and brought back to California. She was questioned, but not charged. And she opted to come back to work.
WHAT THE FUCK does not even begin to capture our thoughts. Jane felt like family, we knew she wasn't a monster, "innocent until proven guilty" and all that -- but at the same time, no one was really sure, no one knew what to say to her, and we wondered what this said about her, the fact that she could return to her job, return to a site where something so grisly had occurred, return to a place where people wondered if she might be a murderer. Was this her own brazen denial of the accusations, like, "Of course I didn't do this thing, now let's get this figured out so I can go on with my life'?
Rachel refused to be there, and she was granted leave. The rest of us tried to go on about our business, tried to act normal. Our company did not simply fire the overnight cleaning crew, they hired a new company. I think we all took comfort in this, since it supported the theory that most of us clung to so we could do our jobs without screaming.
"Welcoming" Jane back was not easy for any of us, but it was harder on no one than it was on me. You see, my name is Jane, too. (The truth: her name was not really Jane. My name is not really Jane. But we did share the same first name; it just wasn't Jane.) Everybody knew the other Jane -– she'd been there for nearly 10 years, everyone knew she liked country and sang along to a little transistor radio she kept on her desk, everyone knew her kindness, everyone knew her easy smile and soft voice.
I, on the other hand, was slowly climbing out of a gothy phase, wearing nothing but weird black clothing to work every day. Despite the fact I hid them with long sleeves and turtlenecks, everyone knew that I was covered in tattoos and my arms bore thick scars from my years as a cutter. Around our little satellite office, my colleagues knew that I was quiet, smart, shy and considerate, but around the bigger workplace, people only thought they knew who I was. And a lot of them thought that I was the Jane who might have been the baby killer.
For about two weeks, my phone rang at least once an hour, mostly with people calling and just hanging up. If I stepped away for a break, I would come back to hear messages of BITCH, DIE, YOU FUCKING CUNT. And people from the big corporate building next door would randomly walk over, then hover at my cube. My department was all told not to talk about it, so I couldn't say, "Hey, you're ogling the wrong woman; the baby killer is sitting over there by the bathroom."
It made me nervous, but it also made me incredibly sad, forcing me a back a little deeper into the shell of introversion I'd been working to come out of. My company installed surveillance cameras all over the offices and parking lot, so at least I didn't feel too afraid.
For over a month, we all kept at our business. Things started to feel almost normal -- for me, the phone calls, snooping and stalking tapered off. The office enjoyed uninterrupted air conditioning. Then one morning, about eight police officers stormed the building, guns drawn, came in, and took Jane away. She didn't fight them or try to run; when they lead her out, she was in handcuffs and she looked back at us and gave us the most uninterpretable smile. This time, she did not return.
We were able to piece most of the story together: Jane had been carrying on with a married dude for quite some time. She got pregnant, and he urged her to keep the baby, kept telling Jane that it was her that he wanted, and he'd take care of her. Then just like one of Jane's bad country songs, he disappeared. We don't know how far into the pregnancy this was –- Jane hid it from all of us. She'd never been particularly fashion forward; I am not sure why it never occurred to any of us to ask her why she was swaddling herself in layers of wool during one of the hottest summers on record, but it just didn't.
She carried the baby to term, then came into work very early one morning, went into one of the stalls, and gave birth to a live baby that she later killed in a way that I'm glad was never revealed, then stuffed the infant's body into a cabinet by her desk.
The thing that is most troubling and begs the most questions is that the baby, a little girl, had lived for a few hours before Jane disposed of that little life. What was Jane thinking? Did she hold the baby? Had there been at least five minutes when the baby was cuddled, cooed over, made to feel loved? Had Jane known what she was going to do all along? At that point, Jane killed the baby and stuffed the body into her locker, and we found it about two weeks later. And for one of those weeks, Jane came in every day and sat a foot away from that tiny corpse in her locker.
Despite the tabloid nature of the atrocity, we left it all behind as quickly as we could. The case got some press, but it didn't advance our knowledge of either the event or Jane's fate. But it ate at most of us. How could this woman that we all knew and liked, who liked us, do this? What happened? Mainly, I wondered if there was someone who could have stepped in and made a difference to Jane and her baby.


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If you haven't read it yet, The Economist has an excellent article available that I'm guessing Geek.com's readers will enjoy. Riders on a Swarm is an interesting look at swarm intelligence and its relation to artificial intelligence. Swarm intelligence, if you're not familiar with the concept, is the collective, decentralized intelligence found in ant colonies and bee hives, where the community acts intelligently but there is no individual (or group) planning or leading. Essentially, a number of simple, rule-based interactions by uninformed agents build up to an intelligent community and enable relatively complex behavior.
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