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DEFA Link Hub gives you remote control possibilities of your DEFA WarmUp, Security and Finder system in your vehicle, from anywhere in the world.
DEFA Bluetooth® Hub gives you local control of your DEFA WarmUp system in your vehicle. Only devices supporting Bluetooth® Smart can communicate with the Bluetooth® Hub.
DEFA Base Unit PRO and Base Unit DIY gives you remote control possibilities of your DEFA Home heating and alarm system in your cabin or house, from anywhere in the world.
WarmUp features:
Turn engine and interior heater ON and OFF directly or by timer. The system will automatically start pre-heating depending on outside temperature or according to fixed pre-heating times. You can also monitor whether the 230V mains cable is connected or not.
With Link Hub you can monitor the battery voltage of the vehicle and get an alert when the battery voltage is low. You can also monitor inside and outside temperatures.
With Bluetooth® Hub you can monitor the outside temperature and the battery voltage of the vehicle.
GPS Link features:
Be alerted if your vehicle is stolen (started and/ord moved) or if your pre-configured speed limit is exceeded. You can also look up your vehicle on a map at any time.
Base Unit PRO and DIY features:
Control heating for up to 6 separate zones. You can set each zone to manual ON/OFF, thermostat or regulator modes independently. Turn burglar alarm ON/OFF. Remote control your Nobø thermostats directly. In addition the weather forecast is displayed for your location.
The system will monitor power outages, monitor up to 6 different temperatures, and a range of additional features. You can also connect wireless burglar- and smoke detectors. All features are available through this app.
Alerts are sent to your phone and/or email.
Note! DEFA Link Hub and Base Unit products requires a subscription. DEFA Bluetooth Hub does not require a subscription. All products require installation of hardware. For more information see www.defa.com or ask your DEFA dealer.
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Golden age game shows return
GSN revives 'Newlywed Game,' 'Dating Game'Two more staples from the game show golden age are returning to television: GSN is readying 21st century versions of the popular 1970s classics "The Dating Game" and "The Newlywed Game."
GSN is casting hosts for the Sony-owned titles that will go to pilot, with full series orders looking likely. The new versions will incorporate modern elements, including online dating sites. Michael Davies ("Wife Swap," "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"), who has an overall deal at Sony, is set to executive produce both shows.
"They're much-loved shows, and we thought the time was right for a revival," said Jamie Roberts, senior vp programming at GSN. "We're pretty confident we'll get there and possibly put them to series for 2009."
Although vintage repeats of "Newlywed" and "Dating" have aired on GSN for years (as well as a brief first-run syndication edition of "Newlywed" in the 1990s), this marks the first time the network has produced new versions.
The move comes on the heels of primetime broadcast revamps of CBS' "Password" and "The Price Is Right " on CBS, with NBC's "Family Feud" coming in the summer. The classic game shows fulfill two increasingly common television programming mandates: They're inexpensive and have pretested brands.
GSN is going to experiment with a few new ideas during the development process to help modernize the shows.
For "Dating Game," the network is seeking to partner with an online dating site like eHarmony.com to use a compatibility test that helps find worthwhile dates for the show's bachelors and bachelorettes. GSN also wants to have contestants be able to consult with best friends during the show about which date to select. Having occasional gay or lesbian contestants also has not been ruled out.
On "Newlywed Game," GSN plans to add a showdown round where the winning young couple plays against an older couple who won a yesteryear "Newlywed" episode.
The network plans to finalize deals with hosts this week. Most of the current hosting candidates would bring more contemporary twists to the shows.
"We're trying to find unusual candidates to take these shows and reinvent them," Roberts said.
Repeats of Sony's "Newlywed Game" and "Dating Game" have a long history on GSN. The network is jointly owned by Liberty Media and Sony Pictures Entertainment, the latter of which owns "Newlywed" and "Dating."
The shows were on the network's schedule when it launched as the Game Show Network in 1994. "Newlywed" repeats have been among the network's most popular shows and has been seen in every daypart. "Dating" has been off and on the network's schedule and hasn't been in regular rotation for several years.
So far, the game show revival on broadcast has produced uneven results. CBS' "Price Is Right Primetime" held its own on Friday nights in March, then struggled when moved to Wednesdays in May. The debut of "Password" won its Sunday night time period but posted relatively modest numbers.
Producer Chuck Barris launched "The Dating Game" in 1965 and "The Newlywed Game" a year later. Both shows have been revived at least once. "Newlywed" was most recently remade for a syndicated version in 1996 hosted by original emcee Bob Eubanks.

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Even though Apple's iPhone 4S isn't scheduled for availability until this Friday at least some preorder deliveries are already making their way into customer's hands in Germany, according to Macerkopf.
Apple introduced the iPhone 4S on October 4, and began accepting preorder sales on October 7. The official release date for the new smartphone is set for October 14, which is also the same day Apple scheduled for preorder deliveries.
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The new iPhone uses the same body design as the iPhone 4, but includes a dual core A5 processor, a new antenna design, better battery life, built-in combination GSM and CDMA cell network support, an 8 megapixel camera, Siri voice control, and more.
The iPhone 4S is available in black or white and is priced at US$199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model, and $399 for the 64GB model.
Word that iPhone 4S shipments were already on the way surfaced on Monday, along with news that Apple sold over 1 million phones during the first 24 hours after opening preorder sales.
While Germany seems fine with delivering iPhone 4S packages to customers early, don't be surprised if U.S. customers still have to wait until Friday before their new phones arrive.


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Brenda Pearson wanted to mark the milestone of turning 50 by joining her sister Vanessa sipping champagne at the top of the Eiffel Tower while watching the sunset over Paris.
Now thanks to her colleagues, the Waikato Hospital post anaesthetic care unit (PACU) registered nurse has two things to celebrate in Paris on 28 May.
Today she was named Waikato District Health Board's nurse of the year by director of nursing and midwifery Sue Hayward during celebrations to mark International Nurses Day at Waikato Hospital.
Ms Pearson is holidaying in Europe with her sister and was told the good news on Friday during a Facetime interview with Mrs Hayward. It was filmed and will be on You Tube.
"To win this award has made this month unbelievable," said Ms Pearson.
"Brenda Pearson continues to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, caring and compassion at a level that exceeds the normal after 30 years in nursing, while being actively involved in teaching student nurses, supporting her peers, encouraging advanced thinking and always caring for her patients," said Mrs Hayward.
Ms Pearson, who turns 50 in October, began her nursing training at Palmerston North Hospital Board's nursing school in 1982 and graduated in 1985.
"I always wanted to be a nurse and I'm the third generation from my family to go into nursing.
"Living and growing up on a semi-remote farm taught me the importance of managing a health crisis but also to be adaptable to use what you have in the cupboard and then making a decision on whether to escalate or not to get to hospital."
She calls it number eight wire nursing with little resources much like when she travelled in Africa in 1988.
"I learnt at a very young age that knowledge/education of what to do in a health crisis is crucial for survival. That is why I value continuing to educate myself and keeping up to date with current practice and research-based evidence.
"The other aspects of farming were how a community bands together to achieve a goal and to support your neighbours, creating a great team ethos. That's a value I still hold dear today," she said.
"The other value I have is to respect and value people as everybody has something to contribute and to the team from the student nurse to the senior anaesthetist including every patient you meet.
"What makes me passionate about nursing is doing the very best by the people I have contact with to ensure their journey is as smooth as possible and delivering the best care I can with informed knowledge to support the decisions made," said Ms Pearson.
PACU is where people recover immediately after surgery until they are awake and stable enough for transfer.
Award Criteria:
A registered nurse who has contributed and made a real difference to the area they work in. This difference would be related to improved patient safety, patient experience and the way nurses in their area work. The nomination must include the example or examples of how nurse has achieved this and what it has meant for their nursing team.
Comments from nominees:
Brenda has worked tirelessly to explain to patients, their families and other staff groups what our "point of difference" is as PACU nurses; what our purpose in delivery suite is and how, as a team, we can make a positive impact on the care provided to this patient group.
Brenda has coached, mentored and supported the entire PACU team; she's been a sounding board, a teacher, the voice of reason and the best person to liaise with the wider group in order to identify key issues and raise them with management teams in order that they be addressed.
Brenda is a highly skilled PACU nurse and having her as a constant person in the delivery suite means she has been able to develop relationships with key personnel and share the rationale behind what we do.
Brenda really deserves to be recognised by the wider nursing community as a true leader and, in my opinion, a real star.
Brenda is an exceptional and passionate nurse who delivers excellent nursing care, supports and educates staff, and rises to the challenge to make changes to improve the unit and the patient journey.
Brenda is a leader in our area that role models the essential qualities of an expert nurse, looking beyond the job at hand, to the wider perioperative services and DHB.
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"Rule the Razor, you say? A fool's ambition.
Here, land and sea murder at the whim of ancient gods and men's smiles hide a thousand knives. Those deceived into believing that the Kraken's tentacles are more fearsome than its schemes soon find themselves cruelly enlightened. The Razor is too vast and its terrors too countless for even the bravest adventurer to conquer. It won't stop them from trying though, and that means good business for me. I thank the gods daily for sending so many fools into
this world."
- Saldrin Seaheart, local guide and "purveyor" of adventuring supplies
Razor Coast, a devil's paradise, where a man's fortune can bleed out quicker than a spitted pig, and where the dawn sky blazes across endless oceans. Oceans that for centuries hid a lost people of whom legend whisper were born into these wild reaches as the sons of sharks. Here, within in the kraken's clutches, law means little while gold breaks all boundaries and blood, pearls, and rum pay for all sin.
Islands poke their toothy ridges up from the depths, angry and defiant, like the maw of a great leviathan intent on rending and devouring ships. Indeed, beneath the rolling waters stretch miles of jagged shoals and empires of coral reef that cut down vessels like wheat before a scythe. Over the years, these hazards have claimed the ships of hundreds of explorers and freebooters, and throughout the Razor, there are many tales of missing ships and the lost treasures hidden within sunken hulks.
Then there are those places that the colonists call "civilized." Filthy boom ports, their shorelines lined with shantytowns crammed with eager profiteers who come quickly, take what they can, and leave behind ruin in their careless wake — convicts, preachers, and those seeking freedom, new identities, or new lives. Depending on one's morals, there is work aplenty for these newcomers. Rum, whaling, and slavery are all big business, while merchants who deal in the supplies needed to keep these businesses running make cool profits, especially when supplies run low.
Few of these ports stay open for more than a few decades, thus their inhabitants invest little in their structures or maintenance. Those with wealth usually live on their ships, traveling from port to port, while those without cobble together wooden shacks sealed with whale fat or tarred paper. When the trade routes change or an island's resources wink out, the shacks are abandoned and the populations venture of to the next boom port to seek fortunes anew.
Conversely, thriving ports are hotbeds of excitement. Ships of all kinds crowd slipshod docks. Oozing with the wretched stench of blubber and blood, merchants hawk their wares to passing sailors, anything from ropes, harpoons, and foodstuff to more questionable items such as poisons, drugs, or treasure maps. Ashore, a boom port's crowded alleys swim with drunks, vagrants, and others come to make whatever coin they can before the port goes bust. Street pugilists hold brutal matches run by shady managers who hedge bets, beggar bards promise to make legends of incoming freebooters for the coast of a few coins,
and painted whores keep their nimble fingers poised to pleasure customers or slit their throats, whichever looses the most gold. Thickly scarred slaves pilfered from all ends of the world walk in heavy irons beneath the yoke of their masters, eagerly awaiting the opportunity to rise up against the cruelness of their fate. Indeed, today's slave is often master upon the 'morrow while near as easily, a master can wake to find himself in leg irons.
Outside of the boom ports, life is far different. The islands of the Razor remain untamed. These are lands where violent monsoons and lush steaming jungles blanket frothing volcanic isles surrounded by beaches of deep black sand that spill into a crystalline blue sea. They strike a chord both peaceful and ominous, for here beauty and wonder often walk arm in arm with danger and death. Human settlements are few, consisting almost entirely of small tribes of indigenous Tulita. Ongoing struggles between these original heirs of the
Razor Coast and foreign colonists keep most them wary, if not entirely hostile. In other regions lurk foul beasts, agents of the mysterious powers of the deeps and wild, feral addicts who chew upon the noxious maht root and fly into frenzied hallucinations during which they drink entrails of their foes.


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Aesthetics by Eileen is proud to support the Big Bad Ball, the annual fundraiser for Hospice of Wake County. Aesthetics by Eileen has donated a Fraxel Laser Treatment to the silent auction, a $850 value. We are also donating our time and taking tickets that evening. Please come out and show your support for a wonderful cause! The 2009 Big Bad Ball will be held Saturday, October 3rd from 7pm - 1am at the Capital City Club in Raleigh. This black tie event is open to the entire community and the cost is $125 per person. The event also includes a raffle drawing for a $10,000 cash prize.
To make reservations and purchase raffle tickets, please call Jodi Snelling at the Capital City Club at (919) 832-5526. http://bigbadball.com/ SEE YOU THERE!!


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I have been really impressed with H&M lately, both the in beauty department, but also in the fashion! I think they really have upped their game and giving some more modern and contemporary designs. Especially for fall/winter, they really have come with some beautiful designs!
For this blazer, I really like how it "falls" on the body. It's looks really soft and easy to wear, and it's great for layering! It looks like it's very thin, but that doesn't really matter to me, because I'm going to wear it over things, just for the layering, so that I through the day can adapt to the weather, so if it's to hot, I can remove a layer and the opposite if it's too cold.
Also it is great for the upcoming Christmas parties! It got the perfect dressy-ish feel to it, and can be layered perfectly over a dress or a jumpsuit. It can easily been dressed up or down, and basically it's a great piece for layering, and giving a more casual look, and smarter feel or classier feel.
I will definitely try to get my hands on this beauty! It's looks almost to good to be true!


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"We encountered a tremendous response to our original offer, so we went back to IBM and we managed to get a better price overall for the deal," says Brian Czarny, a DirectWeb spokesperson.
Under the latest offer, customers will get Internet access, a 450-MHz IBM Aptiva PC with a 15-inch monitor, and three years of IBM's On Call Service.
An enhanced service includes Internet access, the IBM PC, support, a 17-inch monitor, and a Hewlett-Packard color printer for $34.95 monthly, down from the $39.95 monthly deal offered in January.
Analysts have tracked the "free PC" sales model with interest since several companies last year tried a variety of approaches with differing degrees of success.
Some companies, such as FreePC, are no longer operating. Others, such as PeoplePC, continue to offer a PC and Internet access for three years for $24.95 monthly. Large companies such as America Online offer a $400 rebate on a PC in exchange for Internet subscription.
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"DirectWeb is banking on using its buying power to win lower prices," Czarny says. "We're acting like a shopping club, aggregating customer buying power and helping them get better deals."
The company expects to make money by selling subscriptions, making referrals, and taking annuities based on customer links to electronic transactions. Czarny declines to release DirectWeb sales figures.
The so-called "free PC" sales model is a challenging way to make money, even without extra price slashing, one analyst observes.
"They are right on the hairy edge there" with the new price cuts, says Roger Kay, an IDC analyst. "They are basically bundling eyeballs, and there is a question whether they will ever get the money back on the back end."
The larger organizations have the better shot, Kay adds.
"Some of the larger players, like PeoplePC and AOL, might pull it off," Kay said. "They can hang around long enough to make it work."


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Barnstable, Massachusetts, September 17, 2012 – OpenCape Corporation (OpenCape) announced today that it has selected Daniel Vortherms as its new Chief Executive Officer. OpenCape's current CEO, Dan Gallagher, will leave the position on October 12th, 2012.
Mr. Vortherms was most recently the Vice President of Technology for Open Range Communications. He was one of the original members of the Open Range staff, developing the technical and business model that culminated in closing $400m in financing in 2009 to build a 4G wireless network in small communities around the United States.
Prior to joining Open Range, Mr. Vortherms held positions as Vice President of Network Deployment for Vivato Incorporated, a manufacturer of phased array antenna systems for WiFi and WiMAX deployments, Vice President of Engineering and Operations of Vistard Inc, a metro wireless broadband company, and Vice President of Product Development for Verio where he built the company's first network operations center (NOC) and played an important role in the company's acquisition of nearly sixty companies prior to its acquisition by NTT Communications for $6 billion.
Prior to his more recent involvement in venture capital start-up companies, Mr. Vortherms spent ten years working for EG&G Incorporated, a fortune 200 company, providing system engineering support for submarine combat system design and nuclear weapons systems safety, and was a Submarine Warfare Officer and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plant Engineer in the US Navy. He retired as a Captain from the US Naval Reserve.
Mr. Vortherms has a BS degree from the U. S. Naval Academy, MS from George Washington University, and an MBA from the University of Denver.
Art Gaylord, Chairman of the Board of OpenCape Corporation said, "We welcome Mr. Vortherms as the new leader of the OpenCape Corporation. He brings a valuable combination of technical, business and finance knowledge and skills that will serve OpenCape well as it transitions from a construction project to an operational company early next year."
Current CEO, Dan Gallagher, said, "It has been my pleasure to work with the OpenCape Board and the Cape Cod community to bring this concept from an idea to a reality. The OpenCape infrastructure will serve our community for decades to come in many positive ways. I feel very confident that Dan Vortherms brings the background and experience to make OpenCape a sustainable venture, but also to make its impact grow over time."
About OpenCape
The Non-profit OpenCape Corporation's purpose is to fulfill the need for a new communications network on Cape Cod and the Islands to enhance education, research and economic development, and to provide for an emergency communications network. The OpenCape Network is made possible by a $32-million federal BTOP grant and a total of $8 million in matching funds from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Barnstable County and CapeNet. For more information, please visit www.opencape.com and www.recovery.gov.


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To make a distinction between the power rail being between the running rails, and the power rail being beside the running rails, how about electrified=centre_rail?
Some lines use two power rails, such as the London Underground. This could be made explicit by electrified=dual_rail. Sometimes one rail is grounded and the other rail has a positive voltage; sometimes both rails have (different) voltages. On the London Underground the centre rail is at -210V and the outside rail is at +420V (see London Undergound). Shall we tag this as voltage=-210;420 ? Some (above-ground) parts of the system have the centre rail at 0V and the side rail at the positive supply voltage, to allow track-sharing between London Underground 4-rail trains and normal 3-rail trains.
In Switzerland and other countries there are two- and three-phase AC supplies, requiring multiple overhead wires. I suggest using phases=n for that.
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Better late than never, eh?
Big game today with, probably, playoff implications. I'm looking for our defense to play better as this game, in the end, will be on their shoulders. Get a turnover or two and we can win. If not, it might be a long day that requires our offense to be perfect.
It's so dead in here. Come on guys we have won two in row!
Yes, Zeke is now going to play. At least for this week he is. They have another hearing this week to see if hes granted another injunction.
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We're well-versed in Halo lore here at Dealspwn - thanks, Eric Nylund - and the last we checked, MJOLNIR VI armor can't operate in deep space. And yet, in the Halo 4 announcement teaser that capped off Microsoft's E3 2011 conference, John-117's suit reveals concealed zero-gravity thrusters as he flees Forward Unto Dawn's free-falling half. Is this a new feature 343 is shoehorning into the franchise, retconning Master Chief's suit? Or has he been upgraded? It would appear so, according to 343's Frank O'Connor.
"There's some story behind his new look," O'Connor revealed to OXM. Along with his new thrusters, Master Chief's codpiece has gone missing, his gauntlets appear slimmed down, and the entire look of the suit itself is sleeker. Almost as if its a new design entirely. "There are specific reasons why he looks the way he does and why some of his behaviours have changed. We'll see in good time".
It'll be quite a while until 343 whisk off the covers on Halo 4. Gears 3 is Microsoft's big hitter this year; they won't dilute its launch by marketing the new Halo trilogy just yet. However, Halo Fest hits this summer, and I'd be surprised if 343 or Microsoft didn't at least tease fans with something to expect from Halo 4. [OXM]


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— Madison Keys completed the clean sweep for American women, giving the host country all four U.S. Open semifinal spots for the first time in 36 years.
The 15th-seeded Keys served impeccably, controlled groundstroke exchanges from the baseline and was never in trouble during a 6-3, 6-3 victory over 418th-ranked qualifier Kaia Kanepi of Estonia that lasted only 69 minutes Wednesday night.
That came several hours after 20th-seeded CoCo Vandeweghe's 7-6 (4), 6-3 elimination of 2016 runner-up and top-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. Pliskova's loss means she will be replaced at No. 1 in the rankings by Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza.
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Greyhounds are obviously so awesome. They look like dogs held together with pipe-cleaners, and they run so fast. So high fives go out to Nine Inch Nails, currently auctioning off a ton of their old stuff to benefit Greyhound Rescue and California Greyhound Adoption Program. If you have four figures to spare, check out the different bundles of memorabilia they're auctioning off.
Trent must've just caught a rerun of that first Simpsons Christmas special, huh?
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Selection Basis: Approximately 25-30 applicants are accepted into the program annually.
Cost: Tuition is $1100 for members, $1500 for non-members (includes one year Chamber membership) and $500 for schools who nominate a student. Partial tuition scholarships are available. Tuition includes materials, food and beverage, and may include transportation when appropriate.
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The Chamber's Leadership Olathe Alumni Association (LOAA) is open to anyone who has completed the Leadership Olathe program since its inception in 1982. LOAA's vision is to serve as the catalyst for progressive and effective leadership in the community through community outreach & leadership opportunities, networking & mentoring, education & training.
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Going green refers to an approach towards the environment and focusses on the sound use of natural resources and preservation of natural elements. Even in the everyday life, people can do their bit towards saving the environment through some simple activities, like turning off the lights when not being used, using recyclable paper bags rather than the plastic ones and many more. While, for environmentalists going green may be a campaign, it has copious tangible benefits for average citizens as well. Apart from being implemented in homes, the approach of going green can also do wonders when applied in an office setting.
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It's the eve of Apple's highly anticipated iPad 3 event and Apple has snuck in a new "Catalogs" category into the App Store. The new Catalogs category is not yet available from the categories tab of the App Store, but you can see it in the description of some apps like Catalogue by TheFind as seen in the photo above.
This is interesting, to say the least. Apple doesn't often add new categories to the App Store. There are a lot of catalog apps in the App Store, so it will be nice to have a consistent place to find them (previously, you would find them in the Lifestyle or Utility sections.)
But again, with the iPad 3 event so very, very close, could there be something more to it?
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Discussion in 'iMac' started by Kalafut, Sep 25, 2008.
is there such a thing? or do you think apple will make a blu-ray superdrive?
Macsales aka OWC has 2 ext. Blu-ray drives.. Wait 6 months or so for prices to drop..
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Lizette Salas won the Kingsmill Championship on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, finishing with even-par 71 for a four-stroke victory.
The 24-year-old former USC player was never really challenged in the final round on the River Course. She started the day with a three-shot lead and doubled it with birdies on the par-five third and par-three fifth. A bogey on the par-four eighth was her only hiccup — and only her third bogey in four rounds — until she three-putted the par-three 17th.
She finished at 13-under 271 and earned $195,000.
Salas, who has had several near misses, cupped her head in her hands and covered her face in celebration after the final putt fell, but her winning moment was quickly interrupted by a champagne, water and wine shower from fellow competitors.
"I was patient, I was happy, and I was ready most importantly," she said on the green. "I took a different approach this week of not thinking so much and trying to be perfect."
This year, Salas tied for third in the season-opening event in the Bahamas and shared the lead after three rounds in the Kia Classic in California, but Anna Nordqvist closed with a five-under 67 to win by one.
Last year, playing alongside winner Inbee Park in the final group of the Kraft Nabisco, Salas shot 79 to tie for 25th. Two weeks later, Salas lost a playoff to Suzann Pettersen in the LPGA LOTTE in Hawaii. Salas chunked her approach into the water on the first extra hole after closing with a tournament-record 62.
Yani Tseng, seeking her first victory since 2012, got within three of the lead with three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the back nine, but she finished with two pars and a double bogey for a 69, expanding Salas' lead to five shots.
Tseng tied for second with Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson and Sarah Jane Smith. Thompson had a 69, and Smith shot 66 — the best round of the day.
Tseng nearly made it very interesting at the par-five 15th, but her eagle putt stopped just short of the cup.
"One more roll it will be in," she said. "I know if I make that I have a good chance."
Lizette Salas won the Kingsmill Championship on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, finishing with even-par 71 for a four-stroke victory.


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Ben's puppy raiser, Vermilion resident Staicey Scholtz and her husband Brad, donated the ice sculpture replica of Ben to display at the Sixth Annual Ice-A-Fair to Remember in downtown Vermilion. More than 50 ice sculptures of different styles were on display at the event, along with ice carving demonstrations, tours on Lolly the Trolly and visits from Frosty the Snowman. Standing in front of their ice mascot, puppy raisers and volunteers from Canine Companions for Independence® Northern Ohio Volunteer Group were on hand to answer questions about puppy raising for the non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing free of charge, highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships. They were also there to have fun!


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The Oakland Press, March 29, 2009
Proposed school bill should never pass
I subscribe to the "Michigan Capitol Confidential," published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
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This bill provides Michigan school districts the ability to bypass some of the limitations of Proposal A passed in 1994. In summary: HB 4141 changes the rules with which school districts can use sinking funds, using these funds in much the same manner as bond issues.
According to the article, this bill "would create a whole new 5-mill property tax opportunity" and an estimated $3.2 billion to $7.2 billion in additional tax revenues.
Leave it to the Michigan Legislature to once again stick it to the already overburdened taxpayer.
I encourage Michigan residents to contact their state legislators and ask them to reject this bill when it comes before them.
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So, I'm gonna throw you guys back into the past few days.
Sorry I've been a little M.I.A. Some things are just BORING over here these days and its hard to find something to write about every single day sooo I've decided…….I can try! Woohoo!
I've been basically double dating with some teenagers for the past 6 hours. Not saying it wasn't fun because it was but it makes me feel old…..ish. Ugh. Please. Let's not talk about it.
Instead let's talk about the fact that I've found an 'in n out' 3 hours away from me! Why am I so excited? 3 hours is a long ways away! Right. But its closer than taking a plane to California or Arizona just to get the most amazing food, EVER. So, yes next weekend we are driving 3 hours away to get a burger lmao. That sounds horrible but I don't care. Also not good for my "diet" I've been trying to keep. You know those diets we all claim to be on but one cheat day ends up turning into two then three then so on. I mean I haven't had 3 straight cheat days( or have I?)but it seems like it. Eating healthy seems so boring but that's okay, I just haven't gotten the hang of it yet. I wish we were just born to automatically know how to eat healthy.
Yesterday, I don't even know what happened yesterday. Oh, yeah. We watched that animated movie 'Sing' online. Its so cute!!! Now what's better Sing or Zootopia?? Hard choice. But I do have to say that Tori Kelly's voice is amazing and in my opinion, is better than Ariana Grande's voice. Tori Kelly is underrated.
Nothing really happened at all this weekend. Wow. My life is freaking fun. Ha! Tomorrow just gets even better because its cleaning day. I mean laundry and picking up everything else in my room, laundry, bathroom duty, and did I mention laundry??
But let me tell you this, I'll just post a few throwback stories that are more interesting. Maybe some things you can relate to.
BTW, thank you to the two people who read the open letter to my biological mother. It means a lot to me that someone starred it, let alone viewed it. I guess I just wrote it out loud for myself and my mom. Dealing with her death and my biological family's shun has been really hard but God has a plan, like always. I have to focus on the family I've started of my own.


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Ok, let's address the plates questions… For those of you that are friends of mine on my Facebook page, you may have seen this past weekend I posted up some pictures from "A day at the park" showing the kids enjoying a day at the park, including playing, laughing and a few sitting in the car, giving the thumbs up to the sun and warmth shining down on them. Since then, I have received a few emails from some of you (and some smack from Vlad) asking, "What's the meaning behind the license plates and where did the other ones go?" Some of you know the story behind my license plates over the years and many probably don't, so I thought I would clear up the mystery.
Back in 2004 when I started the Microsoft Small Business Channel Community in our Midwest Area in the US, part of the goal was to drive awareness and participation in the Community and in the Small Business segment itself. Because of this, the MSSMALLBIZ and Small Business tags and branding began to be a part of everything we did back then. So when people asked, "What drives you?" it quickly became apparent the opportunity to make it clear. That's when the original plates came onboard:
From then on, everyone could literally see what I was "driven" by and what "drove" me every single day. Even when I made the move from Illinois to Washington, the plates followed me. Then in 2007 the time came when a switch had to be made. The end of the SMLL BIZ era was upon us and the focus had also grown beyond just Small Business awareness to now driving strong sales success through the entire SMB Channel Community, focused on our business licensing programs. So, in continuing the tradition, the plates also switched to once again show what "drove" me and what I was "driven" by:
It was about helping Partners "Drive Open" License (Open Business, Open Value, etc.) sales through their businesses and be successful in doing so. In fact, for those of you who attended SMB Nation that year, you may even recall this being a part of the opening keynote presentation I gave, talking about my team's commitments for the year.
Then back in October of 2008, I made the announcement that it was once again time to make a change. This time from the U.S. to a worldwide focus and from focusing on just driving additional sales and community to focusing on driving Partner satisfaction all-up, which includes those other components. Helping Partners get the most from their experience with Microsoft and helping Microsoft understand better from our Partners how we can do that. And in keeping with the tradition, with the change in focus, so too the change in plates. Again, making it clear what "drives" me every day and what I am "driven" by. It is all about "driving" our Partner satisfaction:
So that's the story behind the plates and why they are what they are. So if you are in Washington driving around and see the plates above at an event, at a building here on our Redmond campus, or driving down the street, be sure to give a honk and wave. It's always a pleasure to get to see and say, "Hi," to you, our Partners.
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What refreshing news! She's stunning, hugely successful and has dated a string of A-list hotties, but even Kylie Minogue has days when she feels down in the dumps. (Don't we all?!)
The singer recently admitted that she isn't happy "all of the time" and that she loved exploring her darker side in new film, Holy Motors. The 44-year-old said that while she's been blessed with an incredible career, she can become frustrated and has enjoyed returning to acting to explore other sides of her personality.
She said, "No one's shiny and happy all the time. There are other sides of me that an experience like this has allowed me to explore. My persona is 'Kylie'. As soon as I step out of my house I have that projection of me. But that isn't necessarily who I am. What face do I show?"
In 2005, Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer and battling the disease left her so ill, she couldn't even concentrate on watching a movie. She admitted: "Lots of friends sent me DVDs and I just said, 'I can't concentrate for a whole film.' A trip to the shop for a drink was a massive excursion."
The 'Spinning Around' hitmaker's drive to beat the illness and get well again stemmed from her desire to return to the stage. She explained, "Possibly because I was diagnosed mid-tour, that was my goal, to get back and perform. I just realised that no, this is what I do, and I want to do it better than before."
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There is a reason why companies pay millions to place adds to pay for the program being watched. They do studies and test to gauge the impact of their message. It works, it influences people to buy and increases sales. The influence does not stop at the end of the add, depictions of violence including gun violence also has affect. Then, only a few outliers in the human behavior bell curve response brings the ugly reality we will continue to suffer in our communities from time to time.
Gun violence in entertainment (TV, Movies and video games) is not part of the problem, it is the problem.
This is hardly a topic that deserves consideration. So many of our avenues of entertainment, whether it be music videos, movies, computer games or simply the evening news, sensationalize violence. Violence has become like a drug that we get increasingly used to up to the point that it has to be bigger and more shocking the next time in order to get our fix. This most recent killing of young children seems as if it should be a wake-up call, but frightening as it seems, it may be a challenge instead to up the ante to something even more extreme. It was apparent that the media was just all over this recent killing and more or less wringing out every last ounce of emotional value.
The people create the cultural media, so don't blame the media for the shootings, it's us. We are the people who bully these kids into the snapping point to when they get sick of people they bring guns and shoot the place up. It is also mentally ill individuals that get their hands on weapons and do these evil acts. Banning guns will be the alcohol ban all over again and will solve nothing. History always repeats itself and Mr. President doesn't know this because he is to liberal to see the real answer for the problem. KEEP THE WEAPONS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS, THAT MEANS CREATE A SYSTEM THAT STOPS MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE FROM PURCHASING ANY FIREARMS. This land desperately needs a savior.
Long before there was TV and other media, humans were killing each other. Wars, crusades, assassinations, murders, duels, gladiators, the list of violence keeps going. What's making people violent isn't the media- if anything, violent entertainment gives us an outlet to sate our naturally violent tendencies, and subdue them. What has caused shootings is generally troubled people without proper supervision. All the media has done is shone more light on it, as it has many other things.
There is a reason why violence is in our culture. If people are not exposed to violence that is as if an animal isn't used to seeing hostile animals then released into the wild. This is basically the "prohibition" of violence, people will still find a way to include it. If you see families who are not exposed to violence their behavior and way of thought is usually different, not in a good way either. The outside world is different then our neighborhood. Some people do like the rush of violence. If they do not release it into an inanimate system or object they will have to release it on some unsuspecting victim(s). I am not saying add more violence, I am just stating why we have had our little "rush" for generations. If parents want to keep their children away from violence then they should have the option. Media does report the news, but of course now they also want to bring a point across. For instance the Connecticut shooting. The media is around this like a pack of wolves. The man most likely had some problem that wasn't treated or dealt with, it all just exploded to the point where he wanted to kill innocent children. Now the media is bringing up all topics about gun control. So in summary, entertainment and culture is for the U.S. to blame. We need some form of violence in culture for exposure, and media using crazy instances to manipulate the minds of people one way or another.
Just like the saying guns don't kill people, people kill people, entertainment culture cannot be blamed for the recent shootings in the US. The shootings are much more likely related to the lack of access to proper mental health in this country and the belief that if we ignore the problem it will just go away on it's own.


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The S&P 500 Index posted solid overall gains with mostly positive sector performance. At the start of the quarter, oil prices rose and corporate profits declined. Markets gained steadily through the first two months of the quarter, but stocks plunged late in the period after the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union (Brexit) surprised Wall Street. However, stocks recovered some of their losses over the last three days of the trading period.
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App Store About to Hit 50 Billion Downloads
So as I toil to get 2 apps updated and into the store [find one bug, six more hiding behind it], it looks like Apple is about to hit the 50 billionth download. While I could really use that $10,000 – I have the feeling I am just not going to make it. I don't really download that many apps – I barely use the ones I have to their fullest [except for Zite, Feedly and Evernote – love them!].
Let's sit back and wait for the teenager who will hit this jackpot. Although come to think of it – I still have $25 in iTunes from almost a year ago. Maybe I am not trying hard enough?


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Like the Edmund Fitzgerald, only longer and not quite as catchy
As I walked to the subway this morning I passed a low armchair put out for garbage day. Its iridescent blue-green upholstery had been quite nice at one point. Before someone was stabbed to death while sitting on it. It had good bones at least.
I don't pick up furniture off the street for a couple of reasons, which I'll list in reverse chronological order. In my neighborhood, it seems people don't throw out anything out until it is absolutely ready to shit the bed. The sidewalk is overrun by 3-legged dining room chairs, mattresses assaulted by entropy, and brokedick halogen lamps that no one really liked to begin with. These items are the DNRs of the scavenging emergency room. I can only imagine how inordinately depressing the apartments in Williamsburg are.
Also, I have a spectacular amount of crap. (This makes it hard for K, whose previous apartment was so austere it made Bauhaus Desau look like Liberace's rumpus room.) As much as I've tried to sway him with arguments such as "wouldn't it be great to be able to keep all our china* in a sideboard?" or "wouldn't it be great to just *own* something called a highboy?" he is resolutely opposed to the Collyerization of our apartment.
Finally, I have learned the hard way what happens when you pick furniture up off the street. (I will apologize in advance to Maud, as I was saving this story to tell her in person someday.) Many years ago, when I was living in Savannah, I made the mistake of moving into a flophouse owned by a silver-tongued devil who shall remain nameless. Located in the neighborhood known as the Beach Institute, I soon discovered that the house itself was historically significant in that it was one of the first houses in Savannah built and owned by a black man, way back in the 1870s. In fact, we were a featured stop on the Negro Heritage Tour that went down the street twice a day. (One day I actually caught a snatch of what the tour guide was telling people as they passed by. Something along the lines of "….do you believe people actually live there?") The sad truth was, the house was held together by primer and a prayer; a forceful sneeze could have knocked it over. And even if our landlord had actually been planning to renovate it (and quickly it became apparent that he wasn't), it was a historic building, which meant miles of red tape. So when a hole the size of a Labrador Retriever appeared in one of the bedrooms during a rainstorm, the landlord's response to our frantic phone calls was, "Don't worry, I'll come over and put a tarpoleon on the roof." Tarpoleon. Not tarpaulin. Envision this as spoken by Foghorn Leghorn. (An unnecessary linguistic embellishment on the story, perhaps, but you gotta understand: this man was as dumb and useless as a bag of assholes.)
So, the house (and many of Savannah's houses like it) being of a certain age, it had no closets. (It did have a trunk room, but someone was living in it.) There is a thriving armoire business in Savannah. For around 100 bucks, you could get a quasi-antiquey monolith that you could hope to sell to the tenants after you or smash to pieces with a fire axe when the day came. My roommate Nancy didn't have a lot of money, so rather than buy an armoire she was making due with a jerryrigged shower curtain bar in her bedroom.
Then one night, a few blocks from the house, I drove right past an armoire that someone had thoughtfully sat out on the curb. I pulled over and ran over to assess it. It seemed ok. It was missing its handle, which I guessed was why someone had taped it shut. Looked good to me. I went to get Nancy, who had a hatchback.
We worried that in the few minutes that had elapsed someone else would get it. But when we got there, it remained. "Did you look to see what's inside?" she asked me. I hadn't, so I ripped the duct tape off and pulled the door open.
It was filled with clothes.
We immediately set to loading it into her car. It wasn't easy; Nancy was at most 5 feet tall and the added weight of the clothes inside made the armoire, which stood almost 6 feet tall, more ungainly. Getting it up the front stairs and down the narrow hallway to her bedroom was no small feat either. But she was happy. That night Nancy and the other roommates and I went through the clothes and wondered why anyone would have thrown them out: there was a tuxedo and several vintage dresses.
The next day, after Nancy went to work, Ash, one of the other roommates, came home. She wanted to see the armoire. "It's in Nancy's room," I shouted from the kitchen.
Have you ever heard a banshee shriek? Me neither. I imagine they sound something like Ash. She tore into the kitchen and jumped onto the counter in a move so swift and deliberate that in another scenario one might have described it as graceful. Amanda, one of the other roommates (yes, there were like 6 of us, if you're keeping track), appeared in the doorway. "We have a problem," she announced, and beckoned to me.
The armoire, which was sitting in the middle of Nancy's bedroom, looked fine at first. The door hung open. As I approached it, however, I noticed movement. I squinted. The wood seemed to be moving. I looked closer.
Thousands of them. In every crack, joint, and seam. Streaming from everywhere, covering the surface of the armoire. "What are we gonna do?" Amanda said in a very tiny voice.
And suddenly, my senses rallied. "Go get me two sets of rubber gloves, some duct tape, and a tarpoleon, dammit!"
After we donned the gloves we stood on either side of the armoire, chucking the tape to and fro with speed and agility unseen outside of the Harlem Globetrotters. I felt confident that after a quarter-mile of duct tape, nothing was getting out. Of course, that wouldn't protect us from the roaches that were crawling within the boards themselves. Which is why we taped the tarpoleon around it next.
You read these stories about farm boys who have their arms ripped off by threshers yet they somehow manage to walk back to the house to dial 911 with their noses. Similarly, Amanda and I summoned the strength to hoist the armoire (which I'm sure was heavy *without* the 300 pounds of bugs) into the air and run down the hall, down the front stairs, and down the sidewalk. In situations like this, screaming helps. We dumped it a few doors down in front of a crack house. And then we cried.
A few hours later, we saw someone else loading it into their pick-up. I wanted to say something. Sort of. We'd just spent the afternoon crushing bugs and bombing the hell out of the house with Raid. My moral compunction was dulled by inhalants.
Besides, there are some lessons you have to learn on your own.
Epilogue: So that was 8 years ago. And that's exactly why I still don't pick anything up off the street. No matter how tempting. Because the appeal of street furniture is directly proportional to its weight in bugs.
*We don't actually own any china.
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I said to G, "This is turning out to be a great weekend." And she said, "It is for me too!"
OOPS, I did not mean to say that outloud. She said I could finally take a nap. I knew G would be glad to play with this little girl because they were friends last year but the child moved an hour away this year. This child is back visiting her grandmother's house for the weekend while her baby brother visits his grandmother's house. Yes, there is a bit of adult drama/confusion happening in the family.
It is for the best though that this family move to the new city, better schools and job opportunities there. Then the grandmother told me somethings that happened to this child in the same school district in which G was bullied. To this child the comments and actions were se*xual in nature towards her from little boys while they were all in the 1st grade. I have got to get G out of this school district before jr. high for sure.
These pictures were taken earlier today, G on the couch with the cat and G wrapping her leg with a ribbon to look like she hurt it. She told me this week that she wishes she could have crutches like a little boy in her class. I remember being her age and wishing I could have a cast or braces or crutches. Of course when I did get stitches it was when I was WAY older and not a pleasant experience.


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The end came with a celebration of the past few years of hard work in the form of the Tony Awards during the series finale of Smash on Sunday (May 26).
The series started off with the inception of the musical Bombshell based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. The second season introduced the original musical Hit List, which became Bombshell's competition as they both made their transitions to Broadway at the same time.
In the two hour season finale, we watched as the characters, played by Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Debra Messing, Jeremy Jordan, and many others, watched the nominations for the Tony Awards be announced. In the second hour of the episode, the awards were handed out at a star-studded ceremony.
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Best Book of a Musical
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After the show was over, everyone headed to an after party and we learned where all the story arcs ended up.
Jimmy revealed to Karen that years ago he had been doing drugs with a girl at a party when she overdosed and he left her there to die. He had since changed his name and been in hiding hoping his past wouldn't come back to haunt him. He told her that he decided to turn himself into the police to get over his trauma. Fortunately, the girl never died, but he was given a 6-18 month prison sentence for drug distribution. Karen brings Jimmy to the police station after the party and kisses him goodbye.. for now.
Eileen tracked down her boyfriend Nick after she discovered he had gotten out of jail. She brings him as her date to the Tonys, where she won Best Musical.
Derek had revealed to the press that he fired Ana Vargas because of the promise he made to Daisy that he'd give her the role if she'd sleep with him. He holes himself in his apartment, but Karen and Ivy both visit him and convince him to go to the awards show, where he has three nominations. At the Tony Awards, he decides at the last minute to not let Daisy perform her song and the rest of the Hit List cast performs an unplugged number instead. At the after party, he is seen caressing Ivy's pregnant stomach, which implies she told him how he is the father.
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This insightful article joins the problems of increasing childhood obesity with the increase projected in senior citizens of the echo boom generation, and goes on to posit an increased burden on the then sandwich generation. Cleary discusses the increased future need for caregivers, recognizes the role and value of adult children caregivers (especially women), and suggests approaches to address the situation.
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"Childhood Obesity, Baby Boomers and the Echo Boom,"
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A newly built apartment building consists of several floors with multiple apartments on each floor. One of the ground floor apartments is disturbed by sanitary noise from the apartment above, which is heard whenever the toilets in the top apartment are being flushed. The sanitary noise is heard in several rooms, and the level was measured to be around 30 to 35 dB, which is above the noise criteria set in the regulations. The culprit was thought to be embedded pipelines in one of the corners of the living room, and several measures were made on this area. Although increased insulation improved the noise dampening capabilities of the embedded pipelines, the noise was still heard. Also the improvements could not explain the fact that the noise was also heard in two bedrooms, one of which was not adjacent to the living room.
After the construction of the apartment complex was finished, the contractor in charge of piping had gone bankrupt, and also there existed no documentation or blueprints on the actual position of the piping system. Since the first measures did not produce the desired outcome and had little overall effect, it was quite certain that the problem was also located elsewhere. Given that the measured sound pressure levels were so low, it was very difficult to detect any real change in sound pressure level from different measurement positions. Also trying to locate the origin by hearing in different positions proved to be futile when trying to determine source position. In addition to hearing the noise in several rooms, it was also heard in the hallway and it was uncertainty whether there existed a single source location or several.
The 40 cm Nor848A-0.4 acoustic camera with 128 microphones was used for the measurements. Although the external battery pack could have been used for extra mobility, the easy access to power outlets meant that the camera could be plugged in directly in the wall outlet in the different measurement rooms.
The light weight and small size of the array ensured easy portability and also great flexibility in measurement positions. The camera could be set up on the tripod, but also positioned on the floor, in a bed, on a couch or just hold it by hand all based on what part of the room one would like to listen to and get the acoustic image from. The 40 cm camera proved to be very handy in a measurement situation where it was not given beforehand exactly where the source of interest was positioned. In that way the camera could easily be used to scan around different parts of different rooms.
To actually get a recording of the sanitary noise, one person was positioned in the apartment above and told when to flush via cellphone from the apartment below. This was repeated several times, with recording time around 20 seconds each time to cover the entire event duration.
The first recording of the flushing event did not produce the desired result. The source colouring was on a wall adjacent to the embedded pipes, but no pipes were in that part of the building, and it was impossible that the noise could originate from that position. By looking at the recording and listening to the center of the colouring on the video, one could quickly realise what was happening. Because of the very low noise levels, the camera was picking up the strongest source in the room, which in this case was a reflection on the wall from the noise of the cooling fan of the Macbook that was being used for the recordings. This was solved by placing the Macbook in a different room and closing the door. The ethernet cable from Macbook to the acoustic camera was small enough in diameter that the person doing the recordings could sit virtually anywhere he or she pleased, as long as the cable was long enough.On the second try one could clearly hear the sanitary noise for a period of around 8 to 10 seconds. When filming at the location of the encased pipes in the corner of the living room, the acoustic camera did not pick up any energy at that position, but rather the colouring was upwards towards the roof and outside the field of view of the camera at that measurement position. This was a very strong indication that the origin of the noise was in fact located somewhere else, and the camera was directed accordingly for the subsecuent measurements.
When pointing the camera towards the ceiling it became apparent that the source was at this position. No other spots, either from the embedded pipes in the corner of the living room, or from the hallway, had any visible colouring, and could be excluded as the likely position of the origin of the source. By using the virtual microphone, which enables the user to listen to a specific position in both real time and in a recording, one could clearly hear the sanitary noise from the recorded position at the roof. Also by enabling the bandpass filter one could further be able to filter out background noise and very clearly hear the sanitary noise from the piping.
Based on these measurements one could deduct that the water pipes in were in fact not positioned as previously thought.In addition to measurements in the living room subsecuent measurements were also made in the two bedrooms. These measurements displayed the same result, the energy of the noise did not come from the walls, but were confined to the roof. All in all this was a very strong indication that the problem was piping located in separating floors between apartments.