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Our Christmas Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing is fresh, savory, tart, sweet and festive. It's the perfect stuffing for the Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays! Featured at the Allrecipes.com site with a 5-star rating and over 2,000 reviews. It will rock your ever-loving turkey stuffing world!
Christmas Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing
Plus: 10 Tips for Making Stuffing for the Holidays
There's an interesting story about my original recipe for Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing and you can read more about it here on the blog. For today, I will share the abridged version. However, this post is "new and improved" as it has been enhanced to include ten (10) very important helpful tips to include food safety precautions.
"Nothing against chopped apricots…"
After I got married, my younger sister gave me three Thanksgiving recipes: a roasted turkey recipe, a turkey giblet stock recipe and a stuffing recipe. I believe she found them in the late 1980s and they were either from Bon Appétit or Gourmet magazine. The turkey recipe was for Tangerine-Glazed Turkey and the stuffing recipe was for Sausage and Apple Stuffing. What was interesting is that the stuffing recipe called for chopped apricots. (If I were a betting woman, I would wager that the recipe was authored by Betty Rosbottom as there is a recipe for a cornbread stuffing with chopped apricots in her book, Betty Rosbottom's Cooking School Cookbook. Plus, nearly every recipe I adored from Bon Appétit magazine was authored by her. But, more on that in a future post!) Nothing against chopped apricots, mind you, but they just don't have the same kick with tartness or color punch that sweetened dried cranberries do. Nowadays in our family, we consider dried cranberries essential for turkey stuffing.
"…I decided that we were going to give it a whirl"
As I reviewed the recipe for New England Sausage, Apple and Dried Cranberry Stuffing in my November 1994 issue of Bon Appétit, I decided that we were going to give it a whirl. And we were going to pair it with the Roast Turkey with Maple Herb Butter and Gravy from the same issue for a true New England Thanksgiving experience. The turkey was outstanding. It delivered everything promised in the way of flavor and tenderness of the meat. But, for us, nothing beats a citrus flavored turkey. No matter what roasted turkey recipe we follow and try, we keep going back to our favorite Tangerine-Glazed Roasted Turkey!
However, and not to sound arrogant, we really liked my stuffing much better. Honestly, we did not care for the eggs in the recipe because we like our stuffing chunky and loose. Also, we didn't care for the dried poultry seasoning as we found it too strong by using the 4 teaspoons called for. Besides, fresh sage and thyme would have been better choices. For all the bread called for in the recipe (12 cups), we thought only using 4 teaspoons of fresh rosemary was not nearly enough. We also like chopping our apples coarsely and purposely leave the skin intact both for color and texture.
In our recipe, we also incorporate grated carrots and a dry white wine in a 1:1 ratio with the Golden Tangerine Turkey Giblet Stock which just enhances the flavor of the stuffing's bread cubes—whether gluten free or not! The idea for adding wine came from an Allrecipes.com recipe reviewer. This was a terrific idea that really elevated our recipe to a new level with regard to flavor dimension.
"When I submitted my recipe to Allrecipes.com…"
When I submitted my recipe to Allrecipes.com (actually, it was ThanksgivingRecipes.com before they consolidated their specialty recipe sites) in 1998, I called for turkey sausage because, back in the 1990s, low fat dieting was all the rage and turkey sausage was viewed as being a more healthful choice over pork sausage. For those who do not eat pork, this is a sensible substitution.
Also, I called for dried herbs with the exception of fresh parsley. Why? Well, when you are writing a recipe you tend to think in aggregate terms as to what people have on hand. In fact, the recipe in the November 1994 issue of Bon Appétit for New England Sausage, Apple and Dried Cranberry Stuffing called for both dried and fresh herbs as well. Plus, I thought knowledgeable cooks would simply exchange the proper amount of fresh herbs by multiplying the dried herbs called for by 3 as is standard practice.
Finally, I decided on scaling the recipe to fill a 10-pound bird so that the recipe could easily be adapted for higher weights. For instance, for a 14- to 16-pound bird, you would simply prepare one recipe and a half. For an 18- to 20-pound bird, you would double the recipe. For a 10- to 12-pound bird, you would simply follow the recipe as is. Easy-peasy. All bases covered.
"…the recipe went viral"
Over the next couple years, the recipe went viral via the Internet. Soon newspaper food editors, grocery store chains and turkey farms alike were sharing the recipe with their readers as well. The recipe can also be found in a few of the earlier AllRecipes printed cookbooks. Of course, they were kind and sent me courtesy copies of each book, as they did for each contributor, for which I was grateful.
As of this writing, the Allrecipes.com site shows a 5-star rating with over 2,000 reviews for my original recipe (posted here). Not too shabby! In all honesty, it has been sheer joy knowing that my recipe swept across the country and has become a Thanksgiving Day holiday favorite and tradition for so many families. To everyone who thanked me in their reviews, you are very welcome. It was my pleasure to share the recipe with you.
10 Tips for Making Stuffing or Dressing for Thanksgiving
Stuffing or dressing? No matter which term your family uses, we Americans love it—especially on Thanksgiving Day. The crispy exterior, the soft interior, the subtle crunch from the veggies, fruit such as apples or nuts and savory flavor notes from herbs and spices as well as meat, such as pork sausage, make it the quintessential holiday comfort food.
In addition to our recipe for 5-Star Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing, please review the following general tips for making homemade turkey stuffing or dressing successfully. We hope you find them helpful!
- To play it especially safe, should you have food safety concerns, skip stuffing the turkey altogether and cook your "dressing" by baking it in a buttered casserole dish or using a crockpot or slow cooker (as the moist heat and even cooking simulates the inside of a turkey) if oven space is limited. When I do make stuffing or dressing outside the bird, I like to add more wet ingredients (butter and stock) to ensure moisture. I also bake it covered in the oven to further ensure a moist and soft interior. Then, during the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking, I drizzle melted butter on top then continue baking uncovered to create a nicely browned and crisp top.
- To create more flavor depth if baking your dressing outside the bird, drizzle some of the pan juices from the roasted turkey over the top before serving. It makes an incredible difference everyone will enjoy.
- If your turkey was not purchased fresh but was frozen, make sure it is fully thawed before stuffing. Thawing will require 3 to 5 days, depending on the size of your bird, so plan ahead. (The general rule is that it takes 1 day per every 4 pounds to thaw.) Safely thaw in the refrigerator breast side up in unopened package on a large tray. Never thaw a turkey at room temperature.
- If stuffing your turkey, make sure your vegetables are cooked until tender and meats are cooked thoroughly (because the inside of a turkey does not get hot enough to cook them) and that the stuffing has cooled to room temperature first before stuffing the turkey.
- To prevent mushy or soggy stuffing, always use bread that is dried out or toasted (in the oven or countertop toaster) and made into croutons. Also, mix the dry and wet ingredients just before stuffing your turkey. Until then, keep the prepared dry and wet ingredients separate. If you prefer stuffing that is more compact and cake-like, and not loose, consider adding a lightly beaten egg or two. If you have concerns about using eggs and cooking the stuffing inside the bird, use an egg substitute.
- Always stuff your turkey just before roasting it to prevent bacterial contamination. For this important food safety reason, never stuff your turkey several hours in advance.
- Always stuff the body and neck cavities of your turkey loosely with stuffing. Never firmly pack or overstuff it as the stuffing will expand as it bakes and while the turkey roasts. Also, if the stuffing is packed too tightly, it will not cook through properly.
- Cook your stuffing until the internal temperature reaches at least 165 degrees F. on a meat thermometer. Should your turkey finish roasting before the stuffing is done (meaning the stuffing has not yet reached 165 degrees F.), while the turkey is resting remove the stuffing and transfer it to a buttered casserole dish then finish baking in the oven. Always remove all the stuffing before carving the turkey. Never leave stuffing inside a roasted turkey when storing in the refrigerator.
- Prepare ¾ to 1 cup of stuffing per 1 pound of turkey for ample servings. After stuffing your turkey, bake remaining stuffing in a buttered casserole dish. I like to mingle both the stuffing cooked in the bird and the stuffing cooked outside the bird into one large serving dish for the table. This way, the super-moist stuffing from the bird is enhanced with the crisp stuffing baked on the side.
- Finally, one more important food safety message: Never leave a roasted turkey and stuffing stand at room temperature longer than 2 hours. Always wrap leftovers securely and refrigerate. Turkey (if removed from the bone) and stuffing leftovers will keep refrigerated up to 2 to 3 days.
Meanwhile, be adventuresome. Play around with the ingredients for your stuffing or dressing. Change things up from year to year with different breads, herbs, spices, fruit, dried fruit, vegetables, nuts, potatoes, rice, seafood such as oysters and shrimp, sausages, other meats such as bacon or ham, and spirits like liqueurs or wine to reflect regional or world cuisines such as French or Italian. If you have concerns, consider a dry run and taste test well in advance of the holiday by preparing a portion of the recipe and cooking it inside a roasting chicken. Keep playing around with ingredients until you find your new favorite!
What makes our 5-Star Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing wicked good?
Quite simply, the fresh savory and tart-sweet flavors, as well as the beautiful festive colors, are so appealing and ideal for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. No other stuffing recipe we have tasted compares! And, if you prefer sweet cornbread in your stuffing, just try our recipe variation below for Sausage Apple and Cranberry with Sweet Cornbread Stuffing. It will rock your ever-loving turkey stuffing world.
Let me tell you…when that Brandy and Tangerine-Glazed Roasted Turkey starts roasting, with the stuffing inside, an amazing and very fragrant aroma will float throughout your house! It is just not Thanksgiving for us if we don't make a tangerine-glazed bird with our 5-Star Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing. After the bird has roasted and rested just a tad bit, we remove the very moist stuffing baked inside the cavity and then mix it into the batch that we baked in a covered casserole. For a crunchy top, we remove the casserole lid and bake it an additional 10 minutes or so. You can also drizzle on a little melted butter before baking it uncovered for some added crunch and buttery flavor.
Thanksgiving Day or the Christmas holiday just doesn't get better than this.
To learn more about making turkey stuffing or dressing, please see our Turkey Stuffing 101 tutorial complete with step-by-step photos and instructions.
More Fabulous Thanksgiving Recipes
Meanwhile, below are links to all of my Thanksgiving recipes to date here on the blog (to include component recipes) for Brandy and Tangerine-Glazed Roasted Turkey.
Brandy and Tangerine-Glazed Roasted Turkey
Includes article and links to all of my Thanksgiving recipes here on the blog as well as including the recipe for Golden Thanksgiving Pan Gravy. In addition, a list of roasting times based on the weight of the bird, and whether you will be roasting your turkey stuffed or unstuffed, is included.
Also, you will find oodles of tips for each component recipe listed below that can be found all in one handy place—in the Notes section of the recipe for Brandy and Tangerine-Glazed Roasted Turkey .
- Herbed Tangerine Compound Butter
- Roasting Pan Juices
- Cider, Citrus & Herb Aromatics
- Apple Cider, Brandy & Tangerine Glaze
- Golden Thanksgiving Pan Gravy
Each recipe contributes phenomenal depth of flavor for an exceptional roasted holiday turkey.
Cider and Citrus Turkey Brine with Herbs & Spices
Includes the article, General Brining Tips for a Tender & Juicy Bird. This recipe is one of the most popular here on Wicked Good Kitchen! Everyone loves it as it produces a flavorful, tender and juicy holiday turkey.
Golden Tangerine Turkey Giblet Stock
Includes the article 10 Tips for Making Turkey Giblet Stock and a recipe for Day-After Turkey Stock. This is one special turkey stock you will not want to miss. It's a favorite at our house and it just isn't Thanksgiving without it!
Gingered Butternut Squash and Carrot Bisque
Switch up your autumn soup game and treat yourself, family and friends to this extraordinary twist on classic Butternut Squash Soup. The bright flavor notes of carrot, citrus and ginger, with a whisper of warm coriander, shine through for a new favorite Thanksgiving soup course or even a special everyday warming winter soup.
Brandied Apple and Orange Cranberry Sauce
There is nothing quite like homemade Cranberry Sauce made with whole spices, an apple cider reduction, chopped tart apple, fresh navel orange juice and zest, and sweetened just right, with a splash of Grand Marnier® orange brandy liqueur. Cranberry Sauce on Thanksgiving Day doesn't get better than this!
Grandma's Sweet Buttermilk Cornbread
Truly, this is one special recipe for Homemade Sweet Cornbread as it is made with an all-natural Homemade Cornbread Mix to avoid food additives found in commercially made cornbread mixes. The recipe itself, for Grandmas' Sweet Buttermilk Cornbread, was adapted from my own grandmother's recipe and includes a gluten-free option. Everyone loves this recipe as well as the variations for Buttery Sweet Cornbread Cake and Buttery Sweet Jalapeño Cornbread Cake—inspired by the world famous cornbread at Bonge's Tavern in Perkinsville, Indiana.
Cranberry Spice Jam
Inspired by our family's Spiced Orange-Cranberry Sauce recipe, this jam is ruby-red gorgeous. The perfect amount of fresh orange juice or apple cider is added for adequate acidity and tartness while balanced with just the right amount of sweetness. And, all it needs is a tiny whisper of spices, such as cinnamon and cloves, to enhance the citrus flavor notes and make it taste just like Christmas.
Best wishes for a wonderful and meaningful Thanksgiving holiday with your families!
Bon appétit!
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Christmas Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Yield: Makes enough stuffing to stuff a 16 to 18 pound turkey (which serves 10 to 12) plus plenty extra.
Quite simply, the fresh savory and tart-sweet flavors, as well as the beautiful festive colors, are so appealing and ideal for either Christmas or Thanksgiving. No other stuffing we have tasted compares. It will rock your ever-loving turkey stuffing world!
- 5½ cups cubed white European style or sourdough bread, see Notes for Gluten Free Options
- 2½ cups cubed whole grain wheat bread, see Notes for Gluten Free Options
- 1½ pounds ground pork sausage
- 1½ cups chopped yellow onion
- 1½ cups grated carrot (2 to 3 large carrots)
- 1¼ cups chopped celery
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh sage leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary leaves
- 2½ teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
- 1 large Honeycrisp apple, cored & coarsely chopped
- 1 large Granny Smith apple, cored & coarsely chopped
- 1¼ cups dried cranberries
- ½ cup minced fresh parsley
- ¾ cup Golden Tangerine Turkey Giblet Stock
- ¾ cup fine-quality Chardonnay or dry white wine
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Bake the white or sourdough and whole wheat bread cubes in one layer on prepared baking sheets until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes, stirring halfway through baking time. Transfer toasted bread cubes to a bowl and let them cool.
- In a large skillet, cook the sausage and onions over medium-high heat, stirring and breaking up the lumps until evenly browned. Add the carrots, celery and herbs; cook for 2 minutes while stirring to blend flavors. Pour sausage mixture over bread in bowl. Stir in chopped apples cranberries and parsley. Drizzle the stock, wine and melted butter over stuffing mixture; toss well. Allow stuffing to cool completely before stuffing turkey. Spoon loosely into turkey cavities to fill.
- To bake stuffing separately outside the bird, bake in a generously buttered casserole dish in a preheated 350ºF oven for 30 to 40 minutes, covered. Remove the casserole from the oven and remove the lid. Drizzle desired amount of butter over the top. (Two tablespoons will do.) Return to oven and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes for a crisp, golden brown top.
Recipe Notes
If you will be ordering the bread from your local bakery, order the loaves unsliced. This way, you can slice the bread into thick slices for the ideal 1-inch cubes. For traditional bread (not gluten free), we prefer sourdough bread over other white breads (French, etc.) and prefer 7-Grain or Whole Grain Wheat bread from the bakery.
If desired, you can "plump" or rehydrate the dried cranberries by pouring boiling water over them, in a heatproof Pyrex® bowl or measuring cup, and allow them to stand for 10 to 15 minutes just like you would raisins. You can also "plump" them by using apple cider, apple juice, orange juice, brandy or wine, etc. (After "plumping", drain well before using in recipes.) We just skip this step for the stuffing and like the texture as is when baked inside the bird, but everyone is different.
Advance Prep Tips:
Stuffing can be assembled, but not baked, one (1) day ahead. Once cool, keep covered and chilled in refrigerator. Bring to room temperature (about 1 hour) before stuffing turkey or baking in a separate casserole dish. See below for Slow-Cooker Directions.
Slow-Cooker Directions: Once stuffing reaches room temperature, spoon into buttered slow-cooker and cover. On low setting, cook stuffing for 3 to 4 hours until heated through and apples are softened and fork-tender. Transfer to serving dish for the holiday table.
Safety Tip:
IMPORTANT: If baking stuffing inside the turkey, after roasting make certain that the temperature of the stuffing reads at least 165ºF.
Recipe Variation & Gluten Free Options:
Variation: For Sausage Apple and Cranberry with Sweet Cornbread Stuffing, use 4 cups white European style or sourdough bread, cubed, and 4 cups of your favorite sweet cornbread, cubed.
For the Homemade Gluten Free Crouton Options: Consider the following homemade gluten free bread recipe options below to make gluten free croutons for stuffing:
Brioche or Challah Batter Bread {Gluten Free}
Golden Flax Seed Bread with Rosemary Sage & Thyme
Light & Airy Millet Sandwich Bread {Gluten Free}
White Cheddar & Herb Beer Bread {Gluten Free}
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Pop star Justin Bieber was detained and questioned upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, a source familiar with the investigation told NBC News late Thursday.
The singer, 20, was reportedly headed back to the U.S. following a trip to Japan when he was stopped.
Customs and Border Patrol spokesman Jaime Ruiz told NBC News he could not comment on the matter because of federal privacy laws.
Bieber's representative declined to comment on the matter.
Whether Bieber's detention was related to his recent legal woes remains unclear. Bieber has pending legal cases in Los Angeles County and Miami. The singer is also facing an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration over claims he interfered with a member of the flight crew while traveling between Canada and New Jersey.
An online petition signed by nearly 300,000 people called on the U.S. government to deport Bieber back to his native Canada. The petition stated that the people of the U.S. feel "we are being wrongly represented in the world of pop culture. We would like to see the dangerous, reckless, destructive, and drug abusing, Justin Bieber deported and his green card revoked."
Last week, a response of "no comment" regarding the petition was issued from the White House through the "We the People" program.
In recent days the "Baby" singer came under heavy ctriticism during his trip to Japan after he publicized a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on Instagram.
2.5 million war dead are enshrined at Yasukuni, including Japan's 14 convicted war criminals. Also at the site is a war museum that defends Japan's wartime aggression. China and South Korea see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.
Bieber apologized for the visit via Instagram, stating that he "was mislead (sic) to think the Shrines were only a place of prayer. To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry."


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U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Friday that new, more punishing sanctions on Russia will be necessary if Russia continues to destabilize the situation in Ukraine around elections scheduled for May 25.
At a joint press conference, the two leaders — who have been key in shaping Russian sanctions to date — said any disruption from Russia of the May 25 election would have to trigger tougher sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy.
"The next step is going to be a broader-based, sectoral sanctions regime," Obama said at the press conference.
"Further sanctions will be unavoidable," Merkel later added.
For the U.S., the position is something of a shift. When the White House announced new sanctions on Russian officials and businesses earlier this week, senior Obama administration officials had stressed sectoral sanctions would be likely in the case of "any escalation." The U.S. officials said they were "confident" in European support for these types of sanctions in the event Russia moved its troops across the Ukrainian border.
Neither leader offered any insight into precise sanctions being considered, with Obama saying "experts" were still working on how to structure them. Obama said the "goal is not to punish Russia," but to give Russian President Vladimir Putin an "incentive" to work toward diplomacy.
On the ground Friday, the situation in Ukraine continued to deteriorate. Ukraine launched an offensive in the city of Slaviansk, where pro-Russian separatists had taken control. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, said Ukraine's attack violated a Geneva peace accord.


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This article was reported by Medical Daily.
Medical Daily reported that CDC has designated May 19, the third Monday of Hepatitis Awareness Month, as Testing Day, and Acting Surgeon General Dr. Boris D. Lushniak is urging baby boomers and African Americans to make appointments to get tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) this month.
HCV, a blood-borne disease that can damage the liver, can be fatal and often goes undetected for decades before showing any signs of damage. Lushniak approximates that 75 percent of the 2.7 to 3.9 million Americans infected with HCV are baby boomers born between 1945 and 1965. CDC now recommends that all primary care physicians routinely test all adults in this age group, regardless of perceived risk. "As a fellow baby boomer, I am very concerned that one in 40 baby boomers -- about 2.1 million people -- are infected with HCV," Lushniak stated.
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Here are the photographs which he claims to have taken "probably" around 12pm on 9/11 around Manhattan.
Now, I have asked G.Perret why most of the photographs he took on 9/11 are all set in black and white. I know him and his band are currently on tour in Istanbul but I hope to clear that issue very soon.
Here is the description of how he managed to take these photographs around Manhattan in this excerpt taken out of an interview which he did in French a while ago for a French media (http://www.francetv.fr)
On the 11th of September 2001, around 5am in the morning, I was "standing" near the twin towers, exhausted and half awake in the metro after a long night of jam sessions… I wake up and I go taking some photographs. I made some breaks, I was a bit shaking, and in the end, the bright shiny "lines" coming out from the morning sky looked like flames…This was a few hours before the "crash". Then, I went sleeping , I was staying in a place quite far from there, in the Queen's. I wasn't there when the first crash occurred. I then came back on the spot around noon, I could manage to penetrate the area, I grabbed a small medical face mask and I then started taking lots of pictures, as I was walking in the ashes…the first question that came to my mind when I got to know what really happened was "Will I be jamming out tonight?"…I was totally disconnected from reality ! When such big events occurred, I normally stay calm at first, but then I started to get very emotional soon after.
I eventually went jamming out that evening, in Harlem. I was the only white guy, the atmosphere was rather strange...
I don't really know what to make of this. The sole ideal that he could manage to penetrate the Manhattan zone that day around noon is rather lame and highly suspicious in my opinion. Are these pictures even real ?


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We've become fans of mid-weight tires over the years. These are, in our definition, tires that are a hybrid: typically folding beads with a somewhat supple casing, and a healthy amount of tread. Originally, this seemed like a netherworld between fancy racing tires and rough low-end tires, but the offerings seem to get ever better.
The Schwalbe Lugano fits in this realm. It's a fairly pedestrian offering; you probably haven't noticed that these tires come as standard equipment on many bikes from several brands, including Pinarello and Cannondale. That also tells you something about the tire. It's good enough to not stand out in a negative way, but it's still meeting a price point.
If you go to Schwalbe's website, you'll see that this is the least expensive offering in their road tire stable. So cheap, in fact, they don't bother to tell you much about it. Here's the entirety of the info: 'Our entry-level model. Attractive bi-color compound. The classic diamond profile provides reliable performance on dry and wet roads. Naturally with a puncture protection belt.'
For those who want more, it has a 50tpi casing. If you want to go super-cheap, you can get a wire-bead version. Otherwise, you can get a folding bead, which will save 70g per tire. Claimed weight is 255g for the folding bead tire. The rubber tread is as basic as they make it. According to the importer, 'the Lugano uses a silica rubber compound. Single compound. It's just a special filler in the rubber mixture that helps positively influence the rolling resistance.' The belt under the tread rates as puncture protection; their minimum standard. It consists of latex rubber under the tread, and provides a protection level three of six.
What we found when we had the tires in our hands is the diamond tread, or file tread, down the middle is supported by diagonal stripes on either side. The tire, when mated to a 23mm wide rim, looks like a tubular. The two all-Black tires, 'Black-Skin' in Schwalbe's parlance, weigh in at 262g per tire. We were able to mount the tires easily without tools on Mavic and Zipp rims. Our Ritchey rim took a little work to mount the Lugano initially; after that, we could remove and mount without a tool.
On the bike, they roll pretty well. We apologize for not having more exact data, but we pumped them up to our standard 110psi and would ride them for a week before pumping up again when using riding butyl tubes. Then we pumped them up every day when we were testing out latex tubes. They rode fine. The differences between the Lugano and a heavyweight tire like the ones we use in the winter are apparent very quickly. Ride quality is much improved, probably because of the more supple casing. However, the difference between the Luganos and a racing tire are much harder to quantify. In terms of that abstract 'feel,' we didn't notice much. Possibly, a difference in terms of acceleration due to weight differences, but in terms of road feel, we can't report noticing anything.
On the good side, there is actually little to share from our miles with these tires. Nothing bad happened, no surprising or troubling incidents occurred after over 1,500 miles of use. Good roads, bad roads, dirt roads, glass, gravel, you name it. Dry days, rainy days. It worked. Never did we have a flat. After this distance, the file tread is still visible down the middle of the tire mounted on the front wheel, and it has been pretty much worn off on the tire mounted to the rear wheel. Our guess is the Luganos have at least another 500 miles of use left, probably more.
The Lugano reminds us of the Michelin Lithion tires we tested a few years back. Neither are tires that excite people, both occupy the middle ground. Both rode well and lasted a long time. There are two differences we can look at. The first is weight. The Lithions are noticeably lighter. The second is durability. Looking at the treads of both after having them on for a long time, it seems that the Luganos came out the better in terms of wear. We see no signs of tread cuts or chunks missing from the tread. Maybe this is because we started riding them later in the year, or perhaps our daily roads have gotten better in the past few years.
We think there's a place for the Schwalbe Lugano in just about everyone's arsenal. For us, it's the kind of tire we like for daily riding from April through October. A tire that is quite a bit cheaper than a racing tire, but is still fairly light and feels fast on the road. We wouldn't want to race it, nor ride it through our winter. But that should be fine; those extremes aren't what the Lugano was designed for.


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215 Entertainment is currently accepting original hip hop songs from aspiring hip hop emcees for our first compilation titled Real Muzik Revisited: Hip Hop. We will select 12 songs submitted from the best emcees that exhibit the true form of hip hop in the form of rap music.
- Antonio Smith / 215 Entertainment
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We will publish your single and give free promotion for the track to our social media and emailing lists!
Hip Hop Monument is a hip hop music source based out of Toronto! Posting the hottest hip hop news, music and videos daily!
Robert O'Brien is a web creator and manager from Toronto, running hiphopmonument.com and the growing label Monument Records with the goal to oversee new music and potentially find some new clients!
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Break-up, Heartbreak, Loss of Love & Broken Heart Songs needed for upcoming compilation CD. For Consideration, submitt finished songs only please. Songs can be any tempo and can reflect any emotion felt from having a broken heart including anger, revenge, pain and/or sorrow etc. We will consider all genres but incourge Country, Pop, Rock, R&B, Blues and Adult Contemporary submissions.
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Valentine's Day Cupcakes & Cupcake Boxes
Yes, boxes of candies are nice. I think I'd rather receive this beautiful box of cupcakes for Valentine's Day. Both simple and special - this is a great gift for friends, coworkers or that certain someone. If you like the Valentine's Day card/label, you can download and print the template here!
Here is a link to my store where you can find boxes like these for your cupcakes! Note : the boxes in the store have a kraft interior and exterior vs. the white interior pictured here.
Buttercream Frosting :
4 sticks of butter, softened
6 cups of confectioners sugar
In the kitchen aid fitted with the paddle attachment, whip the butter and sugar together for 5 minutes until it has transformed into a white fluffy frosting.
To color a soft pink, add 3 drops of red food coloring, 1/2 drop of orange, and a 1/2 drop of green. Add more red for a brighter color. The orange and green help to soften the bright pink, creating a more sophisticated color. For more icing tips, watch my cupcake decorating video.
1) With a piece of parchment paper or tissue, create a scallop along the edge by tracing around half of a small juice glass, and repeating along the paper.
You can download them here.
TIP: Before I put the cupcakes in the box, I like to refrigerate them for an hour. The chilling makes the icing hard so it won't be damaged when you put it into the box. Then store them in the refrigerator until you give them away... or eat them.
You can download the free printable labels, here.
More Homemade Valentine's Day Ideas :
Valentine's Day Cupcakes & Flowers - Get the step-by-step directions here!
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Pasar Baru is the oldest shopping center in Jakarta built in the early 1800s. Located near Lapangan Banteng and Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, this shopping street was, in its heydays, the exclusive haunt of the colonial elite. Today, Pasar Baru is passable only for pedestrians. The textile shops owned by Indian Bombay merchants are still there attracting their regular clientele looking for Indian silks, brocades and a variety of textiles at reasonable prices.
Pasar Baru is also popular with owners and operators of beauty salons all over Indonesia since here you can find almost anything a salon may need, from shampoos, lotions, to special scissors and hair dryers. Besides there are shoes and clothes at sales prices.
After a tiring stroll, stop at the nostalgic Bakmi Gang Kelinci for some of Jakarta's most popular bowl of noodles and meatballs.
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- Jakarta Gems Centre, Rawabening
Jakarta Gems Centre, Rawabening
Located near the Jatinegara railway station in East Jakarta, the Jakarta Gems Centre offers four floors of kiosks and stores, all selling precious stones, semi- precious stones, rare stones or just fancy colourful stones for necklaces, bracelets and rings.
- Ancol Art Market
The Ancol Art Market is open air where you may find many of Indonesia's up and coming artists gather to display and sell their paintings, carvings, and other handicrafts. Browse here and you may well find some pure artistic gems. Meet the artists, and have your own portrait painted on the spot.
On weekends the Art Market presents traditional performances, from wayang to contemporary dances based on ancient traditions.
- Klender Furniture Market
Indonesia produces some of the best furniture that are sold here, but most are the fine wood furniture imported from the handicraft centers of Jepara and Kudus in Central Java. Here you can find beds, dining table sets, cupboards, dividers, either simple or ornately decorated.


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No date set for possible badger cull in Cheshire, says government official
Rumours that a badger cull could start in Cheshire next month have been denied by government officials. A spoke person for the Department of the Environment said it was still in the process of determining where any culls might take place, and as yet, no firm date had been set. Robyn Blythe from Cheshire Against the Badger Cull had contacted the Guardian claiming around 1,000 badgers could be killed in a cull that was expected to start in September.
Martin Varley, director of conservation at Cheshire Wildlife Trust said he had taken up the issue of culling with government officials but as yet had had no firm answers. He explained: "We have been in conversation with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Natural England to find out if this is the case. Neither organisation has been able to confirm that a cull will take place in our county but we will continue to press them for an answer.
"As the local trust, we hope that there won't be a cull in this region. Whilst we are very conscious of the hardship that bovine TB causes in the farming community we remain firmly opposed to the government's continued strategy of putting badger culling at the heart of efforts to tackle the disease. We do not believe that a cull is the answer. "Previous culls have failed and scientific evidence indicates that culling is unlikely to make a significant improvement in cattle infection rates. It is also not known what proportion of this disease in cattle arises from badgers. "Our view is it is better to concentrate on vaccination of cattle in the long-term, and increased biosecurity on land and the vaccination of badgers in the short-term as more effective means of control.
Badgers and their setts are legally protected under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. He added: "If a cull is announced we will not be giving permission for it to take place on our reserves. We won't give support to groups who are prepared to act outside the law, but we are encouraging people to support and volunteer with Wirral and Cheshire Badger Group who have an ongoing badger vaccination programme."
Robyn from Cheshire Against the Badger Cull said: "We have been speaking with various people including police officers who have told us that a cull will start at the beginning of September. "It has been shown that by having these culls just makes the problem even worse given that badgers who survive will disperse to an even wider area."
The spokesman at the Department of the Environment said: "Natural England is currently considering applications for further badger control licences as part of the usual licensing process. "There is no set date for when the outcome of these applications will be announced."
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You may remember the TreyChair—the chair that also turns into a stool and a floor rocker—because we showed it to you last week, but we finally got to get our hands and butts on it over the weekend and fully test it out.
After grinding our rears into it for hours and hours on end, we came to the conclusion that it's a fantastic office chair in itself, but the bonus of being able to become a great tray and floor chair for gaming makes it even more worthwhile.
We tested both the faux leather and the fabric version, and although some people prefer fabric, we enjoyed the softness and smoothness of the faux leather. More than two of our friends also told us that we should always go with faux leather because they're a lot easier to clean if you spill stuff on it. Strange that everyone we talked to had that same suggestion—what are we, clumsy or something?
When the TreyChair is in office mode, you can barely tell that it has the ability to Optimus Prime into something more. It comes with the standard tilt controls, height adjustment, and five wheels that all office tasks chairs come with.
It gets really interesting when you grab the switch on the back of the chair, lift up the seat and separate the two like the saucer and engine section of the Enterprise D. The seat becomes a rocking chair for the floor, which is fantastic for doing stuff at ground level. The wheels become a tray, which is probably where the name TreyChair came from. The tray is height adjustable and can easily slip in between the rockers of your chair if you want to get in close for some work on your laptop.
With the chair in separation mode, you can pretty much use it for a stool, a footrest, or anything you can come up with (like sexy-time, but we didn't test that).
All in all, the price of $239 for the fabric and $269 for faux leather makes this a not-too-expensive solution to your chair needs if you need a chair for both the office and the living room.
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Video: Charlotte Bobcats mascot Rufus 'retiring'
When the Charlotte Bobcats officially become the Hornets on Tuesday, Bobcats mascot Rufus Lynx will be out of work.
Along with the return of the Hornets name, Hugo will also return as the team's mascot. But before Rufus joins other retired mascots – the Seattle SuperSonics' Squatch, Montreal Expos' Screech, and Atlanta Thrashers' Trash, among others – the Bobcats released a retirement video.
The Twitter account for Rufus tweeted out a link to the video with the message: "This is my final tweet. I love ya CLT! Fans! This journey has been an experience of a lifetime!"
The video shows Rufus coming backstage after the final game of the season and finding a to-do list that includes skydiving, running with the Bulls in Pamplona, paragliding, swimming with sharks, and going into space.


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Sustainability & Stewardship Topics in Introductory Oceanography
Shipping & Transportation
- Northwest Passage, by Glenn Richard, tasks students with using Google Earth and information from several web sites to investigate some of the consequences of climate change in polar regions, including the seasonal and longer-term changes in the extent of the ice cap at the North Pole, disintegration of ice shelves, opening of shipping routes, access to sources of fossil fuels, geopolitics, effects on polar bears, and possible secondary effects on climate in other regions due to changes in ocean currents.
- Texas A&M online oceanography textbooks:
- Open source book: The Geography of Transport Systems - Jean-Paul Rodrigue (2013), New York: Routledge, 416 pages. Hofstra University, New York
- NOVA video: Why ships sink - Are you safe aboard a modern cruise ship?
- Ship of Opportunity - The mission of this NOAA program is to provide a global platform to deploy and operate oceanographic instrumentation from cargo ships and research vessels.
- Wikipedia entry on Environmental Consequences of Shipping
- Ship Breaking Environmental Risks and one key example: Clemenceau
- Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes Authors: J. E. McCosker, C. E. Dawson (1975)
- Impact of Red Sea Fish Migrants through the Suez Canal on the Aquatic Environment of the Eastern Mediterranean Author: Daniel Golani
Coastal management, sand resources, and control structures
Most of the world's population lives within a few feet of sea level. Coastal management is a topic that most impacts global society and that can engage your students, even if they do not live in a coastal community, as their tax money supports coastal living around their country. This topic is ripe for class debates and calculations of costs - economic and environmental and personal - with regards to property, cities, and wetlands.
Teaching Activities
- Coastal Management case study - Anne Jefferson
- Using Google Earth to measure seacliff erosion rates - Alfred Hochstaedter
Activity Ideas:
Have students:
- work to identify what types of data they should access to predict impacts of human intervention at the shore.
- make informed choices about their behavior at the shore.
- study the impact of removing dunes to build houses, hotels, shops.
- study the impact of dredging sand from an estuary and using it to replenish a beach (what are the consequences if the sand is different - in composition and/or size?)
- study the impact of removing the freshwater surface lens (in the groundwater table).
- study a particular state's definition of private v. public property, especially as it pertains to the shoreline. Compare among different states.
- identify and characterize the multiple natural processes occurring at the shore: waves, longshore currents, tides, tidal currents, natural flora and fauna. Then evaluate how these processes interact to generate a complex, fluid environment of deposition and of erosion, specifically with regards to the variation of the beach profile seasonally and over longer time scales.
- What is the impact of human constructs on the flow of sediment?
- Class debate: should we pay for beach replenishment? Questions to consider: What does this cost? What economic development is encouraged by replenishment? Will construction of groins, jetties, and replenishment itself be cost-effective? What is the impact on the down-sediment stream?
- Give students data and maps and let them determine whether House A needs to build a groin and what will be the impact on House B.
- Calculate how much does it cost to students in Nebraska for beach replenishment in Florida?
- Texas A&M online oceanography textbook: Coastal Erosion Policy Issues
- California Coastal Records Project - an aerial photographic survey of the California Coastline (including historical images)
- Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
- NOAA shoreline data
- USGS National Shoreline Assessment
- New Jersey Sea Grant Office - Gathering data scientifically to inform public policy decisions.
Mineral and energy resources
Teaching Activities
- Offshore wind or offshore oil - Noah Snyder
- Learning about marine sediments using real data - Kristen St. John, Mark Leckie, Megan Jones, Kate Pound, Larry Krissek
- Analyzing beach sands with an SEM/EDS - Rachel Beane
- Consequences of Modern Energy Use: A remote sensing analysis of the Gulf oil spill using ArcGIS software - Jared Beeton
- Class Debates Topics: Santa Barbara Tar Seeps, Wind Farms off the Cape Cod Coast, Tidal Energy from Bay of Funday, Estuarian Water Resources of Corpus Christi, Texas, Law of the Seas and US are not signatories; Geoengineering: Iron binding of CO2.
- Calculate the quantity of manganese bound as nodules or gas hydrates is available or values or costs. What are the impacts for such mining activities?
- Research and discuss how sulfur gas produced from Onion Fields is used generate electricity.
- Oil Spills - Texas A&M online oceanography textbook
Fisheries and Aquaculture
The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are a major part of global food security, economic balance, and health. Fish and seafood sales are worth billions of dollars annually. Fisheries and aquaculture provide employment globally for hundreds of millions of people. According to the Food and Agricultural Association of the United Nations, back in 2008, "Most of the stocks of the top ten species, which account in total for about 30 percent of the world marine capture fisheries production in terms of quantity, are fully exploited." Meanwhile, fisheries and aquaculture are increasing annually. Fisheries collapse and aquaculture's role in supplementing our resources are key topics for students to explore in relation to both sustainability and social justice.
Teaching Activities
- Grocery Store Survey of Aquaculture Products - Susan Richardson
- Exploring Ocean Resources in Our Everyday Lives - Janelle Sikorski
- Pollution or Fishing Industry Research Project - Katryn Wiese
- Go Fish! Tragedy of the Commons - Earthwatch.org
- The Fishing Game - William Prothero
- Fishing Game: Stella PC and Mac - Matthew C. Halbower
- Salmon Smolt: Stella PC and Mac - Dr. Andrew Ford
- Question of the Day: Regeneration of Fish - William Prothero
- Writing about the World's Fisheries (Calibrated Peer Review) - William Prothero
- Fisheries Unit (from Earth Labs)
- Global Fisheries Stakeholder Interview - Sarah Glaser
- Swimming in Oil: The Impact, Aftermath and Alternatives to Oil Spills - Michelle Kinzel
- Impact of Climate Change on Endangered Fish Population in Pyramid Lake - Karletta Chief
- Tuna Tracking Scenario - Karen Stocks and Carl Wenning
- Stressed Out - Mel Goodwin
- Tragedy of the Commons Fishing Game - Frasier Institute, demonstrated by K. Farnsworth at 2013 Teaching Oceanography workshop
- Activity idea: Listen to the Future of Fish radiocast of a fiery debate between two fisheries scientists. Then have students read a paper, "Rebuilding Global Fisheries" in Science 2009 that includes some more in-depth information to spur a class discussion, as well as the paper "Twilight of the Cod" by Robert Kunzig.
Activity Ideas
Geographic Distribution of Species / Genetic Groupings
- Ideas for developing teaching materials for this concept include:
- Student groups research large predatory fish (tuna, shark, billfish, swordfish, etc.) and report back
- Where do the fish in your town come from - markets, restaurants and grocery stores
- Resources that may be useful in developing this resource include:
- tagging of Pacific pelagics website, Barbara Block (also includes technology aspect)
- turtle tracking in the Atlantic data (e.g. http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/teachers/)
- the sea around us website (http://www.seaaroundus.org)
- Fishbase (http://www.fishbase.org)
- Nobel Conference 2012 @ Gustavus Adolphus College
- a) Barbara Block presentation from Nobel Conference (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHuAoPzfQhGG0k2QAu53pJccEyA9rJkTN)
- b) Teachers have created lesson plans (https://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2012/teachers/)
- Expected learning outcomes include:
- Fish move around a lot; they do not adhere to political boundaries
- Geography - general geography of the oceans
- Where fisheries are located around the world
- SeafoodWatch
- explain how fisheries scientists use information to help us understand he distribution of fish in the ocean
- Must have up to date information, as things have changed dramatically in the past decade and much more information is available on this issue than has been available in the past.
- Learn more from Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
- Ideas for developing teaching materials for this concept include:
- discussions on cultural differences, or using aquaculture to investigate cultural differences
- history of the development of aquaculture
- comparison between agriculture and aquaculture (e.g. Duarte et al., Rapid Domestication of Marine Species, Science, 20 April 2007, Vol 316, 1.5 pages long, with a very good graphic for students)
- Environmental issues related to aquaculture
- Resources that may be useful in developing this resource include:
- A Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report comes out every two years (http://www.fao.org/fishery/sofia/en)
- Expected learning outcomes include:
- Students should be able to explain costs and benefits of aquaculture
Tropical Fish Harvesting
- Expected learning outcomes include:
- Students should be able to explain costs and benefits of aquaculture
Books and Articles
- New York Times article: Florida Oyster Fishery Collapse
- Oceana Study Reveals Seafood Fraud Nationwide - an article with a video from Oceana about where labeling of fish for sale may be incorrect.
- Texas A&M online oceanography textbooks:
- Coastal Fisheries Policies Issues
- [link https://web.archive.org/web/20160427042052/http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/alienspecies.htm
'Introduced Species']
- SeaFoodWatch (more info)
- Farmed Seafood - from WWF, this web page focuses on aquaculture. It includes a discussion of different seafood types, and different standards for sustainable aquaculture. It also includes pages about individual fish species information.
- The Sea Around Us project, at the University of British Columbia, is a clearinghouse about the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems, emphasizing reported catch data by country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
- Marine Stewardship Council - an organization that is similar to seafood watch list.
- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has fisheries data and statistics and Geographic Information, including an interactive map where you can identify fish catch information from various countries. Another reference: WORLD REVIEW OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
- FishBase offers a global information system about fishes.
- The Stanford Law School Symposium: Emerging Perspectives on the Law, Science, and Policy of Dynamic Marine Conservation conference, held at Stanford University focused on the law, science, and policy of dynamic marine conservation.The entire conference is available with videos online! This could be a great resource for instructors to grasp the current state of affairs in this area.
- World Wildlife Fund Unsustainable Fisheries
International Laws of the Sea
International organizations such as the United Nations, The International Maritime Organization, and The International Whaling Commission work to create policies that impact a number of activities that take place in the seas, including fishing, mining, and pollution. Legal agreements are signed by participating and supporting countries. For example, in 1982, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea prescribed a 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone surrounding all coastlines globally. Understanding the legalities, supporters, and consequences of these laws as well as the challenges in pushing them forward is a natural area of exploration for students studying the world ocean.
Activity Ideas
- Role-playing lab in which students set up their own rules to manage the sea. Discuss who ends up enforcing rules and the difficulties of setting up such a rule. For example, see Dan Morgan's role play activity Role playing exercise for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Discussion about potential impacts of mining manganese nodules - e.g. suspended sediment, impact on fisheries, etc.
- Climate change's role in opening new lands - who owns the Arctic in areas with overlapping boundaries? Use a map showing areas of overlap and discuss challenges.
Reports and Articles
- National policies:
- Congressional Research: Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook
- US Commission on Ocean Policy: Advancing International Ocean Science and Policy
- The White House Council on Environmental Quality: Final Recommendations Of The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, July 19, 2010
- Law of the Sea Issues and International Ocean Policy - American Bar Association - August 11, 2007
- New York Times "Law of the Sea Convention" topics page, which lists all of its articles on this topic.
- Wikipedia article about United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea
- U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
- Who Owns the Arctic?, from Geology
- Oceans & Law of the Sea - United Nations, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
- International Maritime Organization
- International Whaling Commission
- International Seabed Authority
- Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
- Map of Jurisdiction and Boundaries in Arctic Ocean produced by Durham University, International Boundaries Research Group
Marine Pollution
Marine pollution can come in many forms including plastic and waste from human activities, oil spills, nutrient runoff from fertilizers, and even sound. Engage your students in discussion and activities about how to lessen the pollution that goes into the ocean and on solutions to cleaning up the pollution that currently exists.
Teaching Activities
- Practical Exercise in Marine Pollution - Marcia Bícego
- Ocean Circulation - Petra Dekens
- Gulf Anoxia Course Project - Sadredin C. Moosavi and Anne Gerbensky
- Exploring Oil Spills - Cheryl Greengrove, Elizabeth Malcolm, Kevin Theissen
- Pollution or Fishing Industry Research Project - Katryn Wiese
- Marine Noise Pollution Silent Socratic Dialogue - Dave Kobilka, based on the Silent Socratic Dialogue technique as described by Bill Taylor
- Consequences of Modern Energy Use: A Remote Sensing Analysis of the Gulf Oil Spill using ArcGIS Software - Jared Beeton
Textbooks and Articles
- Texas A&M online oceanography textbooks:
- NAS Report Oil in the Sea III
- NOAA Marine Debris Program
- SERC Site Guide: Red Tide and Harmful Algal Blooms
- Oil Spills visualization collection from On the Cutting Edge
- Plastics at SEA: North Pacific Expedition from the Sea Education Association
- Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, from NOAA, provides an overview of what hypoxia is and includes resources to learn more about hypoxia
- Global Garbage is a blog, offered in several languages, from the Lighthouse Foundation. The site also provides links to activities, articles, books, visualizations, and related websites/projects.
- Five Gyres is an organization that strives to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans. The site contains links to learn more about the problem, possible solutions, and global research on the topic.
Important Concepts
- Pollution takes different forms: e.g. plastic/debris, oil, noise, nutrient pollution, radioactivity, septic discharge/wastewater, mercury, medical waste
- Links to their everyday lives no matter where they live
- Biomagnification, residence time, "life-cycle" of pollution; spatial and temporal scaling of pollution
- Ocean is a shared resource, pollution has no boundaries
- Solutions to pollution concerns/challenges
Oceanic contribution to climate change
The ocean and atmosphere interact in many ways, including providing a source and storage for CO2, sea and air currents, and weather events. Explore this interaction through discussion of topics such as thermohaline circulation, El Nino/La Nina events, hurricanes, and more. Engage students in discussion about ocean contribution to climate change, effects of climate change on the ocean (e.g. coral bleaching, changing chemistry of the ocean), policy related to this issue, and more.
Teaching Activities
- Thermohaline Circulation Demonstration - Cynthia Venn
- Global Warming in 5 Steps - Stephen Taylor
- Impacts of El Nino and La Nina - Sue Clement
- Oceans and Climate Debate - Branwen Williams
- Effectively Engaging with Climate Skeptics - Jessica Kleiss
- Global Warming and Changing Sea Level - Heather Kokorowski
- Global Atmospheric Circulation and the Indian Monsoon - David W. Kobilka
- Mapping Paleocurrents: Using the Past to Understand the Present - Laurie Grigg
- El Niño and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Pacific - Tim Cook
- Ocean Circulation - Daniel Jones Morgan
- Ocean Acidification - Jennifer Bown
- Exploring the Link Between Hurricanes and Climate Using GCM Results - Cindy Shellito
- Detecting El Nino in Sea Surface Temperature Data EET Chapter - David Smith, Betsy Youngman
- Cool Cores Capture Climate Change EET Chapter - Jean Pennycook
- Gulf Stream Heat Budget and Europe's Mild Climate: A Problem-based Learning Activity - Warren C. Tomkiewicz
- World Climate: A Computer-Simulation-Based Role-Playing Exercise - from ClimateInteractive.org
- The Ocean & Climate - Texas A&M online oceanography textbook
- Aquarius: Studying the Salt of the Sea ( This site may be offline. ) - NASA video
- On the Cutting Edge: Teaching About Climate Change
- SERC Site Guide: Climate Change provides links to teaching resources from across SERC projects that are related to climate change.
- Paleoclimate Primer, from the Microbial Life Educational Resources project
Student Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish between climate and weather
- Identify the major societal impacts of global climate change (including increasing hurricane intensity, changing precipitation patterns, storm surge, etc.)
- Identify the difference between natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change
- Describe the global carbon cycle (including ocean acidification)
- Identify the ocean's role in the global heat budget
- Identify the link between ocean and atmospheric circulation (include systems such as the water cycle, El Nino)
- Recognize that the Earth is a system - there are feedbacks that add complexity
- Identify expected and realized consequences of climate change
Important Topics
- Heat budget, heat transport, latent heat, convection, heat capacity
- Carbon cycle
- Ocean-atmosphere cycles (e.g. El Nino)
- Difference between weather and climate, extremes vs averages
- Ocean acidification
- Mitigation, geo-engineering
- Natural vs human impacts
- Latent heat
- Scales of climate change
- Role of policy, e.g. carbon trading
Barriers to Teaching about Oceanic Contribution to Climate Change
- Student don't have a good understanding of uncertainty - it's not a black or white issue
- Misconceptions
- Challenges understanding and interpreting available data, particularly anomaly data
- Time scales - geological time scales vs current rates of change
- Spatial scales - changes in global averages vs. regional
- Time constraints - not enough time in our classes
- Not very well covered in textbooks
Pre-existing Knowledge Helpful to Overcoming Barriers to teaching about Oceanic Contribution to Climate Change
- The greenhouse effect
- Understanding natural climate variability (e.g. pCO2 records of ice cores, etc..)
- Carbon cycle - in the ocean in particular
- Carbonate chemistry - dissolving CO2 into water
- Role of biology - carbon fixation and biological pump


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The Aiuchi Nationals will be held in Cardiff at the 'Sports Wales National Centre' on the 18th & 19th of November 2017.
http://sport.wales/about-us/sport-wales ... ut-us.aspx
We have access to the centre from 10:30-5pm on both days.
The full training schedule will be provided prior to the event.
This year's evening do will be held as a private function at the Sophia Garden's Cricket Club.
http://www.glamorgancricket.com/cricket ... walec.html
It is right next door to our training venue. A buffet meal will be provided.
Cost (clubs may subsidise or charge as necessary):
One Day £20
One Day + Dinner £30
Two Day £30
Two Day + Dinner £35
I will need to know food options before 4th November.
Here are the options:
1)Malaysian style chicken curry with Asian greens and egg noodles
2)Classic Lamb hot pot - with braised lamb shoulder and topped with sautéed potatoes
3)Butternut squash and spinach risotto finished with fresh chives and parmesan cheese
4)Spiced fillet of seabass with natural yogurt and coriander
& a choice of dessert:
1) Sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce and whipped cream
2) Apple & blackberry crumble with crème anglaise
If members of your club have special dietary needs, so whether vegan, peanut-allergic they can be catered for. Please let me know.
The buffet will start from 7pm. The venue closes at 1am.


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See how 4 dimensional quaternions involve vectors in 3-space and how the quaternion function F(v) = nvn gives a simple algebraic method of working with reflections in planes in 3-space.
An account of multiplication of vectors, both scalar products and vector products.
Plane 1 contains points A, B and C and plane 2 contains points A and B. Find all the points on plane 2 such that the two planes are perpendicular.
Form a sequence of vectors by multiplying each vector (using vector products) by a constant vector to get the next one in the seuence(like a GP). What happens?
Explore the meaning of the scalar and vector cross products and see how the two are related.


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Actor Bob Hoskins Dead at 71
Bob Hoskins, who shot to fame in the U.S. in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' has died at 71.
The London-raised veteran actor died of pneumonia. He passed away in the hospital on Tuesday, April 29. His death was confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter, with his agent Clair Dobbs breaking the news today, April 30.
Hoskins had a varied resume, having been nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his work in the 1986 noir mystery film 'Mona Lisa.' But he is best known for his work as the detective Eddie Valiant in 1988's 'Roger Rabbit,' which mixed live action footage with CGI. At the time, it was a groundbreaking film, positioning real actors with the animated 'toons.
He also had a role as pirate Smee in 1991's 'Hook,' which was based on the Peter Pan story. He also alongside Cher and Winona Ryder in 1990's 'Mermaids.' The late '80s and early '90s were a fertile professional period for the late actor.
His final role was in the Kristen Stewart film 'Snow White and the Huntsman' in 2012, playing one of the seven dwarves.
Hoskins then retired from acting in 2012. He revealed at the time that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.
The actor is survived by his second wife Linda and his four children: Alex, Sarah, Rosa and Jack. In her statement, Linda said, "We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Bob."
R.I.P. to Hoskins.


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After a long, expensive and sometimes nasty presidential campaign, the U.S. voting public opted to go "Forward" with President Obama rather than heed Mitt Romney's call to "Believe in America."
Since the summer of 2011, Republicans jockeyed to be the party's standard-bearer and challenge Obama on Nov. 6. One by one -- from former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to Texas Gov. Rick Perry to Georgia businessman Herman Cain to soon-to-be-former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas -- presidential wannabes dropped out, leaving Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and son of one-time presidential candidate George Romney alone to wage a campaign to claim the White House.
Romney, in his second bid to be the GOP presidential nominee, was always the front-runner, even though the Republican base wasn't enamored of him, and his lead was challenged from time to time by other presidential hopefuls.
Without a primary challenger, Obama and the Democratic Party worked to define Romney as someone out of touch with the middle class who lacked the chops to lead the country.
After weeks of speculation, Romney tapped Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the savvy, likable conservative who masterminded the House Republicans' budget proposal. The impact was immediate -- Ryan revved up crowds and enthusiasm whenever and wherever he spoke.
Obama had begun to pull beyond the margin-of-error range in his lead over Romney when the first debate took place. General consensus: Obama performed badly, allowing Romney back in the race.
Obama performed better -- and won -- the two remaining debates, but he never truly recovered in the polls for weeks.
Romney's campaign was littered with faux pas, including a covertly recorded meeting he had with key fundraisers in which Romney said 47 percent of Americans refused to accept responsibility for their actions and considered themselves victims.
Near the end of the campaign Romney uttered a doozie: Obama sold Chrysler to Italians who, in turn, would build Jeeps in China. He made the remark in auto industry-reliant Ohio and refused to back away from it even though the automaker said it had no intention of moving its U.S. Jeep production to China.
Obama wasn't free of miscues. His shout to a cry of "Boo" during a rally that voting is "the best revenge" drew criticism from Republicans who charged voting was an act of patriotism, not an act of revenge, and commentary by conservative bloggers about what happens when Obama goes off-speech.
The October surprise this year came in the form of Hurricane Sandy, which rushed up the East Coast and made landfall in New Jersey, bringing death, destruction and flooding. As Sandy turned inland, it became a megastorm, inundating several states under feet of snow.
Finally, after months of advertising, robo-calling and visits to swing states by the candidates and their surrogates, voters had their say Nov. 6. Throughout the evening, battleground states -- Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, included -- were called for Obama.
When the dust settled, the incumbent claimed victory, 51 percent to 47.3 percent, and collecting 332 electoral votes (270 are needed to win).
Romney, so confident of a win, reportedly didn't prepare a concession speech. But when reports that Ohio was projected to be in Obama's column, the Republican conceded.
"We went into the evening confident we had a good path to victory. I don't think there was one person who saw this coming," an unnamed senior adviser told CBS News.
Florida, with its seemingly eternal voting problems, once again was in the spotlight with reports of an unwieldy ballot and people waiting hours in line to vote. But unlike the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, Florida's days-late declaration didn't matter. (It voted for Obama.)
In all, Obama only lost two red states -- Indiana and North Carolina -- that he won in 2008.
The presidential campaign was in the stratosphere as far as fundraising went, with each candidate raising more than $1 billion, federal records showed.
After his short concession speech in Boston, Romney dropped out of the public eye, save for a private lunch with Obama at the White House a few weeks after the campaign ended.
The loss prompted a lot of finger-pointing and soul-searching within the GOP ranks.
"I always hate this kind of scapegoating after the election. When you lose, you lost. Someone asked me, 'Why did Mitt Romney lose?' I said because he got less votes than Barack Obama. That's why," Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said.
In December, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced formation of a post-election Growth and Opportunity project, an initiative "to grow the Republican Party and improve future Republican campaigns." Its objective is to review past practices and make "critical recommendations" for the future.
The election outcome also led to online petitions in 17 states asking to secede from the union. Using the Obama administration's We the People website allowing Internet petitions to be lodged with the White House, people in 17 states have asked for permission to leave the union, most citing the Declaration of Independence -- which isn't a legal document -- as their reason.
Third-party candidates lacked the juice they had in 2000 and 2004, but nearly 1.2 million votes were won by Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson, a former two-term Republican New Mexico governor.
Green Party nominee and former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein tallied the second-highest vote count of the minor-party presidential nominees.
In his victory speech, Obama said he would return to the White House "more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead."
"This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores," he told the crowd.
"What makes America exceptional," he said "are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth."


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7.2 Channel Network Ready Receiver
featuring Class D3 Amplification
- Update: Spotify® Connect now available
- 3D and 4K Ultra HD Upscaling/Pass-Through
- Multi-Zone Control for 2 HD Zones and 1 Powered Zone Audio
- Gapless playback of AIFF, Apple Lossless, WAV, and FLAC files
The Pioneer SC-1323-K AV Receiver. Delivering Class D3 Power and Connectivity to Every Custom Installation
The new SC-1323-K receiver is perfect for custom home entertainment installations. Its robust aluminum front panel and insulated dual chassis houses the power and finesse of Class D3 amplification. Along with cutting-edge digital power, this fully equipped multi-zone AV receiver delivers advanced connectivity with features to match its performance.
Designed for Today's Connected Lifestyle—You and Your iPad®, iPhone® and iPod®
The SC-1323-K is right at home with Apple® devices, thanks to Made for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad certification. Easily connected with your normal charging cable, your Apple handheld device connects without the need for a dock. Plug-and-play has never been easier, because the SC-1323-K charges your Apple device too. You can even enjoy music enhanced with iTunes album art, for a total iTunes® experience.
When someone calls, iPhone will mute your music so you can talk. Use the iPhone directly, or push a single button on the SC-1323-K's front panel to switch control to the included preset remote and an intuitive, full-color GUI.
Pioneer Makes AirPlay® Easy
Pioneer's partnership with Apple lets you experience effortless AirPlay connectivity through Apple devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod. Network share your music with DLNA® and Windows 8®, stream your favorite artists straight from your PC or Mac® with Pandora, or listen to worldwide content with vTuner® Internet Radio.
For front-panel convenience, just plug a memory audio device into the USB port to enjoy music or photos in seconds. And of course, this Pioneer receiver is Bluetooth- and WiFi-ready with Pioneer's optional AS-BT200 Bluetooth adapter and AS-WL-300 WiFi adapter.
And talk about uninterrupted entertainment. Listen to your favorite music in your car using your iPhone, leave your car mid-song and walk into your home. Using the AirPlay App on your iPhone, select the SC-1323: it powers up automatically and continues right where you left off. Not only that, the SC-1323-K supports network audio sources in Zones 2 and 3, allowing you to send music to other rooms. With AirPlay, your iTunes music doesn't have to be restricted to your computer.
HTC Connect™ Lets Your Android™ Sing
The SC-1323-K brings enhanced convenience and impressive sound quality to the entertainment experience for users of HTC's Android-powered HTC One series smartphones. You can stream high-quality, WAV-format files for an effortless, out-of-the-box audiophile experience with HTC Connect, and finally, critical listeners who demand serious sound can enjoy their music—with CD-quality resolution—using their HTC smartphone. Reality never sounded so good.
Spotify® Connect
Spotify Connect is a Premium feature that lets you play and control Spotify on your devices. Choose music on one device and listen on another. At home, hit play on your mobile and hear high fidelity sound on your AV receiver. You can also control the music from your mobile phone. Update your AV Receiver
Windows® 8 Certified
Windows 8 Play To feature makes it easy to stream your favorite music stored on your PC to our new line of networked AV Receivers. Don't limit your media experience to your laptop speakers. With the Windows 8 Play To feature and Pioneer's new networked Receivers you can enjoy your media library on the biggest speakers in the house.
Connect to Your PC Music Files or Internet Radio
The SC-1323-K opens up a new world of networking. A rear panel Ethernet port allows full integration into your home network, and with Windows 8 and DLNA 1.5 certification, a broad new range of entertainment options are at your fingertips. With 192kHz/24-bit WAV, FLAC and AIFF file compatibility, network streaming audio playback is now attainable by the true audiophile. Stream your AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV and FLAC music files from your PC, laptop or smartphone to your home theater system.
Thanks to vTuner, the SC-1323-K connects to thousands of Internet radio stations from around the world. You can also access Pandora radio services complete with on-screen album art and music information. An optional AS-WL300 wireless adapter is also available for your wireless network convenience.
Downloading Pioneer's exclusive Air Jam application for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices allows up to four Apple devices to be paired via Bluetooth®. Choose songs from your device to add to the group playlist to playback on the SC-1323-K. Like a song your friend added? Select it and buy it from iTunes, or watch the music video on YouTube®.
Your Smartphone and Bluetooth, a Musical Combination
The SC-1323-K is ready for wireless Bluetooth audio from virtually any A2DP profile Bluetooth device. Untether yourself from cables and inputs with the Pioneer AS-BT200 Bluetooth adapter, and enjoy enriched quality with Sound Retriever AIR technology, created specifically to enhance Bluetooth audio.
The Power, Performance and Precision of Class D3 Amplification
Perfectionist audiophiles will love the SC-1323-K, which features advanced Class D3 amplification designed to reproduce music and soundtracks with uncompromising realism.
The revolutionary amplifiers inside the SC-1323-K feature a direct signal path with no noisy EMI filters, feedback loops or current limiting. Rated at 165 watts x 7 channels at 6 ohms with two channels driven, the SC-1323-K produces considerable power, and significantly more simultaneous multi-channel power than the competition.
And because the SC-1323-K is Class D3, it runs cool, using just a fraction of the energy of less efficient designs. Power and efficiency come together in the SC-1323-K.
Ultimate Sound Control and Advanced MCACC®
The SC-1323-K supports formats like Dolby TrueHD® and DTS-HD® Master Audio to give your Blu-ray Disc™ soundtracks unsurpassed audio quality. Pioneer also includes all of the Dolby® and DTS® surround formats best suited for the wide variety of entertainment sources, including the newest DTS Neo X format.
Advanced MCACC processing is like having your own sound engineer precision-tuning your system to your living room. Pioneer's Advanced Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration system (MCACC) provides an optimized, multi-channel listening experience calibrated and customized specifically to your room by measuring every speaker's connection, and noting size and distance from the listening point, sound levels and timbre.
To eliminate the distortion caused by jitter during conversion, Pioneer's PQLS technology allows the SC-1323-K to use its own high precision clock and adjust the transmission rate of bitstream sound data from a compatible Blu-Ray player, insuring every note and nuance is faithfully reproduced.
The SC-1323-K takes the multi-channel audio experience to a whole new level with four advanced, sound-enhancing virtual speaker modes. Virtual Depth is designed to complement 3D movies. Virtual Height creates sound effects from above your main front speakers, creating virtual height speakers ideal for gaming enthusiasts. Virtual Wide creates a seamless blend between your front and back speakers. Virtual Surround Back replaces your back surround speakers, freeing you to use the surround amplifier to drive a second zone, or bi-amp the front speakers. Virtual speaker modes can be applied together or separately. Filling in areas where minute details were left out during the compression process, even compressed audio like WMA, MP3 and AAC is enhanced with another Pioneer exclusive, Advanced Sound Retriever.
Advanced Qdeo® Video Processing. Picture-Perfect, Whatever the Source
Pioneer's extensive video know-how makes home theater a truly immersive experience. The new SC-1323-K supports Ultra HD (4K) pass-through and upscaling. Qdeo video-processing technology and provides video conversion from composite and component video to HDMI for a single-wire high-definition audio and video solution, as well as up to 1080p/24fps video scaling for an exceptional picture regardless of the source, creating natural and noise-free video for maximum performance and flexibility.
And with Pioneer's Advanced Video Adjust, you'll experience the very best in both high-definition and standard-definition signals, with a complete suite of advanced image adjustments designed to fine tune each of your video sources for the best possible picture.
3D-Ready with the Latest HDMI Technology
The SC-1323-K supports the latest HDMI® specifications. So not only do you get the most out of your existing movies and music, with the SC-1323-K you're prepared for the new generation of 3D video content. With 8 HDMI inputs (7 rear + 1 front) and 2 outputs, you've got plenty of connectivity options for the growing number of high-definition sources available.
BD Link for Blu-ray Disc™ Playback That Excels
The built-in BD Link technology of the SC-1323-K maximizes the fidelity of high-bandwidth, high-definition Blu-ray Disc playback from a compatible Pioneer or Elite Blu-ray Disc Player. BD Link Sound Retriever and BD Link Stream Smoother work together to ensure total fidelity from the original source, with no visual artifacts or out-of-sync audio at full HD resolutions, even in the fastest action scenes.
Your Apple or Android Device Becomes a Powerful Remote Control
Pioneer's free iControlAV2013 app turns your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad device or select Android devices into a powerful remote control by communicating with the SC-1323-K wirelessly through your home network. The all-new iControlAV2013 is fully redesigned, incorporating everything from basic volume and input selection to advanced features like EQ adjustments and Internet Radio control. iControlAV2013 for iPad includes enhanced features like vertical and horizontal orientation, intuitive control of music from networked PCs as well as Internet radio control, and an intuitive finger-EQ-adjust screen; simply draw the EQ curve to your desired sound preference. New Sound Explorer gives you easy access to experiment with the many powerful sound enhancements the SC-1323-K offers, like Hi-Bit 24, Auto Phase Control Plus, and Virtual Speaker modes.
AVNavigator Allows Easy Set-Up
Imagine an owner's manual that actually communicates with your receiver. Or that asks you what sources you'd like to connect and how you'd like to configure your speakers—then walks you through the process as you do it.
An industry-first, Pioneer's AVNavigator is an interactive owner's manual that takes all the guesswork out of setting up your receiver. AV Navigator uses your networked PC, MAC or iPad to communicate directly with the SC-1323-K, walking you through speaker set-up, Advanced MCACC room calibration, sound optimization, firmware updates and more.
Full-Color On-Screen Graphical User Interface
All of the SC-1323-K's advanced control and connectivity options are made even better with a full-color user interface via HDMI on your connected TV, allowing you to effortlessly navigate through the SC-1323-K's menu.
Meet the Ultimate Custom Home Theater Solution
With its durable aluminum front panel, the SC-1323-K is built to last. This receiver delivers versatile custom-installation solutions for home entertainment, with Multi-Zone capability that lets you set up three great systems. Now, you can enjoy home theater in the living room, television in the bedroom and serious music listening in the den.
Because Pioneer is dedicated to custom installation, our relationships with custom-control partners like AMX®, Control4®, Crestron® and other leading brands let users and installers integrate the SC-1323-K into whole-house systems. All this plus support for Pioneer Apps, third-party control devices, custom-ready detachable power cord, and IR in/out for universal remotes make this receiver the ultimate answer in custom home entertainment.
- Class D3 (Direct Energy HD)
- 7.2
- VSX Model Power Rating Only
- 165 Watts
- 290 W/0.1 W (standby)
Handheld and Internet
- Yes
- Yes
- iPhone 5, iPad mini, iPad with Retina display, iPod
- iControlAV2013
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Decoders & Formats
- Texas Instruments Aureus
- 192K/24Bit
- 24bit
- Yes
- MP3, WMA, AAC, Apple Lossless, 192kHz / 24-Bit WAV, FLAC, AIFF, DSD via USB and Network
- Yes with Loudness Management
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Multi-Channel
Soundfield Calibration
- Auto / Plus
- Advanced
- 6
- Yes
- 9-Band
- Yes
- Yes
- 1/2 inch
- Yes
- Yes
Listening Modes
- Yes (Direct, Pure Direct)
- 15+1 Mode DSP
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Surround Back / Height / Depth / Wide
Audio Features
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 2 Channel
- Yes (800 ms)
- Versatile Speaker Configuration
- Yes (Front Channel)
Video Processing
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes with Input Switch / Last Memory
- Yes
- Yes
- Marvell QDEO
- Yes
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD
- Yes
- YNR, CNR, BNR, MNR, Detail, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Chroma, Black Level
- Yes
- 8 In ( 7 Rear, 1 Front) / 2 Out
- 1 (Front)
- Optional AS-WL300
- Optional AS-BT200
- 2 In (Assignable)
- Yes (Audio Only)
- 2 (Front 1, Rear 1 for Wireless LAN)
- Yes
- Preout 7.1 ch (9.2 ch terminals)
- Yes
- 63 Preset AM / FM Tunner
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) with Album Artwork (HDMI only)
- Yes
- HDMI HDZone Audio & Video / Powered Zone 2 Audio
- 1 In / 1 Out
- Yes
- Yes
- Learning Remote Control
- 30, 60, 90 min.
- Brushed
- All
- 1 Year Parts & Labor
- 17.13 x 7.31 x 15.56
- 31.25 lbs.
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The impedances indicated are actual values that speakers can present to an amplifier while playing back music. They do not refer to the nominal rated impedances of speakers you use.
Phase Control is a trademark placed on a product with Pioneer's Phase Control Technology concept. The technology enables high-grade sound reproduction environment by improving the phase matching for each of the components.
HDMI connection may not allow transmission of copyright protected material, depending on the capability of the signal source.
HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
Spotify is the registered trade mark of the Spotify Group. Compatible digital mobile devices and premium subscription required where available, see pioneer.eu/spotify
Dolby, Pro Logic, Dolby Digital, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
DTS is a registered trademark & the DTS logo and Symbol are trademarks of DTS, Inc.
Blu-ray Disc is a trademark of the Blu-ray Disc Association.
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"Made for iPod," "Made for iPhone," and "Made for iPad" mean that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPod, iPhone, or iPad, respectively, and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. Apple is not responsible for the operation of this device or its compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Please note that the use of
this accessory with iPod, iPhone, or iPad may affect wireless performance.
Apple, AirPlay, the AirPlay Logo, iPhone, iPad, iPod ,iPod touch and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. AirPlay works with iPhone 5, iPhone 4S,
iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd generations), iPad 2, iPad (4th, 3rd, and 1st generations), iPad mini with iOS 4.2 or later, and iTunes 10.1 (Mac and PC) or later.
DLNA, the DLNA Logo and DLNA Certified are trademarks, service marks, or certification marks of the Digital Living Network Alliance.
HTC, the HTC logo, and HTC Connect are trademarks of HTC Corporation.
"x.v.Color" is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
Qdeo is a registered trademark of Marvell World Trade, Ltd.
Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc.
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Pandora Internet Radio is a registered trademark of Pandora Media, Inc.
vTuner is a registered trademark of Nothing Else Matters Software, Ltd.
Aureus is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments, Inc.
Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
For details on iPod compatibility, visit http://pioneer.jp/homeav/support/ios/na/
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Suppose I have a gas of particles that is initially uniformly distributed so that the number density is $n_0$ (number of particles per unit volume), and then I displace the particles by the vector field $\vec{d}(\vec{x})$ (i.e. the particle initially at position $\vec{x}$ is displaced by the vector $\vec{d}$). How is the resulting number density $n(\vec{x})$ related to the displacement vector $\vec{d}(\vec{x})$?
I'm sure this must be done somewhere in a standard textbook but I can't find where.


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I would like to see being able to pick an item up after placing it while building it.eg.I place a desk down in a GP room, but then I want to move the desk. ATM I have to reset the whole room and place everything down again.Im accident prone like that