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November has drawn to a close and taken with it an extraordinary weather pattern that has allowed summer flowers to continue blloming, and inspired many trees and shrubs to begin producing big leaf buds and some to even begin producing early flowerbuds. But there were two sights that I have been more astonished at then all others:
Firstly, a field with red meadow poppies still blooming in it, and not just any field, but one on a quite windswept hill overlooking the village of Newcastle, just a mile from the Wicklow coastline.
But even more amazing than this have been sightings of butterflies throughout Wicklow. Just last week I came across a Red Admiral perched on a sunny tree trunk down on the East Coast Nature Reserve, and moments later a Small Tortoiseshell flew down a path and over my head. Last year we had heavy snow and freezing temperatures everyday from the 25 November and well into December. This is clearly a very different kind of year, and many plants are behaving in a strange manner that could point to a very mild winter and no snow.
However, personally I don't want to make any predictions at this point, as anything can happen in January.

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United States v. Commercial Credit Co., Inc., 286 U.S. 63 (1932)
United States v. Commercial Credit Co., Inc.
No. 734
Argued April 15, 1932
Decided May 2, 1932
1. Vehicles employed in the unlawful importation of intoxicating liquors may be seized and forfeited under the Tariff Act and the provisions of the Revised Statutes ancillary thereto. General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. United States, ante, p. 286 U. S. 49. P. 286 U. S. 66.
2. This extends to vehicles that take up the contraband after it has crossed the border and act as implements or links in a continuous process of carriage from the foreign country into this one. P. 286 U. S. 67.
3. When the two federal courts below are in agreement as to the inferences fairly to be gathered from the facts, their findings are not to be disturbed unless clearly erroneous. Id.
53 F.2d 977 reversed.
46 F.2d 171 affirmed.
Certiorari, 285 U.S. 534, to review the reversal of a judgment of the District Court forfeiting automobiles which had been seized and libeled by the United States for breach of the custom laws. The above-named respondent, claiming as bona fide lienor, filed an intervening petition, which was dismissed.
MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.
Three motor cars were seized by a customs officer of the United States in Texas near the Mexican border on a charge that they were employed in the unlawful importation of intoxication liquors.
Following the seizure, the government filed a libel of information against the automobiles so employed under §§ 3061 and 3062 of the Revised Statutes (19 U.S.Code, §§ 482 and 483) and prayed for a decree of forfeiture.
Thereupon, the Commercial Credit Company, Inc., the holder of a chattel mortgage, filed an intervening petition alleging that its lien had been created in good faith; that it was innocent of any participation in the wrongful use of the cars, and that, by force of § 26 of the National Prohibition Act, it should have an award of the possession. The District Court dismissed the intervening claim and adjudged a forfeiture, holding that §§ 3061 and 3062 of the Revised Statutes were unrepealed by § 26 of the National Prohibition Act, and permitted the forfeiture of articles illegally employed in the importation of intoxicating liquors. United States v. One Fargo Truck, 46 F.2d 171. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decree and dismissed the libels, holding that § 26 of the National Prohibition Act had superseded other remedies. 53 F.2d 977. A writ of certiorari has brought the case here.
Our judgment handed down herewith in General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. United States of America, ante, p. 286 U. S. 49, sustains the position of the government that vehicles employed in the unlawful importation of intoxicating liquors may be seized under the Tariff Act and the provisions of the Revised Statutes ancillary thereto. All that remains is to determine whether these vehicles were so employed. The cars subjected to forfeiture in No. 574 were the same that had brought the contraband merchandise from beyond
the Mexican border. The cars libeled in this proceeding were laden with the liquors, for all that the evidence shows, on this side of the border line.
The difference is not one that exacts differing relief. The circumstantial evidence justifies a finding that the cars, wherever laden, were implements or links in a continuous process of carriage from Mexico into Texas. This was unlawful importation, as well as unlawful transportation. The two courts below are in agreement as to the inferences fairly to be gathered from the facts, and their findings are not to be disturbed unless clearly erroneous. Washington Securities Co. v. United States, 234 U. S. 76, 234 U. S. 78; Texas & N.O. R. Co. v. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, 281 U. S. 548, 281 U. S. 558.
The decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals should be reversed, and that of the District Court affirmed.
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KUALA LUMPUR – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to three charges of money laundering brought against him on Wednesday (Aug 8).
Mahathir swiftly reopened an investigation into 1MDB and barred Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, from leaving the country.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released after posting bail.
On Tuesday, he was summoned to the office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), a day before his pre-trial hearing in court.
He was questioned for about 45 minutes. In a statement soon after Najib left its office, the anti-graft agency said he would be charged under the anti-money laundering act.
"The charges are related to the SRC International case," it said in a statement.
Najib's spokesman declined to comment.
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So what inane, extremist position are you attempting to gain over him by making him sound like he's sitting around in a wife beater drinking a Natty Ice with your replies? Until the sun stops shining, there will be an endless sea of stupid people always doing stupid things, some of who will inevitably purchase firearms and do said stupid things with them. The same stupid people get behind the wheels of cars and kill families on their way to vacations because they're texting or drink and shoot off fireworks and blow their friend's eye out. He's just vying for himself and many other gun owners by saying that there are measures to take, and like the intelligent person he is, does utilize to insure his wellbeing by owning a firearm, and in the process, protecting the wellbeing of others by owning one responsibly. It's not Hollywood. Americans aren't sleeping with pistols under their pillows.
And ardav--I suggest you look at a per capita comparison between the US and Mexico.
[QUOTE=jon.kiparsky;1288911]@Biker - yeah, that'll be the macho posturing I was talking about.
Allowing, though, that you're about the deadliest superhero with watchful eyes to put a hawk's to shame, bear in mind that most people are not that, and if they try to be like you, you're going to have a lot of dead and injured non-muggers (false positives) and a lot of well-armed muggers (false negatives).[/QUOTE]


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Agreement on Hirst fix appears; full floor vote reportedly could come
A Senate floor vote could be coming soon on a bill that has compromise changes requested by both Republicans and Democrats.
A competing bill, Senate Bill 6316, sponsored by Sen. John McCoy, D-Tulalip, was set for a public hearing this morning. His bill would require metering of new wells and would limit withdrawals to 350 gallons a day.
AWB has pushed strongly for a Hirst fix since the Supreme Court's 2016 ruling that put a major new set of burdens on rural development and well water availability. The Hirst issue was a major part of discussions at both of AWB's Rural Jobs Summits last year.
The Spokesman-Review and The Herald also wrote about the issue last week.
The Wenatchee World's editorial board called for the Legislature to pass a Hirst fix, saying it's crucial for rural Washington. Hirst "created an unfunded mandate for counties and a double layer of bureaucracy. Counties and rural landowners deserve clarity," the editorial board wrote last week.
The bill now goes to the Senate Ways and Means Committee for consideration.
Contact Mike Ennis, AWB government affairs director for rural issues, to learn more.
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College is a time of soul-searching and self-discovery. My friends and I have done a lot of growing up since embarking on our college journeys, and we credit a lot of it to the amazing experiences James Madison University has granted us in our four years here. With senior year coming to a close and … Continue reading 10 Things I Learned from JMU
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Known as the biggest and most reliable index for drawings of all sorts, exhentai, more popularly as the Sad Panda, was beloved among all /h/ for hosting all their favorite fetishes and art with decades' worth of material. Then, tragedy struck: a new sticky on /h/ told users to backup material on Sad Panda immediately due to new laws in the Netherlands. Users panickedly scrambled to backup everything they could, but -- there's only so much you can save in twelve hours. Though a backup eventually saved everything, the panic and dread that comes from losing the original and having to save so much could not dissipate so easily.
So how did this carry over to the pitch? For their final group stage match against /g/, Sad Panda became an AMF and a gold medal in honor of his many years of service, and just like that PES found a way to reward him.
With a free kick opportunity just outside of the box, the panda put it right into the back of the net, sending /h/ fans into a frenzy, with their lament momentarily forgotten, and the joy of a divegrass miracle filling their hearts. You'd be hard-pressed to write a better doujin plot than that.
But as /h/ fans blew their collective load for the Panda goal, so, it seems, did /h/ -- when the Panda let a heart-breaking goal past him in the last minute of eggsdra diem, /h/'s loss in the Round of 16 was sealed, capping off /h/'s emotional cup run. No matter how sad this made the panda, /h/ fans surely will still love him all the same.
Watch the Winter Cup, coming to a backup save near you soon, to see if /h/ can penetrate the field harder next time!
But before them -- once, there was a small team. Smooth, and inoffensive, it became the basis of a revolution — and few other boards could be better suited to start a trend than the innovative /gd/.
Even before they truly made a mark in Cup history, it was — intentionally or unintentionally — thanks to /gd/ that the Cup adopted its current seeding format. However, what truly put /gd/ on the map was the now-legendary upset of Cup stalwart /sp/ — an achievement that kicked off the story of the little team that could. Following another miraculous escape the following year, they soon became a near-permanent fixture of the Elites, and a common sight on the final day of any Cup they appeared in. Yet, for all their sleek aesthetics and masterclass tactics, /gd/ seemed unable to ever reach beyond the quarterfinals — until, one Winter, a cunning little cat made a wish upon a genie... a wish that led to a star, and, as luck would have it, an honest-to-goodness logo redesign.
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Last Chance! Maybe.
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Since this is probably our last chance before Riptide comes out, we should probably finish the co-op campaign of Dead Island, for the first time ever! Because we totally stopped playing it 5 minutes before the ending last time, when Blackwalt had to go to bed early.
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In December 1986 the average high temperature in Great Falls, MT was 44.3°F, and this was 7.6°F warmer than the average of 36.7°F. The hottest day in December 1986 was 2 December when the temperature reached 53.1°F. Overnight the average temperature in December is 16.8°F and in 1986 the average overnight temperature was 6.2°F warmer at 23.0°F.


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I remember a Peanuts poster where Charlie Brown says, "The more I learn, the more I learn how much I have to learn!" Thus it is with a diversion I have been practicing for a little more than a year: Scottish Country Dancing.
Once a week, I put on a kilt, an 18th Century weskit and dancing ghillies and prance about like a merry Scotsman -- or try. This isn't the Highland dancing you may be thinking about -- hands above the head, prancing in place. It's more like the English dancing you see in Pride And Prejudice: organized sets of people cavorting about, but not all at the same time. "SCD" speeds things up and adds fancier steps.
"In English dance we glide," one instructor once told me. "In Scottish, we fly!"
And when I land, it's sometimes in the middle of confusion. Scottish dance adds more complicated figures, many of them diagonal in nature or counter-intuitive to what I learned from the English. Dancers can fly in and out of the set, twirl among each other or their partners and still make it back to place. Timing is crucial. The key to making the complex figures work is hitting the right mark on the right beat, because everybody else is using your position as a guide. Get there too early or too late and chaos blooms from the garden of precision. One more thing: the steps in these dances aren't called. You have to know them, just like those Colonials did.
I'm glad I know "Mairi's Wedding" without help:
I first toyed with learning Scottish dance a few years ago after attending a Scottish ball in Tucson with Madame Sherri. We ended up dragged all over the place, into reels and diagonals and figures I'd never heard of, much less walked through. The dreaded mirror reel (that's a "hey" for you English dancers) nearly plunged the two of us into irrecoverable frustration. But we danced on. My work hours at the time made learning Scottish dance impossible. But when those changed, I finally decided to broaden my horizons.
Since March of last year, I have been learning the ways of the Scottish Dancing Force through the Tucson branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society, a network of highly-organized, highly-enthusiastic, and, compared to your humble servant on a challenging night, highly skilled. Might I also add they are a highly encouraging group?
Let's start with the steps. In English, you need only walk. In Scottish, three steps are the basis of everything else: the skip-change, the strathspey, and the (elusive) pas-de-basque. If one needs to crawl before one can walk, one must skip-change before moving on to the strathspey. It took many weeks for me to figure out the skip-change, that elusive foundation step which involves skipping on alternate feet. I cracked it by surprise one evening before practice where I just began doing it out of the blue, without putting much effort into it. I'd even tried skip-changing at work when I could keep it hidden from others, perhaps during a quick trip to the water fountain. But I still got caught sometimes.
"Were you just skipping?"
The strathspey is best visualized as a skip-change slowed down to a more elegant pace, but my Colonial English instincts keep wanting to kick in so that I offer a bit too much of a hop, as if I'm dancing a minuet with the Queen of Versailles at a fancy ball in 1754. Fantasy plays a huge role in my tackling the learning curve. Many people will come to practice in shorts or slacks, but I have to have the kilt, puffy shirt and weskit, living vicariously through the 1700's if it will improve my technique. It's also more French, like so much of Scottish Country Dancing. That's what many don't realize. The French influenced Scottish dancing because the Scottish royalty spent many years exiled in France. They brought more than the crown back with them.
And then there's the pas-de-basque. The dreaded pas-de-basque. The step people work on for years before nailing. The step that looks like it's two beats or four beats, when it's really three beats. One-two-three, two-two-three. Where's the four? I hear a four in the music. I see it in the figure. It is hidden, elusive and taunting.
One of my beloved instructors recommends learning this step to the opening bars of Queen's "We Will Rock You." The stomp-stomp-clap has the perfect cadence needed for instructional purposes at a beginner-friendly tempo. I can do it at that tempo, just not at twice the speed in the heat of the dance. "Just focus on getting the three beats," my Scottish dancing Jedi masters coaxed. I'm still working on it.
After the first few months of dancing, I met with a bit of reality: even though my enthusiasm was there, I just wasn't ready to take on for the advanced dances yet. The RSCDS has quality-control standards, and I had to remember that with humility.
"Part of it is your shoes," one instructor mentioned, indicating the dress shoes that got me around so well at work. "They're just too heavy."
I needed dancing ghillies. I needed them badly. But as I asked around for the best places and practices for acquiring a pair, a friend in the dance offered a gift and a miracle: a pair of ghillies, used, but still very much wearable. They lightened my load, and I was soon prancing about with the ballast gone.
A week later, out of nowhere, a lady offered her observation: "I haven't seen you dance for several months and you've come a long way!"
The complement stunned me. "Thank you My Lady! But I can't get my pas-de-basques."
"Well, you heard [the instructor]. It took her a heck of a long time to learn it, too!"
"GOD Bless You, My Lady!" I replied with a courtly bow.
One year after I began my latest dance journey, I attended a ball in Phoenix with their RSCDS branch. I had a couple of meltdowns when a figure threw me, but we kept going.
And I managed to pull off the Reel of the 51st Highland Division with few, if any, errors. Watch closely and you can see me counting the phrases:


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Under the plan the South would lead counter-provocation operations with the U.S. providing support, they said. It was signed by Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Jung Seung-jo and Combined Forces Command chief James D. Thurman Friday and took effect immediately.
"It was developed by mutual agreement between the ROK (Republic of Korea) and U.S. JCS chairman after the North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island (in November 2010)," said the CFC in a press release.
"The completed plan includes procedures for consultation and action to allow for a strong and decisive combined ROK-US response to North Korean provocations and threats."
|U.S. military police staff engage in base defense drills in connection with the allied Key Resolve exercise in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. (Yonhap News)
The allies did not elaborate on operational specifics, but the plan is thought to stipulate concrete steps for various provocation scenarios that could occur in the Military Demarcation Line and the Northern Limit Line, the de facto inter-Korean sea border, or within the Demilitarized Zone.
Observers said that U.S. military assets including those in Japan and the Pacific Command headquartered in Hawaii might be deployed to support its ally handling any provocation.
Seoul officials expressed satisfaction about the plan, stressing any future provocations would be met with a strong counterattack.
"Our military's operational guideline, which calls for launching counterstrikes at not only the origin of provocation, but also forces supporting it and its commanders, has been reflected in the plan," a military official said, declining to be named.
"Depending on the types of provocations and operational environments, U.S. weapons could be mobilized to strike back at North Korea's territorial waters and soil."
Last year, the allies agreed to sign the plan in January. But they delayed it despite North Korea's escalating missile and nuclear threats, prompting speculation that they were at odds over the scope of a counterstrike.
Seoul has repeatedly said it would launch a counterstrike 10 times stronger than any provocation.
But Washington appeared uneasy about Seoul taking too aggressive a stance due to the risk of provocations escalating into a full-blown war, which could drag in both the U.S. and China at a time both powers are struggling with domestic challenges.
Following the announcement of the plan, some experts said the U.S. recognized Seoul's right to self-defense in forging the new plan, while some expressed concern that the plan could clash with the U.N. Command's armistice rules of engagement.
The rules of engagement, whose content is classified, is designed to check the excessive exercise of a country's self-defense right so as to prevent an escalation of an armed clash and casualties resulting from it.
The allies' counter-provocation plan seems to allow for a greater exercise of self-defense. But Seoul officials claimed the plan would not go beyond the rules of engagement.
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I slept fitfully last night. My shoulder ached terribly. This morning it is better. But I'm not going to clean after all this morning. That would just aggravate it. I may do the kitchen and bathroom floors. But vacuuming is out.
I took Missy out for an hour. She wandered off over to Marilyn's carport and I had to go get her and carry her back. She growled and hissed all the way. Darn cat! She knows better. Soon we came in. I was tired of sitting out there. I will do very little this morning. This afternoon, after lunch and the meeting, I will go to Bartlesville and buy some new underwear and a card or two and maybe a housewarming gift if I can find anything they don't already have. I don't have a clue about their colors so it will have to be personal.
More later... I'd better got busy if I'm going to get those floors done.
I got both floors done and the arm still feels fine. I will not try to vacuum though. I am too right handed to manage. I often try to use my left hand but it just doesn't work as well. I sure miss my self propelled vacuum sweeper. It was only thirty years old. I don't know why it didn't last longer. :)
More even later....
I got back from Bartlesville about 4:15. I went by the pharmacy to pick up my prescription and the doctor had not called them back. I turned it in at 9:00 in the morning before I even left town. Now I will have to go back tomorrow and hope he did finally call them. I only have two blood pressure pills left. I don't have a lot of faith in doctors anymore. My long time doctor in Dewey, Oklahoma spoiled me with more personal attention. They don't do that much anymore. I have had several bad experiences with the latest of my doctors.
For some reason, my right arm seems better. It has ached for six weeks or more. It seems better yesterday and today.
The hurricane will hit Florida tonight. My son lives in Yulee and he said so far there is only a lot of wind and rain...nothing serious.
I went to bed at 9:00.
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CHICAGO — Before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night at United Center, the visiting Boston Bruins will be treated to one of the loudest and most venerable traditions in hockey: the cheers during the national anthem before a Blackhawks game.
The red carpet will be rolled out, the home patrons will stand, and Jim Cornelison will begin belting out "The Star-Spangled Banner" in his operatic tenor. But instead of respectful silence, the fans' accompaniment will be reverential noise: clapping and cheering for a good minute and a half until the anthem is done.
This has become a familiar scene in the hockey world, but the origins are hazy. Wayne Messmer, who sang the anthem at Blackhawks games from 1980 to 1994, said he thought the seeds were planted during the Western Conference finals against the Vancouver Canucks in 1982, when fans started to cheer during the last eight bars or so of the anthem.
But the tradition seems to have truly arrived on May 9, 1985, before Game 3 of the conference finals against Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers.
The Oilers, a juggernaut on their way to a second consecutive Stanley Cup in a run that would include five championships in seven years, had beaten the overmatched Blackhawks by scores of 11-2 and 7-3 in Games 1 and 2 in Edmonton.
The Oilers had future Hall of Famers up and down its roster — Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr among them. They entered Game 3 on a record 12-game winning streak in the playoffs.
"Coming back from Edmonton down, 0-2, we didn't want to throw in the towel," Messmer said. "It was like we're going to go nuts and do everything we can to make sure this season doesn't end."
Former players and reporters who covered the series recalled that during the renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Edmonton, Oilers fans made enough noise that the American team noticed.
Troy Murray, then a member of the Blackhawks and now a radio announcer for the team, called the commotion a "slight to the anthem."
Coffey insisted that no malice had been intended, saying the fans "might have been inadvertently and prematurely getting into the game."
Whether or not it was antagonistic, the series deficit, the long comeback odds and the perceived slight added to the buzz of an already notoriously raucous Chicago Stadium crowd. When the Blackhawks took the ice for Game 3, the fans were giddy.
Eddie Olczyk, another member of the Blackhawks and now a commentator, said he sensed a palpable intensity when he skated during warm-ups. He looked into the stands and saw the legendary Bears running back Gale Sayers.
Olczyk said he thought to himself, holy cow, this is a big game.
A few minutes later, from his perch in the organ loft high above the ice, Messmer sang the opening words of the anthem, and then was shocked. A wall of sound was coming at him.
"I was like, what the heck?" he said.
Coffey said, "There's five of us standing there on the blue line, and it's loud and getting louder, and we're looking at each other thinking this is pretty cool."
The Blackhawks won Game 3, 5-2. When Messmer sang the anthem ahead of Game 4 three nights later, the fans were back at it. The Blackhawks won again, evening the series.
Chicago went on to lose Games 5 and 6, but the next season, fans continued to cheer when Messmer sang the anthem, and the practice stuck.
"It was so emotionally stirring that people wanted to keep it going," Messmer said.
The custom gained national fame several years later when the 1991 All-Star Game was played in Chicago on Jan. 19, three days after President George H. W. Bush announced the attacks that began the Persian Gulf war.
When Messmer sang that day, cameras panned across the crowd capturing American and Canadian flags and inspirational messages to the troops. The noise was deafening.
Frank Pellico, the organist who has accompanied the anthem since 1991, said, "I was playing the organ two feet from Wayne, but couldn't hear him."
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was so taken with the show of patriotism that he had a copy of the tape shown to soldiers overseas during the war.
The anthem tradition carried over when United Center replaced Chicago Stadium in 1994, even though a digital organ replaced the original, which was the largest of its kind in the world. Messmer was replaced as the anthem singer by a string of singers from Chicago's Lyric Opera, and now Cornelison has the nightly honor.
"It gives me goose bumps," Chicago forward Bryan Bickell said. "I can't imagine a better way to start a hockey game."


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Someone called me an "Audio Mythbuster" a long time ago. Especially when dealing with audio "folklore", I've never been one to accept statements that are purporting to be fact but sound more like subjective opinion.
Same Page
Now for those of you who haven't heard about this, there are a number of sites and blogs out there that discuss the merits of using A432 as a tuning standard. To get everyone on the same page, a tuning standard is a pitch that is used as a reference by which to tune your instrument. In common practice, the A above middle C on a piano is tuned to 440 Hz – meaning that the strings struck by that piano key vibrate 440 times per second – hence the name A440.
Before an orchestra plays, the note that you hear played by an oboe is an A (usually A440, but orchestras sometimes tune below or above that frequency for various reasons). The overwhelmingly vast majority of commercial music is tuned to A440.
The Fun Out on the Internet Tubes…
Just Google "A440 vs. A432" or "A440 conspiracy" and you'll get a nice bunch of reading. Here are a few the I found:
And some of my favourites (with cool late 90's HTML skills):
The claimed benefits from playing and listening to music tuned to A432 range from better health, world peace and universal harmony to just plain "it sounds better". There are even theories that Hitler changed the tuning standard to A440 for a whole list of nefarious reasons. Some theories go back to Bach being some evil mastermind promoting A440 with his Well-Tempered Klavier work.
Putting Your Ears to the Test
Regardless, this all lead me to put something together that brings some sort of objectivity to the debate.
Below, I've posted several clips of two pieces – a little Jazz jam and selected excerpts from Beethoven's Sonata Opus 8 No. 13 (Pathetique).
The general parameters:
- All instruments are synth / sample-based.
- Equal-tempered scales are used.
- I've inserted a few seconds of pink noise before each example to clean the auditory pallet if you will.
- All examples are 320kb fixed bitrate MP3s.
I used different sections from the Beethoven Sonata and kept the song in the original key (C minor). The jazz jam is the same identical clip, but transposed half-steps (semi-tones) away from the original so that your brain will have to "reset" what you perceive as the tonal centre of the example. The difference between A440 and A432 is 31.8 cents – a difference that is easily perceptible to the human ear if the examples were played back-to-back. I wanted to make each example of the same music stand on its own as much as possible.
I don't care if you get a special feeling, find some sort of inner peace or reject the importance of the number 42. I'd like to see whether there is a "significant" number of votes correctly identifying the example(s) that are tuned to A432 … that is to say … if any of the clips are indeed tuned to A432.
If tuning to A432 does have some significance, then the results should show that.
Please just use your ears and no cheating with any analysis tools.
Beethoven Clips
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Happy New Year!
Our renovation is in full swing. We received our final permit this past Monday and the contractors, Incite Management Solutions, got quickly to work. They've pulled out all of the old cabinets and countertops, ripped out the carpet, and knocked out a couple of walls. We're changing the floor plan from three small exam rooms to two larger ones. They've started enlarging one of the bathrooms to make it fully ADA compliant so our patients in wheelchairs can easily access the facilities. Framing is up and next week they'll be putting in the new drywall. Since we had to wait on permits, they had time to already have our new cabinets made so they'll be installed soon too.
Last Wednesday our signs were installed at Statewood Professional Park. They look great! We'd like to thank FastSigns in Eastgate for helping us with these.
This coming Wednesday, we'll be going to Dayton to tour Midmark's showroom and pick out our exam tables. We love that we have an exam table company fairly local that makes their products here in the USA.
In the past month, we've been busy negotiating prices with Labcorp and Proscan so we can offer low priced alternatives to patients. Sometimes even with having insurance, paying cash (or through your HSA) for testing is significantly cheaper than going through the negotiated rate with your insurance company. This is especially true for patients in high deductible plans. We want to help our patients spend their healthcare dollars wisely. We will always give our patients a choice in where they get testing. If there is a location or facility you wish to use, we'll help you get your tests.
Everything is on schedule for our March 1st opening. We've had a strong pre-registration. There are still patient spots available and patients can continue to pre-register. Once we open, as long as the practice isn't full, we'll continue to accept registrations. We'd love to hear from you. Please contact us with any questions.


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TREE|HUB wants to challenge misconceptions about wood's role in our society. We are partners with Grown in Britain, promoting a more sustainable future.
Our structural timber is Douglas Fir planted 1958 at Venus Wood (Cocking, West Sussex) and sourced by Donald MacDonald, the head forester of the Cowdray Estate. Our ladder is built with dried Oak selected by Sarah Farmer. Both materials were donated by English Woodlands Timber. The OSB that you step on and see on our walls was grown in Scotland and donated by Norbord.
The rest of the elements are reclaimed: timber donated from an exhibition at The Building Centre and scraps from Economic Skips. The roof is finished with reclaimed acrylic donated by Gregory Signs.
The pavilion was built at the Design Department workshops in Goldsmiths, University of London by BA Design students.
Video by Aleksa Shilova.


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The club organises regular events that members and non-member are both very welcome to come along to!
Some of last year's highlights included:
-The Freshers Week picnic
-Pub and cocktail nights
-Christmas and end of year
-Sinners Sports nights
-Potluck dinners
-Bake sales (and baking socials!)
And of course our Wednesday trips are social events themselves, so don't miss out! We even make a stop at McDonalds before we go home some weeks.
Make sure you sign up to our mailing list or join our Facebook group to stay up to date with all of this year's events!


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The winner will be announced on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/mantlerockpbulishing/) on December 13. Please "Like" our page to stay up to date on news & information about Mantle Rock Publishing.
Many of the participating authors in this contest have free gifts they will send to contest entrants through their individual email lists so be watching for some goodies coming to your email inbox soon!
The following authors are participating in this event:
- Amy Blake
- Bethany Baker
- Brooke Cox
- Cynthia Roemer
- Cynthia Taylor
- Hope Dougherty
- Katt Anderson
- Laurean Brooks
- Mary Kay Tuberty
- Micki Clark
- Pam Harris
- Sara Foust
- Suzanne Bratcher


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Sabina, Karel
Sabina, Karel
Born Dec. 29, 1813, in Prague; died there Nov. 9, 1877. Czech public and political figure and journalist.
Son of petit bourgeois parents of modest means, Sabina studied philosophy and law at the universities of Prague and Vienna. He was influenced by K. H. Mácha and by romanticism. During the 1830's he took part in sociopolitical activity, he was one of the organizers of the secret political society Repeal Český (1844), which opposed the absolutism of the Hapsburgs and favored a democratic republic. During the Revolution of 1848–49 in Bohemia, he was a member of the Svatovátslavsky Committee (the organ of revolutionary power), the National Committee, and the societies Svornost and Lípa Slovanská, as well as a deputy to the Czech parliament. Sabina was the ideological leader of the radical democratic trend. He edited a number of radical journals and newspapers.
During the 1848 Prague uprising, Sabina fought on the barricades and was arrested; he remained in prison until the autumn of 1848. In the spring of 1849 he took part in preparations for an uprising. He was arrested and in 1853 was sentenced to death; the sentence was commuted to an 18-year prison term. He was freed by an amnesty in 1857. Ill and demoralized, Sabina was recruited by the Austrian police in 1859 as a paid informer. In 1872 he was exposed; by the decision of a court of Czech patriots he was banished from Bohemia. He returned to Prague secretly and engaged in literary activity.


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The Basics
Event: Rock Chalk Classic / Hosted by Kansas
Location: Rock Chalk Park / Lawrence, Kan.
Complete Results: Rock Chalk Classic
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Omeiza Akerele won the 400m dash and the Oral Roberts University 4x100m relay team was 0.01 seconds away from another championship Friday as the Golden Eagles competed in the Rock Chalk Classic. The meet, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, was moved to Friday to avoid predicted rain in the area.
News & Notes
- Akerele's winning time of 47.27 was his fastest of the season and the best by a Golden Eagle this season. Dominique James also ran his best time of the year in the event at 49.39.
- Caleb Turnbow clocked in at 16:53.86 in the 5k, his best mark of the year to finish sixth.
- Hanna Sanchez ran the fastest time by a Golden Eagle this year in the women's 5k finishing eighth in a time of 18:35.94.
- Freshman Madolyn Palodichuk dropped nearly two seconds off her time in the 400m hurdles from a week ago, running a season best 1:10.85.
- Erica Baker smashed her personal best in the discus, tossing it 38.19m, nearly four meters better than her previous best from last month.
Women's Top 5 Finishers
100m Dash
2nd – Cameron Hilliard – 11.86
200m Dash
4th – Cameron Hilliard – 24.37
400m Hurdles
5th – Madolyn Palogichuk – 1:10.85
4x100m Relay
3rd – Kishel Stubbs, Mayah Benning, Mercy Abire, Cameron Hilliard – 47.97
Pole Vault
5th – Brittany McDonald – 3.68m (12-0.75)
Long Jump
4th – Amaya Christon – 5.44m (17-10.25)
Men's Top 5 Finishers
100m Dash
2nd – Aobakwe Malau – 10.63
200m Dash
2nd – D'Khari Hicks – 21.23
400m Dash
1st – Omeiza Akerele – 47.27
110m Hurdles
4th – Keaton Tillack – 15.86
5th – Sethren Wells – 15.95
3,000m Steeplechase
3rd – Joshua Lee – 9:47.97
4x100m Relay
2nd – Aobakwe Malau, D'Khari Hicks, Dominique James, Omeiza Akerele – 40.89
Pole Vault
T5th – Matt Owen – 4.82m (15-9.75)
T5th – Justin Estala – 4.82m (15-9.75)
Triple Jump
3rd – Jaden Purnell – 14.28m (46-10.25)
5th – Joseph Hutchins – 12.75m (41-10)
4th – Austin Simpson – 45.15m (148-1)
Up Next
The final meet of the regular season will be next Friday at the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville May 5 before going to The Summit League Championship May 11.
For the latest information on ORU Track and Field, follow the Golden Eagles on Facebook and Twitter or go to www.ORUAthletics.com. Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading the Golden Eagles Front Row App at ORUAthletics.com/frontrow or in the App Store.


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The main furniture in the living room is a sofa and coffee table. The presence of a sofa does make guests and homeowners feel more comfortable when sitting and chatting. But some people even like to sit on the floor or use carpet rugs because they are free, when chatting becomes more familiar, and the atmosphere becomes more cheerful. One of the natural ingredients in making carpet floor carpet companies near me, flax yarn is also quite resistant and easy to mix and match with various styles of home interior design. Floor carpet from hemp yarn is suitable for use on the outside of the house because of its harder and weatherproof properties. This floor carpet texture is usually denser and not soft, but certainly resistant to various needs. Floor rugs from animal skin are one of the luxury items that are beautiful, have high value and are tempting. Usually, the animal skin floor carpet is priced at a high price because it is not easily available, and has its own unique value.
More often taking on the role of decoration, carpet flooring for animal skin types can be an interesting element in a room. Only, be careful in the arrangement so that it is not placed in a damp room because it can be damaged. Synthetic materials are an alternative to some natural floor carpet materials such as wool, cotton, silk to genuine leather. Types of synthetic floor carpets are usually more affordable but can be made in such a way that there is still an elegant and luxurious impression from the original material. This material is also easy to get and easy to clean at any time. But the disadvantages of synthetic floor carpets are that they break faster, especially if they often get exposure to weather changes and humidity. Talking about carpet rugs, you can't just skip the bohemian concept. For this one concept, you need to choose an eccentric tapestry carpet like green, red, and yellow. Don't be afraid to use 2 or 3 carpet rugs at the same time with different colors and motifs because it will look more stylish. For added convenience, place a few small pillows and an ottoman.


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Regular attendance is critical to your child's education. Disruptions to your child's school attendance can have a significant impact on his or her academic performance. When a child is excessively absent, a parent-teacher conference will be held. If the problem continues, a parent-administrator conference will be scheduled. Excessive absences may result in an attendance hearing with a school administrator. If the attendance issues don't improve, a truancy order will be filed with the local court. Your child should attend school consistently and should be absent only for illness or emergencies. Please do not schedule extended family vacations during school time.
What To Do If Your Child Is Going To Be Absent:
Submit the Report an Absence Online form. This is the easiest and most efficient way to report your child's absence. This information is needed for our attendance reports. Let us know if your child has a contagious disease, confirmed by your child's physician, such as chicken pox, measles, mumps, or strep throat. We will watch for symptoms in other students and notify their parents when appropriate. Please provide the attendance clerk with a note from your physician indicating the diagnosis and release of your child to return to school. If your child did not see a medical professional, documentation regarding the reason for the absence will still be required. A maximum of five parent notes for absences will be accepted throughout the school year. Subsequent absences with a parent note will be reviewed by the designated campus administrator and may require a parent conference to clarify the reason for the continued absences
A child who was absent due to a fever must be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school. If your child has been absent due to a lice outbreak, please have him/her meet with the nurse before returning to class. Please notify the school of any anticipated absence(s) due to out-of-town trips, family emergencies, or medical/dental appointments.


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It is one of the most useful books in teaching Tajweed and it is characterized by its easy way with the presentation of information in educational boards. Also, it is one of the books that the student can be satisfied in the study of Tajweed. It is a detailed book of the rules and has many benefits that a student can be improved clearly after studying it. This book is preferred for intermediate and advanced levels.
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It is a simple book explains the rules in a simplified and clear way. This book is preferred for only beginners and middle level.
This book is characterized by a gradual explanation of the rules and in teaching Tajweed in a simplified manner without hardship through examples and training, and we always advise our students to study from it.
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It is an excellent book to explain the rules of Tajweed in English to suit the Muslims who speak English around the world.
It is also characterized by explaining the rules of Tajweed in a simple way with practicing through the examples of the Book of Allah.
The student can understand its method in an easy way.


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30 May 2014
New fashion show seen as sign of fresh confidence in Japanese market
- Photo: Bags more choice: expo expansion offers greater buying opportunities.
- Photo: Tokuyama: "clear success".
- Photo: Mahtani: "digital lifeline".
- Photo: Brighter footfall prospects promised for Autumn event.
Fashion World Tokyo is taking on the International Fashion Fair in a bid for supremacy in the Japanese clothing market. Despite its relatively small start, its timing and import-friendly approach has been welcomed by many exhibitors.
|Bags more choice: expo expansion offers greater buying opportunities.
It has been taken as a sign of optimism that a major new fashion trade show has been launched in Japan. Fashion World Tokyo (FWT), a three-day event held at Tokyo Big Sight, was organised by Reed Exhibitions, a leading international trade show company, and brought together a number of smaller expos – notably those focusing on bags, shoes and accessories. This created what is, effectively, a major challenger to the Senken Shimbun-organised International Fashion Fair (IFF), currently the leading fashion trade show in Japan.
According to Reed, the FWT will focus more on promoting business-to-business networking opportunities and less on media awareness. A number of participants have already indicated that they see the scheduling of the show (April and October) as more in line with the needs of the fashion industry than the IFF (January and July), while others have emphasised its importer-friendly nature. In fact, of the 260 exhibitors at the inaugural FWT, 50 were overseas companies.
Although some participants expressed disappointment at the size of the debut event, the organisers claim the October event will be at least 50% bigger. Even if the show's first iteration may not have been quite as extensive as many may have hoped, Reed undoubtedly has the ambition and experience to ensure the event will grow, especially if the fashion industry sees it as fulfilling a useful role. This is, obviously, the most important question and, based on this first showing, it certainly seems to have found a niche.
Akira Kono is the International Sales and Marketing Director of Reed Exhibitions in Japan. He sees the launch of the new show as a natural development and one stemming directly from Reed's existing activities in the sector.
Explaining the event's evolution, he said: "We have been doing shoe, bag and accessory expos for three years. These were doubling in size every year and we had received a number of enquiries from the industry asking why we weren't doing more. So, that's why we decided to launched a clothing show. We've combined our existing events and will be staging it twice a year from now on."
Acknowledging the need to differentiate the new show from the JFW-IFF, Kono was keen to emphasise the new event's b2b credentials, as well as the organiser's commitment to maintaining a year-round dialogue with buyers.
He said: "We try and visit all the buyers. This year we went to 7,000 shops around Japan, asking them all to attend and that's how we managed to attract quite so many buyers. Our main focus is getting exhibitors and buyers to do business, so we ask all our visitors to try and complete deals during the show. We ask them to have table and chair ready at their booth and we ask buyers to place orders there. We also try to create environment that is conducive for doing business. Sometimes a fashion show is just a show, a place where you parade your clothes and that's it. We didn't want that."
Overall, the show space was clearly deemed to be well-designed, with a large, attractive lounge area. The booths themselves were more open-plan, with less barriers obstructing the views of attendees. Kanako Oshima, representing Arkness, a Japanese multi-brand bag company, said the booths were more like real shops, making it easier to communicate.
Reed also attempted to establish a dedicated luxury brand zone, billed as "The European Street". On this first showing, though, most of its occupants were mid-level brands, rather than truly high-end, although the majority were still overseas companies.
Akemi Tsuchiya, a Senior Executive with for the Eishin Trading Co Ltd, a Japanese importer, was promoting the Italian jeans brand Care Label in the luxury brand zone. With the male-oriented jeans retailing at between US$300-$400, Tsuchiya said the weakened yen had made the items seem unduly expensive. Despite this, she reported a lot of interest in the product and said her company would return to the event in October, when the organisers have promised a particular focus on the male fashion sector.
Explaining why Eishin had opted to exhibit at the new show, she said: "We started working with this brand a year ago. We now need to find more customers, rather than just get orders. That's why we decided to come here.
"The timing of the IFF wasn't great for us. Their schedule is not ideal as, at that time, we have to collect orders and schedule our orders. Now we have finished that process, we can start looking at the next season."
Tsuchiya's sentiments were pretty much echoed by Manoj Mahtani, the Founder of Asia Industries Co Ltd, a small Tokyo-based fashion label specialising in importing hand-made garments from India.
He said: "We used to participate in the IFF, but we didn't attend for six or seven years. We did exhibit there a year and a half ago, but we really didn't get the response we were hoping for. The July IFF is supposed to highlight Spring/Summer ranges, but it is too early for buyers to consider next year's collections.
"As a result, every year there are fewer and fewer buyers. Similarly, if you do Fall or Winter in July, then it's too late because of production requirements. There is clearly a problem with the timing as it stands. The market is changing and the buyers are definitely looking for something new, so I think this new show will probably do well."
The desire to try something new was clearly strong among many exhibitors. Universal Trading – originally a Japanese manufacturer of camping stoves, but now an importer of a number of outdoor products - chose the new event for its fashion show debut and was particularly keen to promote its range of footwear and non-slip shoe grips.
As well as finding new customers, many attendees had come to the FWT in search of new business partners. For some, such as Yoshinori Tokuyama, a Director of Ad-Dex, a shoe manufacturer and importer, this had proved a clear success.
He said: "Everybody's been attending the IFF for a long time, so everybody knows everybody else. The exhibitors are always the same and the customers are also the same. Frequently, there is no reason for them to go to the IFF because they're already in touch with one another. This is new though. We came across a sportswear company we had never encountered before. Now we are making sample for them and doing business with them."
Amid something of an air of restlessness and a clear hunger for new business, there was also some cautious optimism apparent at the new show. This was reflected in a number of areas, including more colourful and exuberant footwear items, as well as brighter, pop design elements being included in a number of clothes ranges.
Among the other beacons of hope cited by several of the smaller companies was the rise of e-commerce. With many of the less-sizeable fashion businesses forced into mergers and acquisitions – a consequence of the need to cut costs – online sales are now seen as providing a lifeline for the rump of the sector. One business keen to embrace those digital possibilities was Asia Industries.
Mahtani said: "We find a substantial number of buyers who just trade via the internet, without the need for any retail premises. As manufacturers, we are very keen to see this sector expand. It offers a lifeline to us when many conventional shops are struggling with high rents and with the problems of recruiting and retaining staff."
|Brighter footfall prospects promised for Autumn event.
Fashion World Tokyo took place from 2-4 April at Tokyo's Big Sight. The event attracted 12,579 delegates.
Marius Gombrich, Special Correspondent, Tokyo


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My best friend; Friendship
Leaving Examination Topic #9
- význam přátelství, charakteristika přítele
- můj nejlepší přítel/moji přátelé
- osobnost, kterou obdivuji
- My best friend - description, character, how long you know him/her, hobbies, work
- Real friendship - What do you think it is? Do you have a real friend? Do people need friends in their life? Why?
August 3 is International Friendship Day, time to recognise your friends and their contribution to your life. Friendship helps to bring peace and positivism to the globe
Simple vs. Real Friendship (by Chen Qin)
- A simple friend identifies himself when he calls.
- A real friend doesn't have to.
- A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life.
- A real friend says, "What's new with you?"
- A simple friend thinks the problems you whine about are recent.
- A real friend says, "You've been whining about the same thing for 14 years. Get off your duff and do something about it."
- A simple friend has never seen you cry.
- A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.
- A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
- A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.
- A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
- A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.
- A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
- A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.
- A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
- A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.
- A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
- A real friend could blackmail you with it.
- A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
- A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.
- A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
- A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.
- A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
- A real friend expects to always be there for you!
Friendship Means... (by Rachel Chastain)
- You know you have a friend for life when they answer the phone at one in the morning because you can't sleep and have a lot on your mind, and they don't mind talking about nothing to get your mind off everything.
- They spare some time to spend with you.
- When you know that if something bad happened to you they'd be there for you, no questions asked.
- When you can look at them when some thing is wrong and they know it just by the look in their eyes and all they have to do is offer a hug and you feel a thousand times better.
- When you know that they'd never lie to you, and would never hurt you and if they did it would only be for your betterment.
- They can make you laugh when skies are the darkest, and they're there with a good movie and some popcorn when you're totally depressed.
- And even if you're a thousand miles apart, it doesn't matter because what you share with this friend is so much deeper then what lies on top that distance plays no role in your friendship.
- Friendship is when they push when you need it, but never too hard; and stand back when the time is right but never to far.
- And the true test of friendship is if you're willing to do it all back in a heartbeat.
- When you're life is so much better because you know them, and they bring out the best that lies within.
A short course in Human Relations
- The six most important words: "I admit I made a mistake."
- The five most important words: "You did a good job."
- The four most important words: "What is your opinion?"
- The three most important words: "If you please."
- The two most important words: "Thank you."
- The one most important word: "WE"
- The least important word: "I"
A personality I admire
- vyberte osobnost, která pro vás osobně něco znamená
- vyberte osobnosti české, britské nebo americké historie
- Czech personalities - Charles IV, Karel Čapek, Antonín Dvořák, Jaromír Jágr...
- British personalities - Henry VIII, Margareth Thatcher, Princess Diana, Queen Victoria, Sir Alexander Fleming, Winston Churchill...
- American personalities - Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, F. D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, J. F. Kennedy...
- what does she/he look like?
- what is she/he like?
- what does she/he like doing?


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Out here in SLC, we are getting very spoiled with lots of snow, which means tons of POWDER in the mountains. Today, Heinz & I went riding at Brighton Ski Resort, where we kinda call home.
We are up at Brighton year round, skiing in the winter & hiking in the summer. There is a comfortable, laid back feel that makes it one of my favorite places in Utah, (and the unlimited powder doesn't hurt either).
We live in such a beautiful place.
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Four Changes You Will Need to Make for 4K
Technology is changing our lifestyle, and nowhere is this more apparent than in our very own living rooms. With the release of 4K television products, the time has come to make some adjustments to your entertainment center's furniture to support larger screens. Here are our 4 recommendations for changes to your living room furniture to support a 4K television.
Larger Screen, Smaller Stand
With 4K televisions being released in 50 inch versions with some bolder models reaching upwards of a hundred inches, you won't be needing your wall-mounts or high stands anymore. Instead, your choice of furniture for a 4K television should be a something more similar to a miniature TV console that somewhat resembles a coffee table in a living room. Check out the Odyssey White Storage TV Console which perfectly encompasses all that's needed; knee-high, few drawers and a no fuss table top for an entertainment center.
Stretch your Seating
Guests will no longer need to sit closer to your 4K television which will pack as many pixels as a 4K TV. Therefore, your lounge seating will need to expand outwards for a more theatre-style living room. Most furniture such as triple sofas can adjust to this setting, but it may be time for some new additions to your entertainment center. The middle of your room will therefore leave much to be desired. Rather than cluttering it with coffee tables or other furniture, why not go for rugs that fill in the gaps?
Lighting is Everything
The perfect living should have lighting that adapts to your mood. However, with a 4K television brightening up the room, keeping the right luminescence becomes crucial. Chances are your existing entertainment center will need to be dimmed down with lighter lamps and a thicker curtain on your windows. A smarter way to go about this is by changing the color pallet of your room. Go for more blacks and darker shades of brown rather than whites. Even these subtle changes to your furniture can make a big difference. You can read our styling guide for more options on decorating.
Room Sound
Something that is taken for granted by most home owners with entertainment centers is how the sound will resonate throughout their living room and for that matter, throughout their house. The new 4K televisions match their sound with the size by filling a room with loud surround sound. Therefore, make sure your walls are up to par and the furniture in the room can drown out the noise from the TV.
Ultimately, what you are looking for in an entertainment room is a bigger setting and furniture that is well placed to accommodate a 4K television with ease. It is not always simple to build a room and set the furniture around a giant screen, but your inspiration should come from a movie theatre. In the end the choice is yours, but Furniture Nation always hopes to point you in the right direction when shopping for your furniture. Be sure to check out our entertainment center as well as our living room catalogue for great choices at a low price. And as always, leave us a comment below or call us at 817-605-7632 for any thoughts and feedback you would like to leave us.
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This blog unlike most blogs was created so as to free youths from "the slavery of total dependence on government and private firms to provide them with jobs. To also create awareness of digital technology, thereby encouraging potential entrepreneurs with business ideas to actually start building their dreams and aspirations after reading my posts.
"The mission of my blog is to provide youths with beneficial information for youth empowerment and to be focused on financial independence. To also convey digital knowledge to my readers. Laughter and educative stuffs are welcomed."
My name is Usman Aliyu Kakangi. It all started in Kaduna State, one of the most influential state in Northern Nigeria; where i was born and bred. I did all my schooling and spent most of my life here. After my secondary school education, I was able to discover my potential, and behold it was the use of computers then. Initially when i was in secondary school my dream was to be a chemical engineer but that changed totally after discovering how much passion I had for Computers, very inquisitive of the technology behind it. Since then, I've always had passion for anything ICT related. And today am grateful to the almighty for giving me the chance to become an IT personnel, which am still growing and I believe I'll head to the top and discover my full potential. Am currently into digital marketing which comprises of social media marketing for companies, businesses and even private individuals seeking more awareness about what they do. Amongst other services I offer are web design, hosting, hardware and software maintenance for both Phones (Android, iPhone, Windows, Blackberry) and PCs, unlocking of usb modems and routers. My interests are traveling, community work, innovation, research, and helping others. I strongly believe i was born to impact on peoples lives. Looking to promote your business digitally? Then you are at the right place. you can connect with me right away.
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Buy Carpet & Flooring The Right Way
Welcome to Home Based Carpet & Flooring, Cincinnati's exclusive shop at home flooring and carpet company. We sell and install beautiful carpet and floors in Loveland, Ohio as well as Greater Cincinnati. We bring beautiful carpeting, vinyl flooring (like luxury vinyl tile and plank flooring), wide width sheet vinyl flooring, laminate floors and beautiful hardwood flooring samples right to your home. See them where you use them, where you can lay the color swatches on the floor and see how it looks with the fabric on your couch. Every home has different lighting that casts shadows and plays tricks on the viewer. Always look at the flooring on the floor, not in a showroom. Give us a call today and set up your in home sample viewing.
Get The Flooring of Your Dreams Without The Hassle
Beautiful Hardwood Flooring Loveland, Ohio 45140This is a family-owned business, and when the owner, Greg, says that they treat you like family, he means it (in a good way!). I called them, saying that I needed the older foyer flooring taken up, as well as the ancient builders' carpet in the living and dining rooms, and said carpet removed from by daughter's room because of her allergies. Oh, and I had only a four-week timeline. Greg, his wife, and his son were here within two days, measuring and helping me choose flooring. We eventually went with a high-quality yet budget-friendly Appalachian hardwood downstairs, and an attractive laminate upstairs (it matched two other bedrooms)…. 03/06/2019 – Kathrine Henson-Mack
Beautiful Dreamweaver wall to wall carpetBeautiful Dreamweaver wall to wall carpet installed on stairway in Hyde Park in Cincinnati. This job was a custom installation where the carpet was turned and tacked against the spindles.
Vinyl Plank Flooring South Lebanon, Ohio 45065Project was completed within 4 days (one day less than quoted). Craftsmanship with the trim, flooring and transitions was amazing. High quality work that was less than the cost of others estimates. They also found a way to lay evenly over existing multiple types of flooring which saved me in demolition cost and time of work to be completed. Looks gorgeous !! Greg is the owner and walks you through the entire process and follows up daily. I won't use anyone else but Greg for flooring again. – Dana Gendreau
Phenix CarpetSmart Play, color- steeple chase. Phenix Carpet sold and installed by Home Based Carpet & Flooring. Job in Anderson Township, Ohio.
Dreamweaver Carpet Loveland, OH 45140I had a GREAT experience with Home Based Carpeting and Flooring. I was looking for a company that would give me personalized service, and they totally delivered! I was thrilled with their customer service – they made the process SO EASY and SIMPLE! I never had to leave my home and now I have gorgeous, new carpet! Also, their installers were great – I felt very comfortable with them here in my home. – Emily Smith
Brand Name Quality FlooringHome Based Carpet & Flooring sells and installs wood flooring, laminate, vinyl tile flooring, and luxury vinyl flooring.
Home Based Carpet & Flooring History
After having a brick and mortar location for over 20 years, we decided to skip the 70 hours per week managing the store and now bring the store to your door. Back in the day we had to come to your home after you visited us to measure and quote you a cost. Today we chat on the phone, ask you questions about what you are looking for in a floor, number people in the home, children, pets? How long are you planning living in the home and what styles and colors of carpeting and hard surface flooring you would like to see. We set up a appointment and Judy, Greg or Brandon will come to your location.
We bring over a combined 100 years of flooring experience and we are a family operation. We are experts at measuring and install your flooring correctly the first time. We sell major manufactures of carpet and flooring like Dreamweaver by Engineered Floors, Phoenix Carpet, Marquis Industries, Earthwerks, Nafco, Tarkett, Pergo Laminate Floors, Beauflor, IVC Flextic sheet vinyl, and luxury vinyl flooring. Somerset Hardwood Flooring and Mullican Flooring round out our wood floors.
We like to sell floor covering that is made in America. So many laminates, vinyl tiles and plank flooring along with wood flooring is outsourced to Asia. It's real challenging (returns, complaints and reorders) to deal with a 13 hour next day time zone and shipping by containers on ships. The standards to manufacture in the Asian countries is far different that those of American manufactures. We want our flooring products to be USA complainant.
If we have a problem with your carpet or flooring we can make one phone call and take care of the situation generally within 3-5 business days. It's a winning situation for you and us dealing with American carpet and flooring manufactures.
Buy From Us
Browse through the various flooring tabs that are available and on site, call us at 513-373-8540. You will more than likely get Judy, Brandon or Greg's voice and never a automated answer. Our goal at Home Based Carpet & Flooring is to get you the best value and style of carpet or flooring at the best possible price and then do a lights out installation. We want to make sure that you are a happy customer and then we will ask you to tell your friends and neighbors about our service. I call customers almost daily (25 to be exact) to find out how the purchase they made from us is doing after a year or so. I don't want to hear a unhappy customer on the end of the phone. That's why we do the selling ourselves and take your best interest to heart. We (Judy, Brandon and Greg) want you to be happy with the entire sales process. That includes the installation which we take a lot of pride in furnishing. I want to be able to ask you on my call to refer a friend or neighbor to us. I don't want to hear a complaint that we you told us about and we did nothing. WE WANT YOU TO TO HAPPY NOW AND IN 5 YEARS.
One more thing. Go to our page that shows Reviews and Customer Testimonials. You should find one of our installations and a customer's name that lives in your neighborhood.
We Make Your Flooring Experience A Personal One
Thank You and We Look Forward To Hearing From You,
Judy, Brandon & Greg Keairns
Owned and Operated by a United States Veteran
Need another benefit to using Home Based Carpet And Flooring?
Bringing Carpet and all types of flooring samples directly to your door saves you time, travel, and loads of money.
Top Benefits
You get that special treatment like our family and friends did who've needed carpet over the years. We understand the need to talk to someone you are comfortable with. You can ask us questions and bring up concerns until you're comfortable with your flooring decision. You get the job done right the first time.
Please feel free to contact us anytime by calling 513-373-8540. We are always happy to answer any questions you may have about installing new flooring in your home or business. There are many flooring scam artists using shady tactics to fool you on price and quality. Don't get taken in by fast talking salespeople promising you the world.
Home Based Carpet & Flooring is a Local authorized Dreamweaver Carpet Dealer in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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We Are A WFCA Member
All WFCA affiliated flooring retailers are obliged to follow this code of conduct:
- To be truthful with my customers in all matters related to the sale, service and installation of floor covering
- To refrain from misleading advertising of any nature, and offer only merchandise and services that are readily available
- To treat all floor covering retailers with respect
- To be attentive to the customer's desires and needs
- To uphold the highest standards of excellence and fairness in my business
- To observe and abide by the laws and regulations governing good business practices
- To conduct my business in a sensitive and considerate way
- To at all times subscribe to the highest standards of professionalism in my business
- To treat violations of this code as inconsistent with membership in the WFCA


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WePAC joined the Little Free Library movement on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. LittleFree Libraries are outdoor structures (think of a very large mailbox or birdhouse) which contain books which can be taken and replaced. While there are approximately 10,000 Little Free Libraries around the world, there are only two in Philadelphia, neither of which caters exclusively to children. On MLK Day, WePAC, with the help of several noted children's book illustrators, as well as Repair the World and St. Joseph's volunteers, built and decorated 11 Little Free Libraries. Later in the spring, we will be placing them throughout West Philadelphia so that children have more access to books for independent reading.
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Mirage aka Mirage The Illusionist is finally back after being behind the scenes for soo long. known from the ''Mirage and Concept'' albums hes finally dropping his solo mixtape ''The Transformation''. Repping the streets of philly this a mix of hardcore and emotional tracks showing the personality of a true artist.Many people have considered him the future creator of a new golden hip hop era,With his deep lyrics and exceptional flow this has to be one of the top mixtapes of 2011
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Shirley Adams (2010)
- Studio: Independent
- Release: April 24, 2010
- Director: Oliver Hermanus
- Writer: Oliver Hermanus, Stavros Pamballis
- Cast: Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Emily Child
Video archive for the film Shirley Adams, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Happy viewing!
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Bentley took its sweet time getting into the high-performance SUV market—the Bentaygawon't hit the marketuntil next year—but the British luxury brand isn't afraid to get ridiculous with it. How ridiculous?Bentley claimsthe upcoming machine is the new king for SUV top speed, outpacing the last record holder by one whole kilometer per hour. Good lord.
Let's just get this out of the way right here: This is utter foolishness, an ego-measuring contest between two companies. The groan-worthiness is doubled by the fact that the supposedly deposed former record holder,the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, is part of the same VW Group super-family that owns Bentley.
In fact, we saw this coming: Back in January, Porsche R&D chief Wolfgang Hatz predicted that Bentley would try to surpass the Cayenne's 300 km/h (186 mph) top speed by the thinnest of margins. "I think if [Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer] is doing 2 to 3 km/h more, then why not? He's doing that with a 12-cylinder. Our car will be much quicker on the road."
So, yes. Bentley claims, via a cloyingly overproduced video that comes across more like a movie trailer than a car commercial, that the Bentayga hits 301 km/h, or 187.033 mph. Here, check it out:
Porsche has already, preemptively stated that it plans to topple Bentley for fastest SUV bragging rights. Given how utterly pointless top speed is to the way regular vehicles are used in regular daily life, we just can't help asking: Why?
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HomeVantage Home Inspection Services
Residential Home Inspection
The HomeVantage Residential Home Inspection adheres to the Standards of Practice (SOP) listed in the New Jersey Administrative Code. The inspection is thorough and non-invasive. During home inspection services, the inspector will carefully search for irregularities in all safely-accessible systems and components of the home.
Pre-Listing Home Inspection
A Pre-Listing Home Inspection is a great resource for home sellers who want to ensure that their home is safety-compliant and move-in ready before listing it on the market. All safely-accessible components and systems will be inspected and the seller will be advised on how to make the home more appealing to potential buyers.
New Construction Inspection
It can be easy for builders to make oversights in construction without consulting an outside perspective. During the New Construction Inspection, we will inspect the new home before the final construction walkthrough and ensure that it is safety-compliant and move-in ready.
Specialty Services
As an added convenience HomeVantage can arrange specialty services such as oil tank sweeps, septic, and sewer scope inspections with a third-party professional the same day as your home inspection.
Additional Inspection Services
Radon Testing
Radon is a radioactive gas that the Surgeon General has warned is the second leading cause of lung cancer. It is invisible, odorless, and tasteless, so it requires professional inspection. Testing is the only way to find out what your home's radon level is. We use advanced tools to detect levels of radon in the home and determine if the home is safe or needs remediation.
Termite / Wood Destroying Organism Inspection
Termites are small wood-destroying insects that can cause major structural damage in your home. A Termite Inspection can diagnose a termite issue in the home and hopefully catch the problem before the damage becomes severe.
Mold Inspection Services
Mold in the home can cause respiratory issues and other health problems for you and your family. Molds produce allergens (substances that can cause allergic reactions), irritants, and in some cases, potentially toxic substances (mycotoxins). Mold may begin growing indoors when mold spores land on wet services. Common sites for indoor mold growth include bathrooms, basements, and areas around windows and sinks.
During a Mold Inspection, our IAC2 certified inspector can perform either a complete mold inspection or a limited mold inspection to locate areas of potential mold growth.
At HomeVantage, a Complete Mold Inspection includes:
- A non-invasive visual examination of the readily accessible, visible, and installed systems and components of the home, as outlined in the IAC2 Mold Inspection Standards of Practice
- Moisture, temperature, and humidity measures
- Samples of indoor and outside air for comparison
- Surface sampling at areas of concern
HomeVantage also offers a Limited Mold Inspection specific to an area of the home as defined by the client. As a result, moisture intrusion, water damage, musty odors, apparent mold growth, or conditions conducive to mold growth in other areas of the building may not be inspected.
Tools We Use
Thermal Imaging Camera
A Thermal Imaging Camera helps to detect areas of excessive heat, heat-loss, and possible moisture damage that couldn't be seen with the use of an infrared device. With this information, we can diagnose issues with energy efficiency, potential safety concerns, and areas of moisture intrusion.
Moisture Meter
A Moisture Meter helps to measure the levels of moisture in different areas of the home. With this information, we know where to look for possible moisture damage or potential mold growth.
In some situations, roofs and other high-up areas within the home can be difficult to access and inspect safely. With a Spectoscope, we can attach a camera to an adjustable pole and gather clear photographs of these areas from the ground.
Carbon Monoxide Meter
Carbon Monoxide can be lethal to those exposed to it, and it can be difficult to detect because it is invisible and odorless. With a Carbon Monoxide Meter, we can detect if this harmful gas is present in the home.
Smoke Pen
By using a Smoke Pen, we can check the direction and strength of drafts in the home's vented mechanical appliances to determine whether they are working properly.
Contact HomeVantage Home Inspections, LLC today to schedule a home inspection in the New Jersey area.


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Concussion-Sensing Chin Strap Raises Questions
A tool used to help detect head injuries in youth football is progressively making its way to the NFL – a helmet chin strap that instantly and obviously makes it clear when a player has taken blow so severe it may have caused a head injury. The Impact Indicator from Battle Sports Science uses single-axis […]


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Guys, we just read the bestest book ever at the MacHalo group! Jen Williams is fantasy's best-kept secret. Is this woman a millionaire yet? New York Times Bestseller list or whatever the UK version of that is? Surely she must be winning awards left and right because her writing skills and story-telling are so bleeding good, I have no words. This is hands down one of the best books I have ever read. Ever.
I would not have even read it had it not come to my attention from a couple MacHalo members. THANK YOU, you wonderful lovely ladies, you!
"Vintage" is the main character. She is about 40 (a main character who is 40, you guys, what is this madness) and a wealthy wanderer of types. She travels and studies artefacts that happen to be organic space ships from a malevolent alien race who wish to wipe out humanity and all life on Tarn. (Tarn is this world's version of Earth.)
She also happens to have brown skin and is a lesbian (or bisexual, we don't know for sure because it isn't discussed; it's no big deal; she just is who she is).
Her traveling companion is a hired sword named Tormalin the Oathless, Tor for short. He is an Eboran, a race of human-like beings who can live a thousand years, are strong, and a mix between maybe elves and vampires?
They end up taking in a fell-witch named Noon. She can summon green winnowfire. Add to the mix another Eboran, Tor's sister, Hestillion, who is obsessed with bringing their dead tree-god back to life, their slightly crazy cousin Aldasair, a tall braided dude named Bern the Younger (who might be hooking up with Aldasair), and a psychotic fell-witch assassin after Noon.
The witches, when discovered, are claimed by the Winnowry, which is basically a prison. The fell-witches are considered an evil that must be contained and controlled.
This book was so easy to read, full of action, amazing world-building. It's got humor, sci-fi, a bit of romance (don't worry, it's not a kissing book, but Tor is pretty swoon-worthy). I have not enjoyed reading a book this much in awhile. I daresay it's a flipping masterpiece.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves fantasy and fantastical beings and worlds. Don't worry, it's not bogged down in fantasy-speak. You will get swept away.
There is so much more I could say, but I don't want to spoil it! Jen Williams, remember the name. You won't be sorry.
She also does The Copper Cat trilogy. The second book in The Winnowing Flame trilogy is The Bitter Twins and is out now!
Follow Jen Williams at Twitter.
Okay, do you think I am fangirling enough here? Well, maybe, but it's that good.


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Exam period is a stressful time for many students. The SASS exam preparation workshop will teach you how to effectively prepare for exams, reduce anxiety levels and alleviate stress so that you can put your energy into studying and reviewing what you've learnt in class without any worries.
Intended audience: Current EIP students, open to all levels.
Date: Friday, July 8
Time: 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Location: Wilbrod 108
Facilitator: Manola Joazil
Registration: Please fill out the online registration form by July 7.


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If there's one takeaway from an analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey — the U.S. government's meticulous and fascinating census of our daily actions — it's that most of us manage to do an awful lot on an unforgiving 24-hour schedule. But for most people, it isn't possible to do it all and have any breathing room. There aren't, for most of us, enough hours in the day.
This post is a sponsored collaboration between SWASH and Studio@Gawker.
The great grievance of the modern world is a lack of time. Astronomical miracles and time-travel notwithstanding, that isn't likely to change, no matter how much we plan, prioritize, scrimp and streamline. However, time spent in the laundry room or at the dry cleaners are probably hours that no one would miss.
SWASH, the new in-home clothing care system from Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool that cuts down on time and money, might be technology's answer to this age-old hassle, because be honest: we all occasionally dabble in the art of "re-wearing," often due to time constraints. The SWASH system makes it perfectly OK to re-wear clothes by refreshing, dewrinkling and restoring the fit of garments in just 10 minutes. Not only will you be fresh and look good, but your clothes, especially delicates, won't suffer the abuse of constant laundering.
So what takes up all those hours (besides laundry, that is)? The infographic below breaks down the jam-packed day of the average American.
Andréa Ford is a freelance journalist covering technology and other topics. She has a specialty in infographics and previously wrote for TIME Magazine.
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