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Hepatitis C Screening Benefit Still UncertainScreening strategies based on multiple risk factors were associated with sensitivities greater than 90 percent and numbers needed to screen of less than 20 to identify a single case of HCV infection.
MONDAY, Nov. 26, 2012 (MedPage Today) — The value of screening for hepatitis C (HCV) remains an open question, according to three analyses intended to form the basis for new recommendations on the topic.
Online in Annals of Internal Medicine, Roger Chou, MD, and colleagues at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland report that:
- There's no direct evidence that screening asymptomatic people for the virus improves clinical outcomes.
- There's no published evidence on the long-term effectiveness of treatment.
- And there are no interventions that reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
The analyses, based on systematic reviews of medical literature, are intended to help update guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which recommended in 2004 against screening in adults not at increased risk, but found there wasn't enough evidence to come down for or against screening in high-risk adults.
Since then, the CDC has urged screening of people born between 1945 and 1965, on the grounds that they have a greater HCV prevalence than adults born in other eras.
As well, new agents that act directly against the virus are beginning to transform the treatment picture, which since the early 21st century had been based on several months of therapy with two drugs, pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
Two new direct-acting agents have been approved for use in combination with interferon and ribavirin — boceprevir and telaprevir – and several others are in clinical development. Some may even be used without interferon and ribavirin and for shorter periods of time, according to recent reports.
The current analyses, however, "were based on the regimens and evidence that is available now," Chou told MedPage Today in an email. "Although all-oral, interferon-sparing regimens will probably be approved in the near future, it is not clear exactly when that will happen, and the current data provides the evidence to guide practice and policy."
On the issue of screening itself, Chou and colleagues found that there were no studies that looked at associations between outcomes and screening or no screening.
Nor, they reported, were there any studies that compared how patients fared after different risk- or prevalence-based strategies.
On the other hand, there is evidence that – at least in high-prevalence groups — screening strategies based on multiple risk factors were associated with sensitivities greater than 90 percent and numbers needed to screen of less than 20 to identify a single case of HCV infection.
The down side, they reported, is that such targeted screening misses up to two-thirds of infected patients, depending on how it is performed.
There was only "sparse" data on the direct harms of screening, the researchers found.
While there is also little data on the long-term effectiveness of antiviral therapy, there is some evidence that the so-called sustained virologic response (SVR) is linked to a lower risk of poor outcomes, Chou and colleagues reported.
The SVR is usually defined as undetectable levels of the virus 24 weeks after the end of therapy, and in one large, well-conducted cohort study achieving an SVR was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality compared with no SVR.
Smaller but less well-done studies also found SVR associated with lower adjusted risk of all-cause mortality and complications of HCV infection, Chou and colleagues found.
Much of the available research looks at variations on the theme of interferon and ribavirin, but Chou and colleagues noted that several studies show adding either boceprevir or telaprevir to the mix improves the chance that patients will achieve an SVR, especially in in patients with the difficult-to-treat genotype 1 of HCV.
Indeed, for those patients, triple therapy yielded SVR rates approaching 70 percent to 80 percent, similar to what is seen with dual therapy in patients with genotypes 2 and 3.
That finding "has important implications for treatment as well as for screening, since screening benefits depend in part on the effectiveness of available treatments," the researchers noted.
Finally, Chou and colleagues looked at prospects for interrupting mother-to-child transmission, which accounts for all but a handful of the 4,000 new pediatric cases in the U.S. every year.
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BEIRUT — The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?"
In the Syrian civil war"s latest alleged mass killing, activists said Friday that regime troops and gunmen from nearby Alawite areas beat, stabbed and shot at least 50 people in the Sunni Muslim village of Bayda.
The slayings highlighted in the starkest terms the sectarian overtones of a conflict that has already killed more than 70,000 people. Details of the killings came to light as the Obama administration said it was again weighing whether to arm the rebels.
Syria"s two-year-old crisis has largely broken along sectarian lines: the Sunni majority forms the backbone of the rebellion, while President Bashar Assad"s minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, anchors the regime"s security services and military officer corps. Other minorities, such as Christians, largely support Assad or stand on the sidelines, worried that the regime"s fall would bring about a more Islamist rule.
The killings in Bayda fall against this backdrop. Tucked in the mountains outside the Mediterranean coastal city of Banias, the village is predominantly Sunni but is located in the Alawite ancestral heartland centered in the rugged region along the sea.
Activists say fighting broke out in Bayda early Thursday and that at least six government troops were killed. Syrian forces backed by Alawite gunmen known as shabiha from the surrounding area returned in the afternoon and stormed the village, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The gunmen torched homes and used knives, guns and blunt objects to kill people in the streets, the group said. It added that it has documented the names of at least 50 dead in Bayda, but that dozens of villagers are still missing and the death toll could rise to as high as 100.
Amateur video showed the bodies of at least seven men and boys lying in pools of blood on the pavement in front of a house as women wept around them.
"Don"t sleep, don"t move," one woman sobbed, leaning over to touch one of the men, who appeared already dead. A woman also is heard wailing, "Where are you, people of the village?"
The video appears genuine and consistent with reporting by The Associated Press from the area.
Syria"s state news agency said late Thursday that the army conducted a raid in Bayda, killing several "terrorists" — the term it uses for those trying to oust Assad — and seizing machine guns, automatic rifles and other weapons.
Syrian troops were still in Bayda on Friday, conducting house-to-house searches, according to the Observatory"s director, Rami Abdul-Rahman. He added that phone and Internet service to the village was cut, making it impossible to verify the final death toll or pin down more details on what happened.
The Observatory also reported clashes and government shelling of Sunni areas of Banias on Friday.
If confirmed, the bloodshed in Bayda would be the latest in a series of alleged mass killings in the civil war. Last month, activists said government troops killed more than 100 people as they seized two rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
The violence in Bayda bears a closer resemblance to two reported mass killings last year in Houla and Qubeir, Sunni villages surrounded by Alawite towns. Some activists said the Houla and Qubeir carnage, which they blame on regime forces and shabiha, was aimed at driving Sunnis from areas near main routes to the coast to ensure Alawite control.
Months of bloodshed have sharpened the divide and unleashed sectarian hatred. The violence has ripped apart communities and brought a bloody end to decades of coexistence. Retaliatory kidnappings and killings have surged.
That raises the prospect of Syria taking the same path as neighboring Iraq, where violence in 2006 and 2007 effectively turned into a kind of sectarian cleansing as Sunnis and Shiites fled the bloodletting by rival militias to the relative safety of their own communities. Lingering animosity has helped fuel renewed violence along those fault lines in recent weeks between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq.
In what amounted to little more than a symbolic protest, rebels in Syria fired rockets at the village of Qardaha, the hometown of Assad"s father, the Observatory said. There were no reports of casualties.
The main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, condemned what it called "a large-scale massacre in Bayda," and urged the international community to act to protect Syrian civilians.
"It is time for the world to intervene and put an end to the grievous crimes of the Assad regime," the Cairo-based group said in a statement.
While the U.S. and its European allies have backed the opposition, they have been reluctant to provide those fighting Assad"s troops with weapons that could challenge the regime"s superior firepower. They fear the arms could end up in the hands of radical Islamic groups, such as the al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, that in the past year have become the most effective fighting force on the opposition"s side.
On Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Washington is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels amid growing indications that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons — something President Barack Obama has called a "red line."
The U.S. has said intelligence indicates Syria has used the nerve agent sarin on at least two occasions, but Obama has stressed that he needs more definitive proof before making a decision about how to respond — and whether to take military action. Damascus denies using chemical arms, and says the opposition is trying to frame it.
Obama said Thursday his administration was proceeding cautiously as it looked at options to ensure that what it does is helpful to the situation rather than making it more deadly or complex.
The Syrian crisis started with largely peaceful protests of Assad"s rule in March 2011, but shifted into an armed insurgency as opposition supporters took up weapons to fight a harsh regime crackdown on dissent.
The conflict has laid waste to cities and towns, forced more than 1 million Syrians to seek refuge in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, and displaced millions more inside Syria.
Syria"s state news agency said mortars fired at the Damascus International Airport struck a kerosene tank and a commercial aircraft, causing significant material damage. It said the airport was functioning normally, although many airlines no longer fly into the Syrian capital because of the conflict.


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It is a really awful idea. It would just take away so much from the whole atmosphere. The same cities/countries would just get it every 4 years which would be dull.
There has also been complaints about the logistical side of things for this tournament. How is that going to be any easier with it spread across Europe?
Platini is getting up there with Blatter.
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EAST BROOKFIELD — A Leicester man who stole about 100 rare books worth more than $115,000 from the library at Becker College, then sold some to dealers and tried to pawn others using the website Craigslist, was ordered to pay $3,000 restitution Monday.
Joseph G. Heath, 53, of 1016 Stafford St., Leicester, was charged with receiving stolen property valued at more than $250 and two counts of larceny of property valued at more than $250, after local and campus police discovered he had been trying to sell stolen books to a bookstore. He pleaded to sufficient facts for a guilty finding Monday in Western Worcester District Court, and Judge Jennifer Ginsburg ordered the restitution and probation.
A search of Mr. Heath's home turned up some of the missing books. However, in court on Monday college personnel said about 50 books worth $15,000 and one — signed by Abraham Lincoln and worth as much as $100,000 — remain missing.
Sometime between May and September 2012, a collection of antique books called the "May Collection" was moved to a secure area so the college could begin work on new shelving that would allow for a more prominent display of the books, court documents said.
There were 158 items in the collection. Most were rare books, including an original copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and a book signed by Abraham Lincoln, along with other books gifted to the Rev. Samuel May, an abolitionist who lived from 1810 to 1899 and whose home is now part of the college campus.
In October 2012, Nancy Richards, a preservation archivist, noticed that the large plastic bins in which the books had been stored appeared to be "settled" and it seemed the books had been "gone through," a police report states. As she attempted to account for the books, after learning that a shop owner had tried to sell items to the Leicester Historical Society that might be from the collection, she noticed some were missing and notified the library director and campus police.
A police report indicates that about 100 books were missing, many were signed by Rev. May, a leading antislavery figure for more than three decades. Some were gifts to him from other authors.
In November 2012, campus police learned that Mr. Heath, a janitor who had access to the library because of his housekeeping job at the college, had sold 20 of the missing books to a Worcester bookstore for $300 in September.
The owner of that shop contacted the Leicester Historical Society in an effort to sell the books, but the commission declined. However, one member, who works at the college, found it odd that there were books from the May Collection that were not in the college's possession, the police report said. She later mentioned that to Ms. Richards, who began the inventory.
Another bookstore owner, this one from Boston, bought 24 more books from Mr. Heath in October for $850. That shop owner later sold three of the books, but was able to recover them when he learned they were stolen. He also alerted Mr. Heath that he was selling stolen property.
Because police feared Mr. Heath could flee after being told the books were stolen, he was arrested and charged in November 2012.
Mr. Heath, during an interview with Leicester police, said he and his live-in girlfriend, who was his supervisor, were often given books by the librarian and that "you could take whatever you wanted." He said the missing books were most likely thrown away. The librarian later told officers she did give away books, but not those from the May Collection.
Assistant District Attorney Michael Luzzo had asked Judge Ginsburg to order Mr. Heath to pay $15,000 in restitution, the estimated value of the missing books except for the one signed by Lincoln. However, the judge ordered Mr. Heath to pay $3,000 restitution and suspended his payments to the Probation Department while he is paying the restitution. He will be on probation for three years, but that can be shortened in one year if the restitution is paid.
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Her adoring compatriots believe democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is destined to become Myanmar's next president, but do not bet on it.
A year ago, the Nobel Peace Prize winner was feted at home and abroad and flush from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's landslide wins in the by-elections in April last year, which swept her into parliament.
Even a military-drafted constitution designed to exclude her from the highest office seemed a surmountable hurdle.
Now the journey from political prisoner to president appears much less certain, even as her ambition is clearer than ever.
"I want to be president and I'm quite frank about it," she told journalists at the World Economic Forum in the capital, Naypyidaw, on June 6.
However, to emerge as president after a 2015 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi, 68, must overcome challenges that would daunt a less formidable political survivor.
She must convince a military-dominated parliament to amend the constitution.
Even if she can do that, and the constitution can be amended in time, she could then face a voter backlash over her position on a violent and widening rift between her nation's Buddhists and minority Muslims.
Her rare public expressions of support for Muslims, who have borne the brunt of waves of sectarian violence, put her in a politically fraught position in the Buddhist-majority country.
Some people wonder if the violence is being exploited by conservative opponents to chip away at her support.
To win power, she would also have to fend off two former generals who covet the top spot. The first is Shwe Mann, the influential speaker of Myanmar's lower house.
The other is the popular incumbent President Thein Sein, whose quasi-civilian government took power in March 2011 after nearly half a century of military rule and launched a series of political and economic reforms. Thein Sein might seek a second term, despite health concerns.
Aung San Suu Kyi's most immediate problem is the constitution.
It bars anyone married to a foreigner or who has children who are foreign citizens. Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, the late British academic Michael Aris, had two children, who are British.
"By all accounts, it was drawn up with her in mind," Andrew McLeod, a professor at Sydney Law School and deputy director of the Myanmar Constitutional Reform Project, said of the constitution, drawn up under the former military junta.
Any constitutional amendment would require 75 percent support in parliament — no easy task when the constitution also reserves a quarter of seats for the military.
Most of the rest of the members of parliament are members of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), created by the old junta and largely made up of retired military officers.
If passed by parliament, an amendment must win more than half the vote in a referendum. Some analysts say there just is not enough time to do all that before the 2015 election.
Even if she can pull off the amendments, the reality of partisan politics could threaten Aung San Suu Kyi's presidential hopes.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of the hero of the campaign for independence from Britain, faces pressure internationally to defend the persecuted, including Muslims. However, when she does, her once-unassailable popularity is threatened.
For Aung San Suu Kyi the presidency would crown a remarkable life.


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In a series of posts, I've been discussing constraints on the evolution of colour terms. For the full dissertation and references, go here.
This section reiterates how a link between linguistic categories and perception fits into Niche Construction Theory. If concepts can influence perception, and people share the same concepts, their perceptions will become synchronised. This would render them more effective at communication, since referents would be perceived as similar ('red' can refer to the same domain of entities for each individual). Furthermore, it may render them more able to co-operatively build a better model of the actual environment (for instance, describing an unseen danger, or researching physics). However, this will only be true if language is grounded in constraints that come from the actual environment. If this were not the case, apart from being inefficient at describing the actual environment, a language may drift to influence the perceived environment in a way that results in a worse fit with the actual environment.
Returning to the constraints diagram (above), note that the influence of categorisation continues, through action, to change the environment. In other words, if language influences the perceived environment and facilitates communication, then it may also facilitate the way we change the actual environment. In this sense, language's influence on perception can be regarded as a form of Niche Construction (Laland, Odling-Smee & Feldman, 2000). Therefore, not only does language become better at describing the actual environment, but the environment becomes better suited to being described by language. This creates a better fit between perceived and actual environments and possibly increases the fitness of language users. Essentially, then, this study presents evidence for language-specific niche construction where language can influence the environment. This dynamic would be a consequence of an Embodied system, and more efficient as part of an Embodied system than a Symbolist account. I therefore argue that the Embodied account is supported.
As an example of this dynamic, Hansen et al. (2006) showed that perception is affected by semantic knowledge, specifically that achromatic bananas look yellow. However, bananas are domesticated (Heslop-Harrison & Schwarzacher, 2007). The link between a banana's structure and colour, therefore, is a constructed niche – cultivators fertilise the 'best' bananas, which go on to influence the way they perceive bananas, which affects which bananas they fertilise, and so on. This means that the effect found in Hansen et al. cannot be innate, since the colour and structure of a banana have changed (see below). Modulating perception with flexible, high-level categories is a way of keeping up with rapidly changing environments.
Less anecdotally, Griffin's (2006) model, which classified objects using colour (see section 5.2.2), found that natural colour categories optimally aid the identification of objects. Furthermore, the model performed equally well for natural and manufactured objects. That is, manufactured objects have been coloured to be maximally classifiable by colour, according to linguistic colour categorisations. This would be an intuitive and efficient tactic if, as Embodied Cognition suggests, comprehension is scaffolded onto systems of object recognition (MacWhinney, 1999). There would be no advantage in doing this in a Symbolist system where perceptions and concepts have arbitrary connections.
Next, why universal patterns are not evidence for innate constraints ->
Laland, K., Odling-Smee, J., & Feldman, M. (2000). Niche construction, biological evolution, and cultural change Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23 (1), 131-146 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00002417
Hansen, T., Olkkonen, M., Walter, S., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2006). Memory modulates color appearance Nature Neuroscience, 9 (11), 1367-1368 DOI: 10.1038/nn1794
Heslop-Harrison, J., & Schwarzacher, T. (2007). Domestication, Genomics and the Future for Banana Annals of Botany, 100 (5), 1073-1084 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm191
Griffin, L. (2004). Optimality of the Basic Colours Categories Journal of Vision, 4 (8), 309-309 DOI: 10.1167/4.8.309


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Why most vegetable oils are not good for you
We have a diet that is imbalanced to omega 6 fatty acids, instead of omega 3. Nearly all vegetable oils are rich in omega 6. We need that too, but we already get plenty of it from food. We don't get enough omega 3 and they are anti-inflammatory. Too much omega 6 is pro-inflammatory. Inflammation causes problems with cholesterol, cardiovascular issues, pain, joint issues and all sorts of other goodies.
That's why fish oil is recommended so often, because it gives you plenty of omega 3's in the direct form of DHA (which doesn't have to be broken down).
You should also try to limit any other oils you take, because they are probably omega 6. Olive oil in a small amount is good, because it is omega 9 and those help the cell membranes, but we tend to be okay for omega 9 anyway.
Also, vegetable oils that are omega 3, like Flax seed oil, are basically useless because the enzymes needed to break them down are usually tied up with all the other fats we assimilate.
That's why it is best to supplement with fish oil.
A good vegetable oil to use is coconut oil. It doesn't need to be broken down and although it's not addressing the omega fatty acid balance either way, it is a great source of energy. It enters the system straight away and actually aids fat burning. It helps the body to use fat for fuel, and especially in the first half of the day, it can also aid the body in mobilising and burning body fat (by processes described in the book).
It also contains stearic acid, as does bacon, which is very good for cell membranes.
Granma knew best when she gave you bacon and eggs.
Despite the publicity, the real science says animal fat is good for you and vegetable fats are often a problem creator. I wouldn't go crazy on the saturated fat because although it is good for you (also good for cell membranes), too much of it can cause cell membranes to get too rigid, but that's at a crazy amount. It's not a huge worry. However, fish or chicken without skin is sometimes better than beef.
There are also warnings about dietary cholesterol, but blood cholesterol gets high from inflammation and not directly not from diet.
Diet does play a large role, but indirectly.
The main cause of inflammation is excess body fat and an imbalance of too much omega 6 in the diet (not enough omega 3). Plus, excess body fat is ironically not caused by too much fat in the diet, but too many carbs. Body fat is stored via insulin, which is stimulated by carbs. Carbohydrates are bad if not used correctly. They are what we need to watch and the omega 6 vegetable fat, not the animal fat.
The best diet for health and fat loss is described very well at www.precisionphysique.com/carbbackloading.html


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Yes, we are among those who are glad to see the 2012 election over and consigned to the history books.
Not only were the number of ads overwhelming and repetitive — a function, surely, of Colorado's swing state status. But the political rhetoric seemed to drive the debate past illuminating explanations of differences and into the territory of divisiveness.
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I've been very happy with the Anzacs recipe I've been using, except for the fact that I find the cookies fall apart too easily.
This time I tried making them in tiny paper cups, and it worked really well. I also used baby oats instead of rolled oats for a finer texture.
You don't lose any oat crumbs as you can simply pour them into your mouth! Plus they look pretty and cute (^.^)
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Hmm, I don't think red is supposed to be courage and love, I mean whenever Night uses it symbolically its always been in the threatening sense. It could be though, but I don't see it that way. I do agree that yellow represents fear (but not necessarily hatred), and not love, because its "safeness" was a lie, a cowardice that shut the villagers inside themselves. To me, red and yellow just seemed to be two different sides of deceptive fear in The Village, I don't associate either one with anything good.
I like the fact Ivy doesn't say what Lucius's color is; it brings a tender mystery around the whole thing that makes it all the more engrossing. If I could find out what Lucius's color was, I wouldn't; that would just spoil it.
- Sometimes we don't do things we want to do so that others won't know we want to do them. -
He used the color to make you feel agitated, not warm and fuzzy.
yeah, the only people she mentions as having colors are lucius and her father. If noah had a color, she would have seen him when he was hiding in the closet, for one thing. But i feel like she speaks differently about the colors of her father and lucius; for example she makes the color specific to lucius when she says "i will not tell you YOUR color" in a way that seems very targeted to him as though it is different from her father's. Also I dont believe the color has to do with feelings (and that being the reason she knew lucious loved her) because she explained the real reason she knew he loved her in that he did not touch her. (another great comment on fear in the film) So what are their colors? I believe her father has the yellow color which represents fear and repression, and lucius has the red color which represents love and living (note that as he was dying she exclaimed "I cannot see his color!") Lucius was never afraid of the outside world and doing what has to be done (note the scene where Walker says "you are fearless in a way that I shall never know") and he had the record time at the stump. Yellow is fear and hatred; it is self-centered. Red is courage and love; it is venturing into the unknown. Note also that Lucius takes Ivy's hand eventually, but Walker never takes Alice's hand (although i do respect his commitment to his marriage)
Love is an adventure, and it is scary and it is self-less. I hope I am always able to risk everything for the just and right cause, because I am led by love. The world moves for love; it kneels before it in awe.


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Day 277. Mon, February 01 2010
Mmm cookies...
Pillbox hat in black merino wool with kimono silk embellishment handmade by Lis mertens. See more of her creations at lismertensfeltmaker.blogspot.com.
Chocolate chip cookie scarf donated by Tara Gill of Pro-Portional Designs. Vintage vest from eBay and winter boots from Salvation Army. Sorry about the evening posts lately, work's been a bit too hectic.
P.S Just found out from Tara that the profits from the cookie scarf sale will go to the U.P! You can purchase the scarf at: proportional.etsy.com >
k tagged this tasty
cute and warm...and now I crave cookies! love the way you carry off the colour of the vest, too.
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wasabipear tagged this Cookie Monster Says
A soft-boiled cooookie for breakfast please, with a glass of cookie juice on the side.
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With 5 minutes, a rolling pin and some cookie dough I might try and whip myself up an outfit as delightful as this! x
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Sarah O tagged this Cozy&Delish!
Ha! Fun scarf! I could see living in this outfit all week! And I've been mad about those boots for a while. Here's hoping your donations come piling in . . . our budget is way too stretched to offer a donation at this time, but I'm sending your link to as many people as I can. Hope it helps!
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moon tagged this Cute
all you need is a cup of hot chocolate and the outfit is complete ;) LOVEIT yummiest outfit!
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Mia tagged this hehehe
Great outfit but......I think you've mismatched buttons to button holes :)
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holly tagged this yummy!
Is it the journey or the destination that is important? In UP's case it's both. Some how I don't think this journey ends on day 365, and not even on day 366. I am sure this project will continue to evolve. Hopefully it will keep us along for the ride. As a bonus, plenty of inspiration and laughs along the way with kooky choices like today.
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Anonymous tagged this Cute
Me want coookie! That scarf is adorable!
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Britgirl tagged this Lovin' the cookies
I have a question what happens when the Uniform Project ends? I hope you continue, since it's always been a part of my routine to check the outfit of the day. I'll be sad when it ends
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Tia tagged this Cute
The kids I work with at the preschool would die for that scarf. I wish I had one, it's preschool teacher perfection!
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riley tagged this stellar
Those boots! They look like souvenirs from a Star Wars film ... like you've chopped the legs off a creature from Hoth, or something! Magnificent :)
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Sue tagged this Cute
That's one of the best hats I've seen you wear. A cozy classic wool, yet with that great silk band to take it beyond basic.
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christine tagged this hot chocolate
looky, looky...a kooky cookie wookie who's being real good & not playing hooky while proving to everyone that she's not a fashion rookie!
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Scheherazade tagged this Cute
Haha...Cookie Monster couture
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Pear Picker tagged this Nifty
This ensamble reminds me of my childhood; and it is not mearly the cookie string scarf that takes me back to the day when the world revolved around large piles of rocks, earthworms, and what sort of fruit juice you were fortunate enough to dine on that day, when a everything was a bit brighter (metaphoricly)and cooler (literly, you know, because global warming was not effecting the climate as much). The rather unusual hue of you sweater reminds me of what was once my favorite artical of clothing,a dress to spacific. Vibrante mustard yellow was not even the dominant color, it had a blue background nearly eclipsed in mustard and mauve flowers...with a matching faux shrug. I donned that floral frock at least four times a week for a period.
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scarlett tagged this C is for Cookie!!!
And that's good enough for me! Oh, I really want that scarf. I'm not sure if that's the best idea, since in a cookie-deprived state, I might start eating it, but I'll take my chances. Oh, and I love your boots. So warm and fuzzy, and much more stylish than some of the outrageously ugly boots that look like they're made out of skinned muppets.
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Janice tagged this Yum!
This scarf immediately brought me back to your breakfast necklace from earlier in the project. Still hoping to see that necklace in the upcoming auction! It seems something about wearing food around one's neck really appeals to me. Time for a snack...
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Someone wore those boots to the Grammys.
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Payal tagged this Good morning Monday!
What better way to start your week than with a charming little cookie scarf! What a fun idea! The hat is just precious! I love how this look is so simple and happy! You must've made quite a few people at/ on the way to your busy work smile!
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Hey UP fans! If UP wasn't taking up my mornings already, now reading the uber-creative posts definitely are!
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Callie tagged this Brave
Love the scarf. It's like chocolate chip cookies stuck together.
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Anonymous tagged this yummalicious
totally love the orange vest. makes me in the mood for some...cookies.! also love the boots, hope they're fake fur! cute all together
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JessicaR tagged this That's Good Enough For Me
Love it, fur boots to get your Clan of the Cave Bear on, vintage collegirate chic vest, smart Edwardian hat, and a scarf that makes you smile just looking at. Every outfit has been a party.
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rosie tagged this delicious
cookie scarf--ingenious! (love the colors together)
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Hot damn people! Such high calibre comments, how will we pick COTD everyday at this rate? Don't be discouraged if we can't pick yours today, we love them all!
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SarahDear tagged this Scrumptious!
Particularly love the vest and scarf with the dress!
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Irene tagged this milk and cookies
Love the vest! I'm ready to curl on the couch with milk and freshly baked cookies, or maybe I'll settle for hot chocolate.
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kapaikeni tagged this humpff
I liked it until I realised it was a cookie scarf...I'd remove the chocolate chips
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Lakshmi tagged this Cute
Sheena, love ur attitude. great work.. But dont you think 360$ a child is a bit too much for govt. schools in india? My Private school(CBSE, english medium, in kerala) charges around 120$ a year. Of course, if it includes food and clothes ans stuff, it may add up.
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Love the individual pieces. Together they work to. This UP book of the year that must be in the making with have to have the comment of the day tagged to each photo.
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ammakke tagged this smart cookie
You "Smart cookie", dressed up in a cookie scarf!?Wonderful oufit well matched with the vintage vest (is it the "in thing" mismatching buttons??)BTW don't be sorry for the late dailies, Sheena. we are very well aware of the fact that your hands are full with two full time jobs.For U.K. supporters of the U.P.like me ,it is "good morning U.P."& it suits me fine & I love it..Keep up the great spirit.As you mentioned we realize our enthusiastic supporters are making the job difficult for you selecting the "comment of the day" Well done!!
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beinzstalk (NZ) tagged this Australian achievement
Great to see something from 'down under' get to have a go 'on top'.
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Anonymous tagged this shaken, not stirred
You appear to be channelling the look of a Russian Bond Girl from the Sean Connery era. Not an easy thing to pull off and yet here you are doing it!
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Lizzie Roberts-Garth tagged this COOKIE!
C - comfy lookin outfit! O - orange vest is cute! O - overall this looks amazing! K - kimono silk on the hat=lovely! I - I WANT those boots! E - Everything you put together is fabulous :) xxx
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Eithne tagged this Calories galore
Hot chocolate with a bit of coffee for good measure, a pinch of cinnamon thrown in the mix and a complimentary chocolate chip cookie on the side, courtesy of the Uniform Project. I'm so postponing my diet for next Monday...
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Helen tagged this Great fun!
Like so many of your followers, I look forward to seeing your brave daily adventures in creative fashion. I can't help but note, though, that the donations tally is not going up much these days. PLEASE EVERYBODY, remember that Sheena is not putting on this great show merely for our amusement but rather to raise $$$ for the Akanksha Foundation!!
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Thanks, Helen :-)
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doris tagged this Cute
I love the chocolate chip cookie scarf. it is sooooo cute!
Posted 3647 days ago.
seb tagged this cookie goodness
I love that scarf, and not just because the cookie monster is still my idol in life. A cute look
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Maryjane tagged this love it,love it,love it
I absolutely adore this one! Greetings from Croatia.
Posted 3647 days ago.
Carissa tagged this there but not
trying Camoflauge? In the jungle? But the cookies don't go with the rest. Luv ur uggs? I don't.
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Pro-Portional Designs tagged this Brave
YEY! This is exciting!It looks so fantastic on you! Now I can make the announcement that profits from this scarf will help go to TUP! More info is here: http://omnomnomstudios.blogspot.com/2010/01/pro-portional-designs-and-uniform.html
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just saying i want comment of the day!.. just becuz.. i want it!
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I absolutely love everything about this outfit - scarf, vest, boots, hat! I'm definitely buying one of those cookie scarves! Thank you for turning us on to new designers/fashions!!
Posted 3643 days ago.
Miss Britt tagged this Yummy Comfy
This looks SO comfy. A nice, comfy winter outfit
Posted 3640 days ago.
sahs tagged this ok ugly
I dont really like this one
Posted 3623 days ago.
Anonymous tagged this Hot
Odd scarf, but otherwise I would so wear this!!
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 14, No. 2 Fall 1987 Robert C. Elmore UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — HUNTSVILLE THE INFLUENCE OF TAX LEGISLATION ON FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: A STUDY OF THE TIMBER INDUSTRY, 1905-1925 Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the financial accounting records of a Mississippi timber company and its sub-sidiaries in light of the dynamic tax environment of the period 1905 to 1925. The financial accounting records and correspon-dence with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue indicate de-ficiencies in the following areas: asset valuation, a lack of a cost accounting system to adequately value inventories, and the deple-tion and depreciation deduction. The demands of the new tax laws were often in conflict with the accounting practices of this period of time forcing changes in accounting practice. Introduction The accounting practices of individual corporations are shaped by their dynamic relationships with regulatory and environmental conditions. The conflict between accounting practices and regulations should be studied" ... in terms of changes-rather than its static order"[Saito, Spring 1983, p. 2]. An example of a conflict between practices and regulations existed between accounting practices and the newly enacted tax laws at the beginning of the twentieth century. No other period of time has experienced the sweeping changes in the tax environment as did the years of 1905 to 1925, with the enact-ment of the Corporation Excise Tax of 1909, and the Revenue Acts of 1913, 1918, 1921, and 1924. The requirements of these new tax laws often conflicted with the existing accounting practices in the areas of inventory valuation, depletion, asset valuation, and depreciation. Prior to the enactment of these tax laws, corporations faced few constraints from any type of governmental regulation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the financial records of a Mississippi timber company, the L. N. Dantzler Company, and its subsidiaries, and the influence of this dynamic tax environment on their financial accounting principles and cost accounting systems. Methodology The practice of accounting has often been influenced by tax


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Comings & Goings: Favors, T. White Declare; Marshall, Charlotte Make HiresPosted by jstevrtc on April 10th, 2010
The Coaching Carousel keeps on a-spinnin'. Fox Sports' Jeff Goodman reported on Saturday that Pittsburgh associate head coach Tom Herrion has been hired at Marshall. The Thundering Herd were a nice surprise from the past season, posting a 24-10 record (11-5 CUSA) in 2009-10 under Donnie Jones, who just left for Central Florida after three seasons at Marshall. With stud freshman and national blocks leader Hassan Whiteside having declared for the NBA draft, and leading scorer Tyler Wilkerson and starting guard Chris Lutz both lost to graduation, Herrion will have his work cut out for him in Huntington.
Ohio State assistant Alan Major will take over at Charlotte and try to get that school back to the NCAA for the first time in six years, which shouldn't be too hard with the pending expansion. The 49ers were 19-12 under Bobby Lutz last season and were in the talk for an at-large bid late in the year out of a very tough Atlantic 10, but they put an end to such speculation by dropping seven of their last eight games. This is Major's first head coaching job, and it will be interesting to see what kind of talent he brings to Charlotte having spent time under one of the better recruiters in the game in Thad Matta at both Xavier and OSU.
Three more declare, but look for one to return. In a move that surprised nobody, Georgia Tech freshman forward Derrick Favors declared for the NBA draft, joining fellow Yellow Jacket Gani Lawal in that endeavor. Favors was in the top 50 in both blocks (2.1 BPG) and field goal percentage (61.1%) as a freshman and was second on the Georgia Tech squad (behind Lawal) in scoring at 12.4 PPG. With those numbers, plus a 6'10, 246-pound frame, Favors is projected to be the third pick in the draft by NBADraft.net.
Mississippi's Terrico White is also headed for the NBA draft, but don't be surprised to see him back in Oxford next year. The 6'5 sophomore forward is not hiring an agent, and it sounds like he's going through the process just to be evaluated in order to see where he ranks and where he needs to improve his game. Can't blame him at all. Though he doesn't appear in either round on the current NBADraft.net list, his name did show up there from time to time over last season and he's listed as the seventh pick on their 2011 draft. White averaged 15.1 PPG and 4.6 RPG last year for the Rebels and his stock will certainly improve with a year to develop further expertise in the backcourt. One man who won't be back next year is VCU's Larry Sanders. The 6'11 and 235-pound junior center averaged 14.4 PPG, 9.1 RPG, and 2.1 BPG for the Rams last year and says he plans on hiring an agent. NBA Draft.net has him projected as a late first-rounder.


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The 'American Idol' finale is shaping up to be a star-studded affair. Not only will the episode crown the next big pop idol, but it also features performances from Rihanna and now Aerosmith!
Rolling Stone reports that 'Idol' judge Steven Tyler will leave the judges table and take the stage on the May 23 results show, which will determine the victor out of contestants Hollie Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez.
The rock legends will perform their as-yet-untitled new single on the show, which may surprise fans of the band, as guitarist Joe Perry has disparaged the series in the past. "It's his business, but I don't want Aerosmith's name involved with it," Perry said in a previous interview. "It's a reality show designed to get people to watch that station and sell advertising. It's one step above '[Teenage Mutant] Ninja Turtles.'" Hey, don't be dissin' Leonardo and Co. like that!
Perry distanced himself from his previous commentary, explaining, "It wasn't about the show — it was about how we found out about it. I was pissed off about that whole thing, but I've played on it before and the band is gonna play on it in the last episode of the season to debut the new single. So it's not about the show, it's about how we found out about it. It was a bit of a shock and it took us off balance."
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Lewitt DTP 640 REX Dual-Element Kick Drum Mic N635N
In our February 2012 issue we introduced Austria-based Lewitt Audio, a then brand new microphone company marrying European design with Asian manufacturing. As I mentioned in that review, Lewitt sprang up out of nowhere and hit the ground running with a full product line of unique-looking, well built and versatile microphones in every category, from stage-flavored dynamics to studio-focused condensers and even mics of the wireless variety.
Versatile indeed -- the Authentica LCT 640 I reviewed last year is a large-diaphragm studio condenser with 5 polar patterns, 4 levels of attenuation, 4 choices of low-end roll-off, and to top it off each of those controls is digitally controlled! And that was just the start... for this review we look at Lewitt's flagship kick-drum mic, the DTP 640 REX that continues the Lewitt versatility trend.
Dynamic or Condenser? Yes!
First up in the versatility department, the DTP 640 houses both a standard dynamic capsule as well as a small-diaphragm condenser capsule on top of it, with the two capsules in perfect phase alignment.
Of course this is not a new idea; Audio-Technica shipped just such a mic a decade ago with the AE2500 (reviewed December 2003). But Lewitt has added to the basic concept with some interesting tweaks of its own for more versatility; the DTP 640 REX adds a unique character voicing or Enhanced Frequency Response switch and two levels of padding.
Heavy and built like a tank
With all of those electronics inside and weighing over 27 oz. this is one of the heavier kick drum mics I have seen. The DTP is also quite sizable at 6.22" in length and 2.80" in diameter. The closest mic in its size and appearance class would actually be Shure's Beta 52A. In other words, if you plan on placing it inside of a sound hole on a boom close to the drumhead, you will need a nicely counter-weighted stand.
This mic is over-built and rugged, and does not give away its overseas origin at all, which so far is another trait I admire in the Lewitt line. The mic is finished in a matte black with the Lewitt logo in silver and green embossed on its backside. The mic capsules sit behind a large domed double mesh, foam-lined windscreen. On top of the body are the pair of recessed 3-position slider switches for the voicings (more on that in a minute) and the pad selections of 0, -10, and -20 dB
A built-in forward/rear pivoting mic mount sits on the bottom of the mic. It houses the XLR cable connection and mic stand threads, and is completed by a large knurled knob for positioning adjustments. The mic comes with your standard leatherette pouch and a special Y-cable that splits into separate outs for the two mic capsules -- this mic takes up two input channels of your mixer or preamp, because it's actually two mics.
Behind the dome
Behind the domed windscreen we start with the dynamic microphone that makes use of a 1.25" capsule. It has a stated 20 Hz to 16 kHz freq response with a healthy low-end boost centered from 50 to 70 Hz, a flat midrange, and top-end peaks of roughly 4 kHz and 12 kHz.
The condenser element is a 0.88" cardioid capsule that is listed as having a 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response. It is gently rolled off from 20 to 100 Hz and then flat up to peaks at 2.75 kHz and a smaller one at 15 kHz.
Combined, the mic has an equivalent noise level of 28 dBA and a max SPL of 170 dB when padded. As you can guess, the condenser element requires phantom power.
Quite the character
The frequency switches on top of the mic are marked =//= (FFR - Flat Frequency Response), +//= (Dynamic EFR - Dynamic Enhanced Frequency Response) and +//+ (Dual EFR - Dual Dynamic Enhanced Frequency Response).
The =//= is the flat and natural state of each capsule.
In the +//= setting the cardioid capsule remains the same, while the dynamic gets an extreme bass boost and a moderate high-end boost akin to many modern kick drum mics.
In the +//+ setting both capsules undergo an extreme makeover, if you will. The condenser mic boosts and focuses on 70 to 150 Hz, and the dynamic mic becomes just the opposite, focusing on 3 to 5 kHz.
In use
This mic offers a plethora of mixing choices and I have only just scratched the surface. Not only do you get the choice of the frequency settings, but also blending the capsules in a mix offers endless possibilities, because with any two mics a 2 dB change in relative level can yield big sonic changes. Here are some of my initial uses and impressions.
In the mic's neutral position the sound is huge, and in a large subwoofer-equipped church sanctuary the low end from the DTP 640 REX rivaled my usual combination of Yamaha SubKick and Audix D-6. While the SubKick gives bass tones that are felt more than heard, the DTP was just overall rounder and larger sounding, enough so that a few folks after service asked what was different about the kick drum this week? And that they liked it!
I also made an initial mistake with the DTP; in our system I need to have the polarity flipped on the SubKick channel for it to sound right, and when I first hooked up the Lewitt, I forgot to flip it back and spent about 15 minutes trying to fruitlessly eq and tweak the mic's two capsules, thinking they sounded anemic and awful when combined. The moral of the story is simple: this isn't top vs. bottom snare here -- never flip the polarities of this mic's two channels with respect to each other!
In the studio I put the mic through its paces against a number of well-known modern mics, in various kick-drum situations as well as on a bass guitar amp cabinet.
Overall I was a bit surprised when listening to the dynamic mic by itself in its flat state, as it really did not sound like any of the other current mics on the market such as the Audix D6, Shure Beta 52A, AKG D112, or Audio-Technica ATM25LE. It's actually much fuller and, dare I say, more vintage sounding -- because unlike most of the above models it has no midrange scooping, nor is it as highly hyped in highs or lows as most kick-centric models.
As for the condenser capsule by itself, it is about as exciting as throwing a Shure SM81 on a kick drum, meaning it's just as lifeless. However, blending the two mics together is where the magic starts. In simple terms, the dynamic is your boom and the condenser captures a clean kick hit in a way a dynamic won't.
Inside the kick, right up on the head by the beater, the flat response was interesting and sounded like a big, thumpy vintage '60s kick with no front head... which was interesting as I had the front head on and the drum pretty tightly muffled. It was a thick and rubbery, almost AKG-ish sound. To get a more modern take in this mic position I found the Dual EFR setting worked best with the dynamic mic down 12 to 14 dB below the condenser.
Moving to the outside of the kick, FFR was very loose and vintage sounding, especially with all of the muffling removed. Here I found bringing the dynamic down about 3 dB added just the right amount of modern high end back in for a nice bit of attack. For a straight-up heavy modern rock sound I deadened the kick and used the middle Dynamic EFR (+//=) setting, this time with the dynamic 6 dB below the condenser.
Placing the mic in the sound hole of the drum was unfortunately problematic with a heavy-footed player, as I found that the condenser could sound a bit splatty and subject to extreme bursts of air focused through the hole when the drummer really laid into the head. However, just like using a Beta52A in this position, with the Lewitt the sound is similarly huge and powerful. Here I preferred the flat =//= and the middle +//= settings, this time with the condensor dialed down anywhere from -3 dB to completely out (which is a good way of saying the dynamic element alone sounds great here!). [Lewitt reports that it is aware of the air-blast issue and is looking into possible solutions.—Ed.]
I should also mention that this mic takes eq quite well. Beyond basic comparative tests, when used in actual live and studio sessions, I equalized it just like I would any kick drum track: boosting the lows, de-emphasizing the boxy low mids, and adding in some upper mid snap, and it sounded even better and was easily tailored to the mix.
Bass Amp
Lastly I used the DTP 640 REX on a 15" bass amp on a cover of the Beatles' classic "Come Together", and came away with some interesting conclusions. I liked the flat setting with the condenser down 7 dB relative to the dynamic, and I loved the Dual mode, and even though the settings are the reverse of what you would expect, i.e. the dynamic handling the highs and vice versa, it sounded very full, distinct and natural. As for Enhanced Dynamic mode I found the hyped dynamic tone to be too exaggerated in the lows.
Bottom line, the DTP 640 REX is a fabulous and full-sounding mic capable of many kick drum colors. While it is not as hyped and specific as many of the modern kick mics we are used to, it hints at flavors and combinations that are quiet expressive and unique.
This is not a kick drum mic you would get bored with easily, and the best part is that all of this versatility can be had for a mere $299 street price, which is only slightly higher than some of the usual suspects.
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