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I'm Boy Crazy's Alexi Wasser
Listen, we all know Valentine's Day is a bogus, made up holiday created by the greeting card industry to make money…. But who the fuck cares?! Stop being such a judgey emo kill-joy! It's here, it exists, we've all entered this unspoken agreement as a society to go along with it, so just shut the fuck up and embrace it! After all, it's an excuse to get gifts, give gifts, and over indulge in sex/chocolate/pink/and red! Let's celebrate it!
What I still don't understand is why mistletoe hasn't made the obvious crossover into Valentine's Day. What a mistake. Mistletoe isn't utilized enough during Christmas even. I can never even really find it! But that's neither here nor there! Back to Valentine's Day – which I've noticed is mispronounced left and right as "Valen-TIME's day." WTF?! It reminds me of the time Kim Kardashian (who I don't even dislike) mispronounced the name of HER OWN FRAGRANCE – calling it 'VuLUMPtuous' instead 'Vuluptuos.' Who are these people?! What happened to us? And on a side note, not having to do with Valentine's Days AT ALL—but just a grammatical error that pisses me off beyond belief—is when people sai "I could care less." It's "COUNDN'T care less" NOT "COULD care less." The point of the saying is: you care SO LITTLE, you COULDN'T possible care less! But I digress, back to Valentine's day and you:
Contrary to what society rams down your throat, Valentine's Day ISN'T just for couples. It can be enjoyed in a multitude of ways by anyone with a pulse and privates. The following is my guide to celebrating Valentine's day no matter how much of a winner or loser you might feel like, no matter what your predicament/situation/condition.
And always remember, no matter what you do this Valentine's Day, no matter who you're with: I LOVE YOU!
xoxo, Alexi
Well, since your probs quickly on your way to falling out of love anyways, tonight's the night to breathe some semblance of fire back into your relationship. And if you are happy, tonight's the night to get real weird and nasty in the bedroom. The good thing about sharing a thingcalledintimacy is that you can feel safe enough to be naked, make weird faces, and try out new postions, lube, toys, etc. So put on a pair of sexy MATCHING bra and panties, go out to a beautiful expensive restaurant… or just some place you love, let him pay, drink champagne or vodka sodas, go home and have the craziest most un-selfconscious intense sex of your life. Just don't make a baby. I'm/you're not ready for that.
This is great! You have no one to answer to! You're wide open to do ANYTHING you like and/or meet someone who's right for you instead of being tethered to some guy who makes you miserable and is basically just a warm body, who doesn't make your life BETTER; which is what two people in a relationship should be doing for one another—making each other happy & inspiring one another to be the best versions of themselves they can possibly be. So, don't feel sorry for yourself: Being single is just as great as being in a great relationship—it's just different! So put on some mascara, a red dress, shave your fucking legs cuz you never know who you might meet, even if it's the pizza delivery guy! Stay in and gossip/gab on the phone with your bffs, text, insta, take an Epsom salt bath, online shop, put a beautiful slip on to lounge in—just for YOU—and have a Sex & The City, Bravo, rom com, movie marathon. Have a pen and paper by your side while you do this, it's called multi-tasking, and write a list of what you want for yourself in the coming weeks, months, years. What are your goals: career and romantically speaking? Inspire yourself. Start daydreaming about what the future could be. Make a detailed list of places you want to travel, things & guys you want to do, and what kind of man you hope to eventually be in a relationship with. Light some candles, touch your privates, and call it a night. That wasn't so bad at all, was it?
Well, first off, I want it to be known that I do not advocate Tindr. I think it's really embarrassing and for losers (mainly it's the dudes I think are the losers). But, if you must: meet up in a public place. The goal is to NOT get raped and/or murdered. Let him buy the drinks, but DON'T let him buy the drinks without you being there to make sure he doesn't roofie you.
SLUMBER PARTY! Oh shit! This is gonna be a blast! Like the good old days when guys weren't yet mature enough or sexually curious enough to make a move on you and all you had/were allowed to do was hang out at your girlfriends house! I miss 6th grade, don't you!? Prank phone calls, truth or dare, green Mint Julep Queen Helene facial masks, and pizza! It's not binge eating if you're with someone else/they're doing it too. Afterwards, go to Yogurtland and get froyo. So what if it's February?! Play twister, wear matching rompers, and prank call all the guys you ever dated and all the girls you can't stand. Don't forget to press *67 before you dial out! And if that all gets super boring and you guys wanna search for dudes to flirt with: put on some sexy dresses (preferably in black, red, or white), throw on some red or burgundy lipstick (I'm giving you options cuz there are two of you, duh), order an Uber car (cuz drinking and driving is not sexy), arrive at a bar/club/or Valentine's Day party (where all the cutest guys will be), dance the night away, people watch, and be eachother's wingwoman!
Ugh, what a vadge blocker! What are you doing?! He's either secretly or not so secretly in love with you or vice versa! Either this is the night you guys have sex… or just go see a movie at the mall and have a wonderful time with a man that makes you feel safe, happy, and not threatened sexually whatsoever. Wait, I changed my mind, platonic guy friends are the best actually.
Well, this is nice! You guys can gab about life and love and dreams and goals and make lists of the type of perfect mate you hope to someday meet. You guys can discuss career and life goals. And all the other things you'd be way too embarrassed to tell anyone who isn't related to you. You guys can go get a massage, get your nails done, burn sage, go on a hike, light some palo santo, whatever it is that's cleansing and productive. And the best thing about a mom is that they usually pay and the can rub your back, braid your hair, and give you a comforting hug that won't leave you with an unwanted pregnancy (is there any other kind?) or std.
So you have a kitty or a doggy! Good for you! NO, I do NOT think you're a weird cat person. Not at all! Animals are amazing, and adorable, and a wonderful source of something very rare: unconditional love! SO, if it's just the two of you (I'm all for cats and dogs—I'm actually WAY more of a cat person—but I really hope you only have one kitty or doggy MAX): Put on something cozy, but well fitting, for a comfortable night in. However, NO sweatpants! Sweatpants promote binge eating, and just because you're not trying to impress some guy doesn't mean you should look like a ragamuffin. It's nice to feel sexy, even if only for yourself. Plus, at some point on Valentine's Day eve, you may be taking lil Fido on a walk, in PUBLIC… where desirables might see you! But, when back inside, curl up with your animal, order a pizza—which goes against everything I usually stand for—but recently I've discovered that bread is totally not as scary as I used to think it was. As long as you don't eat the whole pizza (in one sitting) you're golden! Eat half of it, flaunt it in front of your animal; taunt it for not being human enough to be able to ingest and digest pizza, pet it with your hand that isn't greasy and have a movie marathon. Here are some of my favorite movies to watch at home alone as a single girl with no boyfriend or prospects whatsoever: Something Borrowed; Dear Mom, Love Cher; Annie Hall, Manhattan; My Wife Is An Actress; Truth or Dare; Broken English; Bridesmaids; Flash Dance; Bridget Jones' Diary; Notting Hill; Pretty Woman; Desperatly Seeking Susan; Beaches; Moonstruck; Sixteen Candles; Fast Times at Ridgemont High; High Fidelity; Almost Famous; Pretty in Pink; Me Without You.
Oh, and after you're done with your pizza, TOTALLY wash your hands and touch your privates. But don't even THINK about smearing your vadge with peanut butter and trying to involve your animal in your weird sexual antics… cuz that would be sick… SICK! I'd actually prefer if you made your pet leave the room before you fuck yourself with your finger or vibrator or whatever it is you'll be doing to get yourself off. Maybe watch a little porn on Redtube after your romcom marathon (or in between Flash Dance and Bridget Jones' Diary, just to mix it up! Light some candles, plop onto your bed after a 2 hour long Epsom salt bath, and go to sleep with your unconditional lover.
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LOS ANGELES — Josh Duhamel may diss his pregnant wife in his latest film, but in real life, he loves his lady's lumps.
At the Los Angeles premiere for "Scenic Route," the 40-year-old actor said that although the dark and twisted character he portrays in the movie feels that his wife is unattractive, he thinks Fergie has "never been more beautiful."
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Walker Evans improved to 6-0 on the year in Harvard's win over Brown (Gil Talbot).
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After having its match against Yale postponed due to the aftereffects of Winter Storm Nemo, the No. 3 Harvard men's squash team returns to action Tuesday night to take on No. 2 Trinity at the Murr Center Squash Courts.
Last Time Out
The Crimson shutout Brown, 9-0, Thursday to improve to 5-1 in the Ivy League and stay in the hunt for a title. Three members of the squad – Brandon McLaughlin, Sam Goldberg and Tommy Mullaney – all reached the 10-win plateau during the match. Harvard also swept all nine matches 3-0 for the second consecutive match and the fourth time this season. Harvard was slated to wrap up Ivy League play on Sunday, but the contest against the Elis was postponed due to Winter Storm Nemo.
Related Article: Three Players Reach 10 Wins As No. 3 Men's Squash Defeats Brown, 9-0
About No. 3 Harvard
The Crimson is 14-1 overall and 5-1 in the Ivy League entering Tuesday's contest following its win over Brown last Thursday. Brandon McLaughlin, Sam Goldberg and Tommy Mullaney are all tied for the team lead with 10 wins apiece, while Jason Michas and Ali Farag are right on their heels with unblemished 9-0 marks.
The Ivy League Race
After Princeton lost to Cornell, 5-4, it opened the door for either Harvard or Yale to claim a share of the Ivy League title. The Tigers knocked off Columbia on Sunday to finish Ancient Eight play with a 6-1 record, and guaranteeing that the winner of the Harvard/Yale match will earn a share of the championship with both teams sitting at 5-1 currently. The loser of the contest will end up in a tie for third place with 5-2 Cornell.
About No. 2 Trinity (Team Page)
The Bantams sit at No. 2 in the most recent edition of the College Squash Association rankings with a perfect 14-0 mark. Reinhold Hergeth, the team's number one, brings a 6-2 record into today's match, and Moustafa Hamada is 13-0. Freshmen Karan Malik is 7-0 on the year, and Juan Diego Lopez and John Lamont are both 5-0. Trinity has knocked off Ivy League foes Yale (7-2), Cornell (7-2), Penn (9-0) and Dartmouth (8-1) while going undefeated in NESCAC play.
Series History Against the Bantams
It has been a series of runs between the Crimson and Bantams. Harvard won 27 of the first 28 meetings between the schools, while Trinity has won the last 22 matches. Overall, the Crimson leads the all-time series, 27-23.
Zeroing In
Harvard swept its first three opponents of the season for the 21st time in program history before finally losing a match to No. 6 Rochester. The three consecutive sweeps to begin a year is the longest streak since Harvard swept the first four matches of 2006-07. Harvard's program record for consecutive shutouts to begin a season is six, which it did it 2004-05, 1991-92 and 1972-73. The program record for shutouts in a season is 12, set by the 1991-92 team and equaled by the 1994-95 squad. Thus far, Harvard has swept 10 of its 15 opponents.
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Assistant coach Luke Hammond is now blogging to give fans an inside perspective of the Harvard men's and women's squash teams. The blog will be periodically updated throughout the season, recapping the latest results and highlighting other interesting tidbits about the squad.
Related Link: Harvard Squash Blog
Undefeated Ali
Junior Ali Farag is a perfect 25-0 in his Harvard squash career. The Egypt native went 16-0 last season, including an 11-0 mark at the No. 1 position, en route to the individual CSA title and is off to a 9-0 start this year.
Leading the Way
Mike Way, The Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, returns for his third season at the helm of the Crimson. In just over two seasons, his teams have posted a combined 39-11 mark, including a 16-4 record last year. Both of his assistants, Reg Schonborn and Luke Hammond, are back for 2012-13, as well.
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The Crimson will make up its match against Yale at a to-be-determined time prior to the College Squash Association Team Championships Feb. 22-24.


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"We have a wide variety of activities so that everyone should be able to find something to do," said Lance Schwindt, Brush's director of Parks and Recreation. "We want everyone to participate and have a good time."
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Any three individuals can form teams for the baseball and whiffleball tournaments in the age categories of 12 and under and 13 and over.
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Brush Parks and Rec Week Activities, Monday, July 15 through Saturday, July 20:
Monday, July 15 – 3 on 3 basketball and whiffleball tournaments at Sunset Park, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, July 16 — Free swim at the Brush Pool, 1 to 5:30 p.m., karaoke to follow.
Wednesday, July 17 — Community breakfast at the Jaycee Building followed by the community walk by Doty Pond, 7 a.m.
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Intimacy and human connection.
Yes, intimacy.
Because, at some level, SM demands participants to be true to their desires and hungers, vulnerabilities and savagery. Fully engaged kink insists on full presence without pretense and willingness to connect the raw humanity to another's raw humanity. The elegant defenses and social rules of appropriate behavior are built up by civilization and maintained in culture to insulate ourselves from that dangerous primal state. SM, along with some sports, is one of the few remaining semi-sanctioned arenas where the raw emotions and connections are permitted and even celebrated. To engage in this behavior may lead to a flood of emotions, elation and even risk failure to achieve connection, with the added danger of feeling genuine loneliness. It takes guts, skill and personal risk to fly high with another person.
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Over the years of I've been to more than a few dungeon parties – big and small, public and underground, posh and sleazy. Usually the scenes I see make me hot, but a few would leave me troubled, cold or deeply sad. Were they too shocking or taboo for me? No. Were they technically incompetent? No.
Instead, they were highly technical, well-executed and fascinating to watch. Multiple floggers fly and spin, wowing the crowd, in a spectacular choreography of Florentine flogging. Single tails and bull whips snap and dance stunningly on the skin delivering subtle strokes and deep cuts. Ropes wrap around limbs suspending flesh in complicated mid-air acrobatic poses. We gather around for these and other skill intensive scenes to ooh and ahh. But eventually I'd walk away, wondering why I was suddenly overcome by sadness. As I step away, people get in line to be the next to bottom, as the top processes yet another through an exquisite set of maneuvers.
I can't shake the feeling that I'm not watching two people sharing an experience, but rather two strangers having separate thrills over one activity. The top feels satisfaction in displaying competence in a set of measurable standards (The ropes go on. The person goes up. They come down and they're still in one piece), while the bottom gets to have a self-contained experience delivered by a competent technician. The human factor of the other person seems irrelevant in either case.
When I see this, it feels like SM is reduced to an amusement park ride, and people choose if they're the rider or ride operator. Or maybe it's the bungee jump. When I've gone bungee jumping, I looked for a service provider with qualifications and a good reputation. I certainly didn't expect, nor want, any raw human connection with the dude strapping me in. I wanted him out of my head and heart. I wanted a thrill and to be able to talk about it to my friends. Maybe that's what some people are seeking in their SM.
Recently someone came to talk to me about the suspension he did. Breathless with excitement, he talked to me about the thrill of doing it. Never once did he mention the other person he tied up. There was that sinking feeling in my heart again.
The more difficult the technique is, the harder it is to establish that human connection. But the more technical the play is, the easier it is to visibly ascertain a level of success and external validation. Emotional and mental states are, by nature, nebulous and not easy to determine success. There can always be doubts if the other person flew as high as you did, or if they flew at all. "Was it good for you?"
The greater the technical demand, the further at bay you keep the risk of intimacy, vulnerability and disappointments. To experience emotional connection in highly technical scenes is truly challenging. I've seen it done and it's hot, but their biggest expertise went well beyond the complicated ties or whips. It was their willingness to be naked to the soul with the other person. Sadly, the intangible emotional scene success seems rarely celebrated as we're distracted by flashy and tangible skill standards.
Firmly establishing a set rules for play where disconnect is the norm in, effect lowers the bar, guarantees and redefines success. Super difficult techniques can protect the players from biggest risk of all in SM – intimacy.
But if you play hard with nothing more than the most distilled, simple techniques, with teeth bared, sweaty, breathy and entwined with your partner as you expose your darkest desires to them, leaving you exhausted and elated in one another's arms, congratulations – you are truly a pleasure artist.


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Publisher: Royal Archaeological Institute
Date: 1895
Description: In 1895 Spurrell published 'Notes on Egyptian Colours' which was a culmination of several papers he had contributed to the Royal Archaeological Institute in the early 1890's, based principally on material from Flinders Petrie's excavations (1895, 222-39). At this point Petrie had supplied Spurrell with a full range of colour samples from the Fourth Dynasty to the Roman Period. These 50 colours are typically held between two watch glasses and are from fairly securely dated provenances: Fourth Dynasty (Meidum and Dahshur), Twelfth Dynasty (Lahun), Eighteenth Dynasty (Amarna), New Kingdom (Gurob) and Roman Period (Hawara). Spurrell validates his study by stating that 'Mr. Petrie's specimens have the special value of being correctly dated' and disputes some earlier studies that used museum samples with no specific contextual data. Following typical Victorian ideas of progress and cultural evolution Spurrell's study chiefly aims to 'mark chronological changes' from the Fourth to Eighteenth Dynasties (1895, 222).
Author: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
Publisher: Methuen
Date: 1894
Description: Publication of Fliners Petrie's excavation of parts of the city in a winter season between 1891-2. At this time Petrie's fieldwork was largely being sponsored by two men: Jesse Haworth (1835-1921) and Henry Martin Kennard (1833-1911).
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Petrie excavated parts of the city in a winter season between 1891-2. At this time Petrie's fieldwork was largely being sponsored by two men: Jesse Haworth (1835-1921) and Henry Martin Kennard (1833-1911). Petrie gave some of his finds to his close friend, Flaxman Spurrell (1842-1915), whose collection was given to Norwich Castle Museum which was then purchased by Liverpool Museum in 1956. Spurrell's collection form Amarna contains many samples of pigments from houses in the city and artefacts associated with vitreous materials, such as glass rods and moulds for casting faience amulets and beads.
For more information see Digital Egypt for Universities website: http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/amarna/index.html
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Peach season is well underway, so peel, chop, purée or grill sweet peaches and nectarines while they last. Peaches make a perfect salad topping, sangria fruit or cobbler filling. Try barbecued peaches with ice cream for an easy dessert at the cottage, or top your favourite fish with a nectarine mint salsa.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney tried doggedly Wednesday to sidestep the political furor he had started a day earlier by revealing he pays federal taxes at a rate of about 15 percent, less than millions of middle-income American families.
Facing a new controversy, his campaign confirmed that Romney has money invested in the Cayman Islands but said he was not getting any tax break.
Newt Gingrich, his main rival in this weekend's South Carolina primary, poked at Romney anew and disclosed that his personal tax rate is more than double that of Romney.
Just before Saturday's South Carolina voting, Romney is trying to wrap up his push for the Republican nomination, but it's been anything but smooth. He's spent nearly two weeks answering questions and criticism about his personal wealth and tenure at Bain Capital, the private equity firm he founded, and those subjects are sure to come up again in Thursday night's debate.
Gingrich slapped at the GOP front-runner, saying in Winnsboro that he himself paid 31 percent of his income in taxes for 2010, more than twice what Romney said he paid. Gingrich's campaign said the 31 percent was the effective federal rate on income, apparently not including Social Security payroll taxes.
Gingrich told reporters that he is not criticizing Romney for paying a tax rate below what many wage-earning Americans pay. Gingrich has proposed a plan that would give Americans the option of paying a 15 percent flat tax — which he notes is the same rate Romney is citing.
"My goal is not to raise Mitt Romney's taxes but to let everyone pay Romney's rate," Gingrich said.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he intends to push it anew on Thursday. "If Mitt Romney intends to be our nominee, he needs to open up his tax records today, no later than tomorrow by debate time," Perry told CNN on Wednesday.
There may be more fallout.
Romney's campaign was confronted with new questions about his finances Wednesday when ABC News reported that Romney has millions of dollars of personal wealth in investment funds set up in the Cayman Islands, known as a tax haven for Americans. The report said that Romney had the ability to pay a lower tax rate by investing in funds located offshore.
A spokeswoman for Romney's campaign confirmed that the Romneys have money in the Caymans. But the campaign did not say why. Spokeswoman Andrea Saul also said: "ABC is flat wrong. The Romneys' investments in funds established in the Cayman Islands are taxed in the very same way they would be if those funds were established in the United States. These are not tax havens and it is false to say so."
Aides to the former governor refused to expand on the information, declining to say how large his investment is in the Cayman Islands and why it is there, as opposed to in the U.S.
Nor would the campaign say whether Romney has investments anywhere else outside the United States. Advisers said Romney's assets are managed on a blind basis and that he does not have control over how they are managed.
Romney also refused to answer repeated questions from reporters about his Cayman investments during a stop at a barbecue restaurant in Lexington. Outside Hudson's Smokehouse, Romney simply smiled for cameras as he pushed through the crowd and boarded his campaign bus.
While a supporter rushed to Romney's defense, the former Massachusetts governor tried to duck the issue entirely on Wednesday, making no mention of his tax returns or tax rate during a rally at Wofford College here and declining to take questions from the news media. Instead, he delivered his standard campaign speech and assailed Gingrich, who has been running second in opinion polls in South Carolina.
Romney aides, too, refused to comment about his tax returns or details of his tax rate when pressed. His campaign held a conference call featuring surrogates who tried to cast Gingrich, the former House speaker, as an unreliable leader, but the wealth and taxes issue showed no signs of going away.
At an event in Rock Hill, S.C., Romney kept away from the issue of his taxes, but he criticized Republicans who "jumped on that bandwagon" of criticizing free enterprise. "My goodness, I listened to Speaker Gingrich the other night talk about the enterprises I've been associated with," Romney said. "I'm proud of the fact that I worked in the private sector, that I've achieved success."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has endorsed Romney, sought to help by defending Romney's tax status on TV. But that may have backfired when Christie, on NBC's "Today" show, suggested Romney put out his tax returns "sooner rather than later."
"It's always better in my view to have complete disclosure, especially when you're the front-runner," Christie said.
After months of resistance and under pressure from Republican presidential rivals, Romney now says he will release tax information for 2011 — but not until April, close to the tax filing deadline and when, presumably, the GOP race will have been decided.
Romney disclosed for the first time on Tuesday that, despite his wealth of hundreds of millions of dollars, he has been paying in the neighborhood of 15 percent, far below the top maximum income tax rate of 35 percent, because his income "comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past." During 2010 and the first nine months of 2011, the Romney family had at least $9.6 million in income, according to a financial disclosure form submitted in August.
Further focusing attention on his wealth was Romney's offhand remark to reporters that his income from paid speeches amounted to "not very much" money. In the August disclosure statement, he reported being paid $373,327.62 for such appearances for the 12 months ending last February, a sum that alone would him in the top 1 percent of U.S. taxpayers.
It recalled other politically awkward moments for Romney in which he unintentionally put a spotlight on his own wealth, including his offer to wage a $10,000 bet with Texas Gov. Rick Perry during a GOP debate last month over a disagreement on health care policy. He also joked to a group of voters that, since leaving Bain in 1999, he has been "unemployed."
Romney has been consolidating GOP support before Saturday's South Carolina primary in which a victory could all but seal his nomination.
But the focus on his wealth is an unwanted distraction for him as he seeks to win votes in a state where the unemployment rate, at 9.9 percent, is among the highest in the nation, and amid rising public concern over income inequality. President Barack Obama's campaign advisers contend voters are unlikely to back a wealthy Republican with financial-industry ties at a time of lingering economic distress.
And White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that, "as a matter of fairness, it does not make a lot of sense for millionaires and billionaires to be able to pay taxes at a much lower rate than somebody making $100,000 a year."
The maximum marginal U.S. income tax rate of 35 percent applies — in theory more than practice — to households with taxable income of over about $388,500.
But like many wealthy people, the Romneys have been helped by changes in federal tax policy that have placed much lower tax rates on investment income — from dividends, interest and capital gains from the sale of stocks and other assets — than on wages and salaries, the source of income for most Americans.
Under the Bush-era tax cuts strongly supported by most Republicans, such income, including gains on securities held for a year or longer, is subject to a tax rate of 15 percent.
In addition, the Romneys are able to claim another tax break because of his 15 years with Bain. Although he retired from there in 1999, Romney is still able to benefit financially from the firm's profitable investments and from "co-investment" deals in which he can invest alongside Bain.
A provision in the tax code treats profits earned by private equity funds such as Bain and hedge funds as "carried interest" — and thus subject to the 15 percent capital gains rate — rather than as ordinary income.
In addition, only income up to $106,800 is subject to the separate payroll tax that funds Social Security and Medicare, so the wealthy often pay much lower effective rates on their total income than other Americans.
According to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, an average federal tax rate of 15 percent — including both income and payroll taxes — would apply to households with taxable incomes of from $75,000 to $100,000.
Those with incomes below $94,000 earn less than 4 percent of their income from capital gains, interest and dividends, according to the Congressional Budget Office, while such investment income represents 43 percent of the income of households earning more than $1.87 million a year.
Obama and his wife paid federal taxes of just over 25 percent of their 2010 income of $1.7 million, mostly from the books he's written.
Perry and his wife paid roughly 24 percent of their 2010 income of $217,447.
Raum reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Stephen Ohlemacher in Washington and Shannon McCaffrey in Winnsboro contributed to this report.
Romney tries to sidestep tax furor he ignited
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney tried doggedly Wednesday to sidestep the political furor he had started a day earlier by revealing he pays federal taxes at a rate of about 15 percent, less than millions of middle-income American families.


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- transmit referrals and care summaries securely, consistently and electronically;
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CHeQ funds will provide free Direct accounts during 2014 for the first 1,000 rural providers in areas of California without existing Direct capacity through a community health information organization (HIO), with particular attention to reaching rural providers in areas of the state that currently lack options for HIE.
"Rural providers experience greater challenges in sharing patients' complete medical information, as distances between clinics are great, and fewer specialists practice within these areas," said Kenneth W. Kizer, distinguished professor at UC Davis and Director of the Institute for Population Health Improvement.
"These things make HIE adoption especially important in rural areas," he said. "Through these Direct accounts, we can offer rural providers the ability to exchange patient data securely using this basic and less resource-intensive form of HIE to springboard their improvements in coordinating care."
CHeQ chose Axesson to provide the free accounts to rural providers via California Direct, a commercial offering that is open to any health-care stakeholder in California.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA — Staples Inc. has announced the launch of Brighton Professional facility and breakroom products, according to a press release.
With Brighton Professional, Staples is deepening its commitment to facility solutions with high quality products that help make it easy for customers to maintain a clean, safe and healthy building at a great value, the release stated.
According to the release, products will include:
• Facilities supplies/chemical and cleaners, such as industrial glass cleaner, multi-purpose cleaners, disinfectants, air fresheners, foam soap, cleaning tools and floor care products
• Breakroom supplies, including cups, plates and cutlery.
Brighton Professional products are laboratory tested for performance and reliability and come with a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, the release noted.
To learn more about Brighton Professional, visit Staples executives at the International Facility Management Association"s(IFMA) World Workplace Conference & Expo on October 26–28 in Phoenix, the release added.
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Culmination in Columbus for Street Machine Of The Year
Top builders square off for the Popular Hot Rodding Street Machine Of The Yearat the Goodguys PPG Nationals
This year's event was no exception, as top builders from around the country brought their latest projects and squared off for top honors in a variety of categories. This is the kind of place where a talented builder can emerge from the shadows of the industry and make a name for himself (or in the case of guys like Boyd and Troy, have their identities shortened to just their first name). This is a weekend where cutting-edge style is showcased and new trends emerge.
Immaculate paint jobs are commonplace, attention to detail is meticulous and amazing craftsmanship is found in spades. Dozens of awards are handed out in a broad expanse of categories, but the key for being in contention for PHR's Street Machine of the Year (SMOY) honors is to combine all of those elements in the same vehicle--a challenge few are able to meet.
Entering a vehicle from the General Motors lineup might seem like a good starting point, considering GM models have clearly been dominant in recent years. Chevys have brought home top honors the last five years in a row, while GM models have comprised a whopping 88 percent of the finalists during that same stretch, including 2000 and 2001 when all five finalists were from the General's Army.
Judges in recent years have shown a particular soft spot for tri-5 Chevys and first-gen Camaros (there were certainly plenty to choose from again this year). That might make them the odds-on favorites, but one could also argue that the past success of a particular model could make it more difficult to create new standout examples. That theory would suggest anyone entering a '69 Camaro wouldn't just be judged against other cars in the field, but every other notable '69 Camaro built in recent memory.
The SMOY tends to take center stage at Columbus along with Street Rodder Magazine's Street Rod of the Year, but the scope of the 6,057 other cars in attendance at Columbus reaches far beyond those two build styles. Check out some of the action from this year's event and mark your calendar for 2005, as this is one show you won't want to miss! Did the SMOY continue its historic preference for GM iron or would new contenders emerge? Read on for all the juicy details.


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Some article titles say it all: "Pete King Can't Believe Rubio Has the 'Balls' to Fundraise in New York."
Here's Rep. Peter King, a conservative Republican who represents much of Long Island, New York:
"Being from New York we're not supposed to be suckers," Mr. King told Politicker this morning. "It's bad enough that these guys voted against it, that's inexcusable enough. But to have the balls to come in and say, 'We screwed you now make us president?'"
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Rebuilding An Indestructible Tranny-The 833
You're cruising around in your Mopar, and your four-speed is making a little noise. Is it shot? do you need to buy another one? Thankfully, the 833 is virtually an indestructible tranny and can be rebuilt with a little time and patience. With the help of Passon Performance in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, we will try to show you as in-depth an article on rebuilding a tranny as you have ever seen. Luckily, most of the parts for these transmissions are still available, so unless you have a major internal meltdown, a rebuild is an option. Be advised, many "parts house" replacement parts for these transmissions are slightly incorrect. This is especially true of the 308 bearing and early synchronizer rings.
The A-833 four-speed was built by New Process. produced from 1964 until 1987, it is most noted for its strength and durability. From 1964 until 1972, it was built in two configurations-a 23-spline input shaft and an 18-spline input shaft. These shafts are not interchangeable alone, and the entire gearset is matched and must be changed as a complete assembly. Typically, the 23-spline units were installed in small-block cars and wedge-headed big-block cars up to 426 ci in 1965. Later, the 383 and 400ci engines received the 23-spline tranny. The 18-spline unit, popularly known as the "Hemi" four-speed, was used in cars equipped with a 440ci engine from 1966 to 1972 and in the famous 426 Hemi engine from 1964 to 1971. After 1972, the 1:1 final-drive-ratio gearset was made for another two years, bringing its production run to an end in 1974. However, there was an overdrive unit that was made from the early '70s until 1987. This had a final drive of .73:1. During the early years of this run, it was mainly placed in A- and F-Body cars (Darts, Dusters, and Aspens/Volares). The later years of this production run were placed in half-ton Dodge trucks. Over the years, there were several different designs of internal parts. An example of this would be the synchronizers. There are also several different case configurations and gearsets.
Walk up to a pile of A-833s at a swap meet, and the most obvious differences are their overall length and output shafts. Early trannies feature a flanged yoke connecting to the driveshaft, and later models had a slip-yoke. Chrysler made two different length A-833s over the years, and while the main gear housings were sized the same-and for the most part were the same casting for most models-the tailshaft housing differed. A- and F-Bodied cars received the shorter output shaft and housings; B-, C-, and E-Bodies received longer tailshafts. The flanged ball-and-trunion output shaft was used in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, the slip-yoke output replaced the ball-and-trunion on all A-833s. But enough with the history lesson, let's get dirty.


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Chipotle-ish - you can get tacos, burritos, etc... but you can also get nachos. The meats don't look or smell as delicious as Chipotle. The rice they put in the bowl has no cilantro. The beans look sad. Also - they don't have extra veggies other than the pepper/onion. That's my one complaint about Chipotle - I like Moe's for the mushrooms and other veggies that they have!
Why Should You Go? Well if you couldn't tell by my lackluster descriptions - I wasn't too excited. There is absolutely no reason for me to go back here. It wasn't bad - it just wasn't Chipotle.


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homemade valentine's day cards for preschoolers
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Lone Star (1996)
Cliff: I never thought I'd see the a buddy of mine would be dating a woman with three bars on her shoulder.
Mickey: I think it's beyond what you'd call dating.
Cliff: You're gonna get married?
Mickey: Maybe.
Cliff: You met her family? Think her family's gonna be okay that you're a white guy?
Mickey: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man...
Cliff: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.
Cody: To run a successful civilization, you have got to have your lines of demarcation: between right 'n' wrong, between this'n 'n' that'n. Your daddy understood that. He was uh what-you-call-it... the referee of this damn menudo we got down here. He understood how most folks don't want their salt and sugar in the same jar.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Boy, you mix drinks as bad as you mix metaphors, you'd be out of a job.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Well, I'm working on a few things. I'm going over to the other side.
Ray: Republicans?
Sheriff Sam Deeds: No, Mexico.
Wesley Birdsong: This stretch of road runs between nowhere and not much else.
Wesley Birdsong: Hell, at my age, you learn a new name you gotta forget an old one.
Mikey: Let's see... I did two tours of duty in southeast Asia and I was married for five years. I couldn't tell you which experience was worse. I knew she was Japanese going in, but she didn't tell me about the Ninja assassin part.
Young Hollis: [after shooting suspect in cold blood] You killed him!
Sheriff Charlie Wade: [laconically] Son, you got a talent for stating the obvious.
Bartender: I'm as liberal as the next guy.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: If the next guy is a redneck.
[Wade lifts up a tortilla and finds a bribe underneath]
Sheriff Charlie Wade: This beaner fare doesn't agree with me, but the price sure is right.
Coworker: Your mother's family is Spanish?
Pilar Cruz: Sure, they go back to Cortez. When he rode by, they were squatting in a hut cooking hamsters for dinner.
[last lines]
Pilar Cruz: All that other stuff, all that history? To hell with it, right? Forget the Alamo.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: You oughta put up a banner: "Frontera, Texas: gateway to inexpensive pussy."
Otis Payne: It's not like there's a line between the good people and the bad people. It is not like you're one or the other.
Ben Wetzel: I remember Charlie Wade come to my father's hardware store once. I was just a little boy. And I'd heard stories about how he shot this'un and how he shot that'un. The man winked at me. I peed my pants. Just winked at me.
Mayor Hollis Pogue: Hey, look at all this will ya? Tackle, boat... All just to catch a little ol' fish minding his own business down at the bottom of the lake. Hardly seems worth the effort, does it, Sam?
Sheriff Sam Deeds: He ever accept cash for a favor?
Otis Payne: I don't recall a prisoner ever died in your daddy's custody. I don't recall a man in this county - black, white, Mexican - who'd hesitate for a minute to call on Buddy Deeds to solve a problem. More than that, I wouldn't care to say.
Pricilla Worth: Damn, they're closing down military left and right and putting up jails like 7-Eleven stores!
[Birdsong pulls out a huge rattlesnake skin]
Wesley Birdsong: Here... This big fella was sleeping in a crate at Cisco's junkyard. Right when I was gonna open to see what was in her. Jumped right at my face. Scared me so bad I had to kill him without thinking. Gotta be careful where you go pokin'. Who knows what you'll find.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: I suppose Hollis told you. We found Charlie Wade.
Otis Payne: Is that right? Start digging holes in this county, no telling what'll come up.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Mrs. Bledsoe?
Minnie Bledsoe: That's me.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: I'm Sheriff Deeds.
Minnie Bledsoe: Sheriff Deeds is dead, honey. You just Sheriff Junior.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Yeah, that's the story of my life.
[first lines]
Cliff: [cataloging the flora] We got cenizo, that's purple sage, agave, nopal... What's that stuff? Yeah that's it, that's whatchamacallit. That's horse crippler.
Mikey: This place is a gold mine.
Cliff: Lead mine.
Mexican-American Mother: [about school textbooks] We're not changing anything, we're just trying to present a more complete picture.
Anglo Mother: And *that* has got to stop!
Otis Payne: Am I going to get to meet that family of yours?
Delmore Payne: Why would you want to do that?
Otis Payne: Because I'm your father.
Delmore Payne: You'll get official notification when I make my decision.
Pilar Cruz: All my mother does is work. That's how you get to be Spanish.
Pilar Cruz: I'm unmarried. I'm not available.
Coworker: You told me once it was true love.
Pilar Cruz: Nobody stays in love for twenty-three years.
Chet Payne: So I'm part Indian?
Otis Payne: By blood you are. But blood only means what you let it.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: No telling yet if there's been a crime, but this country's seen a fair amount of disagreements over the years.
[In the middle of nowhere]
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Great place for a business.
Wesley Birdsong: Do you see much competiton around?
Sheriff Sam Deeds: I'm just a jailer. I run a 60 room hotel with bars on the windows.
Sheriff Charlie Wade: You're bein' mighty careless with your mouth, son.
Ray: This ain't Houston, my friend. We're pretty much running things now. Our good day has come.
Shadow: You chumps ain't had a good day since the Alamo.
Danny: Look, I'm not after you, Sam. I just think people in town ought to know the full story on Buddy Deeds.
Sheriff Charlie Wade: That makes two of us.
Chucho Montoya: You're the sheriff of Rio County, right? Un jefe mui respectado.
[drawing a line in the sand]
Chucho Montoya: Step across this line. You're not the sheriff of nothing anymore, just some tejano with a lot of questions I don't have to answer. A bird flying south, you think he sees this line? Rattlesnake? Javelina? Whatever you got. You think halfway across that line they start thinking different? Why should a man?
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Your government's always been pretty happy to have that line, the question's just been where to draw it.
Chucho Montoya: My government can go fuck itself, and so can yours! I'm talking about people here. Men.
[a black colonel talks to a black private busted for drug use]
Delmore Payne: With your attitude, Private, I'm surprised you want to stay in the service.
Athena Johnson: I do, sir.
Delmore Payne: Because it's a job?
Athena Johnson: Outside... it's... it's such a mess. Um... It's...
Delmore Payne: Chaos. Why do you think they let us in on the deal?
Athena Johnson: 'Cause they got people to fight - Arabs, yellow people, whatever. Might as well use us?
Delmore Payne: It works like this, Private. Every soldier in a war doesn't have to believe in what he's fighting for. Most of them fight just to back up the other soldiers in their squad. They try not to get them killed, they try not to get them extra duty, they try not to embarrass themselves in front of them.
[He leans forward and straightens her uniform jacket and cap]
Delmore Payne: Why don't you start with that?
Athena Johnson: Yes, sir.
Delmore Payne: [salutes] Dismissed.
Athena Johnson: [surprised] ... Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
Fenton: Buddy Deeds said a thing, he damn well backed it up. Never be another one like him. You know, that boy of his can't cut it. You ask me, he's all hat and no cattle.
Mikey: Hey, Cliff!
Cliff: What'd you find? Pieces of eight? Relics from the Coronado expedition?
Mikey: Cliff, come here!
[Cliff comes over and sees a half-buried skeleton in the ground]
Cliff: Jesus...
[Mikey lifts a ring out of the ground]
Mikey: Was Coronado in the Masons?
Mayor Hollis Pogue: Back in the 1960's, a reporter from a national magazine went to the governor of our Lone Star state, and asked, "Governor, what's your idea of what a real Texan ought to be?" And the governor said, "Son, that's easy. Just go down to Rio County and get a look at Sheriff Buddy Deeds."
Chet Payne: He's still pissed off because he didn't have a...
Otis Payne: Didn't have a father? When you're his age, you'll still be pissed off at *him*.
Mayor Hollis Pogue: Word gets out, and people are gonna think Buddy done it.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: Buddy's a god damned legend, he can handle it.
Sheriff Sam Deeds: If I met you for the first time today, I'd still want to be with you.
[on Col. Payne, their new C.O]
Mikey: Man cracks walnuts with his asshole.


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Almost all audiophiles acknowledge the importance of speaker placement and yet very few really care to experiment with it. An audiophile's speaker placement is typically based on intuition, influenced by factors such as initial listening, manufacturer's recommendation, WAF, consideration to the rest of the objects in the room including furniture, windows, doors, etc. Once the initial position is decided, whether right or wrong, the speakers often remain there until replaced, precluding experimentation and hence missing the possibilities of additional optimization.
The fact is that speaker placement is as essential as the speaker itself because the room and speakers operate as one entity to produce sound. Imagine how much time and energy people spend, sometime going out of way and even to a point of obsession, in trying out cables, vibration control, and power treatment. However, the speakers' positions and their relationship to the room, which is what actually produces sound, are hardly tempered with. It just goes to show yet another peculiarity of audiophiles and their priorities drawn in a wrong order. I often find people hesitant to move their speakers but keen on trying out a $2000 speaker cable or a "sucking life out of music" power conditioner. When offered a friendly advice, the typical answer is "Oh, I think this position is just fine," or "spikes make it difficult to move." Not with standing such excuses, the hesitation primarily stems from a goodwill belief which is at best unsubstantiated. What they do not understand is that the room and speaker need to be viewed just as one entity that should function in a perfect harmony. The correct position wherein that harmony occurs is to be determined through moving the speakers, experimenting with the distance to the back wall, distance from the speakers to the side walls, toe-in angle, and the position of the listening seat including its distance from the speakers and the rear wall. Here, I provide a guideline that can serve as a starting point that will need to be further refined by the listener because every room is different. Specifically, the suggested guideline is aimed for planar speakers like Apogees and Maggies that will achieve optimal speaker placement by determining the focal point for room coupling for achieving best bass response, and finding optimal soundstage synchronization for best imaging and soundstage depth and width.
The effect of speaker placement is more profound for planar speakers compared to cone speakers. The reason being their dipole radiation pattern simply adds one more parameters to the complexity. The dipole radiation pattern can be a blessing because this is what adds the third dimension to the sound, but only if properly harnessed. Several sound characteristics get affected from speaker placement. The foremost is the bass. If you get the bass right, usually the midrange and highs do get right as a side effect. Bass can be done right by determining the focal point of the room. The other things that get affected are the soundstage (the depth and width) and imaging, which can be done right by soundstage synchronization. I expound both of these points below.
Speaker placement is done primarily in one of the two ways. The first is the conventional position in which the speakers are 90-150 cm from the front wall, with sufficient distance from the side walls. The listening seat is typically at a good distance from the speaker as determined by the convenience. Some people place their seat too close, using a position called near field listening. I have never been a fan of near field listening as it can get hard on ears and is good only for some music.
There is apparently nothing wrong with the conventional position as it does give a "good" sound. The only problem is it is far from the optimal! First of all how could this be an optimal position for every room? Every room has its own acoustic character, with peaks and dips, cancelling and exaggerating certain frequencies across the audible band and producing phase cancellations. Second, dipole speakers are firing to the front and back. While the conventional position provides an ample room to the front wave, the back wave has only a fraction of it. The myth is that by keeping the speakers 1-1.5 m, the back wave reinforces the front wave and if you move the speakers further, this reinforcement disappears. The reality is that in this position, the back wave does not optimally reinforce the front wave as it is just an assumption (some people even "scientifically" support it by calculating the time for the back wave to return, which does not make any sense). The second myth is that if you move the speakers further into the room beyond 1-1.5 m, the bass disappears. The bass does start loosening up but the sound wave is a cycle, and if you keep moving the speakers further, the bass will get stronger again.
Thus, this position is a gross compromise and is taken for granted. Minor changes such as a few inches here and there, toe in, and acoustic treatment, only incrementally alter the sound for better or worse, giving a false perception that you have achieved the best for your room. In fact, you got the back and front wave totally out of alignment and thus are missing the essentials of the maximum soundstage expansion that your speakers are capable of.
The second option is the non-conventional placement, thinking out-of-the-box, using an approach in which the speakers are pulled way forward into the room. The objective is to determine the focal point and soundstage synchronization for a given speaker-room combination.
First, for determining a room's focal point, the room should be a rectangle. The commonly popular 1.6 by 2.6 ratio works fine, even though longer lengths or other ratios would be fine too. The rule of thumb is that no two room lengths should be multiple of each other. The notion of room focal point is pioneered by Ivan Lee, a friend from the Far East friend (the one who introduced me to this concept). According to Ivan, every room has a focal point, a spot where you get the minimum phase cancellation and hence minimum distortion.
To start the speakers should be placed along the length of the room. The wall behind the speakers is referred to as the front wall while the wall behind the listener is termed as the back wall. The speakers should be at about 40% of the room length from the front wall (thus leaving about 60% length in front of them). The speakers should also be close to the sides wall, ideally, leave a distance of about 15-25 cm from the outer edged of the speaker to the side wall; of course, you need to have the same spacing on both sides. Note that this is only a guideline and incremental changes will still be needed for every room.
You will need to experiment with plus minus 15-25 cm of that position. Ivan recommends 1/3 of the room length to start with and slowly increasing it but I think 40% is a better starting point because Ivan's experience has been with Maggies, and also because I think if you start with 1/3, you will eventually move to close to 40% anyway.
Further optimizations should be done from this initial starting point because every room is different and has its own peaks and valleys in sound. Again, Ivan's method is very effective for this purpose. Once the speakers are placed at 40% of the room length, you play some loud music with all kind of instruments, especially bass. Then you walk from the back wall to the front wall slowly following a straight line that runs along the exact central axis, passing between the two speakers. You will need to bend down a little such that your ears are at a height that is near the center of the mid/high tweeters. As you walk like a monkey (do it when your wife and kids are not home, or else they might think you gone totally mad) hear the loud music carefully and then stop at the point where it is the loudest. That is the focal point of your room. Place the speakers on that line across the room.
The next biggest gain in sound that the non-conventional position brings you is what I call front-back soundstage synchronization. This synchronization is the alignment of the two parts of sound. The first part of the soundstage is the one being created by the front wave and the second part by the back wave. When the two parts are perfectly aligned in a focused manner with your sitting position is also at the correct point, you achieve the best imaging, and deepest and widest soundstage.
A common misconception is that with the speakers placed in the middle of the room, the back wave disappears or the back wave is mostly out of the equation. The fact is on the contrary: The back wave is rejuvenated and plays a central role in imaging, sound staging, layering and depth, and defining the boundaries of musical instruments. But the following principles need to be observed for proper synchronization.
First, absolutely no toe-in should be employed. Another common misconception is that the central image will be tighter with toe-in. This is simply not true. The only thing toe-in does is to increase the level of tweeter energy because highs are very directional. The negative effect of toe-in is that the back wave is out of synch with the front wave and that is contrary to our goal. With the non-conventional placement, there is a sound image at the front wall if you stand near the back wall and face the speakers. Incredibly, there is also a sound image on the back wall if you stand at the front wall and look back at the listening seat.
Second, place the speakers as apart as possible such that each speaker's outer edge is close to the side wall. Depending upon the width of the room and the width of the speakers, in a reasonably sized room, that should leave good 1.8-2.7 m inner distance between the speakers. If you start losing the highs with a distance less than 1.8-2.7 m, then there is something missing in your electronics (assuming the speakers are not rolled off). The point is to place the speakers as far apart such they are close to the side walls, or until you start losing the highs. Note that this is in contrast to the conventional position wherein a larger distance from the side wall is preferred. But now, with the non-conventional position, all parameters are different – you need the side walls to reinforce the bass, and the mid/highs reflections will not have a negative impact.
For testing, play some music in which there is a right, left and central image. For example, play Holly Cole Trio, Don't Smoke in the Bed. Holly Cole will be right in the middle. Right, there is nothing new here. But now is the time for a monkey walk again. Stand up from your listening seat, bend down a little (such that your ears are at the level of the mid-point on your speakers' mid/high driver, and walk on the straight line (midway between the speakers) towards the front wall, going between the speakers. You will feel you are floating into Holly Cole's image. Keep going until you touch your face to the wall -- you will feel as if you are kissing the central image. Now, turn around and look back. The central image will now be on your listening seat near the back wall. Now walk back and again you will be floating into the central image. In fact, the central image exists in the whole central axis front to back and back to front. And when you sit in your listening chair, the whole energy of the central image in that axis will be focused into the middle but with a three-dimensional effect. You have achieved soundstage synchronization. If you do not get this effect then you need to move your speakers bit by bit, left and right, and front and back until you achieve this effect maximally. I am not sure if cone drivers can give you that effect. By now you can probably guess that with toe-in, the back image gets out of focus and hence offsets the soundstage synchronization.
The next step is to determine the position of your listening seat. The starting point I recommend is 40% of the room length measuring from the speakers (thus leaving 20% from the back wall). There is no need to maintain any special ratio between the speakers and the distance from the speakers to the listening position, soundstage synchronization will be achieved by moving your seat plus minus one foot and stopping where you get the best image and mid/high/bass, all to be determined by you. Do experiment with it and make a final determination yourself.
This will give you the deepest, widest soundstage coupled with best imaging and best bass. The images from music will be painted on the front wall, side walls, in front and back of the speakers and many of them will give a three dimensional effect. Do experiment as it does not hurt to try. If it does not work for you, your room is not a good rectangle. If your wife or girlfriend gets in your way, try to convince her or bargain with her. And if that remains a problem the chances are she is not sensitive to your needs, implying that you may have to think of some more serious options.
Very important: Remove all acoustic treatment from your room before doing this. You can experiment with putting those things back after you are done with your positioning. The chances are you will not need them because the effect of room coupling and soundstage synchronization is so powerful with the results are so stunning that you will not really need any of those acoustic things, especially the tube traps because they will do more harm than good. But do experiment if you like and you might be happy with putting some of those panels back but they will probably require new positions.
My Fullranges are placed at about 3.3 m feet from the front wall in my 4.8 by 7.8 m room. Their outer edges are about 23 cm from the side walls. Of course, I use no toe-in. My listening seat is about 6 cm from the back wall. This is where my focal point and best soundstage synchronization is. I do have a 60 cm by 120 cm DIY skyline diffuser on the front wall (in the middle) though and it gives me a tighter central image. I did try placing 6 feet tall tube traps between the speaker outer edges and side walls. It gives me a bit more weighty bass presumably because it is virtually extending the effect of the Fullrange side wings but it also sucks some highs and mids. Ultimately, I prefer listening without the traps.
Before I discovered the non-conventional position, I perceived the sound in the traditional position to be great but now there is no way I could listen to that again. The layered soundstage, imaging, and bass that I have now is sheer magic. It gives me what the planar speakers are meant to do. The bottom line is that your room and speakers are just one entity and hence need to be perfectly mated. Makers of Apogees and Magneplanars probably knew of it but would not recommend it because it would give them the stigma that their speaker need to be placed in the middle of the room which is not wife- or furniture-friendly.
Do try it because it does not cost anything.
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