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Different lenders have different criteria in relation to what they deem to be a "good" score. Really, what it all boils down to is "What interest rate am I going to have to pay?" You can still probably find a lender who will give you a car loan with a credit score of 580, but you're going to pay a really high interest rate for it. Get yourself bumped up to over 600 and better yet, over 620, and you have a few more options, but the rate you're going to pay is still not going to be pleasant. If you have scores in the range of 650 to 680, interest rates are going to be decent. Get yourself over 700 and you've got shopping power!
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Maybe you don't have enough income to qualify for that Ferrari you wanted, yet the loan officer will be able to advise you how much you can qualify for, as long as this is your only issue. If you're turned down because of your score, you can ask what is the minimum score they require to get approved. This will tell you whether or not you're going to need sub-prime car financing or not.
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The PBCS Movie Standings: A "Paranormal" Boot for "Puss"
Last week, "Paranormal Activity 3" nearly destroyed our proprietary PBCS formula thanks to its winning combination of low budget, good reviews, and enormous box office returns. Did it crush the competition yet again this week? Well, your box office figures look like this, according to Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Puss In Boots - $34.0M
2. Paranormal Activity 3 - $18.5M
3. In Time - $12.0M
4. Footloose - $5.4M
5. The Rum Diary - $5.0M
6. Real Steel - $4.7M
7. The Three Musketeers - $3.5M
8. The Ideas of March - $2.7M
9. Moneyball - $2.4M
10. Courageous - $1.8M
But those numbers fail to take into account the fact that "Puss" cost $130 million to produce. Holy smokes, that's a lotta Puss. It barely recouped a quarter of that investment over the weekend, which makes it something of an abject failure. True, we don't include international box office when we do these rankings, but we don't include the price to market those movies overseas, either. If we plug everything into the PBCS Nerdmatic 3000, here's what we get instead:
1. Paranormal Activity 3 - 1,736
2. Martha Marcy May Marlene - 194
3. Margin Call - 154
4. Like Crazy - 153
5. Puss In Boots - 120
6. Courageous - 95
7. The Ides of March - 78
8. 50/50 - 64
9. Footloose - 48
10. Moneyball - 38
Noticing a trend? The top four movies this week were all produced for under $5 million. Keep it in mind come the end of the year, when you find the Oscar race overrun with tiny little indie pictures and studio heads cursing everyone out as a result. The Four M's (I'm not spelling out that freakin' title again) and "Like Crazy," were also boosted by big per-theater averages. You get that when critics really like your film and you've made the strategic decision to limit distribution. Both "In Time" and "The Rum Diary" were so poorly received, and did such tepid business, that they didn't even make our chart, nor did Roland Emmerich's Shakespeare drama "Anonymous," whose low grosses are almost certainly a conspiracy perpetrated by The Bard's ancestors.

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EUGENE, Ore.— As evidence grows that Oregon faces increased risk of wildfires and summer water shortages caused by climate change, the Eugene City Council has voted to join Los Angeles, Seattle and more than 25 other U.S. cities in supporting the use of the Clean Air Act to cut greenhouse gas pollution to reduce the risk of runaway climate change.
Through a resolution approved by the city council, Eugene has signed onto the Center for Biological Diversity's national Clean Air Cities campaign, which urges the Environmental Protection Agency and President Barack Obama to take action on global warming through the Clean Air Act.
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Climate change could cause considerable harm to Oregon, according to scientists with the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. Rising sea levels and more intense storms are likely to threaten coastal towns and cities, as well as beaches and wetlands. Oregon's agricultural industry could be affected by drier soils, warmer temperatures and summer water shortages. Climate change will also raise the state's wildfire risk because of warmer, drier summers and an increase in fuel.
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Rules for selecting siRNA targets on mRNA sequences:
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Before picking siRNA target on the gene of your interest, first you have to obtain its mRNA sequence from a nucleic acids database or sequence accession number as some siRNA design tools can take accession number as input. It is recommended to use the gene's RefSeq from NCBI, since the RefSeq represents non-redundant, curated and validated, thus most correct, sequences. RefSeq mRNA sequences have unique accession numbers which start with NM or XM, followed by 6 digits. For example, NM_123456 (curated mRNA sequence) or XM_0123456 (model mRNA sequence predicted by genome sequence analysis). There are several ways of searching and retrieving a RefSeq.
The siRNA targets on the mRNA sequence of a gene should not share significant homology with other genes or sequences in the genome, therefore, homology search is essential for preventing off-target effects. Although most siRNA design tools provide BLAST search option, some simply use NCBI's BLAST tools which sometimes are quite slow. Here are some BLAST tools for homology search.
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Hello- Twice in the last few days, I've all of a sudden been unable to log into my comcast.net e-mail account using multiple CPUs, smartphones, etc. When I enter my username and password, i get a response that says "username and password do not match". However, this is after the username and password had already been working propperly. So, twice now I've had to contact Comcast, have them reset the password, then change the password to a new one, etc. I then get up and running, but now it seems like a pattern is developing where this will only work for a limited amount of time. Please help! I love comcast, and I'm a longtime customer, but this is scaring me. Thank you-
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Hello- Twice in the last few days, I've all of a sudden been unable to log into my comcast.net e-mail account using multiple CPUs, smartphones, etc. When I enter my username and password, i get a response that says "username and password do not match". However, this is after the username and password had already been working propperly. So, twice now I've had to contact Comcast, have them reset the password, then change the password to a new one, etc. I then get up and running, but now it seems like a pattern is developing where this will only work for a limited amount of time. Please help! I love comcast, and I'm a longtime customer, but this is scaring me. Thank you-
When you create the NEW password, are you including upper and lower case letters, some numbers, and some characters? Strong passwords are now required, so just maybe that is the problem. Maybe try one more time, but this time use a strong password (IF you aren't already) and see if that helps you.
If not, post back again please.
This is not a CUSTOMER problem. Your system is having issues. I'm having the same problems and i'm not entering the wrong password, or whatever the excuse is that I keep getting from Comcast. I should not have to change my password every couple days when CLEARLY it's an issue on the Comcast end. I'm a bit surprised to see that others are having the same issues, as this would be obviously a recurring problem with Comcast customers, so why wouldn't the online Customer Service representative MENTION THAT WHEN THEY ARE CONTACTED.
Fed up comcast, been a long time customer and between internet connection issues and now this, we're ready to bail.
Having the same exact problem and it started exactly when jgpuck's did. Often I set the password to exactly what it was before, the same password I've been using for years. It may or may not let me in but it only works for a short time. Tried a completely different password-- same problem. There is obviously something wrong. For me the problem is limited to smartphones and the mobile site. And yes I've already tried clearing cache and cookies on the phone and doing a battery pull.
Just came over here b/c I am having the same problem! Started yesterday as well.
I view my email from Outlook (PC) and from my iphone4.
I reset my password online, and updated my password in Outlook and on my phone yesterday.
Today about the same time as yesterday, I"m getting the same errors.
I have to reset my password AGAIN.
Logging in online, I Have no problems with PW. Only in Outlook and on my phone.
This is frustrating. Would appreciate some more investigation!
I've been having the same issue w/ Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express, & Android. No mail client access... but I can log in via comcast.net. I've been dealing w/ this since late Monday. Waiting on a tech/engineer to call, as per umpteenth conversation w/ customer service rep. No question, it's a server issue on their end; NOT a settings issue on my (our) end.
Will update as I know more. Please do the same.
I can add a bit more detail that may help. See my post at http://forums.comcast.com/t5/E-Mail-and-Xfinity-Connect-Help/Cannot-Open-Email/m-p/1238169/message-u...
This is my wife's computer. I have had the same problem, though not today. My settings are the same as defined above. When I have had the trouble in the past, trying to log in an hour or so later would be successful. At the time that I couldn't log into the POP account on Comcast, I also had trouble logging into my website on a non-Comcast server. The logs that I submitted to my webhost looked to them like there may be problems with the Comcast DNS server, perhaps timing out or routing incorrectly.
I'm hearing a two different stories and I want to make sure we have it straight.
Story 1:
Can't log in from anywhere. Reset password. A few days later can't log in from anywhere.
Story 2:
Can't log in from pc/smartphone/etc. Can log in via XfinityConnect. (Not sure if folks are trying a reset in this scenario).
The same thing has been happening to me 2 Fridays in a row. I just chatted with a Comcast technician and still no mention of this same problem ongoing for other customers.
I suspect a connection between this and the fake email saying that my account will be terminated (which Comcast is supposedly working on now). I actually clicked on the link in that email which routed me to a fake xfinity page and asked me to log in. I of course logged in with my username and then password because of fear of losing my account. I got nervous then but nothing happened immediately until last Friday...
same issue this evening. There was a data breach between now and one week before. I understand companies would not like to disclose this type of information but I believe it's best to do so for the subscribers benefit.
Comast Jordan; Story 1
Story 1: True. Can't log in anywhere (but comcast.net website). Not from phone. Not from PC (outlook).
Have to reset password (though password IS correct and works on website) every few days. Password reset solves problem. Though, very annoying.
Story 2: Can't log in via iphone-- reset tried. Rechecked settings. I'm in IT so I get that kind of stuff. But issue was on PC (outlook) as well. It's not a phone problem, it's a comcast problem.
I spoke with a Comcast technician after I posted yesterday...
Apparently, Comcast CAN and DOES automatically "lock you out" of your account if there is phishing activity detected by their security system. Calling a technician can establish whether you yourself changed your password or not (so remember the dates you change passwords) but does not say (or according to them anyway) whether it was a phishing activity that locked you out to begin with or system error.
I was told that the phishing should only happen once from a specific source, which means you will be locked out once, then have to reset once. But as I said earlier in my post, I was locked out 2 Fridays in a row. I'm less likely to believe that there was phishing through my account from the same source twice in a row AFTER I have already changed my password, or from 2 different sources in a row.
I have changed my password to a completely different one from the previous, so let's see what happens, but Comcast should also not yet rule out that this might be system error after all.
I am having the same problems as everyone else on this post. Have had them re-set my password and things are OK for a few hours, then can't get on via cell phone, iPad or Outlook. Been happening for last 3 days. I get error messages like ID and Password are not correct. Other times told can't access the server.
Only way I can get mail seems to be from Xfinityconnect.
There is clearly a problem that is with comcast and NOT with the customer. I've had the exact same problem as everyone else who is posting here -- I've had to call 3 times in past 1 1/2 weeks. First two times i called they could not give me reason for problem. When i called today the rep said others were having the problem and he didn't know why. Sounds like this has been going on for way too long. Not sure I'll remain a comcast customer if this happens again.....not any way to run a business.
I am having the same issues. Seven days ago, I was locked out of my email. Contacted Comcast via the online chat. Tech was rude insisting that I forgot my password. This is was of course not the case. I ultimately changed my password and now 7 days later, I just had to reset my password again. What's really going on?
C'mon Comcast, a solid week of this and no progress? Do the same crack technicians that do your truck rolls administer your servers?
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Same issue here. Now, after resetting my password AGAIN, I can login via the comcast webmail interface only. If I try to login via a third party email program on my ipad or laptop I am getting a message saying my password is incorrect, while it most definitely IS correct!
I hear your frustration. On the iPad and Laptop (if a Mac), you need to set the password in two places - once for incoming and once for outgoing mail.
I'm confused as to the lack of attention this seems to be getting.
I can log in to my email account using my droid phone, with my comcast login and password.
This same login and password does not allow me to login today using Thunderbird... a tool that I have been using for comcast mail for a very long time.
Why is comcast ignoring this issue?
I don't doubt that there is a problem. It seems to be cross-device and cross-OS.
When you (and I'm asking all of you having this problem) go into the web-based Xfinity Connect, which mail server are you hitting? For example, when I go to View Entire Inbox, the location bar shows me looking at:
I'm asking about the sz0001.
Here is the transcript of my oh so helpful chat session:
I just had to change my password as well. Definittely something is going on with Comcast.
It may be time to permanently switch to gmail. I have used this account for 10 years, so it will be painful, as so many people have this email address for me, but this is just getting to be ridiculous.
Why would all third party programs tell me my password is wrong, when it is not? Comcast is somehow not verifying appropriately.
I've notified the forum administrator about this thread and your experiences.
I'd still like to see if there is a common thread in the accounts that are having trouble.
griffelh, you have some accounts that work and one that doesn't. Do the others hit the same server? Is it the primary account? I'm not sure what else to try.
My issue was with the primary account. I check my E-mails directly from Comcast WEB site and not 3rd party app.
My secondary E-mail accounts were fine.
I also could not login to my account so it's not just E-mail it's the actual account password.
Once I reset the password I was in business however I have been using my account details for years and today just got hit.
Same problem here. Could not access my emails today on Windows mail or Droid. Could not log into Xfinity. All said user name and password not valid. Comcast reset my password and I can now log into Xfinity but still can't get emails on my windows mail or droid. Comcast keeps telling me it is a settings problem when it is not- it is a server problem as evidenced by the many posts that are appearing here, all describing the same problem. Comcast is like talking to a wall and will not acknowledge or admit the problem
Same issue here, but my wife's comcast account works fine.
If I go to comcast.net and send a test email from there to my comcast email address, I don't get it. But if I send an email from the comcast site to my school email address it works fine. Seems as though it sends messages fine, but it won't receive them.
Hopefully they get this fixed soon, I can't go another day without this email account.
Gretchen, I have been having this problem for 3 weeks. The last two times changing the password solved the issue. Today it does not. Somehow my account and everyone else's here are in some way connected in having this issue. I have several other comcast email accounts that have never had any problems while this one does. Puzzling. That is why I get so irritated in the chat help. They tell me it must be a problem with my third party application, yet the application works fine with multiple othe comcast accounts!
I am also having the same problem. I am signed in on my main laptop with no problem. Have not changed the password since Sunday (when I last had this problem). Earlier today all was fine. All of a sudden, I am getting the incorrect password message when I try to check my comcast email on my phone. The password was stored in the phone, as I entered it on Sunday after changing it on the website on my laptop. This is at least the 3rd time it has happened to me in the last couple weeks. Very aggravating.
Has Comcast tried to correlate the locations/regions where customers are experiencing these issues with the dates they are rolling out Xfinity "updates" and "new features". My suspicion is these issues are unforeseen consequences related to changes on their end. It's quite clear from this forum (and the same issue on other ones so there are alot more instances of this happening) that this has been happening over a longer time period and might be related to how things are rolled out across the different regions.
This IS a comcast issue. I had never had major issues before but now I realize why Comcast consistently has some of the worst customer service ratings of major corporations.
I guess 180$+ per month doesn't buy much nowadays.
This might also explain the issue I have been having trying to work at home and having major problems getting my work MSExchange to work (on a different computer). I believe we have a failure to communicate between servers (didn't used to have that issue a few months ago, it is new and I didn't have it this week when I was out of town and used same computer but a different ISP to communicate with my corporate network).
Still no access to emails via Windows mail or Droid since yesterday at 3 pm. I can only access my emails via Xfinity. The username and password error is clearly a Comcast problem since dozens of people have reported the program yesterday alone. Comcast has failed to even acknowledge the problem let alone resolve it.
I am currently having the same issue. I changed my password this morning just as a precaution and now I can only access my email via Xfinity Connect. When I changed my password in Outlook and ran the test first it would connect to smtp and send the test email but would not authenticate to pop3. I than chose to run EasySolve and now it will not authenticate to either smtp or pop3. This is ridculous. I know it has nothing to do with my computer or settings because it was working perfectly fine right before I changed my password.
BTW, I'm also having the same issue on a second PC.
I just spoke with someone in the Comcast Executive Office who has resolved problems for me in the past when the techs could not. He said that Comcast is aware of the problem and he is working on it now.
Pehaps this Executive should send a memo to the techs regarding how to handle this.
It is absolutely maddening dealing with tech support on these types of issues, as you can see from the chat extract that I posted. They have you do all the things you already tried and that are not the problem; then they blame the issue on third party software.
My previous post from another thread.
"Re: NO Email!
Having the same issue in Minnesota with Windows Live Mail at home and m.comcast.net on my phone. User name or password invalid error. I had the the same thing happen a couple days ago. I was able to restore my email by resetting my password from home. It worked for a few days and then went dead again today. I just reset my password from home again and now it's working but who knows for how long."
Had to reset my password for a THIRD time today. I see others are reporting that they are able to access their email via webmail when this happens. That is not the case for me. I'm unable to access comcast.net to even view my account until I do a password reset. As others have stated this is only affecting one of my comcast email accounts but it's my main one of course.
If the Comcast Executive Office is aware of the problem and are working on it why is there no sticky thread at the top of this forum stating that? Some communication would be nice.
I am also having the login issues. We cannot login from anywhere Xfinity Connect, smartphone, pc, etc. I'm on my fourth password and they seem to be lasting a week or less and it's frustrating.
While not 'happy', I am happy to see that I'm not the only one with this issue. Please help.
I feel the same as all of you! I have been have password issues since 3/24 and have had to reset my password four different times now. Funny thing even though I keep resetting my password my old one was still working from my Android phone....go figure. This is totally a Comcast issue!!
Very similar problem here.
Can log onto my e-mail account via the comcast.net website just fine. Can NOT log on to e-mail server via Thunderbird or Outlook.
I created a new accoint and that one works just fine via the web OR Thunderbird and Outlook.
There's no doubt in my mind that there's an issue on the Comcast side.
Comcast is aware of these issues. The Help Forums Administrator is aware as well. We are waiting to see if/when a fix can be done. Watch for a reply from a Comcast employee (Their Usernames are always in red text)
Almost the exact exchange I just had. Very frustrating. I don't think they read what we type.


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Star Wars issue 35 - Marvel First Printing, Near Mint
From my personal collection, comic is near mint with no marks, tears, or other issues.
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Bought when it was first published in 1979, I read it once and have stored it in an acid free comic book back with acid free backing board in a comic box in my closet ever since!
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The Redford Theater is one of those places which breaks the mold of blandly nauseating suburban mega-theaters sporting 30 cookie-cutter, no personality movie holes. You go to Redford Michigan's oldest operational movie theater not because of the latest in high-test gee-whiz surround sound, nor do you go for the comfy seats or the fully digital projectors - it doesn't have any of that - you go to recapture the joy of the movies. Not too long ago, we noticed the theater would be showing a movie containing what many have called the greatest chase scene ever filmed, Bullitt, and we're wondering if you're interested in going.
Yes indeed folks, just as if it were the old days, Bullitt will be shown in two parts in the very cool, very swank Redford Theater, and we're interested in a meet up. Bullitt will be showing in the Chinese theater themed house of movies on two days - March 15th and 16th, so we'll need to narrow things down a bit. The polls below are for two items of bidness. First we need to warn the theater of how many car nerds are interested in going, and second we need to know which day is better for the watching. It's easy to understand passing if you live far away, but if you're in the area there's really no excuse. Come on, they're running Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoons and will be wailing on one of two remaining pipe organs in the city during intermission, how can you pass?


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George Stephanopoulos was so enthusiastic towards Robert Redford and his sympathetic new film about an ex-1960s radical that the actor enthused, "You ought to get on the marketing team!" The aging actor/director appeared on Tuesday's Good Morning America and endorsed the violent actions of protest groups. Reminiscing on his own past, the liberal Hollywood star recounted, "When I was younger, I was very much aware of the movement. I was more than sympathetic, I was probably empathetic because I believed it was time for a change."
After Stephanopoulos wondered, "Even when you read about bombings," Redford responded, "All of it. I knew that it was extreme and I guess movements have to be extreme to some degree." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Remarkably, after this well known actor endorsed violence and terrorism as a political tool, Stephanopoulos did not question the remark. Instead, he tossed a softball: "Do you come out of the experience with the same kinds of empathy that you had going in?"
The ABC anchor offered just one tough question in the entire segment. He gently pressed, "I've noticed that already some critics have come out and said that you're romanticizing radicalism. How do you respond to that?"
The Internet Movie Database summarized the plot of The Company You Keep this way: "A thriller centered on a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity."
Yet, with the exception of one question, Stephanopoulos failed to press the film's director on the movie's radicalism. Instead, he blurbed it as "completely engrossing."
The former Democratic operative turned journalist then gushed, "And it seems to me at least that you packed a lot of your passions into a single movie. Political commitment, love and family life, journalism, I just wondered where did the spark come from on this one?"
Good Morning America has a history of fawning over liberal Redford films. In 2007, over a span of three days, the hosts of GMA devoted 19 minutes to Lions for Lambs, an anti-Iraq war screed.
A transcript of the April 2 segment is below:
ABC GRAPHIC: Excellent "Company"; Redford Back in Starring Role
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: hat a spectacular career Robert Redford has had. Won just about every award in Hollywood. And in his new film The Company You Keep the Oscar- winning director also stars as a former '60s radical whose quiet life underground is exposed by a hungry young journalist played by Shia LaBeouf. Take a look.
[Brief clip from The Company You Keep]
SHIA LABEOUF: So. Mr. Grant, Look, I'm just trying to put the pieces together.
ROBERT REDFORD: I didn't take the case because I'm a single parent with a private practice and too much on my plate. All right? If I could have helped, I would.
LABEOUF: Because you are sympathetic to their cause? You agree with their tactics?
REDFORD: You know, clearly you have some kind of agenda here. I don't have time for this.
LABEOUF: Oh, actually, I don't care much for either side.
REDFORD: So, what, that makes you fair and balanced? You know, it's a funny thing. Thirty years ago, smart guy like you, probably would have been involved with the movement yourself.
[clip ends.]
STEPHANOPOULOS: And we are joined now by Robert Redford. Thank you so much for coming in. My wife and I watched the movie over the weekend. Completely engrossing. And it seems to me at least, that you packed a lot of your passions into a single movie. Political commitment, love and family life, journalism, I just wondered where did the spark come from on this one?
ROBERT REDFORD: Well, first of all, that's a great description. You ought to get on the marketing team. When I was younger, I was very much aware of the movement. I was more than sympathetic, I was probably empathetic because I believed it was time for a change. Whether that change was a revolution or not, I don't know. But I was very much for what was going on.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Even when you read about bombings?
REDFORD: All of it. I knew that it was extreme and I guess movements have to be extreme to some degree. Years later I thought this is an interesting story but we're too close to it and I thought, when this gets-- when we get some distance from this so that we can look back on it as a piece of American history then I might be interested and now that's the time. So that's why I decided to make it now.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you come out of the experience with the same kinds of empathy that you had going in?
REDFORD: Yeah, I've bled a little for those that look back and realize what they did in their youth when they were full of passion and intensity, that subsides over time. But the only thing that sticks is the thrill of that moment, the thrill of that movement when they were committing all of themselves to something they believed in.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I've noticed that already some critics have come out and said that you're romanticizing radicalism. How do you respond to that?
REDFORD: Well, that's not so. It's not romanticizing, it's looking at it with a kind of historical perspective because there's a lot of resentment in there, you know, for the movement.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What a cast you put together to bring it to life. Shia LaBeouf. Julie Christie.
REDFORD: Well– Films like this don't get the budget they used to so you're forced into an independent category and so, therefore ,there's not a lot to work with. And so the fact that all these people who I consider colleagues and they're good actors came on board because they believed in the project or they thought there was a good role, I mean I was very honored. It's quite a cast.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And the little girl who plays your daughter, Jackie Evancho, I mean, -the singer, but what a remarkable performer.
REDFORD: This is an incredible story. I'm casting the little girl. I'm sitting in a hotel room four nights before we're going to film. And it's not cast. I'm really depressed. And I'm surfing the TV and suddenly this face comes on, this angelic face, just beautiful angelic face.
[Clip of Jackie Evancho singing.]
REDFORD: I get the casting agent and say find this person. I don't know where she is.
STEPHANOPOULOS: She won the lottery.
REDFORD: She won the lottery. Shows up three days later. She was so real and so lovely. Well, you'll see when she comes on. That was a joy. One of those wonderful risks that works.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Thanks a lot for coming in.
REDFORD: You're sure welcome.


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Underexposure Tendency of K10D and K100D
Last time when I was trying to find some new DA* sample photos, I came across the following nice and interesting sample photo gallery by a K10D user, who have shot and posted quite some pairs of pictures with different Pentax lenses on his K10D:-
Well, when I inspected those comparison shots between the DA* 16-50 against the DA 16-45 as well as those of the DA* versus the DA 21 Limited, I found an obvious irregularity, that is, underexposure. ( Um, it should be "regularity" for Pentax DSLRs, though :-( )
First look at the church photos taken with the DA* 16-50 and the DA 16-45 lenses, I read the EXIF information and discovered that a huge amount of +ve exposure compensation were applied for the two wide angle shots made with the DA* 16-50 and the DA 16-45 at 16mm, i.e., in a value of +1.7EV both for the same scene with the same framing/composition. What does this mean? It simply means that serious underexposure had occurred for the uncompensated metering reading when the shooter attempted to take the shots. Do note also that he put his K10D camera in the Matrix metering mode when he took the pictures.
People may start to argue that the scene is a bit tricky to the light meter for for the lighter wall of church and the bright sky above it. However, I really don't think it is a very difficult scene to be handled with for typical matrix meter with should be somehow intelligent and in this case the K10D matrix / multi-pattern meter simply failed to handle such a situation. And then some people may argue again that the Pentax meter was just trying to preserve the highlight. But I just wish to point out that no blown/burnt out of the sky even after the +1.7EV compensation in the sample pics posted. So, I just wish to ask *what* is/are the camera was trying to "preserve"? What??
So, let's go on to inspect another pairs of photos. This time we can see the church shots taken with the DA 21 lens along with the DA* 16-50 also. The 21mm shot was made with a +0.3EV compensation whereas the DA* 16-50's one was taken with a +0.7EV, which simpy means that the DA* underexposed more than the DA 21, for the same scene with pictures taken at nearly the same time. We can also draw another rough conclusion that the wider the angle in used, the K10D tends to underexpose more when we compare the shots taken at 16mm with the same DA* lens and the DA 16-45, even the two pairs of shots should be taken at a different time which the weather conditions might be different. Well, the K10D user still used the matrix/pattern metering mode and underexposure did still occur, again.
In fact, the underexposure problem of the Pentax DSLRs are the same old problem which seem has never been and could not be cured by Pentax since their old first *ist D. Just look at the set of quick tests and experiments carried out by another K10D user below:-
(Text in Traditional Chinese, you can use Babelfish to translate.)
From the above page, we can see that even fixed pattern metering, i.e., the Spot meter, of the K10D underexposes much and indeed it is rather inaccurate. For a dark mouse, a +ve EV exposure compensation could still be required - this simply violates the basic rule and working principle of light metering for a reflective light meter and is actually rather abnormal amongst all other light meters on Earth which are calibrated to meter correctly for the mid-grey/tone. In fact, with such rather inaccurate Spot meter of the Pentax DSLRs, even of their current "top" model the K10D, the real purpose of a Spot meter is totally defeated as every user uses this mode is supposed to be aiming for the highest possible accuracy and total control in metering. Of course, if a Pentax DSLR user is to adapt for such abnormality, he should always aim at the dark (areas) when using the Spot meter(ing) as an attempt to get proper exposure, but then this is actually very improper, frankly.
And then I can guess some people will still argue that I do not know about the actual condition of the above test shots as I am not the one who was at the site and took the picture. Well, no problem with this, I will show my photo then. Below is a picture took with my K100D on a scene which I don't think is something really very difficult, although the subject was lit by the sunlight:-
I shot RAW and the picture below is the direct original picture without any digital exposure compensation:-
The corresponding *original* exposure histogram actually looks like this:-
Well, in order to rescue the picture to make it looks better again and as close as it could look like as the real scene, a large amount of +ve exposure compensation is inevitable. Actually, to bring it back to the normal sunshine look, a significant large amount of +1.5EV is required, in the Pentax Photo Laboratory. After the correction, the histogram looks more healthy now then, as below:-
But the fact is the whole "corrected" picture now just looks flatter and the building looks less pop than it should be, than *if* proper exposure was achieved *at* the time of exposure by applying the same +1.5EV exposure compensation (but then this *must* require trials and errors *at* the *field* which just means more time wasted but with less photo opportunities - when the time is being wasted, photo opportunities would go away too). Besides, the shiny feel and the colours of the picture becomes a little bit worse too, after the "correction". Now, we have:-
So, proper exposure is *always* the best thing we want and bad exposure and underexposure is just an evil which is *always* undesirable. Well, again any more "preserve highlight" *theory* (by those Pentax defenders)? Well, what can we look from the original histogram distribution above? In fact there is nothing close to clipping, even that we inspect the individual histogram curve for the individual R, G or B colour channel. The whole histogram simply skewed heavily to the left and left *much* room in the right. In my book (and actually in any book about light metering), this is simply called UNDEREXPOSURE.
So, afterall, what's the true advantage of such underexposure if it is really intended. I'm afraid that the true answer is None but the reverse is true. Digital compensation cannot do all the magics but only that inferior picture quality will be resulted - Here is a more detailed and systematic analysis.
To compare with other better DSLRs in the metering and exposure department, take the Canon 5D as an example, which will seldom let me down in shooting under the sunlight, even with bright or even very white subjects and scenes, which the 5D is clever enough or at least much cleverer than the Pentaxes to handle these quite well and yields very satisfactory results with a much higher hit rate and more acceptable results, even when dealing with more tricky scenes and objects. Here are two quick examples, which were made directly out of the camera as in-camera jpegs, just and merely by aimed and shot (no re-touching of any kind has been made except for down-sizing):-
Truly speaking, such kinds of very annoying underexposure problem, with variation with lenses and focal length, etc., is really one of the big reasons to *force* me not to get any Pentax DSLR body "upgrade" further but I need to go with the Canon for a new body not only just for more pixel count.
Unless Pentax is willing and/or able to make a brand new designed body with improved metering and exposure, I think this would be very hard to be acceptable, at least by my own (minimum, I think) standards and requirements. Or, if they are not just so stubborn to not go back to their old but actually reliable 6-segment metering which used in their MZ line of SLRs and quite some popular high end film P&S as well as a few very early Optio DCs, the problem will never disappear, I bet. For a few more examples on how inferior underexposure could spoil photos and how other "proper" DCs/DSLRs can do better (including my old trust-worthy Optio 330 which just has the old 6-segment pattern metering), see my this old *ist D comparison gallery:-


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Yet another study confirms the rising risks of Public Health Enemy #1: Diabetes. TrekDesk aims to change the numbers.
In October, a study released by the Centers for Disease Control reported that one third of US adults will develop diabetes by 2050. A new study released today by UnitedHealth Group is even more dire, predicting that 50% of all U.S. residents will be either diabetic or pre-diabetic within the next ten years. TrekDesk Treadmill Desks provide a solution that has the potential to mitigate the impact of this dreaded disease.
A large portion of the 60-page report focused on the direct link between obesity and diabetes and the need for combating America's fastest growing disease with diet and exercise. Unfortunately, Americans walk less that 50% of the minimum requirement set by the Surgeon General (10,000 steps) citing lack of time and motivation.
One of out of every two Americans afflicted at some level with diabetes in the next ten years is shocking but remember that this is only one of 58 diseases related to obesity. We need to sound the alarm as loud as possible and repeatedly.
The American Diabetes Association reports that a healthy lifestyle combined with 10,000 steps per day (5 miles) would actually reduce Type 2 diabetes by 50% from its current levels in the U.S.
The UnitedHealth report projects that diabetes will cost more than $3.4 Trillion over the next ten years. Individuals diagnosed with diabetes at the age of thirty have a total estimated lifetime cost of $305,000 (source: American Diabetes Association).
Medical reports and studies focusing on rising obesity rates and ill health caused by "Sitting Disease" (a term given to the multitude of syndromes and diseases caused by sedentary lives) have emerged from numerous medical authorities this past year. While the financial and productivity risk to American business is well understood, affordable solutions to the problem have proven to be a challenge.


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Letter to the House of Representatives urging members to override the President's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
January 22, 2008
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge you to VOTE YES to override the President's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Votes associated with this issue may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 110th Congress.
Quality health care is essential for the well-being of our nation's children and families. NEA members care deeply about children's health issues and believe that all children deserve the chance for a healthy start in life. Children's access to quality health care can impact on their ability to learn and succeed in school. Children without health insurance forgo the regular checkups and doctor visits that every child needs, leading to unnecessary illness and increased school absenteeism. Yet, too many families lack insurance to cover needed health services.
In vetoing this important legislation more than once, the president has jeopardized the health and well-being of millions of children. We urge Congress to take a stand on behalf of our nation's most vulnerable by overriding the SCHIP veto.
Diane Shust
Director of Government Relations
Randall Moody
Manager of Federal Advocacy


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Star of the Sea School is a fully accredited Catholic grades one through eight school, with a Toddler to kindergarten early learning center adjacent to our campus. Our school has been operating since 1946; and with that goes a long proud heritage and alumni base. Star of the Sea School services Catholic and non-Catholic students from the Parish community and various geographic areas of O'ahu and abroad.
Our excellent teachers and staff are committed to working hard to provide a 21st century learning curriculum that will help our students learn and grow. With an average class size of fifteen, the teachers and students work closely together to reach the high academic goals of the school. Our 100% high school acceptance rates into our top high schools in the State is a representation of Star of the Sea School's solid academic program that inspires and creates high achieving students. We are very proud of our accomplishments and we look forward to continued growth in providing a safe learning environment and quality education to spiritually, academically, physically, and socially nourish the lives of our students.
We look forward to having you visit our beautiful lush green campus and join the Star of the Sea Ohana.
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It seems like this thread is long overdue. I feel like this thread would be useful to see different opinions from around the web about PWG. People should also write their own DVD reviews in the thread if they want. Sounds good?
I collected some reviews of Fear to start the thread off
PWPonderings: http://www.pwponderings.com/2012/01/24/ ... vd-review/
411mania Review #1: http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video ... G-FEAR.htm
411mania Review #2 (yes, this is my review; I am a shameless shill): http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/video ... Review.htm


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UFC weigh-in event at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on August 27, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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text: The EQ-Max series offers the ideal combination of technology and value. It delivers powerful low-end bass easily matched to any home entertainment system with our one-touch Auto-EQ. Our Embedded Digital Signal processing chips control all audio functions with digital precision that is unsurpassed in the price range. The DSP Distortion Limiting System assures maximum driver excursion and amplifier output, reproducing music and home theater with a fraction of the audible distortion found in competitive products, without sacrificing output or dynamics. The remote control lets you control all of the sub's functions from the comfort of your favorite chair with visible feedback on the front panel.


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The 'Invisible Monsters Remix' Is Now Out!
Rejoice! A book that's been over ten years in the making is finally out. In 1999, Chuck released Invisible Monsters as his third novel. Though as some fans know by now, this book was actually a book he wrote many years earlier. The original publishers weren't happy overall with the story of Brandy Alexander, Shannon and friends, and Chuck, feeling sort of daring decided, rather than tone things down with his next book, he'd ratchet them up, and thus came Fight Club, which then became his first published novel.
When Invisible Monsters was released in 1999, Chuck didn't want fans to have to pay hardcover prices for a book he wrote many years earlier, so WW Norton themselves, did something daring and released the book directly to trade paperback format. No hardcover was ever released of the original book.
But then something cool happened: Invisbie Monsters went onto become one of Chuck's most beloved books. A true fan favorite. In fact, love of this book caused me to help spearhead a campaign in the early 2000s to have it released in hardcover. Now, almost ten years later, Norton made it happen. But this isn't just a hardcover version of the book. Here's more from the publishers:
"Injected with new material and special design elements, Invisible MonstersRemix fulfills Chuck Palahniuk's original vision for his 1999 novel, turning a daring satire on beauty and the fashion industry into an even more wildly unique reading experience. Laced in are new chapters of memoir and further scenes with the book's characters. Readers will jump between chapters, reread the book to understand the dissolve between fiction and fact, and decipher the playful book design."
Chuck calls it the Criterion Collection version of Invisible Monsters, and it's out now.


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The requests process often involves several steps and various different groups from within the EKLIPSE Community. When eligible requests are progressed, they often lead to the need for Expert Working Groups, knowledge syntheses or different kinds of foresight events such as conferences and events or science cafes. The process is explained in more detail below and in our short video.
Calls for requests
Our first Call for Requests (CfR.1/2016, Sept 2016) generated 15 submissions (see pdf) and resulted in the selection of five requests.
Our second Call for Requests (CfR.2/2017, Oct 2017) generated 12 submissions (see pdf) and resulted in the selection of five requests.
Our third Call for Requests (CfR.3/2018, April 2018) resulted in ten requests, four of which were selected to go through to the scoping phase. Based on a suggestion from the Strategic Advisory Body (SAB), they first went through a dynamic phase of cross-fertilisation where we invited requesters and other parties to discuss potential partnerships on a request, contribute to the framing of a request, and/or potentially merge two or more requests into a more strategic EU policy-relevant question.
NOW OPEN: CfR. 5/2020/1 Invitation to request knowledge for informed decision-making - Policy and other societal actors are invited to identify topics or evidence needs relating to biodiversity and ecosystem services and of EU policy relevance, requiring in-depth analysis and a consolidated view from science and other knowledge holders.
Requests in the scoping phase
None at the moment
Ongoing requests
Click on a request to read more about it and its related activities and outputs:
- CfR.3/2018/1 To determine the kind of and how to cultivate hedgerows most beneficial to indigenous pollinator populations
- CfR 4/2018/1 To significantly contribute to the development of the EU post 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and the success of its implementation by, inter alia, ensuring the policy relevance of the ALTER-Net conference sessions and maximise uptake of its outputs.
- CfR.1/2016/2 Which types and components of urban and peri-urban blue/green spaces have a significant impact on human mental health and mental wellbeing?
- CfR.1/2016/3 How can environmental regulators support businesses to improve the outcomes of their operations for biodiversity, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises in the food and beverage sector in Europe?
- CfR. 5/2020/1 Invitation to request knowledge for informed decision-making -
Policy and other societal actors are invited to identify topics or evidence needs relating to biodiversity and ecosystem services and of EU policy relevance, requiring in-depth analysis and a consolidated view from science and other knowledge holders.
- CfR.2/2017/2 What are the main knowledge gaps hampering effectiveness and possible integration into existing approaches (including different governance systems and approaches) to restore ecosystem biodiversity, function and services)?
- CfR.1/2016/1 Understanding farmer uptake: what measures are most promising to deliver on supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services in the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)?
- CfR.2/2017/1 How are European energy policies affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services in countries globally?
- CfR.2/2017/4 Identify methodologies for the assessment of measures to protect biodiversity, as required in 6th National Reports under the CBD
- CfR.3/2018/2 How could the comments from the scientific community support the comments/questions of the EU negotiators of the IPBES SPM on Global assessment?
- 1st Knowledge Synthesis Process : Nature-based Solutions to Promote Climate Change Resilience in Urban Areas - developing an impact evaluation framework.
- CfR.1/2016/4 What are the impacts of artificial electromagnetic radiation on wildlife (invertebrates, vertebrates and plants)?
- CfR.1/2016/5 Discussing how diverse values of nature could be integrated into public policy through a series of science cafés in Autumn 2017
- CfR.2/2017/3 Research and knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services: from global to European level, and vice versa
- CfR.2/2017/5 Investigate positive and negative feedback loops of ecosystems contributing to regulating climate.
- CfR.2/2017/6 Collect evidence on combined impacts which are reinforcing and further exacerbating the overall impact; e.g. invasive species impact under changing climate or impact of several invasive species or chemical impact under changing climate
- CfR.3/2018/3 How to enable a Science-Policy dialogue on biodiversity at the CBD CoP-14 Science forum?
Our first request came from the European Commission DG Research and Innovation to develop an assessment framework to evaluate the multiple benefits, disservices, trade-offs and synergies of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). The main purpose of the request was to apply this framework to H2020-funded NBS demonstration projects for increasing urban resilience to climate change.
The resulting Call for Experts (No.1/2016) closed on June 17th 2016 and was hugely successful, with 117 applications being received and 15 experts being selected to form the EKLIPSE Expert Working Group on Nature‐based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience in Urban Areas. Read more about the selection process here.
The Expert Working Group on NBS, as it became known, developed a peer-reviewed method protocol in October 2016. The outputs from this project include a final report and a peer-reviewed article which were published in 2017, and a briefing from the European Parliamentary Research Service.
Other activities relating to the NBS request
Social Innovation and Nature-based Solutions
In December 2016, EKLIPSE, EPBRS and BiodivERsA jointly organised a participatory foresight workshop in Brussels to discuss research needed to face future societal challenges and emerging issues. The workshop resulted in a presentation, main report with annexes, and a policy brief summarising key recommendations for science policy on NBS and social innovation.
Past requests addressed through foresight activities and science cafes:
- CfR.1/2016/4 What are the impacts of electromagnetic radiation on wildlife (invertebrates, vertebrates and plants)?
- CfR.1/2016/5 How are various ecological, economic and socio-cultural values related to nature and the ecosystem services it provides emphasized in different ways in dynamic social contexts and across policy sectors?
The request process
Watch our short video about the process of answering a request.
Figure: the steps of the EKLIPSE knowledge synthesis process
Various aspects of the EKLIPSE mechanism and members of the EKLIPSE Community are involved in the request process:
1) The request process starts with an Open Call to decision-makers and policy-makers across the EU to put forward a Call for Requests. A request can be a question like 'what is the current knowledge on a particular issue?'
2) Our Knowledge Coordination Body (KCB) then screens and selects the Calls for Requests supported by our Strategic Advisory Board (SAB).
3) The KCB liaises with the requester during a scoping phase to refine the question and identify how EKLIPSE could give added value in terms of what they need. This usually involves sending out a public Call for Knowledge (see some previous examples here) via our Open Calls, the KNOCK Forum, our Network of Networks and to wider stakeholders who have knowledge in a particular area of expertise. Knowledge holders post comments on the KNOCK Forum telling us about any existing publications, projects or reviews on the topic to avoid duplicating any existing studies.
a) The KCB works with the requester to develop a Description of Work (DoW). This captures the essence of the request: why the request is being put forward and what the requester wants from the process as well as highlighting the EU policy relevance of the request.
b) Once the DoW is agreed we put out a public Call for Experts (see previous examples here) on the requester's topic. This Call for Experts is promoted on our KNOCK Forum, the Open Calls page and is sent out to our Network of Networks.
The KCB conducts a selection process to make sure the best people from different sectors, different disciplines and different parts of the EU can all contribute their expertise. Then we set up an Expert Working Group (EWG) which will work to all the guidelines agreed in the description of work.
c) The EWG develops a protocol of methods and approach which describes exactly how they will answer the request. The protocol goes through an extended peer review process which involves an open consultation with the public and all the knowledge holders of that particular topic (see a previous example here).
d) Next the EWG synthesises all the current knowledge and produces an end product, (e.g. a report). Then a peer-review is conducted on the knowledge synthesis to make sure the end product is robust and credible.
4) The end product is then given to the requester and finally, it is widely disseminated and made publicly available to all via our Outputs page.
Advantages of the EKLIPSE request process:
- The EKLIPSE approach responds directly to policy and other societal actors' knowledge needs through regular Calls for Requests
- The EKLIPSE approach builds on existing knowledge and links requests for knowledge to the most relevant knowledge holders through Calls for Experts
- The EKLIPSE approach frames questions directly with requesters to better understand what knowledge they need, for what purposes, in what timescale and with which resources
- EKLIPSE includes a Methods Expert Group, who have identified 21 knowledge synthesis methods, and can suggest the most relevant methods to match requesters' needs
Assessment of effectiveness of the product/item:
The assessments, reports and other outputs produced through the EKLIPSE approach are likely to have strong policy and societal impact as they are answering these actors' needs directly.


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I've been watching Audience closely ever since the 2+2 article appeared in Stereophile in July 2011. I've quoted and referenced that article so many times I can't count. I've been primarily on headphones since choosing to live in a small flat for years, and the Audience speakers intrigue me as having the potential to produce the crossoverless clarity of a good quality headphone. I hope this is something I see a lot more of in the future.
Audience ClairAudient The One loudspeaker
I wouldn't put up with such a complex setup today. For my own purchases, my biases now lean toward simple, three-way, dynamic floorstanding designs for cost-no-object speakers, and two-way, dynamic bookshelf models for affordable speakers. These simpler designs have simpler crossovers, and there's much to be said for minimizing crossover complexity. The ideal speaker would have no crossover at alljust a single driver that could produce full-range sound. However, finding a single-driver speaker that can accurately reproduce the entire audioband is a tall order. The most satisfying one I can think of is Quad's ESL-63 electrostatic. I've enjoyed many hours of listening to a broad range of music through the ESL-63s over the last 30 years, especially when they're driven by first-rate tubed electronics. (See J. Gordon Holt's excellent review of the ESL-63 from 1983 here.)
So when Audience asked if I had any interest in reviewing their ClairAudient The One ($995/pair) which has only a single dynamic driver and no crossover, and which they claim is a full-range loudspeaker . . . well, I jumped.
The ClairAudient The One is a "bookshelf" speaker that measures only 7" high by 5.5" wide by 7" deep and sports a single 3" full-range, dynamic driver. The driver's cone is made of a titanium alloy, has a moving mass of only 2.5gm, and is capable of 12mm excursion. This A3-S driver is the same one found in Audience's flagship model, the ClairAudient 16+16 ($72,000/pair), which uses 32 of them. According to Audience, the elimination of the inherent sonic compromises of a crossover and dissimilar drivers eliminates phase distortions and transient response degradation, and results in improved resolution. The One loads its single driver with a rear-facing, circular passive radiator. This occupies most of the speaker's rear panel and is mounted above a pair of binding posts. The One is wired internally with Audience's Ohno continuous casting (OCC) monocrystal wire. Audience also sent me a pair of the One's optional desktop stands ($75/pair) and a sample of their Ohno speaker cable ($199/3' pair, $249/5' pair, footnote 1).
The One is currently available in high-gloss black, but I was supplied with four samples, one pair each in blue and black; both looked sexy, rugged, and unimposing. On spying the blue pair, my 12-year-old daughter, Caitlin, remarked, "What a cool speaker! How much are those?" Caitlin has seen dozens of speakers enter and leave my house. This is the first one she's commented on.
I tested the Ones with and without their attractive, magnetically attached cloth grilles. They sounded nearly identical in both configurations; leaving the grilles off resulted in slightly improved detail.
All the lonely speakers . . .
Audience claims that the One is capable of full-range sound when placed on a desk or near a wall, but that "a subwoofer is required for full-frequency response when The One is situated away from a wall." I tried them in two configurations, both without a subwoofer: 1) , driven by Audio Valve and Audio Research electronics, and sitting on my 24" Celestion Si stands (loaded with sand and lead shot) about 4' from the front wall of my large (15' by 35') listening room; and 2) on a console table, the Ones at about the same height as when sitting on the Celestion stands, approximately 6" from the front wall, driven by a Creek Evolution 50A integrated amplifier (reviewed in the August 2013 issue).
With setup 1, I expected to hear a bass-shy sound, but I was proven wrong with the very first track I listened to. Bill Evans's piano, on his Live at the Village Vanguard Featuring Scott LaFaro (CD, JVC JVCXR-0051-2), was rich, deep, and involving in the instrument's lower-midrange register. Throughout the recording, the piano never sounded thin, and the trio's sound filled the entire roomI felt I was listening to much larger speakers. Jack DeJohnette's Dancing with Nature Spirits (CD, ECM 1558), includes interesting interplay between the drummer and pianist Michael Cain that's full of transient subtleties and great dramatic swings. Every minute detail of the musicians' phrasing was perfectly captured, each piano note and drum stroke followed by a long decay. Even the high-level passages bloomed with no trace of compression or strainbloomed so much that the Ones triggered the Ellen Test: my wife told me to turn the music down.
The One resolved so much inner detail that the wide variety of acoustic and electric guitars played by Bill Frisell on the various tracks of his solo album Ghost Town (CD, Nonesuch 79583-2) were clearly differentiated. The One's resolution also ruthlessly revealed differences among recordings. Unfortunately, its reproduction of an early CD edition of Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island (Blue Note CDP 8 29331 2) was uninvolving, two-dimensional, and dead, with very little color or liveliness to Hancock's piano or Tony Williams's drums.
I'd wondered if the One had been optimized for the midrange, and if it was capable of extended, detailed, uncolored reproduction of the high frequencies. With every recording I tried, the highs were natural and shimmering, without a trace of coloration and no curtailment of upper harmonics. The massed string tone in Paul Paray's recording of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, with the Detroit Symphony (CD, Mercury Living Presence 434 328-2), was silky, airy, and never strident, even in the violins' upper registers. And every plunk and pling of Derek Bailey's extended guitar technique on his Improvisation (CD, Ampersand Ampere 2) was perfectly reproduced. The One's excellent articulations of transients, combined with its high-frequency extension and purity, made it a showcase for dynamic and complex percussion recordings. With each track of Chick Corea's The Ultimate Adventure (CD, Stretch/Concord SCP-9045-2), I was able to follow every nuance of the dramatically explosive and syncopated textures created by drummers Steve Gadd and Vinnie Colaiuta.
Footnote 1: The Audience Ohno is slightly smaller in diameter than 24-gauge lamp cordit's the thinnest speaker cable I've ever seen. The cable comprises conductors of continuous-cast, single-crystal, OCC copper, insulated with polypropylene and jacketed in cross-linked polyethylene.
What a little, silly, over priced conceit, imo.
Regarding comparing the One to the AudioEngine A2 you say:
"But comparing the $995/pair One to a $200/pair powered speaker didn't really make sense."
Why not? They are not dissimilar in size or intended purpose. Just because the One costs five times as much as the A2 doesn't mean it's worth it. I think would have been more informative to compare the speaker to a model currently available and of similar size, even at a far different price, than to compare it to a discontinued model of a different type.
I've recently converted to a single driver system and couldn't be happier. Right now I'm listening to Omega Super 3XRS speakers and since I've put them in the system, my Kef LS50's and Harbeth P3ESR's have been stored away. I don't miss them one bit. There's something very pure and magical about one driver with no crossover delivering the music.
That said, there are of course limitations, but if you have a smaller room and aren't a bass freak, the single driver approach is definitely worth investigating.


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NHL's 10 most exciting players
By Allan Muir
It's no wonder the hockey world went bananas over that amazing goal scored by the Sharks' Tomas Hertl last week. What with suffocating systems and chip-and-chase ruling the day, conservative play rather than creativity, is the widest path to the NHL. And anything that veers from the straight and narrow, whether it's a between-the-legs shot, a rules-testing spin-o-rama or some shootout parlor trick, is bound to generate some buzz.
But as curmudgeons from Adam Oates to Don Cherry proved, there's always someone waiting to drop a "respect for the game" anvil on any player who has the skills, creativity and guts to try something truly special.
Shame on them for that.
Honestly, is a little extra personality and style really so bad? Of course not. That's why we shouldn't just encourage the sort of flash that Hertl displayed, but celebrate it . . . even if it means suffering through a little hotdogging every now and then.
Let's free up the next generation of potential stars like Hertl to be as bold and original as they want to be. And let's recognize the guys who've already proved that they're more than worth the price of admission. I mean the players who can pull you out of your seat with a stunning burst of speed, a sweet dangle and a dazzling how'd-he-do-that? finish . . . or maybe something else that's uniquely their own.
With those factors in mind, here are the 10 most exciting players in the NHL today.
10. Brent Burns, Sharks
Burns is the outlier here, in that his forte is neither skill nor speed but chaos. He's a true wild card who creates opportunity out of havoc. "I don't know how you defend against him, because he doesn't know what he's doing, so how do they know?" Sharks GM Doug Wilson told the San Jose Mercury News. "As soon as he climbs off the bench, it's full blast," As Joe Thornton said of his linemate, "You don't want to tell somebody like that to slow down, because it's just so much fun to watch."
9. Taylor Hall, Oilers
Hall's game is all speed and power and reckless abandon -- hockey's most intoxicating mix. "It's the way he gets to full gallop once he gets the puck and heads directly to the net," a scout said during Hall's draft year (2010). "If someone is in his way, he can turn on the jets and blow by them or put his shoulder down and run over them. Either way, he's getting where he wants to go." It's a dangerous style to play -- evidenced by the series of injuries that Hall has already suffered during his short career -- but it makes him thrilling to watch.
And he's starting to do some special things, like breaking a record held by Wayne Gretzky since 1981.
CAZENEUVE: Oilers, like Islanders, remain a work in progress
8. Alex Ovechkin, Capitals
A couple of years ago, Ovi might have been No. 1 on this list. A year from now, he could be No. 1 again. Some of the joy left his game during the past couple seasons, replaced by frustration or boredom. But now that he's figured out what coach Oates wants from him, you can see that old fire twinkling in his eyes and the magic is back in his stick. Ovechkin has 28 goals in his past 28 contests and there's a sense that he can change any game with one big play.
"He might have gotten a little stale on the left side," Caps GM George McPhee said last season. "But he looks good on the right side now. He changed things up. He's more effective . . . and he's having fun out there." Yeah. It shows.
7. Sidney Crosby, Penguins
Sid doesn't thrill in the same way that most of the guys on this do. Instead of the big flashy play, his ability to turn the smaller moments into something unexpected makes him so exciting. It's his strength and ability to battle down low. His knack for threading the needle to a teammate. The way he can extricate himself from a crowd to find a split second of open space. His cobra-quick release and the ability to take advantage of any opening a goalie allows him. And, of course, his impeccable sense of timing:
6. Matt Duchene, Avalanche
Dutch has always had it in him to be a thriller -- the blazing wheels, the courage, the creativity, the sick hands -- but he's finally putting it all together on a consistent basis under Colorado's new Colorado, Patrick Roy. He's at his most exciting when he winds it up in the neutral zone and then slingshots around a mud-footed defender on his way to the net, as he did during this beauty against Washington's top blueliner, Karl Alzner:
5. PK Subban, Canadiens
A robotic adherence to systems has strangled much of the excitement out of today's game, which is why the always enthusiastic Subban is such a breath of fresh air. He's hockey's ultimate high-risk/high-reward player. He likes to yap. He takes terrible penalties at the worst possible moment. He puts pucks into dangerous areas. He'll pull himself out of position while chasing a hit. But just when he has you ready to pull your hair out, he can change the tide of a game with a bonecrushing check, a thrilling end-to-end rush or a seeing-eye blast from the point.
Both sides were on display when the Habs played Calgary last week. Subban dazzled with three coast-to-coast dashes, but also took two undisciplined penalties that helped the Flames seal the win. "Never a dull game with P.K., but that's what makes him so entertaining," a scout said. "He's one of the game's great characters. He's larger than life."
4. Patrick Kane, Blackhawks
Game-breaking speed is a common denominator on this list, but what Kane does at top velocity really makes him stand out. "Quick feet, quicker hands," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "There aren't too many guys who are as dangerous with the puck as he is."
"He's one of those guys -- you see him, you don't see him. We have picture-in-screens: he's in the picture, no he's not, where the hell is he, oh, he's on the breakaway," said Blues coach Ken Hitchcock.
Kane's playmaking ability is off the charts. He has an uncanny knack for knowing exactly where his teammates will be and a flair for getting the puck to them in spectacular fashion:
He's also a pretty deft stickhandler. This might not be game action, but it's still amazing:
3. Tim Thomas, Florida Panthers
A few years back, a scout compared Thomas not to another goalie, but to a comedian. "You know how some guys will do anything for a laugh? Like Jim Carrey? Doesn't matter what it is, he'll do it. That's [Thomas]. He doesn't care [about style]. He'll do anything for a stop." Even this season, when the effectiveness of his circus act has been diminished by his year away from the game (and a porous Florida defense), Thomas remains thrilling to watch. He still has that intense focus and ultra-elevated compete level that reveal themselves as he flings himself around in an effort to get anything in front of the puck. There's no more entertaining keeper in the game.
Cazeneuve: Thomas worth the risk for Panthers | Blinn: Thomas to face his old team
2. Erik Karlsson, Senators
The moment that Karlsson touches the puck is like a home run masher stepping up to the plate. Maybe nothing happens, but the potential for something special leaves crowds holding their breath in anticipation. "There's no defenseman in the league who can do as much with the puck as he can," said Boston Bruins analyst Andy Brickley. "He has world-class speed and . . . hands, but it's his vision that sets him apart. He can find openings that nobody else sees and create big plays out of nothing. If you give him any time at all, watch out. He'll beat you."
1. Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings
How jaw-droppingly crazy are Datsyuk's skills? Even Siri recognizes him as the Magic Man and it ain't because he Ann Wilson's young girl heart.
"He's far and away the most skilled player I've ever seen," Ottawa's Bobby Ryan told TSN. "Every time he touches the puck, you know something good's going to come of it."
Lightning sniper Steven Stamkos agreed. "He's got the best set of hands I've ever seen. He's someone I love to watch."
"It's mind-boggling what he can do with the puck," Brett Hull said back during Datsyuk's rookie season of 2001-02. "He actually does things most guys couldn't even think of."
Hit the mute button and marvel at some of these highlights:
Here's another classic. While Datsyuk is pulling fans out of their seats, he's putting Logan Couture on his butt:


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Draining Down Your Water System
We're probably shooting ourselves in the foot here, but hey Marcle Leisure has always gone out of our way to help our customers, even if it has meant losing a potential sale! What we have here is a simple way to drain down your motorhome, caravan or static home, making way for beautifully fresh drinking water, or in preparation for those cold winter frosts. Every spring its the same, we sell loads of spares for pumps or replacement taps as they've been damaged by frost! By using one of our adaptors below (Made by Floë) to suit branded names such as Truma or Whale, or a new retrofit adapter, you will be able to blow the water out of your taps and fittings effortlessly. Minutes draining down will give you peace of mind that your motorhome, caravan or static home is protected whatever the season.
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Recipes From The Casserole Queens Cookbook
Texas casserole "queens" Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock have built an entire business around revamping the ultimate quick-fix dinner for modern tastes. In The Casserole Queens Cookbook (2011 Clarkson Potter), they share fresh, updated, from-scratch recipes for traditional dishes. From easy brunch dishes to vegetarian casseroles to comforting desserts, the queens have thought of everything. They also include tips for scaling and freezing casseroles so that anyone can stock the freezer with quick mid-week dinners. Try their warm tomato casserole or black bean enchiladas tonight!