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Two weeks ago my wife and I drove down to San Diego to visit with Tim Ryan of SimpliFi Audio.  Tim is an enthusiastic, open minded and friendly Irishman whose audiophile focus is on obtaining 'original master sound in your home'.  My wife described Tim as being like a 'kid who loves to share his awesome toys with you'.  Which is pretty much spot on.  And a bit refreshing from some of the more 'couldn't care less' attitude you can find in the world of audiophilia.  Tim worked in the pro-audio field for a long time and his ears and taste lean to that clean, open, detailed and perfectionist sound that a pro-mastering studio would provide.  He loves active monitor speakers, XLR cables, and computers. I have to say, myself, loving vinyl and AN211 tubes, Tim's approach to audio is slightly different than mine, but it does sound pretty dang good none the less. If you don't know Tim by name you'd probably recognize the Gradient Helsinki (the white speaker in the middle of the above image) loudspeaker he imports and was on the cover of Stereophile v33 no.8 and reviewed by Art Dudley.  You can read Art Dudley's the review Gradient Helsinki here.  Tim has a pro-audio slanted approach but he knows good audiophile sound.
The purpose of the visit was to hear a new entry level, bundled package, computer based system, that Tim is starting to promote. The RME Babyface DAC with DNM XLR cables and PSI A14 active monitors. Â The RME is a USB interfacing 96Khz/24-Bit DAC that uses rather pro-like mixing software to control it. Â It is actually meant to be used as a mobile recording studio or band for musicians on the go. Â But it actually works great for computer audio as well. Â One uses iTunes or some other source software to play the music, the RME Total Mix EQ software to hand levels, output, and EQ functions if one would like. Â The PSI A14 active monitors are bi-amped linear 70-30W RMS speakers that drop to a surprisingly low and clean sounding 65Hz.
(image from hometrialaudio.com)
(If you are interested – pick up the Feb 28th 2011 copy of The Absolute Sound – Steve Stone reviews the PSI A14 in it.)
But hearing the A14s and picking up the bundle for a review wasn't my only purpose. Â We did a lot of A/B testing between the RME/Benchmark 1 DACs, the DNM XLR vs. the new DNM XLR with HFTN (High Frequency Termination Network). Â I also got to hear the larger PSI A215-M and the super large A25-M + A25M sub. Big sound from the A25 combo. Very big and clean sound.
XLR is XLR isn't it?  Well DNM's new HFTN (pictured above) ends that question.  At roughly $800 for a 10ft pair, the DNM HTFN cables offer a clearer, more specially separated instruments and vocals, and a sound that delves deeper into the tonal realism of the music.  I have a pair at home now and have been using them between the A14 and RME but also between the Electrocompaniet PC-1 CDP, the Electrocompaniet PI-2 amplifier and/or Melody AN211 amplifier.  (Read my review of the Electrocompaniet Prelude System here.) The difference is noticeable and with more resolving speakers, I believe worth the investment.  Center channel is more prominent, highs are crisper while still keeping their solidity.  In other words they don't thin or tin out.  Bass is much cleaner and punchier and staging is improved.
While A/B demoing at SimpliFi what I found to be most interesting was that the improvement between the Benchmark DAC1 versus the RME was much smaller than the improvement between the DNM XLR cables vrs. the DNM XLR with the HFTN. Â Now this could be because the regular DNM XLR just aren't all that, so the step between the XLR with and without the HFTN could be significant. Â As a captive audience it would be a set up. Â So at home I've been comparing both DNM XLRs to the XLR cables from Electrocompaniet. Â There is a difference, but more on that in my review up coming review of the RME bundle.
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Monday, 13 December 2010
My kitchen in Food & Wine magazine
My kitchen has mostly been built from junk. I've mixed pieces from Ikea with ceramics and jars from French markets, a very expensive Aga and shelves built by various carpenters using wood reclaimed from skips, old beds, palets. I don't do slick, modern, stainless steel, plastic or minimalism. I like the properties of wood: sterilising, naturally antiseptic, warm and flexible. I don't mind if it warps (as my counters have); that adds character. I've tried to maintain a restricted palette of blue and cream, reminiscent of the seaside, with the odd bit of red and white gingham. Even my modern appliances tend to be retro in style, Kitchen Aid's food processor and Artisan mixer, with their curved lines and 1950's feel. Laundry is dried on a Victorian style hanger on a pulley. I love pulley's, I want to use every inch of the space including the high ceilings. A large clock is essential as I'm always checking the timings of my dishes (essential when running a supper club). An Aga is silent therefore I have several timers on the shelves around the stove plus an old fashioned wind up alarm clock.
Notes are written on a chalk board (bought in France) hanging next to the Aga.
I'm still looking for the perfect fridge freezer which will work well and match my kitchen. My light fixtures have been found in bins and on the street, my teatowels are vintage from French markets. Most of my ladles and spoons are vintage: pewter, rubbed off silver and enamel. I adore copper, again a healthy material, symbolised in astrology by the planet Venus.
I really enjoyed building, designing and collecting for my kitchen and am available for commissions to design others.
Here is the link to see the rest of the article with other blogger's kitchens...http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/food-bloggers-best-kitchen-design-ideas
Coming up: Christmas eve at The Underground Restaurant. A European style christmas, secret santa, bring a present for another guest, roaring fire and good food. Book here.http://www.wegottickets.com/event/92917
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I do love your kitchen. Did this make the print edition? I have the December issue around here somewhere but haven't gotten around to reading it!ReplyDelete
Yes I believe so Krista.ReplyDelete
I love your kitchen. I am in the process of revamping my own kitchen with reclaimed (free!) units and bits of old stuff. I much prefer kitchens like yours that have "evolved". I'm starting in earnest on mine after the festivities. I love your blog- you are so original. xxxReplyDelete
Amazing! Wicked! And also a book?! Who is publishing you? I'm keen to know... (being an ex publishing employee!) Also - met a lady on my travels who knows you pretty well too from the blogging community - which was nice -small world and cool to meet a fellow fan! ;) xxxReplyDelete
Just had a look at your book to answer my own question - thrilled to see my old company secured you! :) xxxReplyDelete
CC: Did you work for Harper Collins?ReplyDelete
Who was the lady you met on your travels?
Diane: thank you!
Krista: new blog name decided I see!
- Anonymous18 December 2010 at 15:14
Congrats! Love it. I am the "Suburban Chic" Kitchen. We spent a lot of $$ (for us) on our remodel, which is a mix of mid end and lower high end. And upper low end! Lol. I crack up about my mirror being on there as kind of a "steal"....it was an unauthorized purchase and my husband thought I was a transgressive loon for spending $300 on a mirror!ReplyDelete
Great name for a blog. Love that you are doing the underground restaurant thing. Will def. be stopping by often.
Hello and welcome SabjimataReplyDelete
Unauthorised purchase? haha, only good thing about being a single parent I guess, no one to hide the shopping bags from...
The most expensive thing in my kitchen was the Aga, everything else was pretty cheap, reclaimed or recycled.
I do love kitchens though...
I saw your kitchen in the article (that is how i found you) and I think it is lovely! Congrats on being featured,ReplyDelete
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John Podhoretz has an excellent post mortem on the Harriet Miers nomination, and recounts how it fell apart over the course of the week. I disagree only with respect to Podhoretz's statement that Miers was unqualified for the Court; I think she was qualified, by historical standards, but lacked the overwhelming stature and qualifications of someone like John Roberts.
But that's behind us now. Pod's post mortem is a good wrap-up; now it's on to the next nomination.


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The adoption of UNDRIP in 2007 was the result and highlight of many years of work, and for indigenous peoples – numbering more than 370 million in some 90 countries around the world, the Declaration is an expression of their rights and place in the global community. It is therefore important that indigenous young people become acquainted with its provisions.
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TROPIQUARIA'S female raccoon Missy, has taken advantage of the recent floods to escape from her cage.
She excavated a large hole overnight and disappeared, despite showing no interest in leaving before This has come as something of a surprise to her partner Rocky, who is still at home and clearly missing her, he has been comfort eating in her absence.
Tropiquaria's zoological director, Chris Moiser, said: "The sad thing is that we have had raccoons in that enclosure for two years with no trouble whatsoever.
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tkr4lf wrote:Wow, this has really progressed quite a bit since I last saw it...Very nice.
tkr4lf wrote:The walls are much clearer now, they look good.
tkr4lf wrote:Did you decide to scrap the palisade idea? If so, I understand why, they will be hard to make look good. I think it works either way, it doesn't have to be 100% historically accurate.
tkr4lf wrote:I like the addition of the ladders. It would make sense for them to be 1-way attacks into the Alamo, I would think. If you agree, this would need to be indicated on the map somewhere.
tkr4lf wrote:The map is nice and clear, the gameplay is clear, all in all, everything looks much, much better than it did when I saw this last week. Sorry it took so long for me to respond, I've been busy and not on CC as much lately. But I will comment some more when you make another update. Keep up the good work!
Seamus76 wrote:I like the little shadows. Looking good.
Seamus76 wrote:- You need to make the targets for the cannons larger, and change some of the colors so they are more differentiated.
Seamus76 wrote:- The abbreviation for Saloon needs an L in the legend.
Seamus76 wrote:- Color is misspelled in the legend, and Bombards should be capitalized.
Seamus76 wrote:- Covent Yard in the legend should be Convent Yard.
Seamus76 wrote:- This is prob more for the next round, but I'm not a fan of the bridges. They don't look like what I would expect a bridge to look like.
Seamus76 wrote:- I also still think the tert borders are a little too chaotic and all over the place. It's a good use of paths, but I'm not sure you need them to be so curvy. Especially within the alamo I would rather it be more square-ish, or "room-ish"
Seamus76 wrote:Also, sorry if it has been discussed, but what's the deal with the saloon? Why is it -1?
Seamus76 wrote:I can definitely help you with the targets. Just let me know if something like Sa6 would work for you and I can help you out. Also anything else I can help with would be my pleasure.
generalhead wrote:Seamus76 wrote:Also, sorry if it has been discussed, but what's the deal with the saloon? Why is it -1?
It has not been discussed. In the John Wayne movie the Alamo the soldiers would get drunk and get into fights in the saloon. So I figured if you had
armies in the saloon they would be getting drunk and fighting amongst themselves. If others feel that this should not be though I don't feel that strongly about it to not change it.
Historian Timothy Todish wrote:there is not a single scene in The Alamo which corresponds to a historically verifiable incident
Stanislaw Lec wrote:No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
by DoomYoshi on Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:39 pm
Peewee Herman should be on this map.
DoomYoshi wrote:More seriously, it doesn't make sense that a cannon in the middle of the building, not connected to any walls (and therefore not connected to windows) can bombard anything. Also, RO2 doesn't have a clear shot to that target either. It needs to be a mortar (instead of a cannon).
DoomYoshi wrote:EDIT: On second thought, the bombardments don't make any sense at all. If the cannons can bombard into a building, there will be structural damage to the walls, and the walls should not serve as barriers to attack.
DoomYoshi wrote:Finally, why is there a moat on this map? Ok, I researched this one: there was a ditch that was 2 men wide, called a moat, but it wasn't necessarily filled with water (at least I can't find any evidence).
generalhead wrote:If there are three cannons on that side that might make the one way ladder attack possible for game play.
Stanislaw Lec wrote:No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
It might even be worth it to make the cannons able to bomb more than just 1 terit. It would make them more valuable, which they truly were in the battle. It might be too much for the gameplay, I'm not sure on that. But it would be cool. Perhaps 2 or 3 different terits that each cannon can bombard. Just a thought.
One additional thought on the Saloon issue...if you're looking to change the name of it, you could make it the hospital, and make it a +1 like the Chapel and the Convent Yard. As you can see in the second picture I posted, the hospital is sort of in between those 2, so it could work to fill that area.
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She took CBS Sports by storm, then moved on to do the same at CBS News. Hannah Storm is leaving CBS' "The Early Show" for parts unknown, within CBS News. Her last day is to be determined, CBS said.
Storm and Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports, are in discussions to determine the scope and depth of her new duties. "We are in discussions regarding future opportunities across CBS," she said in a statement. The network's brief release complimented her skills and her adaptability "beyond mornings."
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I was impressed with the number of people who came to read yesterday's item on Listed Buildings in Britain.
While Canada doesn't have a similar system built heritage is valued, at least by some. That's witnessed by the numbers coming out on Heritage Ottawa's walks, Jane's Walk and interventions at City Council when heritage structures are threatened.
Backspacing "explores the stories of an evolving city and its residents from its early days as Bytown to present day Ottawa." It signals the museum Board's intention to move toward telling Ottawa's story more broadly than the previous focus on the Rideau Canal and early Bytown.
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perlquestion Kevin_Raymer Hello monks!

 Well it seems as if I have gained over 200 exp points so I think people are starting to come around to my way of computer hacking.

 I am trying to use snmp for those who don't know:

 The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) forms part of the internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention. It consists of a set of standards for network management, including an Application Layer protocol, a database schema, and a set of data objects. SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems, which describe the system configuration. These variables can then be queried (and sometimes set) by managing applications.

 I guess there are no modules to help with my CODE because I did a find on cpan and got this

 Warning: Cannot install find, don't know what it is. Try the command i /find/ to find objects with matching identifiers. Warning: Cannot install snmp, don't know what it is. Try the command i /snmp/
 So it looks like I will have to hack my own module. Has anyone out there hacked a module before?

 ***In case you don't know a module is a plug in that helps your code run faster.

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General Off-Topic Board / Re: Prop 8 discussion....« on: November 21, 2008, 07:20:35 PM »
Though I do love they way he blames gays for the passage of a proposition that takes away their rights...
I don't blame homosexuals for anything regarding prop 8 passing. I am concerned with the homosexuals using hatred of religion, violence, and intimidation because they are upset that the electorate voted for prop 8.
Take it easy. Truth be told, my issues are with the few very vocal and very angry homosexuals who are making it much more difficult by behaving badly....
yeah! they're uppity!
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The eighth annual Festival of Arts Boca returns to Mizner Park for 10 days of music, dance and ideas.
Violinist Itzhak Perlman opens the festival on March 6 with the Festival Orchestra Boca conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos. Also on this year's lineup: performances by Forte, a trio from "America's Got Talent," and Cirque de la Symphonie with classical music.
Charlie Siemon, co-founder of Festival of the Arts Boca, said it was his "aspiration to present a quality festival."
Since the first festival in 2007, Siemon has wanted young families to be introduced to the world of arts in a casual and intimate environment.
The Authors & Ideas program will feature talks by six authors, followed by book signings.
Historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak at 7 p.m. March 6 about her latest book, "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism."
"The Bully Pulpit" chronicles Roosevelt and Taft, and their tarnished friendship. Goodwin said all of her books examine what makes a person a good leader.
"Looking at, on a human level, the characters in the book, their relationships are pretty emotional," Goodwin said. "Teddy and Taft's ruptured friendship, their two wives…I think it's hopefully an emotional human story about relationships that get strengthened and then get ruptured and then reconcile in the end."
Director Steven Spielberg turned Goodwin's "A Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" into the 2012 film "Lincoln," starring Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis.
This is Goodwin's fourth year as a festival speaker. When she came to Mizner Park for her first festival, she thought Boca would be a great place for her and her husband, Richard Goodwin, to live during the winter.
"[Festival of the Arts Boca] does a great job with the combination of music and lectures and dance and people speaking about different kinds of things. And the amphitheater is a great place for it, so it's been fun to be a part of it," said Goodwin, whose primary residence is in Concord, Mass.
Barbara Schmidt, spiritual teacher, gave a lecture Sunday on Vicktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," the 1959 memoir from the Holocaust survivor. For 14 years, Schmidt has taught meditation at Florida Atlantic University's Boca campus. As part of the class, she did a study of Frankl's book, which sparked the idea to use it for the festival.
"[The festival] is really an incredible opportunity for me to share one of my greatest passions," Schmidt said, "and that's taking these great masters and great books ... and see how they can try to help our lives and how can we learn from them."
Schmidt partnered with the Peace Studies Program at FAU in 2001 to promote inner peace, giving lectures and hosting workshops, and bringing in guest speakers like the Dalai Lama. Schmidt founded the nonprofit Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life three years ago, a spiritual learning center.
This is the first year Schmidt will be giving a lecture at the festival, but she and her husband have financially supported the event because of their passion for the arts.
"The Festival of Arts Boca is a place to nourish your mind and your heart, your soul," Schmidt said. "And to really have all of the artistic talent under one roof is incredible."
If you go
What: Festival of the Arts Boca
Where: Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, and Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton.
When: March 6-15
Cost: $20-$125 (price varies per event)
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Really happy to say that at his one month weigh in, my baby was 4.4 kg, which moves him from the 25% percentile at 2 weeks to the 50th percentile! (We're chinese so he's being measured against asian baby growth charts I guess.) Everyone comments on how big he looks for a one month baby and he's getting chubby thighs and more than a double chin.
It's really helped to start feeding him once I see his nursing cues, though he occasionally still has his panic attack if he can't latch on quickly enough. Oh yes, and he does love to comfort suck, and I've learned to tell the difference between that and him actually eating.
So thank you again ladies for all your support, encouragement and advice!
Good news, cliffey, sounds like you and baby are doing great. I just wanted to add that what you reported about the latch not 'looking' like the latch you saw when using other holds is consistent with what many moms experience with laid back positioning. I had the good fortune of hearing Suzanne Colson (who researched and defined 'laid back') lecture, and her findings are fascinating. Basically she found that insisting on a "deep" or "assymetric" latch is not appropriate for all babies and particularly may be irrelevant when mom is nursing in a laid back position, where gravity is helping baby stay on the breast, rather than working to pull baby off the breast, as happens in positions where mom is sitting straight upright or hunched over. She said some babies even "nipple nurse" and as long as baby is getting enough and it does not hurt mom it is totally fine.


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The angle: Why wait for apple pie season? Here are awesome pies for every month of the year.
Recipes for right now: Samoa Pie, Lemon Cream Pie, Chocolate Lavender Teatime Pie, Rhubarb Frangipane Pie, Buttermilk Chess Pie, Mint Julep Cream Pie, Nutella Pie, Margarita Pie, Shaker Citrus Pie, Elvis Pie
Who would enjoy this book? Pie lovers
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• Who wrote it: Allison Kave
• Who published it: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
• Number of recipes: 85
• Other highlights: I need almost zero prompting to eat pie. If it's fruity and its in a crust, I'm there. Allison Kave has all my favorites here — Strawberry-Rhubarb, Blueberry-Nectarine, and more delectable riffs on the classic apple pie than you can shake a fork at. But she's also opened my eyes to other pie-possibilities like Watermelon Cream, which sounds perfect for a late-summer barbecue, and a smoked almond pie made with smoked oolong tea leaves (!!!). I love all these season-spanning ideas.
Allison Kave is herself a prize-winning pie maker, and her instructions here inspire confidence and enthusiasm toward all things pie. She provides recipes for both vegan, though I only spotted one actual vegan pie recipe in the book. She also provides a recipe for making a gluten-free cookie crumb crust, which can be used for most any recipe in the book (from a quick scan, most pie fillings were gluten-free).
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: First Prize Pies by Allison Kave
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Liberty Coach, a family-owned and operated luxury motor coach manufacturer, has reported increased sales in both new and used motor coaches ordered for 2010.
Having sold a new triple-slide coach just this past Saturday (May 8) for a total of seven new coaches sold so far this year, the company projects a total of 16 will sell by the end of 2010, up from 12 last year. With coaches selling for upwards of $1.8 million, this is a significant increase that co-owner Frank Konigseder attributes to a strengthening economy, according to a news release.
"Sales for used coaches are up as well," Konigseder reported. "And our employment has increased by 30-plus people from 2009 levels."
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For some time, a dirty little secret not touted on the glossy college recruiting brochures is the danger and criminal acts of violence against our young women on and around our college campuses.
The horror of the girls and parents who sacrifice economic security to give them the opportunity to grow their future turns into tragedy. Reports in recent weeks tell us that one of five girls experiences some time of sex or rape.
Long hidden, these statistics have been allowed to exist and grow due to the failure of college authorities to take responsibility for the safety and security of their students.
When the girls do report the incidents, the colleges don't want the bad publicity and often hide the facts. Unfortunately, the attitude of "boys will boys" still exists.
We thank Assemblyman Edward Braunstein for his sensitivity to the plight of these young women who deserve to get their education and enjoy the benefits of their college experience free from fear of violence and years of physiological damage.
Colleges must not be allowed to abdicate their responsibility and hide this ugly fact on their campus. New legislation will help prevent the hiding of statistics, but the college administration must take action and develop programs to control this behavior.
Thank you Ed for taking the first step!
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Pleurisy is inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest (the pleura) that leads to chest pain (usually sharp) when you take a breath or cough.
Alternative Names
Pleuritis; Pleuritic chest pain
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Pleurisy may develop when you have lung inflammation due to infections such as
It may also occur with:
Asbestos-related disease
- Certain cancers
- Chest trauma
Pulmonary embolus
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus
The main symptom of pleurisy is pain in the chest. This pain often occurs when you take a deep breath in or out, or cough. Some people feel the pain in the shoulder.
Deep breathing, coughing, and chest movement makes the pain worse.
Pleurisy can cause fluid to collect inside the chest cavity. This can make breathing difficult and may cause the following symptoms:
- Bluish skin color (
- Coughing
Shortness of breath
- Rapid breathing (
Signs and tests
When you have pleurisy, the normally smooth surfaces lining the lung (the pleura) become rough. They rub together with each breath, and may produce a rough, grating sound called a "friction rub." Your health care provider can hear this sound with the stethoscope, or by placing an ear against your chest.
The health care provider may perform the following tests:
- CT scan of the chest
Thoracentesis Ultrasoundof the chest X-ray of the chest
Treatment depends on what is causing the pleurisy. Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics. Surgery may be needed to drain infected fluid from the lungs.
Viral infections normally run their course without medications. Patients often can control the pain of pleurisy with acetaminophen or anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen.
Expectations (prognosis)
Recovery depends on what is causing the pleurisy.
- Breathing difficulty
- Collapsed lung due to thoracentesis
- Complications from the original illness
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of pleurisy. If you have breathing difficulty or your skin turns blue, seek immediate medical care.
Early treatment of bacterial respiratory infections can prevent pleurisy.
Celli BR. Diseases of the diaphragm, chest wall, pleura, and mediastinum. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 100.
Lee-Chiong T, Gebhart GF, Matthay RA. Chest pain. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 30.
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There's always room to get better," Lotulelei said. ". . . Hopefully I help the team out a little more next season and get a little bit further.
SALT LAKE CITY — Big news from the big man on campus.
Utah nose tackle Star Lotulelei has made a lot of folks up on the hill happy with his decision to return to the Utes for his senior season.
The 6-foot-3, 325-pound team captain, who was recently named the best defensive lineman in the Pac-12 by his peers, is putting an NFL career on hold after weighing his options.
"I think it would be better for me and my family if I stayed," Lotulelei said while noting he consulted with his parents and wife, Angelina, after getting input from some scouts about his future. Education was also a big factor in Lotulelei's decision, as he'll earn his degree next fall.
"I'll be back and hopefully help the team to go a little bit further next season," added the first-team all-conference honoree, who is busy preparing with his teammates for the Dec. 31 Sun Bowl against Georgia Tech.
Lotulelei, who was double-teamed much of the season but still tied for the team lead with nine tackles-for-loss, is this year's winner of the Morris Trophy — an award presented each year to the Pac-12's top defensive lineman as voted upon by the conference's starting offensive linemen.
Lotulelei will be honored by the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle on Jan. 19. The former Bingham High and Snow College star acknowledged "it means a lot," especially to be recognized by players on opposing lines.
Same goes for being named to the Pac-12 first-team by league coaches.
"It's a big thing," Lotulelei said. "You're starting to get respect. You're starting to put yourself out there."
And the best may be yet to come.
"He's got that potential," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. "He's got a chance to take his game him further."
Whittingham noted that the progress Lotulelei has made since arriving on campus as a sophomore has been tremendous. His hard work and focus, Whittingham continued, should lead to an excellent senior year as Lotulelei fine-tunes his game.
"It's great news for our program and I think he'll benefit from that," Whittingham said of Lotulelei's decision to return. "He's scheduled to graduate this time next year. Academics is obviously very important to him, as it should be, and also the opportunity to take his game to another level. He had a very good year this year, but he's still got even more room to improve and get better."
Lotulelei has made 38 tackles this season including 1.5 sacks. He also has a forced fumble, a pass breakup and a 17-yard reception (on a successful fake punt) to his credit.
"There's always room to get better," Lotulelei said. ". . . Hopefully I help the team out a little more next season and get a little bit further."
Lotulelei is so confident in his decision that he opted not to seek an evaluation from the NFL's College Advisory Committee.
"I felt like there was really no point since I decided to come back," he explained. "It would have been nice to see, but I think I'll hold out on that and find out next season."
Besides, Lotulelei didn't want it to be any sort of distraction.
"He's just a great individual to have in our program," Whittingham said while praising Lotulelei for having high character and being a good family man.
Defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake and defensive line coach Chad Kauha'aha'a also had kind things to say about Lotulelei.
Sitake said there's more to the player than his talent and the awards he's won.
"The most important part is he's a great teammate to our guys and a good young man," Sitake noted. "It's good for our young guys to see a guy like that stay in the program."
The decision to do so, he added, was all up to Lotulelei. Sitake said everyone is obviously happy about it.
Kauha'aha'a is appreciative of Lotulelei's work ethic and leadership by example.
"He's just a hard-working kid. He doesn't take anything for granted," said Kauha'aha'a, who pointed out that Lotulelei competes everyday like someone is trying to take his job. "He doesn't take any days off."
Lotulelei, he continued, is a natural athlete who takes advantage of his athletic ability by working extra hard.
Getting him back for another season is exciting for those he works with on a defense that ranks among the best in the Pac-12.
"It's a big deal for us. I love playing with Star. We've got pretty good chemistry I would say," said junior tackle Dave Kruger. "Star's the anchor of our d-line and it's going to be exciting next year."
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CyanogenMod is one of the most popular custom ROMs in the Android ecosystem. There is a plethora of options out there, but this team has managed to get a great reputation. The CyanogenMod 9 ROM based on Android 4.0 is still in the works. But root and custom ROM users are dying to know whether their devices will be supported with Ice Cream Sandwich goodness.
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I have been using Microsoft Windows 8 on several test machines in the office since the Build version released back in September 2011. As far as I can tell, it is a stable operating system, even though it is still in beta form. Using it for ordinary business uses like email, social networking, editing, writing, and analyzing data in Excel spreadsheets has been handled without so much as a hiccup.
I know many have been lamenting the Metro UI as some sort of demonic curse that requires exorcism, but I just skip by it and go to the desktop. Despite the volume of complaints, I don't think the inclusion of the Metro UI is that big of a deal for desktop users.
Release Preview
In late April 2012, Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview version of the operating system will be available in early June. Judging by the name, I would suggest that this version will, or at least should be, a mostly complete version of the operating system. What we see in the Release Preview is what we will see in the retail version, give or take a few minor tweaks and bug fixes.
Both Greg Shultz and I will be delving deep into the Release Preview to see what's new and what's not. While there will be no overarching compelling reason to make immediate plans to purchase and deploy Windows 8 in your enterprise, it is still a version of Windows and something any IT professional should at least be familiar with.
If nothing else, the Windows 8 Release Preview should at least give us an opportunity to see more Apps in the Windows Store. The basic example Apps available in the Consumer Preview were, to put it bluntly, bland and nearly unusable. I would like to see some more effective Apps in the Store for this next release.
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North County Solar Projects Delayed But Not Dead
The former landfill in Adams will soon be the home of a solar array, town officials hope.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two major solar energy projects were announced two years ago for North County but still no construction has begun.
But the projects aren't dead. The town of Adams is eying construction on a massive array at the landfill to begin in March while North Adams has started the whole process over.
Tecta Solar, a division of Tecta America Corp., agreed in 2011 to construct a 1.1 megawatt solar array at the former Adams landfill. But for more than a year, the project was stalled as the company sought an interconnection agreement with National Grid.
According to Town Administrator Jonathan Butler, that holdup has been solved and just after the holidays, the company resubmitted its design to the state Department of Environmental Protection and is planning construction in March.
"They resubmitted to DEP to get their proposed layout reauthorized," Butler said on Tuesday. "It's actually a smaller footprint."
Technology has advanced so the company can now produce the same amount of power in less space, Butler said, so the reauthorization is needed. The new footprint has less of an impact on wetlands so Butler doesn't expect any hitches.
The town is estimating some $120,000 in cost savings in the next fiscal year because the array is expected to be online for most, if not all, of that year. The power generated is enough to power most of the town's buildings, such as Town Hall, the police station and the library, Butler said.
In North Adams, the city held a series of meetings in early 2012 to discuss entering a contract with Blue Wave Capital to install a 4.6 MW solar array. The talk was preliminary and did not include specific locations, although the landfill, airport and high school were being considered.
Ultimately, the city did not enter a contract with Blue Wave after zoning and other issues, including financial backing, made the deal problematic but city officials say the solar option is not dead.
Administrative Officer Michael Canales said the city is currently talking with another company to revitalize the idea.
"At this point, we have selected a company to move forward with in exploring the solar option," Canales said on Wednesday. "On this one we are being cautious."
The city is much further away from seeing an actual project than Adams. No work had been done regarding location and permitting with the other project, Canales said, so the whole effort is starting from scratch.
The company needs to secure the funding and reach agreements with the city before the project can move forward, he said.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (June 3, 2014) – ETSU football head coach Carl Torbush and the Buccaneers' coaching staff are inviting high school players to an on-campus camp this Friday night, June 6th at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
High school players who are entering grades 9th through 12th are eligible to participate in the camp, which will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Registration is set for 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., and will be located on the first floor of the Dome's west side near the BucSports Athletic Training Center. The cost of the camp is $30, and participants will receive an ETSU football t-shirt.
"This is a great opportunity for area high school players to come out and improve their skills and techniques, and get to know our coaching staff," Torbush said. "We're excited about offering these young men a chance to come onto campus and participate in our first ETSU football camp."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Nov 2013 22:49 UTC
Sony, June this year:
"PlayStation 4 won't impose any new restrictions on used games. This is a good thing," said Tretton, to huge applause from the audience in attendance. "When a gamer buys a PS4 disc, they have the rights to that copy of the game."
Sony's Software Usage Terms, updated today:
6.3. You must not lease, rent, sublicense, publish, modify, adapt, or translate any portion of the Software.
7.1. You must not resell either Disc-based Software or Software Downloads, unless expressly authorised by us and, if the publisher is another company, additionally by the publisher.
Liars. Similar language has been found on the boxes of previous PlayStation models, but that's hardly a comfort.
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Class 1A postseason volleyball got underway last night and a couple of area schools were involved in some nail biting five game matches. First Sigourney was hosting Keota and the Savages started out taking the first two games 25-20. Keota came back to win the third 25-22 and 25-12. In the final frame it's the first to fifteen winning by two and the Savages won the fifth 16-14. So Sigourney now advances to face HLV in Victor next Tuesday. HLV was a winner over IMS in four.
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I've seen the Avengers.
It was good.
here's my review, in short:
There's not terribly much I can say about it, but on the other hand, I don't really have to.
The biggest problem (that's simultaneously it's greatest advantage) is that it's not a stand-alone-movie. If you go in this without seeing the previous movies leading to it (Ironman-movies, Thor, Hulk, Captain America) you are not getting the whole experience. Characters and conflicts have been established in those movies, even if you'd be well versed in Marvel-comic-lore, you'd miss out on a lot.
I agree the internet probably made all this possible in the first place. I've been meaning to go watch all those Marvel films for a while now in preparation for the Avengers.
Better get on that sooner rather than later.
I couldn't disagree more. The film industry will not be changed the day, the week, or not even the year after Avengers comes out. And he is not talking about every single movie crossing over into a unified universe. But this is something, based on the success of Avengers, that is a new outlet for the industry for producers, writers and directors that wish to utilize it. This is not the first time continuity has been placed into film either. The character Jay and Silent Bob were the unifying character in Kevin Smith's whole line of Jersey movies. It was only 2 movies where they were the main characters out of 6 movies.
Also, why do you think that Marvel movies will decline and lower in quality after The Avengers? It doesn't make sense for a studio that has had ever growing success based on good writing, great special effects and solid direction to just stop relying on those same aspects to push the movies forward. To an extent anyway. The upside to this whole thing is it's taken a while to work up to this, and none of the movies leading up were written in a manner that makes them pretty great stand alone movies. This doesn't mean they can go all willy nilly and mess it all up in the future, which they may very well do, but I don't think they will walk away from stuff so easily.
I don't want a flame war, and if that is just your opinion, I can deal with that. I was just curious.
The main reason this will be a success is because you are not watering down the story of The Avengers movie by doing origin stories of the characters. It's the reason why people who read Captain America don't sit and wonder in every story arch how Captain America came to be. It's taken care of. The only downside for this will be, IMO, that when you have big names competing on screen then the movies tend to suffer. And I obviously don't mean the actors. It's gonna be hard to balance the fact that my favorite is the Hulk so I want to see more of him, and my buddies favorite is Iron Man (whom I have hated since the Civil War. BASTARDO!)
I just love that for once the Americans get to wait. I'll be watching The Avengers on Thursday or Friday, have fun waiting!
Ahhhhhh Schadenfreude.
Uh...bob, I saw the avengers about two hours ago...just putting that out there.
Like I said many, many more.
Over arching continuity is nothing new in the movie industry. What's so special about the Avengers is that it's almost meta in it's scale. You've got 4 main characters who had their own movies basically as teasers for one big movie.
But the overall continuity is certainly nothing new, it's been happening for years. Even if it's mostly just slight nods to a larger continuity. Like Sean Bateman picking up the phone in rules of attraction and asking 'is that you Patrick?'
It doesn't matter about the motives though. It's still a continuity tie in. It's certainly not a direct sequel to the story told in the first one. It's about a somewhat minor characters getting a lead role.
Didn't they try doing this with the Transporter but then had people wondering why he didn't do any ass kicking and just delivered the package
That's all fine and well, but what does that have to do with Mass Effect 3?
Yes, but it requires you at least know about the characters before seeing this.
And it's clearly meant to people who have already seen the other movies, or most of them.
Seeing it tomorrow at an advance screening for cinema employees. Knew there was an upside to my job.
Ah, but there's the thing. Is Justin Bieber skilled in music? Sure, he performs songs written by others, composed by more talented people and in general is a product that is sold. So, in theory, he doesn't fit either qualification.
Just like Bob. The Justin Bieber of his kind.
I've heard rumors that Prometheus is going to link Aliens and Blade Runner, and since there's going to be a Blade Runner remake soon, that's not unrealistic.
That could be either disastrous or glorious.
I'm really not sure how'd they'd link the two truth be told. I just pray Prometheus is good. And that they give 'space jockeys' a real grown ups name with big boy pants and everything.
I just want to put forward that perhaps the main opposition to something like this is actors. It would be prohibitively expensive to pay someone like Terrance Howard to pass up on other jobs so that he is available to play a supporting role in Marvel films. Continuity in main-stream, studio blockbusters requires that studios hand out bigger contracts and green light many movies at once. Marvel Studios will have to destroy all there big summer blockbuster competitors, in a manner similar to Pixar for other movie studios to want to follow.
Additionally if the cross-over concept works as well as could be hoped, then characters from one film easily appears in another and there is no explanation necessarily about who they are, but what happens when the same actor appears in an un-related film? outside studios will want to avoid hiring actors who have become recognizable characters to play outside roles and actors know that.
But they've never seized the mainstream, and Avengers probably won't be the ones to do it for Hollywood. Because, as you said, this isn't new, and it's not something that's conducive to a lot of stories.
Because as you say:
This is a package deal. None of the movies are all that well written by themselves, so when you watch them, the only thing keeping you from staying on board is the promise that this is all tying together. Iron Man 1&2 were carried by Robert Downey, just like Hulk was carried by Edward Norton. Thor has a terrible second act with probably the fastest character turn around I've ever seen (seriously, he's there for like a day). And Captain America has an equally shitty second act with a bunch of slapdash action sequences that are only tied together because it's Captain America punching people. Pacing must've gotten blown up during that first rescue mission.
When the Avengers is over, people are gonna be back to those subpar filler movies that only served to remind them that this movie was coming, except now there's no pay-off.
Actually the Avenger's come out tomorow in my country, pretty sweet considering we usually get everything a week or two after everybody else.
Not that Im devoutly religious and believe it should all be pure and untouched by the way bob is saying, but I dont think taking a movie like The Ten Commandments and then referencing a movie like Indiana Jones would owrk well. They're two completely different genres where doing something like that would seem to me at least like a spit in the face of the former. Plus IJ was never really a focus on the object itself but rather the adventure to get there.
I mean, ones fantasy action movies and the other is... well, I guess depending who you talk to its also fantasy but manny others consider it to be a documentary (and this isnt just the Christians mind you, but also the Jewish and if anyone still holds on to the Egyptian godS belief them too.
now, where I could see this wokring well in an application to a series im interested in is if Hollywood actually DID make a decent Dark Tower series like LotR got where it spreads out over several films, and then link them to Stephen Kings other films that have been made, like the books did to other books. They did it especially int he Mist (the very beginning with the painting), and it would give a good oppotunity to link it to both IT and Salem's lot (either the movie or the mini series), just to name a few.
I've just got back from a midnight showing in Perth Western Australia, IT.IS.BRILLIANCE!
It moves quickly but contains a lot so never gets bogged down, the hulk steals the 3rd act, Tom Hiddleston is even better as Loki, Cap is cap, Stark is his usual quipping self. The fight scenes are well shot with no shaky cam.
My head is still spinning with it all already got my next set of tickets for tomorrow night with friends. I simply can't wait!
Exactly my thoughts. The Prince of Egypt is the only retelling of that story the world will need for quite a long time.
That said, I do kind of hope they end up reusing the Ark prop from Raiders, just because that would be a fun little nod. Filmmakers have been doing that sort of thing for ages. I'd probably be more surprised if they didn't.
...That actually sounds interesting. Maybe we could use more crossovers in movies... as long as they make sense, mind you...
Does anyone else think it's funny that immediately after Bob pulls out the 'The 90's sucked' picture yet again he says "It became an overused, endlessly repeating crutch"? No? Just me? Okay then.
We all know exactly where this will head in no time flat. It will start off with people just being in a role in a random movie that fits their current one then people go to see that dude play, then go to see the next one. THEN it goes into a sales tactic up the bum to where it literally screams GO WATCH THIS which screams the same thing.
And you know what, what happened to comic books will happen to these if it keeps going long enough.
Problem with Continuity in Comic Books is that they literally write themselves into a corner and have to come up with a "THE UNIVERSE REBOOTS!" Every couple of years so that they can avoid any backlash of it.
Bob, do you really want to see that happen when this happens? Or am I the only one that thinks its a terrible idea if this happens.
Having a community for movies you make isn't a bad idea, just remember that the minute it becomes a sales tactic and you try to make your romantic comedy entwine with the serious cop flick your going to have to pull a "THE UNIVERSE REBOOTS" out of somewhere.
To be fair he is a film critic so if it happens it'll be part of his job to see it (unless something else big comes out that same week).
So tied of the 90s sucked picture...ya know it was one of the most expansive decade for for geekdom and fiction. In fact the only ways the 90s sucked for you is if you liked wrestling....
a connected universe? ... Im pretty sure I made a thread about that but with videogames being connected ... back in 2010 O_o .
let me see if I can find that old thread. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.165287-Connected-universe#4346132
I think Bob is just getting overexcited again about this. Maybe some people from the industry will look at this and think it is interesting(like Warner Bros) but it required too much time and effort and success was not guranteed. It requireed different movies for all characters before a full crossover, how many studios would be willing to risk that much?
I wish more games would do cross overs that are actually meaningful though off my head I can't think of many that would make sense.
Good, I really wanted to see God Bless America. I didn't know it was out yet.
Bob, you are not the only one who would enjoy The Ten Commandments being a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. I think it'll be awesome, too.
Also, love the pic you got for Steve.
The only problem is that continuity has to be used both correctly and sparingly. It is a suble art, a fine balancing act. Holywood is good at neither of these.
So these heroes each had their own movies. Don't let that fool you into thinking the game has been changed. When Avengers comes around, these super heroes will be reduced to two word archetypes (loveable jock, paladin leader, sassy chick, snarky egotist etc.) and it won't make much difference to what will probably be a simplistic, generic, super-team-vs-evil-super-villain, plot. Like the one we've seen in 5 X men films. And two Fantastic 4 films. And even that The League of Extraordinary gentlemen film no one likes to remember.
It has been done.
Bob, the last bit you were talking about already happens in film, its just implicit rather than explicit.
I am not too humble, or ashamed, to admit that the remake of 10 Commandments having the Raiders Ark featured in it gave me a Nerdgasm.
I like continuity in (branching) movies, makes it feel like I am watching one big movie instead of a bunch of little ones.
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